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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

So, where's this new blue sky AI, so I can block that bish?

Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

If you were to make a statement about current circumstances in the form of a Sumerian "me/meh/may" (guidelines for a successful civilization) what would it say? In 170 characters.

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"We the people" outnumber the frosty brigade 11000:1 Just saying.

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"mother of titans and monsters; a reminder" I utilize my pareidolia for my paintings, starting with a very thin umber and playing with the puddles, after that I spend days painting what I see. Soon I realized "hey, it's Gaia". that's perfect. she does absolutely have the last word in all things.

Painting of a woman's face in speckled greens with vines and flowers for hair, wearing planet earth as an earring. A Phoenix sits on her shoulder, which is crowned by trees engulfed in a forest fire. A yellow dragon's head rests on the top of her head, above a tidal wave that embraces a raven that sits on a skull. Next to the raven is a cluster of amethyst. Gaia is facing the left side of the canvas where a mossy tree is growing some ethereal mushrooms. The tree's roots end in claws. Various beings are hintet at in the dark/negative spaces of the painting.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Folks, a pill to swallow: if current Democrats will cave to your healthcare, they will cave to your voting rights. If they will cave to you not getting paid for 40 days, they will cave to LGBTQ+ marriage. If they cave to stalling our airplanes, they will cave to destroying our National Parks.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 27/10/2025

Honestly it's more than a little frustrating that a prominent Israeli politician just told one of the most hawkish Israeli media publications that the United States dictates Isrseli strikes in an ongoing genocide and it is getting absolutely zero attention.

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Instructions on how to make barrel armor embedded in alt text. From a friend of a friend 😉 Share the FLOCK out of this #armor #crafting #reenactment #protest

FACEBOOK ARMY MOBILIZE!!!

Get this info to protesters in all areas, particularly San Francisco.

This is the pattern for the impact munitions resistant body armor I made in 2020 for the Portland BLM protests. It will stop pepper balls, baton rounds, clubs and other blunt weapons/munitions.

Here's how you make it:

Acquire plastic barrels, in 55 gallon size. You can usually find sellers on Craigslist for pretty cheap. Most often you'll see them advertised for rain collection or whatnot.

Use a handheld scroll saw to cut the pieces out, and a blowtorch or scotch Brite grinding wheel to deburr the edges.

To form them better to fit the body, I originally used a heat gun to soften the plastic and make it more pliable, bend it to shape and then cool it rapidly in a storage bin full of water, but eventually switched to putting the pieces into a 200 degrees (Fahrenheit) oven for 15 minutes. From there you shape them as rapidly as possible (I recommend oven mitts), and then quench to cool the plastic and set the shape.

Glue foam floor mat to the inside for additional shock absorption and assemble with straps. I used leather myself, as I work leather as a hobby and generally have some lying around. I used Chicago screws to attach them, and Loctite to secure the threads, but really the attachment and assembly method isn't a hard line to make these work, so use whatever method you prefer.

You can also get these barrels in black or white (I used white to make armor for medics).

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Not saying that I'm over my art-block, but here's my first painting in over a year. It's not super cheerful or extra spiffy on technique, but it IS. #artsky #painting

This shows some of the details on the flowery vines.

Image of the whole painting. It shows a secluded flower of life behind a lace veil and flowery vines. A deathshead hawkmoth takes the foreground. I primarily used sepia adjacent tones throughout the painting.

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Hmmm, should I paint the skull or leave it red and black?

Sculpted leather headband/crown with sculpted Raven skull. Entire piece is black and red. Should I paint the skull white?

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In case anybody was wondering where I've been hiding... 🌱 Please forgive the mess.

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

American disappeared, tracker map. Sorry to say it keeps getting higher every day public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

When you get a rainbow over your house you take pictures.

Rainbow over the top of an A-frame cabin with oaks and hope mountain in the background.

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Found the quote for the day.

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

american politics is being in a car pointed toward a cliff having to choose the "slam on the accelerator" party or the "ease on the accelerator" party and if you mention brakes or steering away from the cliff everybody loses their god damn mind at you

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Ash G. @kilomonster.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Ever think about the stories about how gods are immortal and all powerful but still insert themselves into the lives of mortals cause even all their power and comfort isn’t even satisfying to keep to themselves?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#print is the theme today. Here's a set of pouches utilizing laser engraving, and a belt that was ran through a base relief rolling press. #MakersmARTch #ArtYear

In the booth snapshot of a pair of brown leather pouches with my dryad design laser etched on them, and a buscadero belt with ammo loops and embossed Celtic knotwork. The belt is brown with a green and gold overlay. Yes, I make gun belts and holsters, and I do my damnedest to ensure that no right wing nutjob will buy them. Art is nice that way.

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Trinity Tigerlily @ot71995.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🚏 Waiting 4 South Africa to recall Elon Musk for faulty wiring

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Mary Sweeney @mcsweeney.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

If you don't speak out when people are being rounded up and flown to foreign prisons without due process. No one will be there when they come for you. #fightforyourrights #socialjustice

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

#fire is today's #MakersmARTch. years ago, I volunteered to make a dozen of these armor grade helmets. They weren't made to be pretty. They were made to protect, to be warm, and easy to reproduce. Hardening the wax soaked pieces holding them in the belly of my roaring wood stove was special #ArtYear

Photo of a very basic cuir-boillez ("boiled" leather, but in reality, wax soaked and fire hardened) helmet. The one shown is lined with sheep skin, when I ran out of that, I used blue camp foam for the rest of them. I based the design on the peasant grunt helmets from HMMV. It was the easiest way to make something that would work in a reasonable timeframe. These helmets went where I couldn't go. To oceti sakowin.

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

For the record, this dude introduced a bill JUST LAST WEEK to define "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as an institutionalizable mental illness. www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1...

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MN - SF2589

Trump Derangement Syndrome addition to the definition of mental illness

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Hmmm. I must've made it onto somebody's block list. Getting 2-3 blocks a day from people I've never seen 🧐🫣😅

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

#glass pendant made with my art and a glass cabochon. #MakersmARTch #ArtYear And yes, I've worn this one for a couple of years, I was too lazy to go and dig through the stock boxes to take a picture.

Image shows an oval glass cabochon pendant featuring my dryad art (tree lady with her arms/branches above her head in ink and watercolor). The pendant is wrapped in copper and a cushioning layer of soft leather.

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

"Is your spirit already so crushed by abuse that you forget it is your right or rather, your moral duty to eradicate this system? If a man can no longer summon the strength to demand his right, then he will definitely perish. We would... be scattered ... like dust in the wind" ~White Rose

nationalww2museum.org

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement, while less known to Americans, is a powerful example of youthful resistance to the Nazi Regime.

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James @jamesdcos.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

You guys ain't getting your democracy back until Citizens United goes and oligarchs are forced to sell their media platforms. Winning an election or two without reform isn't going to change that, they will just hoist the next monster on you when they can.

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? 👇 Well, are you?! Better start. ✨

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#thimble. Umm yeah. I guess this mosquito rider would fit into a thimble? 😬😅 #MakersmARTch #ArtYear

Pointillism drawing with mostly sepia toned watercolor overlay. Round medallion showing a detailed macro mosquito eye in one half (did you know skeeters have eye lashes?) and a woman/vampire face in the other half. She's wearing an old fashioned pilot's hat with goggles. In the foreground is a detailed mosquito with a belly full of blood. Overall, I've been told the piece gives serious b-movie poster vibes.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Large portions of the United States were damaged from unusually strong storms formed across several states. Trump and Musk weakened the agencies tasked with monitoring and responding to natural disasters and extreme weather. Now hundreds of thousands are paying for it.

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Sparrow @sparrow70.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

#collage is today's prompt for #MakersmARTch. That's an art form that I never got into. The closest I have is the back of my tarot cards, where I digitally spliced together parts of the elemental #mandalas and put them on a background of fractalized versions of the same images. #ArtYear

$Image shows a round medallion formed by quartering four mandalas in elemental colors (red, yellow, blue and green). The medallion has a heavy drop shadow and is placed on a desaturated background of the same mandalas after they were sent through a fractal generator.$

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joywarrior @joywarrior.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

her analysis concluded this was true for all populist movements as well

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