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Illustration of a dragon based on the flower lily of the valley. They are a tiny guy wearing a little flower hat. Colors used are mainly green and bluish green

lily of the valley but as a dragon

Hidden figures in queer Black history — Stonewall Community Foundation Throughout February, in honor of Black History Month, we’ve been busy on Stonewall’s Instagram highlighting some of the lesser-known figures in queer Black history. These bold individuals lead with br...

#BlackHistoryMonth: Since the National Park Service wants to erase the T from Stonewall, let's spill the T through the Stonewall Community Foundation. The first story here is of Frances Thompson, a trans black activist born in 1840.

As you lay in bed tonight, remember: nothing can take your ability to care. Even in what may feel like or darkest hour, there is always the capacity to do the right thing and share the right to humanity. It’s our shared superpower and when we all unite, nothing can stop us

40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...

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comic of two cats text says: Cat 1: Stress is bad for the baby *holds shark plushie tightly* Cat 2: What baby? Cat 1: Me, I am the baby *proceeds to cover self with blanket*

I am the baby

Flowers painted in watercolor surrounding two water drops. ___ #jaybendtart

Petals.

Night time doodles <3 #watercolor #art

the cover of the book "Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America's World War II Concentration Camps" by Eric L. Muller.

This is a perilous moment for lawyers in federal service.
Stories of resistance from within can help.

This book tells of lawyers who helped run the Japanese American camps of WWII.

We can learn from their struggles to reconcile job with conscience.

Would you please share?

tinyurl.com/mrxm6vv2

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.

On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

Google Quietly Installed A.I. to My Workspace. Getting Rid of It Was Creepy. Opting out should not be a premium feature. It’s a basic right.

in case your company uses Google Workspace and is despairing at how Gemini A.I. is getting pushed into everything—fear not! Slate's indefatigable IT chief embarked on a successful journey to get it removed from our end and wrote a detailed guide for the curious: slate.com/technology/2...

Yay! *throws ice cream at you* 💜

Hi.

I lives.

May be more active now that the academic year is over until April.

Also happy lunar new year!

Illustration of a hydrangea but as a dragon. Colors used are mainly pink, blue, and purple hues. The pun is the hydra is a greek monster and hydrangea has hydra in it

Hydrangea dragon 🌸

Birth of a Birthright Meet Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese-American whose Supreme Court case changed the country.

For anyone interested in the history of birthright citizenship, here was my piece from 2018 about the man whose case protected the right for everyone.

www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

This is just fucking embarrassing. Performative useless nonsense.

I have been wondering why US leftists and liberals alike are so terrible at long term strategy lately. Then I remembered that we’re in this predicament because neither camp listens to Black people or respects our history in this country beyond lip service.

Abolition & civil rights took *centuries.*

if you’re a person who enjoys art but doesn’t create it you have no idea how many of your faves are in their artist group chats talking about how much more they’d be able to create if we had universal basic income

Comic of a shark sleeping in bed with a seal pillow First image: Shark talking in sleep saying "I am not scary" Second image: Shark waking up and saying "I am cute!"

Sharks are cute

illustration of some submarines in the shapes of fishies and a crab the further you go down the more ocean pressure there is so drew my Mako shark in some submarines so he can explore 🌊

sharks in submarines

Los Angeles Times + @Latimes Follow Rents likely to balloon in wake of L.A. wildfires, experts say

Now this, this is looting. Ain’t nobody gonna be arrested for it either.

Illustration of a pufferfish but as a dragon. They are yellow and spiky all over. They expand in size when they are angry.

pufferfish but as a dragon 🐡

Looks so good!

Illustration of a shark swimming with some moon jellies. The colors used are mainly shades of blue with gradients and a hint of pink

Jellyfish 🪼
#art #jellyfish #sharks

Cypress Catwell's Carrd The professional carrd website for Cypress

Hello! My name is Cy Catwell, and I'm a Japanese to English localization professional with experience as an editor, QA, and rewriter. I'm also an article editor, a freelance writer, and sometimes even a journalist. Nice to meet you!

email: cypresscatwell@gmail.com

Portfolio below ⬇️

Illustration of a mako shark swimming in a river. There are sakura branches and flower petals spread across the image. Theres also the sharkies reflection in the water. Colors mainly used are pink and blues

sakura mako 🦈
🌸 #art #sharks

YouTube video by The Straits Times Talking tteokbokki and therapy with Baek Se-hee and BTS translator Anton Hur

Baek Sehee, the author of I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI, and I did an interview together 💜

Super rare—Sehee almost never does interviews and this was her first international appearance despite having sold 10 million copies worldwide (that’s not an exaggeration!).

Pay Cypress Catwell using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/cycatwell and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

At the end of November, I mentioned that I might need to ask for help: that time has come, and I need to lean on mutual aid and community support to transition through a really hard time until I start receiving support from the state.

I'm asking for donations:

tiny shark 🤲
🦈 #art #sharks

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