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Historical Storyteller, among other things. Best known for Gunpowder Gertie, Pirate Queen of the Kootenays

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boosting this again because honestly I am proud of this near future and very political sf story, the illustration by Juan Bernabeu is exceptional, and big shout out to the editor Oliver Dougherty for having such a keen eye.

08.11.2025 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent story. Iโ€™ve sent it to my husband too.

09.11.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Barnacle. Written by Kate Elliott. Illustrated by Juan Bernabeu. Edited by
Oliver Dougherty. A rocky cluster of barnacles rests on a beach. Crows fly over head and two have landed to pick at the barnacles. Red sky, white cloud/background, and green-toned beach.

Barnacle. Written by Kate Elliott. Illustrated by Juan Bernabeu. Edited by Oliver Dougherty. A rocky cluster of barnacles rests on a beach. Crows fly over head and two have landed to pick at the barnacles. Red sky, white cloud/background, and green-toned beach.

An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.

This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.

Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...

05.11.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 157    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Weโ€™re trying to kickstart sales on PeaceLoveCanada.ca, so feel free to help out

08.11.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 202    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Watership Down 3D Pins LAST CHANCE | DeguArts These 2 inch wide 3D enamel pins feature El-ahrairah (gold plating) or the Black Rabbit of Inlรฉ (black plating) from Watership Down by Richard Adams. Both include glitter accents in the ears, tail, an...

My officially licensed Black Rabbit and El-ahrairah 3D enamel pins are almost sold out and will not be reordered! Get the last few at deguarts.com/shop/?item=8...

06.11.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Black-and-white group portrait photo of 19 men in three rows against a draped backdrop. Back row: 9 men in military uniforms with peaked caps. Middle row: 5 men in traditional Indigenous attire with feathered headdresses and blankets, plus one man in a suit at center. Front row: 5 seated men in suits and traditional clothing, some with necklaces; three hats on the floor in front.

Black-and-white group portrait photo of 19 men in three rows against a draped backdrop. Back row: 9 men in military uniforms with peaked caps. Middle row: 5 men in traditional Indigenous attire with feathered headdresses and blankets, plus one man in a suit at center. Front row: 5 seated men in suits and traditional clothing, some with necklaces; three hats on the floor in front.

Today is National Indigenous Veterans Day.
This day honours the contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis who served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
They fought for Canada despite being denied rights by the country.
This is the story of some of those veterans.

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08.11.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 201    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Concretion?

08.11.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really hope that when this endsโ€” because it IS going to endโ€” every last person responsible for these abominable abuses of power rots in prison for the rest of their miserable lives.

No one who participates and profits from it has any business being accepted by polite society ever again.

08.11.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 501    ๐Ÿ” 232    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

This cruelty must stop.

Thereโ€™s no doubt countless more stories like these that will never be told

People being harmed who will never have justice.

We know 1200 people went missing from the Everglades facility and 3000 are missing from the Chicago raids.

Make noise for all of them.

Abolish ICE

08.11.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 669    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Mother of Houston autistic teen in immigration custody still unable to see son Attorneys have joined an effort to help a Houston mother reunite with her son, a teenager with autism who has been in immigration custody for weeks.

Lastly thereโ€™s Emmanuel Garcia, a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing a month ago.

Houston PD had his motherโ€™s missing persons report, but chose to call ICE.

Heโ€™s been in federal custody ever since, and his mother has not been allowed to see him

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

08.11.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 713    ๐Ÿ” 380    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee whoโ€™s been in America since he was two years old.

He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him

His health is declining, they wonโ€™t let him get his legs and theyโ€™ve placed him in solitary

www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...

08.11.2025 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 998    ๐Ÿ” 630    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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Pup peeps! URGENT from Taos Hound Underground: A horribly quilled pup showed up at a local woman's house yesterday. Jen has stepped in and the dog's been taken to Alpien in Alamosa, but they need at least half down of what they expect to be at least $1K [screenshot below].

08.11.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Global international waters map showing no international waters in the Caribbean region.

Global international waters map showing no international waters in the Caribbean region.

Caribbean oceanic boundaries map showing the entire Caribbean region is composed of overlapping country territories and no international waters.

Caribbean oceanic boundaries map showing the entire Caribbean region is composed of overlapping country territories and no international waters.

Why does the media keep repeating the lie that the illegal killings in the Caribbean are in international waters?

They must know there's no such thing in the region. See link & map. Blue areas are international waters.

People are dying in their own waters.

www.marineregions.org/eezmapper.php

08.11.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

07.11.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10910    ๐Ÿ” 5273    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 173    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1012
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More Rumors And Verifiable Info About What Is In The Epstein Files. Congressman Jamie Raskin has issued a press release with verifiable information regarding the blatant coverup by the DOJ of what is in the Epstein case files. Seeing as it is a press release, here it ...

In case you're still trying to convince yourself Trump wasn't a major player in the Epstein sex ring's horrors, read on:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

06.11.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Meet our speakers! Naomi Kritzer, blogger and author. Let's talk about balancing writing and life! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com Image background is of a theater from the seats, curtains drawn. A headshot of Naomi Kritzer is in the center: a white woman with long dark and grey hair pulled back, blue glasses, looking knowingly at the camera.

Meet our speakers! Naomi Kritzer, blogger and author. Let's talk about balancing writing and life! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com Image background is of a theater from the seats, curtains drawn. A headshot of Naomi Kritzer is in the center: a white woman with long dark and grey hair pulled back, blue glasses, looking knowingly at the camera.

Naomi Kritzer is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her fiction has won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Edgar Award, and the Minnesota Book Award.

We're so excited to have @naomikritzer.bsky.social joining us!

23.09.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œHeโ€™s having a seizure and theyโ€™re trying to rip the baby out of her handsโ€

07.11.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12022    ๐Ÿ” 7233    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1285    ๐Ÿ“Œ 984
Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are Trans visibility and pronounced dahdahnaytleeyuhskuh-hee guhkah-wahduhdee gaysuh-hee

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are Trans visibility and pronounced dahdahnaytleeyuhskuh-hee guhkah-wahduhdee gaysuh-hee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

06.11.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 201    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

Wow! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿคฉ
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! ๐Ÿค“

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.

06.11.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1412    ๐Ÿ” 491    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95
Patent paperwork. JB Beers, Preventing contraception. Two technical drawings of a device which is a piece of bent wire with a tiny loop and a bend at the bottom. At the top of the device is a hinged hoop. In the left-hand drawing, the hoop is at a right angle to its stem. In the right-hand drawing, the hoop is pointed in a more upright direction.

Patent paperwork. JB Beers, Preventing contraception. Two technical drawings of a device which is a piece of bent wire with a tiny loop and a bend at the bottom. At the top of the device is a hinged hoop. In the left-hand drawing, the hoop is at a right angle to its stem. In the right-hand drawing, the hoop is pointed in a more upright direction.

You haven't had a cursed old-timey patent in a while, lucky you! Let's break this winning streak by showing you a gizmo from 1846: the "wife's protector", a contraceptive device patented by JB Beers of Rochester, New York, USA.

06.11.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medicationโ€”Check Your Cabinets Now Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.

As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.

www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

05.11.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1361    ๐Ÿ” 1951    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117
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Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.

If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 โ€“ the company's busiest sales day of the year.

05.11.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3374    ๐Ÿ” 1262    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 233
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FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICEโ€™s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

"Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states" according to an FBI bulletin.

Which, of course, gives ICE cover to commit the same crimes.

"It wasn't us, it was different thugs, dressing up as us."

06.11.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 292    ๐Ÿ” 103    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICEโ€™s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month.

The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

04.11.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 727    ๐Ÿ” 406    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 79    ๐Ÿ“Œ 87
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More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP โ€œWeโ€™re trying to make it, but itโ€™s been hard.โ€

Thanks to @leximcmenamin.com for editing, Shayna Posses for fact-checking, & @kuhlaire.bsky.social for publishing as news continues to break on the status of SNAP. Truly appreciate hearing from sources who talked about how loss of SNAP benefits impacts their lives & experts who shared resources:

05.11.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

03.11.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28700    ๐Ÿ” 8328    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2119    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2363
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More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP โ€œWeโ€™re trying to make it, but itโ€™s been hard.โ€

It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & Iโ€™m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: โ€œItโ€™s about survival.โ€

05.11.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 687    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Ah, but the law and order is for everyone else.

05.11.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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just....enjoy this

03.11.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3679    ๐Ÿ” 1066    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 181    ๐Ÿ“Œ 476

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