El Norte Recuerda
@elnorterecuerda.bsky.social
author of MAGICAL/REALISM, Tiny Reparations Books, 2024 and BEAST MERIDIAN, Noemi Press, 2017.
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We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Criticism! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/16/2...
Oh my god 😭
Sapiocentrism is such a limited way of thinking about and being in the world
A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first documented use of tools by a wolf. https://cnn.it/48jB0Mn
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Sapiocentrism is such a limited way of thinking about and being in the world
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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Hey tech sphere and/or game dev and/or gaming sphere folks who follow me?
Do. Not. Pirate. Books.
I'll say it again.
Do not pirate books.
Do not pirate short stories.
There are extremely few authors who hit a single million let alone more in sales. Those that do, do so off of selling *rights*.
Do. Not. Pirate. Books.
I'll say it again.
Do not pirate books.
Do not pirate short stories.
There are extremely few authors who hit a single million let alone more in sales. Those that do, do so off of selling *rights*.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Hey tech sphere and/or game dev and/or gaming sphere folks who follow me?
Do. Not. Pirate. Books.
I'll say it again.
Do not pirate books.
Do not pirate short stories.
There are extremely few authors who hit a single million let alone more in sales. Those that do, do so off of selling *rights*.
Do. Not. Pirate. Books.
I'll say it again.
Do not pirate books.
Do not pirate short stories.
There are extremely few authors who hit a single million let alone more in sales. Those that do, do so off of selling *rights*.
This is AI. News agencies have not even been able to film inside detention centers. Posting fake AI footage reduces the credibility and impact of real footage. This is from a content farm. If you fell for this, you need better media literacy. We are not content.
No beds no pillows, this is horrific‼️
All while politicians having multi million dollar dinners‼️ THESE ARE CHILDREN‼️
All while politicians having multi million dollar dinners‼️ THESE ARE CHILDREN‼️
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is AI. News agencies have not even been able to film inside detention centers. Posting fake AI footage reduces the credibility and impact of real footage. This is from a content farm. If you fell for this, you need better media literacy. We are not content.
Have you heard of the PAUSE Act? It’s a bill that pauses all immigration to the US until:
- Legal residents stop receiving benefits
- Birthright citizenship is nearly abolished
- Muslims and Chinese visa applicants are denied if they follow Sharia law or identify as CCP roy.house.gov/media/press-...
- Legal residents stop receiving benefits
- Birthright citizenship is nearly abolished
- Muslims and Chinese visa applicants are denied if they follow Sharia law or identify as CCP roy.house.gov/media/press-...
Rep. Roy Introduces Legislation to Freeze All Immigration
Washington, D.C. — Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) introduced the Pausing All Admissions Until Security Ensured (PAUSE) Act today. This legislation would freeze all immigration to the U.S., except for...
roy.house.gov
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Have you heard of the PAUSE Act? It’s a bill that pauses all immigration to the US until:
- Legal residents stop receiving benefits
- Birthright citizenship is nearly abolished
- Muslims and Chinese visa applicants are denied if they follow Sharia law or identify as CCP roy.house.gov/media/press-...
- Legal residents stop receiving benefits
- Birthright citizenship is nearly abolished
- Muslims and Chinese visa applicants are denied if they follow Sharia law or identify as CCP roy.house.gov/media/press-...
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Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
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"I just went out to Tower Records and bought some records."
Revisit the Golden Age of indie with this archival conversation between Karen O and Carrie Brownstein. Can you still name the hit tracks of the artists they reference?
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
Revisit the Golden Age of indie with this archival conversation between Karen O and Carrie Brownstein. Can you still name the hit tracks of the artists they reference?
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
An Interview with Karen O - Believer Magazine
I have seen Karen O and her band, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, perform to sold-out crowds in New York City, Oslo, and Melbourne. And then I have seen her play to a half-full venue in my hometown of Portland, ...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"I just went out to Tower Records and bought some records."
Revisit the Golden Age of indie with this archival conversation between Karen O and Carrie Brownstein. Can you still name the hit tracks of the artists they reference?
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
Revisit the Golden Age of indie with this archival conversation between Karen O and Carrie Brownstein. Can you still name the hit tracks of the artists they reference?
www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...
If you help AI you’re a sellout
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you help AI you’re a sellout
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction! Read more here:
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Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West
On October 25, 2023—when Israel’s war on Gaza had already claimed the lives of 6,500 Palestinians, including 2,500 children—the Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad posted …
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction! Read more here:
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buff.ly/r2NOkNr
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Patricia Smith’s The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems has won the National Book Award for Poetry! Read more here: buff.ly/HKCSQQQ
Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages
Nobody—and I mean NOBODY—warned me about my pubic hair. It glistened for years, springy and sprite, an Ivory Soap-scented welcome mat for lucky episodic visitors. I never gave it much thought, cert…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Patricia Smith’s The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems has won the National Book Award for Poetry! Read more here: buff.ly/HKCSQQQ
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“I think most humans don’t really realize how interdependent we are to other organisms. Bacteria, fungi, viruses, bugs—there is still this binary thinking… which really obscures the reality.”
Alice Wong, you will be missed.
Alice Wong, you will be missed.
What Counts as Seeing - Orion Magazine
A conversation between Alice Wong and Ed Yong
orionmagazine.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“I think most humans don’t really realize how interdependent we are to other organisms. Bacteria, fungi, viruses, bugs—there is still this binary thinking… which really obscures the reality.”
Alice Wong, you will be missed.
Alice Wong, you will be missed.
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A Google Doc from Miriam Posner at UCLA with the pros and cons of different strategies for dealing with students using ChatGPT for writing
ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments
ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments Because this document has escaped containment, a couple points of explanation. I wrote this for myself and a few colleagues as we work out how to handle the issue of LLMs in an undergrad writing-intensive class. None of these strategies is perfect, ...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Google Doc from Miriam Posner at UCLA with the pros and cons of different strategies for dealing with students using ChatGPT for writing
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Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Most of us have no idea how bad it is inside ICE detention centers because they have kept it hidden. Then a truth teller shows up and says it plain.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
The conditions are filthy. The treatment is inhumane. The abuse is Systematic and routine.
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Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how much longer Native women have to work to earn the same amount white men earned the previous year. Native women are paid $.52-$.58 on the dollar compared to white men, and over their careers lose out on an average $1 million...
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how much longer Native women have to work to earn the same amount white men earned the previous year. Native women are paid $.52-$.58 on the dollar compared to white men, and over their careers lose out on an average $1 million...
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We never acknowledge how masterfully white supremacist billionaires managed to destroy social media as an organizer tool and completely atomized us. Twitter & tiktok had to be sold. Meta already belonged to them and this app here is a poor man's Twitter but coded to prevent educating and organizing
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We never acknowledge how masterfully white supremacist billionaires managed to destroy social media as an organizer tool and completely atomized us. Twitter & tiktok had to be sold. Meta already belonged to them and this app here is a poor man's Twitter but coded to prevent educating and organizing
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Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
www.krqe.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
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I was about to give up on booktok and then I found out that @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social is on it. This is legitimately the most exciting thing I have ever heard about booktok
This TikTok from @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social (author of Magical/Realism) regarding how Guillermo del Toro's work has been mischaracterized by white feminist film discourse is really good
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMcB2Emk/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMcB2Emk/
The erasure of Guillermo del Toro’s Mexican identity and postcolonial contexts in critiques and reviews of Frankenstein #frankenstein #guillermodeltoro #oscarisaac #netflix #booktok
TikTok video by El Norte Recuerda
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November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I was about to give up on booktok and then I found out that @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social is on it. This is legitimately the most exciting thing I have ever heard about booktok
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This TikTok from @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social (author of Magical/Realism) regarding how Guillermo del Toro's work has been mischaracterized by white feminist film discourse is really good
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMcB2Emk/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMcB2Emk/
The erasure of Guillermo del Toro’s Mexican identity and postcolonial contexts in critiques and reviews of Frankenstein #frankenstein #guillermodeltoro #oscarisaac #netflix #booktok
TikTok video by El Norte Recuerda
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November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This TikTok from @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social (author of Magical/Realism) regarding how Guillermo del Toro's work has been mischaracterized by white feminist film discourse is really good
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMcB2Emk/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMcB2Emk/
Well. This is the only way to watch Cronos.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Well. This is the only way to watch Cronos.
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Amazing moment in time right now where people who yelled at us for sticking to genocide as a red line are now also disgusted with Democrats and threatening not to vote for them. So your health insurance becoming more expensive was your red line?
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Amazing moment in time right now where people who yelled at us for sticking to genocide as a red line are now also disgusted with Democrats and threatening not to vote for them. So your health insurance becoming more expensive was your red line?
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Welcome to Texas. Just saw a woman with enormous lips wearing a shirt that said Ban Assault Vaccines.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Welcome to Texas. Just saw a woman with enormous lips wearing a shirt that said Ban Assault Vaccines.
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The UC system is potentially defunding this 💔
The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The UC system is potentially defunding this 💔
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🧵This week @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published my review of OpenAI’s “metafictional literary story about AI and grief,” which Sam Altman claimed “got the vibe of metafiction just right.”
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🧵This week @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published my review of OpenAI’s “metafictional literary story about AI and grief,” which Sam Altman claimed “got the vibe of metafiction just right.”
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...