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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann. 2011 edition. I learned so much from this despite having a degree in Latin American studies, largely because the research has evolved a lot in the many years since I graduated.

Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History by Linford D. Fisher. 2026. ESSENTIAL READING! A legit tour de force. A++ (I am pretty well-educated, but I didn't learn ANY of this in high school or university, and that's a literal crying shame.) Please read, US-ians!

currently reading: The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government by Barbara McQuade. 2026.

yarning
Didn't go to yarn group this week. Am still working on the 2 bunnies. Got a commission for seven US flag catnip silvervine balls.

healthcrap
woke with migraine today. Vertigo is back with a vengeance. Left hand still hurts so much. Have used 1mg melatonin for 4 nights now.

#resist
June 14: Rise Up, Sing Out: No Kings 5

I hope you're all doing well! <333

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Date: 2026-06-04 03:11 am (UTC)
petra: A cartoon cat holding up a large paw to the viewer (Neko-Sensei - Talk to the paw)
From: [personal profile] petra
My country: if wrong, to be set right.

My country's silvervine balls' stitches: to be counted very carefully.

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Date: 2026-06-04 04:45 am (UTC)
mergatrude: a skein, a ball and a swatch of home spun and dyed blue yarn (Default)
From: [personal profile] mergatrude
*hugs*

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Date: 2026-06-04 01:34 pm (UTC)
watersword: Keira Knightley, in Pride and Prejudice (2007), turning her head away from the viewer, the word "elizabeth" written near (Default)
From: [personal profile] watersword

I happen to know Fisher through work, and passed on your compliments, he says thank you!

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Date: 2026-06-06 11:18 pm (UTC)
brigantine: (pinky hugs)
From: [personal profile] brigantine
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann. 2011 edition. That does sound like an interesting read.

I hope you've been feeling better since Wednesday's post - it sounds really rough! D:

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Something
comes into the world unwelcome
calling disorder, disorder—

If you hate me so much
don’t bother to give me
a name: do you need
one more slur
in your language, another
way to blame
one tribe for everything—

as we both know,
if you worship
one god, you only need
One enemy—

I’m not the enemy.
Only a ruse to ignore
what you see happening
right here in this bed,
a little paradigm
of failure. One of your precious flowers
dies here almost every day
and you can’t rest until
you attack the cause, meaning
whatever is left, whatever
happens to be sturdier
than your personal passion—

It was not meant
to last forever in the real world.
But why admit that, when you can go on
doing what you always do,
mourning and laying blame,
always the two together.

I don’t need your praise
to survive. I was here first,
before you were here, before
you ever planted a garden.
And I’ll be here when only the sun and moon
are left, and the sea, and the wide field.

I will constitute the field.


—Louise Glück
from The Wild Iris, 1992








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