Optimystical Studios next up OrcaCon

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is injustice and pronounced needooyoogawduhnah ahdahdooheestawdee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

So, you bust out the saw and work on your upper body strength while cutting though over $1k of raw materials because with spite and elbow grease you can make it fit in the crucible.

Sometimes your tools screw up and instead of casting a bunch of orders plus restock for ECCC you end up with a 10oz blob of sterling that won't fit into your crucibles.

If you're traveling to the US and using a credit card, consider paying cash when shopping with artists at events!! (Or, leaving a small tip, which can help us cover fees!)

If the DMV said “you have one year to get a new license; here’s how to do it for free” it would still be shitty and discriminatory. But to have your license invalidated OVERNIGHT is absolutely malicious.

I'm engraving this on my next journal.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are eat the rich and pronounced ahkeestee ooh-way-nah-hee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. "ahkeestee ooh-way-nah-hee"

Primarily via this website, we entirely restocked and improved the art and craft room of a women's shelter.

We raised $112k for trans kids last spring on here, and $35k for immigrant kids in the fall... and we're about to raise probably somewhere in between those two amounts for @immcouncil.org next month!

I feel this so hard

THIS IS 👇 HOW IT'S DONE.......

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

"Be reasonable about this," he says. "Meet me in the middle."
"OK," you say. You take a step forward.
He takes a step back.
"Be reasonable about this," he says. "Meet me in the middle."

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are protect the dolls and pronounced ahdahstayluhdee deenaytleedee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

I wish card processors would allow us to change the text on those screens.

I’ve also been comparing AI to asbestos and radium—technology that had a bunch of benefits but then turned out to be deadly. The only difference is we already KNOW AI is killing people and they’re shoving it into everything anyway

Making a new charm not for any specific reason or collection but just because it's so silly and fun.
Im making sterling shrimp charms. They are going to be the cutest earrings.

We talk a lot about meeting basic needs, and YES, that's critical, but it's not the only thing necessary for humans to thrive. We fight for roses, too.

Laser Joan and the Rayguns A 24 pg one shot adventure comic about an all-female rock band collecting the three stories that originally ran in DARK HORSE PRESENTS.

I just backed Laser Joan and the Rayguns on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/548...

Indeed!
We have lots of sterling charms (currently mostly DnD, Pride, Star Trek, & Sprirituality themed) and do custom ones too.
We also make sterling charms bracelets and can laser closed the rings when new charms are added to make them secure.

For sure.
My mom volunteered with the Violence Free Crisis line for something like 30 years and as a teen she & I both volunteered with thier Abby Shelter. Things to do that are creative are so important.

After ECCC I'll put together some beading materials from my destashing (would do now but none of it is organized). We'll send those along with tool sets and I'll see if my suppliers want to throw in some how-to books.

Don't miss the chance to get this book! Back now!

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

It's busy, but your customers get to come in out of the rain/sun because its under a tent. But also its cramped behind the single 6ft table.
We're actually thinking about doing a full booth this year.

It was interesting that fully clothed non white women dancing was considered "pornographic".

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

Now, Starbucks is lifting a cap on the CEO's use of a private jet to commute from California to Seattle.

It's been four years since Starbucks stores began unionizing and workers still don't have a contract.

Upper Deck is facing concerted online backlash after licensing a Harry Potter CCG The industry is taking a step against transphobia in tabletop games.

"When it comes to publishing Harry Potter, it’s pretty simple: don’t."

Members of a grassroots movement are pressuring Upper Deck Entertainment to not put tabletop money in the hands of a powerful transphobe. So far, they've been met with silence.