Deft Artistry by Becs

Get you a pupper that looks at you like this

Balm for the soul

#pibbles #love #healing

Super proud of this one! Another #tutorial from #WatercolorWanderlust by #HannahPickerill

I’m keeping this one of El Capitan. One of my top 3 places to plan a visit

#artist #mentalhealth #ptsd #depression #landscape #referencephoto

Been waiting for a sunny day to photograph this #painting

Snow capped mountain #watercolor #tutorial by Hannah Pickerill from Watercolor Wanderlust

Smoky mountains tutorial completed from Hannah Pickerill’s Watercolor Wanderlust

I’m heading to the smoky’s monday, so definitely plan to put this to good use quickly
#watercolor #artist #artsavelives #ptsd #depression #anxiety

So are frogs the official symbol of resistance at this point?

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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It’s so soothing to look at 🤩

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

ICE Secretly ‘Kidnaps’ Autistic Houston Boy During Bathroom Break: ‘Proof That ICE Isn’t Going After Criminals’

A 15-year-old Autistic boy went to take a bathroom break while helping his mother sell fruit in Houston, TX. Frighteningly, he never returned and was missing for almost a week.

Finally, the family discovered that ICE had secretly snatched the child and taken him to a detention center.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

“In a time of darkness, New York must be the light.” 🔥

Instead of running from trans rights @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social leans into fighting for ALL New Yorkers.

He understands a good campaign tells the story of the place he’s running to represent— and the people in it.

Every time someone talks about “curing” autism, what they’re really saying is:

That autism is a disease
That we are broken
That we shouldn’t exist

It’s not just wrong - it’s dehumanising

We’re not a problem to be solved.
We’re real, valid humans

Why is that so hard to see?

#AutismAdvocacy

Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism

I post this article too much,,,
But we have mass shooting too much

www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

And when you do assert yourself…you are told that you are over explaining and now the nt’s are pissed off and unwilling to help

Hard work and opportunity for all. This is at the forefront of the New American Dream. #southcarolina

The brown people aren't stealing your jobs.
The orange man is stealing your future.

This is why my neuropsychologist doesnt establish level 1,2 etc. she tells her patients that the level and needs change over time pending so many things. At one point in a persons life they could high functioning/level 1 and then something in life happens and they require more accommodations

AI

Bold of you to assume the current admin is going to allow another vote

Michigan Avenue right now.

Context matters

Disabled people are not the enemy

Immigrants are not the enemy

LGBTQ+ people are not the enemy

Minorities & people of colour are not the enemy

These division tactics only work because there’s one group who needs to feel superior to the rest of us

They will “other” anyone to advance their agenda

7 October 2023: What really happened? Much of what we thought we knew about the attack has turned out to be false or only partially true. We owe it to the Palestinians to understand what happened.

israelpalestinenews.org/oct-7-what-r...

Thanks, New Yorker

ICE and CBP Spending on Weapons and Ammunition     | Created with Datawrapper (FY16-FY25)

Last month, both ICE and CBP bought weapons and ammunition at an unprecedented rate.

Dig into the data with the linked interactive chart.

Masking helps us survive, but it’s not sustainable. It’s dangerous to keep hiding pain just to be seen as “acceptable.”
We deserve to be safe as we are

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

He’s one of many of the early inventors and pioneers of industry who also firmly believed in Eugenics