Ocean Lani 🇲🇵🇬🇺
@oceanlani.bsky.social
She/her ginen Marianas, caretaker of coral reefs & communities | Loud #Chamorro, proud #Micronesian | Connect, protect, respect #Pasifik people 🌊🇲🇵🇬🇺🌴 Decolonization is the answer.
English = not my language so idc about typos
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Ocean Lani 🇲🇵🇬🇺
@oceanlani.bsky.social
· Oct 23
In case it needs to be said, I love being an islander of the Pacific ocean 💙 I may complain a lot but that feeling is always the predominant background coloring of my thoughts and tone, for those who are new here.
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Beautiful moment.
✏️ #Birth Record Inscribed by an Ottoman Father on the Blank Page of a Manuscript: “On the night of March 17, 1817, at 11, my noble daughter Aisha Siddiqa has honored the world with her arrival. May God the Exalted make her esteemed in both worlds, and grant her to be a blessed successor. Amen.”
February 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Beautiful moment.
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I hate how much of these kids' lives are online at the hands of their parents.
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I hate how much of these kids' lives are online at the hands of their parents.
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My newsletter is a year old today, and 77 essays in. www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
My newsletter is a year old today, and 77 essays in. www.meditationsinanemergency.com
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At the very heart of the conflict raging in the United States is a conflict about human nature, a deep moral and philosophical conflict. I believe the isolationists will lose in the long run because they are not only out of step with the majority but they are out of step with reality....
When Love Thy Neighbor Is a Cry of Resistance
Today marks one full year for this newsletter, and here's the 77th post (I thought once a week was going to be a lot, but there's so much going on I wrote almost 1.5 times a week over the past year). ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
At the very heart of the conflict raging in the United States is a conflict about human nature, a deep moral and philosophical conflict. I believe the isolationists will lose in the long run because they are not only out of step with the majority but they are out of step with reality....
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Confusion over whether American Samoans—who are U.S. nationals, not citizens—can vote in local elections is common in Alaska, says a community leader. “The people interpreting the laws don’t even understand the damn laws.”
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public officials—and has made them a new target for policing voter fraud.
boltsmag.org
February 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Confusion over whether American Samoans—who are U.S. nationals, not citizens—can vote in local elections is common in Alaska, says a community leader. “The people interpreting the laws don’t even understand the damn laws.”
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Got any tips and/or tea on the Kennedy Center or anything arts and culture related that you think the public needs to know?
Tell me!
Email soraya [at] lindabrent [dot] media
Or you can find me on Signal at SorayaMcDonald.41
Tell me!
Email soraya [at] lindabrent [dot] media
Or you can find me on Signal at SorayaMcDonald.41
February 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Got any tips and/or tea on the Kennedy Center or anything arts and culture related that you think the public needs to know?
Tell me!
Email soraya [at] lindabrent [dot] media
Or you can find me on Signal at SorayaMcDonald.41
Tell me!
Email soraya [at] lindabrent [dot] media
Or you can find me on Signal at SorayaMcDonald.41
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"They ain't kill me YET" is so damn real 🤣
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"They ain't kill me YET" is so damn real 🤣
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gotta make sure recency bias ain't taking it
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
gotta make sure recency bias ain't taking it
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I gotta give most things at least two seasons to prove itself if folks talking about it too much.
I’ve been caught up in the hype and let down before!
I’ve been caught up in the hype and let down before!
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I gotta give most things at least two seasons to prove itself if folks talking about it too much.
I’ve been caught up in the hype and let down before!
I’ve been caught up in the hype and let down before!
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I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t learn to laugh at myself a little bit.
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t learn to laugh at myself a little bit.
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I love y'all in small doses as long as I am not needing to depend on you 😆😂
Is there anyone that love us Sagittarius? 🥲
February 2, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I love y'all in small doses as long as I am not needing to depend on you 😆😂
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I’m always dealing with so much stress and inspiration the same time it’s overwhelming
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I’m always dealing with so much stress and inspiration the same time it’s overwhelming
Yt supremacy can be perpetuated by anyone, indeed it is the default programming of Amerikan education
There is no conspiracy in two ICE agents involved in the murder of Alex Pretti having Latino names. There are Latino and other POC ICE agents. Not every single one is white. Even Custer had scouts.
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Yt supremacy can be perpetuated by anyone, indeed it is the default programming of Amerikan education
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Pro tip: Before you invite a seminar speaker, hire a big name at your institution, or cash a big check from a donor, throw their name in the search bar of the Epstein files.
February 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Pro tip: Before you invite a seminar speaker, hire a big name at your institution, or cash a big check from a donor, throw their name in the search bar of the Epstein files.
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which is exactly why we people are obsessed with submission discourse
in this essay, I will—
in this essay, I will—
Also dating sucks because people who don’t have efficacy/agency/power in real life seek to fix that dynamic in their intimate relationships rather than in themselves.
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
which is exactly why we people are obsessed with submission discourse
in this essay, I will—
in this essay, I will—
The idea of speaking to my deceased grandma is ridiculous because English was her 3rd/4th language lmao no AI could ever imitate my Nang! Chamorro was her 1st language, Japanese her 2nd, she understood Carolinian but English she hardly spoke or knew. Got the tenses + genders wrong all the time LOL
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The idea of speaking to my deceased grandma is ridiculous because English was her 3rd/4th language lmao no AI could ever imitate my Nang! Chamorro was her 1st language, Japanese her 2nd, she understood Carolinian but English she hardly spoke or knew. Got the tenses + genders wrong all the time LOL
"3, 2, 1, meow!"
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😂
February 2, 2026 at 6:33 AM
"3, 2, 1, meow!"
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Bleach 1000 yr blood war is...something else
February 2, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Bleach 1000 yr blood war is...something else
Every Monday like clockwork the work gc blows up with the excuses of the parents and pet parents of why they're late lol. Unserious.
February 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Every Monday like clockwork the work gc blows up with the excuses of the parents and pet parents of why they're late lol. Unserious.
Why is being a capable adult woman so much of coaching the ones who grew dependent on you, off you, when the relationship no longer serves? 😪
February 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Why is being a capable adult woman so much of coaching the ones who grew dependent on you, off you, when the relationship no longer serves? 😪
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This is Minneapolis:
We’re out to breakfast @ our favorite restaurant, now called Post-Modern Times.
They’ve moved to free/donation based so taxes aren’t going to the fed govt during this occupation.
Another customer leaves & says goodbye to their friends, “te amo, te amo, chingra la migra!”
We’re out to breakfast @ our favorite restaurant, now called Post-Modern Times.
They’ve moved to free/donation based so taxes aren’t going to the fed govt during this occupation.
Another customer leaves & says goodbye to their friends, “te amo, te amo, chingra la migra!”
February 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
This is Minneapolis:
We’re out to breakfast @ our favorite restaurant, now called Post-Modern Times.
They’ve moved to free/donation based so taxes aren’t going to the fed govt during this occupation.
Another customer leaves & says goodbye to their friends, “te amo, te amo, chingra la migra!”
We’re out to breakfast @ our favorite restaurant, now called Post-Modern Times.
They’ve moved to free/donation based so taxes aren’t going to the fed govt during this occupation.
Another customer leaves & says goodbye to their friends, “te amo, te amo, chingra la migra!”
"When crimes are consumed like content, the audience is trained to watch and not to intervene. This is media psychology."
Why I do not watch true crime as an adult.
Why I do not watch true crime as an adult.
I just read an article that was really interesting about the Epstein files for those frustrated with people meme-int the contents. A great read.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
February 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
"When crimes are consumed like content, the audience is trained to watch and not to intervene. This is media psychology."
Why I do not watch true crime as an adult.
Why I do not watch true crime as an adult.
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Colonized minds.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Colonized minds.
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Talking about the Bering Strait like it isn't a discredited theory and is the equivalent of modern immigration (especially weird white supremacist assertions that there were Europeans already here before our Indigenous ancestors) earns you an immediately BLOCK.
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Talking about the Bering Strait like it isn't a discredited theory and is the equivalent of modern immigration (especially weird white supremacist assertions that there were Europeans already here before our Indigenous ancestors) earns you an immediately BLOCK.