Andrew Prahin
@aprahin.bsky.social
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Andrew Prahin
@aprahin.bsky.social
· Mar 1
Hello fellow social platform refugees. I'm a children's book author-illustrator with a deep love of science and history and people in cafes and bars whispering the resistance into life.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
It's been a horrifying run for humanity and I've struggled for years with how to react. How can I drop kids' art into social feeds sharing nonstop updates about the unrelenting heinous acts of powerful people?
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
It's been a horrifying run for humanity and I've struggled for years with how to react. How can I drop kids' art into social feeds sharing nonstop updates about the unrelenting heinous acts of powerful people?
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
I've thinking about things all wrong.
Stay tuned for a series of parables.
I lived in America for 40+ years, so I know first-hand what happens when government serves only oligarchs and frustrated citizens turn their anger on the wrong people. There is a better way forward than the horrific US model. The Greens offer that path through empathetic, non-corporate leadership.
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I lived in America for 40+ years, so I know first-hand what happens when government serves only oligarchs and frustrated citizens turn their anger on the wrong people. There is a better way forward than the horrific US model. The Greens offer that path through empathetic, non-corporate leadership.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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Alternative angles of Harrison Reed great goal vs Liverpool
January 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Alternative angles of Harrison Reed great goal vs Liverpool
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Going to say it again; unless you live in the middle of nowhere or otherwise have ZERO other options to acquire necessities, there is not a single good reason to support Amazon. In fact, it's morally wrong to use Amazon.
I just found out that our stuff is being sold on Amazon - WITHOUT our consent or any ability to opt out bc Amazon is just scraping artist’s websites and putting our shit in their search results. Again, without our permission.
December 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Going to say it again; unless you live in the middle of nowhere or otherwise have ZERO other options to acquire necessities, there is not a single good reason to support Amazon. In fact, it's morally wrong to use Amazon.
Love a good bird photo. Immediately thought of this.
December 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Love a good bird photo. Immediately thought of this.
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
A 10 minute walk from my last Chicago home. When ICE has been put down and disbanded there must be arrests, there must be trials, and there must be justice. Everyone involved, from the thugs on the ground to those at the very top.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A 10 minute walk from my last Chicago home. When ICE has been put down and disbanded there must be arrests, there must be trials, and there must be justice. Everyone involved, from the thugs on the ground to those at the very top.
From privatizing health care to whipping up fear of others to crap like this, the billionaire class is working overtime to turn the UK into US Shithole East.
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
From privatizing health care to whipping up fear of others to crap like this, the billionaire class is working overtime to turn the UK into US Shithole East.
October 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You do you, of course, but I imagine there's at least one independent or at least alternate coffee shop in your neck of the woods. Time to let Starbucks die.
BREAKING: Starbucks just announced a $1 billion restructuring and will close 59 unionized stores — nearly 10% of union locations.
It includes the Roastery in Seattle, one of its busiest shops.
CEO Brian Niccol made $100 million in four months last year.
It includes the Roastery in Seattle, one of its busiest shops.
CEO Brian Niccol made $100 million in four months last year.
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You do you, of course, but I imagine there's at least one independent or at least alternate coffee shop in your neck of the woods. Time to let Starbucks die.
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Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X
September 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X
Many have been wondering what 1 person can do to reverse the seemingly overwhelming tide of authoritarianism. The cowards at Disney just gave us an opportunity.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Many have been wondering what 1 person can do to reverse the seemingly overwhelming tide of authoritarianism. The cowards at Disney just gave us an opportunity.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Andor Season 2, Episode 8 remains exceptional and very relevant.
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Andor Season 2, Episode 8 remains exceptional and very relevant.
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Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Responding to the call / helping build a coven
May 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Responding to the call / helping build a coven