Emperor of the Moon

I’m quoted in today’s issue of Forbes.

Ahhhhh I can’t wait! Such a great collaboration!

To make things weirder (and to illustrate your point) he also had an old dog who had seizures who of course he had empathy for and cared for… it’s so odd to not be able to have empathy for a cat but to be so patient with a dog?? As if one is more worthy of care

I once had a (former) partner tell me that since my friends cat who I cat sit for needed pills and insulin she should just let him die, meanwhile he is the happiest coziest cat! (Needless to say we didn’t stay together long after that)

First it was troops in L.A., sent to provoke and assault peaceful protesters under the banner of “immigration enforcement.” Now it’s troops in our capital to disappear the homeless. See the pattern? Sooner or later, the monster comes for us all.

When a government starts targeting former intelligence officials, law enforcement leaders, and anyone who once investigated or criticized those in power, it’s not just a red flag, it’s a page straight from the authoritarian playbook.

The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:

✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law

Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

—The Declaration of Independence

Yess! Glad to find more OFMD fans through my stickers of the boys!

Yes!! It’s me! So glad you love your pirates 😊

Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.

A small wooden door affixed with straight and curved metal bars is located within an elaborately carved stone frame. This description can only touch upon the main points of this major artwork. On either side are two columns, the outer ones carved with dragons, the inner one on the left with warriors, and the inner one on the right with interlacing foliage. Immediately above the door is a band of chevrons, and above that a tree of life in a semicircular compartment. Arching over this compartment are three main bands of decoration: geometric, mostly animal heads, and a great variety of figures separated by stylised heads with a large dragon's head on either side at the start and end of this band.

For #AdoorableThursday, few doorways are more interesting than this: the utterly fabulous south door of Kilpeck Church in Herefordshire.

Hang in there and be kind to yourself 💜

Picture of a translucent hooded, caped, skeleton wrapped around an alarmed looking man seeming to move him involuntarily

When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely

RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September

An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.

It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.

"Comic" Series No. 249: Captioned "Girls are doing all [underlined] the fellows' jobs now!" and depicting two women (one of them holding a small dog wearing a red bow on a lead) kissing in the street.

'Girls are doing all the fellows' jobs now!'
Postcard by Bamforth & Co Ltd, 1910s.
Ref GWL-2010-72, Glasgow Women's Library

NBC News: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

Reuters: US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts April 17, 2025

These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.

This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.

Mood this week
#medievalart #illustrationart #wtf #mood #fantasyart #meme #medievalmeme

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Thank you!!

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Did a redesign of the Hausu poster for #spookyspringartparty day 3-4 (“ghost”) because of course I had to 👻 🎹 🏠
#hausu #ghost #jhorror #ssap2025 #spookyart #horrorart #horrormovies

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

Real love of an artists style is to NEVER use it in generative AI.

As market season starts to ramp up please remember that stealing from small vendors sucks. It happens every season to everyone I know and we aren’t big box stores, we don’t mass produce our products, and at the end of the day it is surprising it happens as much as it does and it isn’t cool

GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.

We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.

I’ve been listening to Kate Bush a lot lately, so I had to make a hounds of love inspired ballad sheet illustration 🖤 🐕
#katebush #houndsoflove #medievalart #renaissanceart #illustration #macabreart

The painting is titled "The Tired Dancer" by John Reinhard Weguelin, created in 1879.

The painting is titled "After the Ball" or "Jove decadent" by Ramon Casas i Carbó, created in 1899.

The painting is titled "A Silent Greeting" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, created in 1889.

The painting "Sweet Dreams" is by Pio Ricci, an Italian painter (1850–1919).

I think OfferUp is similar although I’ve never used it? So I’m not sure how many people are actively on it

Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.

That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.

If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?