HappyKaijuStompyTime
@hellokaiju.bsky.social
she/her Gringa in cactusland. Bsky is not free of antisemitic, anti-palestinian, anti-muslim, anti lgbtq, or other racist/bigoted accounts. Not seeing them is a sign of successful curation/deplatforming/blocklist use by people who experience bigotry *here*
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yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
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Did you know that just down the street from our Fremont Seattle shop is Yubəč, a gift shop run by the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation whose proceeds fund their various programs? All their products---including their comics---are Native made from Native-owned brands, and they are open TODAY!
October 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Did you know that just down the street from our Fremont Seattle shop is Yubəč, a gift shop run by the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation whose proceeds fund their various programs? All their products---including their comics---are Native made from Native-owned brands, and they are open TODAY!
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Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
I present to you, my annual post
I present to you, my annual post
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
I present to you, my annual post
I present to you, my annual post
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Today is Indigenous People’s Day!! I’m Wet’suwet’en, oooooo look at my art 🌀🌀🌀 my stomach is still cramping so that’s all the introduction I have the willpower for 👍
Website: www.jazzjosart.com
Online Shop: ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
#indigenouspeoplesday #formline #indigenousart
Website: www.jazzjosart.com
Online Shop: ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
#indigenouspeoplesday #formline #indigenousart
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today is Indigenous People’s Day!! I’m Wet’suwet’en, oooooo look at my art 🌀🌀🌀 my stomach is still cramping so that’s all the introduction I have the willpower for 👍
Website: www.jazzjosart.com
Online Shop: ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
#indigenouspeoplesday #formline #indigenousart
Website: www.jazzjosart.com
Online Shop: ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...
#indigenouspeoplesday #formline #indigenousart
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It's a great time to start shopping for holiday gifts! I make handmade jewelry for a living, so your business this holiday season means far more to me than it will to any large business. Grab my new spooky earrings → cvkvlv.com
MVTO!!
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#Beadwork
It's a great time to start shopping for holiday gifts! I make handmade jewelry for a living, so your business this holiday season means far more to me than it will to any large business. Grab my new spooky earrings → cvkvlv.com
MVTO!!
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#Beadwork
October 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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It's a great time to start shopping for holiday gifts! I make handmade jewelry for a living, so your business this holiday season means far more to me than it will to any large business. Grab my new spooky earrings → cvkvlv.com
MVTO!!
Goal progress in comments ↓↓
#Beadwork
It's a great time to start shopping for holiday gifts! I make handmade jewelry for a living, so your business this holiday season means far more to me than it will to any large business. Grab my new spooky earrings → cvkvlv.com
MVTO!!
Goal progress in comments ↓↓
#Beadwork
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part of the reason people don't want the history of this period taught or understood is to make this illegible to people. it's easy to swallow thought ending cliches about which venerated figure was a "man of their times" if you remain studiously unaware of what their times actually were
June 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
part of the reason people don't want the history of this period taught or understood is to make this illegible to people. it's easy to swallow thought ending cliches about which venerated figure was a "man of their times" if you remain studiously unaware of what their times actually were
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Lafayette was not just asking this question because he could see slaves in front of him but also because he was part of a global intellectual and political movement in opposition to slavery. Washington was not unaware of this, he was simply on the opposing side of that particular struggle
June 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lafayette was not just asking this question because he could see slaves in front of him but also because he was part of a global intellectual and political movement in opposition to slavery. Washington was not unaware of this, he was simply on the opposing side of that particular struggle
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one other side of this is something that I try to emphasize to my students: "what does freedom actually mean" is not a 21stC issue anachronistically read backwards into the 18thC. The US, French, and Haitian Revolutions happened at more or less the same time, with an overlapping cast of characters
one reason this is important is that it makes so much about the period more emotionally legible. when lafayette is asking washington why he won’t just free his slaves, it isn’t an abstract thing; dude is literally at mount vernon and seeing all of these human beings in bondage!
June 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
one other side of this is something that I try to emphasize to my students: "what does freedom actually mean" is not a 21stC issue anachronistically read backwards into the 18thC. The US, French, and Haitian Revolutions happened at more or less the same time, with an overlapping cast of characters
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"Death row didn't offer any of the educational or mental-health programs available in regular prisons; rehabilitation isn't the goal for those on death row ... For these players, the [Dungeons & Dragons] games served as their life-skills course, anger-management class and drug counseling, too."
For men awaiting execution on Texas’ death row, Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline — an escape from extreme isolating conditions, leading to the sort of friendships solitary confinement usually prevents.
See their D&D character sheets, maps & more:
See their D&D character sheets, maps & more:
How D&D Became Therapy for Some Men on Texas’ Death Row
For men awaiting execution in Texas, illicit games of Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline.
www.themarshallproject.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Death row didn't offer any of the educational or mental-health programs available in regular prisons; rehabilitation isn't the goal for those on death row ... For these players, the [Dungeons & Dragons] games served as their life-skills course, anger-management class and drug counseling, too."
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"[T]he oversight of armed guards is even worse. ... [M]ost states did not require companies or guards to report to a state licensing agency when they shot somebody. Even when guards reported it, regulators rarely investigated the incident or rescinded a guard's license."
There’s growing evidence that former officers with troubling histories of abuse can easily find second careers in private security.
How Bad Police Officers Become Private Security Guards
There’s growing evidence that former officers with troubling histories of abuse can easily find second careers in private security.
www.themarshallproject.org
June 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"[T]he oversight of armed guards is even worse. ... [M]ost states did not require companies or guards to report to a state licensing agency when they shot somebody. Even when guards reported it, regulators rarely investigated the incident or rescinded a guard's license."
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"[P]eople who watch shows like 'Cops' ... believe there's more crime than there actually is; they believe that they're more likely to be a victim of it than they are; they believe that black people commit more of it than they do; and they believe that police are better at catching perpetrators."
“Cops” almost never happened. This is the story of how it did — and the polarizing, influential thing the reality show became.
Bad Boys
How “Cops” became the most polarizing reality TV show in America.
www.themarshallproject.org
June 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"[P]eople who watch shows like 'Cops' ... believe there's more crime than there actually is; they believe that they're more likely to be a victim of it than they are; they believe that black people commit more of it than they do; and they believe that police are better at catching perpetrators."
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In the 1970s, Rupert Raj became a pioneering trans-activist in Canada.
He pioneered gender counseling and peer support groups and was a prolific writer on trans-themed topics.
This is the story of Rupert Raj.
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He pioneered gender counseling and peer support groups and was a prolific writer on trans-themed topics.
This is the story of Rupert Raj.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In the 1970s, Rupert Raj became a pioneering trans-activist in Canada.
He pioneered gender counseling and peer support groups and was a prolific writer on trans-themed topics.
This is the story of Rupert Raj.
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He pioneered gender counseling and peer support groups and was a prolific writer on trans-themed topics.
This is the story of Rupert Raj.
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the mid-nineties were thirty years ago and that hurts my feelings
June 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
the mid-nineties were thirty years ago and that hurts my feelings
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"We have to be honest about the past to fix our broken country. Racism was a learned and taught behavior that was perpetuated over centuries. White people need to rectify the wrongs of slavery with honesty and understanding. Then the healing process can ... begin."
June 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"We have to be honest about the past to fix our broken country. Racism was a learned and taught behavior that was perpetuated over centuries. White people need to rectify the wrongs of slavery with honesty and understanding. Then the healing process can ... begin."
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Live the kind of life that doesn’t require you to tweet your urinalysis
June 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Live the kind of life that doesn’t require you to tweet your urinalysis
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I wrote about how the 2020 protests hurt Trump politically. I also wrote about how counternarratives about left-wing violence are just spin — and wildly at odds with the reality of extremist violence. Gift link: wapo.st/3SOEv6e
June 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I wrote about how the 2020 protests hurt Trump politically. I also wrote about how counternarratives about left-wing violence are just spin — and wildly at odds with the reality of extremist violence. Gift link: wapo.st/3SOEv6e
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The law must always be grounded in fundamental principles such as equal rights and due process, or it becomes a tool of oppression.
June 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The law must always be grounded in fundamental principles such as equal rights and due process, or it becomes a tool of oppression.
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I've seen others point out how reporting often focuses on one part of polling (basically, "do you like illegal immigrants") and not the second part ("legal immigration should be easier"). The latter having a lot more support because it emphasizes a humane solution and not just a nebulous problem.
June 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I've seen others point out how reporting often focuses on one part of polling (basically, "do you like illegal immigrants") and not the second part ("legal immigration should be easier"). The latter having a lot more support because it emphasizes a humane solution and not just a nebulous problem.
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I also cannot stress enough how much polling and traditional wisdom around these issues doesn’t always equal reality. Things that perform well on social media drive so much political engagement. Dems should further align themselves with this instead of centrist pundits and advisers who keep failing
June 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I also cannot stress enough how much polling and traditional wisdom around these issues doesn’t always equal reality. Things that perform well on social media drive so much political engagement. Dems should further align themselves with this instead of centrist pundits and advisers who keep failing
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I cannot stress enough how much the anti-ICE protests are an overwhelming win for Democrats on social media. I’m seeing Instagram influencers who stayed silent on politics for the past year loudly sharing support for immigrants. I’m seeing podcasters who interviewed Trump talk about how wrong ICE is
June 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I cannot stress enough how much the anti-ICE protests are an overwhelming win for Democrats on social media. I’m seeing Instagram influencers who stayed silent on politics for the past year loudly sharing support for immigrants. I’m seeing podcasters who interviewed Trump talk about how wrong ICE is
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June 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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This is only happening because of the activism and noise people have been making about Jonathan Joss. Imagine how many Indigenous or LGBTQ+ people have been murdered and forgotten because they're not celebrities or have no public backlash to police ignoring hate
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is only happening because of the activism and noise people have been making about Jonathan Joss. Imagine how many Indigenous or LGBTQ+ people have been murdered and forgotten because they're not celebrities or have no public backlash to police ignoring hate