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artphobos @artphobos.bsky.social · 8h

One more masterpiece painted by the late Drew Struzen. He was a gift.

Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · Dec 2

The best version of "A Christmas Carol" ever made 🎶 ❄️

Poster art for the "Muppet Christmas Carol", painted by Drew Struzen. The overall coloration is very blue. Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge in a black overcoat and silk hat with a grey scarf and cane stands up to his ankles in a snowy street. Ramshackle buildings frame him. In the deep blue sky, among snowflakes are busts of Kermit as Bob Cratchit holding Robin as Tiny Tim, framed by Miss Piggy as Mrs. Cratchitt and Fozzie Bear as Fozziewig. Rizzo the Rat and the Great Gonzo, the narrators, are below and in front of them in little silk hats and there's a rabbit too, for some reason.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 13h

I never cared for it when the city spent money to change the names on all the signs at the airports for a new mayor.

But it’s more than next level to try to use videos in airports to crap on your political rivals.

Chicago resists - again chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

O'Hare, Midway refuse to play video of Kristi Noem accusing Democrats of government shutdown

They join a growing list of airports refusing to play a video from Department of Homeland Security Secretary due to its partisan messaging.

chicago.suntimes.com

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wphutch.bsky.social @wphutch.bsky.social · 15h

Any city that can keep the faith with the Chicago Cubs won't be deterred by a Facebook ban

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Chicago

sevedge @sevedge.bsky.social · 3d

photo of a Do Not Enter traffic sign on a Chicago street, but someone has altered it to say Do Not -Let ICE- Enter

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Zeta Jane @zetamakesthings.bsky.social · 17h

Upping my cosplay trinket game by weaving some silly skrunkly little guys

#tabletweaving #crafts #superman #batman

A picture of a batman pattern threaded up on my tablet weaving loom. I use a rigid heddle loom that's small enough to almost fit in my lap, and a shuttle made of purple heart wood. I paint the edges of my cards to help me track where I am in the pattern as well.

A section of the batman pattern. I'm making keychains so I decided 5 Batmen was probably a good length of them.

A finished keychain of a skrunkly little Superman. I tied a knot at the end as a place for a keyring to go through. There's probably better ways to do this but uhhhh this is what I came up with at the time haha. I put fraycheck on the end so it doesn't fray

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19h

6. There is no such thing as free violence. All violence harms the wielder.

Every time someone tries to sell you on the idea that there is something we can do, without cost, that harms other people, realize that they are lying to you.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19h

5. Just because the other guy is using indiscriminate violence does not mean you are justified in doing the same.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19h

2. A war without a specific military objective is inherently a forever war.

If you fight a war with the expectation that you will simply kill all people who you believe disagree with you, the war will be long and bloody and genocidal.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19h

Just FYI, here are my personal beliefs on the use of large scale violence.

1. Violence tends to be self-replicating, and so should be avoided as much as possible.

All violence has the potential to entrench itself.

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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 19h

😲 🤔

Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 19h

(Just not the way she meant it)

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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 19h

I had a teacher at art school who said "You'll never be as good as Picasso."

I am pleased to say that is one hundred percent true.

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violiav.bsky.social @violiav.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve tried to make that clear for my locals too. For a lot of reasons it ^has^ to be the most white bread Lib crowd+ youth, because it’s a mess ^we^ caused. AND I’ve been trying to encourage my local Dems to work the crowd for voter registration purposes.

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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 5d

This sign I made for a 2018 protest march is still relevant today.

Screen grab from a photo in The Atlantic magazine of 1 July 2018, showing photos from the many "Families Belong Together" marches of late June protesting the first Trump administration's policy of tearing immigrant families apart and incarcerating children away from their parents.

In downtown Chicago, a protester (me) holds a sign: At the top in black letters on bright yellow it says "We *are* what we *do*". Then there are side by side cartoon images. On the left in black and white four sad little girls stare at us with large dark eyes, two hugging, the smallest in a t-shirt with a daisy on it, in a black shadowy space with chain link fencing above and behind them. On the right in full color the Statue of Liberty against a clear blue sky looks straight at us sternly as her arms cradle a collection of men, women, children and babies all facing her, some of the children and babies reaching towards her. At the bottom the sign says "Which are we?"

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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 6d

A trans friend of mine said this is a time for immigrants and trans people to keep their heads down and try to stay sane.

It’s the people with privilege who have a responsibility to protest, to show that even those unaffected by these violent policies cannot abide them.

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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 19h

I felt that way about going back to his book of short stories, "Getting Even", which was kind of mind blowing when I was nine, but after a little life experience looked not so impressive.

Vonnegut aged better. (I was a weird nine-year-old)

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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 19h

oof

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 20h

Annie Hall is way worse than I remembered.

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Andrew Hazlett @andrewhazlett.bsky.social · 21h

"Parents' Rights" is in the same box as "States' Rights" -- to be deployed only when convenient.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Writing a series about a detective with a loving relationship with his unmurdered family. He solves cases by not drinking, taking time away from work, and getting a good night’s sleep.

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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 1d

James Laver was smart and influential and did yeoman work to make fashion history a respectable field of art history, but in many ways he was a ding dong.

Black and white photo of a young James Lave, some time in the 1930s, probably, looking down at us with his arms folded holding a book, wearing a pinstriped suit and tie and little round glasses and holding a pipe in his mouth.

Handwritten are two word balloons:

"I am a *very serious* scholar ..."

"... Also, women's legs are *very hot* ..."

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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 1d

If they have no interest
In the surprises I am
And make,
That is up to them.
The universe has more than enough
Surprises for all.

But it is not my calling
To reflect their disinterest.
Not my art to affirm
That there is nothing here
Beyond their expectations. /2

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Richard Garfinkle @rgarfinklesff.bsky.social · 1d

No Reflection. A Poem.

I have no responsibility
To be the mirror
Reflecting
What others demand
That I must be.

If they shout to their
Imaginations.
I do not need
To pop up
And reply
In the voice
They insist I must have.
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Achronal Art @achronalart.bsky.social · 1d

Took me a little thought to see what you intended to write.

This is funnier tho!

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