Edward Ficklin
@lavendershadow.bsky.social
Artist and purveyor of pleasing male forms. He/him.
Portfolio: https://edwardficklin.com
Newsletter: https://edwardficklin.com/newsletter
Portfolio: https://edwardficklin.com
Newsletter: https://edwardficklin.com/newsletter
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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@nycplan.org is also planning a public library propaganda fair in June 2026 and our most urgent need is for a free or cheap space that can accommodate all ages, tables for exhibitors, etc... We are looking into school gyms and also public library spaces. If you have leads, holler at us.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@nycplan.org is also planning a public library propaganda fair in June 2026 and our most urgent need is for a free or cheap space that can accommodate all ages, tables for exhibitors, etc... We are looking into school gyms and also public library spaces. If you have leads, holler at us.
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This weekend! Come support local queer artists! And get those sexy gifts!
20 artists to check out!
20 artists to check out!
Winter❄️tica is BACK!
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm
doableguys.com/calendar/fig...
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm
doableguys.com/calendar/fig...
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This weekend! Come support local queer artists! And get those sexy gifts!
20 artists to check out!
20 artists to check out!
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"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
Grant — Artists and Mothers
www.artistsandmothers.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
artwork bound (get it, bound! lol) for the art show at CLAW's Leather Thanksgiving
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
artwork bound (get it, bound! lol) for the art show at CLAW's Leather Thanksgiving
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In "Gay Print Culture," Juan Carlos Mezo González @jcmezo.bsky.social investigates the relationship between transnational gay liberation politics, periodicals, and images in Mexico, the United States, and Canada through the 1970s-90s. #LGBTQStudies Read the intro for free now! buff.ly/LdyHSFV
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In "Gay Print Culture," Juan Carlos Mezo González @jcmezo.bsky.social investigates the relationship between transnational gay liberation politics, periodicals, and images in Mexico, the United States, and Canada through the 1970s-90s. #LGBTQStudies Read the intro for free now! buff.ly/LdyHSFV
Baking up some Christmas cakes. ho, ho, ho
Behold the artwork for this year's hottie holidaze card. Available exclusively* at the @doableguys.bsky.social Winter❄️tica queer art market.
#GayArt #NYC
Behold the artwork for this year's hottie holidaze card. Available exclusively* at the @doableguys.bsky.social Winter❄️tica queer art market.
#GayArt #NYC
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Baking up some Christmas cakes. ho, ho, ho
Behold the artwork for this year's hottie holidaze card. Available exclusively* at the @doableguys.bsky.social Winter❄️tica queer art market.
#GayArt #NYC
Behold the artwork for this year's hottie holidaze card. Available exclusively* at the @doableguys.bsky.social Winter❄️tica queer art market.
#GayArt #NYC
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One girl said “it doesn’t matter if you ban a book because everyone can find that information online” and then I blew their minds by talking about how your search history can be monitored and sold to the government without your permission, but your library borrowing history requires a warrant.
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
One girl said “it doesn’t matter if you ban a book because everyone can find that information online” and then I blew their minds by talking about how your search history can be monitored and sold to the government without your permission, but your library borrowing history requires a warrant.
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Thank you to Council Member Lynn Schulman of District 29 for committing to being a NYC Public Library champion, and pledging .5% of the annual city expense budget in each financial plan released while they are in office!! 👏
If Council Member Shulman is your representative - please send our thanks!
If Council Member Shulman is your representative - please send our thanks!
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thank you to Council Member Lynn Schulman of District 29 for committing to being a NYC Public Library champion, and pledging .5% of the annual city expense budget in each financial plan released while they are in office!! 👏
If Council Member Shulman is your representative - please send our thanks!
If Council Member Shulman is your representative - please send our thanks!
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Thank you to District 1's Council Member Christopher Marte who is a terrific public library champion, who also participated in @nycplan.org 's People's Assembly last month! council.nyc.gov/district-1/
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
District 1
New York City Council
council.nyc.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thank you to District 1's Council Member Christopher Marte who is a terrific public library champion, who also participated in @nycplan.org 's People's Assembly last month! council.nyc.gov/district-1/
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
As our 2nd YES, if you’re in his district please express appreciation for his support!
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Thank you to Council Member Lincoln Restler for signing on to our 0.5% library funding demand!
@cmrestler.bsky.social participated in our Brooklyn People's Assembly in May, and we appreciate his support.
Thanks to CM Restler for being a public library champion! 🙌
council.nyc.gov/district-33/
@cmrestler.bsky.social participated in our Brooklyn People's Assembly in May, and we appreciate his support.
Thanks to CM Restler for being a public library champion! 🙌
council.nyc.gov/district-33/
council.nyc.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Thank you to Council Member Lincoln Restler for signing on to our 0.5% library funding demand!
@cmrestler.bsky.social participated in our Brooklyn People's Assembly in May, and we appreciate his support.
Thanks to CM Restler for being a public library champion! 🙌
council.nyc.gov/district-33/
@cmrestler.bsky.social participated in our Brooklyn People's Assembly in May, and we appreciate his support.
Thanks to CM Restler for being a public library champion! 🙌
council.nyc.gov/district-33/
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Thank you to Council Member Shahana Hanif @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social for being a public library champion and signing on to support @nycplan.org 0.5% budget demand.
Thank you Member Hanif 👏 we appreciate your support!
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
Thank you Member Hanif 👏 we appreciate your support!
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
District 39
New York City Council
council.nyc.gov
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thank you to Council Member Shahana Hanif @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social for being a public library champion and signing on to support @nycplan.org 0.5% budget demand.
Thank you Member Hanif 👏 we appreciate your support!
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
Thank you Member Hanif 👏 we appreciate your support!
council.nyc.gov/district-39/
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People should buy @meganpiont.bsky.social a drink or 100 for all of the work that she has put in over the past few months. She has created and as a result disseminated 10s of thousands of zines helping folks to know how to report ICE in their cities. This is a Megan appreciation post. Thank you.
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
People should buy @meganpiont.bsky.social a drink or 100 for all of the work that she has put in over the past few months. She has created and as a result disseminated 10s of thousands of zines helping folks to know how to report ICE in their cities. This is a Megan appreciation post. Thank you.
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70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish!
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish!
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
"In addition, they 'no longer trust their AI-enabled peers, find them less creative, and find them less intelligent or capable.'"
How 'bout them vibes, bro?
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
How 'bout them vibes, bro?
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending is
Big spending on artificial intelligence puts pressure on jobs, as gloomy narratives about the future of work are ironically making new graduates less employable.
www.fastcompany.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"In addition, they 'no longer trust their AI-enabled peers, find them less creative, and find them less intelligent or capable.'"
How 'bout them vibes, bro?
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
How 'bout them vibes, bro?
www.fastcompany.com/91435192/cha...
“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
Never thought NYC would be the champion of normal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Never thought NYC would be the champion of normal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
Never thought NYC would be the champion of normal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Never thought NYC would be the champion of normal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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📢 Want to organize around NYC public libraries to secure stable and expanded funding?
Our next meeting is Nov 16, 2-4:15 in Brooklyn - email [email protected] for details.
We’re organizing a People’s Assembly + Library propaganda fair in addition to our current campaign - hope to see you there!
Our next meeting is Nov 16, 2-4:15 in Brooklyn - email [email protected] for details.
We’re organizing a People’s Assembly + Library propaganda fair in addition to our current campaign - hope to see you there!
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
📢 Want to organize around NYC public libraries to secure stable and expanded funding?
Our next meeting is Nov 16, 2-4:15 in Brooklyn - email [email protected] for details.
We’re organizing a People’s Assembly + Library propaganda fair in addition to our current campaign - hope to see you there!
Our next meeting is Nov 16, 2-4:15 in Brooklyn - email [email protected] for details.
We’re organizing a People’s Assembly + Library propaganda fair in addition to our current campaign - hope to see you there!
working on sexy gladiator comic. going for sexy vibes from the tv show, but can't get this gem out of my head. behold the mighty and feared Biggus Dickus!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_G...
Biggus Dickus - Monty Python, Life of Brian.
YouTube video by Maru8ball
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
working on sexy gladiator comic. going for sexy vibes from the tv show, but can't get this gem out of my head. behold the mighty and feared Biggus Dickus!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_G...
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"May we keep building power in relationships that last longer than election cycles." - Adaku Utah
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"May we keep building power in relationships that last longer than election cycles." - Adaku Utah
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Winter❄️tica is BACK!
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm
doableguys.com/calendar/fig...
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm
doableguys.com/calendar/fig...
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Winter❄️tica is BACK!
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm
doableguys.com/calendar/fig...
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm
doableguys.com/calendar/fig...