amber sky
@dezbah.bsky.social
diné + numunuu
southern ndn living in the north (cold), interests include beadwork, maths, writing into the void, making a home with my husband, baby meadow + cat, trolling random reddit communities
southern ndn living in the north (cold), interests include beadwork, maths, writing into the void, making a home with my husband, baby meadow + cat, trolling random reddit communities
Life update: got banned from r/personal finance for criticizing some who who admitted they had a million + networth yet still collects “social security” and i have a 3 week old baby girl we named meadow
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Life update: got banned from r/personal finance for criticizing some who who admitted they had a million + networth yet still collects “social security” and i have a 3 week old baby girl we named meadow
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You live in a country that is establishing concentration camps & soon will be stripping citizens of their papers.
Trump on DeSantis's new detention camp for migrants: "We'd like to see them in many states. And at some point they might morph into a system."
July 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You live in a country that is establishing concentration camps & soon will be stripping citizens of their papers.
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Those of us who warned—before the election—that a Trump regime would eventually come for everyone were called “cynics”, “alarmists”, “idiots”, or worse.
Fast forward to not even 6 months in to his second term and he is now calling for expelling American citizens as he opens concentration camps.
Fast forward to not even 6 months in to his second term and he is now calling for expelling American citizens as he opens concentration camps.
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Those of us who warned—before the election—that a Trump regime would eventually come for everyone were called “cynics”, “alarmists”, “idiots”, or worse.
Fast forward to not even 6 months in to his second term and he is now calling for expelling American citizens as he opens concentration camps.
Fast forward to not even 6 months in to his second term and he is now calling for expelling American citizens as he opens concentration camps.
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$45 billion for ethnic cleansing
It’s one thing to say they want to deport 20 million people, it’s even one thing to go nuts brazenly doing whatever you can as the executive branch to make it happen, but the fact that they’re going to give ICE an additional 45B shows how committed they are to seeing this through.
July 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
$45 billion for ethnic cleansing
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Trump and Stephen Miller want a vast secret police apparatus and they are building it right out in the open.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Trump and Stephen Miller want a vast secret police apparatus and they are building it right out in the open.
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“Our world isn’t ending. It already ended.” ~from @waub.bsky.social’s dystopian novel, Moon the Crusted, after a blackout occurs on an Anishnaabe reserve in Northern Ontario.
People keep comparing our time to the Nazis. We don’t. We, Natives, have seen this before, here in the U.S.: Separation of families, prison camps, forced removals, aggressive raids, nationalism… Folks, it happened here. Google ‘the Trail of Tears’ and ‘Indian boarding schools.’ Learn a thing or two.
June 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Our world isn’t ending. It already ended.” ~from @waub.bsky.social’s dystopian novel, Moon the Crusted, after a blackout occurs on an Anishnaabe reserve in Northern Ontario.
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A Class-Action Lawsuit Aims to Restore Climate and Environmental Grants - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2806202...
A Class-Action Lawsuit Aims to Restore Climate and Environmental Grants - Inside Climate News
The lawsuit claims the Trump administration violated the separation of powers when it ordered the cancellation of $3 billion in grants for community-based projects.
insideclimatenews.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
A Class-Action Lawsuit Aims to Restore Climate and Environmental Grants - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2806202...
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The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does.
#201FirstNationsArticles
#201FirstNationsArticles
June 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does.
#201FirstNationsArticles
#201FirstNationsArticles
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How cool is this? "Khipus are a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted cords. Andean people of the past used them as a record of the climate, and studied them to understand the patterns of what was going on. Efforts are now underway to get accurate radiocarbon dates." Read more ...
The Inca string code that reveals Peru’s climate history
Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.
theconversation.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
How cool is this? "Khipus are a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted cords. Andean people of the past used them as a record of the climate, and studied them to understand the patterns of what was going on. Efforts are now underway to get accurate radiocarbon dates." Read more ...
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not sure there's a more embarrassing profession than ICE agent. Oh, you dress like a soldier to abduct sous chefs and throw flashbangs at protesters? Get a real job you loser
June 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
not sure there's a more embarrassing profession than ICE agent. Oh, you dress like a soldier to abduct sous chefs and throw flashbangs at protesters? Get a real job you loser
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JUST IN: Proud Boys leaders granted clemency by Trump are suing the federal government for $100 million. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
JUST IN: Proud Boys leaders granted clemency by Trump are suing the federal government for $100 million. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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If you're wondering why federal law enforcement are suddenly wearing masks and otherwise obscuring their identities, I wrote about that here:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/faceless-f...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/faceless-f...
Faceless Feds at War With America
Why law enforcement are suddenly blurring their own faces in press releases
www.kenklippenstein.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If you're wondering why federal law enforcement are suddenly wearing masks and otherwise obscuring their identities, I wrote about that here:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/faceless-f...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/faceless-f...
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Tear gas is a chemical weapon and an abortifacient banned by the Geneva Protocol. If soldiers used it against armed combatants, they could be prosecuted for war crimes. www.scientificamerican.com/article/poli... (from 2022)
Police Who Tear-Gas Abortion-Rights Protesters Could Induce Abortion
Tear gas is widely used by law enforcement, even though it may cause spontaneous abortion
www.scientificamerican.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tear gas is a chemical weapon and an abortifacient banned by the Geneva Protocol. If soldiers used it against armed combatants, they could be prosecuted for war crimes. www.scientificamerican.com/article/poli... (from 2022)
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Science publications got you covered 🧪
Didn’t expect this from Scientific American but here we are. (Article from 2020 but everything still relevant including COVID precautions)
June 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Science publications got you covered 🧪
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We can keep discussing these societal issues year after year, but nothing is likely to change. Instead, it’s up to you to take proactive steps to protect yourself and your family and live with the reassurance that you can protect your life if the threat arises—plain and simple.
May 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
We can keep discussing these societal issues year after year, but nothing is likely to change. Instead, it’s up to you to take proactive steps to protect yourself and your family and live with the reassurance that you can protect your life if the threat arises—plain and simple.
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www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Miller’s uncle warned in 2018.
“I have watched with dismay & increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country"
Miller’s uncle warned in 2018.
“I have watched with dismay & increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country"
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Miller’s uncle warned in 2018.
“I have watched with dismay & increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country"
Miller’s uncle warned in 2018.
“I have watched with dismay & increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country"
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In 2024, Biden signed into law a $105 billion measure designed to end a shortfall in air traffic controllers.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
May 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In 2024, Biden signed into law a $105 billion measure designed to end a shortfall in air traffic controllers.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them.
So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
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“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
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My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
May 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
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The Trump admin is fast-tracking a uranium mine in Utah by slashing the permitting process to 14 days, bypassing environmental review and cutting the public out entirely. Projects like this are supposed to go through NEPA, the law that requires environmental impact assessments and public comment.
May 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Trump admin is fast-tracking a uranium mine in Utah by slashing the permitting process to 14 days, bypassing environmental review and cutting the public out entirely. Projects like this are supposed to go through NEPA, the law that requires environmental impact assessments and public comment.
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Lol
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
from @404media.co
www.404media.co/republicans-...
May 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Lol
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Want to know more about the environmental and social impacts of dams? Listen to my podcast episode with Jonathan Van Ness!
jonathanvanness.com/podcast/gett...
jonathanvanness.com/podcast/gett...
May 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Want to know more about the environmental and social impacts of dams? Listen to my podcast episode with Jonathan Van Ness!
jonathanvanness.com/podcast/gett...
jonathanvanness.com/podcast/gett...
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I feel compelled to acknowledge the dread and dismay that many international students in the US are feeling at the moment - we see you, even if we feel rather powerless for now. Here's the very first visa stamp on my Indian passport ~40 years ago to come to UW Seattle for an MS in Bioengineering.
April 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I feel compelled to acknowledge the dread and dismay that many international students in the US are feeling at the moment - we see you, even if we feel rather powerless for now. Here's the very first visa stamp on my Indian passport ~40 years ago to come to UW Seattle for an MS in Bioengineering.
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i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery