Crow Hellum
@crowtoed.bsky.social
Historian, costumer, cook, warm beverage enthusiast. They/Them
Married to @thekroog.bsky.social .
Married to @thekroog.bsky.social .
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Gonna laugh my ass off if I'm cast as Friar Tuck again and Faire coincides with my minoxidil 'dread shed'. Might as well just buzz my head at that point.
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Gonna laugh my ass off if I'm cast as Friar Tuck again and Faire coincides with my minoxidil 'dread shed'. Might as well just buzz my head at that point.
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Turn on the TV. Doesn’t matter what channel.
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Turn on the TV. Doesn’t matter what channel.
Made a post on the female hair loss subreddit looking for other nonbinary people and got down voted.
YEP, really inclined to post there again...
YEP, really inclined to post there again...
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Made a post on the female hair loss subreddit looking for other nonbinary people and got down voted.
YEP, really inclined to post there again...
YEP, really inclined to post there again...
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I LIVE. Mostly. The past 6 months have been like falling down the stairs. One thing I can say for certain is that I'm so SO honored to have been able to work with the @worldofthedaszine.bsky.social crew on the latest zine!
You can read it for free on Itch and Heyzine! Links in comment.
#dragonage
You can read it for free on Itch and Heyzine! Links in comment.
#dragonage
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I LIVE. Mostly. The past 6 months have been like falling down the stairs. One thing I can say for certain is that I'm so SO honored to have been able to work with the @worldofthedaszine.bsky.social crew on the latest zine!
You can read it for free on Itch and Heyzine! Links in comment.
#dragonage
You can read it for free on Itch and Heyzine! Links in comment.
#dragonage
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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December 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
As it turns out, no. The museum fucking loved us and invited us to give talks on fashion and Rosie the Riveter.
....I am not an expert on this, I just like 30s/40s work wear and butch womens' clothing.
....I am not an expert on this, I just like 30s/40s work wear and butch womens' clothing.
....so is it in poor taste to wear our 1940s clothes to the WWII Legacy Foundation Museum's holiday open house?
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
As it turns out, no. The museum fucking loved us and invited us to give talks on fashion and Rosie the Riveter.
....I am not an expert on this, I just like 30s/40s work wear and butch womens' clothing.
....I am not an expert on this, I just like 30s/40s work wear and butch womens' clothing.
I missed Nick Boraine's signing stream today so I'm going to need the Emmrich fandom to talk about it in EXCRUCIATING detail, please.
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I missed Nick Boraine's signing stream today so I'm going to need the Emmrich fandom to talk about it in EXCRUCIATING detail, please.
....so is it in poor taste to wear our 1940s clothes to the WWII Legacy Foundation Museum's holiday open house?
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
....so is it in poor taste to wear our 1940s clothes to the WWII Legacy Foundation Museum's holiday open house?
Thanks for the peer pressure, Bluesky!
December 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thanks for the peer pressure, Bluesky!
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
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Dear Bluesky, please bully me into making pie dough for my pasties.
If I make the dough then I've got no excuse to finish the job....
If I make the dough then I've got no excuse to finish the job....
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Dear Bluesky, please bully me into making pie dough for my pasties.
If I make the dough then I've got no excuse to finish the job....
If I make the dough then I've got no excuse to finish the job....
/salutes
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
/salutes
Finally watching the Dragon Age Q&A and every time Jeff Berg speaks I have a small moment of: THAT'S MY BOY!!!
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Finally watching the Dragon Age Q&A and every time Jeff Berg speaks I have a small moment of: THAT'S MY BOY!!!
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Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
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you guys, new Emmrich line dropped: “All I have seen and all I have endured pale beside the quiet truth of our love, and the way you reach me when the world falls silent.”
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
you guys, new Emmrich line dropped: “All I have seen and all I have endured pale beside the quiet truth of our love, and the way you reach me when the world falls silent.”
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Happy #DragonAgeDay ! Thank you to the VAs for their Q&A stream today, especially to @nickboraine.bsky.social for being an absolute delight! My Emmrich pals were all abuzz with your incredible reading of this line, so I felt inspired to ink it down as if it came from a letter Emmrich writes Rook.
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy #DragonAgeDay ! Thank you to the VAs for their Q&A stream today, especially to @nickboraine.bsky.social for being an absolute delight! My Emmrich pals were all abuzz with your incredible reading of this line, so I felt inspired to ink it down as if it came from a letter Emmrich writes Rook.
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old modern AU sketch but this is what definitely happened during the stream
December 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
old modern AU sketch but this is what definitely happened during the stream
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also, Spotify doesn't pay royalties at all for tracks with less than a thousand streams.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
also, Spotify doesn't pay royalties at all for tracks with less than a thousand streams.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.
and sometimes if an album gets a sudden surge of fan interest, Spotify deems it "unusual listening activity" and just removes the album, as happened to my last EP.