Jen Thorpe

Text reads: Reflections on the mortality of the would-be Titans of the world after Dorothy Parker They won’t live for ever. The bell tolls for them, too. They’ll fall prey to infection. A tumour. The flu. A rampant addiction to cocaine or ket. Tertiary syphilis. A bite from a pet. Food that’s lodged in their throat, and a Heimlich manoeuvre no-one bothers to offer. Sex games with a Hoover. Asthma. Assassins. An army of ants. A bee sting. An avalanche, ski-ing in France. A fall from a building. A weakened aorta. An overdue drowning in phlegm, or deep water. A venomous snake. A bomb in a box. A swim in a creek packed with saltwater crocs. A bullet. A blowout. The end of a rope.
Something will get them. Remember, there’s hope. © Steve Pottinger 17 Feb 2025

Have a poem.

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Timelapse of last nights drawing! I’ve been doing a lot of commercial work this year already and I like to wind down with fun drawings of angry wolf heads!
Done using Procreate

Photo of five ewes and a brown, black, and white goat standing in a sunny, snowy barnyard.

Girl gang! Our ewes and Mayor Bonnie are out enjoying the sunshine today.

This is just to say

I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government

Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air

Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings

Gracie is the sweetest girl. She has been through so much but somehow still trusts people and loves attention. 🥹

It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.

When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.

My work, digital illustration for Werewolf the Apocalypse. A women and werewolves

My work, digital illustration for Werewolf the Apocalypse. A pack of werewolves

My work, digital illustration for Werewolf the Apocalypse. Werewolves take on an entity that controls machinery in a junk yard

In the spirit of Werewolf Wednesday, here are the 3 illustrations I was hired to make for Werewolf the Apocalypse for the 2023 5th edition rule book!

HAIKU

It’s the golden hour.
Time to pause, reflect, unwind,
and boop a cow snoot.

Ein klassisches Gemälde zeigt drei junge Katzen mit getigertem Fell, die auf einem bestickten, rötlich-braunen Tuch neben einem runden Goldfischglas sitzen. Zwei der Katzen liegen flach auf dem Bauch und schauen konzentriert in das Glas, während die dritte, mit einem rosa Halsband und Schleife geschmückte Katze leicht aufgerichtet hinter ihnen sitzt. Im Glas schwimmen mehrere kleine Fische zwischen grünen Wasserpflanzen. Der Hintergrund ist eine schlichte, warme Wand mit angedeuteten Holzvertäfelungen.

🎨 Horatio Henry Couldery

(1832–1893)

"Cats by a fishbowl"

Ducklings for everyone! I can't seem to warm up this morning, so I've been running around feeding everyone as fast as I can.

In another week Veronica is gonna have to start lowering the peas with a parachute to save her hands

A background drawing featuring a purple/blue pentagram with red roses.

Have this background I drew up for a commission. 🌟 #art

Available in ebook, print and audio.

Greeting card design. An owl wizard saying: ' I cast Protection from Doom-Scrolling'

Stop the Doom-Scrolling and send someone a nice card 🤗

#art #wizard #owl

Selfie of me wearing a blue hoodie and grey top with a tiger on it.

Selfie of me wearing a blue hoodie and grey top with a tiger on it.

Selfie of me wearing a blue hoodie and grey top with a tiger on it.

Going to try to take a few selfies each day.

Self love is important. 🥰

Bald Eagles are so dorky

Boosting. Masks and social distancing wiped out a flu strain and nearly axed another. Mask in crowds, avoid the con crud.

We got a frost overnight, but the ducklings don't care. Nutritional yeast splashes for everyone!

A photo of an open sketchbook with a drawing of a curled up sleeping black cat with white back paws and handwritten text: “to sleep like a cat to sleep and be all in a knot, but somehow in peace to relax all relaxed like there’s no worries of tomorrows or yesterdays to sleep like a cat”

Artist and sometimes a poet here. Amongst other things, currently building my Patreon. I just launched there my new zine, which has more cat art in it: www.patreon.com/merviart

Photo of an adorable lop eared rabbit. He is white with light brown markings.

Photo of an adorable lop eared rabbit. His coat is shades of white and every light brown.

Our little Herbie and Wendell and doing incredible! They are now living together in a spacious enclosure, enjoying lots of treats. They are still a little skittish around humans (which is understandable since they were harmed and abandoned) but they are HEALTHY and SAFE! ❤️🐇 1/3

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 CONTACT Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, twarnke@lambdalegal.org BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The decision by Judge Brendan Hurson was issued from the bench with a written order to come soon. The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. “Good and decent parents of transgender kids should never be in the frightening position of having their child’s prescribed, medically necessary care canceled at the whim and threat of a politician. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s executive order did to PFLAG families with trans youth and young adults nationwide,” said Brian K. Bond (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of PFLAG National. “Today’s decision rights a grievous wrong to our nation's families and children, and PFLAG families will be vigilant to ensure our transgender loved ones receive the healthcare they need—as this legal ruling demands.” “Forcing providers to withhold medically-necessary, evidence-based care not only threatens patient health and well-being, but also undermines the integrity of our healthcare system in its entirety,” said Alex Sheldon (they/them), GLMA executive director. “Today's intervention by the court underscores the cruelty and recklessness that is embedded in this order and affirms our commitment to resist the administration’s extremist agenda that targets trans and non-binary young people and privileges political ideology over medical expertise. We are hopeful that…

In the first week after the order was signed, some hospitals across the country — in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia at least — abruptly halted medical care for transgender people under age 19, canceling appointments and turning away patients, including some who had been receiving this care for most of their life. This prompted protests of support for transgender youth and in opposition to the order nationwide. On Feb. 4, a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Jenner & Block and Hogan Lovells on behalf of transgender young adults and adolescents and their families whose health care has been disrupted by President Trump’s order. Also joining the case as plaintiffs are PFLAG National, the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ people and their families, with over 550,000 members and supporters and nearly 350 chapters across the country; and GLMA, the country’s largest organization of LGBTQ and allied health professionals. "Across the country, this unlawful order from the president has sown fear among transgender youth and confusion among their providers,” said Joshua Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “But today’s decision should restore both their access to healthcare and protections under the Constitution. Providers who’ve suspended healthcare for their transgender patients should be left with no doubt that they can lift those suspensions and continue to provide healthcare and act in their best medical judgment without risking their funding or worse. “The president’s orders sought to take away from transgender young people the very care that they, their families, and their medical providers all agree is best for them – medical care that is evidence-based and well-established. But these decisions are for patients, their families, and their doctors to make, not for politicians or Washington bureaucrats,” said Omar Gonzale…

Incredible news!

The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.

The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.

ACLU statement here:

While it’s unlikely that staff and volunteers are smuggling grapes out of Merrymac, Frankie likes to check our bags just to be sure.

Four yellow, turning white duckings and two darker brown ducklings, all sitting in a duckling pile on dry grass. They're in their gawky teenage phase.

BREAKING NEWS! One of the little brown ducklings has started quacking which means 🎉🎉 she's a girl! 🎉🎉

Let’s unload a kiln.

Annnnnd! The shop is open through Sunday. If you’re in Indianapolis, pop in!

1501 E Michigan St
#indianapolis

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#pottery #resist

Ps - don’t forget to call your Rep, Senator and AG about you know who pillaging our government!

Happy Valentine's Day, America.

Digital drawing of a wolf chomping on an eyeball

Eyeless -2025

A teal heart-shaped valentine shows a sea otter with a pup resting on its chest with text that reads ‘You keep me afloat!”

A purple heart-shaped valentine shows a sea otter playing with toys with text that reads “You’re otter-ly adorable!”

A blue heart-shaped valentine shows a group of sea otters floating on the surface of a kelp bed with text that reads “We make a great raft!”

A reddish pink heart-shaped valentine shows two sea otters swimming together with text that reads “We’re paw-fect for each otter!”

They hold hands while sleeping, carry their pups on their chests, and form rafts as they drift together on choppy waters. We love all the adorable ways sea otters rely on each other. 🦦

Like otters, love and community keep us afloat too. Share this post with the pawsome people who buoy your spirits!

Two fluffy little birds perched close together on a branch, their soft feathers puffed up as they gaze curiously at the camera. The vibrant green background highlights their delicate features, making them look even more adorable.

#BushtitoftheDay

Bushtits are very social birds. They travel together in large flocks during the winter, and the younger birds help their parents with nesting. Here an adult male is snuggling with a recently fledged male.

#birds #nature #bushtits