Month: April 2025

Posted in Child abuse, Fiber, Sewing

Healing

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I have been using ketamine through Mindbloom for a couple years now and I’ve made great progress healing from an abusive childhood. One of the things Mindbloom offers is something called Integration Circles. These are zoom meetings led by a facilitator and offer peer support. What happens in the circles is confidential, so I am limited in what I can share.

After listening to one member speak, bells, whistles, lights and sirens went off in my brain. I thought about the idea of a container for feelings that I had suppressed and which were surfacing. I’m working on an idea to make a fabric box to contain these feelings. I’m not sure I can get into my sewing room – it’s not a walker-friendly room and I’m still using a walker to get around while my broken foot continues to heal.

I’m at the thinking about and sketching about stage of the design process.

This is how far I’ve gotten. I’m thinking about a box with a lid. The lid has a flap so I have a way of keeping the feelings contained. I’m thinking that if I cut the stiff interfacing into individual pieces, the fabric with interfacing will be easier to fold into a box. The sketch shows a cube, but I wonder if I want to play with a rectangle instead. I’d like to be able to use my embroidery machine for the design on each side and the lid of the box. To keep the box closed, I’m thinking I’d like to use a ribbon on the flap. The ribbon would wind around a button keeping the box closed.

Once I get the design worked out, I will need to determine if I can get into my sewing room. Then, it will be a matter of auditioning fabric and sewing the box.

My online store, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

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Hate Crimes Revisited

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The statute of limitations on the second hate crime that was aimed at me is approaching. This was the hate crime where a number of masked terrorist wannabes rushed at me while I was a good 100 yards away, surrounded me, pushed me, shoved me, told me to leave although none of them had the authority to do so, and then the wannabes called the campus police in an attempt to get me arrested. Although the university has video from the university’s security camera showing I was attacked, the campus police refused to arrest anyone. I can only identify one of the masked attackers. Although I was clearly the victim, the campus police gave the wannabes my home address. I had to increase the number of security cameras around my home and notify the sheriff, who lives next door, of what happened. I also needed to formulate and institute a safety plan so I could be in my own home with less fear of being attacked by these wannabes.

Eventually, the wannabes stormed the administration building at New Mexico State University and 11 arrests were made – including the arrest of the one attacker I could identify. Of the 11 arrested only 5 were students. The term “outside agitators” appears to be appropriate.

Attorneys are required to attend continuing legal education seminars each year in order to keep our licenses. At least I get to pick what legal education I get. Rarely is there anything I don’t already know in any of the seminars. In 2014, being intensely bored, I started writing a novel during a seminar. Recently, there was a nugget of information. Although I had requested assistance from an assistant district attorney and from the campus police, no charges had ever been brought against any of the wannabes. I was reminded that the US Department of Justice handled hate crime prosecutions. Perhaps the feds would listen to me and prosecute at least one of these wannabes.

One might think it would be easy to file a report. One would be wrong. I started with the US Attorney’s office in Las Cruces. They weren’t interested and referred me to 575-339-1120. I’m not sure who I called, but I was a bit surprised to hear the person I was talking to found two reports I made to the FBI about possible terrorist activity. The person I was talking to decided that the two prior reports plus what I was calling to report were the same incident. No. Those were three separate incidents. Rather than help me, I was told to go to nm.doj.gov to file a report. I did. I’m not expecting to get help, but it’s useful to have additional places to file a report.

Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to criticize the government

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

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I’ve been trying to figure out just why I got my Facebook account suspended for violating advertising rules when I never advertised anything.

When it came to profanity, I restricted myself to #(%*@)$_@#%!!! I did criticize the government, something the First Amendment allows me to do. I refer to the top three in the federal government as the nazi, the trailer trash and the psychopath. It’s fair comment and protected by the First Amendment. I reposted from the Jewish on Campus Facebook page. Jewish on Campus came into sharp focus after October 7, 2023 and the attacks on Jewish students that followed on college and university campuses across the country. I posted items from the Anti-Defamation League regarding antisemitic acts. I posted excerpts from articles in the New York Times and The Washington Post making sure credit was clearly given to the appropriate newspaper.

There was nothing wrong with what I did.

I think I figured out why Zuckerberg went after me. A former Facebook employee wrote a book,
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism. Zuckerberg tried to suppress the book. He failed. In response, I bought the book and encouraged others, via Facebook post, to buy the book. You can find the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DY9TZD8Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_351_o06?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I paid full price for the book and the last time I did that was when Prince Harry’s autobiography came out.

The timing is interesting. Zuckerberg is being sued by the US for anti-trust violations and the trial started this week. I hope he loses. His insistence on silencing dissent and anyone who criticizes him while sucking up to the psychopath in chief is going to bite him on the tush. The president of Columbia University thought giving in would be the end of the psychopath’s interference. The president of Columbia University was wrong. Give in to one demand, and more demands follow. Sucking up will not protect tech companies.

China is only going to take a certain amount of nonsense from the psychopath before cutting off access to all sorts of raw materials the US needs. Try building an EV without rare earth metals – and China supplies 70% of the rare earth metals the world needs. Try building a laptop without computer chips. China is the largest purchaser of soybeans grown in the US. How much nonsense and threats from the psychopath will it take for China to decide not to buy US grown soybeans? Just as it’s impossible, without a whole lot of expense, to turn an auto plant into a plant to manufacture ceramic toilets, it’s equally impossible, without a whole lot of expense, to turn a soybean farm into a tomato farm.

While I wait out my 6-month (and likely permanent) suspension, I’m looking for other on-line social media. I used Facebook to keep up with friends from law school (we live in three states in two different time zones), relatives (four states and three time zones) and friends from high school (three states, two time zones). I’m open to all social media suggestions for a replacement for Facebook.

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My Spoonflower fabric designs made from manipulating photos I’ve taken, like this, https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18504235-moon-1-4-25-by-deb_thuman can be found in my Spoonflower shop here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

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Making Art Again

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I decided I would move anything blocking , my embroidery machine, load the patterns I purchased onto the USB drive, and do some machine embroidery.

One of the sets of patterns I bought was a set for free-standing-lace earrings. I decided this was a small enough and easy enough project that I could manage. I still can’t put more than 1/2 my weight onto my Erector Set Foot. But I can take a shower by myself and I can use the Big Girl Toilet rather than the potty chair. I’m going for physical therapy and I can’t wait until I can do things again – like drive and bake.

I need to soak these in warm water so the water soluble stabilizer disappears. Then, I need to hope I can get near the tool box with my earring findings so I can turn these into earrings.

This was going to be a pair of earrings, but I ran into difficulty making the second one. So it’s a pendant.

I decided to take a little walk to see how the irises are coming along. I had to fold up the walker to get it out of the sliding glass door. Then, I needed to navigate around rocks, art and plants to get to the iris. All that, and the new iris aren’t blooming yet. Last fall, I happened to be at the mall when the local iris society had a sale.

Here’s one of the irises we’ve had blooming since we moved in 24 years ago.

I’ve had a couple Spoonflower sales this week. I wish I could see what people make from fabric printed with my designs.

Passover starts at sundown tomorrow (April 12) when we celebrate freedom. May you have a joyous, enlightening Passover.

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: https://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

My store, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to criticize the government, The Death of the United States of America

The Death of Democracy

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This land is your land, this land is my land…

Once upon a time, there was a wonderful experiment. It was call the United States of America.

From California to the New York Islands…..

There was no country on earth like it. People could speak their mind. People could worship, or not, as they pleased. People could assemble. People could criticize their government and their leaders. The press were not censored. It was amazing. It was worth dying for. And people did die for this country and for the rights contained in The Bill of Rights.

From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters…

There were free elections and a process was put in place for the peaceful change of power when a new president was elected.

This land was made for you and me.

Don’t look for this country. It no longer exists. Marc Zuckerberg, whose mouth is firmly attached to the narcissistic sociopath’s appendage common to males, has frozen my Facebook account. It’s not safe to criticize the government. It’s not safe to refer to the idiot in the White House as a narcissistic sociopath even though his niece, Mary Trump, a psychologist, wrote in her book that narcissistic sociopath is an accurate diagnosis. It’s not safe to refer to a man who lied to get low interest loans to build exploding cars as a nazi even after he proudly gave a nazi salute.

As I was walking, I saw a sign there…

I’ve been an attorney for 31 years. I began my career as a cooperating attorney for the New York Civil Liberties Union. I’m proud of the work I did for the NYCLU. I’m proud of how I fought my guts out for my indigent clients. I’m proud of how I fought to keep the state from steamrolling over my clients.

And on the sign it said no trespassing…

I know better than to ask the ACLU for help. I’ve been the recipient of two anti-semitic hate crimes. The ACLU couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge my request for help. Instead, the ACLU offered legal assistance to groups financed by terrorist organizations and swallowed the lie about Israel starting a war with Hamas.

But on the other side, it didn’t say nothing…..

Pete Seeger was called before the House Unamerican Activities Committee for signing one song. A famous song written by Woody Guthrie.

That side was made for you and me.

When I needed financial aid to attend law school, I had to sign an oath that I wouldn’t attempt to overthrow the government by violent means. After law school, four times I stood in court – in NY, in NM, in Federal District Court, and in the Supreme Court of the United States, I stuck up my right hand and made a promise to uphold the constitution. I meant it every time. Let me make one thing extremely clear to the narcissistic sociopath, the trailer trash VP, their nazi buddy and all their brainless minions: If you want to shut me up, you need large calibre firepower. In the meantime, I’m going to uphold the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Here’s the verse that got Pete in good trouble:

Nobody living can ever stop me, 
As I go walking that freedom highway; 
Nobody living can ever make me turn back 
This land was made for you and me.