Saphron

I'm constantly reminded that they could easily shed half their wealth and never notice an impact to their lives while having an immeasurable impact on countless other lives, and yet choose instead to make number go up.

04.02.2026 14:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is.

"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."

24.01.2026 18:18 — 👍 3154    🔁 751    💬 50    📌 165

A lot of the US is about to dip into the "deep freeze" (yay climate change), and most of 'yall are really not prepared for it.

So I wanted to share the Ikea blueprints to making blanket forts from stuff you have already in case the power goes out. You'd be shocked how warm they can get.

22.01.2026 21:50 — 👍 104    🔁 46    💬 1    📌 1

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

16.01.2026 13:27 — 👍 6134    🔁 2664    💬 27    📌 0

"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"

14.11.2025 18:23 — 👍 6408    🔁 2218    💬 1    📌 11

Two stages of writing:

• I am a river from which words flow towards a vast, unending sea. Inspiration is my god but I am its master.

• ??? the fkc is a w ord

17.06.2025 04:33 — 👍 543    🔁 261    💬 6    📌 3

My husband and I run a game store and after all the tariff announcements, he decided to write out kind of a "behind the scenes" of how we spend and spill it out for people who don't understand. He's had so many reactions and shares I wanted to bring it here, too.

04.04.2025 12:07 — 👍 3132    🔁 1140    💬 82    📌 77

Incredible news on TDOV.

The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

31.03.2025 22:46 — 👍 25961    🔁 5117    💬 289    📌 271

There’s a strain of person who would much rather believe that Americans aren’t doing anything to fight back than that they ARE fighting back and it hasn’t fixed things.

And look, I get it. It’s the same drive that says if you don’t bounce back from an illness, you must have done something wrong.

30.03.2025 17:36 — 👍 2413    🔁 490    💬 41    📌 40

WATCH: #LegacyOnIce archived stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDeU...

03.03.2025 19:34 — 👍 56    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 0

For many of these kids, it would have been one of the highlights of their lives to have gotten to skate at Nats, and a relief to be going home after the adrenaline rush of competing. :(

30.01.2025 12:18 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A shot of an eggplant-shaped samurai helmet sitting on a wooden stand in a museum display case. It's made of darkened metal and has gold trim and accents.

A closeup shot of some buttons, fasteners, and ties on a small section of a samurai armor set's front chest plate. There are various ornate patterns, complex knots, and overlapping pieces.

A closeup shot of the thumb and forefinger of a European steel gauntlet inlaid with gold. It has bronze rivets and a white leather glove under the overlapping finger armor pieces.

A closeup shot of an extremely ornate double barreled shotgun's firing mechanism and trigger. The hammers are shaped like squirrels holding nuts and there is floral filigree everywhere.

Time for another reference dump!

This zip file contains 2,566 photos (6.58 GB) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art arms and armor collection. I tried to focus on the types of details you don't see in most available reference, like hinges and fasteners.

Enjoy!

drive.google.com/file/d/1emF3...

28.10.2024 14:40 — 👍 4867    🔁 1873    💬 203    📌 49

I worked on this and it was a blast \o/ So stoked for y'all to see it tomorrow!

11.09.2024 23:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0