RDS (formerly shawphd)

"This is not the same thing as persuading people that the thing itself matters: they usually know it does. The task is to persuade people that they matter: they know they usually don’t."

haven't seen it said better than @alybatt.bsky.social says it here

Tiny Adds Up: Unshittification and The Pawshank Redemption How Twitter's successor did an old Twitter trick and reminded me what we came to the internet for in the first place

The world CAN be what we make it

Pretty!

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

Semi-surrealist sculpture of a striped rodent-like creature with slices in one side and red cords protruding.

A preview of one of the pieces that will be in my show, INSIDES.

Opening this Saturday 11/1 at Stranger Factory alongside ARMOR, a show by Shing Yin Khor. Come see it in person in Algodones, New Mexico or online through strangerfactory.com

For Colorado, the pet food bank is coloradopetpantry.org. Lots of places accept donations, lots of distribution sites around the state.

It’s not shameful to need help. It’s shameful to harm someone, including yourself, including your four-footed people, because you won’t ask for help.

Omg

I definitely enjoy the surrealism 👍🏻

These are really good. I know everyone thinks trunk or treat is the downfall of society or whatever but community events like that are often SO much more accessible to disabled kids, and I think parents do need to hear that holidays with ND kids might have to necessitate new traditions

When he says “hit it, Joe”, I don’t think first time viewers are going to be prepared for just how hard Joe hits it.

‘Wind phone’ installed in Federal Way, joining hundreds around the world | Federal Way Mirror Walking along the winding path near Dumas Bay, a visitor might stumble upon a lone wooden box with a telephone inside. The telephone is not plugged in and no dial tone will sound when the receiver is ...

‘Wind phone’ installed in Federal Way, joining hundreds around the world

What a beautiful way to acknowledge the grief that so many of us carry.

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a black cat sticker design. The black cat is smiling with slit pupils looking off to the side. a yellow ribbon is tied around its neck and yellow leaves adorn its body in an abstract design. The yellow of the eyes, ribbon, and leaves all have shiny glitter.

a black bat sticker design. The black bat is smiling with slit pupils looking off to the side. a purple ribbon is tied around its neck and purple leaves adorn its body and wings in an abstract design. The purple of the eyes, ribbon, and leaves all have shiny glitter.

🦇 ✨🍂

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have friends struggling through the shutdown, consider inviting them over for a family dinner this week. Make too much. Insist they take leftovers home. Some folks can't say they need help out loud but will appreciate the kindness.

There are going to be a LOT of people in thrift shops this year.
And in food banks.
And at holiday soup kitchens.

For the love of CHRIST - now that someone's brought this to your attention, please go through your stuff - for kids *and* for grown-ups - and for once, give some GOOD stuff away.

Federal agents have tear gassed Chicago neighborhoods three days in a row. Confirmed gassings during recent immigration raids in: Logan Square, Brighton Park, Albany Park, Little Village, East Side, Lakeview, Irving Park and Avondale.

SNAP is not just for the unemployed.

It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.

But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!

No one deserves to starve.

makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies

While this isn’t a food bank, diaper banks are essential for families who are on or will be losing their benefits November 1. Some daycares require parents to provide diapers so no diapers = no daycare = parents can’t go to work.

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Nope, not particularly

And she was a random customer, lol

Once I was taking a Greyhound from California to Oregon and we got an inexperienced driver who was not familiar with the route and after many wrong turns finally got on an on-ramp heading *back* towards our starting point, which led an enormous Black man to stand up and bellow, “Noth, man, Noth!”

Another was a sign they once saw while traveling in the Southwest

“Sagebrush is free, stuff some in your car”

Which I have since passed along to my own child

When I was a toddler my family lived in Australia and the phrase from a furniture store Christmas ad “Santer himself would laik this sofer” was a family touchstone

This thread of replies is amazing

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Omg

What the heck

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Omg

Catalog image of artificial squid fishing lures. The lures are translucent with speckles and you can tell that they have a rubbery texture just by looking at them.

Like these

Omg

Yes

They’re like the rubbery fake squid baits

I’m entertained by the thought of you blacklighting your toilet

We did buy the couch

I don’t know! She was very intent and serious when she told us this and it was hilarious