Steve Dragswolf 🪶
@dragswolf.com
The largest of the ten little Indians. Writer. Reader. Digital NDN. I am Hidatsa/Arikara born in North Dakota and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My heart is […]
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🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://writing.exchange/@dragswolf, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Proud of Sterlin Harjo getting a second season of “Lowdown”. He’s a great storyteller and does a wonderful job of casting light on the everyday NDN, even through stories that aren’t what we expect as Indigenous ones […]
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writing.exchange
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Proud of Sterlin Harjo getting a second season of “Lowdown”. He’s a great storyteller and does a wonderful job of casting light on the everyday NDN, even through stories that aren’t what we expect as Indigenous ones […]
I’ve always celebrated Thanksgiving for what it is to most people—a gathering of family and friends over a meal. I hope your day, however you choose to observe it, is filled with love and people, no matter how frustrating or angering some of them can be at times. We’re better together.
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’ve always celebrated Thanksgiving for what it is to most people—a gathering of family and friends over a meal. I hope your day, however you choose to observe it, is filled with love and people, no matter how frustrating or angering some of them can be at times. We’re better together.
Watched Train Dreams tonight and found it a beautifully tragic exploration of the pain that life so often gives us mixed with the beauty of the world and goodness of humanity that remains.
My favorite movie since The Banshees of Inisherin (both that and Train Dreams have Kerry Condon). Also […]
My favorite movie since The Banshees of Inisherin (both that and Train Dreams have Kerry Condon). Also […]
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writing.exchange
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Watched Train Dreams tonight and found it a beautifully tragic exploration of the pain that life so often gives us mixed with the beauty of the world and goodness of humanity that remains.
My favorite movie since The Banshees of Inisherin (both that and Train Dreams have Kerry Condon). Also […]
My favorite movie since The Banshees of Inisherin (both that and Train Dreams have Kerry Condon). Also […]
Now we're getting somewhere with all of this: “How to Use A.I to Talk to Whales” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/whale-language-ai.html
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Now we're getting somewhere with all of this: “How to Use A.I to Talk to Whales” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/whale-language-ai.html
Has anyone figured out how to post long form fiction online in ways that make it visually appealing and helpful to read long works such as a novel or novella (for example, a good way to pick up where you left off)? I’ve been looking for something useful but haven’t found much. What are other […]
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writing.exchange
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Has anyone figured out how to post long form fiction online in ways that make it visually appealing and helpful to read long works such as a novel or novella (for example, a good way to pick up where you left off)? I’ve been looking for something useful but haven’t found much. What are other […]
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It's finally here!
Ghost 6.0 is the biggest update we've ever made — and it includes federated publishing for everyone, with ActivityPub ❤️
We also shipped a brand new native analytics sweet, and passed a pretty cool milestone. Independent publishers […]
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Ghost 6.0 is the biggest update we've ever made — and it includes federated publishing for everyone, with ActivityPub ❤️
We also shipped a brand new native analytics sweet, and passed a pretty cool milestone. Independent publishers […]
[Original post on activitypub.ghost.org]
August 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's finally here!
Ghost 6.0 is the biggest update we've ever made — and it includes federated publishing for everyone, with ActivityPub ❤️
We also shipped a brand new native analytics sweet, and passed a pretty cool milestone. Independent publishers […]
[Original post on activitypub.ghost.org]
Ghost 6.0 is the biggest update we've ever made — and it includes federated publishing for everyone, with ActivityPub ❤️
We also shipped a brand new native analytics sweet, and passed a pretty cool milestone. Independent publishers […]
[Original post on activitypub.ghost.org]
I watched the second season of Shiny Happy People about Teen Mania leader Ron Luce. I was never in Teen Mania, but I was in Youth With A Mission (YWAM) right down the road from them in Texas.
The end of this season was disappointing in that they tried too hard to pin the whole of Christian […]
The end of this season was disappointing in that they tried too hard to pin the whole of Christian […]
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writing.exchange
August 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I watched the second season of Shiny Happy People about Teen Mania leader Ron Luce. I was never in Teen Mania, but I was in Youth With A Mission (YWAM) right down the road from them in Texas.
The end of this season was disappointing in that they tried too hard to pin the whole of Christian […]
The end of this season was disappointing in that they tried too hard to pin the whole of Christian […]
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I don't want to brag, but somebody got first place in the Stardew Valley Fair today, and it wasn't Pierre. 💅🏼
July 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I don't want to brag, but somebody got first place in the Stardew Valley Fair today, and it wasn't Pierre. 💅🏼
I grew up being taught Sacagawea was wholly Hidatsa and the story of her being Shoshone was wrong. Glad to see these arguments start making waves after being ignored for so long.
"For nearly a century, the Hidatsas' memories of Sacagawea lived on within the tribe but found little purchase […]
"For nearly a century, the Hidatsas' memories of Sacagawea lived on within the tribe but found little purchase […]
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writing.exchange
July 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I grew up being taught Sacagawea was wholly Hidatsa and the story of her being Shoshone was wrong. Glad to see these arguments start making waves after being ignored for so long.
"For nearly a century, the Hidatsas' memories of Sacagawea lived on within the tribe but found little purchase […]
"For nearly a century, the Hidatsas' memories of Sacagawea lived on within the tribe but found little purchase […]
"I think, whether you believe in divine creation or solely in physics (though the two are really not incompatible), there can be no dispute about how fortuitous it is that we are here today as free, conscious entities, able to think and experience and love." […]
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July 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"I think, whether you believe in divine creation or solely in physics (though the two are really not incompatible), there can be no dispute about how fortuitous it is that we are here today as free, conscious entities, able to think and experience and love." […]
"You have this connection to your culture but you also just exist as a human in the world and have your own identity that is not explicitly tied to that cultural heritage." #indigenous #storytelling […]
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July 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"You have this connection to your culture but you also just exist as a human in the world and have your own identity that is not explicitly tied to that cultural heritage." #indigenous #storytelling […]
"The Turner Diaries may remain invisible to many Americans, but its effect on what is happening in the country today is plain to see."
What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America - The Atlantic
https://apple.news/AZrcXah0mTkGtYxEvjiodrg
What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America - The Atlantic
https://apple.news/AZrcXah0mTkGtYxEvjiodrg
What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America — The Atlantic
At a perilous American moment, the Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains why he wanted to read The Turner Diaries.
apple.news
July 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"The Turner Diaries may remain invisible to many Americans, but its effect on what is happening in the country today is plain to see."
What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America - The Atlantic
https://apple.news/AZrcXah0mTkGtYxEvjiodrg
What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America - The Atlantic
https://apple.news/AZrcXah0mTkGtYxEvjiodrg
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“'The scamming of writers has just gone through the roof,' says Cheryl Davis, general counsel for the Authors Guild, an advocacy group that has itself been impersonated as part of these scams. 'Unfortunately, writers are easy marks.'”
https://apple.news/AyzSsgnCcSYyIxT2k69gGtg
“'The scamming of writers has just gone through the roof,' says Cheryl Davis, general counsel for the Authors Guild, an advocacy group that has itself been impersonated as part of these scams. 'Unfortunately, writers are easy marks.'”
https://apple.news/AyzSsgnCcSYyIxT2k69gGtg
July 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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“'The scamming of writers has just gone through the roof,' says Cheryl Davis, general counsel for the Authors Guild, an advocacy group that has itself been impersonated as part of these scams. 'Unfortunately, writers are easy marks.'”
https://apple.news/AyzSsgnCcSYyIxT2k69gGtg
“'The scamming of writers has just gone through the roof,' says Cheryl Davis, general counsel for the Authors Guild, an advocacy group that has itself been impersonated as part of these scams. 'Unfortunately, writers are easy marks.'”
https://apple.news/AyzSsgnCcSYyIxT2k69gGtg
"Over the course of our history, the United States has invaded #indigenous nations, put tribal citizens into concentration camps, systematically used starvation as a tool of war, sterilized Native women, tortured and abused Native children, and engaged in campaigns of mass execution and […]
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writing.exchange
July 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Over the course of our history, the United States has invaded #indigenous nations, put tribal citizens into concentration camps, systematically used starvation as a tool of war, sterilized Native women, tortured and abused Native children, and engaged in campaigns of mass execution and […]
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This is why i make sure i eat plenty of fiber
July 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is why i make sure i eat plenty of fiber
Bigfoot!!!
iOS 26 Emoji Will Include Bigfoot, Apple Core, Distorted Face, Fight Cloud and More https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/17/ios-26-emoji-characters/
iOS 26 Emoji Will Include Bigfoot, Apple Core, Distorted Face, Fight Cloud and More https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/17/ios-26-emoji-characters/
iOS 26 Emoji Will Include Bigfoot, Apple Core, Distorted Face, Fight Cloud and More
In celebration of World Emoji Day, the Unicode Consortium this week confirmed the new emoji characters that will be added to Unicode 17 in the fall. ...
www.macrumors.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bigfoot!!!
iOS 26 Emoji Will Include Bigfoot, Apple Core, Distorted Face, Fight Cloud and More https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/17/ios-26-emoji-characters/
iOS 26 Emoji Will Include Bigfoot, Apple Core, Distorted Face, Fight Cloud and More https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/17/ios-26-emoji-characters/
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Not all Arabs are Muslim.
In some places in the Diaspora, Arab Christians are the majority.
Please don't assume you know someone's religion or cultural background based on what they look like or what language they speak.
In some places in the Diaspora, Arab Christians are the majority.
Please don't assume you know someone's religion or cultural background based on what they look like or what language they speak.
July 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not all Arabs are Muslim.
In some places in the Diaspora, Arab Christians are the majority.
Please don't assume you know someone's religion or cultural background based on what they look like or what language they speak.
In some places in the Diaspora, Arab Christians are the majority.
Please don't assume you know someone's religion or cultural background based on what they look like or what language they speak.
"Out here, she writes, 'all flourishing is mutual.' It could be so with humans, says Kimmerer, as suggested by alternative economic arrangements such as #indigenous potlatches, little free libraries, open-source software projects, and – in what seems to be the genesis of the essay – the sharing […]
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writing.exchange
July 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Out here, she writes, 'all flourishing is mutual.' It could be so with humans, says Kimmerer, as suggested by alternative economic arrangements such as #indigenous potlatches, little free libraries, open-source software projects, and – in what seems to be the genesis of the essay – the sharing […]
“The stories we tell about each other matter. This is a time to trust and listen to #indigenous peoples globally. It is a time to change violent narratives, to rebuke the Cowboys versus Indians scripts and to begin working toward a world that will see and value us for the beauty, kinship and […]
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writing.exchange
July 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“The stories we tell about each other matter. This is a time to trust and listen to #indigenous peoples globally. It is a time to change violent narratives, to rebuke the Cowboys versus Indians scripts and to begin working toward a world that will see and value us for the beauty, kinship and […]
"In the words of Athanasius, 'When a portrait . . . becomes obliterated through external stains . . . the subject of the portrait has to come and sit for it again, and then the likeness is re-drawn on the same material.' This is the story of #christianity, that God does not throw us away as […]
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writing.exchange
July 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"In the words of Athanasius, 'When a portrait . . . becomes obliterated through external stains . . . the subject of the portrait has to come and sit for it again, and then the likeness is re-drawn on the same material.' This is the story of #christianity, that God does not throw us away as […]
"Only a small percentage of users engage in truly toxic behaviour, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform, from Facebook to Reddit. Most people aren’t posting, arguing, or fuelling the outrage machine. But because the […]
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writing.exchange
July 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"Only a small percentage of users engage in truly toxic behaviour, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform, from Facebook to Reddit. Most people aren’t posting, arguing, or fuelling the outrage machine. But because the […]
“By the time it was repealed in 1934, American Indians had lost two-thirds of all their native land and two-thirds of them had become landless or unable to meet subsistent needs.” #indigenous
https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/fatal-trade-land-allotment-policy-raised-native-american-death-rates
https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/fatal-trade-land-allotment-policy-raised-native-american-death-rates
Fatal trade-off: Land allotment policy raised Native American death rates
New research by SIEPR’s Grant Miller reveals a 19th-century federal program that gave Native Americans land and citizenship had devastating consequences.
siepr.stanford.edu
July 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“By the time it was repealed in 1934, American Indians had lost two-thirds of all their native land and two-thirds of them had become landless or unable to meet subsistent needs.” #indigenous
https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/fatal-trade-land-allotment-policy-raised-native-american-death-rates
https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/fatal-trade-land-allotment-policy-raised-native-american-death-rates
“Perhaps if we returned to loving the land, waters, and all beings that live and breathe around us, we might learn how to love our human relatives again.”
- Kaitlin Curtice, The Sacredness of the Earth as She Is
- Kaitlin Curtice, The Sacredness of the Earth as She Is
July 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Perhaps if we returned to loving the land, waters, and all beings that live and breathe around us, we might learn how to love our human relatives again.”
- Kaitlin Curtice, The Sacredness of the Earth as She Is
- Kaitlin Curtice, The Sacredness of the Earth as She Is