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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New “Reading With” up over at @shelf-awareness.com with @shanehawk.com www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...

Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Chicago housing project aims to fulfill 70-year-old promise to Native people False pretenses lured thousands of Indigenous people cities, a new effort works to take a healing step”

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Chicago housing project aims to fulfill 70-year-old promise to Native people - ICT

False pretenses lured thousands of Indigenous people cities, a new effort works to take a healing step

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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Two years ago watching the historic loss and now today

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yesterday was a big day for Indigenous literature as Kinsale Drake, Darcie Little Badger, and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie received the 2026 American Book Award for Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms. redpopnews.com/beyond-the-g...

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Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms Receives 2026 American Book Award

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Camp Animikiiwadiswan, or Thunderbird Nest resistance camp, co-led by Loonsfoot and Anahkwet, is their inter-tribal, three-dimensional answer to a proposed copper sulfide mine that would generate copious amounts of toxic waste...in a high-risk location." truthout.org/articles/ind...

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Indigenous Tribes Form Resistance Camp Against Proposed Copper Mine in Michigan

The proposed copper sulfide mine threatens to unleash 40 million tons of toxic waste in Michigan’s wetlands.

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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Y’all, this is the union difference. Young working-class men in unions are more likely to own a home, get married, and have kids. A union isn’t just about what happens at work. It’s about having the power to build the life you want.

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How Unions Help Young Working-Class Men Buy Homes and Start Families

New CAP analysis of demographic data shows that union men under age 35 are more likely to get married, have kids, and own their own homes—especially young men without college degrees.

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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“the proposed rule would remove the Race/Ethnicity questions, thereby erasing all data about American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the country impact(ing) funding related to housing, community development, maternal health, and transportation.” On 2 weeks notice mailchi.mp/ncai/urgent-...

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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No serious push until the first AI candidate wins a seat in the House or Senate

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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course.

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Shane Hawk @shanehawk.com · 05/09/2026

Well, this is wild. Comedian Josh Johnson includes NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, PART II: BACK FOR BLOOD in this book haul from Drawn & Quarterly, an indie bookshop in Tiohtià:ke aka Montréal 🇨🇦 Love him on The Daily Show!

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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Welp, that tracks. But I mean really, gym shoes, expressway, and pop. Yeah. That's Chicago, I guess

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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just wrote some nighthawks into a chapter last night. 🖤🤍

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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy #FridayReads! NWAN Pt. II Back for Blood is out now with deals from 12-25% off everywhere. Indie, big box, or online: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-dow...

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A creature feature from @infestedpublishing.bsky.social! Things were tough for Ry and Erin, but now they’re lost and on the run from killer Sasquatches, prehistoric lions, and a pair of hungry birds… Lock your doors. Trust the dog. Don’t answer the voices. mybook.to/WildcatThicket

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The novel that started it all here and in France—and my first film option—is just $1.99 on all digital on all platforms! www.amazon.com/dp/B0D8HN8NHH bookshop.org/p/books/zero...

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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Some Monument Valley #photography Thought the light made the walls look like copper

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton on funding education and childhood literacy programs: My daddy was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The HOBAR ebook is only $1.99 for a limited time! That’s a lot of creatures from beyond the reef, horror, crime, vengeance, murder, and magic for cheap! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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