SignFire - J.D. Terrill

SignFire - J.D. Terrill

@signfire.bsky.social

Writer, Artist, Photographer, Editor, Graphic Designer, Aspiring Fiction Author (WIP), True Crime Stakeholder. Fentanyl Widower & Cat Daddy. My paintings on canvas and stone https://signfire.net My writing, for now: https://signfire.substack.com/

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🧵 One of #MAGA s favorite things to do is to demand that normal Americans "prove" that Trump (& his Administration) are #Racist. Their argument is that #DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is how #Democrats are "the real racists" and that by highlighting race & racial difference all the time [1/5]

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So #Racism can only be defeated by the refusal to recognize race at all according to MAGA doctrine. "I don't even see race at all," they cheerfully chirp. That is, untill they decide that #BlackVeterans must #STAY-Black because otherwise they would get equal #healthcare benefits from the #VA [4/5]

[5/5] Yeah. You heard that right. Black veterans are owed billions of $ that they can't collect from the US Gov if they won't stay "black"! It turns out that back when #eugenics sounded "scienceyish enough" they found ways to pretend that black ppl need less healthcare by having... #SmallerLungs? 🙄

revealnews.orgA “race equation” baked into a standard medical test is hurting Black patients, but most hospitals are still using itA standard medical test with racist origins is cutting off Black patients from needed treatments. Why do hospitals still use this harmful test today?

🧵 One of #MAGA s favorite things to do is to demand that normal Americans "prove" that Trump (& his Administration) are #Racist. Their argument is that #DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is how #Democrats are "the real racists" and that by highlighting race & racial difference all the time [1/5]

[2/5] we are creating the very inequality that we supposedly "cry about all the time." It should be noted that this bizarre charicature of Democrats is one where exclusively #white-people are "crying" about & wringing their hands over imagined injustices. (Since we're all rich, educated & bored?)

[3/5] That is what Democrats ARE, in MAGA Mythos. But this picture of Dems can NOT include #Black-Voters speaking for themselves. The whole story falls apart if it's not solely the comedic folly of #SillyWhitePeople caring too much about things that are non-issues to smart people of color (wink).

My facebook feed after weeks of using bluesky looks like an ignorant #doomscroll of #logical-fallacies - all in "meme" format: ✅✅ "Guilt by association" ✅ "Strawman," ✅ "slippery slope" ✅ "Undisputed middle" ✅✅✅✅ "Ad hominem"

Since I don't have a place for my photography on my website, I'll just show a sample right here. These photos are NOT AI, NOT Photoshopped and two of them were shot with film, then scanned. They are all copyrighted and may be shared directly from this post only (not saved for reposting elsewhere).

Let's try it this way: I'm going to host a #MonthlyChallenge starting in December. This one can be for #Anything Popular/ your own: Artwork, Songs, movies poems, photos etc. To use #SignfiresDailyThemes you should try to choose with the theme. 💯🕺if the same post serves another challenge too.

#MusicChallenge #ArtChallenge #Lyrics #ArtSky #FilmSky #Musicsky #Photos #Blacksky #Booksky #Drawing #Painting #MovieChallenge #OctoberChallenge 🤖If AI was used at all, make that known! Any creator who is not you should be credited or tagged: ("Directed by,""painted by," "performed by" etc.)

It occurs to me that daily posts like the #OctoberMovieChallenge & the ones for artists to post their own work like #Kinktober & the one to post song #lyrics according to days of the month, etc. could benefit from sharing themes. So 1 #calandar for each month, or challenge makers syncing a bit. 😎

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I tried to keep it at a general purpose daily theme so it could refer to #movies you've watched, #songs you can quote or #artwork you have made (or at least fits for the day's theme a little bit.)

It occurs to me that daily posts like the #OctoberMovieChallenge & the ones for artists to post their own work like #Kinktober & the one to post song #lyrics according to days of the month, etc. could benefit from sharing themes. So 1 #calandar for each month, or challenge makers syncing a bit. 😎

As many of the challenges and daily hashtags as you want to be a part of. I created this one for Dec, to show the idea but I don't know how to kick it off or if its an idea #skeeters can get behind. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Any list or challenge creators wanna lightly adapt this to your challenge just once to try it?

We tend to think our existence is so unique... but then something like this shows up on our feeds and we find ourselves in awe of infinite possibilities of life and meaning beyond the fences of our mental real estate.

haversack@hsack121.bsky.social

Two galaxies are colliding 60 million light-years away - and this is what it looks like

Punky Stars — "Hey! Now that you're a big star, do you miss the earth?" #Handpainted Ornamental Garden Boulders, Indoor/Outdoor, Great for areas around borders, near water features, bedrooms, studios, she-sheds, man-caves, they-windows etc. #Artsky #ArtistsofBluesky #Acrylic #Epoxy #NonToxic

signfire.netPunky Stars — Hand-Painted Mandala Stone PairPunky Stars: a pair of original mandala stones, hand-painted in acrylic by Jarrett Terrill. One of one, from Signfire.net

Very clear IF/THEN statement: #IF we all go to the polls in November and Vote for ONLY Democrats, #THEN we will be able to stop Donald Trump from bombing Cuba on #Christmas 2026. Got it? Good. Pretty simple stuff. Don't complicate it.

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I mean, I understand how abled people see things because up until 10 years ago I was an abled person. I never considered my ADD (now ADHD type whatever) to be a "disability" because I treated it like a superpower. Same thing with being gay. So "disability" I only saw through a very narrow lens [1/4]

That's the part that still perplexes me... How wealth is so damn important to Americans that it can supercede things like basic intelligence, civic duty, ethic sensibility, morality or artistic expression.

Kenobi@fishyonekenobi.bsky.social

The blatant mediocrity of all of Trumps associates is astounding. It’s almost as if they formed a Union of Fascist Demented Dumb Arseholes. UFDDA.

The GOP is glad that most of America only knows Epstein to the tune of his sex trafficking... They do not know and refuse to consider that the bigger scandal (why he either killed himself or someone unalived him) is his foreign policy resume of shady weapons deals with Qatar & the likes. IJS

The New Yorker@newyorker.com

In Israel, a nearly unprecedented scandal known as Qatargate has led to a sweeping police investigation and potential indictments of several members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s innermost circle. Ruth Margalit reports. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

This was the fastest painting I've ever sold. Seriously, I had to take it back from the buyer to give it more time to dry! Yes, the title & mood were inspired by the Adele song. I rarely title my work with the exact name of a song (2 maybe 3 times) but this one broke a lot of my rules to get here.

signfire.netSet Fire To The Rain — Original Acrylic on CanvasSet Fire To The Rain, an original acrylic work by Jarrett Terrill, now in a private collection. See the one-of-one mandalas at Signfire.net

One of the more Pagan-inspired mandalas I've painted on stone: This one just took shape as I was designing it & I found myself painting on a topic of symbiosis & environmental balance. Even the stones I paint are always unique, one of a kind and come with a CoA to establish provenance. #artsky

signfire.netGreenman — Hand-Painted Canyon Flat StoneGreenman: a unique ornamental boulder, hand-painted in acrylic under weather-proof epoxy. Green leaves around a seeded gold centre. Only one, from Signfire.net

It was astounding to me that I have somehow used the word "Trump" exactly twice as often as I have used the word #Art on Bluesky, thus far. The best-worst part: My engagements were 2X greater on the "art" mentions. So to summarize: I'm ashamed of myself but SO proud of all of you! 😆

Now, I'm not one to advertise... Just kidding. I am one to advertise. But I guess I prefer an Occam's razor approach. Give them something pretty that they can keep and couldn't scroll past if they tried.😆

Off the top of my head, I only know 3 things about Gloria & all 3 are 👍 ✅1. She did for Hugh Hefner what Michael Moore did for George W. Bush 😆 ✅2. She was NOT a "TERF' who went berserk when teens wanted to play sports or take their meds. 🙄 ✅3. She was pretty sure men can be feminists too. 🤜🏼💥🤛🏼

Jessica Ellis@baddestmamajama.bsky.social

What Gloria Steinem accomplished in the 20th century paved the way for women from my generation to go further. We should always hope to evolve beyond our heroes, to take a step or several further, to solve for their blind spots. That we’re able to do that is a success.

The supposed logic behind the Established Dem campaigns is that Progressives will lose the Boomer vote by being so "extreme". But MY logic is that MAGA is both "extreme" & "morally corrupt." Even the most socialism lovin, no-borders-seeing, transgender school-teachin' proggy should get our votes!

nbcnews.comProgressive Senate candidates rack up primary wins even as they get outspent: From the Politics DeskPlus, a pro-Trump group hits the airwaves.

🧵 Just a thought on grieving the deaths of celebrities... The #grief is real but it's relative. Back before I started losing family members and my most significant "other half", it was #Whitney Houston's death that [1/4]

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was the #celeb they most identified with and we know the hauntings of Cobain, #Tupac, Juice WRLD and Winehouse are still upon us. Something to keep in mind: #Dolly Parton's death is no less important than any others [3/4]

but tomorrow, the grief might seem a little less palpable...This is because many of Dolly's biggest #fans have already become somewhat experts at grief and mastered the #process... It hurts as much (if not more) - but differently. 💙 [4/4]

🧵 Just a thought on grieving the deaths of celebrities... The #grief is real but it's relative. Back before I started losing family members and my most significant "other half", it was #Whitney Houston's death that [1/4]

Sometimes, I swear that God is trying to tell me something. Yesterday, I began a new microchapter in my novel titled "Just Because You Can" where my main character blows everyone away with her karaoke performance of "Jolene".

Notice that she says "we did it" (rewarding her family for their patience while mom spent countless hours with her nose in the books.) That's proof of quality family-building right there!

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I just entered "Roar" into Arizona Art Alliance's 'Unspoken Survivor Stories' The call for submissions is still open. $10 gets you three entries. showsubmit.com/c/zd9onvdx?s... #artsky #juried #exhibition #suicide #survivors #grief #hope #survival #Art #sculpture #gallery

showsubmit.comArizona Art Alliance's Unspoken: Survivor Stories Call for EntryApply now: Arizona Art Alliance presents the Unspoken: Survivor Stories , currently open for entry on ShowSubmit.com. Above the Chaos, Acrylic on panel by Kristine Kollasch .