Marcus

Lolo Upstart @foxymoxie.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 02:39 UTC

I LOVE Power lines! Some of my earliest memories are looking out my window and enjoying the geometry of the power lines at night, lit by the moon and rain.

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:48 UTC

People do tend to really like the payphone drawings when I do them. I'd say payphones and TVs seem to draw the strongest reactions from people

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

Thank you!

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

None of this is a foregone conclusion. There's still time for Democrats to recognize what they've done wrong and actually try to address it. It seems that, instead, the message will be that the course they're on is unavoidable and dictated by natural reality, so grow up and vote for it

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:36 UTC

I think that's a really hard divide to overcome. Everything I've seen from Biden and professional Democrats so far makes me think their approach to building coalitions with the left will remain focused on intimidating the left into line with violence and then scapegoating them when it doesn't work

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:31 UTC

The US needs to see a coalition of left & center-left voters come together (like we saw in the UK & France) to keep the far right from a government takeover. A major problem is that the center-left spent the last eight months using institutional power to demonize, attack, & arrest the activist left

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:13 UTC

Power Lines Drawing #72 (Detroit, North End)

Prints of this drawing (signed, limited) are available at my store:

marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

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