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Happy Leo season! Leos are believed to be creative, and generous, but also competitive and stubborn. Sound like a Leo you know? 🦁
Scroll this 🧵 to reveal the dos and don'ts of Leo season according to medieval astrology. ♌️ [1/4]
Scroll this 🧵 to reveal the dos and don'ts of Leo season according to medieval astrology. ♌️ [1/4]
July 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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For now. But you know what? Other news sources are just as good. If not better. Like Wired. Or @marisakabas.bsky.social or @jacobinmag.bsky.social or @motherjones.com and I like supporting @littlevillage.bsky.social even though I don't live in Iowa.
July 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
For now. But you know what? Other news sources are just as good. If not better. Like Wired. Or @marisakabas.bsky.social or @jacobinmag.bsky.social or @motherjones.com and I like supporting @littlevillage.bsky.social even though I don't live in Iowa.
Keep the free press free! Throw down on independent journalism today and help us keep doing the work.
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July 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Keep the free press free! Throw down on independent journalism today and help us keep doing the work.
@littlevillage.bsky.social is going strong and /needs money/! <3
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I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@littlevillage.bsky.social is going strong and /needs money/! <3
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Hey, want an independent news mag? @tomtomorrow.bsky.social is in it, so it must be good. Actually the whole mag is really beautiful in all the ways, and you should support independent news. Read/subscribe to @littlevillage.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hey, want an independent news mag? @tomtomorrow.bsky.social is in it, so it must be good. Actually the whole mag is really beautiful in all the ways, and you should support independent news. Read/subscribe to @littlevillage.bsky.social
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Jude Thomas of the U.S. Geological Survey summed up the new report on Iowa's 400-million-year-old Silurian Aquifer, an essential water source, in four words.
“It’s a finite resource,” she told the supervisors.
“It’s a finite resource,” she told the supervisors.
'Relatively minor' and decreasing: Supervisors receive report on the status of Johnson County's main groundwater source - Little Village
The title of the report presented to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors during its work session on Wednesday was very technical: “Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Silurian Aquifer, […]
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May 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Jude Thomas of the U.S. Geological Survey summed up the new report on Iowa's 400-million-year-old Silurian Aquifer, an essential water source, in four words.
“It’s a finite resource,” she told the supervisors.
“It’s a finite resource,” she told the supervisors.
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ON STANDS NOW: Little Village May 2025
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Cover by Kellan Doolittle
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May 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
ON STANDS NOW: Little Village May 2025
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Cover by Kellan Doolittle
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Cover by Kellan Doolittle
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"Watching these characters bicker and bond across the course of two acts — risking their lives for the sake of, say, having a mountain named after them — I found myself again and again asking the question, 'What do we find precious?'"
Shows run through March 2 at the newly renovated theater.
Shows run through March 2 at the newly renovated theater.
Review: There are no men in the Playhouse's 'Men on Boats,' a charming sendup of manifest destiny - Little Village
Before attending Men on Boats at the Des Moines Playhouse' newly renovated black box Studio Theatre this past weekend, I recalled another production of the play I had seen six years ago. I didn’t reme...
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February 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Watching these characters bicker and bond across the course of two acts — risking their lives for the sake of, say, having a mountain named after them — I found myself again and again asking the question, 'What do we find precious?'"
Shows run through March 2 at the newly renovated theater.
Shows run through March 2 at the newly renovated theater.
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Protesters gathered to remember lost loved ones and to ask lawmakers in Iowa—which has the second-highest cancer rates in the nation—to "kill the cancer gag act," SSB 1051.
Iowans protest bill to give pesticide manufacturers greater protection from cancer lawsuits - Little Village
Iowans gathered in the State Capitol rotunda on Monday to remember family members who have died from cancer and protest a bill in the Iowa Senate that would create new […]
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February 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Protesters gathered to remember lost loved ones and to ask lawmakers in Iowa—which has the second-highest cancer rates in the nation—to "kill the cancer gag act," SSB 1051.
Probably my most important work prior to taking the reins was the sandwich beat. Unfortunately I am avoiding gluten so there will be no Reuben Review in 2025.
Happy birthday, Elijah Wood! Treat yourself to some dill spread.
Peak Iowa: What's the secret to the perfect dill spread? Ask Elijah Wood. - Little Village
Years ago, Cedar Rapids was a real deli town. You could pop out of work or school to grab a good sandwich at any number of locally owned shops peppered […]
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January 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Probably my most important work prior to taking the reins was the sandwich beat. Unfortunately I am avoiding gluten so there will be no Reuben Review in 2025.
On Sunday I uploaded my album to Bandcamp and all the streaming platforms (incl. the evil ones) to be released April 2! Three singles will hit March 12, 19 and 26 (all Weds) leading up to the full album
This release will be like letting out a big breath. Such a relief. Can't wait for you to hear <3
This release will be like letting out a big breath. Such a relief. Can't wait for you to hear <3
January 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On Sunday I uploaded my album to Bandcamp and all the streaming platforms (incl. the evil ones) to be released April 2! Three singles will hit March 12, 19 and 26 (all Weds) leading up to the full album
This release will be like letting out a big breath. Such a relief. Can't wait for you to hear <3
This release will be like letting out a big breath. Such a relief. Can't wait for you to hear <3
For four years I disengaged from politics because I knew that I needed to regain my strength for....well, right now. So I'm trying to map out a strategy, as publisher of a news magazine, to *know* the news without *internalizing* the news so that I don't burn out, get sick, and become ineffective.
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
For four years I disengaged from politics because I knew that I needed to regain my strength for....well, right now. So I'm trying to map out a strategy, as publisher of a news magazine, to *know* the news without *internalizing* the news so that I don't burn out, get sick, and become ineffective.
Thanks for the article, Jessica Rish. Photos by Julia Hansen / Press-Citizen
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January 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thanks for the article, Jessica Rish. Photos by Julia Hansen / Press-Citizen
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