Toastie
@btoastie.bsky.social
Indigenous affairs reporter @highcountrynews.org
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@propublica.org
@foreignpolicy.com
@streetroots.bsky.social
& more.
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🪶 Chahta | they/them or whatev ⚧️
Other bylines:
@propublica.org
@foreignpolicy.com
@streetroots.bsky.social
& more.
No NYT bylines. 🏆
📸 @rraadd.bsky.social
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Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Oh so NOW y'all wanna live like the savage heathens.
🚨In the face of the polycrisis, a new economics is needed. Here, Jasper Kenter specifically singles out Wales's 🏴 Well-being of Future Generations Act as game-changing legislation that prioritises non-GDP goals.
Why the UK should look beyond growth to a ‘new economics’ that works for all
Traditional economics can’t respond to global crises like inequality and climate change.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Oh so NOW y'all wanna live like the savage heathens.
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Student journalism continues to put elite outlets like @nytimes.com to shame
Email Cache Reveals How Former Harvard President Larry Summers Stayed in Jeffrey Epstein’s Orbit | News | The Harvard Crimson
A new cache of emails released by a House committee paints a vivid portrait of the relationship between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein. The ...
www.thecrimson.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Student journalism continues to put elite outlets like @nytimes.com to shame
We’ll see about that when a firebrand senator issues a stern finger-wagging and appeals get run up the courts six or seven times before it all gets thrown out or not enforced.
i'm sorry but nothing involving the files is gonna fix things. nothing that puts change into the hands of our current politicians will work at this point
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
We’ll see about that when a firebrand senator issues a stern finger-wagging and appeals get run up the courts six or seven times before it all gets thrown out or not enforced.
Imagine being a white supremacist and being like this, all this, is what we have created.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Imagine being a white supremacist and being like this, all this, is what we have created.
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infinite solidarity to the First Nations and hell yeah, metal is eternal
"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is 'a strange road to joy.'" This is so lovely, @btoastie.bsky.social:
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
infinite solidarity to the First Nations and hell yeah, metal is eternal
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CONVERGE MENTIONED
"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is 'a strange road to joy.'" This is so lovely, @btoastie.bsky.social:
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
CONVERGE MENTIONED
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I don’t know, I feel like making the one thing illegal that’s keeping millions of people from snapping right now might not be the wisest move
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I don’t know, I feel like making the one thing illegal that’s keeping millions of people from snapping right now might not be the wisest move
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I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
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A whole lot of people are asking "why are billionaires and demagogues like this?", and it's just possible we've been overthinking it.
Adolf Hitler had genetic disorder that can result in a micro-penis
Researchers say Hitler may have never had sex due to the condition.
metro.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A whole lot of people are asking "why are billionaires and demagogues like this?", and it's just possible we've been overthinking it.
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“Heavy music teaches us things such as we’re not alone; when life is dark, we do something about it. We’re not just a prisoner to that darkness. But also that our risk fluctuates, that our misery isn’t gonna last forever. There are ways through it.” www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🤘
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Donald Orr @notdonald.bsky.social shares his story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"My hope is that OPB comes to the table with a contract that compensates workers with livable wages, and allows our colleagues to have more financial stability"
-Donald Orr, OPB announcer/producer
"My hope is that OPB comes to the table with a contract that compensates workers with livable wages, and allows our colleagues to have more financial stability"
-Donald Orr, OPB announcer/producer
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Donald Orr @notdonald.bsky.social shares his story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"My hope is that OPB comes to the table with a contract that compensates workers with livable wages, and allows our colleagues to have more financial stability"
-Donald Orr, OPB announcer/producer
"My hope is that OPB comes to the table with a contract that compensates workers with livable wages, and allows our colleagues to have more financial stability"
-Donald Orr, OPB announcer/producer
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"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is 'a strange road to joy.'" This is so lovely, @btoastie.bsky.social:
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"What most clearly sets it apart from other genres is that it’s so rooted in anger and sadness — or their common ancestors: terror, lack, isolation and despair. Metal, one fan told me, is 'a strange road to joy.'" This is so lovely, @btoastie.bsky.social:
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“I was not prepared for how hopeful and connected this festival would leave me feeling. When I got home, the first draft poured out of me over the next few days... I’ve never published anything so close to my heart. I hope you’ll take some time to enjoy this one.”
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest - High Country News
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
www.hcn.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“I was not prepared for how hopeful and connected this festival would leave me feeling. When I got home, the first draft poured out of me over the next few days... I’ve never published anything so close to my heart. I hope you’ll take some time to enjoy this one.”
What if instead we funded the news, made it freely accessible to all, and stopped blaming things on the consumer that's the fault of powerful companies and the systems built for them?
We have to be willing to pay for news.
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What if instead we funded the news, made it freely accessible to all, and stopped blaming things on the consumer that's the fault of powerful companies and the systems built for them?
220 years.
The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
Australia’s first treaty with Aboriginal people signed in state of Victoria
The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
220 years.
tiger, elephant, giraffe, mongolia, midlefafrt
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
tiger, elephant, giraffe, mongolia, midlefafrt
Maybe the people should have our own courts and newspapers.
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Maybe the people should have our own courts and newspapers.
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I just emailed the NYTimes tip line about this
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just emailed the NYTimes tip line about this
#Indigenous food sovereignty in a single image:
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
#Indigenous food sovereignty in a single image:
Food and nutrition assistance programs are part of the federal government’s trust and treaty responsibilities — its legal and moral obligations to fund tribes’ health and well-being in exchange for land and resources the U.S. took from tribes.
apnews.com/article/shut...
apnews.com/article/shut...
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown
A pending deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 bison on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Food and nutrition assistance programs are part of the federal government’s trust and treaty responsibilities — its legal and moral obligations to fund tribes’ health and well-being in exchange for land and resources the U.S. took from tribes.
apnews.com/article/shut...
apnews.com/article/shut...
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This is so damn beautiful
“Heavy music teaches us things such as we’re not alone; when life is dark, we do something about it. We’re not just a prisoner to that darkness. But also that our risk fluctuates, that our misery isn’t gonna last forever. There are ways through it.” www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is so damn beautiful
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This is so fucking badass
“Heavy music teaches us things such as we’re not alone; when life is dark, we do something about it. We’re not just a prisoner to that darkness. But also that our risk fluctuates, that our misery isn’t gonna last forever. There are ways through it.” www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is so fucking badass
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How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
www.hcn.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.