Connecticut voters! Why it’s helpful to vote for candidates on the WFP row even if the same candidates are on the Democratic row. It’s a two part question…
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(she/her) Artist. Weaver. Surface & Surface Pattern Designer. Gluten Free baker/cook. Sometimes Miareeva 🖤
Our first ad is ready to go. One month until early voting starts. Let's get this done, Connecticut.
30 hours left! I just backed Alphonse Mucha ILSEE Art Nouveau occult fantasy romance 1897 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cen...
Alphonse Mucha ILSEE Art Nouveau occult fantasy romance 1897
A deluxe hardcover art book resurrecting Alphonse Mucha's rare 1897 illustrated metaphysical fable: Ilsée, The Far Princess.
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I went through the 40-minute interview from CBS 60 Minutes and found everything the network cut from its 13-minute edit. The transcript is FREE for anyone to read. I didn't put a paywall on it on purpose so more people could read it. open.substack.com/pub/decoding...
Trump's CBS 60 Minutes Interview: What Aired and What Was Cut
On Sunday April 26 President Donald J.
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Such a bad idea. The most consistent finding in LLM research is that it replaces thinking for students. Students who get access to AI and then have it taken away perform considerably worse than students who never use it.
Starting in September, Boston will become the first major city in the country to ensure high school students graduate with AI proficiency, helping students use AI as a tool for learning while preparing them for college and the workforce.
I concur!
I never knew I could be literally uplifted - especially during the past horror of a week - by the unexpected split single by Mary Chapin Carpenter & @themountaingoats.bsky.social covering World Party. It's just so damned simple - yet it destroys me while bringing me the peace I so dearly needed. 🙏
The 1st iteration of HireHumanArtists.com is here. It's currently just a spreadsheet directory of visual artists who've pledged to never use AI in their works. Use the pre-made filters to find what you want or make your own. Please share with authors & anyone else looking for art!
Directory of No AI Artists
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PBS has a streaming service that costs as little as 5 USD a month and the $$$ goes to your local PBS affiliate!
In this week’s newsletter, I had to take a break from FUCKING EVERYTHING and answer a nice simple question about how to accept a compliment. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to accept a compliment
Still in progress, but making progress. Giving me $2 counts as a compliment. This week’s question comes to us from Tante: How do you take a compliment? I...
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Thank you, Joey. The second annual Behind the Mask: Finding Art Through Trauma Exhibit - Transformation has ended. If you missed it, you really missed something special.
This guy (in the first photo). Joey Marsocci - @grymmstudios. I love him so much. He created something truly magical. An exhibition that recognizes the human spirit - transformation from trauma; transformation that occurs not only by creating art, but by creating community and connection.
“it won’t hold up in court” sure! but remember the other day how i was like “you’re a criminal as soon as they need you to be” & how they’ve been all “oops, she shouldn’t be in prison but nothing i can do now”? wouldn’t you like to not have to worry about that? maybe make a cathartic, angry call.
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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen something so simultaneously absurd and disturbing: the House will vote Monday on a bill that would punish Americans for participating in boycotts of Israel with fines of up to $1 MILLION or prison terms up to TWENTY YEARS.
“Let’s start with this: Project Esther was not written by Jews. It was created by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank closely aligned with evangelical Christian groups and the folks behind Project 2025.”
Project Esther Isn’t for Us — And It’s Not About Our Safety
Have you heard about Project Esther?
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Abducting people to concentration camps. Wiping their asses with the 14th Amendment. Ignoring and mocking court orders. Now they’re using bullshit “laws” to arrest judges upholding real ones. Immigrants aren’t the target, they’re the test. This is real fascism. Get in the streets NOW
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
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Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to push into the National Gallery of Art. They recently met with the museum’s director and legal team, to question its legal status and explore ways to assert influence. One of the nation’s most respected art institutions is now in their crosshairs.
ICYMI: You actually have more power than you think. Spend wisely: www.ctinsider.com/opinion/arti...
Susan Campbell (opinion): Spend money where your values are welcome
Columnist Susan Campbell is putting her money where her voice is by shopping at places that share her values.
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During COVID, mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives worldwide. Today, Minnesota republicans proposed a bill stating that "whoever knowingly manufactures, acquires, possesses, or makes readily available to another mRNA injections or products" can be sentenced to 20 years in prison.
This morning Minnesota Republicans introduced a bill banning mRNA vaccines and labeling them "weapons of mass destruction." It would make manufacturing, possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.p...
One of the best ways you can help disabled people and fight fascism is by wearing a mask. Representation and visibility matter. When you wear a mask you tell us you care about making public spaces safe & accessible. You also make it harder for mask bans to pass. Mask up. We need you.
Mask bans, just like dress codes, always stem from bigotry and oppression. Always.
There’s rumours circulating that Starbucks will be banning employees from wearing masks unless they obtain a medical exemption. A symbol of end stage capitalism, this multi billionaire dollar company will force repeat infection on minimum wage workers just to pander to the right.