rcloenenruiz
@rcloenenruiz.bsky.social
Dreamer, artist, writer, activist, alive.
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Baby cow. 😆 Yeah. I do know the official word is calf.
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Baby cow. 😆 Yeah. I do know the official word is calf.
Morning dose of cuteness. 😊 At a friend’s farm.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Morning dose of cuteness. 😊 At a friend’s farm.
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
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Stichting Global Voices
Stichting Global Voices Email Forms
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November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Today’s the last day to vote in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! I’m so happy to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS in the Fantasy category in stunning company. Go vote for your faves!
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Fantasy of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Fantasy in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today’s the last day to vote in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! I’m so happy to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS in the Fantasy category in stunning company. Go vote for your faves!
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
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another important story from @mongpalatino.bsky.social at @globalvoices.org
From Binalbagan to Belém, Filipino farmers push for agroecology and climate justice
"These activities underscore the need to critically interrogate the techno-scientific solutions promoted in global climate fora and to prioritize farmer-led, ecological, and socially just approaches t...
globalvoices.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
another important story from @mongpalatino.bsky.social at @globalvoices.org
Slay is about the lives of transwomen in the Dutch Ballroom scene. #support #community #transvisibility.
I also want to highlight this under publicized series made by Director Rafik Opti. Slay is a series that didn’t get much coverage even though it is an impressive series. Do take time to watch. npo.nl/start/serie/...
SLAY - Express to impress | NPO Start
Vier buitengewone transvrouwen uit de Nederlandse ballroomscene worden gevolgd. Als transvrouwen van kleur worden ze geconfronteerd met vooroordelen, discriminatie, (seksueel) geweld en onbegrip. Maar...
npo.nl
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Slay is about the lives of transwomen in the Dutch Ballroom scene. #support #community #transvisibility.
I also want to highlight this under publicized series made by Director Rafik Opti. Slay is a series that didn’t get much coverage even though it is an impressive series. Do take time to watch. npo.nl/start/serie/...
SLAY - Express to impress | NPO Start
Vier buitengewone transvrouwen uit de Nederlandse ballroomscene worden gevolgd. Als transvrouwen van kleur worden ze geconfronteerd met vooroordelen, discriminatie, (seksueel) geweld en onbegrip. Maar...
npo.nl
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I also want to highlight this under publicized series made by Director Rafik Opti. Slay is a series that didn’t get much coverage even though it is an impressive series. Do take time to watch. npo.nl/start/serie/...
From yesterday’s workshop on micro-memoir. Part of a programme developed by LGBTQ+ for LGBTQ+ asylumseekers in NL. At the end of this programme the participants will make 10 moving portraits. #movinglove #workshop #micromemoir with thanks to Karlijn Milder for this photo from my workshop.
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
From yesterday’s workshop on micro-memoir. Part of a programme developed by LGBTQ+ for LGBTQ+ asylumseekers in NL. At the end of this programme the participants will make 10 moving portraits. #movinglove #workshop #micromemoir with thanks to Karlijn Milder for this photo from my workshop.
On the road again. Excited to see the start of this workshop programme which culminates with participants creating their own moving portraits.
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
On the road again. Excited to see the start of this workshop programme which culminates with participants creating their own moving portraits.
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Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
Leaders of a Minnesota church community didn’t report a parishioner they knew had sexually abused girls for year.
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Reconciliation without reparation is one of supremacy's greatest sabotages of the act of repair. Whenever abuse is exposed, it offers free exoneration to the abuser at the expense of the abused, and calls it redemption. It's the traditional and popular response to abuse in our supremacist society.
A good thread for conference and event organizers to read.
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A good thread for conference and event organizers to read.
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Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
/
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
/
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
/
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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A friend is one of the editors of this project and they take previously published work too!
🌱 WE BUILD A HOME: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan.
More about the project here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan.
More about the project here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We Build a Home - call for submissions
We Build a Home - call for submissions Call for submissions for illustrations and short comics of max. 3 pages* about stories of what a home might mean to someone in the context of being queer. > SU...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A friend is one of the editors of this project and they take previously published work too!
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Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Dragons and Blades - Aliette de Bodard
The Dragons and Blades Reading Order 1. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders | 2. Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances murderous husband/diplomatic husband, solving crimes without stabbing anyone, healthy relat...
www.aliettedebodard.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
every author in the class action, please file the claim.
Watching Glass Hearts. Loving the music, the band dynamics and how each musician gets to realise their own sound.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Watching Glass Hearts. Loving the music, the band dynamics and how each musician gets to realise their own sound.
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Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
The real asylum scandal
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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if you are disgusted by government proposals for refugees - please, please write to both your local MP and to [email protected]
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
if you are disgusted by government proposals for refugees - please, please write to both your local MP and to [email protected]
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
Fill their inbox with your shock and dismay. Be polite but be clear
If you want text then I'm happy to share what I wrote
In line with the previous posting, I want to recommend looking into Heide Goettner-Abendroth’s deep work around Matriarchal societies and how matriarchy is more focused on nurture, care and balance so everyone can thrive.
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In line with the previous posting, I want to recommend looking into Heide Goettner-Abendroth’s deep work around Matriarchal societies and how matriarchy is more focused on nurture, care and balance so everyone can thrive.
Loved this post from Tracey Cooper-Posey encouraging us to think on matriarchy, matrilineality and matrilocality. tracycooperposey.com/celtic-women...
Celtic Women in Command? DNA Says They Called the Shots – Tracy Cooper-Posey
tracycooperposey.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Loved this post from Tracey Cooper-Posey encouraging us to think on matriarchy, matrilineality and matrilocality. tracycooperposey.com/celtic-women...
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Managed to do my Patreon posts for tomorrow!!!
A reminder you can subscribe here: www.patreon.com/aliettedebod...
It really helps.
A reminder you can subscribe here: www.patreon.com/aliettedebod...
It really helps.
Get more from Aliette de Bodard on Patreon
creating Speculative Fiction
www.patreon.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Managed to do my Patreon posts for tomorrow!!!
A reminder you can subscribe here: www.patreon.com/aliettedebod...
It really helps.
A reminder you can subscribe here: www.patreon.com/aliettedebod...
It really helps.
I suppose updating the blog counts toward today's wordage too. 😅
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I suppose updating the blog counts toward today's wordage too. 😅
A very short update
I have been quite immersed in the novel draft since end of August and it's a bit of a surprise to look up and realise that we are already in November. That's almost three months of non-stop writing at varying speeds and wordages, but I am happy to say that I am heading over the…
I have been quite immersed in the novel draft since end of August and it's a bit of a surprise to look up and realise that we are already in November. That's almost three months of non-stop writing at varying speeds and wordages, but I am happy to say that I am heading over the…
A very short update
I have been quite immersed in the novel draft since end of August and it's a bit of a surprise to look up and realise that we are already in November. That's almost three months of non-stop writing at varying speeds and wordages, but I am happy to say that I am heading over the halfway mark as I hope to achieve 65k sometime within the next few days.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A very short update
I have been quite immersed in the novel draft since end of August and it's a bit of a surprise to look up and realise that we are already in November. That's almost three months of non-stop writing at varying speeds and wordages, but I am happy to say that I am heading over the…
I have been quite immersed in the novel draft since end of August and it's a bit of a surprise to look up and realise that we are already in November. That's almost three months of non-stop writing at varying speeds and wordages, but I am happy to say that I am heading over the…