Alex B
@alexdesignsit.bsky.social
she/hers • queer • disabled • graphic design & illustration
EDS • Small Fiber Neuropathy • ADHD
a salty wet bag of molecules and electrical impulses
EDS • Small Fiber Neuropathy • ADHD
a salty wet bag of molecules and electrical impulses
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“Authoritarian governments view culture as a threat because in the writing and music and acting of artists, you can sometimes glimpse alternatives to the current reality.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“Authoritarian governments view culture as a threat because in the writing and music and acting of artists, you can sometimes glimpse alternatives to the current reality.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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If any of y'all can recommend a reliable, reasonably priced under-sink filter that DOES NOT have coconut coir as part of the filter system, please let me know ASAP. I hate having to store water in plastic anyway but I am allergic to coconut and can't find a filter system that doesn't use coir.
One thing about me is I grew up in the American climate equivalent of fuckin Siberia where we were regularly snowed in for days in a place with bad water, so under no auspices will I ever risk being in a storm without water stores at the ready, but like...of all the fuckin days to run out 💀
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If any of y'all can recommend a reliable, reasonably priced under-sink filter that DOES NOT have coconut coir as part of the filter system, please let me know ASAP. I hate having to store water in plastic anyway but I am allergic to coconut and can't find a filter system that doesn't use coir.
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Snow inbound to metro Detroit and SE Michigan. 4-7” predicted for most of the area.
Time to get the snow shovels out.
Time to get the snow shovels out.
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Snow inbound to metro Detroit and SE Michigan. 4-7” predicted for most of the area.
Time to get the snow shovels out.
Time to get the snow shovels out.
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I think non-disabled people genuinely cannot grasp what it's like to be chronically ill.
I see my GP every 4-6 weeks at this point, and each time I have a list of 4-5 things we need to discuss. That isn't everything, it's just the most urgent. (He gives me a double appt every time, thankfully).
I see my GP every 4-6 weeks at this point, and each time I have a list of 4-5 things we need to discuss. That isn't everything, it's just the most urgent. (He gives me a double appt every time, thankfully).
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I think non-disabled people genuinely cannot grasp what it's like to be chronically ill.
I see my GP every 4-6 weeks at this point, and each time I have a list of 4-5 things we need to discuss. That isn't everything, it's just the most urgent. (He gives me a double appt every time, thankfully).
I see my GP every 4-6 weeks at this point, and each time I have a list of 4-5 things we need to discuss. That isn't everything, it's just the most urgent. (He gives me a double appt every time, thankfully).
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To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
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The children talked and next year they want thanksgiving dinner to be 100% pies.
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The children talked and next year they want thanksgiving dinner to be 100% pies.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
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Here are 5 more days of #Nudivember. Only 4 left to go!! I need a reward for getting through 30 full days.
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Here are 5 more days of #Nudivember. Only 4 left to go!! I need a reward for getting through 30 full days.
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Wishing a conflict-free and low-stress Thanksgiving to the adult children of divorce, the eldest daughters, the overworked moms, the estranged siblings, the secretly queer grandchildren, the orphans, and the survivors spending today alone.
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Wishing a conflict-free and low-stress Thanksgiving to the adult children of divorce, the eldest daughters, the overworked moms, the estranged siblings, the secretly queer grandchildren, the orphans, and the survivors spending today alone.
Also in happy animal news, Phoebe and Psyche have really grown socially this week! Phoebe has been out in the living room with all of us (me, partner, Tycho and psyche) for every evening for over a week and she has relaxed a LOT. Psyche has been much more respectful of her personal space than prior.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Also in happy animal news, Phoebe and Psyche have really grown socially this week! Phoebe has been out in the living room with all of us (me, partner, Tycho and psyche) for every evening for over a week and she has relaxed a LOT. Psyche has been much more respectful of her personal space than prior.
Today there were two puppies at work and it made everything seem a little less dystopian for a while. It was hard to get a non-blurry photo of them!
Kina (pink collar) is a 10 month old rescue and Kai (green collar) is an 8 month old rescue 🥹
Kina (pink collar) is a 10 month old rescue and Kai (green collar) is an 8 month old rescue 🥹
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Today there were two puppies at work and it made everything seem a little less dystopian for a while. It was hard to get a non-blurry photo of them!
Kina (pink collar) is a 10 month old rescue and Kai (green collar) is an 8 month old rescue 🥹
Kina (pink collar) is a 10 month old rescue and Kai (green collar) is an 8 month old rescue 🥹
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another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
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silly citizens, ur role is to buy an unnecessary replacement phone every year as you barely make rent on properties your boss's friends own, underpaid as you maximize profit for a brand owned by a big enough business to be able to bribe the president for favoritism exceptions to his idiotic policies
there has been no meaningful improvement in the devices or their functionality in 10 years in any way that affects what any normal person uses them to do, people only switch when forced updates cause a device which worked fine yesterday to lag so bad you can't type at full speed until you replace it
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
silly citizens, ur role is to buy an unnecessary replacement phone every year as you barely make rent on properties your boss's friends own, underpaid as you maximize profit for a brand owned by a big enough business to be able to bribe the president for favoritism exceptions to his idiotic policies
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people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
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wild to think if the first thanksgiving happened like 200 miles further south we'd be defrosting pigeons rn
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
wild to think if the first thanksgiving happened like 200 miles further south we'd be defrosting pigeons rn
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Searching the pirate bay for Lizza Post 3 (Substack) (2025).epub (by which I mean asking politely on here)
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Searching the pirate bay for Lizza Post 3 (Substack) (2025).epub (by which I mean asking politely on here)
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i'm not giving lizza money who has part 3
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
i'm not giving lizza money who has part 3
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the only ethical way to read this is by stealing an AmEx card from that awful man's wallet to pay for the subscription, reuploading the post to something like pastebin, and then doing a chargeback
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the only ethical way to read this is by stealing an AmEx card from that awful man's wallet to pay for the subscription, reuploading the post to something like pastebin, and then doing a chargeback
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i have to remember to check back in later to see if someone leaked it
i believe that people deserve fair pay for their work. Lizza isn't an exception to this. but since the proper compensation in this case is a negative number, we're actually doing him a solid by rounding it to zero.
i believe that people deserve fair pay for their work. Lizza isn't an exception to this. but since the proper compensation in this case is a negative number, we're actually doing him a solid by rounding it to zero.
the only ethical way to read this is by stealing an AmEx card from that awful man's wallet to pay for the subscription, reuploading the post to something like pastebin, and then doing a chargeback
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
i have to remember to check back in later to see if someone leaked it
i believe that people deserve fair pay for their work. Lizza isn't an exception to this. but since the proper compensation in this case is a negative number, we're actually doing him a solid by rounding it to zero.
i believe that people deserve fair pay for their work. Lizza isn't an exception to this. but since the proper compensation in this case is a negative number, we're actually doing him a solid by rounding it to zero.