do you want "Catholicism but american" we invented that, it's called Episcopalianism and it's even more woke. all the priests are lesbians. good luck

Some of my earliest memories are of the drive to southern Arizona to visit my grandmother in Sierra Vista. Along the way of the nearly three hour drive from Phoenix, I recall my mom trying to keep my brother and I entertained with songs and games. Sometimes I still dream of visiting the commissary at the nearby Fort Huachuca. As I’ve gotten older, a more common memory I have is passing through a border patrol interior checkpoint when traveling back home. The one we frequented is in Huachuca City, off of AZ SR 90 north, nearly 40 miles away from the Mexico-United States border. While not as thorough as an actual border patrol checkpoint, we were still asked if we were U.S. citizens before being waved through. I hadn’t realized how close I was to the border until the first time I visited Bisbee and a family friend drove me 20 minutes to the border wall near Naco. It was incredibly unnerving to see it for the first time in person. Image description: A black and white drawing of the border fence.

The handful of times I’ve visited southern Arizona in the past six years, I haven’t seen that checkpoint opened. From those I ask who live or frequently travel through in the area, it seems to be rarely open, if at all. But there is no definitive proof that it’s permanently closed or if other surveillance technology may be nearby. There are similar checkpoints off of AZ SR 80 near Tombstone and AZ SR 83 near Sonoita. From what I’ve gathered online, the most active checkpoint in the Tucson sector is on AZ SR 85 near Ajo, Arizona. Even if the checkpoints are closed, they still weigh heavily on my mind. Given the current administration and ramping up of immigration enforcement, I am concerned this could cause alarm for those traveling through southern Arizona for the first time. Image description: A drawing of a map of the Tucson sector. Major highways are drawn with a dark line. State routes and highways are drawn in thinner lines. Interior checkpoints are represented by a circle icon.

The blatant reliance on racial profiling by federal agents is apparent from a Supreme Court ruling in September 2025. The Trump administration requested an emergency hearing in August after a federal appeals court had granted a temporary restraining order against unlawful stops due to racial profiling during immigration raids in Southern California in July (ACLU of Socal, 2025). The Supreme Court granted a stay for Perdomo v. Noem, resuming agents' ability to use “any combination of four factors – “apparent race or ethnicity,” speaking in Spanish or accented English, presence at a location where undocumented immigrants “are known to gather,” and working at specific jobs, such as landscaping or construction – to justify conducting detentive stops" (Dallas, 2025). Even though the case originated from California, it is not a far stretch for it to be applied in Arizona and the rest of the nation. The report “Latino ICE Arrests Surge Under Trump” from UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge sheds an alarming light on available data for ICE arrests. Between February through July 2024 under the Biden Administration, there were a total of 915 Latino arrests by ICE in Arizona. Within the same timespan in 2025, that number increases to 3,205 arrests (Ong et al., 2025).

In an article published by CBS, between January 2025 through January 2026, less than 14% of ICE arrests nationwide involved those accused or convicted of violent crimes, and “nearly 40% of all of those arrested by ICE in Mr. Trump's first year back in office did not have any criminal record at all, and were only accused of civil immigration offenses, such as living in the U.S. illegally or overstaying their permission to be in the country” (Camilo Montoya-Galvez, 2026). My goal for sharing this is not to fear-monger. I’ve struggled with feeling too paranoid bringing this up to others, but unfortunately it’s the reality that we live in. It is my intent for others to make informed decisions and preparations while traveling in southern Arizona. My hope is that my community can travel safely and freely. Image description: A black and white drawing of a mountain range nearby a road.

Here is the interior of my latest zine, "Checkpoints, reflections on my travels through southern Arizona."

It is available to read on my website, which also includes links to the references, related reading, and resources: www.staceart.com/checkpoints

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from tumblr user exeggcute: I need a polite and effective way to say "hey your heart is truly in the right place and your anger is often righteous but I think sometimes you’re getting recreationally mad about things that are frankly not worth the amount of energy you’re spending on them, and every time you do this you're driving yourself slightly more insane with nothing to show for it," and then I need a way to broadcast that message through a loudspeaker to roughly 30,000 people at once, and THEN I need a time machine to send that message to my past self lol. and maybe a second time machine in case past me tries to be clever and sabotage the version of me who comes through the first time machine

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A CRT on top of a 90s PC (with floppy disk) showing the Trans Pride Flag

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!
We're everywhere and we're cool.

Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️‍⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.

Map of the lower 48 United States showing 0.25° GFS run from 18z on 20 March 2026. The variable is the 500 hPa geopotential height percentile rank considering ERA5. There is a record-breaking ridge across the Western U.S.

Honestly, this historic heat dome across the West is really hard to put into words for me. Temperatures over 110°F (43°C) in March, shattering all-time monthly records on multiple consecutive days, and not just by a little.

➡️ I can confirm this is human-caused climate change.

polarwx.com/models/

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9 video game covers. From left to right, then up to down, they are: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 12, Xenosaga 3, Mother 2, Chrono Cross, Disco Elysium, Citizen Sleeper, Final Fantasy 14, and Cyberpunk 2077

My 9 most formative games / games that live rent free in my head. It was hard to narrow these down!

my9games.com

timeline cleanse

The worthless leaders of this shitass country for the past 30 years of my life have blathered on about how we can't afford to give people basic quality of life but we have infinite money for forever wars and propping up a genocidal settler colony. Fuck Israel and fuck the United States.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

When I went to Tehran in 2018 for a game conference I hung out with game nerds, music weirdos, and queer folks with tattoos and colored hair, just like I do here. We got vegetarian food and watched goofy uncles play basketball in the park. I sure hope they can live to see a better day.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

This is fucking monstrous.

And my final Princess Tutu x Vintage Ballet Poster piece - a Fakiru one because I adore them! <3 Started out with Tutu but decided Ahiru deserves her chance in the spotlight too.
#art

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Play tactics advance. This is a threat.

colored digital comic comprised of three panels, arranged horizontally. panel 1: a long white rectangle, containing the words: "do i look like her?" panel 2: another rectangle, showing half of ryne's face. a response: "you look like you. though," panel 3: another rectangle, with half of fordola's face, completing ryne's from the previous panel. the continued response: "i suppose— there IS someone you—"

#ffxiv

Me and my fellow 30-somethings who have nearly decade-old discord accounts, but are for some reason going to be treated by the system as teenagers unless we expose PII to a company with a history of getting PII leaked:

I decided to check ffxiv out after I got majorly burnt out on WoW during MoP and it was soooo fun and refreshing to me!

a tabby cat looking at the camera from behind a scratching post. his eyes are dilated and he looks like he is smiling

Here's my cat! Captain Basch fon Ronsenburg of Dalmasca! He's a smirky little guy. He brings me joy every day and I hope you get a bit too!!

I FINALLY FOUND IT.

Been looking for this stupid video for fucking EVER but GOOGLE SUCKS SO MUCH SHIT NOW

I've always loved the outfits you draw Calypso in - she's this mix of beautiful and handsome that I def get from that wuxia inspiration too!!

This trans day of rememberance, I'm sending love to my trans friends and family. I'm so glad you're here today and part of this world! My life is so much better with you in it.

Remembering those who aren't here anymore, and hoping the world that didn't deserve them changes into one that would soon.

I'm so excited for both astro and black mage af gear unlocks for my witchy glams!!

gosh she's so pretty!! what gloves are those???

oooo thank you!! I'll send in my application!