Nayaki A.

Taking a pic of this sketch before in accidentally overwork it

#inktober day 7, starfish
Had fun with this one.

I promise I didn't give up on #inktober. Here are the last few prompts. Not a fan of crown but they cant all be winners, I suppose.

This is bellama. Her hair is amazing. #inktober

#inktober day 1, mustache. Let's see if we can keep this up.

Is Everything Really Eddington? your being manipulated! (spoiler)

awardsforgoodboys.substack.com/p/is-everyth... paywalled, but i've followed this writer for a while. If you've seen the movie #eddington, this is almost required reading.

‘chill this cookie dough for 24-36 hours’ hey. fuck you

Actual human trafficking

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor

A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.

As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Beautiful work. The quality of light reminds me of Tadahiro Uesugi

In order of like: Targi, Hive, Boop, Morels, Near and far is technically not 2 person but works as a 2p game quite well, Brisca and Cuarante (both use a regular deck - 8,9,10 cards.

YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History

Watch it all...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...

Eugh this is disgusting. Talking to him like he's a child who stayed out too late.

I've been working on a portrait of Nina Simone for her birthday. It needs some finishing touches, but it's getting close. Happy Birthday Nina, you have inspired me to be authentic, sing my heart out, and fight for what is right.
#ninasimone #watercolor #art

If anyone's keeping tabs I *did* end up finishing that painting. #watercolor #bintourong #jerboa #art

Getting out to advocacy days and protests can be intimidating, but it is endlessly validating, inspiring and grounding as well. Had a really great #TransAdvocacyDay with Gender Justice League

I fold #origami when I'm anxious
Let's just say I've been anxious a lot lately.

Ah thanks! Was wondering about the specifics!

#WIP on my #blueskyartshow reflections piece. A Bintourong with its Jerboa travel companions. Show me some love to help motivate me to finish this thing!

I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.

A digitally painted tarot card of the empress. A woman sitting on a cliff whose dress become the waterfals that surround her. She is enveloped in a natural landscape of trees and rocks and rivers.

Is it possible to be burned out for a year?
If so, I've been burned out for a year. Hoping to overcome that... eventually. Here's my #tarot #empress in the meantime. #digitalart

If you want darker, start with Doomsday Book

Any and every book by Connie Willis, starting with "To Say Nothing of the Dog"

@governorferguson.bsky.social how are you going to help the citizens of Washington keep our voices? What can we do to help you, but also what are you going to do to stand up for us?

The effect of taxing donuts isn't likely to be seen for a long time.
The effect of not buying them and marching in the streets? Much more immediate.

And since I'm new to bluesky, I'm only now figuring out how to create a "thread"
Click the quotes to get back to the first point.

There is a lot of yelling at senators and dems for action. Of course action is needed, and I support mobilizing your reps, but we also need *them* to tell *us* how we can support. What grassroots movements can we do?

If the problem is an economic split, tell us how to disrupt the economy.
We may know some of the answers, but until we hear it from a leader, we are too fractured and scattered.