Dax (David J.) Schwartz

@snurri.bsky.social

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Fiction writer; AuDHD-er; full-time Minnesotan; part-time misanthrope; scantily clad heroine. She/they. Abolish and prosecute ICE.

A smol black or sable cat snoozing on a blue cushion. Her name is Miss Dolly Purrton and she is precious and loved.
A flyer printed to look as if it is an official City of Minneapolis communication that reads: "Future site of the 2027 uprising that will liberate the City of Minneapolis from the system of capitalism and rematriate this land to the Dakota and Ojibwe elders for time in memoriam."
The cover of PLATFORM DECAY, the newest volume in THE MURDERBOT DIARIES by Martha Wells, published by Tor Books. Cover is designed by Christine Foltzer and art is by Jaime Jones.
Help Keep Powderhorn Food & Basic Needs Going! Since December, a dedicated group of neighbors have helped delivery weekly food and basic needs to over 200 families! Our starting donation balance has been depleted and we are needing additional funds to continue supporting families through the end of the summer. Any amount helps! Venmo @southsideneeds
The cover to A KIND OF SPARK by Elle McNicoll, published by Random House Yearling. The cover art is by Sylvia Bi.
The cover of THE TUNNEL (El túnel) by Ernesto Sabato; the edition that I read is an old Ballantine paperback edition with the English and Spanish texts on facing pages.
The cover of the novel A ROOM CALLED EARTH by Madeleine Ryan, released in 2020 by Penguin Books, with cover design and art by Stephanie Ross.
The cover of LET THE RECORD SHOW: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF ACT UP NEW YORK, 1987-1993, by Sarah Schulman. The book was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2021, was a Pen America Literary Award Finalist, as well as other honors. The cover design is by No Idea using a photograph by T. L. Litt.
Paulina Alexis as Willie Jack, Lane Factor as Cheese, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Bear, and Devery Jacobs as Elora, from "Reservation Dogs."
The skull of an ungulate, possibly a gazelle, adorned with leaves, with pomegranates in the eye sockets, as part of a themed display about Persephone at the Como Conservatory in St. Paul.
Photo of a Minneapolis corner taken on March 14th, 2026, showing a brown winter landscape void of snow.
The cover of MIDNIGHT ROOMS by Donyae Coles, published in 2024. The novel was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for best first novel. The jacket art is by Marco Mazzoni and depicts a Black woman surrounded by moths or butterflies, holding a deer fawn in her arms and a teacup in one hand. The publisher is Amistad, a HarperCollins imprint.
A graphic with a cozy fire shown on the right, accompanied by the following text: Fireside Chat LET'S TALK ABOUT ANAL CANCER
Cover image of the 1985 Penguin paperback edition of Henry Fielding's 1749 novel THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING. The cover illustration is a detail from a painting by George Lambert.
The beautiful cover of FOR THE SUN AFTER LONG NIGHTS: THE STORY OF IRAN'S WOMEN-LED UPRISING, written by the journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour. The book was published in 2025 and covers the events of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement that was ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman who was beaten to death by the Islamic Republic's morality police after her arrest for violating hijab laws. It was longlisted for the National Book Award in 2025.
Jerry, a Chihuahua mix, looking over his shoulder from where he sits on the photographer's lap.
Jerry, a two-and-a-half year old Chihuahua mix, stands sentry on the poster's porch. He has reddish-brown, black, and white coloring, large ears, and is wearing a red collar. He is intense and adorable.
Damaged, abandoned ICE vehicle. Guess these idiots don't know how to drive through roundabouts.
A gray plastic box labeled "PEPPER SPRAY RECOVERY KIT."
An image by the artist Blue from their Tumblr (https://hoursago.tumblr.com/) of Shirley from "Community," as played by Yvette Nicole Brown, from a scene in episode S1E12 "Comparative Religion."
Brenda Blethyn as Vera Stanhope from the British mystery series VERA, looking cheerier than usual
A screenshot of Pippin looking out from one of the balconies of Minas Tirith in THE RETURN OF THE KING, with Gandalf partially shown to one side. The subtitle of Gandalf's dialogue reads: "This will be the end of Gender as we know it."
A tiny Chihuahua lies on his back, his big ears sticking way out, and bleps up at the camera with curious eyes. His little paws are just touching the hand that is skritching his belly. The hand is almost as large as him. He is perfect and sweet and I miss him.
Screenshot from a Wikipedia article about the Mesopotamian god Lulal in which it is mentioned that his name is of Sumerian origin and can be translated as "syrup man."
View of Minneapolis facing north from a building on the west bank of the University of Minnesota, with the sky very blue and almost completely clear.
Photo of the sun rising over Lake Superior, from the deck of a tiny rental cabin, with another cabin visible on the left. The waves are respectable and the sky is mostly clear, streaked with pinks and oranges and light blues amid low white clouds.
A partly cloudy sky facing roughly east from Grand Marais, Minnesota on the north shore of Lake Superior, at 8am on September 23rd, 2023, about an hour before a day-long rain is supposed to start
Photo of a fire hydrant with a red-crested, sand-colored bird figurine glued to it on top of a grassy nest.
Hail fallen in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, evening of August 11, 2023. The four hailstones are held in an adult's hand; they are about two inches in diameter.