“What can Thanksgiving mean for Indigenous people, except to serve as a reminder of all that has been taken? Land. Children. Language. Story. What turns this taking into giving, which is to say, what can ‘thanks’ possibly have to do with what has only ever been stolen?” —Joseph M. Pierce

Borders are imaginary lines drawn across real places; wildlife, weather, toxins and greenhouse gases flow across them endlessly. I once rafted down the Rio Grande where it's an international border, and it's not a border, it's a river where things converge and cactus wrens dart from shore to shore.

I'm still in Reno post-SPE. My flight Sunday was canceled at midnight, which meant I didn't get to a hotel until 1:30am. The next flight out is tonight and has already been delayed, which means I may miss my second flight to Boston. On the bright side, I actually rested yesterday.

I walked out.

Guess it's time to break out my embroidery kit again...

I am so tired of these billionaire boys and their grubby little hands grabbing at everything.

Elon Musk, hands off our democracy.
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Welcome to my biomaterials danceroom. It may look like a darkroom, but it's uses are much more diverse just like this Jewish, Peruvian-Born, Gender Queer, Pansexual, Neurodiverse Mainer. This is my space (also I miss myspace). #queerspace #artstudio #creativespace #safespace

Good morning!

It’s day 11 of #RadicalizingMySheep & you know what? It took all of about 6 seconds to convince them that the people who live & work here & make up our communities should be treated with respect & appreciation. After all, they love fresh food. Also basic human rights & decency.

BREAKING NEWS: The development follows a federal judge's order Tuesday that temporarily blocked the effort to pause federal payments for grants and other programs.

I'm exhausted by all the people out there who are trying to prove they're each the most cynical world-weary disillusioned person who's not gonna ever do a fucking thing ever except dump on everything and expect to be admired for that. Wrote about that in 2016: