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Ian

@laughingcricket.bsky.social

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An old punk (53), lifelong pacifist, liberal, and traditional artist. I work in oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, stoneware, and porcelain. Joyfully married https://www.saatchiart.com/ianlangham

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 3d

We spent everything that we didn't have to pay for her treatment.

Any help would be deeply appreciated.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-melis...

Donate to Help Melissa & Ian Recover from Vet Bills, organized by Melissa Langham

It is with deep sadness we share that our 8 month-old puppy, Ru, contracted … Melissa Langham needs your support for Help Melissa & Ian Recover from Vet Bills

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 17m

A little piece from 2023

A watercolor painting of a pyrex marijuana pipe sitting on a wood table with a nugget of marijuana sitting next to it in the pipes shadow

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 1h

Saw someone say they’re “embarrassed to be a Colorado resident” because of No Kings protests. I think they’re gonna be disappointed to learn that every state had many of those protests. So I guess they’re embarrassed to be an American citizen 🤷‍♂️

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 37m

🥁😂🥁

slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 1d

the idea of antifa paying protesters is so funny. if i wanted to get paid to destroy the government i’d run for congress

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 51m

I was literally driven out by my brother who told them all I was a terrible, criminal, and violent person.

Never had a choice to talk to him, all he does is look for openings to attack. He doesn't want proof or facts, he just wants control.

Like he gets extra credit for redeeming me...

David Noll @david.noll.org · 5h

Maybe the shit-dumping video will clear things up for New York Times writers earnestly trying to understand why someone might choose not to engage with right-wing family.

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1h

At this point I think they just assume anyone wearing red is doing it for them to protect their fragile egos...

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 1h

Artist: noctemics on insta

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Liberal Librarian, Emotional Support Cuban 📚 🌿🕓 @liberallibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 3h

I feel this one in my bones...

😮‍💨😅😮‍💨

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t take the bait, don’t share the sh*t. He’s playing y’all & getting you to stop talking about huge No Kings turnout today.

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 15h

I'm watching Monty Don and after they cut to a viewer video and back to one of the hosts building something, I had a surreal moment.

It felt like I was watching Teletubbies for adults...

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

Cats fed. Chickens fed. Wife fed and off to work. Hands don't work today but I'm going to paint anyway.

More coffee. I'll be buried in cats for the next 30 minutes.

They like to help me draw...

A photo of a tuxedo cat with his paws stretched out into the camera in front of him

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LunchMeat Art @lunch-meat.bsky.social · 1d

Death of Julius Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini

Just posting a painting about people murdering a tyrant. No reason

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

🤘🔥❤️🔥🤘

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

The Bluesky government accounts want unhinged engagement with their accounts to screenshot and provide to Fox News to justify their authoritarianism and I’m not going to do their work for them it’s my day off.

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe we can distract them with porn. Maybe...

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

I was saying that is how they also drive on the east Coast. I realize Chicago is not coastal I went to college there.

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

Inconvenient piercing.

Looks like a lip ring.

Won't bag on people for piercings and I don't usually advocate going after someone for the personal aesthetic (I have blue hair) but I think this guy deserves a heavy reading of his poor choices...

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

Temu Garth.

a man wearing glasses and a shirt that says aerosmith on it

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a shirt that says aerosmith on it

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

I'm unfortunately low tech. I have no computer and use a cellphone for everything. I'm genuinely not sure if I am doing this, but nobody seems to care enough to buy it or steal it.

😅

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. Our daughter always mutters 'gay' when I tell her I'm proud. We are all queer in this family so she's not wrong.

Tell your friends you love them. It should be more acceptable to say 'I love you' to your friends. I say it to my straight male friends because they need to hear it and say it. 🤘❤️

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

Solid advice.

Fight like hell for your dreams!

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 1d

Allow yourself to celebrate even the smallest of victories in the face of adversity. Don't snuff out a light because it is not bright enough. Nurture it, and fight to make it grow until the shadows retreat. Even the greatest beacons may be lit with the smallest spark.

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

I shall endorse this message by walking into trees until I make no sense...

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 3d

i think we should bring dadaism back as a response to The Horrors. it made sense during world war one

Ian @laughingcricket.bsky.social · 1d

The obsession with the Marquis De Sade was a big reason I turned from surrealism.

Modern surrealism is either so nuanced you need three degrees and a roadmap of the artist trauma, or it's tits and aliens.

Still very annoyingly straight masculine.

Also, a lot of surrealists don't talk politics 🚩