Tarek Giver of Cookies
@cookietarek.bsky.social
Artist and maker of things. Also I have cats.
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My Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/tarekgiverofcookies
Beautiful lines
inking traditionally, speedball superblack , GPen nib in a tachikawa nib holder. I have less control over a dip pen, but get a lot more happy accidents. Kind of have to go with the flow of it. this is on 11x17 canson comic paper.
February 7, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Beautiful lines
Oh joy. As if I didn't have enough stress.
The changes, which go into effect on July 1, include fewer repayment options, different terms for many loans, and a restructuring of who is eligible for some post-graduate financing. https://to.pbs.org/45N95Ef
Major changes to student loan borrowing and repayment are coming. Here's what to know
“If you don’t understand it, that’s not your fault. It’s just phenomenally complicated,” says Winston Berkman-Breen, legal director at Protect Borrowers.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Oh joy. As if I didn't have enough stress.
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I hope our Olympic athletes are ready to be booed mercifully in Italy starting on Friday. I think the fans there will hate on our athletes even worse than the Russians. Every time they take the podium and our national anthem is played we’re gonna hear what the rest of the world thinks of us now.
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I hope our Olympic athletes are ready to be booed mercifully in Italy starting on Friday. I think the fans there will hate on our athletes even worse than the Russians. Every time they take the podium and our national anthem is played we’re gonna hear what the rest of the world thinks of us now.
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Yes let's "move on" from the epstein files and start the epstein trials.
February 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Yes let's "move on" from the epstein files and start the epstein trials.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Globe and Mail cartoon
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Globe and Mail cartoon
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February 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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I missed the first of these when it happened and choose not to seek it out online but I appreciate the metaphor gods working overtime on this one
The President shit himself on live TV. Melania bombed. The Epstein files are sending shockwaves through the Alt Right. Liam and his dad are back home. A Texas district that was DEEP red for 35 years flipped blue. Pretti's killers have been identified.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I missed the first of these when it happened and choose not to seek it out online but I appreciate the metaphor gods working overtime on this one
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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I'm not sure which is worse, not having the Epstein files released, or seeing half of them released and watching as the GOP continue to support him.
February 1, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I'm not sure which is worse, not having the Epstein files released, or seeing half of them released and watching as the GOP continue to support him.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Finished @naomialderman.bsky.social "Don’t Burn Anyone At The Stake Today" which is a short, but meaningful book about the information crisis we find ourselves living in.
"Never talk about a culture-war topic with anyone who only wants to talk to you about that topic." Words to live by, esp online.
"Never talk about a culture-war topic with anyone who only wants to talk to you about that topic." Words to live by, esp online.
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Finished @naomialderman.bsky.social "Don’t Burn Anyone At The Stake Today" which is a short, but meaningful book about the information crisis we find ourselves living in.
"Never talk about a culture-war topic with anyone who only wants to talk to you about that topic." Words to live by, esp online.
"Never talk about a culture-war topic with anyone who only wants to talk to you about that topic." Words to live by, esp online.
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I understand that all of us have to live our lives and therefore simply cannot think deeply about the fact that the current fascist President of the United States is deeply unwell.
I do think, however, that it is the JOB of CONGRESS and the CABINET to protect the country FROM HIM. NOW.
I do think, however, that it is the JOB of CONGRESS and the CABINET to protect the country FROM HIM. NOW.
January 29, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I understand that all of us have to live our lives and therefore simply cannot think deeply about the fact that the current fascist President of the United States is deeply unwell.
I do think, however, that it is the JOB of CONGRESS and the CABINET to protect the country FROM HIM. NOW.
I do think, however, that it is the JOB of CONGRESS and the CABINET to protect the country FROM HIM. NOW.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Why do fish live in salt water? Because pepper water makes them sneeze.
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Why do fish live in salt water? Because pepper water makes them sneeze.
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Democrats may think they are softening the message when they say things like "Abolish Trump's ICE" but this is a mistake.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Democrats may think they are softening the message when they say things like "Abolish Trump's ICE" but this is a mistake.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
The qualifier of "Trump's" shows a deflection of Dem responsibility for perpetuating this agency and funding it.
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I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general
I assume anyone who says this word is probably okay with the n-word, too. Or, more charitably, doesn’t understand why they shouldn’t say it just that saying it would get them in a lot of trouble.
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general
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The village is silent. No
one will leave their homes.
one will leave their homes.
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The village is silent. No
one will leave their homes.
one will leave their homes.
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Shit’s so bad in Minnesota that he’s gonna have to release the Epstein files to distract from it
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Shit’s so bad in Minnesota that he’s gonna have to release the Epstein files to distract from it
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If Kamala Harris were president today, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive.
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If Kamala Harris were president today, Renee Good and Alex Pretti would still be alive.
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Every day, I wake up, take a shower, have a cup of coffee, clean my feathers, climb to the top of my black spruce, and sing my song that tells everyone whose spruce this is
January 26, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Every day, I wake up, take a shower, have a cup of coffee, clean my feathers, climb to the top of my black spruce, and sing my song that tells everyone whose spruce this is