Jessi Zabarsky

Shivana is right as usual, also you’d be surprised what can end up influencing your comics! A really boring college geology class helped me do Witchlight world building ✌️

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It's a good idea at this point to keep as many eyes as possible watching their livestream to make sure the genocidal regime knows the world cares what happens to them. Put it on in the background if you are busy doing something else

Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.

1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.

Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.

Here is your shutdown guide.

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Hoping for the second one and that they’re so busy they do a typo and accidentally give you a raise

I don’t speak on this very often, but I urge you to call. If this goes through, it won’t just be federal funding that stops for gender affirming care. It’s federal money now, but insurance companies follow what they’re allowed to do and if they’re allowed to drop us, they will.

Please call.

Trump to meet with top congressional leaders as a government shutdown looms The gathering at the White House on Monday comes after Trump canceled an earlier meeting with Democratic leaders.

Trump and Dems are officially meeting Monday.

This is after Trump cancelled his last meeting with Democrats because they were holding firm on immigrant and transgender protections.

The Republican budget has dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ riders.

Call your Dem senators, people, don't let them capitulate.

They’re so CUTE

Ooh I’m not aware of a map, but I’d specifically look for local seed libraries! I know for sure of two in Chicago, and I’d bet there’s more. I’ve also seen little cardboard stands with free native seeds at our (book) libraries!

Thirding this from Chicago, where I’ve been riding transit, working on the south side, talking to strangers, all somehow without being murdered 🙄

Who do I vote for to get sleep debt forgiveness

I rewatched The Shape of Water recently and the sex scenes are so important to the story, so lovely and emotional and funny. I haven’t seen it in a while but the ones in Crimson Peak were great too. Del Toro, he gets it

I truly have so much trouble just recognizing the same character when a different artist draws them, if they’re not in a costume. I think cape comics’ more “realistic” style also trips me up- is that a different white guy in a blue shirt, or the same one??

Hey friends! I designed a pin for Game Devs of Color 2025! Consider buying one, $4 from each purchase helps to support the event and developers from marginalized groups!

I didn’t know that about trash, I’ve been guilty of an apple core or two. Thanks to you, I’ll reform my ways!

I picked the pears, yeah! I keep noticing fruit trees in the parking strips in my neighborhood. I’ve got SO MANY apples/crabapples too! The seeds are all for native plants, idk about the flowers being edible, but the lighter colored ones are native ryes, which I think are just as edible as reg rye!

A tabletop covered in small pears and piles of different native plant seeds

This time of year I go feral for seeds and free fruit and all my tables look like this

I had a dream recently about being at SPX and you were there! unfortunately it was also the apocalypse

Became suddenly fearful that I’d gotten rid of my one pogo book last time I’d moved- no, whew, I’m not that big a fool

If you enjoy Silk Song go buy a copy of Bug Boys right now. I never played those games so I have no idea how funny that statement is

A judge in Massachusetts today issued what I think is the first judgment against the DOJ's attempt to subpoena doctors who treat trans patients. The judge quashed the subpoena the DOJ issued against Boston Children's Hospital, home to the country's first gender clinic for adolescents.

Second Judge Rules Trump Trans Passport Ban Likely Unconstitutional "Under Any Standard Of Review" The decision only applies to named plaintiffs while a separate passport decision in Orr v. Trump applies to all transgender people.

1. Great news out of a federal court in Maryland this morning.

A judge has ruled that Trump's trans passport ban is likely unconstitutional, blocking it for the plaintiffs.

Importantly, it rules that it is likely unconstitutional at ANY level of review.

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Gotcha, yeah, I was too honest at my appointment :\

Where did you go to get one? I tried to get it at a jewel last night and they couldn’t give me it bc of the cdc bs.

a digital drawing of a happy nonbinary person, nude from the waist up, stretching one hand up to the sky and holding a green bracken fern in front of their body, which has visible top surgery scars. This is a self portrait of author Maia Kobabe (a white person with short hair in eir early 30s)

The FTC is accepting public comment on access to gender affirming care for minors until 9/26/2025: regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0264 They are trying to prove it's harmful. @transequality.bsky.social has more info & a template for comments: transequality.org/ftc-hands-of...

Its another day! We really need as many signatures on this petition as possible! Share it around and sign it if you havent already done so!

We still need >60 plant submissions for the Botany & Dragons Bestiary! Please share the flyer with your students! #iamabotanist #plantsci #ttrpg forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Here’s the link to file claims in the Anthropic case: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Completely Arbortrary!

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.

HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.