Mx. Cosmos 🌼

A colorful Sketch of a cartoon raccoon who has big eyes, with emphasized long lashes.

Some noodling from last night.

I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Its for drawing. I've always wanted to teach how I started drawing in different cartoon styles so...

It's fine I can do this 😤

Oh NO my panel got approved I have to PRESENT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE

Had a good cry watching Frankenstein in the theater.

Finally......! Gonna see Frankenstein in the theater. ✨

I've had those days - buy yourself a treat!

Hang in there! We are so close!

A colored sketch of Peppino from Pizza Tower, looking absolutely freaked out

I don't know why I had such a slump this year, but looking at my progress the past few years has been real good?

The little voice inside my head whispers, "Chuck E Cheese..." Haha

Those leather seats that recline are so great BUT because they put the buttons on the side of my leg I have been sent to the laying position against my will more than once

I'm having a crisis of identity with my art? What do I want to draw for myself? ???

It sounds like some teachers and parents would abuse the system to make sure poor kids don't get into school

Is there an avid target birdie fan base?

I call these the "Hello Sir" birds bc the first one I saw reminded me of Angus McDonald from Adventure Zone..... And I'd say the quote when they would pop up.

A pair of bird figures made of felt. They are dressed to look like a lesbian couple.

Oh Target... You're still not getting my money.

There's gotta be at least one cute koala mascot I can have a shirt of...

Having a cry over The Owl House haha

*plays Celebrate for no reason* 🎉

Also, children trying to decipher if something is real, or AI is actually an important skill they'll need to know so if they are raising questions about it, you can always talk to them. And talk to your school's librarian.

I really do not despair about children not knowing or thinking things are AI because they have yet to scratch the surface of their experiences in this world. It's our job, as adults, to show them.

An art teacher's job is not just how to teach you how to make art but to appreciate it. Combating this train of thought may look like showing process videos, bringing in artists for demos or field trips.

My kitty thinks I have gone back into the bedroom and has gone in there to cry.

If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.

I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.

www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...

Mushroom boy unlocked

He's so cute tho;;

My favorite lil' guy! I reaaaally want to meet him!

You look so cute! Good luck today! 🍀