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Valorie Nichols

@meadowdays.bsky.social

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Artist 🎨 Writer ✍🏼 Gamer 🎮 Cosplayer ⚔️ French-fry fan. Twitch affiliate 💜 Dwelling in the Adirondack foothills 🌱 https://linktr.ee/ValorieNichols

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · Oct 28

Hi I'm Val! Looking for moots who like:

~Ghibli
~Gardening
~Visual Art
~Zelda
~Fallout
~Greek, Egyptian and Mayan Mythology
~Cultural Anthropology
~Ancient Places
~Poetry
~Ttrpgs
~SFF stories & shows
~Forest Conservation
~Libraries
~Indie Bookstores
~Cosplay
~All kinds of human art!

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 11h

Writers when they see people sharing their AI “masterpieces”

a cartoon character with the words look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power on the bottom

ALT: a cartoon character with the words look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power on the bottom

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 2d

For every review of Wolf of Withervale that says, “Disgusting. The love interest is a fat man. I was repulsed and couldn’t finish it,” I also get messages saying, “As a large man (or lover of big men) I felt seen for the first time.” Fuck the haters—make the art that is for you and yours.

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Linette🌻 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 1d

books by celebrities should have a maximum print run of 500. any celebrity with an idea for a children's book must pay $5000 into a pool to cover freelance artists' health insurance before publication

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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hby's stuff @hby.bsky.social · 1d

Pixelween week 2

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

It's pretty good!

An apple cobbler with red delicious, gala, and honeycrisp mixed with oats, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, a pinch of ginger and brown sugar throughout

Some apple cobbler with greek yogurt, steaming in a back bowl

Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

If you see this post a random picture from your device without explaining it

Picture of Vecna from Stranger Things drinking iced coffee. Text reads: Trying to self-care my way through burnout and late stage capitalism

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Ethan “Brother Ethan” Kocak @ethankocak.com · 5d

There’s not much there yet but if you want to check it out:

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

😋

Tossed cubed apples in cinnamon, brown sugar, and butter

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

Making things with apples (again). Today it's my first cobbler!

A black dish on a cutting board with a bunch of cubed honeycrisp, gala, and red delicious apples

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

Such a great list.

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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Winter Is Coming @wicnet.bsky.social · 1d

These five books by indigenous authors are pushing the boundaries within the realms of fantasy and horror, bringing native myth and culture into the forefront of modern fiction.

5 speculative fiction books to read this Indigenous Peoples' Day

Once, the fantasy genre was primarily dominated by European-inspired fantasy filled with knights, dragons, and the like. But these days, the genre and its inspi

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

"Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift." -Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 3d

Caribbean Matters: Belize celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Caribbean Matters: Belize celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...

www.dailykos.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day. n.pr/47nGDK8

Highlighting Indigenous stories from across NPR's network

NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Currently reading Wandering Stars. His debut novel, There There, is a masterful exploration of Native identity. Congratulations Tommy Orange!

Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 2d

Tommy Orange, the Cheyenne and Arapaho author of There There and Wandering Stars, has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, one of the highest honors in the arts.

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#macarhurfellowship #MacArthurFoundation #redpopnews #tommyorange

Wandering Stars Align: Tommy Orange Named A 2025 MacArthur Fellow

When the MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 Fellows, one name carried through Native communities like a spark. Tommy Orange, the Cheyenne and Arapaho author from Oakland, was named one of this ye...

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

Twas. I think ima make it again 😄

A grilled cheese with apple slices and cheddar sandwich cut in half, spilling out onto a green, leafy plate

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

A tree farm, yeah. We have two small orchards here but don't use them for business. Just maintain them

Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoying a moment of peace on this rainy morning, listening to Glitch Mob and Electric Fields. Happy Indigenous Day, everyone!

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WIRED @wired.com · 2d

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research. www.wired.com/story/more-e...

More Evidence Emerges That One of Saturn’s Moons Could Harbor Life

Previously undetected organic compounds have been found in ice ejected into space from Enceladus, making the satellite a prime candidate for further research.

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 2d

Making grilled cheese sandwiches with apples from the orchard

Slices of fried apple on slices of cheddar cheese, on a slice of sourdough bread

A grilled cheese with apple slices on a green, leafy plate

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social · 2d

24 #sff stories across the spectrum in ZNB PRESENTS YEAR TWO, a #sciencefiction and #fantasy anth from ZNB ed by @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social!

Kindle: amzn.to/4btfm8y
Trade: amzn.to/3VNf6e3
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/znb-presen...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

#booksky #urbanfantasy #scifi

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2d

Well it's Sunday. And you know what happens on Sunday? Show-and-tell happens on Sunday! So show us something you made or found, somewhere you've been, something you're proud of, family, pets... anything neat, really! Go on! Show us!

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

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