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What does ICE have to hide?

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a new policy that allows ICE officials to block or cancel visits by members of Congress to immigration detention facilities, whenever they “deem it appropriate” or cite vague “operational concerns.”

only things i want to do today is schedule a panic attack, a nap, and play a video game.

Meme of a path in misty green trees with the caption, “Nature never did betray the Heart that Loved her.” -WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

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#NatureWitch

Air fryers are just Easy-Bake Ovens for adults.

The Trump administration has just canceled a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna that was meant to develop a bird flu vaccine.

If we choose to stay silent and conform due to fear of hate and being uncomfortable, the world will not change.

amazon hosting their annual book sale the same weekend as independent bookstore day is sooooo sleazy and gross. please shop your local bookstores and support your local economy. amazon doesn’t need your money!!! #booksky

People who commit crimes don’t deserve to be shipped to offshore torture prisons either, let’s start there

A guitar amp with six pink stickers with a word each on them: text reads: “TRANSPHOBES EAT SHIT AND DIE ALONE”

Now, then, forever

Whenever I meet a person who considers themselves an actual prepper, I ask them what kind of sewing machine they have.
I have yet to meet one that has anything to repair clothes, let alone the stuff you’d actually need if you think it’s gonna be a Last Man On Earth type situation.

Just draw the fuckin thing yourself. The imperfection is part of the charm. The fact that you drew it is the whole fuckin point. Don't embarrass yourself engineering a prompt, just pick up whatever you have at hand and give it a go. Be a human being.

People will remember how your art made them feel not how perfect it was

Terrifying. I feel like this might be useful info in light of the info you just shared. Courtesy of the NY Times.

12 Miniature paintings can be seen of various insects on colorful backgrounds. they are in small golden ornate frames with mushrooms, hand sculpted on the edges.

I just updated my website with a bunch of miniature paintings! I’m letting Bluesky know first if you want to grab one before I let more people know.

www.nicoleparishart.org/team-4-1

Growth and Decay

Some federal workers are going back to work.

The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.

Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.

The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.

Ham’s Galley #pixelart

Graffiti that is sprayed on to a building that says Stop Believing In Authority. Start Believing In Each Other

Stop Believing In Authority, Start Believing In Each Other.
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#Resist #StopTheCoup

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

excerpt from THEY KNEW

:There was a coup in America, and no one noticed. It was a slow-moving coup, decades in the making, forged by redefining laws and loyalty until the contours of betrayal blurred."

--THEY KNEW (2022)

Buy art from an artist instead of an AI painting from Hobby lobby. Get a book from an Indie bookstore instead of Amazon. Trade with the neighbor who has chickens instead of going to Walmart.

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

Literacy is activism.
Reading is a political act.
Books are tools for liberation.

I have two reading moods:

1. I’ll devour anything in sight.
2. None of the 2,000 books on my shelf feel right.

And there is no in between. #Booksky

I am part of the 25%. The lifestyle change is worth it.

This is the way…

My mother: openly dislikes me
Me: why don’t you like me
My mother: :O