I am a hobbyist artist, but I do like to do commissions when I can! I’ll probably mostly post my art on here, but I’ll probably end up engaging with a lot more.
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McCarthy Says He Will Leave Congress at the End of the Year (www.nytimes.com)
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, who made history as the first speaker to be ousted from the post, announced on Wednesday that he would leave the House at the end of the year but said he planned to remain engaged in Republican politics....
Republicans Introduce Bill Mandating Misgendering of Trans Federal Employees (truthout.org)
The bill would ban the use of federal funds for enforcing policies on federal workers using coworkers' preferred pronouns.
Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit (www.gamesindustry.biz)
David DePape found guilty in Paul Pelosi hammer attack (www.cnn.com)
Opinion | Why Aren’t More People Getting Married? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/mensliberation@lemmy.ca/t/623593...
The Biden Administration Says It Can’t Do Anything to Stop the War on Gaza. That’s a Lie. (jacobin.com)
Why Do Teens Use TikTok for Mental Health Diagnoses? (theluddite.org)
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist (www.404media.co)
Andrew Cuomo’s Allies Are Trying to Rewrite the History of His Administration’s Misconduct (jacobin.com)
Supreme Court to decide if gun bans for domestic abusers are constitutional (www.npr.org)
German journalists detained by Israeli soldiers: 'Asked if we were Jewish at gunpoint' (www.haaretz.com)
Original article in German...
‘Poverty in America Has Strong Structural Roots That Some People Profit From’ (fair.org)
70% Of Workers Lie On Resumes, New Study Shows (www.forbes.com)
Bone Construct Fanart - Locked Tomb (beehaw.org)
Some fanart for the Locked Tomb, featuring a bone construct depicted in the book. The description is copied below....
Gov. Abbott is now putting barriers along Texas border with New Mexico (news.yahoo.com)
Isn’t this against the US constitution? Razor wire along the state border and checkpoints on roads that cross the state border are kind of nuts. I read a comment joking that the wire and road checkpoints were to keep Texan women from escaping to New Mexico, which got a bitter laugh out of me.
North Carolina Republicans create "secret police force" (popular.info)
Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media (thediplomat.com)
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps (web.archive.org)
Radagon Fanart WIP! (beehaw.org)
A WIP for a fanart piece I’ve been mulling over for a while now inspired by the Emperor of Mankind from Warhammer, but with Radagon instead. It’s not quite what I was going for so far, but that’s fine, since I still like it. Radagon obviously wouldn’t have power armor, but I still went with the golden stuff....
Rich Americans are stiffing the taxman to the tune of $66 billion (www.motherjones.com)
“Americans are rightfully concerned when very wealthy families use loopholes and accounting strategies to avoid paying their fair share,” Wyden said. These people “didn’t even bother.”
Traditional downtowns are dead or dying in many US cities − what's next for these zones? (theconversation.com)
Washington prepares for the shutdown that was never supposed to happen (www.npr.org)
Congress returns to Washington Tuesday with a government shutdown less than five days away and lawmakers are still scrambling for ways to avoid it....
Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do (www.vox.com)