Marcus

@marcusjmerritt.com

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I mostly post drawings and photography by me.

Often Hamtramck/Detroit

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Art website: marcusjmerritt.com

Art store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com

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Madison Heights, Michigan, July 2023

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I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper

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OK but this one too

Y'all, Michigan is holding a competition for new voting stickers where you don't have to be a resident to vote and I NEED THIS ONE TO WIN LIKE I NEED TO BREATHE. Please go vote for it and spread this around. www.wxyz.com/news/voting-...

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As the daughter of a Black Vietnam vet who suffered life long pain from a service related injury but was constantly turned away from care by the VA I can’t even bring myself to read this. My father eventually died of a treatable condition at 62 b/c he was sent home to take ibuprofen by a VA doc.

A 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for PTSD than their white counterparts. The analysis crunched claims data from fiscal year 2011 through 2016. And disparate treatment started after WWI when it was still called shell shock. It continues.

Black veterans were denied VA benefits for PTSD more often than whiteswww.nbcnews.com “Ever since I came back from Vietnam, I knew that I had a problem, but I didn’t know what it was," said one Black veteran.

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Power Lines Drawing #76 (Detroit, Riopelle St) Prints of this drawing (signed, limited) are available at my store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

Power Lines Drawing #110 (Detroit, Elmhurst) Prints of this drawing (signed, limited) are up for sale at my store now: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

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Power Lines Drawing #85 (Hamtramck) Signed prints of this drawing are available at my store—I only have one print remaining of this one, actually: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

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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Power Lines Drawing #64 (Hamtramck) Prints of this drawing (signed, limited) are available at my store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/hamt...

Power Lines Drawing #78 (Detroit, North End) Prints of this drawing (signed, limited) are available at my store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/powe...

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Happy #primeweek! I just want to let y’all know that the Amazon shipping warehouse where my husband works is denying workers fans during a nationally recognized heat emergency and everything you order during time week places workers’ lives at risk.

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It is WILD to me that the Milwaukee Art Museum is housed in these two world masterpieces of architecture.

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Hamtramck, Michigan, June 2024

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Detroit, Michigan, June 2024

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Philando Castile Peace Garden, Falcon Heights, Minnesota. June 2023

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8 years ago today Philando Castile was murdered. The criminal legal system failed to convict the cop who shot him despite the recorded evidence. We had to watch that video live just 24 hours after we watched cops shoot Alton Sterling in the back. (The video does not play at link)

July 6th, 2016 | A History of Racial Injusticecalendar.eji.org On this day, Philando Castile was shot and killed by an officer during a traffic stop for a broken taillight in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Detroit, Michigan, June 2024

Hamtramck, Michigan, June 2024

Hamtramck, Michigan, October 2023

Hamtramck, Michigan, June 2024

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"Black disability politics is different from mainstream yt disability politics bc so often disability in Black communities may come from police violence, medical racism, lack of access to resources, etc. So Black folks may organize around something disability-related, but frame it as a race issue."

‘Black Disability Politics’ argues that not all disability activism looks — or functions — ...19thnews.org In her new book, author and professor Sami Schalk weaves together history and contemporary perspectives to provide a roadmap and vision inclusivity in Black disability politics.

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Probably another 2 days on the clouds and then stars, stars, stars.

Another 4 today. More detail & colour.

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Orange 2016 - ink over acrylic on trash wood Painted this after my first trip to Boston for an event. Couldn’t get over how gorgeous the river and bridge were 1: Final 2: light field under-painting 3: a reference photo #art

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wc & the maad circle OUT ON A FURLOUGH

Out On A Furloughyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupOut On A Furlough · WC & The Maad CircleAin't A Damn Thang Changed℗ 1991 Priority Records, LLCReleased on: 1991-0...

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“Almost the entire population”

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

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Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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Good news: In 8 years, electricity generation from non-fossil-fuel sources (including nuclear) rose by 44% Bad news: In the same period, global electricity output increased 23% and generation by fossil fuels reached an all-time peak.

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A lot of municipal races and ballot measures are decided by slim margins. Please DO vote to fund your library, have a non-homophobic councilperson, keep having a fire department (actual thing we had to vote on in Hamtramck), etc!!

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alleywalk ambient light progression 1

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Well holy shit. It's a fucking start

We need more, but credit where due: both The Nation (June 2024 issue) and Boston Review have run a breakdown of the Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document. Media Matters, too. Lots of good work going on digesting this. www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins... www.mediamatters.org/project-2025

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Newly up for sale at my store, from my series Objects from Films, my original black ink drawing of a film camera from the Robert Altman film Images (1972) Drawn on 10" x 8" acid free paper $150 marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/imag...

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Now up for sale at my store, from my Objects from Films series, my original drawing of a tumbler with a straw in it, from 2004's Collateral Drawn on 8" x 10" paper $175 marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com/product/coll...