My prediction is that food insecurity/joblessness will lead to riots, but mostly in red cities where people have not yet realized the power of mutual aid outside of church organizations.
Diana Jean Oliphant
@dianajeano.bsky.social
Model/photographer and political aggregate. Dm me if you’d like some reference photos to make some art!
It seems like a fitting time to remind everyone that luddites didn’t hate technology. They hated that their jobs were being replaced by tech that produced a poorer version of things they were making. If AI is going to take jobs it needs to AT LEAST do a better job than the people it’s replacing.
My new reference set has my skin shiny! I wanted to create a plastic like texture with lots of highlights. 152 high resolution photos
Long time coming. The House of Representatives passed an amendment to an annual defense bill one year ago that would have outlawed this. The Senate did not. When the bills were merged in a backroom deal, the amendment vanished. This happened while Schumer led the Senate, but after Trump won.
Sam Biddle@sambiddle.com · last yr.The Trump administration is building a central online marketplace for the Intelligence Community to buy private information about individuals from unregulated data brokers — coming soon to www.icdata.gov theintercept.com/2025/05/22/i...
My action poses reference set! A whopping 316 movement poses where I channel my inner super hero.
Probably because insurance companies are deeming houses uninsurable.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · last yr.Florida now has 177,00 listings. Highest level on record. Entire Northeast US has 79,000 listings. Lowest level on record. Why are people leaving Florida in large numbers?
Florida now has 177,00 listings. Highest level on record. Entire Northeast US has 79,000 listings. Lowest level on record. Why are people leaving Florida in large numbers?
Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945. For Americans, the Second World War would rage for three more months, until VJ Day in August. But for Russians and those influenced by them, "Victory Day" falls in May. Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American.
Oklahoma Education Commissar Ryan Walters announces new academic standards for the coming school year. Among other things, all students will be required to learn Trump's version of the 2020 election.
Banning noncompetes. Changing OT pay rules to include more workers. Capping credit card fees. Erasing student loan debt. All Biden Admin executive actions to help working people that were blocked by Trump-appointed judges. And Republicans didn't have a problem with any of it.
Alarm as JD Vance says federal judges ‘aren’t allowed’ to control president
Experts argued expansive view of executive power could cause constitutional crisis
independent.co.uk
This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x
Americans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
Axios@axios.com · 2y agoAfter President Trump hit Colombia with tariffs, President Gustavo Petro said his government will "raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%"
BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles “swasticars.” So don't do that. #swasticars
This month’s reference photo drop! I’m staying in a beautiful apartment in Barcelona and this is our little sunroom. 178 photos of me and this table
What’s gunna happen when groceries are so expensive only upper middle class+ can afford food?
Model: @dianajeano.bsky.social Photo from one of Diana's reference sets. Go check them out! #art #illustration #sketch #drawing #photoshop #fineartmodel #figure #figureart #figuredrawing #digital #digitalart #reference #artreference
I made this reference set last month (number 45) and I think the light and poses are just so lovely. 222 photos in total. All my reference sets are available on a sliding scale. Shoot me a message if you’re interested in one!
Feelings better and better after an almost 5 year break from life drawing. My faces still need work though