Laura
@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social
The future is mutual aid. ✨ 💪
Trying to build community at the intersections of art and justice movements, sometimes organizing mutual aid fundraisers and distributing zines. 🕎 for a free 🇵🇸.
Dog auntie, flower lover, tchotchke queen. she/her
Trying to build community at the intersections of art and justice movements, sometimes organizing mutual aid fundraisers and distributing zines. 🕎 for a free 🇵🇸.
Dog auntie, flower lover, tchotchke queen. she/her
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Laura
@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social
· Feb 23
One of my favorite things about Bluesky (or at least my little corner of it) is that people are always sharing resources for taking action.
So here's a pinned thread collecting those resources, some made by me and some made by others.
So here's a pinned thread collecting those resources, some made by me and some made by others.
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Thread from last year of some of my favorite artists to buy holiday gifts from. A few shops have since closed, but most are still open:
This is a great thread of beautiful things made by artists to support this holiday season instead of big corporations.
I'll add a few of my favorites:
I'll add a few of my favorites:
okay here it is: a big thread of small businesses & artists who sell beautiful things. if I can vouch personally for quality (from previous orders) I will include that. I'll try to include shop location, too. if you want to buy presents that are original AND non-corporate, here you go!
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Thread from last year of some of my favorite artists to buy holiday gifts from. A few shops have since closed, but most are still open:
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On the other hand, poor people deserve nice things, and if Black Friday sales are the only way they can get them, so be it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On the other hand, poor people deserve nice things, and if Black Friday sales are the only way they can get them, so be it.
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On one hand, hyper-consumerism is a load-bearing pillar of American capitalism, and disrupting it (through targeted boycotts, free stuff swaps, supporting indie artists instead of big corporations, etc) is a good thing.
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On one hand, hyper-consumerism is a load-bearing pillar of American capitalism, and disrupting it (through targeted boycotts, free stuff swaps, supporting indie artists instead of big corporations, etc) is a good thing.
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This! This is why I don't support gun control laws even though I fucking hate American gun culture and the horrific amount of suffering and death it causes.
I don't want large numbers of people to have guns, but I also don't want cops to take them and end up with even more guns.
I don't want large numbers of people to have guns, but I also don't want cops to take them and end up with even more guns.
Please remember that in the US, every time you advocate for something to be made illegal, you are supporting more power being given to the carceral state.
And those new laws might be sometimes deployed against the privileged, but they will ALWAYS be weaponized against the vulnerable.
And those new laws might be sometimes deployed against the privileged, but they will ALWAYS be weaponized against the vulnerable.
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This! This is why I don't support gun control laws even though I fucking hate American gun culture and the horrific amount of suffering and death it causes.
I don't want large numbers of people to have guns, but I also don't want cops to take them and end up with even more guns.
I don't want large numbers of people to have guns, but I also don't want cops to take them and end up with even more guns.
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This! To be clear, I absolutely believe we can, and should, create a society that meets everyone's basic needs.
I just don't think that's likely to happen through somehow convincing capitalist nation-states to institute UBI policies.
I just don't think that's likely to happen through somehow convincing capitalist nation-states to institute UBI policies.
We're never going to get UBI because capitalism relies on the threat of homeless and starvation to extract labour from us.
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This! To be clear, I absolutely believe we can, and should, create a society that meets everyone's basic needs.
I just don't think that's likely to happen through somehow convincing capitalist nation-states to institute UBI policies.
I just don't think that's likely to happen through somehow convincing capitalist nation-states to institute UBI policies.
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Christianity, which started as an Indigenous Palestinian religion, has never been a monolith.
Christian supremacist institutions have committed atrocities for millennia, and are closely connected to capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism.
Christian supremacist institutions have committed atrocities for millennia, and are closely connected to capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Christianity, which started as an Indigenous Palestinian religion, has never been a monolith.
Christian supremacist institutions have committed atrocities for millennia, and are closely connected to capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism.
Christian supremacist institutions have committed atrocities for millennia, and are closely connected to capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism.
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One of my pet peeves is when people conflate Christian supremacy, the ideology, with Christianity, the religion.
Christian supremacists want you to believe they're the same thing, but they're not.
Christian supremacists want you to believe they're the same thing, but they're not.
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One of my pet peeves is when people conflate Christian supremacy, the ideology, with Christianity, the religion.
Christian supremacists want you to believe they're the same thing, but they're not.
Christian supremacists want you to believe they're the same thing, but they're not.
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The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
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GET COZY!! SO COZY! Blueberry wolves are BACK! and PINK! and come in TEES AND HOODIES.
www.gwendolynwood.com/shop
www.gwendolynwood.com/shop
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
GET COZY!! SO COZY! Blueberry wolves are BACK! and PINK! and come in TEES AND HOODIES.
www.gwendolynwood.com/shop
www.gwendolynwood.com/shop
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yes, it's that marvel of the arctic; the wonderful snowshoe hare!
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
yes, it's that marvel of the arctic; the wonderful snowshoe hare!
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Hello - did you know that my legal name is Richard SmallBusiness? and this, #SmallBusinessSaturday , is my birthday? None of that is true but I do sell bumper stickers. Buy some, why don't you?
*the morning after I have a post that goes viral* oh riiiiight.... I should have told people that I sell bumper stickers, online
mplwdnoveltycistern.etsy.com
mplwdnoveltycistern.etsy.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hello - did you know that my legal name is Richard SmallBusiness? and this, #SmallBusinessSaturday , is my birthday? None of that is true but I do sell bumper stickers. Buy some, why don't you?
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Apparently today it's #SmallBusinessSaturday a great idea to shop small and get something unique and hand made.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Craf...
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Craf...
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Apparently today it's #SmallBusinessSaturday a great idea to shop small and get something unique and hand made.
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Craf...
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Craf...
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Lots of paintings/potential gifts available on my website: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com 🦋🌙🖤
#paintings #moths #butterflies #bugs #insects #oddities #lepidoptera #entomology #bugsky #sciart #shopsmall #smallbusinesssaturday #butterfly #moth #nature #wildlife #art
#paintings #moths #butterflies #bugs #insects #oddities #lepidoptera #entomology #bugsky #sciart #shopsmall #smallbusinesssaturday #butterfly #moth #nature #wildlife #art
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Lots of paintings/potential gifts available on my website: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com 🦋🌙🖤
#paintings #moths #butterflies #bugs #insects #oddities #lepidoptera #entomology #bugsky #sciart #shopsmall #smallbusinesssaturday #butterfly #moth #nature #wildlife #art
#paintings #moths #butterflies #bugs #insects #oddities #lepidoptera #entomology #bugsky #sciart #shopsmall #smallbusinesssaturday #butterfly #moth #nature #wildlife #art
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Very important delivery 🌨️
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Very important delivery 🌨️
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a nap amongst the flowers 🪻
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
a nap amongst the flowers 🪻
The quilt bookmarks! 😍
Hi! My name is Aiko and I am a picture book illustrator based in the Netherlands ✨
My goal is to make illustrations that give you a warm, cosy and nostalgic feeling and that remind you of the small joys in life
www.aikograven.shop
My goal is to make illustrations that give you a warm, cosy and nostalgic feeling and that remind you of the small joys in life
www.aikograven.shop
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The quilt bookmarks! 😍
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Hiii, I'm Ju from Germany and I sell different kinds of handmade jewelry, like earrings, necklaces, bracelets and phone charms 🥺💕
I'll have a shop update soon with new stuff!
ko-fi.com/justsaoto/shop
I'll have a shop update soon with new stuff!
ko-fi.com/justsaoto/shop
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hiii, I'm Ju from Germany and I sell different kinds of handmade jewelry, like earrings, necklaces, bracelets and phone charms 🥺💕
I'll have a shop update soon with new stuff!
ko-fi.com/justsaoto/shop
I'll have a shop update soon with new stuff!
ko-fi.com/justsaoto/shop
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Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday 💙
Please think of me if you're looking for gifts or stocking stuffers for the animal-lover (especially CAT lover) in your life!
shop.zandraillustration.com
[ #cuteart #artshop ]
Please think of me if you're looking for gifts or stocking stuffers for the animal-lover (especially CAT lover) in your life!
shop.zandraillustration.com
[ #cuteart #artshop ]
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday 💙
Please think of me if you're looking for gifts or stocking stuffers for the animal-lover (especially CAT lover) in your life!
shop.zandraillustration.com
[ #cuteart #artshop ]
Please think of me if you're looking for gifts or stocking stuffers for the animal-lover (especially CAT lover) in your life!
shop.zandraillustration.com
[ #cuteart #artshop ]
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It's #SmallBusinessSaturday and one of my favorite kitty artists just did a huge update to her Etsy store! So many cute holiday items and more! www.etsy.com/shop/bunnydee
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's #SmallBusinessSaturday and one of my favorite kitty artists just did a huge update to her Etsy store! So many cute holiday items and more! www.etsy.com/shop/bunnydee
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A man who was used as a blunt force weapon to do things out in open that the occupying force couldn’t isn’t even thanked for destroying himself. There are a million different historical iterations of this guy.
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A man who was used as a blunt force weapon to do things out in open that the occupying force couldn’t isn’t even thanked for destroying himself. There are a million different historical iterations of this guy.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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stop acting fucking surprised when this happens. america intervenes everywhere and doesn't even have the decency to treat their collaborators better than bugs.
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
stop acting fucking surprised when this happens. america intervenes everywhere and doesn't even have the decency to treat their collaborators better than bugs.
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empires do this literally all the time also. the israelis funded and trained a bunch of fascistic Lebanese Christians to do horrific things to Shi'a and Sunni and other Christians and then the Israelis bolted and left them to deal with the pieces. You get used and then you want to hit back.
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
empires do this literally all the time also. the israelis funded and trained a bunch of fascistic Lebanese Christians to do horrific things to Shi'a and Sunni and other Christians and then the Israelis bolted and left them to deal with the pieces. You get used and then you want to hit back.
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Story about as old as time, the US trained compradors to do horrific things on their behalf to their national brothers and sisters (who they in many cases already had grudges towards) and then spat on these compradors and they feel betrayed. Turns out they keep those skills to do horrific things.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Story about as old as time, the US trained compradors to do horrific things on their behalf to their national brothers and sisters (who they in many cases already had grudges towards) and then spat on these compradors and they feel betrayed. Turns out they keep those skills to do horrific things.
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Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.