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Kate Blair

@swampyw1tch.bsky.social

Arts admin, writer, potter in Chicago

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Re: the last repost - it’s so important to find moments of stillness right now so we don’t burn out, which is exactly what this admin wants. I play with clay and I cook. What are your strategies?

08.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Emergency Is the Atmosphere “It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

08.10.2025 10:29 — 👍 591    🔁 238    💬 13    📌 33
Two pieces of leather hard pottery in a studio. A small bowl and a mug with a rounded belly and chunky foot.

Two pieces of leather hard pottery in a studio. A small bowl and a mug with a rounded belly and chunky foot.

The cylinder above eventually became the mug on the right here :)

08.10.2025 12:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A cylinder thrown on the potters wheel with mud splashed on the surface

A cylinder thrown on the potters wheel with mud splashed on the surface

Grateful to have (re)discovered wheel throwing in my thirties. It’s one of the only things that keeps me in the moment

08.10.2025 12:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Showing up to work day after day amidst all of this requires that I shut off (or seriously limit access to) the deepest emotional part of myself. And that is feeling increasingly untenable and even dangerous to do in this climate.

06.10.2025 19:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
HAVE YOU SEEN ICE?
¿HAS VISTO A ICE?
We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago who
are collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and
traffic stops conducted by federal agents.
Share video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists
Contact us: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com
We won’t share video publicly without your permission.
Share video / Enviar video
Somos un grupo de periodistas de distintos medios en Chicago
recopilando videos relacionados con el uso de la fuerza,
detenciones, controles de tráfico y retenes por agentes
federales en Chicago.
Enviar video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists
Contacto: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com
No compartiremos video públicamente sin permiso.

HAVE YOU SEEN ICE? ¿HAS VISTO A ICE? We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago who are collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and traffic stops conducted by federal agents. Share video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contact us: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com We won’t share video publicly without your permission. Share video / Enviar video Somos un grupo de periodistas de distintos medios en Chicago recopilando videos relacionados con el uso de la fuerza, detenciones, controles de tráfico y retenes por agentes federales en Chicago. Enviar video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contacto: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com No compartiremos video públicamente sin permiso.

Have you witnessed ICE activity in Chicagoland, or seen CPD or other local law enforcement assisting federal agents or engaging in misconduct?

LET US KNOW.

Upload video directly at tinyurl.com/chicagojourn... or email us at chicagojournalists@protonmail.com

05.10.2025 14:35 — 👍 203    🔁 125    💬 1    📌 4

With Chicago in the ICE crosshairs right now, here are some independent and nonprofit media orgs to read, follow and support.

Unraveled: @unraveledpress.com

Block Club Chicago: @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Chicago Reader: @chicagoreader.com

The TRiiBE: @thetriibe.com

WBEZ: @wbez.org

02.10.2025 17:35 — 👍 500    🔁 331    💬 8    📌 5

RIP Jane Goodall 💔

A while back I wrote this piece for @bwdr.bsky.social on Brett Morgen’s documentary, Jane, composed of gorgeous 16mm footage shot by Hugo Van Lawick.

It’s a beautiful tribute to her and her work, and a dream to watch.

01.10.2025 22:58 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Four vessels lined up on a table in a studio.

Four vessels lined up on a table in a studio.

Migrated here after a long break from Twitter/x. Hello! I write sometimes and hope to do more of that soon. I also make ceramics

28.09.2025 16:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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