K.A. Eldström
@kaeldstrom.bsky.social
Just another autistic queer adoptee activist writing and making art. They/he.
Building a community healing practice, slowly, intentionally.
You can find more of my creative work at kaeldstrom.carrd.co
Substack: substack.com/@kaeldstrom
Building a community healing practice, slowly, intentionally.
You can find more of my creative work at kaeldstrom.carrd.co
Substack: substack.com/@kaeldstrom
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Support That Requires Self-Erasure Is Not Support
How belonging to ourselves can save us
substack.com
Support that requires self-erasure is not support, it's managed survival.
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
Support that requires self-erasure is not support, it's managed survival.
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
Support That Requires Self-Erasure Is Not Support
How belonging to ourselves can save us
substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Support that requires self-erasure is not support, it's managed survival.
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
January 15, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
Today, everything felt hard, but I stuck to my 5 minute commitment. If it was feeling “yuck” today for you-you’re not alone. Thank you for still choosing to show up & yes, staying in bed counts!🥰 #collage #art #mixedmedia #collageart #abstract #abstractart #sketchbook #artoftheday #blueskyart
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Today, everything felt hard, but I stuck to my 5 minute commitment. If it was feeling “yuck” today for you-you’re not alone. Thank you for still choosing to show up & yes, staying in bed counts!🥰 #collage #art #mixedmedia #collageart #abstract #abstractart #sketchbook #artoftheday #blueskyart
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#fantasyart #torontoartist #abstractart #scifiart #indie #outsiderart #alienlandscape #cyberpunk #lofi #acrylics #revolutionaryoptimism #folkart #newagecassette #janglepop #surrealism #intuitiveart #canadianart #indiepop #c86
UnLOVED bikes - Revolutionary Optimism 2:
youtu.be/OiFHUSRLWL4?...
UnLOVED bikes - Revolutionary Optimism 2:
youtu.be/OiFHUSRLWL4?...
January 15, 2026 at 10:07 PM
#fantasyart #torontoartist #abstractart #scifiart #indie #outsiderart #alienlandscape #cyberpunk #lofi #acrylics #revolutionaryoptimism #folkart #newagecassette #janglepop #surrealism #intuitiveart #canadianart #indiepop #c86
UnLOVED bikes - Revolutionary Optimism 2:
youtu.be/OiFHUSRLWL4?...
UnLOVED bikes - Revolutionary Optimism 2:
youtu.be/OiFHUSRLWL4?...
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#abstractart #abstractdrawing #lineart #intuitiveart #intuitiveartist #art #artwork #onelineart #inkdrawing #graffiti #graffitiart #queerartist #autisticartist
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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#abstractart #abstractdrawing #lineart #intuitiveart #intuitiveartist #art #artwork #onelineart #inkdrawing #graffiti #graffitiart #queerartist #autisticartist
January 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
#abstractart #abstractdrawing #lineart #intuitiveart #intuitiveartist #art #artwork #onelineart #inkdrawing #graffiti #graffitiart #queerartist #autisticartist
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM
#abstractart #abstractdrawing #lineart #intuitiveart #intuitiveartist #art #artwork #onelineart #inkdrawing #graffiti #graffitiart #queerartist #autisticartist
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM
#abstractart #abstractdrawing #lineart #intuitiveart #intuitiveartist #art #artwork #onelineart #inkdrawing #graffiti #graffitiart #queerartist #autisticartist
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
#abstractart #abstractdrawing #lineart #intuitiveart #intuitiveartist #art #artwork #onelineart #inkdrawing #graffiti #graffitiart #queerartist #autisticartist
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Jacob Frey: I support peaceful protest.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
January 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Jacob Frey: I support peaceful protest.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
Support that requires self-erasure is not support, it's managed survival.
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
Support That Requires Self-Erasure Is Not Support
How belonging to ourselves can save us
substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Support that requires self-erasure is not support, it's managed survival.
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
You can't force alignment in places that already regard you as "other".
But you can align yourself with something deeper and truer to your needs.
More on my substack, here:
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
Fun fact! We could be using the $75 billion allocated for ICE on literally anything else! Like essential services that help people exist! It’s almost as if these issues + our priorities have a lot of overlap!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Fun fact! We could be using the $75 billion allocated for ICE on literally anything else! Like essential services that help people exist! It’s almost as if these issues + our priorities have a lot of overlap!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
Also people definitely can’t afford things if they get shot in the face!
Jacob Frey: I support peaceful protest.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
January 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Jacob Frey: I support peaceful protest.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
Jacob Frey to peaceful protesters last night: go home.
We need to not ignore this.
LIVE ICE CLASH With Protesters as Trump THREATENS Insurrection Act | LIVE From Minneapolis
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
We need to not ignore this.
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
Autistic unmasking isn’t “letting everything out.”
It’s the slow & challenging work of stopping self-erasure.
Unmasking means learning which environments cost us our health and which ones allow us to stay.
If unmasking looks messy, that’s because the mask was holding everything together.
It’s the slow & challenging work of stopping self-erasure.
Unmasking means learning which environments cost us our health and which ones allow us to stay.
If unmasking looks messy, that’s because the mask was holding everything together.
January 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Autistic unmasking isn’t “letting everything out.”
It’s the slow & challenging work of stopping self-erasure.
Unmasking means learning which environments cost us our health and which ones allow us to stay.
If unmasking looks messy, that’s because the mask was holding everything together.
It’s the slow & challenging work of stopping self-erasure.
Unmasking means learning which environments cost us our health and which ones allow us to stay.
If unmasking looks messy, that’s because the mask was holding everything together.
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
What the FUCK
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 AM
What the FUCK
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If anybody out west needs this, I can help! I’d be happy to print and mail these as necessary! If anybody in Minneapolis, needs this, I can help. Please let me know!
How I'm dealing with my stress: I bought a 3d printer and am producing 100 whistles at a time. 1000 heading to Minneapolis tomorrow.
January 15, 2026 at 4:16 AM
If anybody out west needs this, I can help! I’d be happy to print and mail these as necessary! If anybody in Minneapolis, needs this, I can help. Please let me know!
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January 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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I see what is happening in Minneapolis. I hear what Trump and the administration is saying. It’s pretty obvious what is happening here.
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I see what is happening in Minneapolis. I hear what Trump and the administration is saying. It’s pretty obvious what is happening here.
Reposted by K.A. Eldström
After ICE shot at least one person in Minneapolis, goons launched a war-like attack on unarmed neighbors, unleashing an onslaught of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition. (1/14/26)
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
After ICE shot at least one person in Minneapolis, goons launched a war-like attack on unarmed neighbors, unleashing an onslaught of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition. (1/14/26)
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AND YET!!!!
January 15, 2026 at 3:21 AM
AND YET!!!!