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Mariah McCourt

@monsterteatime.bsky.social

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Bestselling graphic novel writer, editor, artist, mominator. Obsessed with hedgehogs, cozy horror, and squidly octopi. Rep'd by Dara Hyde at Hill/Nadel site: mariah-mccourt.squarespace.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonsterTeaTime

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · Jun 14

For the night folks: free downloadable art for any protests you might be attending. www.patreon.com/posts/131420...

EAT THE RICH portrait of a California grizzly bear wearing a monocle with a California poppy pinned to his cravat

Portrait of a California coyote with California poppies and CHINGA LA MIGRA on a banner.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 15h

Mind you, I'm not a huge perfume person though I do have a couple of favorites. I love Indigo by Nest and blood by BPAL. Other than those, though, I'm usually just like a plain jasmine or rose kind of person.

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 15h

If you're looking for beautifully illustrated, extremely sexy, dark but also joyful queer af smut then I cannot recommend Lucifer's Garden by @hamletmachine.bsky.social enough. Just a stunning work.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 15h

Oooh, I like this idea a lot! I think I'd want my signature scent to be like comforting but sexy. Like cinnamon and vanilla but with something a little darker...

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 16h

My other thought

What I would want my signature perfume to evoke

- top level aether , ozone ocean , metal
- burnt sugars and incense
- a hothouse garden

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 19h

I think more people should be aware of how much cool stuff Link does in real life. He’s not just a poster.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

Ok, that was a weird phrase, I'm tired and pissed and should probably go do something useful like eat.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you for speaking up, knowing you're going to get this kind of asshattery. It's so frustrating but i'm glad to see speaking up.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 21h

It's easy to say white supremacy is guys burning crosses or going to college campuses and saying that Black gang members are the primary problem with gun violence in the United States

It's harder to admit that it's in all the small ways folks allow people to devalue Black life on a daily basis

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 21h

Time to go! Agents, editors, marketers, publicists, publishers, anyone who's interested - sign up. (Rumor has it my face will make a quick cameo from Ontario...)

Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans @pubprosabb.bsky.social · 21h

We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, a virtual town hall, Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors. (More in this thread)

We’d love for you to join us. Register in advance for the webinar at this link:

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

Jfc, I'm so sorry!

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

Like, this is what we're supposed to do. Democracy is active, participatory, not passive. Or you end up where we are, right now, and again. And again. "What if it makes the fascists more mad?" is not a strategy it's fear and capitulation. They're always mad.

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 22h

"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."

its a picture of a ballerina teaching future young ballerinas!!!

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

Y'all gotta stop deciding you heard "don't vote" when people say "I am holding this specific shitty Dem/all shitty Dems accountable for their policies/words/actions". And then go do something actually productive like call your reps instead of crawling into my mentions to be scoldy idiots.

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

Also, I love how people hear what we didn't say every time we're critical of Newsom or any other shitty Dem. I have never said "don't vote". Not once. Or that I won't. And yet.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

I literally said I did vote and will vote. I am going to hold their asses accountable. This isn't difficult, it's the whole point of democracy. What are YOU doing besides trying to scold people with some shit you made up in your head? Something tells me, not much.

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

RIGHT? They have convinced themselves this just "strategy" and no, it isn't. It's how we got here, quite literally.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22h

I think if we know anything about social media companies at this point it’s that the main problem they have are human beings using their service

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

Meta’s new A.I.-generated video app, Vibes, launched last month to overwhelmingly negative reception. The “Hard Fork” co-hosts discussed why. "It’s essentially like TikTok, but if TikTok were populated just by little animated A.I.-generated shorts." nyti.ms/4ocx2LW

A quote from Kevin Roose, co-host of "Hard Fork": "I was not surprised to see Meta announcing a version of essentially a social network with no actual people on it. I think this is the direction that they’ve been moving for several years now."

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 22h

You do not improve things by never holding obviously two-faced and conservative Dems accountable for their "just a little fascism" policies. And it doesn't prevent outright fascists from being elected. Evidence? ::points at everything::

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 22h

We are going to buried under the weight of people arguing that we should never tell elected Dems when they are wrong/doing bad things because otherwise the other side will get elected to do worse things they have already been elected to do and are doing when people also said not to criticize Dems.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 22h

You could accessorize this one really easily with a headdress or jewelry? I always end up going with "comfortable" over any other consideration because I just can't have fun if I don't feel good in something.

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JSH @85jsh.bsky.social · 1d

Going back to an old design

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 22h

They're also trying to ban mail-in voting, and more. My point is that it is "in question" not yet impossible to vote. And there are a lot of reasons Tr*mp "won" that I have no interest in debating. My point is about Newsom and holding Dems accountable.

Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 22h

:;sigh:: There are a bunch of things. Gerrymandering efforts have skyrocketed. Poll intimidation. Militarized presence in cities. The fact that this admin has more than once suggested they will ignore any election outcome they don't win. There are threats to it. We should still vote.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 22h

in a way, it would be transphobic for this to not win and make it through production because knowing it’s possible and not having it would kill me.

Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 22h

A good friend has submitted this brilliant model of the library from Buffy to Lego Ideas. I’d be very grateful for your help in getting her to 5k supporters: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Library | LEGO® Ideas

"Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here." Buffy the Vampire Slayer first exploded onto our TV screens in the lat…

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 22h

Oh my goodness! The colors are so perfect!

Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 22h

Also NEW to my online shoppe is pumpkin cottage mini print!!! 🎃✨🍂

Print featuring a orange cottage surrounded by pumpkins

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