And as a reminder: through the rest of February and all of March, we'll be sending ALL of our profit (from all items) on friendsatthetable.shop to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. But the ICEBREAKER merch seen here (design by @badbucket.bsky.social) is only available during this period!
(not baroque) I’ve been rocking Listen to the City by Tim Weisberg lately, although Twin Sons of Different Mothers is a far superior album ofc
Organizing against borders can seem utopic, but there are many concrete fights:
1 Mutual aid networks
2 Rapid Response actions
3 Stopping PIC construction & budget fights
4 Ending agreements w/ local enforcement
5 Non cooperation of public institutions (hospitals etc) w/ immigration
6 Status 4 All
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
ironically, diaper cream would also help! the zinc in it soothes inflammation. for me the best thing is covering them in prescription hydrocortisone cream and then gloves before bed
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
the desire for Endless Franchise is sublimated hunger for God. if the franchise ends the hunger pricks, the dread tide ebbs. the standalone short story exists, in the franchise acolyte's imagination, like the grim reaper a the end of a dark dirt road
i love my friends so dearly. they have many wonderful qualities which i do not possess and this is a mean opinion. BUT! i do feel that if you or a loved one have been forced to listen to jon bellion for hours on end you should be entitled to financial compensation
we don’t talk enough about the music taste gap in relationships
Pluribus is amazing. It’s like a gay prestige inverse take on the good place
This is from March but I still think about it and find myself wondering if this is, you know, a viable system of government that can be saved or deserves to be saved.
just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election
A photo of me, a 28 y/o white woman smiling with her eyes closed, in a gazebo in Central Park.
A photo of me, a 28 y/o white woman smiling with eyes open, in a gazebo in Central Park.
hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
messy business (friends at the table) (bluff city) (2019)
11 years of friends at the table!!! i'm not on this app much — someday i'll fully commit, maybe soon, who knows — but i wanted to repost this one contribution for the fattrewind celebrations :)
The Divine Cycle #fattrewind
An illustration in the style of the poster for Little Shop of Horrors. Instead, the text says “Lyke’s Shop of Horrors” with vines of rosebuds winding around it. One large rose-monster with sharp teeth is about to bite down on Lye Lychen, at right. Lye wears high-waisted green pants with suspenders, a brown shirt with rolled up sleeves, a blue and white polka dot bandana, and vintage pilot goggles. He has angular features and sideburns (not dissimilar to Jack Rackham in Black Sails) and a messy bun. He’s examining a fishbowl with a goldfish (Tombo) in it.
did you know: lye lychen has never done anything wrong in his life and frankly all those people aterika’kaal killed had it coming #fattrewind #friendsatthetable
"[high pitched and tinny] Let’s dive in. Let’s dive in. It’s time to dive in. Get ready to [audio distorts and slows] dive. Diiive. Diiiiie…"
(The Road to PALISADE 20: City Planning Department)
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#fattrewind #friendsatthetable #palisade
a digital painting of Pearline, a young black woman, singing while standing on the stage on all fours. behind her there are musicians.
portrait of Mary, a light skinned young woman with dark curly hair and white glowing eyes. she's smiling, showing her sharp teeth. she's covered in blood
a landscape at dusk, with silhouettes of a small lone house, and two men riding horses
silhouettes of twins, Smoke and Stack, looking at the setting sun
#sinners studies in #heavypaint
i generally dislike "STEM needs humanities" arguments but this is actually a case where it legitimately applies, albeit for not the reason you imagine
a digital drawing of ged and estarriol, pressing their foreheads together and crying with relief.
earthsea art from 2020
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
i'm sure if we identify the demographic that bears singular responsibility for the situation we're in, they will begrudgingly use their awesome power to fix it
liberal christians genuinely cannot wrap their heads around the idea that people who fervently believe in jesus can do & want terrible things. it's a minor frustration in the scope of things, but also an astonishing ignorance of history and an unwitting embrace of hegemony
y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?
if you live in a low density city the “my weekend as a 28 year old in chicago” video is actually aspirational. i would kill for the ability to go kayaking and have multiple options for marg towers
i’m like a weeb but for midsized-to-large cities
explain your username:
in the thirteenth episode of the third season of acclaimed tabletop rpg podcast friends at the table, there’s a monologue about the inherently contradictory nature of scholarship which includes the phrase “every scholar is a schism.” it coheres
