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kel belle 👻
@kelbelle83.bsky.social
· Dec 3
sometimes a masterpiece is too good to wait. from the upcoming show Strip Law, I give you the song "Pizza Party"
(a song written for a scene where i was just like lets have some fun pizza party music and then composer Casey Trela went Mozart-level hard)
(a song written for a scene where i was just like lets have some fun pizza party music and then composer Casey Trela went Mozart-level hard)
This is my new favorite song.
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Nice thing about Minneapolis being kinda small is that it’s hard to convince us protesters are being paid because you’d go out and oh there’s that kid from my high school who played Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha one year, and is that the pharmacist at my CVS over there, and there goes our realtor
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Nice thing about Minneapolis being kinda small is that it’s hard to convince us protesters are being paid because you’d go out and oh there’s that kid from my high school who played Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha one year, and is that the pharmacist at my CVS over there, and there goes our realtor
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A lot of artists I work with regularly ditched Adobe for Clip Studio Paint and other art programs when Adobe began to deny them the ability to purchase Photoshop outright. In my creative circles, it went from the thing everyone uses to the one no one does in less than three years.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
A lot of artists I work with regularly ditched Adobe for Clip Studio Paint and other art programs when Adobe began to deny them the ability to purchase Photoshop outright. In my creative circles, it went from the thing everyone uses to the one no one does in less than three years.
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Data is correct, causal agency is (IMO) incorrect.
The vast majority of ppl who use AI to make images and video have never touched and would never touch Photoshop/AfterEffects/Illustrator/etc. The issue is Adobe trying to squeeze its users with subscriptions, and other customer-hostile behavior.
The vast majority of ppl who use AI to make images and video have never touched and would never touch Photoshop/AfterEffects/Illustrator/etc. The issue is Adobe trying to squeeze its users with subscriptions, and other customer-hostile behavior.
From Dare Obasanjo on Mastodon. Adobe is hitting the floor. #AI
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Data is correct, causal agency is (IMO) incorrect.
The vast majority of ppl who use AI to make images and video have never touched and would never touch Photoshop/AfterEffects/Illustrator/etc. The issue is Adobe trying to squeeze its users with subscriptions, and other customer-hostile behavior.
The vast majority of ppl who use AI to make images and video have never touched and would never touch Photoshop/AfterEffects/Illustrator/etc. The issue is Adobe trying to squeeze its users with subscriptions, and other customer-hostile behavior.
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AI is part of what’s killing adobe but not in this sense. You can’t open Acrobat without it bugging you to use its AI. You can’t toggle it off. Everybody hates that shit. Nobody wants it. This will be the fate of every company trying to force AI
From Dare Obasanjo on Mastodon. Adobe is hitting the floor. #AI
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
AI is part of what’s killing adobe but not in this sense. You can’t open Acrobat without it bugging you to use its AI. You can’t toggle it off. Everybody hates that shit. Nobody wants it. This will be the fate of every company trying to force AI
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I love that every city has added a new mischief to the anti-ICE work:
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I love that every city has added a new mischief to the anti-ICE work:
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
LA started the noise outside hotels
Portland started the inflatables
Chicago started the whistles
Minneapolis started not warning them about the weather lol
If ICE comes to your city it’s your duty to out-scamp the last 🫡
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This thread is some of the most exceptional storytelling I've seen in ages?? wow. truly worth your time.
By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪
January 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM
This thread is some of the most exceptional storytelling I've seen in ages?? wow. truly worth your time.
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Dems need to stop acting like what ICE is doing is an accident, or a failure of policy, or a tactic of distraction.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Dems need to stop acting like what ICE is doing is an accident, or a failure of policy, or a tactic of distraction.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
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I wrote about this in @spitfirenews.com yesterday, but the pretense for the federal government to brutalize you—up to and including murder—is now simply that you live in a place that swung blue during the last election. Just living there means they’ll literally call you a radical rioting agitator.
January 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I wrote about this in @spitfirenews.com yesterday, but the pretense for the federal government to brutalize you—up to and including murder—is now simply that you live in a place that swung blue during the last election. Just living there means they’ll literally call you a radical rioting agitator.
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Imagine loading a photo of a group of your friends to a pizza chatbot so it can tell you how much pizza to buy.
Come the fuck on.
Come the fuck on.
January 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Imagine loading a photo of a group of your friends to a pizza chatbot so it can tell you how much pizza to buy.
Come the fuck on.
Come the fuck on.
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
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the other day my 8yo said Spanish was his third language. then he counted "uno, dos, tres..." all the way up to "nueve" and then said "uh, i forget." i said "diez?" and this kid straight up replied "diez nuts"
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 AM
the other day my 8yo said Spanish was his third language. then he counted "uno, dos, tres..." all the way up to "nueve" and then said "uh, i forget." i said "diez?" and this kid straight up replied "diez nuts"
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"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/su...
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/su...
Support Impacted Union Families! | Working Partnerships
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
"This is a verified page fundraising support for the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Working Partnerships' 2026 rapid response effort to meet the needs of impacted union members, worker center members, and their families..."
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/su...
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org/campaigns/su...
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If you have gardeners or other workers on your property: “Entra en la casa ahora. Rápidamente.” Get in the house now. Quickly.”
I need all yall that dont speak spanish to learn a few words, real quick.
pls RT
"La Migra" - common slang for ICE
"La Patrulla" - "The Patrol"
"No digas nada" - "Say nothing."
¿Cómo te llamas? - "Whats your name?"
"¿Quién quieres que llame?" - "Who do you want me to call?"
Escondense - Hide
pls RT
"La Migra" - common slang for ICE
"La Patrulla" - "The Patrol"
"No digas nada" - "Say nothing."
¿Cómo te llamas? - "Whats your name?"
"¿Quién quieres que llame?" - "Who do you want me to call?"
Escondense - Hide
January 17, 2026 at 4:51 AM
If you have gardeners or other workers on your property: “Entra en la casa ahora. Rápidamente.” Get in the house now. Quickly.”
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
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COVID pandemic enters 7th year with no end in sight.
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight
It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown seven years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We…
boingboing.net
January 17, 2026 at 4:06 AM
COVID pandemic enters 7th year with no end in sight.
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
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one of the less-obvious things you lose with book bans and censorship is how many kids bored by English class first fall in love with reading due to the sheer exhilaration of getting away with something dangerous by checking a Grown-Up Book out of the library and realizing books can be Like That™️
It's much easier to encounter Romance in the traditional way. Stumbling upon paperbacks at your grandma's house when you are 12.
January 17, 2026 at 7:55 AM
one of the less-obvious things you lose with book bans and censorship is how many kids bored by English class first fall in love with reading due to the sheer exhilaration of getting away with something dangerous by checking a Grown-Up Book out of the library and realizing books can be Like That™️
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I understand that a lot of reactions are going to be along the lines of “well they’re just going to claim literally any protest is non-peaceful” and I’m sure they will do that in some cases
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I understand that a lot of reactions are going to be along the lines of “well they’re just going to claim literally any protest is non-peaceful” and I’m sure they will do that in some cases
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
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3:07 am : *sits bolt upright in bed*
TOO MUCH SOUP IS A SLURPLUS
*immediately falls back into deep sleep*
TOO MUCH SOUP IS A SLURPLUS
*immediately falls back into deep sleep*
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
3:07 am : *sits bolt upright in bed*
TOO MUCH SOUP IS A SLURPLUS
*immediately falls back into deep sleep*
TOO MUCH SOUP IS A SLURPLUS
*immediately falls back into deep sleep*
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If you work for ICE, you should not.
Quit your job and save your soul.
Quit your job and save your soul.
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM
If you work for ICE, you should not.
Quit your job and save your soul.
Quit your job and save your soul.
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Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.
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With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
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“don’t take the bait!!!” THEY’RE PEOPLE BEING TERRORIZED BY ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS, NOT TROUT
January 17, 2026 at 4:29 AM
“don’t take the bait!!!” THEY’RE PEOPLE BEING TERRORIZED BY ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS, NOT TROUT