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This is the first year Indigenous Peoples Day has state recognition in Montana, after a decade-long campaign in the state that is home to 12 federally recognized tribes.

The Grammy-winning R&B singer announced the impromptu performance at Bear Creek Pioneers Park just hours before it began. Law enforcement shut it down when he didn’t have proper permitting.

C3 Presents has increased initiatives to recycle more, waste less and power the show responsibly.

mst3kgifs:

Where’s your tongue right now? Because I seem to have two.

In brief: Tropical moisture from the remnants of Raymond in the Pacific will deliver another round of potentially heavy rain to Arizona and especially southwest Colorado today. Additional flash flooding is possible. A major storm brings Sierra snow, flash flooding potential, and a chance of severe weather in Los Angeles tomorrow. The East Coast nor’easter’s tides seem to be underperforming a bit, but the winds and rain are not with gusts upwards of 70 mph in New Jersey. Tropical Storm Lorenzo formed and is no threat to land, but we are watching another possible system behind that.

West Coast storms bring high impacts

After Saturday flooding in Colorado, we had quite an active Sunday in the Phoenix area. Rain totals were anywhere from 1 to 3 inches across the Valley. Sky Harbor’s 1.97″ of rain for the day was the fourth wettest October day on record, as well as the 16th wettest day overall going back to 1895.

There was a Flash Flood Emergency issued at one point east of Phoenix in Pinal County. Water rescues were needed in Buckeye, freeways flooded in Mesa, and Globe, AZ reported flooding just weeks after deadly flooding hit. Overall, it was a very active Sunday in the desert.

Today, flood watches remain posted in southern Arizona, as well as in southwest Colorado, which experienced flooding on Saturday night. Another round of very heavy rain and tropical moisture is going to impact Colorado today, with perhaps as much as 1 to 2 inches or even more falling.

With the flood watch posted in Arizona, more of a localized type flooding may unfold there. Highest total rainfall looks to be north of Tucson and east of Phoenix today.

Meanwhile, the first big winter storm of the season will plow into California today and tomorrow with heavy rain, heavy snow in the Sierra, and even a chance of severe storms in the LA Basin. A marginal risk (level 1/5) for severe weather is posted there, primarily due to the potential for a squall line and isolated potential rotating cells on Tuesday morning. Basically, the chance of some strong wind gusts is in place, along with the chance of an isolated tornado for Los Angeles, mainly later tonight and early Tuesday morning.

Heavy rain may also produce localized flash flooding, and flood watches have been issued for various burn scars in southern California, including Palisades and Eaton. Flood Watches are also posted for the Sierra foothills. Winter storm warnings are posted in the Sierra above 5,500 feet now for 1 to perhaps as much as 3 feet of snow.

The storm should clear from northwest to southeast later tomorrow and Wednesday.

East coast nor’easter performing with mixed results

We had another bit of an underperformance on high tides on the Jersey Shore with the midnight tide cycle. There is one more to come early this afternoon, and that will again at least threaten high-end moderate to major coastal flooding. At this point it also looks as though the tide cycle may allow for tide levels to come in a little under the forecast.

Why this is? I’m not entirely sure. But it’s been true up and down the Jersey Shore since yesterday. The forecasts farther south have been somewhat better. Tides to the north seem to have been fairly close as well, though perhaps a little higher than forecast in spots. Whatever the case, there is tidal flooding. It’s at least minor to moderate. And it will continue today for at least one more tide cycle this afternoon.

Heading into the rest of the week, tides will be elevated but should produce merely minor to no flooding.

The rain forecast has mostly checked in close to verification with 1 to 3 inches on the coast. Healthy, beneficial rains have occurred in southern New England as well.

Wind gusts have also done quite close to forecast. We did even have a 70 mph gust reported at Barnegat Light on LBI in New Jersey. Several other locations got above 60 mph as well.

Heading into the rest of today, conditions should slowly improve across the region. Winds will slowly back off as the day goes on. Rain should exit tonight. Tides should ease up a bit after this afternoon.

Tropics: Lorenzo…and more?

We did it. We again went from Invest directly to tropical storm. Lorenzo formed this morning in the open Atlantic. And that is where it shall stay.

Lorenzo is expected to hook north and northeast and then east. There are some models trying to bring it back south and west. We will see if that happens, but every season seems to have one storm that does some sort of “special” track in the Atlantic. Lorenzo may be that storm this year. It is currently expected to remain a tropical storm.

Beyond Lorenzo, we are seeing some signs of another wave in the Atlantic at a very far south latitude that tries to sneak under everything and make it into the Caribbean. That would be quite out of the realm of normal for this late in the season. For now, it’s just speculation. But don’t be surprised if we start seeing some late season Caribbean noise (which is normal) in about 8 or 9 days. But suffice to say, the route there may be somewhat peculiar. We’ll keep watching.

LARCHMONT, NY—Noting the 16-year-old had too big of an inheritance ahead of him to throw it all away, the parents of local teen Sutton Langford expressed concern Monday that their son was falling in with the wrong socioeconomic class. “I don’t know what went wrong—we’ve always tried to funnel him towards wealthy, high-class people,” said tearful 53-year-old mother Deborah Langford, who added that she first became concerned after discovering her son had skipped rowing practice to hang out with a mid-level manager’s child. “Kids his age don’t realize the consequences of bringing people who make less than you into your social orbit. The other day I found a bottle of store-brand vodka in his room. I’m just scared that one day I’m going to find him lying in a lawn chair wearing a cheap polo shirt.” At press time, the distraught mother was reportedly upset to learn her son had been seen hanging around a convenience store asking for a part-time job.

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CHICAGO—In commemoration of the many historic contributions made to the nation by individuals who feast upon the remains of the dead, Ghoul  Americans are coming together at events across the country to celebrate Demonic Heritage Month.

Observed each October, Demonic Heritage Month seeks to inspire members of the Hades diaspora in the United States through the promotion of malevolent visibility and the uplifting of ancient evils. Since its inception, the federally recognized celebration has been marked by parades and festivals that honor the Ghouls, Wraiths, and Goblins who bravely emigrated from the netherworld and whose descendants still haunt America today.

“This month we pay tribute to the sons and daughters of Satan who came to this country hoping for a better life,” said Thomas Lansing, a mass of writhing tentacles and professor of unholy studies at Buffalo State University. “I grew up in suburban New Jersey and went to a school where I was one of just three undead kids. It’s great having a month when not just Ghoul Americans, but all Americans, can learn about our rich tradition of wandering ravenous through the nation’s cemeteries in search of the one thing that can quell our hunger: human corpses.”

“The Ghouls who came before me worked hard, fighting their way out of the fiery depths of hell, emit­ting their blood-curdling screeches, and ripping the flesh from dead people’s bones,” he added. “Without their sacrifices, I wouldn’t be the unspeakably foul monstrosity I am today.”

Demonic Heritage Month began in 1921 with the adoption of a resolution authored by Belphegor Asmodeus Baker, the first Ghoul American in Congress. Baker sought to preserve the culture of his inferno-born parents, who, after passing through the gates of hell and emerging from a portal at Ellis Island, were reportedly forced to change their last name from “Bal’lak, Lord Of Death” to “Baker.”

Today, over 60 million Ghoul Americans gather each year in historically demonic city centers like Chicago’s Little Pandemonium neighborhood, where they prepare a traditional dinner of necrotic limbs, dress in ceremonial blood-soaked scraps of clothing, and listen to high-pitched, satanic lullabies that cause the skulls of passersby to explode.

“Although America’s population is almost 80% living, demons have worked hard to preserve their vital undead heritage,” said community activist and artist Mara Krampus, who traveled an hour from the tomb where she resides to attend a Demonic Heritage Month celebration at a popular Ghoul-owned restaurant in Sacramento, CA. “People might make an extra effort to support Ghouls in October, but it’s important to go to your local graveyard year-round to support these foot soldiers in Satan’s legion of the damned.”

“Demonic heritage isn’t just Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Mephistopheles,” Krampus continued. “It’s also your Ghoul friends, the Incubus who seduces you each night, and the hideous, bellowing demon being exorcised from a child next door.”

This year’s Demonic Heritage Month theme, Infernal Firsts, honors pioneers such as Pazuzu Stevenson, the first Ghoul American in space; Agrat bat Mahlat, the first Poltergeist to haunt the White House; the Wright brothers, who built the first airplane; and Xezbeth Harris, the first evil spirit to possess a corpse and win a gold medal for Team USA at the Olympics.

President Joe Biden kicked off the month with a Rose Garden ceremony in which he was surrounded by the descendants of many historically prominent demons, a coalition of powerful corporeal revenants from the U.S. House and Senate, and a high satanic priest who cursed the occasion and rained down blood upon all in attendance.  

“It was so powerful to watch President Biden deliver a speech about Demonic Heritage Month while covered in the ritual pus, bile, and viscera,” demonic historian Shelly Catrone told reporters. “Growing up, I never imagined I would one day hear the president of the United States address the undead by wailing loudly in obscure eldritch tongues on C-SPAN.”

“Next I’d like to see a Ghoul elected president,” Catrone added with a smile. “I think within our 1,000-year reign of terror and blood, that will be possible.” 

The post Ghoul Americans Celebrate Demonic Heritage Month appeared first on The Onion.

Sorry, new kid, we’re already sitting here. Hang on, are you Christopher Columbus? I’m India. People keep saying you can’t stop talking about me. They say you’ve been, like, looking for me? Weird.

Wait, I heard you found a whole other country and thought it was me. Is that true? That’s so embarrassing. Why are you obsessed with me?

Is that a map you drew of me? OMG, I do not look like that. Why’d you draw me so small and Italy so big? I’m literally ten times bigger. Is this your way of trying to make yourself relevant? That’s honestly so insecure of you.

No, like, someone told me you wrote a whole letter to the king and queen of Spain saying you “discovered” me?! That’s so sad. We’ve all been here, and you literally just got here. Wait, you seriously didn’t know about the Americas?

Bangladesh, stop laughing! Seriously, you’re being mean.

Sorry, those are my other Asian friends. We’re really caffeinated right now. We drink a lot of tea. And we spill it, lolz. So like, why do you keep talking about me? You want my spices? Turmeric and chili peppers? No offense, but you don’t look like you can handle those.

What’s in your lunch? Luh-ZAA-gna? Oh my god, I was wondering what that smell was. Do I wanna try it? Um, no thanks, I’m good. European food always gives me diarrhea.

So, what’re you again? A colonizer? That makes sense, you seem like you have a small dick.

Pakistan, stop laughing! Yes, his voice is really high, but you’re being mean.

Someone told me you want to, like, spread Christianity all over me? Gross. Oh, wait, I think I’ve heard of that. It’s a religion, right? How many gods does Christianity have? Oh, just one? That’s sad. Hinduism has, like, tons. Plus, these epic poems that date as far back as 1100 BCE. When did you guys get Christianity again? 1 CE? Wow. That means Hinduism was here for thousands of years before your thing showed up. But good luck with that. What do you guys do for that big holiday again… Christ-mas? You feast on a boar’s head? That’s disgusting.

Can I be real? Your lips are so dry that it’s distracting when you talk. Just use lip balm. What? Seriously, you don’t know what that is? Oh my god, guys, he doesn’t know! He’s saying it doesn’t exist in Italy.

Sri Lanka, stop laughing!

Sorry about her. Anyway, it’s made from beeswax and plant oils. Indians have had it for a really long time. We’re big on moisturizing. I feel like you should try it—your skin is definitely suffocating under those tights. Is that really how people dress where you come from? Oh. No, it’s… cool. I guess the trend there is to be, like, strangled by your clothes.

Hold on, so your religion is Christianity, your main holiday is Christ-mas, and your name is literally Christ-opher? Whoa. Sorry, I just can’t believe how basic that is. You guys need to get out more. You go to where? Mass? I’m sorry, I literally can’t focus. Your lips are flakier than a samosa crust.

Ugh, here, just take my lip balm. What’s this red stuff on my hand? It’s mehendi. What’s mehendi? Oh, it’s when you make paste from a henna plant to decorate your skin for fun parties, like weddings and festivals. It’s cool cause it gives you good luck, plus it makes your hands look snatched.

What’s that red stuff on your hand? Smallpox? Do you have a fever? I thought you were just sweating so much cause you’re wearing a tight fur-lined wool jacket. Do you feel disoriented? That makes sense, you got hella lost looking for me. Seriously, that map you drew is trash.

What do you mean I’m not saying your name right? It’s not Chr… riss… ttopphhher? Sorry, it’s just really weird and hard to say. You know what? I’m just gonna call you Karthik.

The president of the United States, yesterday on his blog:

THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

No president, of course, can be expected to remember everything that happened during his four-year term. But Trump, of course, was still president on January 6, and the events that day were — to say the least — historically significant. The entire point of the January 6 insurrection — for his role in which, Trump was impeached — was to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president on January 20.

The man is obviously unwell.

I missed this story back in 2024, but it’s the same infuriating impulse toward infantilization as with the Bond posters this month. Amazon restored the correct poster art for Full Metal Jacket, but they didn’t learn the lesson: don’t fuck with art.

Brian Krebs:

The world’s largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating efforts to limit collateral damage from the botnet’s attacks, which shattered previous records this week with a brief traffic flood that clocked in at nearly 30 trillion bits of data per second.

Since its debut more than a year ago, the Aisuru botnet has steadily outcompeted virtually all other IoT-based botnets in the wild, with recent attacks siphoning Internet bandwidth from an estimated 300,000 compromised hosts worldwide.

I guess those people who were declaring a decade ago that the Internet of Things would change the world were right.

The EU is heavily promoting rail as an alternative to flying and driving, but while the "big" high-speed train projects get a lot of attention, it's often maddeningly difficult to take a regional train across an EU border. Jon Worth has travelled on almost every single rail line in the EU and he has an incredible wealth of knowledge about how cross-border rail could work so much better.

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Housekeepers, laundry attendants, and stewards will see their minimum wage rise from $16.50 to $20 an hour, and then to $22 by the end of their new contract.

In school districts and charter networks with the most vaccine delinquencies, as many as 44% of kindergarteners were not complying with state requirements.

In brief: There have been no big changes to the coastal storm forecast on the East Coast, with major tidal flooding and beach erosion expected from northeast North Carolina up into Long Island today and tomorrow. The next Atlantic system is not a land concern. Heavy rain in the Southwest did lead to significant flooding in southwest Colorado, with more rain on the way. And the West Coast will see an early season winter storm this week, with a couple feet of snow in the Sierra and beneficial rain across much of California.

Major coastal storm

In general, not a whole heck of a lot has changed since yesterday in terms of forecast impacts for the Mid-Atlantic coast between North Carolina and New Jersey. Starting in Atlantic City, three consecutive 8 foot high tides are expected on the beachfront today and tomorrow.

Atlantic City has only exceeded 8 foot tide levels 8 previous times (last with Sandy in 2012 at 8.8 feet). So to get close 3 straight cycles would be impressive. You have to consider not just the level of the tide, but the compound risk of multiple significant high tides. Coastal flooding will be firmly moderate to perhaps major at times through tomorrow.

Moderate to major coastal flooding will continue up and down the coast from Duck, NC through Long Island into tomorrow. Inundation mapping for the New York City metro is available through the NWS NYC forecast office here.

In addition, rough seas, significant to major beach erosion, and strong winds will continue as well. Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph and perhaps near 60 mph will be possible on the coastline.

Gusty winds will extend into the NYC area, east across Long Island, strongest near Montauk. Gusty winds will continue into Monday, though today should be the worst.

Rain totals have backed off a little bit, with 1 to 3 inches now expected from Jersey into southern New England, highest in southeast Massachusetts and near the Cape. Upwards of perhaps 3 to 4 inches will be possible there.

The whole system will slowly drift east tomorrow and Tuesday, but it will linger hundreds of miles offshore. This could keep surf high and tides slightly elevated well into this coming week.

Overall, a big time nor’easter for October and still looking like the biggest one since 2016 for Jersey and Delaware.

Tropical Atlantic

Jerry is now technically off the board, but we’ve got a 50 percent area showing up farther out in the Atlantic. This is Invest 97L, and it is no threat to land. However, there is an increasing chance that this is going to eventually acquire the name Lorenzo.

Outside of that, it looks free and clear the next 7 days. Where do we watch heading into the tail end of October? Well, the areas are pretty clear: the southern Gulf, northwest Caribbean, and southwest Atlantic.

Generally, most storms will either meander or eventually quickly turn north or northeast. For now, we’ve got nothing on the radar, but we want to give you an idea of where to look as hurricane season approaches the finish line.

Desert Southwest flooding

Parts of Pagosa Springs, CO were evacuated due to flooding on the San Juan River, which hit major flood stage overnight. The crest of 12.66 feet appears to be highest at this location since 1927.

Total rainfall over the last 2 days has been on the order of 2 to 4 inches with even higher amounts in some of the mountains in southwest Colorado. While this rain is certainly beneficial to the overall water supply in the Southwest, it surely can come with some pain in the short-term.

Rain today will focus mainly on southern Arizona, while another round of rain and storms is expected to the north on Monday, with perhaps another 1 to 2 inches of rain possible in southwest Colorado.

West Coast storm

As noted yesterday, an early season winter storm will pound California early this week. Snow levels should be at or above 6,000 feet, where as much as 1 to 3 feet is possible in the Sierra, mainly south of Highway 50. Storm duration will go from tomorrow into Wednesday.

Snow will also occur farther north in the mountains of Montana and northern Idaho, as well as in parts of Washington and Oregon.

It does appear that this storm will also extend a bit farther south now, to include the LA Basin. Rain totals of 1 to 3 inches in the mountains and perhaps up to an inch in valley locations. No significant flash flooding is expected from this storm, but there will likely be some minor issues due to ponding, travel disruption, and potentially some minor debris flow concerns in burn scar areas. No flood watches are currently posted. Either way, there is no denying that this is a good sign to get some snowpack and rain early in the season, especially in what is expected to be a La Niña winter, where southern California historically leans a bit drier (not a guarantee).

The weather should calm down nationally after midweek.

In brief: In today’s post we provide more information about our forthcoming Fall Day Celebration, to which you’re invited to bring your dogs. We also discuss our not-quite-summer but not-quite-fall weather for this week, and the potential for a front on Sunday to bring showers into the region.

Fall Day Update

We are continuing to work with our partner Reliant to put together a super fun Fall Day event, scheduled for 10 am CT to Noon on October 25th. The venue is Midtown Park, which is also home to the Reliant Dog Park. In the spirit of Halloween (and in recognition of our Excitable Dogs Scale) you are welcome to bring your furry friends in costume. The best costumes may receive a small prize. As a reminder, we have the following planned for the gathering:

• Meet and greet with Space City Weather team
• Free 10th anniversary tote bag giveaway to first 100 visitors
• Chalk wall for guests to share their favorite Houston weather memory
• Free face painting
• Exclusive sale of 10th anniversary t-shirts (see logo below), not available at any other time
• Lawn games
• Art activities for kids
• Coffee and snacks available for purchase
• Reliant tent with giveaways
• Free 360 photo booth

Fall Day is simply a gathering to celebrate the end of summer in Houston—and to enjoy the outdoors and look ahead to cooler days. This year we have reserved the entirety of Midtown Park, 2811 Travis, in Houston. If you can let us know you’re coming by signing up here, it would be great for planning purposes. But it’s not essential. See you there!

Monday

It’s feels pleasantly cool across much of the region this morning, with temperatures generally falling into the 60s. Of course it is cooler in the usual locations, with Conroe dipping into the upper 50s, and areas immediately along the coast reaching the lower 70s. But it definitely feels like early fall out there. We’ll see more of this weather this week as high pressure holds on, leading to sunny skies and moderate humidity levels. Highs on Monday will top out in the upper 80s for most of Houston, with overnight lows in the 60s for most of the region. Rain chances are near zero. Winds from the east may gust up to 15 or 20 mph for a bit this afternoon.

Tuesday and Wednesday

Expect more or less the same conditions, with sunny skies, highs near 90 degrees, and drier daytime air. Lows will fall into the mid- to upper-60s for most.

Friday and Saturday

As the ridge of high pressure retreats east, we’ll see the return of slightly more humid weather this weekend. We can expect daytime highs generally in the upper 80s with mostly sunny skies. As atmospheric moisture levels increase we may see a few more clouds, and some daily rain chances in the vicinity of 20 percent.

Sunday

Our crystal ball starts to become more cloudy later on Sunday when a front will be approaching our region. It is quite possible, but not certain, that the front will make it all the way down through the area, and push off the coast. If this happens there is a decent chance of showers with the front, bringing some much needed rain into the area. The timing of all this is uncertain, but if you have outdoor plans for Sunday it is worth keeping one eye on the forecast. As soon we we know anything more definitive I’ll let you know.

Next week

Our weather next week will depend on the extent of the front’s influence. For now I’ll predict highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s, but it comes with a huge dollop of uncertainty. What does seem fairly clear is that the pattern for next week will be more supportive of fall-like fronts.

The upcoming Myths and Leyendas: Mujeres fall festival at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will feature the unveiling of six new temporary sculptures by Latinx artists.

For its fourth annual festival celebrating Latin American art and art of the Indigenous Americas, The MFAH again partnered with ALMAAHH (Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston, Harris County) for the open call and selection of six Houston-based Latinx artists. The MFAH then commissioned the artists to create temporary sculptures for the festival.

This year’s selected artists are Laura Lopez Cano, Angela Corson, Pedro Gutierrez-Zamora, Sandra de la Rosa, Jasmine Zelaya, and collaborative trio Victoria Armenta, Salima Bowaniya, and Bailey Serrano.

Ms. Lopez Cano will celebrate fertility and motherhood with her piece inspired by Aztec earth goddess Tonantzin and the Virgin of Guadalupe. Ms. Corson will create She Becomes the Legend, a life-sized sculpture of a walking woman covered with fabric and mirror fragments. Mr. Gutierrez-Zamora will create an 8-foot-tall sculpture of the legendary spectre La Llorona, made from wood, fabric, wire, papier-mâché, and paint. Ms. de la Rosa will build La Libertad: Madre Migrante, a recontextualization of the Statue of Liberty to celebrate the strength and resilience of Latin American immigrant women. Ms. Zelaya will depict a brown-skinned Chola with florals reflecting the women in her family, all of whom are named after flowers.

Victoria Armenta, Salima Bowaniya, and Bailey Serrano will build an immersive installation inspired by the legend of a miraculous rock discovered by Ms. Bowaniya’s great-grandmother, to honor matriarchal memory and ancestral reverence.

Myths and Leyendas: Mujeres will take place on Sunday, November 9 at the MFAH’s Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza (5101 Montrose Boulevard) and The Cullen Sculpture Garden (Montrose Boulevard at Bissonnet Street). Admission is free to both the festival and MFAH, with reserved tickets available on the museum’s website.

The festival will also feature live music, dance performances, art making activities inspired by works in the MFAH collection, Lotería games, and film screenings provided by the Houston Latino Film Festival.

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I first encountered Joe Harjo’s work in 2017, and then again last year at Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio, where he presented the second installment of his three-part exhibition series, Indian Removal Act. Part 1 debuted at the Galveston Arts Center in 2023, and the final act is on view at the newly reopened Fort Worth Contemporary Arts (FWCA) through mid-November.

Colette Copeland (CC): There’s a lot to unpack in your work. Caroline Frost’s Glasstire article from last year highlights the historical connections in your practice, including the effects of the Indian Removal Act on Indigenous peoples across the country — specifically with the Muscogee Nation. Before we dive into the new work, I’m curious about how you use language to bring multiple contexts into the work.

For example, the word “act” appears in the titles of all three exhibitions, referencing not only the legislation that forcibly removed people from their lands but also theater, as in “the final act.” It also evokes the “acting” Indigenous people were compelled to perform as spectacle and entertainment for white colonizers, and as a means of self-preservation — either to assimilate or to die. 

The individual works’ titles carry a range of meanings, and I’m especially drawn to those that deploy dark, subversive humor as a tactic to spark dialogue. Tell me about how you use language — not only in the titling of your work, but in your broader artistic practice. I was recently asked: “When does a title function as a frame, and when does it become part of the artwork itself?” I’d love to hear your thoughts on that as well. 

Joe Harjo (JH): The way language functions in my titling is both as a guide and as an inseparable part of the meaning of the works themselves. Many of my titles come from song lyrics that have stayed with me over the years, carried into residencies, projects, and into the conceptual framework of my practice. When the lyrics move into the context of my art, they take on a completely adjacent meaning, translating into visual form. 

[Other titles] are from being in conversation about my work or from considering how Native narratives were formed by a language that was forced upon us. The words I choose frame the viewer’s experience while also becoming part of the work’s structure. You mention that the word “act” functions deliberately in Indian Removal Acts I–III. It points to legislation, to theatre and performance, and to the staged roles Natives were forced to take on as a method of survival. 

I don’t know if I can answer definitively when a title functions as a frame and when it becomes part of the artwork, because in my work, the title does both interchangeably. It frames, contextualizes, and points a way into the piece, while also functioning as an active element of the concept and experience.

CC: Another question I was asked recently is “What risks emerge when language becomes too central and what are the risks when language is absent?” 

I’ve been thinking a lot about the necessity of telling one’s own story — especially when it is a nondominant narrative that has been erased from history or misrepresented as factual history. How do you balance giving the visual work room to breathe and speak for itself with providing important textual insight for viewers?

JH: Our narratives have been ignored, overlooked, misrepresented, and silenced, so it is essential that we speak our truths through the mediums that best carry our voice. In that respect, language and visual representation guide the work rather than needing regulation or limitation. In my practice, any balance between image and text emerges organically because I take agency over both. I use language intentionally, guided by what I know is necessary for the work and how it will function in its context. 

For instance, in A Heretical Act of Resistance: Resting (Attempted), the title carries weight as much as the video itself. The words frame the act of attempting to rest within the historical and ongoing violence of Indian Removal, highlighting the exhaustion imposed on Native communities while asserting that, for Natives, even a basic human gesture is an act of resistance. 

CC: A Heretical Act of Resistance: Resting (Attempted) is one of my favorite works in the exhibition. Resting is often frowned upon in society and carries extra judgment for people of color due to racist  stereotypes. With three solo exhibitions in three years and your teaching responsibilities, you must be tired. 

The title adds humor and humility, especially with the attempting/failure confession. I confess to not being proficient at resting. I love your idea of rest as a radical gesture of endurance and healing, suggesting we must care for ourselves before we can care for others. How do you use humor as a tactical strategy in your work?

JH: Humor is such an important part of my practice, and in my work it functions as both a tool and a tactic. It allows me to approach difficult histories, ongoing violence, and personal struggles in a way that is accessible without diminishing their seriousness. In A Heretical Act of Resistance: Resting (Attempted), humor comes through in simply the word “Attempted,” which acknowledges failure and humanizes the act of rest, while also providing a moment of humility and self-reflection. 

I honestly have not had the rest I’ve needed in quite a while, and that small, wry gesture and acknowledgement opens a space for the viewer to engage with the work more honestly, more humanly. I use this humor and subversive wordplay in my titles because humor has always been a survival strategy in Native communities. It disarms the systems of power, creates space for endurance, and keeps our voices louder than the attempt to silence us. Humor carries forward to challenge expectations and position language itself as a point of resistance.

CC: Another aspect of the video work is the visual subterfuge. At first glance, it looks like a photograph, but upon closer inspection we notice subtle movement within the frame. You use this strategy in All Exits Look the Same, constructed with memorial flag cases containing unfixed, light-sensitive darkroom paper arranged to form the shape of a cross. 

From across the room, the cross dominates; up close, the other materials reveal themselves. Throughout the exhibition, the photo paper will change color, growing darker. I’m interested in hearing more about the choice of unfixed darkroom paper and the symbolism of impermanence in your broader practice.

JH: Darkroom paper absorbs light, and in doing so, it absorbs the presence of those who engage with it. It turns the cross into a kind of spectator or voyeur. This absorption mirrors the way historical violence and religious imposition have left their mark on Native bodies and communities, how memory and trauma are carried and internalized over time. The impermanence of the paper reinforces this idea. Its gradual darkening and transformation reflect time moving forward, the evolving relationship between visibility and erasure, and the fragility of imposed symbols of authority. 

The cross itself, a symbol of faith, is weaponized and represents the authority and control Christianity imposed and imposes on Native people. In All Exits Look the Same, the cross initially dominates, but as viewers approach and recognize the materials that make it, the work shifts. It’s this nuance, the impermanence and changeability that acknowledges that identities and experiences are layered, and the work itself can evolve as it is witnessed and experienced.

CC: As a performance artist, I’m intrigued by what remains — the residue and ephemera from actions. Your performance print series Indians Removed from 2023 and the new 2025 Indians Removing/Returning are powerful markers of resilience and power. I remember seeing the earlier work at Blue Star Contemporary, imagining the footprints as the last remaining evidence of existence. The color red suggests bloodshed; there is a sense of movement that I read as violence and resistance. 

At FWCA, the juxtaposition of the two series is intriguing. In the new series, you use brown butcher paper, connoting an inexpensive disposable commodity. The word “returning” suggests reclamation. The prints’ titles reference taking control of one’s trauma and driving change. The series feels hopeful for the future. 

In your statement, you describe this third installation as symbolizing resolution, which to me feels utopian. There is still so much work to be done. Please share some thoughts on repair, reparations, and affirmation.

JH: The prints in Indians Removed Series and Indians Removing/Returning Series deal with the traces of history that remain, the residue, the footprints, the evidence of survival and the path we collectively walk as generations both present, past, and future. 

In the 2023 series, Indians Removed, the prints acknowledge violence, displacement, and loss, imprinting the scars left by forced removal while also pointing to the endurance sustained during the long walk and further displacement. The color red signals both bloodshed and resistance, and the movement in the prints embodies action, struggle, and persistence. 

The 2025 Indians Removing/Returning Series signals reclamation, repair, and the ongoing work of asserting self-determination over histories that were taken from us. The series carries a returning and a shedding, not in a naive sense that our experiences have found total resolve, but as a recognition that repair and affirmations are active, ongoing processes. 

For me, repair and reparations are about acknowledging harm, restoring visibility, and creating space for Native voices and practices to persist and flourish. Affirmation comes through witnessing, remembering, and asserting presence. These prints, and the dialogue they create between removal and return, embody that tension and possibility. The work is both a reflection on history and a marker of the present, an embodiment of what is possible when agency and presence are reclaimed.

 

Indian Removal Act III: We are a Wounding is on view through November 15, 2025, at Texas Christian University’s Fort Worth Contemporary Arts gallery.

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I’m off today. Here are some past letters that I’m making new again, rather than leaving them to wilt in the archives.

1. Customers talk about our sizes

This question is for my coworker, Jess. We both work at a women’s plus-size clothing retailer (national chain) in the midwest. I do wear some clothes from here, but to most, I probably do not look like the average plus-size person. Jess is a little larger than myself. This is unfortunately relevant because customers try to relate to Jess in such ways like “Oh! You have a big butt you can help me [pick out something that would look good with my own big butt]” or “Oh, you get it with how big your hips are!” or the most common: “I’d rather you help me due to your size!” And recently there are new skinny jeans, which we are supposed to be promoting, and when Jess tells customers about them, they laugh at her for presumably suggesting that plus-size women can wear skinny jeans. They also have complained to her about other people who work here due to their size, such as Andrea, who is very slim and petite, and even our store manager, who wears some things from the brand but is more my size in that she doesn’t necessarily “pass” as a plus-size women.

Apparently these comments have happened before to coworkers who have since left and would more fit in to the “plus-size” image. I asked Jess if there was a certain demographic who give her comments like this since she said that she can tell who will say these things. She said it was mainly women in their 40s-50s.

I have not had any of these comments made to me. These are obviously putting a mental strain on Jess and making a thankless retail job even harder. I do not think she has spoken with the store manager, so I will today and our district manager is also visiting.

It sounds to me like the “I’d rather you help me due to your size!” comments capture what’s going on — that your customers feel particularly comfortable with Jess since she’s closer in size to them. My hunch is that the comments stem from the camaraderie and relief of shopping somewhere that actually caters to them, unlike a lot of other stores that ignore the fact that people come in a range of sizes. I don’t know that there’s anything she or the store could do to stop that without making customers feel unwelcome; it sounds like it may come with the territory, unfortunately.

But the store should give you all some guidance about how to handle customers who complain about smaller-sized women working there, even if it’s just to say that you all love fashion, regardless of size. (They should have better messaging than I do, but I’d imagine it would be something along those lines.)

– 2017

2. My boss is super excited that a coworker’s sibling is on The Voice

I have a coworker whose sibling is on The Voice. Their boss has been sending out emails about voting and supporting the contestant through to the next round. I like this coworker a lot, but the emails are kind of grating. I have a lot of causes I’d love to get our staff’s support on, but don’t think it’s appropriate to make the ask. I also see that it’s a big deal, and they’re excited about (rightly so!). But it’s also a slippery slope to constant asks from folks all over about all kinds of things.

In sum, I can see how you could argue this both ways. Which way would you argue this?

Their boss may see this as a thing for you all to bond around, create camaraderie, etc. There would be a stronger argument for that if it was your coworker herself who was on the show; it gets more tenuous when it’s her sibling. Still, though, in some offices, this could be a fun thing that people legitimately get into. And it’s unusual enough (in terms of the difficulty in getting on the show, and how high-profile it is) that I think your boss could reasonably feel like this isn’t opening the door to a cascade of more mundane requests. So I don’t think it’s outrageous that your boss is making it into such a thing (assuming, of course, that she’s not sending multiple emails a day about it).

That said, it’s potentially setting people up to feel like their own achievements aren’t given the same recognition as the achievements of someone who doesn’t even work there, and that’s something your boss should be sensitive to.

– 2018

3. My boss doesn’t seem to want my husband to visit me on a work trip

I recently started a new job (I’m in my second week). I relocated, and my husband and dog stayed behind for now. Come to find out I’m being sent on a work trip VERY close to them, about a one-hour drive. The hotel I’m staying at is dog-friendly, so I called and checked if I could separately pay any fees associated with pets, and they said yes. I’m so excited to see them!

As soon as I knew it was possible for this to happen, I went to my boss, who will also be on the trip, and asked/told him that in my free time after work is done, my husband would like to come to the hotel with my dog to meet me and I’d pay any associated fees. He reacted … weirdly? He started saying he doesn’t want to feel rushed through the day because someone is waiting for me. I assured him this would not be the case. He then said next time I should ask first, which is what I thought I was doing. I’m feeling rather emotional because I really miss my little family, but I’m not sure if I overstepped some sort of unspoken line here. Please help!

Do you know what your schedule is likely to be on this trip? If you’re just working days and won’t have work commitments in the evening, it’s really not your boss’s business. On the other hand, if it’s the kind of trip where you might be expected to do informal networking in the evenings, I can see him feeling like this isn’t ideal — because sometimes there’s an expectation that you’ll make yourself available during business travel if something comes up, like if there’s an unexpected opportunity to take a client to dinner. Your boss may just be worried that you’ll be less open to that kind of thing … but if that’s the case, he should say something like, “Your husband is welcome to stay in your hotel room with you, but this is a trip where we may work odd hours and may end up making last-minute plans with the client for the evenings. So your evenings may not be your own, and I can’t promise you’ll be able to keep any evening plans you make ahead of time.” That may be what he was trying to convey, though.

In any case, I think you could go back to him now and say something like, “I wanted to clarify that my husband meeting me at the hotel won’t in any way affect my availability. I’m there to work first and foremost, and I’ll be available whatever hours you need me while we’re there.”

– 2018

Read an update to this letter here.

4. How much noise is too much in an open office when you’re on the phone a lot?

I have a job that requires a substantial amount of time on the phone (probably averaging 15-20 hours per week on the phone, including short unscheduled calls, long project meetings, and occasional webinars). I work in a space which is primarily open-style – I have my own cube but it’s only semi-enclosed so voices carry pretty effectively throughout the space. There are offices around the perimeter, including a few set aside as swing spaces. So, it would probably be *possible* for me to use a closed office for every pre-scheduled call, preventing any of my nearby colleagues from having to hear my side of the call, but I really don’t want to spend a third (or more) of my day in the small, dark anonymous swing-space cubicles, without my nice desk setup, personal items, etc. Closed office space is hard to come by, and the organizational culture dictates that these spaces are reserved for people in higher-level jobs than mine, which I understand and am fine with overall (although these higher-level folks don’t typically have jobs that require much or any phone work).

I know you’ve come out against open-plan offices for this reason (among many), and you’ve recommended that denizens of open-plan offices take long calls in a conference room, but do I really have to spend this much time sitting in a dark, isolated cube? (As you may be able to tell, I’m an extrovert and strongly dislike being confined to such a small, depressing space.) Currently, I use the sad swing-spaces only for long calls where I know I’ll be doing most of the talking/presenting, and I do try to use my “inside voice” on the calls I take in my regular space – but a lot of my job revolves around relationship maintenance, so some of my calls are pretty friendly, informal, and involve laughter, which I also worry might annoy my colleagues (though no one has ever said anything about any of this and it’s been two years). Can I get a blanket ruling on how much phone conversation is too much in an open-plan office? And I wonder if any of your commenters have advice on how they’ve handled this situation?

I should add that my role is unique in my office; no one else (in real offices or cubes) spends any appreciable amount of time on the phone or in conversation with each other. So it’s definitely not a case where everyone is doing it and everyone deals with it – it’s just me making the noise!

There’s not one blanket rule for how much conversation is too much in an open office. It really depends on office culture, and I was all set to tell you that I’d pay attention to how others handle their phone calls until I saw in your last paragraph that there’s no one in a comparable situation.

Because of that, you might have more of a case for getting a more private workspace than you would otherwise. I know your office reserves them for people who are higher level, but you could point out that you have a unique situation no one else is in, where you’re disturbing others all the time. They might say no, but it wouldn’t be outrageous to ask.

But if that’s off the table … no, I don’t think you have to spend one third of your time in a small, dark, anonymous space. But given how much time you’re on the phone, is there any chance you could improve one of those small, dark, anonymous spaces? Make it nicer and more comfortable, so it’s easier to spend time there? Otherwise, though, just talk to the people who sit around you, acknowledge the situation, say you hate thinking you’re disturbing them, and ask if there’s anything they want you to do differently. Who knows, maybe you’ll hear that they mostly tune you out, or that it’s fine most of the time but not 3-5 every Tuesday because that’s when they need quiet the most, or something else that you didn’t realize. I don’t know what you’ll hear, but ask them directly and then go from there.

– 2019

5. Employee asked for a higher raise than I think she earned

I have an employee whose yearly review I am working to wrap up. After the initial review, we usually discuss a raise, based on what was discussed in the review. We typically would expect a 2-5% raise for this person. I got an email from her requesting a 13.15% raise. I don’t understand why it ends in .15% (it won’t make her hourly rate an even number) and she would be paid more than other folks in this role. Her work is good but not great, and she has bounced from a few teams in the last year or so. Her long-time duties at the front desk have not changed, so she really has gained a few more hours of work each week with new teams to gain more experience. I am not sure what to tell her since this feels so out of left field.

Ask her how she came up with that number! Maybe there’s something you don’t realize that she’s factoring in.

But if you consider the request and decide it’s not one that makes sense to grant, then you’d say something like, “I can offer you a raise to $X, which is based on your work this year and in line with what we pay other people doing this work. To earn a larger raise, I’d be looking to see ____.” Fill in that blank with specifics about what type of performance would warrant a larger raise. If nothing would, be up-front about that too. Basically, you want to explain how you landed at the number you’re offering her and what, if anything, could earn her more in the future.

The “I’d be looking to see ___ from you” part is really important, because it helps her understand what good versus great looks like, how performance is rewarded, and what expectations are and aren’t realistic in this job. It’s also better to help someone understand the path to where they want to go (or that that path doesn’t exist in their current role) rather than just giving a flat no.

– 2019

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I wonder if Winky has a nickname. Ha!

mst3kgifs:

Y’know what, Krankor… I want you to leave, alright?

cosmicportal:

The Austin American, Texas, June 20, 1934

mst3kgifs:

People everywhere stand around water coolers chuckling over my hijinks from the night before, especially when I roll out my lovable chestnut…

You know you want me, baby!™

mst3kgifs:

I STILL SUPPORT THE RAILING SYSTEEEEEEEEEM!

I think you should file this, Larry.

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RELEASE

Glenda and Cirno meet RELEASE

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