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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 18h

I started volunteering with Bloomfield Pride in late 2024-early 2025. It's a privilege to and I'm proud to be an organizing member now. A large part of my work with the organization is to create illustrations for our flyers. I work my fellow member and graphic designer, Max Cove, to create them.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love fall, but I'm afraid I already miss summer 😶‍🌫️ Yours truly in an impromptu lunge at the beach on Fire Island.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hoo boy, I sure haven't been on social media much lately. It's been a busy and fun summer - recap pics tk! In the meantime, a gift to make it up to you: a 14" x 17" pen drawing of Samuel from his DoableGuys session back in February.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

My friend Alex gave me his copy of Blackouts by Justin Torres a couple years ago. Its hazy storytelling and poetic visuals left a lasting impression on me. Cut to this January, when my agent Kristina asked me to create a speculative cover for my favorite book for an agency newsletter.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The Tides That Bind, for Garden & Gun Magazine, with art direction by Julia Knetzer I really enjoyed making this one. The story, written by Kevin Van Valkenburg, describes the writer and his daughter's connection over Pat Conroy's book 'The Prince of Tides'.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A watercolor and graphite study of the model Jhona Burjack, referencing photographs of him taken by Xavier Samre and others ✨

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Some drawings from a really, really stellar session with Angel at @doableguys.bsky.social 20 minute pose, graphite and conté on toned paper

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Sarah Colonthree, unmoderated @sarah.northsky.social · 06/02/2026

Doing art badly is good and sacred

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

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‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent

Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

overdid it in my fitness yoga class and chased it with a combination covid booster + flu shot my body is now a vessel for aching muscles, lactic acid, and a blessed immune response

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really

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箕島綺譚 [Mishima Kitan] (they/them)💖Support Black Trans Liberation @mishimakitan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ For US-based trans people 🏳️‍⚧️ The applications for Point of Pride's Annual Trans Surgery Fund will open on Nov 1, 2025. This is a fund that aims to provide direct financial assistances to trans people who can't afford gender-affirming surgeries. More info: www.pointofpride.org/annual-trans...

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Financial aid for gender-affirming healthcare by Point of Pride

Point of Pride’s Annual Transgender Surgery Fund is a scholarship-like program that provides direct financial assistance to trans folks who cannot afford their gender-affirming surgery.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

the popular political framing for how effective any given form of civic engagement is for the Left and the Right is so comically, insultingly lopsided. and it seems to be codified by every institution imaginable. just endless consternation for the Left and ultimate reckless abandon for the Right.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

universal adoption always sows the seeds of a trends own destruction

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

my kittens playfight a lot, but never with lighting this dramatic!

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Houndsaint🔜 MFF @houndsaint.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The stopgap measure being voted on today to try to avoid govt shutdown includes a provision that could strip ALL federal funding from any institution/facility providing access to any form of gender-affirming care, for anyone of any age. Call. We will grow old together.

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Protect Funding and Access to Gender-Affirming Care ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates Sept 9, 2025: House Republicans are once again attempting to ban funding and access for gender-affirming care. The House appropriations bill …

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Just got my favorite compliment whilst walking down the street: "you smell good, whatever you're wearing works for you"

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Do not bow down to these people. Do not allow them to convince you that you must. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

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Local TV Giant Sinclair Ends Jimmy Kimmel Boycott

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC K29 @joviellety.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Thanks for the responses everybody! It's always so lovely to be reminded just how talented and wide-ranging the comics community is, and I'm excited to pair as many folks as I can to the projects we'll have moving forward. 🩵 (Still accepting replies -- feel free to share with folks you know!)

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Bryan Joiner @bryanjoiner.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The media allowing Trump plausible deniability on Project 2025 during the campaign is right up there with Iraq War stenography in craven, lazy disgracefulness

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Seeing those awful genAI Sk3tchers ads everywhere sucks, but it's been doing wonders for my imposter syndrome. Like, why am I cautious about sharing my work when a multi-billion dollar company is willing to push the cringiest slop?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 29/08/2025

Game Devs of Color Expo Illustration Reveal ✨ Check out the full illustration for this year's expo by Shannon Wright! 💚💙 What do you think? #gdocexpo

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16/08/2025

"but crime is a real issue, people are worried about crime and you have to take that seriously" No you don't! If people are getting more scared about crime while crime is happening less frequently, it's a made up issue and you should make a point of yelling that all the time

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⌘ left at london ⌘ @leftatlondon.com · 02/08/2025

Too much "we're cooked" & not enough "we're not gonna take this shit"

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

After a quick look re: my last repost. Needless to say, I am *deeply* skeptical. The theft of copyrighted work for use in training generative AI models has become so commonplace. I've lost all trust on this matter and have a "prove it" mindset when it comes to terms like these.

bbc.com

WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash

Some social media users had threatened to delete their accounts after WeTransfer's terms were updated.

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Once again, this is a massive public jobs program for fascists. This bill was never just about tax cuts and gutting social services. It's about investing our collective resources in violence and using state power to spread fear and destroy solidarity. We need to resist this with all we've got.

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Like I’m sorry but nakedly protecting your own financial interests under the guise of respectability politics is and always has been selfishness, not bipartisanship.

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/04/2025

When I was writing about these pronatalist people this week I came across this anecdote from the Guardian about the guy In the CNN clip.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

You guys don’t need to try to convince me that any form of AI has merit. It doesn’t. It is boring and half-assed. I am fine getting by with human brain power. If the world nears its end and AI has one hater left, good news! I am still alive.

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Been a while, friends! I've been offline lately, enjoying the spring. Here are some flowers from my yard 🌼🌸🌷

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Michael Hoeweler @michaelhoeweler.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Hi friends. Do you maintain a mailing list? Are their services you like/prefer/are more affordable than not?

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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is what I meant when I said *someone* is working on it. Most of the things you can imagine that suck, people are fighting; most of the things you can imagine that would be good, people somewhere have built or are trying to build. bsky.app/profile/kate...

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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Even when you've found your lane--the thing you're doing to make the world more livable for more people--there's still SOOO much whapping us in the face that you're not addressing. I know! But *someone* is. Today, send a note of thanks to someone who's working in a totally different lane from yours.

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