Vellumproof is an interesting service for writers in this age of AI accusations, providing time stamps, version history, etc., as proof of human writing over long drafts. I'm sure it can be gamed to mislead, but I'm glad people are starting to work on solutions to this mess. vellumproof.com

Finished reading: Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico 📚 Almost a horror story about never being satisfied. Sad that I related with this couple a little too much. A Millennial story.

Finished reading: 107 Days by Kamala Harris 📚

NM Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham just announced the state will pay $30 million to cover statewide SNAP between Nov. 1 to 10, money that will be loaded onto EBT cards. More coverage via @sourcenm.com

Source New Mexico@sourcenm.com · 9mo ago

In a news conference today announcing legislation to keep SNAP funded, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján quoted the late NM Gov. Bruce King: "He always used to tell folks, ‘If you can’t come up with the solution, sometimes you need to lock them up in a barn..."

An interesting look at a Maya book that predates the Conquistador reign in the Americas, the “Códice Maya de México”: "Only four known Maya books have survived both Spanish colonial destruction and the passage of time. Created in th... https://blog.dragswolf.com/2025/10/29/an-interesting-look-at-a/

The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy | Aeon Videos

Fig-bark paper, vivid pigments and intricate imagery: the oldest book in the Americas is a complex work of Maya astronomy

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What a ministry for this chaplain to the homeless in New Mexico: www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

Tireless advocate for Santa Fe's homeless, 'Chaplain Joe' Dudziak, dies at 66

His death has left many in the homeless service provider circle reeling and concerned about the void Dudziak leaves behind.

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Finished reading: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt 📚 As with The Righteous Mind, I feel worse after reading this.

Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.

Good morning, beloved. Never use your thoughts & prayers as substitutes for your commitment & action. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

It’s outrageous they’re killing innocent people, but we also need to stress, every time, that it would not really matter even it were absolutely certain that they were drug traffickers. Murdering criminals is still, you know, murder.

Jessica Tarlov@jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone. The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.

Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft: "Letting yourself be bad at something is a radical act in a world that demands a polished, filtered, curated version of you. Creating terrible art because we trust that it might bec... https://blog.dragswolf.com/2025/10/26/tawny-lara-on-embracing-the/

Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. It was in the first week of NYU’s creative writing summer intensive that I  learned that writing badly was the route to tu…

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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution: "The Revolution was not, however, a contest between the order of the state (reason) and the perceived disorder of nature (savagery). It was a contest between competing visions of govern... https://blog.dragswolf.com/2025/10/25/how-native-nations-shaped-the/

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

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One of the best changes I’ve made in regards to social media sites is to turn off all notifications—admittedly diminishing the social aspect—inspired by Micro.blog’s approach. It’s improved my relationship with those sites by removing unnecessary distractions and overall easing my engagement there.

Good news. Praise God. apnews.com/article/minn...

Girl shot in Minneapolis church returns home from the hospital

A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a deadly attack at a Minneapolis Catholic church in August has been released from the hospital.

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Random thought: many good articles are behind pay walls, while misleading or false content is free. As the economy deteriorates, access to information and facts can become a matter of disposable income.

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

The director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Sugarcane,” Julian Brave NoiseCat, has written a book about his own family history, focusing on his estranged father.

Tribal tales and harrowing life stories from Oscar nominee - ICT

Julian Brave NoiseCat pens coyote stories that pick up where his film ‘Sugarcane’ left off

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Gift-giving is a major act in tribal relations inwardly and outwardly, so I could see these being gifts originally despite the questions. Regardless, it’s nice to see the ‘artifacts’ repatriated: “Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as gesture of reconciliation”

always very moved when i remember this.

Technical appreciator@whatahellofawaytodad.com · 10mo ago

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

I mean, Jesus was *very clear* on this point: "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Matthew 25:35

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Here's a key exchange. Rep Chip Roy smeared protesters for not believing we have "no king but Jesus," but @anamariecox.bsky.social reports seeing many protesters in his district on No Kings' side with signs bearing more pious religious messages than his. Transcript: newrepublic.com/article/2020...

If the work of theology can be a mode of discipleship (as I believe it is), then relationships “all the way down” is indispensable, because discipleship is about seeking communion and abiding in it.

The work of theology, despite at times being supremely isolating, is really all about relationships, all the way down.

A beautiful poem in the Atlantic today,Mouth of the River, Tongue of No Country, excerpted from Darrel Alejandro Holnes’ new book, All the World’s A Refuge: "I conjugate departure like a daily prayer Present: I am leaving. Past: I left. Present: If I had stayed …"

Mouth of the River, Tongue of No Country

A poem

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"This Monday, October 13, on Indigenous Peoples' Day, 17 Native artists staged a still-ongoing, unsanctioned digital intervention at the museum, using augmented reality (AR) to layer their own work atop the wing’s 19th-century paintings." hyperallergic.com/1049466/indi...

Indigenous Artists Reclaim The Met’s American Wing

An unsanctioned exhibition uses AR to insert works by Native artists, like Cannupa Hanska Luger and Jeremy Dennis, into the museum’s 19th-century landscapes.

hyperallergic.com

See how easy that was?

NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”

How Trump is Building a Repressive, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

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So excited for Eliana Ramage’s debut novel–a queer, Cherokee coming of age novel about a Cherokee girl who wants to be an astronaut.

Book review of To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage

Eliana Ramage’s exceptional debut novel To the Moon and Back deftly explores Cherokee identity, queer love and the price of ambition.

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The case for rereading: "Reread a book enough times, or often enough…and it will eventually root itself in your mind. It becomes both a reference point and a connector, a means of gathering your knowledge and experience…It becomes the material through which you engage with the world."

Read intentionally. Read broadly. Read radically. Change the world.

@indiebookstores.ca · 10mo ago

Haven’t picked Bad Indians Book Club yet? You’ll want to after reading what bookseller Saul Freedman-Lawson from @anotherstoryto.bsky.social had to say about his reading experience. 🤓 ✨ @daanis.ca @gooselane.bsky.social #BooksellersList #IndieBookstores #IndigenousReads