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Dakota Water Wars, Chapter Three: Money Against a Prayer from Janet Alkire on Vimeo.

The Tribes of the Oceti Sakowin are united to stop the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). Today, DAPL threatens Standing Rock’s sole source of fresh drinking water, transporting more than a million barrels of oil per day under Mni Sose, the sacred Missouri River — all without a valid permit. Meanwhile, to legally sweat in certain places on our sacred river’s edge, we’re required to have … a permit. The contrast couldn’t be more clear, and that’s why we must stay strong and keep fighting. Mni wiconi — water is life.

Aaaaand done. The bee and honeycomb are about work ethic. 261 was the bib number of Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. She was attacked by a Marathon official, who tried to rip her number off when he realized she was a woman. Her then-boyfriend ran interference with the official and she finished. She was met at the finish line by hostile reporters and disqualified from the Athletic Association--having just proven she had a right to be there. This year, 50 years later, she ran the Boston Marathon again...and beat her own time. I'm not a runner (would seriously rather die) but I love the work ethic, the bravery, the proof--and also the reminder that even when it seems like you're swimming against the stream there are people on your side, willing to run interference while you go finish what you came to do. (at Chicago, Illinois)

That (only moderately alcoholic) writer'a life. #writedrunkeditsober (at Dunning, Chicago)

#writedrunkeditsober

"She said that he climbed the way he climbed--dosed on LSD or whatever else was around--because he was looking for 'the one place between night and day.'" #foundaudio #njcampbell

#njcampbell #foundaudio

Once upon a time in Iowa, a KKK member, who was also a local minister, tried to recruit my great-grandfather to the Klan. My rural Iowa great-grandfather punched him in the face. These assholes do not stand for white America, let alone America at large. Fuck them then. Fuck them now. (at Chicago, Illinois)

#olympicweightlifting (at FFC)

#olympicweightlifting