Rachel Cobler Wollert

She’s coming along nicely but it’s wild to work with hues instead of sections of skin and hair. #oilpainting #glitchart

Oh no! This paragraph in Autocracy, Inc. is prescient AF. Anne Applebaum writes about the "Maduro model" of autocracy: When an autocrat is perfectly willing to destabilize & rule over a failed state with economic collapse - if it means he can stay in power. They will destroy to maintain control.

Progress on a chromatic aberration painting.

Trying to make the magenta oil color I want is hard.

My joy today comes from finding a Beyoncé remix of Break My Soul with Madonna’s Vogue over the top. Jaw still dropping

Perfection

My joy today comes from realizing that the existence of passive aggressiveness also implies the existence of passive enthusiasm. Basically how Midwesterners act when you apologize for mildly inconvenience them.

Today’s joy comes from knowing that if we are on a precipice of world events, a world that shakes off its imperialism could be waiting at the bottom.

My act of happiness today was saying the word “kumquat” over and over again.

We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

We need an Alt Chief Informations Officers group for federal IT like @altnps.bsky.social . That could really do some damage

Society usually measures progress in terms of tech advancements and economies, but what would happen if we shifted toward collective wellbeing?

By organizing a broad-based general strike, we can confront and tackle numerous injustices simultaneously. This goes beyond labor rights it’s rooted in the understanding that our challenges are systemic and much deeper than isolated issues. #Generalstrikeus #Unions #Grassrootorganizing #labor

Hello World! To introduce myself: I’m an artistic millennial, late diagnosed ADHD, feminine presenting, compassionate leftist, nature hugging, history nerd working in museums and in the studio. When I’m not working on one project I’m working on 10 others. Here to escape Facebook