Dr. Laura M. Furlan
@laurafurlan.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English. Author of Indigenous Cities (UNP 2017). ACLS Fellow. Writer of creative nonfiction. Adoptee. Native Chicagoan. Queer mommy. She/her.
The Eric Carle Museum staff are pushing to unionize due to allegations of understaffing, a lack of promotions, and poor workplace conditions.
Eric Carle Museum Workers Push for Union Vote
Employees at the Massachusetts museum established by the children’s book artist behind “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” cited poor working conditions and under-staffing in a statement.
hyperallergic.com
This bear just knocked over our recycling bin for the second time today. 🙄
100+ people packed into 101 Archer in Tulsa last Friday to time-travel 250 years into the future—through a new Indigenous speculative fiction anthology called "From the Heart of Our Nations." tulsaflyer.org/2026/08/04/c...
Group of Indigenous authors envision life 250 years from now in new book - Tulsa Flyer
A release party was held Friday at 101 Archer for “From the Heart of Our Nations.”
tulsaflyer.org
Just took my new gravel bike out for a spin on Green River Road. It’s gorgeous out there.
On the Blackfeet Reservation, families learn to search for their own missing relatives As Indigenous people go missing and are murdered at disproportionately high rates, families learn forensic skills to find their own loved ones.
On the Blackfeet Reservation, families learn to search for their own missing relatives
As Indigenous people go missing and are murdered at disproportionately high rates, families learn forensic skills to find their own loved ones.
montanafreepress.org
An anthology of Indigenous voices, published by Utah publishing house Torrey House Press, just won a 2026 American Book Award.
This book from a Utah publishing house won the American Book Award
"Beyond the Glittering World" was published by Torrey House Press in 2025.
sltrib.com
Another study on youth transition that find that about 97% of all youth who says they're trans turn out to be. Only 1.1% who start HRT stopped it for any reason whatsoever. This is, like, the fifth youth transition study that I'm aware of, and all of their results have been identical.
Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 3d agoCanadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.
Watched the OG Moana before seeing the live action remake in the theatre yesterday. I’m gonna be singing those songs for a while.
"This is a non-exhaustive list, but, firstly: the line must be held on all further erosions of trans rights. No concessions on sports. No concessions on bathrooms. No concessions on gender-affirming care for minors." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
The American Transgender Refugee Crisis
If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.
liberalcurrents.com
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are asking the community to support wildfire response efforts as the Bench Fire continues to threaten the reservation. redpopnews.com/confederated...
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Seeks Community Support for Bench Fire Response
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs announces a donation page for community members, organizations, and partners who wish to support response efforts addressing impacts on the Reservation related ...
redpopnews.com
Tornado hit my hometown. Hope everyone is safe.
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · last wk.National Weather Service workers confirmed that an EF-1 tornado hit Lansing as severe thunderstorms that across Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana on Monday, pelting the region with up to four inches of rain and tennis ball-sized hail.
13yo giving me a play-by-play of the Odyssey and (nearly) thanking me for reading him so many Percy Jackson books and making him watch O Brother Where Art Thou.
Here's our song "Protect Trans Kids" featuring @protectransfutures.bsky.social at NICE, A Fest. Go sign their open letter to defend gender affirming care in Massachusetts: actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
If you care about trans people at all it's way past time for you to get a lot fucking louder about it.
Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.
Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️🌈@anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 2w agoDrop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen. Also, I couldn't pick just one, so here are 3.
Hey folks, I don't think these bad ballot measures are getting the attention they need amidst the swirl of everything else. Please spread the word, so we can help beat them. If you live in AZ, CO, MO, NE, or WA - volunteer. If you don't - give to the work. 19thnews.org/2026/07/tran...
The fight over trans girls’ sports participation moves to the November ballot
State ballot measures seeking to restrict transgender student-athletes’ participation in school sports will appear before voters in November.
19thnews.org
Hung out with these two handsome boys this morning.
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Mexico’s Isaac Del Toro on his Tour so far, relationship with Tadej Pogacar, and the broken leg that almost ended his career. Twenty days after leaving hospital, he forced himself onto the same descent - and everything changed.
Meet Isaac del Toro: North American cycling’s new superstar (Gift Article)
The Mexican speaks to The Athletic about moving to Europe, turning pro and becoming Tadej Pogačar's trusted lieutenant at the Tour de France
nytimes.com
Here's @greenwell.bsky.social with maybe the best arguments I've seen for teaching whole books. Fuck the tech companies and their snippets. www.wired.com/story/missis...
Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read
Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.
wired.com
"Trust historians to do their jobs." In an interview with ABC News, AHA executive director Sarah Weicksel responded to the White House report criticizing the Smithsonian. "We are trained professionals. We practice our craft with integrity." Watch the interview:
Smithsonian chief disputes scathing White House report accusing museum of 'radical' activism
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch disputed the scathing White House report, which accused the American history museum of presenting a "radical view" of American history.
abcnews.com
If you are an LGBTQ young person in crisis, feeling suicidal or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, contact the @trevorproject.bsky.social via phone, chat, or text. ❤️
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With increasing restrictions and abortion bans in the United States and elsewhere in mind, we’ve put together some basics on how to protect your privacy during each step of the process of seeking abortion help: www.scarleteen.com/read/cultu...
For anyone asking how to help: Donate to True North Aid to assist Remote Indigenous Wildfire Evacuees - truenorthaid.ca/donate/ & Namaygoosisagagun First Nation Response: Donations an7gc.ca/donate/
Donate - True North Aid | Canadian Charity Supporting Indigenous Communities
Donate to True North Aid's general fund and support Indigenous-led and community initiatves in remote communities.
truenorthaid.ca
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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3w agoPlease blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
Hey @stephengrahamjones.com fans, Bookshop is selling the e-book of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter for $3.99, which is a lot of bloody revenge for your buck. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... 🩸📚 💙
