Chuy Renteria
@chuyrenteria.bsky.social
Author (We Heard it When We Were Young), B-boy, video game enthusiast (currently playing: UFO 50), wannabe chess player.
arts editor/writer at Little Village Magazine.
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arts editor/writer at Little Village Magazine.
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At the 11th hour I was able to interview Greg Woods, the voice of @jellesmarbleruns.bsky.social, for @littlevillage.bsky.social's Peak Iowa issue. It felt like connecting w/ a childhood hero.
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This Iowan is the voice of competitive marble racing - Little Village
The number-one marble racing entity on the internet is Jelle’s Marble Runs. The Netherlands-based YouTube channel has 1.5 million subs, nearly 800 videos, dozens of “teams” and race “venues,” surprisi...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
At the 11th hour I was able to interview Greg Woods, the voice of @jellesmarbleruns.bsky.social, for @littlevillage.bsky.social's Peak Iowa issue. It felt like connecting w/ a childhood hero.
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littlevillagemag.com/peak-iowa-gr...
growing up is realizing Jennifer Lopez was replying to Ja Rule and not asking if you are, indeed, elly
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
growing up is realizing Jennifer Lopez was replying to Ja Rule and not asking if you are, indeed, elly
My scouting for a TreeTV location.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My scouting for a TreeTV location.
To have nothing is to have endless room for growth.
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
To have nothing is to have endless room for growth.
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New post by Chuy Renteria: Schrödinger's Immigrant: On Pascual Pedro Pedro and doing what's required
(inspired by the recent deportation of a young man with no criminal record)
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(inspired by the recent deportation of a young man with no criminal record)
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Schrödinger's Immigrant: On Pascual Pedro Pedro and doing what's required
Chuy Renteria: Doing what we are told is no longer enough. Because you see, we are Schrödinger's immigrant.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New post by Chuy Renteria: Schrödinger's Immigrant: On Pascual Pedro Pedro and doing what's required
(inspired by the recent deportation of a young man with no criminal record)
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/07/16/s...
(inspired by the recent deportation of a young man with no criminal record)
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/07/16/s...
We are at once lazy free loaders & bloodthirsty gang-members & the workers taking jobs from folks oh-so-willing to fill those jobs. We are caravans of bodies materializing when the talking heads need to stoke a fervor, only to never actually materialize.
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Schrödinger's Immigrant
Of morality, doing what's required of you and Pascual Pedro Pedro
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July 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We are at once lazy free loaders & bloodthirsty gang-members & the workers taking jobs from folks oh-so-willing to fill those jobs. We are caravans of bodies materializing when the talking heads need to stoke a fervor, only to never actually materialize.
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chuyrenteria.substack.com/p/schrodinge...
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I've been informed by a colleague that I'm quoted in the wikipedia entry for Casey's Taco Pizza. I made it yo. I made it.
I've been informed by a colleague that I'm quoted in the wikipedia entry for Casey's Taco Pizza. I made it yo. I made it.
Taco pizza - Wikipedia
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June 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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I've been informed by a colleague that I'm quoted in the wikipedia entry for Casey's Taco Pizza. I made it yo. I made it.
I've been informed by a colleague that I'm quoted in the wikipedia entry for Casey's Taco Pizza. I made it yo. I made it.
chuyrenteria.substack.com/p/walking-wh... ...I stopped dead in my tracks. I forgot my wallet at my desk. The wallet containing my drivers license, the only form of identification I’d have on my person if I got swept up by whatever people that do the sweeping nowadays.
Walking while brown in Trump's America
I say his name: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and pray you don't have to say mine soon.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
chuyrenteria.substack.com/p/walking-wh... ...I stopped dead in my tracks. I forgot my wallet at my desk. The wallet containing my drivers license, the only form of identification I’d have on my person if I got swept up by whatever people that do the sweeping nowadays.
I'm proud of this piece I did highlighting these underappreciated badasses in Des Moines. When I first saw Sepak Takraw it immediately reminded me of Breaking and it wasn't a surprise that some of the best players in the U.S. are in Iowa.
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Spikes happen upside-down in Sepak Takraw, a popular sport among Des Moines immigrant communities - Little Village
Last summer in Linnan Park, I came across a group of people volleying a hard yellow plastic ball to one another across a net. Instead of bumping and spiking the […]
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April 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm proud of this piece I did highlighting these underappreciated badasses in Des Moines. When I first saw Sepak Takraw it immediately reminded me of Breaking and it wasn't a surprise that some of the best players in the U.S. are in Iowa.
littlevillagemag.com/sepak-takraw...
littlevillagemag.com/sepak-takraw...
A bit of family lore: my grandfather was an extra on a Jon Wayne movie. Him and his friends were approached by Wayne and crew while they were working. Grandpa thought, who is this big white guy that keeps yapping at me. I wish he woulda decked him #motherfuckJonWayne
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When John Wayne Nearly Stormed The 1973 Oscars Stage Over An Unexpected Speech: “Had To Be Restrained By Six Men”
Remember when John Wayne’s reaction to Sacheen Littlefeather’s 1973 Oscars speech led to one of the most infamous moments in the award show’s history?
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April 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A bit of family lore: my grandfather was an extra on a Jon Wayne movie. Him and his friends were approached by Wayne and crew while they were working. Grandpa thought, who is this big white guy that keeps yapping at me. I wish he woulda decked him #motherfuckJonWayne
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Why is the most straight forward A-to-B "this is how tarrifs will effect us and eventually you, the consumer" post from this board game company?
Why is the most straight forward A-to-B "this is how tarrifs will effect us and eventually you, the consumer" post from this board game company?
April 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Why is the most straight forward A-to-B "this is how tarrifs will effect us and eventually you, the consumer" post from this board game company?
Why is the most straight forward A-to-B "this is how tarrifs will effect us and eventually you, the consumer" post from this board game company?
Jesus Christ. We are an ouroboros.
March 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Jesus Christ. We are an ouroboros.
March 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
March 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Listen here you little shit I know what fuckin' tone I'm on right about now.
February 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Listen here you little shit I know what fuckin' tone I'm on right about now.
Being a rap dad is figuring out all the songs/albums/artists you thought were safe that get the ole "parents sharing a stare" moment. What do you mean 3 Feet High and Rising has a skit called De La Orgy that is exactly what it sounds like?
February 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Being a rap dad is figuring out all the songs/albums/artists you thought were safe that get the ole "parents sharing a stare" moment. What do you mean 3 Feet High and Rising has a skit called De La Orgy that is exactly what it sounds like?
"I’m tired of the convenience of the term “neighbors.” Of self-identified and appointed ally’s getting to speak about the well-being of our community by implementing neighborly talk." I wrote about two wildly different statements regarding ICE in Iowa.
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A Tale of Two Statements on I.C.E.
OR: to be an ally you need some skin in the game.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"I’m tired of the convenience of the term “neighbors.” Of self-identified and appointed ally’s getting to speak about the well-being of our community by implementing neighborly talk." I wrote about two wildly different statements regarding ICE in Iowa.
chuyrenteria.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
chuyrenteria.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
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Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
February 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
The more I re-read this AI facsimile of what targeted ads are deducing when they see a photo of my passed out ex-roomate from our college partying days, the more strange gems I pick out. "emotionally inert." "...likely christian, given the setting." etc.
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The more I re-read this AI facsimile of what targeted ads are deducing when they see a photo of my passed out ex-roomate from our college partying days, the more strange gems I pick out. "emotionally inert." "...likely christian, given the setting." etc.
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I think it's time we had the discussion of replacing Snoop's place in the cultural zeitgeist with Ice T.
January 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I think it's time we had the discussion of replacing Snoop's place in the cultural zeitgeist with Ice T.
I think it's time we prepare ourselves the way Dead Prez told us to 25 years ago.
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Dead Prez - Hip Hop (Uncensored)
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January 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I think it's time we prepare ourselves the way Dead Prez told us to 25 years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MANh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MANh...
Just in case anyone was wondering if I've always been like this. Yes. The answer is yes. I remember being in junior high and putting hand drawn flyers stating Free Mumia and Leonard Peltier above the school water fountains. I'm sure the janitor pulling them down was like what the heck is this?
January 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Just in case anyone was wondering if I've always been like this. Yes. The answer is yes. I remember being in junior high and putting hand drawn flyers stating Free Mumia and Leonard Peltier above the school water fountains. I'm sure the janitor pulling them down was like what the heck is this?