15 points to Abdul in Ottawa County is beyond significant! Curious why? The board had a right wing takeover after Covid that has since been defeated. Look up Ottawa Impact. This is where the Devos’ have summer homes. This is what you SEE when you live here. #Pinks
Heidi E 🐦⬛🐇🦌🦦🌿
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Writer/Artist/Crone/Whimsical Forest Creature/Grumpy Progressive 🌊 👽✨🔮🔭📝🐸 Curiosity over Fear 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Human Rights Are Not Negotiable
19 years later omg! 6 more days to raise funds for The Guild reunion movie! Go to watchtheguild.com to pledge please. Every person and dollar counts. We look pretty good all considering huh? (So much plastic surgery, especially Jeff lol)
Might post some good environment news every so often to showcase that it's not over yet and there are good things happening, we just have to fight for it First: beavers are basically magical creatures that help with drought and flooding, and we're reintroducing them more and more
Beavers helping to reduce drought with wetlands
Research shows beavers are creating more wetland areas since being reintroduced to the wild.
bbc.co.uk
Your worth as an artist is not tied to lack of sales. Your lack of sales is, however, tied to the fact absolutely none of us have any money. You're NOT a shit artist. We are ALL broke, my dude.
I read this in One Sitting!! Such a fantastic story! go get yourself a copy now!
HELLO did you know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still $1.99 on ebook platforms? YES ALL! :D And they are helpfully rounded up here! An interesting old-growth forest, some independent kids, a pretty pretty unicorn, and... wait is that an altar Surely not
“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.” Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it. Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m the congenital defect in a blood vessel at the base of your skull that decided one day to burst & cause a hemorrhage. Heidi ended up in the hospital for two weeks, on a ventilator for one of them, but luckily survived, mostly undamaged.
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m an SUV being driven by a stupid fucking kid who wasn’t watching where the fuck she was going and almost ran Chuck over last week, who screamed and pounded on the hood and almost jumped on the hood.
Paws-itively stealing hearts ❤️ Meet Itsuki, a sweet 11-year-old male red panda at the San Diego Zoo. He's a busy boy getting to know his new surroundings and finding the best places to perch.
"baby, air and light and time and space have nothing to do with it and don’t create anything except maybe a longer life to find new excuses for." Bukowski on the myth that you need ideal conditions for creativity: www.themarginalian.org/2013/10/04/c...
Charles Bukowski on the Ideal Conditions and Myths of Creativity, Illustrated
“Air and light and time and space have nothing to do with it and don’t create anything except maybe a longer life to find new excuses for.”
themarginalian.org
Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.
The pundits have completely lost the plot
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtube.com
Some things are starting to become patterns in the primaries: (IMHO) 1: People really don't like being told who to vote for 2: Gaffes are forgiveable, until they're a liability 3: Politics remain local 4: Voters are more strategic than you think. 5: Voters want fighters 👀 Nov. will be interesting
"If you are a billionaire and you want to preserve your wealth then you should go and die in communist China" - Thomas Piketty
Happy New Moon/ Solar Eclipse in Leo/ Perseid Meteor Shower/ Planetary Alignment Day! 👀 ✨🌑🌠 #BigEnergyDay
Total Solar Eclipse
Alt: Total Solar Eclipse with a coronal halo at the edges
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Ooh fresh batch of crawler pots online! Some very nice pink ones and a clutch of smaller white ones www.roseschmits.com Free UK shipping, worldwide available
Heads up, IL people!
LOT issues Tornado Warning [tornado: RADAR INDICATED, hail: 0.00 IN] for Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, Will [IL] till Aug 11, 11:30 AM CDT * At 1027 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capab... at Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:27:55 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.
Legendary artist Sheila Hicks, at 92, on the secret to creative vitality www.themarginalian.org/2026/06/27/s...
Legendary Artist Sheila Hicks, at 92, on the Secret to Creative Vitality
Art, Georgia O’Keeffe believed, springs from “the desire to make the unknown known… and keeping the unknown always beyond you.” We seem to have drifted lightyears away from …
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Happy Election Day, Minnesota! Polls are open 7am - 8pm. Make your voice heard. Get out and go vote! Team Fateh is supporting progressive leaders running up & down the ballot: @ilhanmn.bsky.social, @peggyflanagan.bsky.social, @keithellison.bsky.social, @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social
Voter roll purges are necessary to remove people who have become ineligible to vote. But sometimes purges can erroneously include thousands of eligible voters. As the Trump administration ramps up its attacks on voting, it’s time to check your registration status: https://demdock.com/4gRtE8P