MLG ☼

words are hard to find lately. mostly despair and panic.

Authoritarian states happen step by step, then all at once. But you couldn't get to this point from a healthy, functional state.

Black folks, Indigenous people, etc have been trying to tell you **based on our lived experience** that "regular" US politics & overt fascism are siblings, maybe twins.

fish bag with orange drawstring

I AM!! wow i’m so proud of this fish bag that i’ll be gifting to my 8 y/o nephew 💓

sewn fish looking bag

am i a magician

An excerpt from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) summing up the current situation:

start of sewing project with green fabric

i’ve started another sewing project and this time it should look like a fish at the end 🐠

Chappell Roan saying “all my friends who have kids are in hell.”

Jesus Christ she fucking killed them

i’m losing my mind while learning about the Network State: www.shanley.com/blog/venture...

"You have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections as a Democrat, trans political ads work, the public is reacting to trans people poorly"

Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:

aged parmesan, the cheese that you are… 🩷💗

we walk around our neighborhood multiple times a day, and yesterday had an interaction with a neighbor. he saw my shirt that reads “conservation” on it, expressed his discontent with trump and shared that he’s worried about his fellow veterans. we are in this together!!

3 angel statues on pillars over water

Book: hijab butch blues by Lamya H

plus Missouri botanical garden 👼🏼🌿☀️ and a stop at the local book store

red hot riplets and a pack of frozen hamburger patties

being very St. Louis today, including local market foods

Purple, yellow and blue, tie dye hand towel homemade with star sewn in the middle

i’ve been sewing hand towels for our home with a thrifted beach towel and it’s fun ⭐️🧵

A few additional ways to defend and strengthen #libraries from For The People (www.librariesforthepeople.org):

--attend library board meetings
--get on a library board!!!
--sign up for the FTP newsletter to learn more!!!

A black postcard design with white text reading: TRUMP wants to KILL the US POSTAL SERVICE / Say NO to USPS PRIVATIZATION

The back of a postcard with text reading: The US Postal Service: Is not motivated by profit. Is mandated to provide service to every zip code including affordable service for rural areas. Is used for mail-in ballots. Is in the Constitution. (Read: ArtI.S8.C7.1 for historical background on postal power. Promotes Diversity and Inclusion: Employees are 21% African-American; 8% Hispanic; 8% Asian-American/Pacific Islander; .67% American Indian or Alaska Native. You can: Use USPS for shipping. Buy stamps and use them. Order from businesses that ship with USPS. Stop ordering from Amazon. Call your Representatives. Find your reps by using www.5calls.org. Tell postal workers you love them. Tell postal workers you have their backs.

The USPS is being threatened with massive layoffs and privatization. I made these postcards which—when mailed—will be seen by mail handlers, scanners, carriers and the recipient. I just printed 3,000 more. Order cheaply from halfletterpress.com or message me your email for the PDF to print them.

owala water bottle, pink

ready for hydration whenever wherever 😁

today i’m thinking about the trees at my local park, 50 feet tall, how they are sick and weak from climate impacts and the city is cutting a whole row of them down. i love every tree and i am so thankful and so sorry we couldn’t know each other better.

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

garlic growth!

hello garlic growth!

Chapter titled: the national park idea, photo showing pages 10 and 11

the national park idea, pages 12 and 13. Photo of John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt

Book - National Parks of the West by Sunset Books

i love you national parks!!! @altnps.bsky.social

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

another thing every other president in history would be impeached for just happened

dear voters: please don’t pay attention to the latest fascism its a distraction from how our party is counting on your financial support now to defeat the fascism in 2028. click here to donate and show your

Feel free to print and use in your community! 📑

sewing project with letters L & A - ladybugs and leafs on fabric pattern

don’t tell my nephew but i’m sewing him a baby book 😊🪡

lrt - i keep reminding myself of the roots of this country and it helps bring sense to the impossibly horrible some days. the grief is real but here we are

Flip your center in US history from white people to Black and Indigenous people, look at the Exclusion Acts, and understand the US isn't sliding towards fascism. It is reverting to its original state. And your utopian dreams about European comfort, freedom, etc? Yeah, take a harder look.