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@lightlystarched.bsky.social
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He/him. Struggling writer, experienced coder, hobbyist miniature painter, baffled father. Recently began learning Godot, to add game development to my repertoire of programming experience. Currently open to commissions and freelance work.

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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Behold, the duality of man.
A tweet from Hunter Biden, which reads:
“When I heard about Senator Graham's death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.

A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: "If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person, you've got a problem. He's the nicest person I've ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created."

That is the Senator Graham I will remember today.
Not because I have forgotten what came after.
Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.

I will choose to remember the time before Trump.
Because I believe in an America after Trump.”A tweet from Michael Fanone which reads:

“Lindsey Graham is dead. I will always remember my first and only encounter with him when he looked the grieving mother of a dead police officer in the face and barked that he wasn't going to listen to her blame Trump for January 6th. When I showed him my body cam footage from that day he turned away and looked at his phone. Rest in Piss you fucking worthless scumbag. If there is a hell I hope you're in it.”
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sipping coffee and reading about all the DSA primary wins this morning has been a great mood boost to start the day. It’s a good year to be a New Yorker. I hope everyone takes some time to enjoy these victories, and then gears back up for the push to November.
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NYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc · 19/05/2026
Tonight is our last fundraising deadline before the campaigns enter the final Get Out the Vote phase. Billionaires like Michael Bloomberg are spending millions to keep corporate Democrats in power in Albany. We can’t let him beat us. Donate today at actblue.com/donate/slate2026.
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NYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc · 29/04/2026
TOMORROW: Rally outside Hochul’s Manhattan office. Hochul has shown over and over that she’s more vulnerable to our pressure than she’d like to admit. When we push, she moves. We’re in the the final stretch of the budget. It’s now or never. dsa.nyc/TTRRally
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This is really such a dumb timeline.
A meme made from the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Top left picture shows a man from the government saying "We've got top men working on it." Top right picture shows Indiana Jones leaning forward and asking "Who?" Bottom left picture shows the man from the government saying "Top... men..."
Final image is the picture of Kid Rock standing at a podium in the Pentagon speaking to a room full of military people.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2026
I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/04/2026
NEW: Ratcliffe told Trump that Bibi's war with Iran proposal was "farcical." Rubio chimed in and called it "bullshit." General Caine said it was an "over-sell." Vance said it would cause chaos and untold numbers of casualties. Cheung said people didn't vote for it. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/04/2026
Today, I'm sitting down with Leila Bozorg and Cea Weaver from my housing team for a live AMA on r/nyc. Bring your questions on affordable housing, tenant protections, and the fight to keep NYC a home for working people. We'll be live at 1:45pm for an hour.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Fuck Trump #nokings
Protestors in Brooklyn
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/03/2026
New Yorkers, join us in the first ever Mayor’s Municipal Madness: a competition of city fixes where everyone wins. Pick your fix and vote here: nyc.gov/madness
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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
✊ TOMORROW- Be part of one of the largest protests in NYC history! On Saturday, March 28th, we're joining THOUSANDS of NYers taking to our streets because they are sick of ICE agents in our communities, billionaires buying our elections, and Trump’s endless wars. #HandsOffNYC #ICEOut #NoKingsNYC
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NYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc · 26/03/2026
This Saturday 3/28, join NYC-DSA’s “Tax the Rich” contingent at No Kings! We say no to austerity, no to wars, and no to ICE forever. We have the power to protect New Yorkers from Trump’s regime – but only if Kathy Hochul will tax the rich!
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I remember protesting back in 2002-2003 as the Bush admin lied to America and the world about the need for another war in the Middle East. Now, two decades later, we have Trump not even pretending he cares about consensus building. I’m incredibly tired of GOP “leadership.” It’s all just murder.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It’s well-past time to #taxtherich Tax the m***erf***ing rich! Thanks to Our Time for helping make the rally in Albany a success.
A good crowd at the rally to Tax the Rich at the armory in Albany, NYShot of the huge crowd behind me in the march to tax the rich in Albany, NY Shot of the huge crowd in front of me in the march to tax the rich in Albany, NY Outside of the capitol building in the march to tax the rich in Albany, NY, focusing on a sign held by someone from PSC-CUNY. Those people showed up in force, much respect to them.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“I’m a husky and even I think this is a bit much.”
A husky sitting stoically in a very snowy, very windy park
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised! New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Attention all NYC tenants!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2026
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Nationwide No Kings Rally #3 scheduled for March 28 We need 20 million people to come out and protest. Let's show King Trump and his oligarch masters who's really in charge...not them!
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'We Will Not Bow': No Kings 3 Rallies Scheduled for March 28 With Flagship Event in Minnesota | Common Dreams
Nationwide No Kings protest planned for March 28 to resist Trump's authoritarian attacks on immigrant communities.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Fiery boi from Frosthaven. #miniatures #miniaturepainting #frosthaven #gloomhaven #boardgames
The painted miniature of one of the unlockable Frosthaven characters
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Clan Jade Falcon hovertanks Lightbox works pretty well. I need some better lights though. #battletech #miniatures #miniaturepainting #wargames
Two hovertanks painted in the Clan Jade Falcons Epsilon Galaxy colors. From the Battletech Aces: Scouring Sands box.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Rifleman C2 of the Clan Jade Falcons Epsilon Galaxy. Testing out my DIY lightbox v0.1 #battletech #miniatures #miniaturepainting #wargames
Front view of the rifleman C2 from the Battletech Aces: Scouring Sands box. Painted in the colors of Clan Jade Falcon Epsilon Galaxy Back view of the rifleman C2 from the Battletech Aces: Scouring Sands box. Painted in the colors of Clan Jade Falcon Epsilon Galaxy
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Clan Jade Falcon Howler (Baboon) From the Scouring Sands box #battletech #miniatures #miniaturepainting #wargaming
A painted miniature of the Howler mech, in the Clan Jade Falcon, Epsilon Galaxy colors. From Battletech ACES: Scouring Sands
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
If you live in the USA, here’s an easy way to send a letter to your reps: dsausa.us/venezuela-te...
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Email your representatives: No War with Venezuela!
I just wrote a letter to my congressional representatives to urge them to oppose Trump's illegal war with Venezuela. Can you join me? https://admin.actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-representative-...
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Clan Jade Falcon, Locust IIC, from the Scouring Sands box One last crappy phone pic to round out the year. New Year’s resolution: get a dedicated photo area setup. #battletech #miniatures #miniaturepainting
A painted Battletech mini. It is a Locust IIC, painted in the colors of Clan Jade Falcon, Epsilon Galaxy.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
As a new years present to myself, I just finished the first draft of a novel. Now I can spend the next couple days planning out my writing deadlines for 2026 in order to hit the ground running.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I want to do better pictures of my recent projects, but it’s been so long since I’ve taken any pictures at all. So I figured I should just upload this crappy phone pic to get back in the habit. #frosthaven #miniatures #miniaturepainting
A painted mini of the crescent moon character from the Frosthaven boardgame
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
“Maybe if I leave my laptop on the chair the cat won’t steal my spot as soon as I stand up.” The cat:
The cat curled up on my open laptop, which is on the seat of my comfy chair
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Just because. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIIx...
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by YeahYeahYeahsVEVO
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
If you live in NYC and supported Mamdani, we still got a lotta work to do. Sign up if you haven’t already! actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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Tax the Rich, Fund Child Care - Field Launch
You helped deliver Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory, but the campaign for an affordable New York City is just beginning. Now it’s our time to return to the doors to deliver on the promise of a more a...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
As hilarious as this is, Trump is mentally gone. Yes, Mamdani is charismatic as hell and I hope he can continue to keep Trump pacified re:NY. But it’s just as likely that after a few hours on his phone or talking to Stephen Miller, Trump will be threatening to bomb NYC or something.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"It's a cycle of power and abuse where the rich white guys always come out on top, and the rest of us just come out with less power and more abuse." This is worth a watch, if you can stomach it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
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So I'm in the Epstein Files
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
We need your help! But let me explain why:
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A little torn on this one. Chi Ossé is exactly the kind person we need on the City Council as Mamdani works to enact his ambitious agenda. That said, Chi could do a lot of good in the House as well. He's an actual activist and fighter, so I'm ready to support him if he's going for it.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It is way, way past time for us to say ‘enough.’ We can live in a world where people are more than just playthings for the rich and powerful, if we’re willing to fight for it.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
@durrymusic.bsky.social awesome show at Bowery Ballroom last night! Looking forward to the next time.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I Want You to Understand Chicago
Politics Chicago
2025-11-08

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st.

Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Chuck Schumer needs to immediately be replaced as Senate Minority Leader, followed by an announcement that he will not be seeking reelection.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 09/11/2025
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Neighborhood becomes a Political Battlefield | My Neighbor's Yard
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
And here's a YouTube link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj0P...
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"Rovina's Choice" Shows How The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
YouTube video by The New Yorker
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Just a thought: if you’re going to engage in conversation here, then do so honestly. Don’t reply to someone then immediately block them just so you get the last word. That’s extraordinarily cowardly. Either have a conversation or don’t.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected. Now think about how you feel after last night's election. You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out. You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off. Remember this.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June. It’s louder & clearer tonight.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We did it 😭
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Today’s the day, NYC. It’s been a tough year, but we’ve worked hard for this. All the doors we’ve knocked, people we’ve called and talked to. It’s time to show the world we can still dream of better tomorrows together, as long as we commit to work and fight for those dreams. Vote!
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