Brian

The Anti Performative ICE Resistance Guide (What Actually Helps) from The Financial Diet

Fund the Work ICE enforcement succeeds, in part, because people can't afford lawyers. So, • Set up recurring monthly donations (even $10-$25) to trusted orgs like: RAICES, National Immigration Project, Immigrant Defense Project, Legal Aid Justice Center, Amica, ACLU, local immigrant bond funds (these matter most), and many more. • Prioritize legal defense + bond funds. If your help disappears when the news cycle does, it's not helping as much as it could.

Show Up Offline Material ways to assist • Court accompaniment (quiet presence, documentation). • Childcare or rides for families attending hearings. • Translation support (if fluent). Mutual aid coordination through existing networks.

Protect those being persecuted, from yourself Well-meaning people can cause real harm. DON'T • Share raid rumors without verification. • Post locations, schedules, or identifying details. • Pressure undocumented people to "tell their story." DO • Ask: Does this increase their risk? • Default to privacy over visibility.

Fuck ICE.

Sharing screenshots of a great post from The Financial Diet on IG that compiles some helpful jumping-off points if you’re still feeling helpless and don’t know what to do.

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My painting SAGUARO

Fanart comic I had in my head after watching a great movie a couple weeks ago. @beedugart.bsky.social oc’s

Wow, these are so cute! Thank you so much ❤️

Syd Solomon and Mia Roswell fan arts for @beedugart.bsky.social

It's Juneteenth you're legally obligated to read, support and share a webcomic with a black protagonist and author called Sun Princess

I don't make the rules

Thank you again @beedugart.bsky.social for this amazing sketch of David and Chloe you made a few weeks back! Really appreciate this!
#webcomic #webtoon #originalcharacter #oc #ocs #ocart #originalcharacters #dog #cat

Happy Pride! Here's a piece I did last year that I still really like <3 #bemineheidivalentine

Hello everyone, recently a cool moot of mine WOKE UP TO JUSTICE and decided to make a awesome comeback after a rut they went through.
This thread is for you,
@beedugart.bsky.social , with almost all the Heidi Valentine fanart I can find over the years. Welcome back!

It occurred to me that I never drew Heidi Valentine. Well, better later than never!

For @beedugart.bsky.social

@beedugart.bsky.social welcome back 👏

For @beedugart.bsky.social

Nice! Thanks a ton :)

2025

2022

Remake of a super old drawing for @beedugart.bsky.social

This is cute! Thank you so much ❤️

Heidi from Be Mine, Heidi Valentine as a superhero. Hypermutt! She's wearing a primarily blue dress with dark blue boots and gloves, a silver cape and blue mask.

To celebrate @beedugart.bsky.social (Dotmatrixgame)'s return here's a fanart piece from waaaay back in 2021, it's Hypermutt!

#bemineheidivalentine #fanart #superhero #alternateuniverse

Check out ‘Be Mine, Heidi Valentine’ on Tapas! tapas.io/series/Be-Mi...

A casual chat on the couch 🐶❤️🐲 #bemineheidivalentine

Also, please be aware that I may not be able to refollow everyone who I was mutuals with - If I don’t refollow you, don’t take it personally.

So TL;DR, I had to endure a long stretch of fatigue and now I’m somewhat ready to get back into the saddle. Not sure if I have fully recovered from it yet, but all I ask is that you be patient with me. Thank you. ❤️

That being said, I will reupload some of my older stuff, such as the Be Mine, Heidi Valentine comics. Those characters will always have a special place in my mind, and although focusing too much time on the comics was one of the main causes for that long burnout period, I can’t let that get to me.

I didn’t mind it for a while, but then it kinda led to my work becoming more and more stagnant. This isn’t to say that I’m not appreciative of all the support I had in the past, but having a soft reset will definitely lead me to become less anxious about sharing my work.

This past December in particular was very rough for me, with a huge case of creative burnout and seasonal depression being huge factors. A bigger reason for my temporary departure, though, was that I was just getting too big too fast.

Hey, this is dotmatrixgame. First things first, I sincerely apologize to those who were startled by my sudden disappearance - it was an impulsive decision that I sincerely regret. 🧵