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Vincent Schilling @vinceschilling.bsky.social · Jul 8

My latest article in History.com.

How Sports Icon Jim Thorpe Emerged from the Indian Boarding School System

He rocketed to fame in an institution trying to strip him of his cultural identity.

www.history.com/articles/jim...

How Indian Boarding School Shaped Sports Icon Jim Thorpe

He soared to fame in a place trying to strip him of his identity.

www.history.com

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 6d

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2d

Ouch. This one cuts to the bone.

Meme featuring two well coifed, intellectual looking Wojacks reading: PEOPLE WHO READ

Beneath them are two disheveled, sick looking people with black circles under their eyes reading: PEOPLE WHO WRITE

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 4d

Worth it just for the comments.

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

open.substack.com

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Guido A. Sanchez @guidoasanchez.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you to the KLINGENSTEIN CENTER for reviewing QUEER MYTHOLOGY in the latest KlingBrief. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ This resource is invaluable, so to be featured was incredible! 🤩

www.klingensteincenter.org/klingbrief

Make sure to tell an educator you know about the book so they can get it in their classrooms! 🙏🤓🥰

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 4d

Great list of other Indigenous authors and just generally cool folks to follow, including at least one cousin! 😆

Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 4d

Native American Heritage Month is coming up and before it gets here, sharing this starter pack so you can get a head start by following some amazing Native folks with a lot of knowledge to share.

go.bsky.app/MEaiVa9

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 4d

Since it's almost Native American Heritage Month, it's a good time to remind you that my chapbook, "Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes," was on CLMP's NAHM Reading List last year, along with a lot of other great books!

#NativeSky #NativeBooks #NativeAuthors #NativePoets

www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A Reading List for Native American Heritage Month 2024 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

For Native American Heritage Month, observed annually during the month of November, we asked our members—independent presses, literary journals, and others—to share with us some of the books and magaz...

www.clmp.org

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Red Haircrow @redhaircrow.bsky.social · 4d

First published in Red Rising Magazine, my #poem, "The Mountains are my Kingdom".
#writersky #Indigenous #BIPOC #poetry

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 4d

I'm very afraid for my future as a person trying to be a novelist, specifically as a WOC who does not shy away from dealing with race in my work.

I am scared. I'm worried in this economy and political situation. Will publishing say no we'll just go with the comfy books that don't rock the boat?

Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 5d

Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia breaks down the slump in book sales, what this means for marginalized writers, & what we as readers can do: www.patreon.com/posts/boycot...

Boycott? Not likely | Silvia Moreno-Garcia

www.patreon.com

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 4d

Native American Heritage Month is coming up and before it gets here, sharing this starter pack so you can get a head start by following some amazing Native folks with a lot of knowledge to share.

go.bsky.app/MEaiVa9

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 5d

Impersonation alert! Writers, if you get an email from someone recommending you contact literary agent Annie Bomke at either [email protected] or [email protected], it's a SCAM. Both emails addys are fake. Annie's real domain is abliterary.com writerbeware.blog/2024/03/15/t...

The Impersonation List - Writer Beware

The most pernicious scams focused on English-speaking writers these days come from overseas: publishing/marketing/fake literary agency scams from the Philippines, and ghostwriting/editing/marketing sc...

writerbeware.blog

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 5d

SAME 🤣

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 5d

I appreciate a Pope who knows his sports, 🤣

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 5d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 5d

I dunno. I'd almost be tempted to friend her, just for story fodder.

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 6d

Turtle Island is part of the creation story of many tribes, and Braiding Sweetgrass is only one of many works that discuss it. The Wikipedia article is a decent enough summary.

Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 6d

See how stupid & offensive that sounds when your own logic is turned around & used on you?

Either you are all illegal, or no one is. Either way, you lose, because you have to leave, or the people you hate get to stay.

Or else you could just cop to being a white supremacist. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 6d

Unless you're Indigenous to Turtle Island/were kidnapped & brought here, YOU are an illegal immigrant, b/c your forebears came here w/out permission & took what wasn't theirs. So miss me w/your anti-immigrant BS unless you're willing to back it up by self-deporting to wherever 23&me says you belong.

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 6d

Hi #portfolioday, I'm David! I'm a writer & editor! Currently looking for comics writing work (licensed or original--I've got pitches, webcomics okay, NSFW okay) and long-term employment in editorial or a related gig! Hire me!

[email protected]
www.davidmariotte.com

The A cover to Transformers Wreckers: Tread & Circuits by Jack Lawrence and Candice Han depicting the "IDW2" version of the Wreckers. They're showing off for the cameras. Clockwise: Thunderclash, Ricochet, Minerva, Circuit, Aileron, and Hot Shot. One of several Transformers projects I wrote. I also edited the entire line of Transformers comics for several years.

The cover to the Eisner-Award Winning Godzilla 70th Anniversary book, by E.J. Su who also has a fantastic story inside. Godzilla is destroying a town and chomping on a train. In the background, a silhouette of light in the destruction makes a giant 70. A comic I co-edited with Jake Williams at IDW (and one story edited by Jamie S. Rich). I was the Godzilla editor for a bit working on other titles as well.

The cover to Power Rangers Prime #5 (which makes the Pink Ranger look more purple than he really is). Depicting the Prime team. Clockwise from top: Red, Yellow, Black, Pink, and Blue! Art by Dan Mora. I am also the former Rangers editor at BOOM! Studios.

The cover to the Sonic the Hedgehog 2022 Free Comic Book Day special. Art by Adam Bryce Thomas featuring Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails. I was the editor on Sonic at IDW from 2018-2023, as well as writing some additional materials for the book, including a recap back-up story in this very issue!

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 7d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Daniel Delgado #CeasefireNow @ddelgadovive.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Indigenous People's Day!

We were "supposed to" disappear into the trash heap of history, yet we are still here, still in relation with our ancestors and our sacred lands and one another.

So the day that was meant to mark the beginning of our ending is now ours to do with as we wish.

🌈☀️🗻

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 7d

Erica Lord, the Codes We Carry, beaded DNA #sciart for Indigenous Peoples Day
ericalord.com

Beadwork showing different DNA patterns, including one that is displayed on a dog mannequin

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 7d

CAUTIONARY FABLES & FAIRYTALES: The Woman in the Woods And Other North American Stories and INDIGINERDS are both on sale for 30% off throughout today! Celebrate both classic and modern tales right from the land we stand on!

store.ironcircus.com/collections/...

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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 7d

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day is an act of resistance

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Marsheila (Marcy) Rockwell @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social · 9d

This is in my Top Ten Favorites list. Watch the extended cut if you haven't yet - some nice background info there that gives missing context to some stuff.

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · Sep 18

If you're a writer of fantasy, SF, or horror looking for an online community dedicated to cooperation, kindness, encouragement, and craft, please check out my Patreon.

www.patreon.com/c/catrambo

Cat Rambo | Patreon

creating Stories, Community, and Love since 2007 on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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