Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca
@michaeljdeluca.bsky.social
Environmental justice hermit
THE JAGUAR MASK is my novel out from Stelliform Press August 2024
Do these contradict? I'd like to think not
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https://michaeljdeluca.com
https://weightlessbooks.com
THE JAGUAR MASK is my novel out from Stelliform Press August 2024
Do these contradict? I'd like to think not
he/him
https://michaeljdeluca.com
https://weightlessbooks.com
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a poem that came spilling out today.
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
a poem that came spilling out today.
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Today's news in "local elections matter a lot."
The town council of Franklin in western NC voted unanimously to return a piece of town property to the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
wlos.com/news/local/t...
The town council of Franklin in western NC voted unanimously to return a piece of town property to the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
wlos.com/news/local/t...
A town in western North Carolina is returning land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
An important cultural site is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after a city council in North Carolina voted to return the land.
share.google
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Today's news in "local elections matter a lot."
The town council of Franklin in western NC voted unanimously to return a piece of town property to the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
wlos.com/news/local/t...
The town council of Franklin in western NC voted unanimously to return a piece of town property to the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
wlos.com/news/local/t...
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It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
Rep. Omar: Trump admin’s take on MN shooting is ‘delusional,’ ‘we’ve all seen the video’ | CNN
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar joins The Lead.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
It was not "domestic terrorism.” It was state sanctioned violence.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
A family will forever live with the pain caused by the admin's reckless and deadly actions.
Abolishing ICE is not enough. They must be held accountable.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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"Maybe we're at the McCarthy moment — do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever"
MN Gov. Tim Walz speaks at press conference after the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old woman, U.S. citizen by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.ms.now/news/federal...
MN Gov. Tim Walz speaks at press conference after the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old woman, U.S. citizen by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.ms.now/news/federal...
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"Maybe we're at the McCarthy moment — do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever"
MN Gov. Tim Walz speaks at press conference after the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old woman, U.S. citizen by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.ms.now/news/federal...
MN Gov. Tim Walz speaks at press conference after the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old woman, U.S. citizen by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.ms.now/news/federal...
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This is very distressing news about RAICES, an organization that I’ve funded and recommended to others looking to help immigrants. I will be canceling my monthly donation.
Our first investigation of the year just landed, and it’s a doozy.
More than 1,000 children across Texas were affected by this.
Through interviews with more than a dozen former employees and the review of internal documents and court records, The Barbed Wire found:
More than 1,000 children across Texas were affected by this.
Through interviews with more than a dozen former employees and the review of internal documents and court records, The Barbed Wire found:
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
This is very distressing news about RAICES, an organization that I’ve funded and recommended to others looking to help immigrants. I will be canceling my monthly donation.
Ok me too but I'm going to go ahead and call it something else. Actual Analog Life. Or something :P
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Ok me too but I'm going to go ahead and call it something else. Actual Analog Life. Or something :P
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absolutely delighted to be mentioned in the same sentence as Nael, age 6 🐯
Just as we might celebrate the tiger no longer being in its cage, let us exclaim yes YES today to "little roundfaced dogs" by Bernie Jean Schiebeling
Little Roundfaced Dogs - Small Wonders
Little roundfaced dogs, running up main street, rushing past stoplights and shopfronts and parked cars.
smallwondersmag.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
absolutely delighted to be mentioned in the same sentence as Nael, age 6 🐯
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Also want to repost this beautiful short story about community action and the environment, by @ecbarrett.bsky.social, at @reckoningmag.bsky.social.
"...he spider-webbed caution tape between the trees and nailed posted signs to their bark."
but watch what happens.
reckoning.press/swimming-who...
"...he spider-webbed caution tape between the trees and nailed posted signs to their bark."
but watch what happens.
reckoning.press/swimming-who...
Swimming Whole | Reckoning
First Jeff Martin bought the narrow strip of land between the river and Banks Road from the town, then he spider-webbed caution tape between the trees and nailed posted signs to their bark. The swimmi...
reckoning.press
January 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Also want to repost this beautiful short story about community action and the environment, by @ecbarrett.bsky.social, at @reckoningmag.bsky.social.
"...he spider-webbed caution tape between the trees and nailed posted signs to their bark."
but watch what happens.
reckoning.press/swimming-who...
"...he spider-webbed caution tape between the trees and nailed posted signs to their bark."
but watch what happens.
reckoning.press/swimming-who...
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More Venezuelan coverage from Venezuelans: the @globalvoices.org team has been putting this together in between venturing out to the streets to stock up on supplies and check the mood in the capital. There has already been a fresh round of journalist detentions so this is under the team byline.
Venezuela after Maduro: Leadership of the South American nation seems uncertain
Since the airstrikes, there has been a huge sense of uncertainty, with long queues in local supermarkets and gas stations, and Caracas residents worried about basic necessities like groceries.
globalvoices.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
More Venezuelan coverage from Venezuelans: the @globalvoices.org team has been putting this together in between venturing out to the streets to stock up on supplies and check the mood in the capital. There has already been a fresh round of journalist detentions so this is under the team byline.
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starting in three weeks! a semester-length online class for emerging speculative fiction writers in search of structure, support, and accountability. I've taught this class before and it was a blast, so I'm excited to offer it again. register here: hugohouse.org/product/spec...
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
starting in three weeks! a semester-length online class for emerging speculative fiction writers in search of structure, support, and accountability. I've taught this class before and it was a blast, so I'm excited to offer it again. register here: hugohouse.org/product/spec...
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Worship Nature as if your life depended on it. Because it does
January 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Worship Nature as if your life depended on it. Because it does
Rarely have I encountered anything so ripe for memeification !
"Mind if I _sabotage vaccine public health messaging_?"
"Mind if I _sabotage vaccine public health messaging_?"
Not to be all “back in my day”, but every time I watch an old movie and they say “mind if I smoke?” I instantly flash back to a PSA on buses in the 90s. And I feel like we need this kind of blunt messaging on public health stuff.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Rarely have I encountered anything so ripe for memeification !
"Mind if I _sabotage vaccine public health messaging_?"
"Mind if I _sabotage vaccine public health messaging_?"
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Not to be all “back in my day”, but every time I watch an old movie and they say “mind if I smoke?” I instantly flash back to a PSA on buses in the 90s. And I feel like we need this kind of blunt messaging on public health stuff.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
January 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Not to be all “back in my day”, but every time I watch an old movie and they say “mind if I smoke?” I instantly flash back to a PSA on buses in the 90s. And I feel like we need this kind of blunt messaging on public health stuff.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
It WORKED. It’s still in my head 30 years later.
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Things to look forward to in 2026:
- A Chorus, Divergent, our neurodiversity reprints issue, shipping now
- Reckoning X, our 10th issue themed on communication w cover art by @monarobot.bsky.social, VERY SOON
- New podcast episode featuring @tkrex.bsky.social
- Reckoning reopens for submissions
- A Chorus, Divergent, our neurodiversity reprints issue, shipping now
- Reckoning X, our 10th issue themed on communication w cover art by @monarobot.bsky.social, VERY SOON
- New podcast episode featuring @tkrex.bsky.social
- Reckoning reopens for submissions
January 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Things to look forward to in 2026:
- A Chorus, Divergent, our neurodiversity reprints issue, shipping now
- Reckoning X, our 10th issue themed on communication w cover art by @monarobot.bsky.social, VERY SOON
- New podcast episode featuring @tkrex.bsky.social
- Reckoning reopens for submissions
- A Chorus, Divergent, our neurodiversity reprints issue, shipping now
- Reckoning X, our 10th issue themed on communication w cover art by @monarobot.bsky.social, VERY SOON
- New podcast episode featuring @tkrex.bsky.social
- Reckoning reopens for submissions
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Gonna get this framed and put it up next to my 1890s map of Detroit cycling infrastructure
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Gonna get this framed and put it up next to my 1890s map of Detroit cycling infrastructure
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2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million
After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.”
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments.
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
In the woods today, I paid a visit to this transcendent work of guerilla art in the ruined foundations of an old ranger's hut.
For some reason, this time she's reminding me of a young Rosa Parks
For some reason, this time she's reminding me of a young Rosa Parks
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM
In the woods today, I paid a visit to this transcendent work of guerilla art in the ruined foundations of an old ranger's hut.
For some reason, this time she's reminding me of a young Rosa Parks
For some reason, this time she's reminding me of a young Rosa Parks
What the hell, Senator Slotkin. Certain types of energy are destructive to our way of life. Surely this lesson of Trump's abduction of Maduro is as plain as the nose on my face
January 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
What the hell, Senator Slotkin. Certain types of energy are destructive to our way of life. Surely this lesson of Trump's abduction of Maduro is as plain as the nose on my face
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Happy #Caturday from Britton St in Smithfield. One for @hookland.bsky.social I think
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Happy #Caturday from Britton St in Smithfield. One for @hookland.bsky.social I think
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Has anyone in the press asked how many people were killed?
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Has anyone in the press asked how many people were killed?
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