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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Oct 4

Inforum: Data centers are sprouting across North Dakota. How many are there & where will the next ones be planted?
archive.is/9rBFT

Such a shallow piece, typical Inforum reporting. Where is the energy & water coming from that they utilize? Consequences?

Fuck AI.
*screaming into the void continues*

archive.is

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Sep 27

Give a fascist the middle finger and submit your recipes to Issue No. 13 today! Make Grandma proud!

SUBMISSIONS DUE: 09/30/25 11:59pm - Tuesday, September 30th.

For full guidelines:
redrivercreatives.com/tnm/submissi...

Questions, comments, concerns?
Email us at: [email protected]

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Sep 16

Halfway to deadline! Help spread the word! Do your part by printing a few flyers & hanging them on public bulletin boards.
Here's the link to the PDF:
redrivercreatives.com/flyer-pdf

Interested in doing more? Email us to coordinate ongoing material distribution!

#zines #callforentry #callforart

Call for Entry Flyer PDF

→→→ Printable Street Flyer PDF:Download Help spread the word! Do your part by printing one or two, and hanging them on public bulletin boards. Consider sharing at your place of employment, or hango…

redrivercreatives.com

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Sep 1

Call for Zine Entries!
The Northern Mirror - Issue No. 13

THEME: FEEDING A COMMUNITY...growing your own food, vegan recipes, what to eat when you need to eat but you feel like barfing, spiritual nourishment, etc.

Deadline: 09/30/25 11:59pm

For full guidelines:
redrivercreatives.com/submissions

Graphic with white flower and corn border, line drawing of people serving each other food. Text reads: The Northern Mirror, a zine. Call for Entries! Feeding a Community.

Same graphic border and background.
Text: THEME: Feeding a Community (growing your own food, recipes, feeding the soul).

NOW ACCEPTING : ALL creative media! Visual art - illustration, photography, craftwork. Written work - poetry, essays, and articles. Audio/video - film, music, performance. F-M Community resources and information.

Deadline : 11:59pm - Tuesday, September 30th, midnight-ish.

End cap graphic with socials, and website QR code.

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Aug 14

A few folks have already started sending entries for the next zine issue, unprompted! Guess we need to get rolling on the next call for submissions. Keep an eye out for announcements in the next few weeks. Thanks, all!

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Jun 23

Join us at The Rourke for a DIY Zine Workshop this Thursday, June 26th from 5-7pm at The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum (521 Main Ave, Moorhead, MN).

Share the event: tockify.com/rourkeart/de...

DIY Zine Workshop, with The Red River Creatives Collective

Thu 26 Jun, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM [CDT]: Create and trade your own zine (pronounced "zeen")! The Red River Creatives Collective will discuss their self-published and distributed zine The Northern Mirror a...

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Jun 1

Absolutely. It's awful all around.

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · May 12

Reminder that tonight we have Marker League 7-9pm at the Moorhead Public Library. It's the last one on the schedule for now!

larl.libnet.info/event/13236695

Marker League SPECIAL EVENT

Join us for a special edition of Marker League (hosted by Red River Creatives Collective) to recognize Mental Health Awareness Month. Collaborate on a shared piece that will be hung up at the library.

larl.libnet.info

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · May 3

Thank you to everyone who came out to Print Fest at The Rourke today! We had a great time and got to meet with a lot of awesome folks! 🥰🖤🔥

Image showing some prints from the screen printing demo.

Image showing the instructor lifting the screen while an attendee removes the shirt she screened.

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · May 2

TNM Issue No. 12 out now!
Get your copy tomorrow at the @rourkearts.bsky.social's Print Fest: 3rd Edition (Saturday, May 3rd, 12-4pm)!

Zines also available at: @orangerecords.bsky.social, THIS Skateshop, The Red Raven & Moonrise Cafe.

redrivercreatives.com/spring-2025

ko-fi.com/redrivercrea...

Front and back cover of issue no. 12 of The Northern Mirror sitting in grass.

Center fold of the new issue with a new RRCC sticker laying on it.

Print Fest: https://allevents.in/moorhead/print-fest-3rd-edition/200028014055949

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Logan S [Gachapon Zine Available Now!] @megazumi-world.bsky.social · May 1

Zine Applications Now Open! 🌈🎁🎉

Apply here: forms.gle/ZTDkt7ZCwsW1...

Applications for the Gachapon Collectible Creature Catalogue (Zine) are open until May 24th 11:59 PM OR until we reach 120 applicants, in which case the applications will close early #gachaponzine #zine #zineapp

A pink banner featuring gachapon capsules.

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · May 2

Join us this Saturday! Our printmaker will be doing screenprinting demos and selling a few prints!

The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum @rourkearts.bsky.social · May 1

"Color provokes a psychic vibration. Color hides a power still unknown but real, which acts on every part of the human body."
—Wassily Kandinsky

If you vibe on colorful art (psychically speaking!), come and experience its power at Print Fest: 3rd Edition from noon to 4 PM, Sat. 3 May at The Rourke!

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The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum @rourkearts.bsky.social · Apr 18

🎨✨ Call for Artwork! ✨🎨

Get ready to show your PRIDE in "Queer Joy 2025." We're on the lookout for talented LGBTQIA+ artists to submit work for this upcoming juried exhibition.

📅 Deadline: 23 May
🎨 Submit one entry, all media are welcome

For more details, visit: www.therourke.org/2025prideentry

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Apr 7

A note on the 50501 Movement from The United Liberation Front for Palestine:

Screenshot 1 from Instagram @riseindigenous and cultura_movement

A NOTE ON THE 50501 MOVEMENT

If you went to any of the "Hands Off" protests organized by the 50501 movement and other organizations aligned with the Democratic Party, this is by no means an attack on you-it's a warning.

We absolutely get it-you care about justice, you're frustrated by what you see, and you're looking for some way to make a difference.

That alone matters.

But it's also important to understand who's behind these kinds of movements and what their real role is.

Screenshot 2 from Instagram @riseindigenous and cultura_movement

50501 looks like it's about progress-about taking a stand against a tyrant. The reality of what it's actually doing is it quietly pushes people back into trusting the same systems that cause harm-like voting for politicians who fund war, support NATO, and work with law enforcement.

Counterrevolutionary "movements" like this are not paths to liberation. They're how the state keeps control.

The 50501 movement serves as a state-approved outlet for public frustration. It's essentially activism stripped of its teeth. You may have noticed that the rallies that took place today were symbolic protests that took place outside empty government buildings that only lead to a sense of accomplishment without really doing much of anything.

You also may have noticed speakers using the opportunity to bring people back into one of the two parties and expressing the need to eventually "knock on doors."

This is a classic tactic of pushing people who are rightfully experiencing discontent back into the system that's at fault to begin with.

Screenshot 3 from Instagram @riseindigenous and cultura_movement

While real grassroots movement like the fight for Palestine face surveillance, unjust arrests, and media blackouts-locally and nationally-50501 gets platforms, institutional support, shield from police repression, and praise from the electoralist bloc. That's not by accident. The experience is designed to feel safe and inspiring, but keeps us from building real power that could challenge the system of power affecting all of us.

We are not here to shame anyone-on the contrary. We hope that you take this opportunity to see the difference between actions that call for liberation, and actions that want things to go "back to normal".

Palestine has taught us otherwise. With this genocide, nothing can be normal again.

Ask yourself, if we are protesting for our rights, why are we standing next to the very systems that deny it?

Let's be honest about what's performative and what's revolutionary-and let's move towards something real.

The United Liberation Front for Palestine

Statement - April 5th 2025

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Mar 31

Today's a big day for the RRCC! We are leading a Zine Workshop at the Moorhead Public Library from 6-8pm (3/31).

Learn how to make mini zines and trade them with others. Free & open to the public. See you there!

And don't forget to send your submissions to TNM issue no. 12 by midnight tonight! 🖤

Zine Workshop

Join us for a discussion and workshop about zines, featuring the Red River Creatives Collective.

larl.libnet.info

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Mar 28

Ahhh! The zine deadline is this upcoming Monday night (3/31). Is your submission ready? Reach out if you need an extension. We're pretty flexible!

We also have a zine making workshop on Monday night, 6-8pm at the Moorhead Public Library! (118 5th St S)
Bring your friends 😁

Submissions

Announcement – We are transitioning away from using Meta. This means we will no longer post announcements regarding zine deadlines and event information on Instagram or Facebook. We apologize…

redrivercreatives.com

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MaDukes @madukes.bsky.social · Mar 24

If you're a little confused about what Musk is trying to achieve with DOGE, here's the breakdown: 🧵

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel cofounded a company that became PayPal.

Other executives at PayPal went on to found or lead other huge tech companies including YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, Affirm,

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Mar 24

#fargo #moorhead #minnesota #northdakota #artists #writers #film #midwest #creatives #submission #callforentry

The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Mar 24

We've had an influx of new follows recently, most of which seem to be bots & blue wave fanatics. If you're a real person with interest in submitting to the zine let us know & we'll follow back.

The deadline to submit to issue no. 12 is just one week away! Hit us up if you have questions.

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Mar 9

📢 Deadline fast approaching!
Call for Zine Entries. Priority given to Fargo-Moorhead locals, BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+ folks.

THEME: Love in the Darkness - Community & Hope.

SUBMISSIONS DUE: 03/31/25 11:59pm - Monday, March 31st, midnight.

For full guidelines: redrivercreatives.com/submissions

Black and white image of the street flyer for the current call for submissions to The Northern Mirror zine.

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Feb 26

Issue No. 11 of The Northern Mirror was all about harm reduction, as the city of Fargo was passing an ordinance regarding where folks are allowed to set up encampments.

Read the issue online here: redrivercreatives.com/fall-2024/

Fall 2024

Next → Fall Issue – 2024 Credits.

redrivercreatives.com

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Feb 26

Great article discussing current harm reduction efforts in Minneapolis. 💉

What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like

Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis.

www.thenation.com

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Feb 23

The Red River Creatives Collective workshop at the Rourke yesterday was a success 🖤🔥

Laurence of a Labia @laurencemf.bsky.social · Feb 23

Y'all, I led an #embroidery workshop today. It went so well. 🥹

Everyone picked it up quickly & ran with it. It was great to see their messages & to hear where they intended to share their work. I hope they take what they learned & continue finding ways to normalize #resistance against the state.

A group of people are gathered around a pair of tables while working on hoop embroidery. Their faces are censored to protect their privacy. The red fabric at the bottom of the photo has "RESiST" embroidered on it.

A collection of small embroidery pieces created at the workshop. Each one has a different slogan such as "BIKE MORE" and "TAX THE RICH".

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Feb 19

&& Throwback to this digital flyer created by the RRCC for a protest held a little over two years ago. ✊🥹

Digital flyer with a graphic that resembles Peltier, and text that reads "RISE UP FOR PELTIER
February 7th, 2022 - noon
Federal Courthouse 655 1st Ave N. Fargo" followed by a list of speakers and information regarding coffee and cookies post-gathering.

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The Northern Mirror & RRCC @thenorthernmirror.bsky.social · Feb 19

Apologies if this local news article is under a paywall. Use 12ft.io/ preceding the link in the address bar if needed. 🪜

Leonard Peltier returns to North Dakota 49 years after conviction

Leonard Peltier is on his return journey to Turtle Mountain. The Forum has a news team on site to document his return to North Dakota after 49 years in prison.

www.inforum.com

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