Cheshire Ember @kafkaesqueNomad@occult.camp

A reminder

Follow my friend @wespacker cuz he's cool. Also because he's does stand-up and bangs the drums and likes opensource and talks about depression and is a Genuinely Good Bloke. <3

I've wanted to join Mastodon.art for a while! Here's a lil intro post?

I'm a 3D/2D artist, and I moonlight doing comic books. I like uuuuh... dogs. And drawing elves and stuff. :v

#introduction #creativetoots

A journey though memories.
Those aren't madeleines but this is certainly the first day of #DailySketchChallenge

@rotatingskull About 15 of us were separated from a large group and standing on a median between 125th St. and the entrance to the bridge. 34 (I counted!) cops, who had stood with their batons out across from us, slapping them in their hands, refusing to answer our questions about what they expected us to do, bum rushed us, nearly breaking my leg as we were forced over a low brick wall.

@rotatingskull A guy threw his water bottle in the air in a moment of just pure, instinctual panic, and two cops grabbed him while another hit him with a baton. It was the most terrifying thing I’d ever seen first hand, and that was when I realized, forever, that these people are not our friends, and they are not here to protect us during marches. They’re there to contain us.

Cops are there to make sure you stick to a predefined route. The whole spectacle is allowed to go on because they know you’ll blow off steam, pat yourself and your friends on the back for it, post the best signs to social media, and that the state machine will continue to toss people into the mill and grind us down. They don’t bring about change. They don’t even really inconvenience anyone.

pride isn't over

cops are still killing and torturing people with dark skin

governments, doctors, bureaucrats, neighbors, and unchosen family are still abusing and killing queer and trans people

we have to keep on

Tusky 2.0beta1 will soon be available to every beta tester on Google Play. Depending on feedback, Tusky 2.0 will be released for everybody in about a week.

if you "FOSS OR DIE" fucks spent half as much time lowering the barrier for entry for everyone who says "i'd love to use FOSS tools but i don't have the skills/time/physical or mental energy/computing power to run a [proprietary/capitalist software] alternative" as you spend shitting on people who can't adopt that aforementioned FOSS alternative, you FOSS fucks would have singlehandedly shut down the entire proprietary software industry by now.

#Pride Month is over, but I want to leave y'all with one thought about visibility.

When I was young, I didn't know what #bisexual meant—thought I was a broken straight.

I want people to see me and know that being bi+ doesn't have a damn thing to do with your ability to love as you will, including the possibility of being in an awesome relationship like the one I've had for over twenty years.

I want some young bisexual to know that and not beat themselves up for decades. I want them to love themselves. ❤️

I am legit looking forward to #LGBT #History Month in October (at least in North America) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_History_Month

Y’all know my fascination with #queer history and this thing is seriously vibrating on the same frequency with my storyteller aspect.

I like the idea of moving through different aspects of ourselves as the calendar rolls on, we don’t stop being proud, but we take time to focus on aspects of ourselves and our queer siblings.

First panel of future episode 26!
#peppercarrot #krita

Big mood

I visited the tunnel of Rennes' future second subway line, here are some pics

I just saw someone in the US (not here) telling people that if it's over 90 degrees and you see homeless people in distress you should call 311 and the police are "legally required to give assistance".

DO NOT DO THAT.

Please do not call the police on homeless people.

Or anyone, really.

Research your local shelters, resources, cooling center, etc. Do not call the police.

@kafkaesqueNomad its because your instance is not yet on Mastodon 2.4. The crash will be fixed in the next release!