Jeremy C. Sparks

YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch Let's talk about SCOTUS stopping SNAP for Trump....

youtu.be/SHLNBLfkIqU?...

Living through history is not nearly as much fun as it sounds. Shame on everyone who voted for this. And if you, somehow, still support this ... what the fuck is wrong with you?

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Portrait of Theo with Violin - oil on ACM Panel - 18"x24" Jeremy C. Sparks 2025

I think I need to stop reworking this one and call it done.

Portrait of Theo with Violin - oil on ACM Panel - 18"x24"

#painting #oilpaint #portrait #violin

One glaring gap in Trump's autism campaign is any willingness to help the people & families affected by autism today.
If he were serious, he would demand increases to respite care, life skills training, employment opportunities, & healthcare coverage.
Until he does, this is just more nonsense.

An idea:

Portrait of Dr. Hinkie - work in progress - Oil on ACM Panel - 16"x24" - Jeremy C. Sparks

Starting in on another portrait painting. Couple of sessions in making good progress blocking in the face. Long way to go but happy with the start.

Portrait of Dr. Hinkie - work in progress - oil on panel - 16"x24"
#portrait #painting #oilpainting #artwork #art #handmade #classicalrealism #violin

Can't wait... though I can't lie that announcement was a wild ride. I was so upset to hear that @matthewmercer.bsky.social wasn't going to be GM and then so excited to hear that @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social was going to pick up the reins. Still have a sore neck from that (figurative) whiplash.

Portrait of Theo with Violin - work in progress - oil on ACM panel - 18"x24" - Jeremy C. Sparks 2025

Making good progress on this oil painting. Almost everything blocked in now. Looking forward to going in and trying to push paint surface and correct some of the drawing issues that still linger. (work in progress)

#art #painting #portrait #violin #oilpainting #artwork #handmade #humanmade

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Copper Duo D20 - Oil on Panel - 18"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks

Finished this one yesterday, I think you can see a bit of glare as the paint was still pretty wet in places.

D20 Copper Duo - Oil on ACM Panel - 18"x12".

#OilPainting #Painting #Art #D20 #dice #Handmade #SmallPainting

June 14 No kings Over 11 million people protested!

11 MILLION PEOPLE!! 💥💥💥

Are we nearing the magic 3.5%??

Never forget….WE hold the power.

#nokings

Really good turnout in Boulder, CO for #NoKings

Sings - We the People once again say, "NO KINGS"

Signs are ready to go! #NoKings

"Rapture" D20 (Patina) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks 2025

"Rapture" D20 (Shiny) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks 2025

Finished the patina version off over the weekend.

"Rapture" D20 (Patina) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12"x12"

Should make a nice diptych with the "shiny" version I completed previously.

#OilPainting #SmallPaintings #Art #D20 #Handmade

"Rapture" D20 (Patina) - Oil on ACM Panel - 12" x 12". Work in progress.

Hoping to get this one back up on the easel this weekend. So close to being done. Need to work on the texture and see if I can emphasize the patina without losing the structure.

"Rapture" D20 (Patina) - oil on ACM panel - 12"x12" (work in progress)

#OilPainting #TraditionalArt #SmallPaintings #D20

The subjects are beautiful solid copper dice from @norsefoundry.com - if anyone is curious.

Oil Painting, duo copper D20 dice on a cerulean blue background.

Haven't worked on this one in a couple of weeks but made a big jump this weekend. I think I'll need one (maybe two) more passes to really get it locked in but it's getting pretty close.

This is duo portrait of copper D20s, oil on panel 12"x18"

#OilPainting #SmallPaintings #ContemporaryArt #D20

Black t-shirt with the Foundry VTT logo on it.

Got my new @foundryvtt.bsky.social shirt! I am so ready for game night tonight. Can't wait to see my players in the Kor Well as they work towards the conclusion of @paizo.com 's amazing AP - Sky King's Tomb!

#pf2e

“We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.”

Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

A MORAL CRISIS

“The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored.

If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.”

Take 3 minutes. This is important.

If you paid $1 In federal income taxes, you paid more than:

Tesla in 2024 & 2022
AT&T in 2021
Nike in 2020
FedEx in 2020
Dish Network in 2020
Amazon in 2017-2018
Elon Musk in 2018
Jeff Bezos in 2007 & 2011
Carl Icahn in 2016-2017

Yes. It’s time to tax the rich.

Hands Off protest in Boulder, CO in front of the NOAA facility. This was the second group of protesters in Boulder and the still the protest stretched for a mile in either direction.

@meiselasb.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

#HandsOff

The American Age Is Over Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.

The American Age Is Over www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

How does that saying go? -- "you get the government you deserve" What a depressing thought.

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

You have to see this.

PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

Medicare for All isn't radical.

What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.

Please don't tell me we can't do the same.

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

"Rapture" D20 (Shiny) - oil on panel - 12"x12" - Jeremy C. Sparks

Started this dice painting about a month ago, think it's just about finished now. Going to let it sit for a week and look with fresh eyes but should only be small tweaks at this point.

"Rapture" D20 (Shiny) - oil on panel - 12"x12"

#art #painting #oilpaint #d20 #dice #dnd #ttrpg #handmade