Christine Stuckart

I'm vending at a local show this weekend, so today is the last day to make sure you get any sets currently on the website!

I'll be locking it tonight to make sure inventory numbers don't get weird, and then putting it back up on Monday after I've removed whatever sold.

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

I *cannot* fucking stress this enough:

The threat of AI is *NOT* making movies for us, but the hundreds of jobs it will be able to easily eliminate from crew positions. VFX. Drone pilots. Color timing. Sound mixing. Clerical staff.

If we don't move to protect jobs NOW, they WILL go away forever.

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.

This is horrifying beyond words.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Brad Lander's "The line in the Democratic Party right now is not between progressives and moderates — it's between fighters and folders" is truly *the* best diagnosis of what's needed right now. It also has the advantage of being backed up by public opinion.

Lost dog sign with a cute small breed mutt. 814-490-3909

Austin! Lost dog has been found. Whose cute little boy is this? Found in the Highland Hills area. 6-8 years old. Chip lead to a previous owner that had surrendered him. Who is missing their boy??? Austin, do your thing and spread the word.

Not starving Gaza actually seems to be the popular choice- but our political systems are not set up to deliver popular outcomes.

I have a hard time finding the words to say about the ongoing crisis in Palestine. It’s an atrocity, it’s a genocide, I want it to stop.

The images of children starved to death in Gaza should be the lead of every news program.

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

will there be a follow up report?

Studio behind Oblivion Remastered, one of 2025's biggest hits, subject to mass layoffs Virtuos has reportedly been impacted by layoffs, affecting seven percent of staff.

At this point it just really doesn't matter anymore how well or badly a game sells. If management feels that number could go up faster by axing 300 jobs that's what they'll do. There's always more profit to be made. It'll never be enough. Absolute fucking bullshit.

www.eurogamer.net/studio-behin...

WHAT?!

Speaking strictly from the US animation industry, this is truly an unprecedented time of hardship. People up and down the career ladder are struggling to find work, the newest to the most experienced and talented artists. It truly is just luck at this point (and who you know that is also lucky)

New prints up in store!
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Case Study: Lies of P(roblem-Solving) SPOILER WARNING: This essay contains spoilers for both the base game and the Overture DLC.

after months of picking away at this: i have finally finished my lies of p case study. if you like to read about elegant pipeline design, beautifully ruthless artistic decision-making, and animation library Hot Tips, this one's for you. reposts appreciated i worked hard

medium.com/@leylamamart...

The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:

✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law

Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.

Mark Champ captured this video of flooding in Georgetown along the South San Gabriel river. Heavy rain fell through the morning Saturday inundating Burnet County and parts of western Travis, Williamson counties.

My July 4th activity was making a spreadsheet of states I might be able to move to in an effort to retain SOME of my rights. I'm fucking tired, y'all. If leaving the country was easier, I'd be making THAT spreadsheet.

A screenshot of 5calls.org. It's has the number and name for my local house representative. There is also a written script provided to use.

A screenshot of a part of 5calls.org website. Put in your locatioon, pick a struggle (a topic lol), and info will come up for you (ie; your rep's name and number and a script you can read during your phone call).

I JUST CALLED MY HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE TO LET EM KNOW I OPPOSE THE "One Big Beautiful Bill Act".

Steps:

1. Went to 5calls.org
2. Picked a topic I cared about
3. Entered where I live and BOOM I get a script and phone number to call.

DASSIT! YOUR TURN!!!!

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

A diseased and impoverished nation is easier to control.

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.

The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

I know there's still another election to deal with but like, is this what optimism feels like? It's been so long

As he wrapped up his speech, Brad Lander again congratulated Mamdani, whom he cross-endorsed. And Lander, who is Jewish, declared, “We are not going to let anyone divide Muslim New Yorkers and Jewish New Yorkers.”

I am weeping

every leftist politician in america needs to follow the mamdani formula. he is the case study for the future

This just in! Every sci-fi writer ever proven correct.
"NO SHIT." says perpetually rolling corpse of Isaac Asimov.

The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.

Zohran Mamdani's shocked American pundits by running on a platform that provided an alternative to Trump, the Democrats catering to him (hello, Newsom), and misogynist Andrew Cuomo. his economics-first campaign stridently protected trans rights as Dems largely refuse to. me on his win @teenvogue.com