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Anyway, i spent some time updating my Ko-Fi page, marked my surf perch paintings down to 1/2 price, & will be putting some old art cards up soon — free w/donation for US folks to whom i can't sell originals anymore cuz of 🍊💩

i'd sure love to stop lurching from one disaster to another! Thx!
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If anyone feels like it, I wouldn't say no to help towards monthly supplemental oxygen fees among other out of pocket/not fully covered medical expenses. It's not currently super urgent or anything but it would take some stress off.
www.paypal.me/brainfrog95

Uninstalling social media for a while. Dealing with intense PTSD & ideation lately with no way to cope, trying to keep up with everything fuels it & I'm not physically or cognitively well enough to do shit that used to bring joy or at least offer temporary distraction. Won't reply to DMs for a bit.

No new pictures.

Where are you at mentally?

I want everyone who has spent years in therapy wondering what is wrong with them, wondering why they had so many bad relationships, why they felt so much dread, to know that it was in part because you were living in a world run by evil, evil people and you could tell that somewhere deep down

also applies to Canada

Donate to Honoring Jean Wilson Brutus, Who Died in ICE Custody, organized by Evans Belony Help Us Lay Jean Wilson Brutus to Rest With Dignity My name is E… Evans Belony needs your support for Honoring Jean Wilson Brutus, Who Died in ICE Custody

Jean, a 41 year old Haitian asylum seeker, was abducted by ICE & died in their custody as medical care was withheld.

Jean's family describes him as a gentle & selfless soul, known for always helping with his hands & expecting nothing in return.

Please share & support his family through their loss.

Poster made by Coven, an independent community focused grocer in downtown Kitchener at 16 Charles Street West It reads: Coven accepts donations for our neighbours (drop off Tues. - Sun. 10AM - 7PM) -Socks, mitts, hand warmers -Shelf stable snacks including soft foods -Batteries - AA, AAA. -Battery backups for phones etc. -Flashlights/head lamps -Backpacks / duffle bags -Tents - 4 person (smaller tents - if you're rehoming one larger, please reach out) -Tarps "heavy duty" is best -Sleeping bags -Tent Pegs / paracord Offering something else? E-transfer donation? Curious? Email fightback.kw@gmail.com

Hi friends, we're in a severe cold snap with temps dropping to -30 & lower. Please consider helping folks live by making monetary or material donations toward supporting our houseless neighbours in Kitchener-Waterloo, or to ppl & initiatives in your own region.
E-transfers: fightback.kw@gmail.com

Calgary police "image recognition" by Hootsuite identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...

I had to pay Calgary police $1,133 to release these documents, so if you can share it with all your friends it’ll make it all worthwhile.
There’s even a paid subscription option in the article if you wanna help that way!
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Cops are still cops.

The police aren’t suddenly law-abiding saviors now that white people are being threatened by a government “law enforcement” organization.

Your privileged past experiences with cops hasn’t made them the grown-ups in the room that are coming to protect you from fascism.

this isn’t just abt one administration or entity. this is generations of policing that our Indigenous, Black, queer kin, have been screaming abt forever.

it’s not just abt abolish ICE (YES), but the entire system of policing that is disguised as “safety” & “protection”

he City is closing two shelters this spring, including 5800 Yonge: currently sheltering 410 people.

The City says they're prioritizing smaller shelters but there is NO NET GAIN OF BEDS:
www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...

COMPLETELY INHUMANE.
take action to demand the City keep these warming centres open ALL WINTER.

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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”

― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

Meanwhile Brian Palacios, the ICE agent and documented child abuser who shot Keith Porter Jr on New Year's eve, remains on active duty.

"This isn't who we are!"

It is, though. None of this is new, our euro-settler-colonial states have always, always, always been doing this to Black and Indigenous folks, and they've been telling us so for a very long time.

We settlers need to start actually listening, & learn from them.

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A Break in the Cold | Storm Get more from Storm on Patreon

New post up on the Ptreon, open to everyone.

As always, thanks for all your support!

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Liam is back home.

He is only one of the approximately 3,800 children in ICE custody.

(Source: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/29/i...)

Post from adriana_shwarz that reads: "The more people keep focusing on the credentials of what makes you a good and worthy person not deserving of state violence, the more it will continue to happen. We have to stretch this moment into the lessons of BLM and abolition. Yes, it's different now but the lessons are the same."

Meanwhile Brian Palacios, the ICE agent and documented child abuser who shot Keith Porter Jr on New Year's eve, remains on active duty.

Read it and internalize it

The Atrocities You Ignore
Cause
The Atrocities You Notice

Your dreaming and planning is called HOPE and it is a necessity during chaos. People like you are how and why we move forward and out

ODSP Shelter Allowance Rates (as of July 1, 2025):
•Single person: $599
•Two people: $941
•Three people: $1,018
•Four people: $1,105
•Five people: $1,192
•Six or more people: $1,235

No one is renting to you once they see your income statement.

Food-borne pathogen outbreaks have been rising in Canada in recent years.

That trend predates the US' dismantlement of its food-safety regulations.

This is a bad idea.

Sending solidarity and strength to @amberbracken.bsky.social, everyone @thenarwhal.ca, and every member of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation bravely protecting their lands and whom Amber was covering when she was unlawfully arrested for doing her job. #PressFreedom

I don't care if you take the last cup & never brew another pot, steal a parking spot, cut in line at the grocery store, or take more than one piece at halloween.

The idea that only REALLY GOOD PEOPLE deserve protection from state violence is fucking BULLSHIT

NOBODY SHOULD BE EXECUTED BY ICE