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‘Redbone’: Native American rock band shines in new graphic novel

Los Angeles in the 1960s was a mecca for musical talent. Performers from many ethnic backgrounds were finally arriving at the forefront with exciting new styles and sounds.

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(This gekiga [graphic novel] should be good.)

Here’s a nod to this idea, especially with Native & minority tongues to encourage earlier literacy even for the blind & purblind.

This is awesome. Go LEGO!

As tricky as it’d be to explain to kids (especially to grade school age ones), this should be handy to help them understand the different ways they can work.

A little infographic on relationships I wanted to make because I’ve seen some misconceptions out there! Had a lot of fun making it! Hope yall enjoy.

These are most certainly worth considering for fantasy settings, especially for worldbuilding purposes.

Non-Boring Environments that need Fantasy Representation

Tropical Rainforests

Scrubland/Dry Forests. For extra effect make them the sort that burn very often; some native plants never germinate until after a fire, and some animals not only rely on fire to smoke out prey, but may even start them themselves.

Savannas/Tropical Grasslands

Temperate Rainforests. I almost didn’t include this bc New Zealand is covered in them, and that’s where they filmed Lord of the Rings. But tbh, no one really knows about them, so it belongs here

Taiga Forests

Barren Tundra, perfect for some extreme seasonal dichotomy

Polar Ice Sheets

Desert-Grasslands (arguably the same as Scrubland but Australia’s good at adding its own twists)

Barren Desert

If you like Cacti, look at American Deserts like the Sonoran

Salt Flats

Soda Lakes and Alkaline Lakes

Madagascar’s Karst Limestone Formations

Madagascar’s Spiny Forests

Madagascar’s Baobab Forests

Madagascar’s Subhumid Forests (Madagascar is cool as hell ok)

Danxia Landforms

Badlands/Mountainous Deserts

Steppes and Highland Prairies

Flood Basalts

Newly-Formed Islands, still rife with Volcanic activity

Now for Underwater Environments, sure Coral Reefs are cool.

But there are SO MANY other kinds of environments for aquatic settings, it’s unbelievable:

Seaside Cliffs

Archipelagos. Not just Tropical Island chains like Polynesia (Moana anyone?) but also Coldwater Archipelagos like the Aleutians.

Tidal Flats

Bayous/Cypress Swamps

Tropical River Basins, AKA Seasonally Flooded Rainforests

Mangrove Swamps/Deltas/Beaches

Kelp Forests

The Open Ocean

Coastal Seabeds

Rocky Beaches with Tidepools

And there are a LOT more I could name but this post is already obscenely long as is, if you’d like to toss in your own go right ahead, but my point is if you limit yourself to European Deciduous Forests you’re a wimp.

Being a fanfic writer (despite it having been a while since I last worked on one old or new), I feel this is highly useful and will keep this in mind for when I next do so.

i might elaborate later but fanfic replies literally develop writer’s metacognition and make them better writers

I bet my editor would be especially happy to see this, especially as he’s watching the elections intently.

A record-breaking 6 Native Americans were elected to Congress on Tuesday

The group represents four stats and is split evenly by party – three Democrats and three Republicans.