Lex Bertch (aka lex machina aka batwinged)

Lex Bertch (aka lex machina aka batwinged)

@bertch313.bsky.social

They/Them THAT #LANDBACK #WEIRDO Waawiyaatanong, Michigamaa, Turtle Island (aka Detroit) digi&analog #nonbinary #disabled #Artist 🚫AI visual art / beats / vocals STILL trying to recover from something there's no recovery from apparently

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Here's a double exposure I took while actually totally homeless because that fuck ruined me. Very literally. My talent exists and should not be locked up like this while his is allowed to be paid by comics companies again. If he knows where we are online he WILL continue to take from us

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The colonization of the Black Hills by the U.S. government is one of the most well-known land thefts in American history. Since gold was discovered in the sacred lands of Paha Sapa or Ȟe Sápa, or the Black Hills, 150+ years of tragedy have followed.

unicornriot.ninjaMining in the Sacred and Stolen Black Hills, Then and Now - UNICORN RIOTThe colonization of the Black Hills by the U.S. government is one of the most well-known land thefts in American history. Since gold was discovered in the sacred lands of Paha Sapa or Ȟe Sápa, also kn...

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instead of vacation auto-responder....depression auto-responder "sorry I haven't responded, I am trying to conjure the will to live"

This was NOT my original stance. They are genuinely fucked in the head, all of them, if they think shoving a non-binary mixed indigenous femme under the bus was smart for their career? and now I HAVE to tell the story of them fucking me over I guess

That alone should be enough to blacklist him forever imo The Machiavellian level of predatory this man is, should absolutely be studied since he's one of the first here online like this

The first photo in my feed is hilarious (run it IDC😂) but for context here's what I looked like in the middle of his messing with me then stringing me along A fantasy portrait a few years later that got some nice coverage on io9, early steampunks might remember these An ok photo of me now

Just because this is pinned here's a photo of me being a goofball For the narrative

When he got away with ditching me 8 years before the summer of the 2020 metoo reveal... he ended up writing Castlevania for Netflix. He learned scifi brought him nerds and what he really wanted was goth girls. This fucker chose his material to gain better access to *his preferred fan targets*

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and in addition to influencing me as an artist and my behavior as an artist online, are a big part of why I'm such an insufferable ass now These were yes para social friendships but formed on the early internet, I have *film* photos of Mignola and Larsen and met Warren in Ohio in the late 90s

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This should be getting FAR more attention. An American oil company with ties to Trump’s orbit is moving forward with plans to drill for oil in Greenland. Some drilling-related equipment has already been brought ashore even though Greenland says the necessary approvals have NOT been granted.

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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Waterloo scientists Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and destroy cancer from within. A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.

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81 years ago today, on August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped upon the city of Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States. This was 3 days after the first atomic attack on Hiroshima.

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Replying to @horrorculturist.bsky.social

Usually refers to the kind of stalking of an individual by a fascist aligned groups that includes things like serial doxxing and continuous streams of libel. We know of at least one trans journalist for a comedy newsletter having problems with fascists doing this. It is specific targets though.

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Monkey at the Center of the Spiral ceramic, pigments c. 300-850 CE Maya culture Mexico #handmade #ceramic #pottery #mayaculture #ritual #monkey #spiral #platter #ancientart #art #precolumbianart #precolumbian #prehispanic #mexico #mesoamerica #symbolism #belief #religion #transformation #shamanism

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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

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Flock lied to employees about system’s capabilities & uses. "...in Eureka, California, [Jonathan] Paz told officials that ‘none of your personal data is actually being stored’. Just a vehicle fingerprint. Nothing to worry about. Paz says he believed the pitch." www.gadgetreview.com/why-a-flock-...

gadgetreview.comWhy a Flock Safety Insider Quit: He Says They LiedFlock Safety's ex-government affairs manager says the company lied about ICE access — then he quit, forfeiting equity to do immigrant defense work.

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I went from being plopped in front of this daily, to being taught it's safer to pretend to be an adult man on AOL, to being a local promotional and toxically masculine shit posting darling, to visual artist with something to give back, to whatever this era of hot mess is

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