Notices by Jo with elbows up & chin up (joblakely@mastodon.social)

@dansup I think it was totally unnecessary to target mutual aid posts, when many people, artists, businesses also make these posts asking for support with those same tools but go unmentioned. It was your specific singling out and disparaging mutual aid posts that is problematic and again, completely unnecessary to make your point.

J.k. Rowling is a terrorist who funds terrorism and should be in jail for it.

@filmfreak75 @actuallyautistic @autistics we need it to include support for official diagnostics themselves, or it excludes so many that were missed and get no help at all & can’t afford it. And it’s not without risks either. But frankly, I would like an end to all labels and instead just make all programs meet everyone’s health and wellbeing needs without any ableism.

@filmfreak75 @actuallyautistic @autistics
Labeling is a tool for business and to simplify for them more than for actual healing of patients. Like I get why diagnostics exists. But it is more important first to determine ALL the actual issues we face and get rid of them. Then we can better understand what is the cause of our suffering & what is not. Instead it’s a few symptoms cherry picked to pigeon hole to include or exclude from support but not understand or help.

A very important video from Parkrose Permaculture with info about an organization that is helping immigrants zoom call their immigration appointments to avoid ICE laying in wait & abducting them.
A commenter said they were going to print & post this info everywhere and I think it’s a great idea.
https://youtu.be/sYHhM8pMy2E?feature=shared

@acm_redfox @rooster I am guessing it’s because Israel just bombed Iran’s nuclear sites “preemptively” which really means without provocation.
Israel wants to start WW3. Armageddon.

My fave painting I’ve done. Finished piece.
Uprooted-Flying Geese Series, 2025
24x36” Acrylic on MDF Board.

It’s sooooo much nicer IRL and big!

#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #migration #immigration #quilting #bonsai #climateEmergency #climatechange #environment #climate

@Mastodon thank you!

Bill C-5 passed quickly and without consultation. It is very destructive to the land, to indigenous rights, to privacy and to immigration. Allowing Canada to deport entire groups of people someone decides are “not in Canada’s interest”. It punches holes in our charter of rights and freedoms, forcing upon us a surveillance state. #canada #HumanRights #privacy #Indigenous #immigration #environment

A new painting freshly finished.
10” sq.
#art #artwork #painting #mastoart #migration

CNN reporter detained, removed from area to not cover protests.
They don’t want this covered.
https://youtu.be/oLGcJzbzHvE?feature=shared

Really appreciate Parkrose Permaculture’s takes on politics and activism.

https://youtu.be/JO3RoLVxBWs?feature=shared

#protest #us #usa #uspol

Greta Thunberg from the flotilla of humanitarian relief on their way to Gaza.
https://youtube.com/shorts/jRYxCLTBrGU

I’ve been doing a lot of research on Textiles, especially rugs, of the Silk Road and I really love the sampler rugs, called Wagireh, which show a number of different patterns in one rug.
Some of them are so beautifully and creatively designed themselves to make a pleasing rug. There are only a couple of quick samples of samplers I found…but I’ve seen many that are more beautiful…just can’t find now, and some with unusual & beautiful asymmetry.

So, maybe this Canadian businessman should not be on the board at the ROM, or a mentor at Schulich School of business…

He is executive chairman of the passenger & cargo airline whose planes are the ones taking people to forever prison camps in El Salvador for ICE without due process.

From @r.gilmore
https://youtu.be/O8El6gbYHx0

#Canada #Ontario #Toronto #humanRights
#fascism

Trump caught on hot mic talking about needing more prisons for the ‘home-growns’. “At least 5 more.” (Prisons).
US citizens as political prisoners.

https://youtu.be/Q_sb0UsUbaQ

City of Boise refuses to comply with the fascists. Will not remove the Pride flag from city hall.

https://youtu.be/lqwJ-e0x5Nw

Maybe instead of pretending to bring back extinct species, do real actual science you don’t have to lie about, that has real purpose…like invest in stuff to prevent everything that is now alive from going extinct from climate, pollution. People should be very trepidatious about gene editing. There is other more pressing science to do if we are to live healthy lives.

Work in progress on a 5 x 7 #portrait of Chef & Humanitarian José Andrés. It’s coming along. A likeness is showing up. A few small finishing touches to do.
#portrait #humanitarian #chef #food #painting #art #artwork #mastoart #workinprogress #noAI #handmade #oilpainting #fineart #joseandres #gallery

Please consider being a ko-fi supporter of my #art & help me buy art supplies if you can. I am prolific & go through a lot of paint & surfaces.
https://ko-fi.com/joblakely

I am also accepting #portrait commissions which are a wonderful way to capture a moment, a memory, people or animals you love.
Portrait commissions are $700 for 8 x 10” cradled wood panel. A unique #luxury gift.
Smaller & Larger sizes available too.
Price list at http://www.joblakely.com/pricelist.html

Thank you!

#artist #painting
#boost