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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 1d

But it’s also so important to listen and be there. 5 years from now I don’t want to talk about my experiences now and get dead uncomprehending stares like I do when I talk about Minneapolis 2020

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m causing a problem, I should just shut up and keep it to myself” but people need to hear the personal stories, and we need the space to talk and process what we’re going through. And yeah it is uncomfortable to hear about this stuff, and it’s fine to give yourself a break from it

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 1d

It can be profoundly alienating to try and talk about what we’re going thru to people who aren’t experiencing it. I felt this during and after Minneapolis too. You talk about something you experienced and they go quiet, get really uncomfortable. And you start to think “I shouldn’t have said that”

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 1d

If you have not lived around and under threat of such intense violence it can be hard to comprehend how pervasive that stress is, what it does to you. if you are not in Chicago but know people who are, take the time to talk with them, hear about their feelings and experiences

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has been here for a while now but the South Shore raid followed up by multiple instances of tear gassing has been a huge escalation and you can see the stress and anxiety everyone is feeling so much more visibly

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 1d

Good thread to read. Also important to consider this: If we had not rioted in Minneapolis Derek Chauvin would be walking free right now. Nothing Chicagoans can do will outweigh or justify the terror and suffering being inflicted on us right now.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 3d

A thing I think it’s important for USians not in currently-occupied cities to grasp is that the normal and everyday goes on alongside the violent and unprecedented.

In Chicago right now you can be forced off teargas-soaked streets in the morning and have a peaceful evening picnic on the lake.

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · Aug 23

Okay fresh post with my GFM link. Insurance deemed it medically unnecessary. Surgeon's office says they don't appeal denials but I am getting some outside help with trying to overturn that decision. Thank you everyone who has donated and shared so far www.gofundme.com/f/help-ari-g...

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 3d

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 16d

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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 5d

That red brick building is Funston Elementary. They are gassing kids in their classrooms

Michael Roche @michaelroche.bsky.social · 5d

ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 10d

Surgery got moved to the 13th. Still needing some help covering costs!

ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · Aug 23

Okay fresh post with my GFM link. Insurance deemed it medically unnecessary. Surgeon's office says they don't appeal denials but I am getting some outside help with trying to overturn that decision. Thank you everyone who has donated and shared so far www.gofundme.com/f/help-ari-g...

Donate to Help Ari Access Gender Affirming Care: Top Surgery, organized by Ari Mulch

Hello everyone, I am Ari. Some of you may know me from my comic books, ca… Ari Mulch needs your support for Help Ari Access Gender Affirming Care: Top Surgery

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 6d

Haven’t had a lot to post cause I’m mostly just prepping for top surgery and working on stuff thats not ready to post yet. I have been drawing over this crazy stationary i found tho

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C. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 6d

the government should not be able to smash into your home and drag you into the street for no reason. it's kind of a core civil right, perhaps THE core civil right.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 10d

Surgery got moved to the 13th. Still needing some help covering costs!

ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · Aug 23

Okay fresh post with my GFM link. Insurance deemed it medically unnecessary. Surgeon's office says they don't appeal denials but I am getting some outside help with trying to overturn that decision. Thank you everyone who has donated and shared so far www.gofundme.com/f/help-ari-g...

Donate to Help Ari Access Gender Affirming Care: Top Surgery, organized by Ari Mulch

Hello everyone, I am Ari. Some of you may know me from my comic books, ca… Ari Mulch needs your support for Help Ari Access Gender Affirming Care: Top Surgery

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 10d

transitioning from oval to square

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 10d

ICE is using the same tactics MPD did in 2020, and seem to be much more aggressive. I have been saying for years that 2020 was a taste of things to come

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 10d

I remember what it was like in Minneapolis waking up to the entire neighborhood smelling like tear gas. That wafted from over a mile away. Please if you are out there bring protection. Journalist Linda Tirado who covered the 2020 protests is dying from a TBI from a rubber bullet she took to the head

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Saint JESSICA DUNN ROVINELLI @jdrllc.bsky.social · 15d

the thing about trans separatism is that the trans struggle is inseparable from the class struggle against capitalism and authoritarianism, and you’re not going to win that without solidarity

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · Mar 2

I LOVE MY BRAIN!!!

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · Jul 15

"She Dyed Her Hair Red Today" Acrylic and Gouache on board

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · Jul 29

WARNING!!!

I had to try out my new risograph drum with a 2-color version of one of my favorite prints/stickers

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 16d

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ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · 16d

Surgery is the 16th, I'd love to get to 3k by then to give myself a good bit of cushioning while I recover

ari @toxicmetalexpo.bsky.social · Aug 23

Okay fresh post with my GFM link. Insurance deemed it medically unnecessary. Surgeon's office says they don't appeal denials but I am getting some outside help with trying to overturn that decision. Thank you everyone who has donated and shared so far www.gofundme.com/f/help-ari-g...

Donate to Help Ari Access Gender Affirming Care: Top Surgery, organized by Ari Mulch

Hello everyone, I am Ari. Some of you may know me from my comic books, ca… Ari Mulch needs your support for Help Ari Access Gender Affirming Care: Top Surgery

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Nature Walk @fagmutt.bsky.social · 19d

posted this to insta

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