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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Gorgeous weather to protest fascism in the U.S.! Favorite scenes from today's #NoKings protest in #Lexington, KY

Sign reads, "Fire Hegseth. Even his mom thinks he's a jerk"

Sign reads, "Honk if you are NOT in the Epstein files"

My sign: A March Madness-type bracket, pitting MAGA priorities over basic needs in each bracket. Tax breaks for billionaires vs. Healthcare, bomb Iran and random boats vs. Release of the Epstein files, the S.A.V.E. act vs. Free and fair elections, and blank check for ICE vs. Pay for T.S.A. Along the side, it says "MAGA Madness! Who will win? Not you!"

A person wearing an inflatable teddy bear costume stands on a street corner with a No Kings sign, looking quite goofy and joyful as cars drive by.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My signs included a shout out to March Madness, something every Kentuckian but me cares about. People loved it.

A March Madness-type bracket, pitting MAGA priorities over basic needs in each bracket. Tax breaks for billionaires vs. Healthcare, bomb Iran and random boats vs. Release of the Epstein files, the S.A.V.E. act vs. Free and fair elections, and blank check for ICE vs. Pay for T.S.A. Along the side, it says "MAGA Madness! Who will win? Not you!"

Protest sign reads, "Which side are you on? Someday, there will be a reckoning "

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Lexington, KY turned out around 800 for today's anti-ICE protest.

Crowds gather in downtown Lexington, Kentucky for anti-ICE protest today.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The "What people have to say" reviews are hilarious.

A one star review of business that says What people have to say: "Hackers got my data and now my boss knows I've been buying lottery tickets instead of contributing to my KiwiSaver." - Karen L.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This one is me. Can't tell you how many people clicked out loud when I passed by!

Smiling woman with gray hair wearing a rooster costume holding a sign that says CLUCK if you love democracy

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

#NoKings we had upwards of 10,000 show up in Lexington, KY today. It was amazing. Last Pic is me I my front yard just before ethe protest.

A sea of colorful protesters gather around the Lexington, KY courthouse for No Kings Day

Protesters in Lexington March along a downtown street for No Kings Day

A gray-haired, white woman sits inside an inflatable rooster costume with a sign that says, "Cluck if you live Democracy".

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Is it possible to have too many black-eyed Susans? I had to pull a bunch this morning but couldn't bear to throw them on the compost pile. Hoping my neighbors take a bouquet today.

A lawn chair sits near a sidewalk with a box of black-eyed Susans in jars. A sign says, "Need some sunshine? Take a bouquet!"

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Finished this drawing after a very rough week in Gaza, the U.S., and the rest of the world. #Neurographic #PoliticalArt

Neurographic drawing. Curving black lines enclose bubbles with words: rural hospitals, U.S. constitution, migrants, school lunches, SNAP, Medicaid, birthright citizenship, Medicare, Climate.gov, compassion, free speech, democracy, due process. The word Gaza is scattered multiple times throughout. Beneath the bubbles, trails of twisted barbed wire and empty chains of bubbles twist down the page.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Donation in the bag! Pushing back against today's anti-trans decision by SCOTUS.

Receipt for donation to OUTMemphis in the amount of $52.78.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

@altnps.bsky.social Lexington, KY had the biggest turnout for any protest I've ever seen. An amazing day.

A fabric applique protest sign that says, "Girls say no to techno fascist ideology"

Two women hold hand painted signs at a protest. One shows a cartoon of a white woman wearing sunglasses saying, "Only you can prevent fascism!" The other shows acartoon of a woman wearing a French baret and striped top saying, " Pardon my French, but this is a Coup d'Etat! Resist!"

Hundreds of protesters marching with trees and blue sky. Some are carrying the American flag, the LGBTQ flag, and a large sign that says "resist".

A smiling white dude wearing an orange t-shirt with a smiling cartoon character of a chipmunk, saying "Don't be racist!"

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I've been using these words in my art as well. I love what you're doing.

Close-up of artist's hand wriring the words "geneder-affirming care " inside a blue bubble of color. Other words surround it in rainbow hues: Diversity, Justice, Identity, Health disparity, Trans.

Large, multicolored neurographic painting with banned words and phrases inked inside colorful bubbles.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Just finished inking the words in my #BannedWords painting! Each word has been targeted by the U.S. federal government and scrubbed from websites and/or flagged for compliance with "presidential orders". May we all be Keepers of the Words.

Black, swirling lines enclose colorful bubbles, each containing one of the words or phrases the U.S. government has scrubbed from websites, federal funding, and programs. Words relate to diversity, equity, inclusion, racism, sexuality, gender expression, justice, climate and scientific research, and public health.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This weekend's 50501 protests filled me with energy to start adding the #BannedWords to my painting! #NeurographicArt #ResistanceArt

A hand holds a marker, inking words on a colorful canvas that the federal government has scrubbed from websites, funding, and programs. Words include geneder-affirming care, identity, justice, diversity, tribal, health disparity, key groups, identity, trans, and inequality.

A painting of colorful bubbles, separated by thick, swirling black lines. Some bubbles contain words on a colorful canvas that the federal government has scrubbed from websites, funding, and programs. Words include geneder-affirming care, identity, justice, diversity, tribal, health disparity, key groups, identity, trans, and inequality.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I've been working on a "banned words" project. This is the small version of a much larger one I'm working on now. Each word is one that has been banned from U.S. federal websites, programs, and funding. Yes, really.

Neurographic painting showing colored blobs interjected by swirling black l8ne. Each blob contains word banned from federal websites, programs, and funding. Words include discrimination, gender, privilege, sexual preference, racial, justice, and cultural heritage.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

My sister just finished quilting my #climatestripes #sciart piece! Each color represents the annual U.S. temperature anomaly, from 1897-2024. Things are heating up. @katharinehayhoe.com @edhawkins.org @nicolekelner.bsky.social @kimmoldofsky.bsky.social @lecagle.bsky.social

Woman standing on a stepladder holding one end of a six-foot-long by one foot wide quilt of colored stripes. Blues represent cooler temperatures, reds represent warming temperatures.

Man wearing a Wrexham tshirt holds the red-striped end of a long quilt. Blue stripes in the foreground show cooler temps during the early 1900s, while red stripes at the far end show warmer temperatures.

Closeup of quilt showing light blue and orange stripes sewn together, surrounded by a charcoal black border with swirls of stiching.

Closeup shows black border with swirls of quilted stitches surrounding mostly dark red stripes, representing the last 12 years of temperature anomaly data averaged annually across the U.S.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Painting coming along nicely. Won't be long before I start adding the banned words --each bubble will contain a word so powerful that the regime cannot bear to see it. Words banned from federal websites, programs, and funding. Words like Black, inclusive, trans. May we all be Keepers of the Words.

Swirling black lines enclose bubbles of rainbow colors. An example of neurographic drawing.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Had to run to the store to get more colors! Things are starting to pop. Maybe days away from starting to add the Words to the bubbles.

Colorful bubbles interjected by swirling black lines form a giant neurographic painting. The bubbles will eventually contain banned words related to DEI.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This is the smaller version of what I hope the large piece to be.

Swirls of black lines enclose bubbles of color, each containing DEI and environmental justice-related words scrubbed from federal websites, programs, and agencies.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Working on a larger version of my banned words painting. This one is 2 feet x 3 feet, and it's taking a long time. I do not consider myself a painter and am learning as I go. Ultimately, each bubble will contain one of the DEI-related words this regime has banned. May we all be keepers of the Words

Neurographic painting on canvas. Bubbles of color connected by swirling black lines sweep across the canvas.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This was my cheat sheet for calling state legislators this morning, sheesh! SB89 is at the top of the NO list.

Two post-it notes with a short list of bills I want legislators to vote yes on (SB94 and 102, HB235. 270, 426) and a very long list of bills to vote NO for (SB89, 2, 60, 116, 132,79 and HB6, 607, 723, 4, 5, 64, 154, 163, 177, 495).

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

#ClimateStripes are in the long arm sewing machine! That's my sister, providing guidance and her amazing machine.

Red and orange stripes of fabric sewn together, pinned and waiting to be quilted. A smiling woman threads a long arm sewing machine.

A woman leans over a long arm sewing machine, which looks a little like the handlebars of a motorcycle. Beneath her hands is a very long, quilted piece of colorful fabric strips, each representing temperature anomalies through the 20th century.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Finished inking in the words in my first-ever acrylic on canvas. These words are the ones being scrubbed from fed'l websites & being used to flag/deny NSF and FEMA funding. May we all be keepers of the Words.

Colorful neurographic painting of bubbles containing DEI words being banned and scrubbed from federal sites and funding. List includes: Black, Latin, BIPOC, women, ethnicity, cultural heritage, LGBT, hate speech, stereotypes, racial justice, racism, discrimination, political, multicultural.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

@stonemaiergames.com This is my seventh play of Finspan in less than a week! Loving this game! #boardgames #Stonemaier #Finspan

Smiling people playing a game of Finspan at a Lexington KY brewery boardgame night

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

How's it going in Frankfort? Small but enthusiastic protest in Lexington

People carrying signs in downtown Lexington, KY protesting Musk, Trump, and DOGE

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Working on a piece of art using the list of words the NSF published to flag suspicious research/grants/projects they think may violate the anti-DEI executive order.

An artist's hand colors an illustration containing words being scrubbed from federal websites and being flagged to deny grant funding. Words relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I made this piece right after the election. It is my mantra.

Multicolored strips of fabric surround a central embroidered message that says, "Joy is an act of defiance".

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I am dreaming a big art project with these banned words. In the meantime, I'm writing them on my skin.

Federally banned words written in ink on woman's arm. Words include systemic, women, LGBT, deia, bias, justice.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

More neurographic drawings to get me through the shitshow in Washington.

Postage stamp sized scribble drawing of dark bubble-shaped lines filled with different colors

Scribble drawing of dark bubble-shaped lines filled with different colors

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Yesterday and today called for more art self-therapy. Fuck Musk.

A doodle of overlapping ovals with different colors and patterns in the spaces between. Drawing is dated Feb. 4-5 and says, "Dark times call for MORE ART." Caption of drawing is Mind Galaxy.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Woke up today in a panic about everything, the nation, the world, all of it. Did some neurographic drawing to calm my mind.

Neurographic scribble drawing. Dark lines connect colored bubbles of blues and yellows. Neurographic drawing is a form of art therapy.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I don't know if there's any truth to the whole "tank his ratings by having the TV on a channel other than the inauguration" thing, but I have mine on Netflix's Fireplace for Your Home" and it's very relaxing.

TV showing a relaxing video of birch logs burning in a fireplace

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Working on my border for this sweet scrap quilt

Quilt top sewn from strips of brightly colored fabric scraps

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

#ClimateStripes all sewn together! Each stripe is the deviation from the annual U.S. temperature from 1897-2024. Now I need to add a border.

Woman standing on ladder, holding textile piece made from sewing 128 strips of fabric together. Dark reds at the top show warmer than average temps beginning in the 1990s onward, with cooler blues at the bottom.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I, too, am quilting -- me, I'm making a data visualization of ##ClimateStripes for the U.S., each stripe representing a year of temperature anomaly from the annual average temperature.

Strips of fabric sewn together to represent temperature anomalies from the annual average U.S. temperature, from 1983-2024. Blues are cooler than normal, and oranges and reds are warmer. The colors get progressively redder toward 2024.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Just finished my last panel of my #ClimateStripes textile piece. Yikes. Next step is to sew all panels together. Final piece will represent annual temperature departures from the U.S. annual average temperature from 1896-2024.

Strips of fabric sewn together represent warming in the U.S. from 1983-2024. Each strip is one year. Blues represent cooler than average, and reds represent warmer than average, and the darker the color, the greater the departure from the norm. Only a few blues are shown, with increasingly dark oranges and reds toward 2024.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

In your story, you mention new stripes added for other countries as well. I don't see a 2024 stripe yet for the U.S., but would like to add it to my warming stripes textile piece. When will that be added? Here is an early version of one of the panels.

Strips of fabric sewn together represent U.S. temperature deviations from the annual average for each year from 1982-1999. Light blues in the early 1980s represent cooler than average temps, while oranges and dark reds represent increasingly warmer than average temps, from 1986 onward.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Mince pie frangipane buns, recipe courtesy of Jack Sturgess of bakewithjack.co.uk. Oh yes, and a wee bit of Woodford Reserve Double Oaked bourbon. Divine. Too bad we are snowed in and have no one to share them with.

Green ceramic plate with a mince pie frangipane buns, sliced open to reveal the mince filling. A small glass of bourbon accompanies the bun.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Crap, my sewing machine decided to quit on me just before I added my first red strip to my #ClimateStripes textile project! 1999, the year my son was born. It's all reds and oranges from here on out, AFTER I get my sewing machine fixed. @edhawkins.org

Strips of fabric in blues and oranges, representing cooler than average and warmer than average temps in the U.S. from 1982-1999.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I've reached 1982 in my #ClimateStripes project! One inch strips of fabric, pieced with 1/4 inch seam allowances, in 16 gradations of color from dark blue (coolest) to dark red (warmest). Shows warming in the U.S. over 85 years. 22 years of data to go! @edhawkins.org

Strips of fabric in blue and orange hues, sewn together to represent warming in the U.S. from late 1800's to 1982. Blues (cooler temperatures) are prevalent in the first half of the century, with oranges (warmer temperatures) appearing increasingly from the 1930s onward.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I've reached 1939 in my climate stripes quilting project. I feel like I'm sewing history! Check out that dramatic warm spell leading up to the Dust Bowl. @edhawkins.org @katharinehayhoe.com

Strips of fabric sewn together represent each year's average temperature departure from the U.S. annual average temperature. Darker blue are cooler years, while darker orange are warmer years. Most years leading up to 1918 were cooler than the mean, while things started warming up after around 1920.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

The data comes from NOAA and represents the deviation from the national average temperature. Dark blue is coolest, dark red is warmest. In this case, there is no dark red yet because the data represents late 19th and early 20th century temperatures. But notice a couple of oranges seeking in.

Close-up of fabric strips representing climate data. Most strips are blue, but a couple strips are orange.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Working on a fabric representation of Ed Hawkins' climate stripes! These are 1-inch strips sewn on a paper foundation, which will be removed when I am done. (1)

A table of colors associated with historical climate data showing the annual deviation from the U S. annual average temperature from 1896 to 2024. Beneath the table is a set of fabric strips representing the data from 1896-1917. Blue and orange tones represent cooler (blue) temperatures and warmer (orange) temperatures. During this time frame, mostly blue tones can be seen.

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BertaB.bsky.social @bertababy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Had to try it. Blueskyroast pretty much nailed me.

Blueskyroast's take on Roberta Burnes, a "vibrant blend of air quality advocacy, art, and mildly chaotic energy".

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