X̱’unei Lance Twitchell
@xhunei.bsky.social
Language teacher and radical advocate of change. Rebel without a pause. Husband and parent of bilingual kiddos. Artist, writer, musician.
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The #ChildrensEmmys Award for Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series goes to "Not a Mascot" | Molly of Denali (PBS Kids).
March 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The #ChildrensEmmys Award for Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series goes to "Not a Mascot" | Molly of Denali (PBS Kids).
Eesháan!
Eesháan, wé aan adulḵáa tʼáa
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/eesháan-
March 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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This John Lewis quote — and the example of Civil Rights Movement participants, more broadly, feels especially needed right now.
March 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This John Lewis quote — and the example of Civil Rights Movement participants, more broadly, feels especially needed right now.
My name is X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell. I work for the University of Alaska Southeast, and my pronouns are:
DIVERSITY. EQUITY. INCLUSION.
DIVERSITY. EQUITY. INCLUSION.
March 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My name is X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell. I work for the University of Alaska Southeast, and my pronouns are:
DIVERSITY. EQUITY. INCLUSION.
DIVERSITY. EQUITY. INCLUSION.
áa át déin • a lake lies there
March 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
áa át déin • a lake lies there
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Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
March 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
The University of Alaska is in trouble folks.
Based on these two documents, three words have been banned from public facing web pages and in many cases web pages containing these words have been deactivated.
This is erasure, censorship, and the active banning of words without legal precedent.
Based on these two documents, three words have been banned from public facing web pages and in many cases web pages containing these words have been deactivated.
This is erasure, censorship, and the active banning of words without legal precedent.
March 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The University of Alaska is in trouble folks.
Based on these two documents, three words have been banned from public facing web pages and in many cases web pages containing these words have been deactivated.
This is erasure, censorship, and the active banning of words without legal precedent.
Based on these two documents, three words have been banned from public facing web pages and in many cases web pages containing these words have been deactivated.
This is erasure, censorship, and the active banning of words without legal precedent.
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Exquisite response by Georgetown Dean to interim USA Ed Martin
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."
March 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Exquisite response by Georgetown Dean to interim USA Ed Martin
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."
On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum:
"The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."
“Maybe some of the people who make fun of people for being woke are secretly jealous that those people seem to have something going for them, whether it be clarity of analysis, or solidarity ... or the ability to succeed in spite of systemic inequality,”
- Davey Shlasko
- Davey Shlasko
March 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“Maybe some of the people who make fun of people for being woke are secretly jealous that those people seem to have something going for them, whether it be clarity of analysis, or solidarity ... or the ability to succeed in spite of systemic inequality,”
- Davey Shlasko
- Davey Shlasko
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everything is so shitty, read this story about a genuinely good man who saw he had an opportunity to save millions of lives and threw himself into doing so. the world is full of heroes like him.
March 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
everything is so shitty, read this story about a genuinely good man who saw he had an opportunity to save millions of lives and threw himself into doing so. the world is full of heroes like him.
tlʼúnx̱u
(noun) indifferent; mediocre | (something) mediocre, indifferent | tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ yatee → itʼs mediocre, indifferent • tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ sh tudinook → itʼs/theyʼre not up to par, indifferent, apathetic (JL)
(noun) indifferent; mediocre | (something) mediocre, indifferent | tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ yatee → itʼs mediocre, indifferent • tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ sh tudinook → itʼs/theyʼre not up to par, indifferent, apathetic (JL)
March 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
tlʼúnx̱u
(noun) indifferent; mediocre | (something) mediocre, indifferent | tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ yatee → itʼs mediocre, indifferent • tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ sh tudinook → itʼs/theyʼre not up to par, indifferent, apathetic (JL)
(noun) indifferent; mediocre | (something) mediocre, indifferent | tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ yatee → itʼs mediocre, indifferent • tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ sh tudinook → itʼs/theyʼre not up to par, indifferent, apathetic (JL)
If you think these are the only three words that will be banned, you’ve got another thing coming. Wish more people had a backbone.
March 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If you think these are the only three words that will be banned, you’ve got another thing coming. Wish more people had a backbone.
If you got AT&T in Juneau, we feel your pain and you can borrow my phone for a quick call.
March 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If you got AT&T in Juneau, we feel your pain and you can borrow my phone for a quick call.
Yées gaaw kax̱a.aaḵw bagel x̱asa.éeyi.
March 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Yées gaaw kax̱a.aaḵw bagel x̱asa.éeyi.
The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R. (2018 Mix / Lyric Video)
YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO
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March 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“We have languages coming into our country. These are languages—it’s the craziest thing—they have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of. It’s a very horrible thing.”
This is the dumbest stuff. Seriously stupid.
Hél shantudaheen.
This is the dumbest stuff. Seriously stupid.
Hél shantudaheen.
March 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“We have languages coming into our country. These are languages—it’s the craziest thing—they have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of. It’s a very horrible thing.”
This is the dumbest stuff. Seriously stupid.
Hél shantudaheen.
This is the dumbest stuff. Seriously stupid.
Hél shantudaheen.
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Both my mom and the New York Times think you should watch my stand-up special "Comfort Beyond God's Foresight"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L9l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L9l...
Ian Karmel | Comfort Beyond God's Foresight (Full Comedy Special)
YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media
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February 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Both my mom and the New York Times think you should watch my stand-up special "Comfort Beyond God's Foresight"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L9l...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L9l...
Was a little too rough with my dough, and it didn't rise all the way. It probably didn't help that I was singing 🎶 rise up! rise up! 🎶 from Hamilton. The dough said nah.
February 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Was a little too rough with my dough, and it didn't rise all the way. It probably didn't help that I was singing 🎶 rise up! rise up! 🎶 from Hamilton. The dough said nah.
Anybody notice this? When the bullyboy prez decided to confront the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, she said, “I’m complying with state and federal laws,” and he showed his narcissism with, “I am the federal law,” but switched to “we” after blurting “I’m …”
February 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Anybody notice this? When the bullyboy prez decided to confront the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, she said, “I’m complying with state and federal laws,” and he showed his narcissism with, “I am the federal law,” but switched to “we” after blurting “I’m …”
Since Apartheid Child’s deadline approaches, here is my bullet list of accomplishments for last week:
1) baked a loaf of bread
B) experimented with interchangeability of numbers and letters
3) made a list of five things
4) drank coffee with few resultant ring stains
5) made words in two languages
1) baked a loaf of bread
B) experimented with interchangeability of numbers and letters
3) made a list of five things
4) drank coffee with few resultant ring stains
5) made words in two languages
February 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Since Apartheid Child’s deadline approaches, here is my bullet list of accomplishments for last week:
1) baked a loaf of bread
B) experimented with interchangeability of numbers and letters
3) made a list of five things
4) drank coffee with few resultant ring stains
5) made words in two languages
1) baked a loaf of bread
B) experimented with interchangeability of numbers and letters
3) made a list of five things
4) drank coffee with few resultant ring stains
5) made words in two languages
I am committed to sharing the cookies I just baked, but have hereby banned the words “share,” “taste,” and “have.” To reiterate, I am and always will be committed to sharing what I consider mine and mine alone.
February 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I am committed to sharing the cookies I just baked, but have hereby banned the words “share,” “taste,” and “have.” To reiterate, I am and always will be committed to sharing what I consider mine and mine alone.