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Abolish ICE.

There’s no reforming it.

There’s no compromise.

There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

Dear publishers,

I just set up my home office with a spiffy desk and everything. My dog chose a cool spot on the floor for her relaxation.

I am open for business.

I enjoy writing.
I’m pretty friggin good.
It’d be nice to get a cool comics gig.

Thank you for your time.

Andy Merrill

Hoagie Blu-ray (Slipcover Edition) | Art Label *****LIMITED EDITION SLIPCOVER***** A mysterious egg contains an impish creature who can grant great power, for good or evil. Brendan Bean, a kindly family man, finds himself face to face with the biz...

Friends! This is a hilarious movie! I loved it so much I wrote the liner notes. It has puppets and slime and vulgarity and friendship and a knife fight inspired by the one in UNDER SIEGE. I wrote the liner notes for that too so I know what I'm talking about. Highly recommended.

Here's the cover of Bedfellow by yours truly. The cover is black with a black and white illustration of a bald creature with his face in shadow and tiny white eyes. He's playing with little figures beside a two story doll house.

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?

Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long the sale will last.

www.amazon.com/Bedfellow-Je...

bookshop.org/p/books/bedf...

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Aqua Tofana A baroque solo game about poisoning your husband

I'm releasing Aqua Tofana, a tarot-based solo game about poisoning your husband, set in 1600s Italy and inspired by true events!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wan...

Last day to help me make rent! After a wild month of outrageous vet bills, it’s been a challenge. Need to sell at least 5 more framed pieces to have it. Any order over $100 will receive one of my original square paintings, a couple of prints & a magnet/sticker. Thank you so much for looking!

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

“It’s worse than people think,” said attorney Eric Lee, who tried to visit clients at Dilley on Saturday. “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”

digital art. a cat seen pressed against a patterned window. the window is causing distortion making the cat look weird

a cat seen pressed against a patterned window. the window is causing distortion making the cat look weird

cat

Notable Sandwiches #136: Peanut Butter & Jelly Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where David & I traipse through the garden of earthly delights that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...

TODAY: the myth
the icon
the legend

the peanut butter and jelly sandwich

on the making of a myth, and how it became ubiquitous
(alas, george washington carver did not invent peanut butter)

buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Sign the Petition Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention

ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!

Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.

He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.

His health is declining.

Public outrage might save his life.

Say his name:

YouTube video by unvmebad86 George Washington

I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...

We're going to win because their side has no good art and they know it.

It’s a lot of fun too! Insanely goofy-looking but I’ve played a few hours with friends. Totally worth a buck.

photo of a beautiful white and grey speckled horse wearing a blue coat in a snowy pasture with woods behind him.

Beautiful Iceman looking so dapper in his winter coat!

You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word about my Patreon? My goal for the day is one new patron.

Patrons help support my art and my existence. You'll receive positive affirmations from Felmer, etiquette advice from Mothman, and other fun posts.

www.patreon.com/jeremycreature

i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.

please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.

EMERGENCY & RAPID RESPONSE FUND: Keep Minnesota Workers Safe The ICE occupation in the Twin Cities is ongoing, and low-wage and immigrant workers continue to face urgent threats to their safety and livelihoods. This campaign has met its original rent fund goal,...

hey if you want to help people in Minnesota pay rent when they can't work due to the federal government occupying their city for the purpose of oppression, ethnic cleansing and terrorism, here's a place to donate chuffed.org/project/1671...

like nails on a chalkboard these are the days of our lives

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."

ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.

I need an interview with this person immediately

what is it like to be the one and only Londoner to go see the Melania movie? and why?

Pretty certain all of you will love this.

These are some incredible paintings by Ghassan Kanafani.

1- “Women” 1968

2- “Antara” 1967

3- “untitled” 1965

4- “untitled” 1964

Shit's pretty dark. But so many of you are fucking rad and deserve love as much as you do safety. Much love to all of you.

This is a photo of a paperback copy of The Atrocities by me (Jeremy C. Shipp). The book is resting on grass and there are white petals strewn about on the grass and on the cover. The cover features a creepy old manor house, storm clouds, and a hedge maze.

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?

My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long this sale will last.

www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...

bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

i'm a disabled trans woman living in Minneapolis, in Whittier. my 30th birthday is tomorrow. i know there's a lot of more urgent needs right now, but i'm in a large amount of debt and am trying to get by while my application for SSI is processed. if you're interested in helping, my venmo's in my bio