Sett "Apples" Balise

Foot Pic. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art

The marshes will be full of blackbird songs soon. I can't breathe from all the mold blooming in my dumpy trailer. Need to replace the broken window and plug up the leaking roof again. Here's a mossy green cup in the spirit of the season. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

Particularly dangerous in a country so stricken with laziness that people will ske any opportunity to forgive themselves of responsibility by throwing their arms in the air and going "OH gorsh I guess it's just too hard to figure out the truth, opinions are truth now"

AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse? Manipulated images undermine our shared reality—and the democracy built upon it.

A few weeks ago, I saw a group of people in a Facebook comments section trying to figure out if a picture of Ilhan Omar was real. (It was not.) I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I wrote about what I'm calling "strategic memes against public participation." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One of my kid’s favorite books. My toddler had me read it tonight. He loves pointing at the baby in the Iranian family.

I wonder if we killed Kian and his baby sister yet. I wonder if they’re reading together as oil rains down and their streets burst into flames.

YouTube video by Sett “Apples” Balise Introducing: The Doubbowl!

youtu.be/8c-4-Fed5Qk new innovations in pottery. #ceramics #pottery #art

It's just copper red colored--it's a magnesioferrite glaze on stoneware. I don't think a copper planter would last very long or do good things to the soil.

Low wide copper red planter for bonsai trees or shallow root succulents. Used to be my biggest seller but now they pile up and collect dust. Trends are funny. brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art #bonsai #houseplants

Restocked magnets. Still haven't found a good way to sell these online but they go in orders as freebies sometimes. #ceramics #pottery #art #homedecor brambledragon.etsy.com

This big copper red d20 mug is sure to be a critical hit. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art

"Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete."
Rod Serling, The Obsolete Man

Chubby little blue potion bottle. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art

This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

This big copper red mug has dragons wrapped around it. There's a little sun out. I've forgotten how to talk to people and interact with the world. There are no others to time my life to, not even a pet that needs a meal. Just the sounds of machines and wind. Shop.brambledragon.com #ceramics #art

Sunbeam teapot photos. Wish they poured better but they look good. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art

Corked ceramic jar with marsh plants engraved into it that I drew in my back yard. It's a look. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art

Tested the possum design put. Doesn't really show up the way the glaze turned out this run. That sucks, nothing new this time. Next month, maybe. Shop.brambledragon.com #ceramics #pottery #art

An Israeli settler, armed with a gun, confronts a Palestinian farmer, declaring, “This land is now mine. Leave immediately. Never return.” The farmer’s family has cultivated this land for generations, while the settler arrived from Eastern Europe.

Ni e blue plate from the last kiln run. Turned out with some nice wave action in there. Shop.brambledragon.com #ceramics #pottery #art

if you’re cis and you don’t get it this is LITERAL TORTURE

it will result in dead trans people

and with their other goal of making us “sexually explicit” for existing

you see the pipeline right?

we exist -> we’re jailed for it -> we’re tortured and die

WE NEED YOU TO STOP THIS

Cone 5 oxidation

Mossy green ceramic teapots. One of them has a frog handle. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art #tea

Now glazed and cooling #ceramics #pottery #art

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It's been so quiet here lately.
Here's a jumbo mug with a moonrise theme. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art #gifts #moon

Gnarly old tree mug in the snow. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art

Geometric dragon travel mug in a nice sunbeam #ceramics #pottery #art brambledragon.etsy.com

Marsh plant corked jar in a sunbeam. Brambledragon.etsy.com #ceramics #pottery #art #homedecor