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Western hemispheric generalist. ᏣᎳᎩ writer, artist, and editor based in Norman, Oklahoma. Since my feed isn't too active, I'm just using Bluesy to post articles I want to read.
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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs | AP apnews.com/article/dei-...

The end of single-digit temperatures in Norman until next winter! What a massive relief! ❄️

OKC – Screening, discussion of "Bad Press" Tues, April 1, 5:30pm, Will Rogers Theatre Hosts: Oklahoma Media Center + Indigenous Journalists Association Fundraiser, hors d'oeuvres, $100 www.eventbrite.com/e/friends-of... #NativeJournalism #IndigenousJournalism #OKC #OKCJournalism #OklahomaMedia

Support Ukraine. war.ukraine.ua/support-ukra...

Joseph Kunkel is Fast-Tracking Quality Housing for Indigenous People How the founder of MASS Design Group’s Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab builds back better—against the clock. metropolismag.com/projects/jos... #NativeSky

Thoughtful analysis of the coordinated resistance to the Trump/Vance administration's actions substack.com/home/post/p-...

Sinks be dripping!

Predicted in a comic book 50 years ago.

Congratulations to my friend Vicki Monks (Chickasaw) for being inducted in the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame! www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/former-... #NativeWriters #Chickasaw #OklahomaJournalism #NativeJournalism #NativeJournalist #IndigenousJournalism #IndigenousWriter

Oklahoma City – Amber DuBoise-Shepherd (Diné/Sac & Fox/Prairie Band Potawatomi) presents "My Other Grandmother's Creations: Navajo Weavings" Sunday, Feb 16, 2–4 pm Belle Isle Library, 5501 N Villa #B Hosted by the Oklahoma City Indian Art Club #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #OKC #NDNart #NativeSky

Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for showing some love to all of the Indivisibles who are urging their Democratic senators to use every procedural tool available to delay and defy Trump’s agenda.

If you are a #married woman, a #POC, #disabled, #adopted, #elderly, or #disadvantaged, this bill might END YOUR ABILITY TO VOTE. Please call your elected officials and demand they VOTE NO! #VoterSuppression #SaveAct #resist #revolt #protest 5calls.org/issue/save-a...

#CarlynBeccia #SAVEAct The SAVE Act will disenfranchise millions of voters. We’ve got to #StayLoud and contact our elected officials to tell them to vote against this legislation. carlynbeccia.medium.com/the-save-act...

Local elections matter! "Stephen Tyler Holman defeats Larry Heikkila, Riley Mulinix for Norman mayor" www.oudaily.com/news/norman-...

LGTBQ2S+ Seattle, WA – Tidelands Gallery has an open call for Indigiqueer Artists Deadline: March 15 Entry form tinyurl.com/4vmuwfev Tidelands website: www.thisistidelands.com/gallery #Indigiqueer #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #LGTBQ2S #TwoSpirit #2Spirit #NativeSky #CallforArt #NativeAmerican

"This beader is mixing two sides of her cultural identity to create one signature style" Mikailah Thompson (Nez Perce/Black) mixes Nimîipuu designs with Nigerian patterns www.cbc.ca/radio/unrese... #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #AfroIndigenous #NativeSky #BlackSky #Beadwork #Nimiipuu #NativeBeadwork

Beer waste transformed into vegan leather www.bbc.com/future/artic... #recycling #upcycling #circulareconomy

Wins today: ✅ Federal judge delays buyout deadline for federal workers ✅ TRO against funding freeze extended ✅ Judge blocks Musk’s access to Treasury payment records ✅ Extended block on birthright citizenship order

Brazil Took on Musk and Won. Now Lula Is Sharing Notes With Europe Lula is talking to France, the UK and EU on social media rules His efforts threaten a clash with big tech leaders - and Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I'm for repetition for everything—calls to reps, spreading information, jokes that get more than eight hearts. But these guys will not back down until they have to. That's gonna take more than calls to our reps.

LIVE: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts Kilauea volcano spews lava in Hawaii. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZwD...

Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Amber Starks (Muscogee, Shawnee, Yuchi, Quapaw, Cherokee) shares her reflections on "Black-Native Identity and Futurity" | NMAI americanindian.si.edu/ancestors-kn... Detail of work by Monica Rickert-Bolter (Prairie Potawatomi/Black) #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NMAI #MelaninMvskoke #AfroIndigenous

Dear Canada and Mexico, We’re so, so sorry. — Sane America

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

Unsubscribed from a Patreon account. Took me so many months to actually do it 😹

OMG!!!

Exclusive: Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the US government human resources agency locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials reut.rs/3CuCEPs

Wrote this days after the election. I still mean it. We must stand up for science, effective climate action, and a better future. drawdown.org/insights/tog...

#CauseAndEffect #PathToProgress

Native Arts+Cultures Foundation (NACF) accepting applications for 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 US artists, curators, collectives $100K over 2 years, prof development & more Deadline: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓 www.nativeartsandcultures.org/programs/shift #NACF #nativeart #indigenousart #ndnart

Norman, OK –An info session about "Antíkoni," a play by Beth Piatote (Nez Perce) Russell Center, 509 W Boyd St Tues., Jan 28, 4:30–6pm Dinner provided, free, open to the public! The Russell Center will host a reading of the play during their spring symposium on Mar 6, 2025 RSVP: [email protected]

In case you missed it: We published a permanent archive of key federal resources for climate-threatened coastal cities in case they're altered or deleted by the Trump administration. They're available on our Resource Hub.

“This is not game over. It’s game on. It means the rest of us have to step up and do a lot more.” -- @globalecoguy.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

Thread to honor the late We:wa, a Łamana (Zuni Two Spirit, Łamana exist outside of the Western gender binary) artist and leader. As a Łamana We:wa was a revered cultural leader and mediator within the Zuni tribe, devoting their life to the preservation of Zuni traditions and history. 1/10

Tomorrow will be a dark day. But we are a resilient people. We will get through this scourge. robertreich.substack.com/p/tomorrow-w...

Norman, OK – Today is the day! Swing by Tribes Gallery, 512 W. Main St, Norman, OK, 2pm–4pm Artists will discuss their artwork. Robin Williams (Wichita/Caddo/Comanche) will also speak about Wichita culture, the tribe's museums & language program! firstamericanartmagazine.com/wichita/ #NativeArt