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Lumi ✨️

@lumigrey.bsky.social
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(they/them) I'm weird and I make art.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
July is #DisabilityPrideMonth, and we're celebrating with a special Writing Workshop presented by our Narrative Working Group on July 9th at 2 pm ET. We'd love for you to join us. You will find a welcoming, supportive space! Registration required: ow.ly/mvTX50Zfo8C #pwME #MECFS
Background is disability pride flag. Text in each corner: #MEAction Disability Pride workshop July 9th 2 pm ET Registration required. Disability flag description: Black background with one stripe each of green, blue, white, yellow, and red.
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Melissa Kaercher @chebutykin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The administration has done fucked up. One of the Minnesota 15 is a folk singer, and he spent time in his holding cell leading a sing-a-long with other detainees. Hey ICE, you wanna make a Woody Guthrie? Cuz this is how you make a Woody Guthrie.
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I dream of a day where I'm no longer tapping a heart in relation to the most horrifying news stories of our time. It's so disorienting.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 18/06/2026
Human Rights Watch has released a comprehensive report detailing human rights abuses by the government during this winter’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, which the group alleges also violates international human rights treaties that the U.S. is signed onto.
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Report authors say feds violated Minnesotans' human rights during ICE surge
The 186-page report from Human Rights Watch in part highlights how federal agents stopped or detained thousands of people and alleges that many of the arrests were arbitrary and race-based.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 18/06/2026
Legal defense fund for the Minnesota 15. Please share and support them! We keep us safe 💙🤍🩵
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Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
There's a quiet and very real grief in outgrowing something you once admired and made you feel seen.
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Highly recommend the making of Churu popsicles
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"In My Head" Lumi Forbes Mixed media on canvas 24"×18" (June 2026)
Abstract intuitive mixed media artwork on canvas (displayed horizontally). The silhouette of a face appears on the left, with a cacophony of colors, textures, and movement in the space behind it. Base of peach/nude tones with accents of teal, gold, pink, coral, white, lavender, and green. Background is solid white.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Trump was booed during the national anthem at the Knicks game. Now, reports indicate his administration is planning a major ICE enforcement surge in New York City.
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"I'm paying the therapy bills only so I can tell whether the numbness in my gut is poison, poetry, or a good hard punch." - from "Trust Exercise" by Topaz Winters
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My final piece available in Art of Possibilities - "Polyphonic Sky" This piece reminds me of the beautiful and soothing harmonies of a desert sky at dusk. When I visited AZ, there was such a gentle, soft glow, while the surroundings held onto harsh heat and markedly difficult conditions.
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Polyphonic Sky | Art of Possibilities
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Another original piece of mine that's looking for a home!
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Burn Bright | Art of Possibilities
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 07/06/2026
minneapolis is amazing: the university of minnesota’s 55 member marching band played on the lawn of the LOTI pencil as the pencil dancer crew waits at the base of the steps holding the 100 lb sharpener ahead of the pencil sculpture being resharpened at the annual festival
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Looking to support a queer, trans, disabled artist? I have a few original pieces for sale in Art of Possibilities! "Acceptance" (2025) took shape after I visited Oregon and fell in love with its magic. The Pacific Ocean shoreline particularly called to me, and I really see it in this piece.
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Acceptance | Art of Possibilities
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Finished another piece today! Lumi Forbes "My Wish for You" Mixed media on yupo 20"×26" (May 2026)
Large abstract intuitive mixed media painting on yupo (hung vertically). Dark blue layered background with expressive neon yellow lines dancing above shouts of neon pink, electric violet, aqua, neon blue, and chunky rose gold glitter
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I've been working to finish several pieces - here's one of them! Lumi Forbes "Crush" Mixed media on canvas 24"×18" (May 2026)
Intuitive abstract painting in mixed media on canvas, displayed with the long-side horizontal. Very weathered, layered white-toned background with bright pops of cyan, magenta, and green. There is also a metallic/iridescence with silver and purple tones. The sense of movement is fluid, if not chaotic.
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
If you're looking for the original study: 'Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence', Cheng et. al., 2026 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence
Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...
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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 21/05/2026
there's one for the twin cities, as well as chicago, detroit, southwest michigan, and indianapolis! i contributed to the MSP list and made the image for it.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 06/05/2026
the twin cities are still under occupation
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 28/04/2026
in case you were under the impression the occupation of Minneapolis was over
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/04/2026
Here are the 7 senate democrats who voted to continue sending bombs to Netanyahu. Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) John Fetterman (PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Jackie Rosen (NV) Chuck Schumer (NY)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
youtu.be/DKI860vxbSU?...
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Books & Records
YouTube video by Adeem the Artist - Topic
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. [Via @itep.org]
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/04/2026
The receipts. A complete timeline of the shifting rhetoric. More: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 05/04/2026
Over the past few months, the Portland Tile Guerrillas have installed dozens of artworks featuring Grateful Dead lyrics and tributes to local history.
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Anonymous artists are secretly filling Portland’s cracked sidewalks with mosaic art
Over the past few months, the Portland Tile Guerrillas have installed dozens of artworks featuring Grateful Dead lyrics and tributes to local history.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The FY2027 budget requests $1.5 trillion for military spending and pays for it by gutting NOAA, FEMA grants, NIH, and fully eliminating programs that keep the lights on for struggling Americans.
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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📣 New zine! "Radical Books That Aren't a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks." If you're a baby leftist looking for a place to start imagining new possibilities, here's 17 books to get you started! violetbfox.info/radicalbooks/ 📚
Cover of the zine “Radical Books That Aren’t a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks” featuring gentle color blobs
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
My March reads, many for #transrightsreadathon
Visual list 1 of 2 - books read in March (15 total)Visual list 2 of 2 - books read in March (11 total)
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I haven't done an art market since Covid hit. I miss the experience of connecting with new people, but my body isn't able. However, THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT! And there's an amazing community stepping in where I may fall short. Please show up if able - there is so much love & talent here 💜 12-5pm 3/29
Banner for Craft Fair for Mutual Aid on Sunday, March 29 from 12-5pm at LTD Brewing. Proceeds going to Gethsemane Community Care Fund for emergency rent and utilities relief (to help Hoptonka Neighbors).
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Mae reminds us all to keep reaching for our dreams today. Or just be weird. Or maybe it's both.
Photo of a dilute torbie cat sitting on hind legs and reaching upward, with a rainbow crop art image between her paws. She is sitting on an artist's table at a window.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 20/03/2026
In western Oregon, public forests that once fueled rural prosperity are again at the center of a political and economic storm. Read more: www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026… 
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Today's Finnish lesson got pretty dark, @duolingoverde.bsky.social Not mad.
Screenshot of a Finnish Duolingo lesson, where the correct translation is: "The answer is Canada."
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Until the end of March (or all year 😉), I encourage you to read at least one book written by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Your support means *everything* right now. I will gladly provide suggestions! transrightsreadathon.carrd.co
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/03/2026
Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 12/03/2026
One of the tracks on the new fundraiser EP is a poem of mine, recorded at a Monarca benefit show back in January at the @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social in MPLS. Here's the full footage. A few thoughts in the thread too:
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Let Your Heart Be a Whistle (spoken word by Kyle Tran Myhre)
YouTube video by KTM aka GUANTE
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 01/03/2026
ICE is still here in MN, and our neighbors are still in hiding. Rent is due TODAY, and I’m scrambling to raise funds to keep immigrant families in need out of eviction court. Can you help? V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 🌷
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Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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adeadesina.bsky.social @adeadesina.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Tic Toc…Linocut print. 78cm-58cm. 2016. #printmaking #linocutprint #adeadesina #print #linocut
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"When did we sell our freedom?/ And what did we sell it for?" Another timely new song from @undertherugmusic.bsky.social
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.•° ✿ °•. Dogwood Flowers .•° ✿ °•.
YouTube video by Under The Rug
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Chris Weedon @chrisweedon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"So is it really a turning point, unless disabled people can afford to be alive in this country? And that comes down to structural issues: are they able to heat their own homes, pay their carers and access very basic things?" No. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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‘Pain is a violent lover’: Daisy Lafarge on the paintings she made when floored with agony
Suffering from a connective tissue disorder and enduring endless calls to try and get benefits, the poet and novelist turned to painting – resulting in work that could change perceptions of disabled p...
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
No notes.
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Tom Morello - Intro + Killing In The Name Of
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Lumi ✨️ @lumigrey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Minnesota needs your support right now
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Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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tameflowers.bsky.social @tameflowers.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
this one is called goose horse
a four-legged ceramic goose, standing on the dashboard of a car
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Ink Radio @inkradio.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Dear listeners, When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song. Not as escape — as evidence. Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds. If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Anyone can become disabled. Anyone can become chronically ill. It’s not a choice. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. You can be the healthiest person in the world & completely disabled in an instant. It’s a minority group you can join anytime.
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