RoadsideFires.bsky.social
@roadsidefires.bsky.social
Former magazine editor-in-chief (current editorial director) now coaching writers through the publishing process. Bike traveler, dog lover, van rehabber. Montana-based on Salish-Kootenai confederated lands.
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In addition to being a writing coach for Western Montana students and helping Free Cycles with their fundraising, I've been volunteering with MT Alphas, a women's+ cycling team and collective, offering feedback on how to be more inclusive to all women and co-leading queer gravel and…
In addition to being a writing coach for Western Montana students and helping Free Cycles with their fundraising, I've been volunteering with MT Alphas, a women's+ cycling team and collective, offering feedback on how to be more inclusive to all women and co-leading queer gravel and…
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In addition to being a writing coach for Western Montana students and helping Free Cycles with their fundraising, I've been volunteering with MT Alphas, a women's+ cycling team and collective, offering feedback on how to be more inclusive to all women and co-leading queer gravel and mountain bike rides, and coming up I'll be the moto lead-out for the 80-mile gravel race Dusty Bandita, which I "raced" last year.
carolynewhelan.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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In addition to being a writing coach for Western Montana students and helping Free Cycles with their fundraising, I've been volunteering with MT Alphas, a women's+ cycling team and collective, offering feedback on how to be more inclusive to all women and co-leading queer gravel and…
In addition to being a writing coach for Western Montana students and helping Free Cycles with their fundraising, I've been volunteering with MT Alphas, a women's+ cycling team and collective, offering feedback on how to be more inclusive to all women and co-leading queer gravel and…
Every year, a bunch of lunatics think the best way to punish their bodies for a slothenly winter is to pedal across Yellowstone National Park in the brief window before the main roads are opened to general vehicular traffic.…
https://carolynewhelan.com/2025/05/15/annual-ride-through-yellowstone/
https://carolynewhelan.com/2025/05/15/annual-ride-through-yellowstone/
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Every year, a bunch of lunatics think the best way to punish their bodies for a slothenly winter is to pedal across Yellowstone National Park in the brief window before the main roads are opened to general vehicular traffic.…
https://carolynewhelan.com/2025/05/15/annual-ride-through-yellowstone/
https://carolynewhelan.com/2025/05/15/annual-ride-through-yellowstone/
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The men include:
- Stiven Prieto, a barber who has tattoos relating to his job
- Omar Cárdenas, an H-E-B- employee whose pocketwatch tattoo was labeled TDA
- Gregori Díaz, arrested in North Carolina, who has tattoos of Pikachu, Mario, stars, and a rose.
- José Caldera, whose partner is a citizen.
- Stiven Prieto, a barber who has tattoos relating to his job
- Omar Cárdenas, an H-E-B- employee whose pocketwatch tattoo was labeled TDA
- Gregori Díaz, arrested in North Carolina, who has tattoos of Pikachu, Mario, stars, and a rose.
- José Caldera, whose partner is a citizen.
April 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The men include:
- Stiven Prieto, a barber who has tattoos relating to his job
- Omar Cárdenas, an H-E-B- employee whose pocketwatch tattoo was labeled TDA
- Gregori Díaz, arrested in North Carolina, who has tattoos of Pikachu, Mario, stars, and a rose.
- José Caldera, whose partner is a citizen.
- Stiven Prieto, a barber who has tattoos relating to his job
- Omar Cárdenas, an H-E-B- employee whose pocketwatch tattoo was labeled TDA
- Gregori Díaz, arrested in North Carolina, who has tattoos of Pikachu, Mario, stars, and a rose.
- José Caldera, whose partner is a citizen.
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inkedmag.com/culture/navi... this was such a fun story to work on! Thanks to Amy @inkedmag.bsky.social and Andrew Alexander King for being such great sports during this process, so glad to know you both
Navigating Nature
Make the most of your road-tripping, tattoo-immersion adventure.
inkedmag.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
inkedmag.com/culture/navi... this was such a fun story to work on! Thanks to Amy @inkedmag.bsky.social and Andrew Alexander King for being such great sports during this process, so glad to know you both
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A couple things:
1) AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS?! lmao
2) If you think messing with science made me mad, wait until you see the revolution I'll start if those smooth brained worms close down Taco Bell.
1) AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS?! lmao
2) If you think messing with science made me mad, wait until you see the revolution I'll start if those smooth brained worms close down Taco Bell.
Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan checks two alarming boxes: MONSTER ☑️
and MORON ☑️
and MORON ☑️
April 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A couple things:
1) AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS?! lmao
2) If you think messing with science made me mad, wait until you see the revolution I'll start if those smooth brained worms close down Taco Bell.
1) AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS?! lmao
2) If you think messing with science made me mad, wait until you see the revolution I'll start if those smooth brained worms close down Taco Bell.
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We’re doing Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo again, except both at once, and to random dads and barbers abducted off the streets of America for the crime of being Latino
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We’re doing Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo again, except both at once, and to random dads and barbers abducted off the streets of America for the crime of being Latino
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St Patrick: What do we really know about our national apostle and what is merely myth?
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
St Patrick: 13 facts you need to know about Ireland’s patron saint
What do we really know about our national apostle and what is merely myth?
www.irishtimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
St Patrick: What do we really know about our national apostle and what is merely myth?
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
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Seems bad!
DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/
March 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Seems bad!
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This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
Wisconsin man who showed up to support an anti-trans bill does something amazing - Queerty
“I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…” “I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…”
www.queerty.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
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This is my friend who is in ICE detention.
Deeply concerning news about our friend and former BF teammate Rebecca Burke whose backpacking trip to the US has ended with her being detained by ICE for over ten days, with no clear timeline for her release. Please read her father's statement here: www.facebook.com/paulrburke
March 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is my friend who is in ICE detention.
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As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
March 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
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It’s borderline criminal.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It’s borderline criminal.
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Wrote about the strange events that made the U.S. a super power in women’s sports—and why that could all too easily be undone by this administration.
Gift link so everyone can read it:
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Women's Sports Happened By Accident, And Could Be Taken Apart On Purpose | Defector
It’s Monday night, and I check my local TV listings to see what women’s college basketball games are on. I make a note to catch all the big women’s college gymnastics meets coming up on Friday. I duti...
defector.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wrote about the strange events that made the U.S. a super power in women’s sports—and why that could all too easily be undone by this administration.
Gift link so everyone can read it:
Gift link so everyone can read it:
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What the corrections officer strike means to incarcerated people like me: defector.com/what-the-cor...
What The Corrections Officer Strike Means To Incarcerated People Like Me | Defector
On Feb. 17, an illegal wildcat strike was initiated by corrections officers with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). One of their primary demands is to repe...
defector.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What the corrections officer strike means to incarcerated people like me: defector.com/what-the-cor...
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Hi Tucson, I'm looking to speak with folks in southern Arizona who have experienced Long COVID - if that's you, please be in touch here or at ykunichoff@Azluminaria.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hi Tucson, I'm looking to speak with folks in southern Arizona who have experienced Long COVID - if that's you, please be in touch here or at ykunichoff@Azluminaria.org
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SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
I love this tough and funny woman.
Olive Gertrude "Ollie" (James) Connolly Obituary February 25, 2025 - Keohane Funeral Home
View Olive Gertrude "Ollie" (James) Connolly's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
www.keohane.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I love this tough and funny woman.
Have I yet posted about this year’s retreat? Come write and hike with me in Las Vegas, New Mexico carolynewhelan.com/retreats/
EsoTerra: WRITING INTO THE ELEMENTS
A one-of-a-kind writing retreat that will connect your creative instincts with the natural world through movement and ritual At Meadowlark, Las Vegas, New Mexico, bordering the Las Vegas National W…
carolynewhelan.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Have I yet posted about this year’s retreat? Come write and hike with me in Las Vegas, New Mexico carolynewhelan.com/retreats/
All Things Connected: What Are You Hospicing?
Be the sourdough starter you want to see in the world
Be the sourdough starter you want to see in the world
All Things Connected: What Are You Hospicing?
Be the sourdough starter you want to see in the world
carolynewhelan.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
All Things Connected: What Are You Hospicing?
Be the sourdough starter you want to see in the world
Be the sourdough starter you want to see in the world
Komoot Arizona Women’s Rally Pt. 4: The Final Days
In the morning, riding out from the valley of the lake parking lot, the air bit. I put on all my layers to stay warm, and the cold sleep and start to the day made for an achy body as we rode out. I lagged up the long, slithering cut of road that…
In the morning, riding out from the valley of the lake parking lot, the air bit. I put on all my layers to stay warm, and the cold sleep and start to the day made for an achy body as we rode out. I lagged up the long, slithering cut of road that…
Komoot Arizona Women’s Rally Pt. 4: The Final Days
In the morning, riding out from the valley of the lake parking lot, the air bit. I put on all my layers to stay warm, and the cold sleep and start to the day made for an achy body as we rode out. I lagged up the long, slithering cut of road that climbed, descended, then climbed again. At the first peak, I stopped to take in the view and admire my friends in front of me. I kept a modest pace down the narrow road of sand and rocks, happy to continue taking in the view and appreciating the ride versus hoping to survive it.
carolynewhelan.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Komoot Arizona Women’s Rally Pt. 4: The Final Days
In the morning, riding out from the valley of the lake parking lot, the air bit. I put on all my layers to stay warm, and the cold sleep and start to the day made for an achy body as we rode out. I lagged up the long, slithering cut of road that…
In the morning, riding out from the valley of the lake parking lot, the air bit. I put on all my layers to stay warm, and the cold sleep and start to the day made for an achy body as we rode out. I lagged up the long, slithering cut of road that…
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🚨 Looking for more volunteers to help us Stand Up for Science in Pittsburgh!
Know someone interested? Send them to our Airtable! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
Know someone interested? Send them to our Airtable! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
February 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚨 Looking for more volunteers to help us Stand Up for Science in Pittsburgh!
Know someone interested? Send them to our Airtable! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
Know someone interested? Send them to our Airtable! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
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It would be cool if the headline or any of this post pointed out that this is fully unconstitutional.
Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It would be cool if the headline or any of this post pointed out that this is fully unconstitutional.