Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

These are the ones I keep because I love the drips!! But giving people the option is an excellent idea 💡

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

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It feels like a guilty pleasure but is actually sorta ok for you. I love it!

My new go-to is brewed cacao - I just discovered it in early Feb and it feels like the universe knew I needed it!

Watch Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Reject the Politics of Trans Abandonment As some Democrats retreat, Pritzker doubles down on protecting the most vulnerable.

I transcribed the speech here: www.readtpa.com/p/watch-illi...

Keep an eye out - a lot of them are hardier than we realize and come back despite appearing to have completely bitten the dust.

Reddish clay bottle with little bits and patterns added around the neck that hopefully will look like moss after it’s glazed and fired

I can’t keep track of days, but I can share my fave pottery pic of the week.

Take care of yourselves and do what you can with what you have.

Experimental bottle - hoping it turns out more forest floor than ocean floor after firing

A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.

Pile of 5 books shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize (books described in thread below)

Shortlist for the first Climate Fiction Prize has just been announced @climate-fiction.bsky.social - short thread

One cool thing about the United States is that there are more people whose job is to deny healthcare coverage without having any medical background than there are people to provide healthcare coverage and they’ve somehow convinced people that the doctors are where the monetary waste is happening

My hand holding the Very large bay leaf I grew.

This very large bay leaf I grew

everything happens so much

Legit lol’d at this

I’ve got good news and bad news… the good news is that all the fuckwittery of the moment won’t matter… that is also the bad news.

Let the kids drink sewage water and breathe polluted air to make the 1% richer. This is the GOP way.

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

I think it’s more that many people have an unconscious urge to ignore things that are too bad to be true. Working in the ER, I saw lots of late stage cancer diagnoses come about this way, too. It’s barely willful - it’s more magical thinking than intentional ignorance.

Stacks of stoneware mugs, glazed in green with blue drips on top, and ovals with native leaf impressions on the front

Day 33

Mugs with native leaf imprints

The plants are waking up, too 😉

#20plants #20pots #mugs #nativeplanta

Alt text bc I forgot:
Raw clay little houses and small owls drying on a piece of scrap drywall

I'll come back from the grave to do it.

Day 32…probably

#wip tiny houses and little owls

They will be outta the kiln next week and I promise to post pics of the country is still here

#20days #20pots #tinyhouse #housingisahumanright

There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.

My tiny mama kitty sleeping on my favorite yellow pillow. She looks like a tiny Holstein cow.

May you have a moment of rest before the work begins again

Same but for my kiln, a couple of battery powered tools I use a lot, and my cold brew maker (which I swear is a like a bike except it makes a delicious drink!)

Email | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois The Official U.S. Senate website of Dick Durbin

I urge you to contact Sen Durbin and explain that Section 230 is necessary and must not be repealed.

www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email

My hand holding a stoneware dimple cup with gray bubbles glazed onto it. The background is a dyed turquoise quilt.

Day 31:
Bubbles

I LOVE making these bubble mugs - they are chaotic but sorta fun and they always turn out great.

And I’m very sorry if you have trypophobia.

Also shoutout to @kmacqq.bsky.social for the beautifully dyed quilt in the background

#20pots #30pots #allthepots #bubbleglaze

Stop being ridiculous