Kim TallBear
@kimtallbear.bsky.social
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate citizen & Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota, Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) Canada. MSP/LAX/YEG.
https://kimtallbear.substack.com; https://www.youtube.com/@ktallbear
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Kim TallBear
@kimtallbear.bsky.social
· Mar 1
Bluesky may not be great for this yet. But i'm gathering reports/policies from universities, institutions, agencies on verification of #Indigenous membership/citizenship if anyone has any leads. So far, i have (and I'll add as i go): 🧵
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OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies, like every great Ayn Randian self-created entrepreneur, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to:...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies, like every great Ayn Randian self-created entrepreneur, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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The 2025 Bear Wars www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
Japan deploys the military to counter a surge in bear attacks
The deployment comes following a surge of bear attacks in Japan's northern Akita prefecture.
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The 2025 Bear Wars www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
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Abenakis in Quebec have the genealogical reports they’ve been waiting for in their ongoing issue with American groups claiming Indigenous ancestry.
The groups were recognized by the state of Vermont as Abenaki tribes in 2011 and 2012.
The groups were recognized by the state of Vermont as Abenaki tribes in 2011 and 2012.
Results of genealogical report on American groups claiming to be Abenaki | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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November 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Abenakis in Quebec have the genealogical reports they’ve been waiting for in their ongoing issue with American groups claiming Indigenous ancestry.
The groups were recognized by the state of Vermont as Abenaki tribes in 2011 and 2012.
The groups were recognized by the state of Vermont as Abenaki tribes in 2011 and 2012.
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The curtain has been pulled back on a scandal casting doubt on the true ancestry of an Abenaki chief.
The test results and who else was under the microscope, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
The test results and who else was under the microscope, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The curtain has been pulled back on a scandal casting doubt on the true ancestry of an Abenaki chief.
The test results and who else was under the microscope, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
The test results and who else was under the microscope, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
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Please join NativeBio with MASS Design Group this MONDAY, Nov. 10 live online for conversations with some of the most inspiring thinkers today. FREE! #Innovation #built environment #culture #Indigenous #Inspriration events.massdesigngroup.org/abundantfutu...
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Please join NativeBio with MASS Design Group this MONDAY, Nov. 10 live online for conversations with some of the most inspiring thinkers today. FREE! #Innovation #built environment #culture #Indigenous #Inspriration events.massdesigngroup.org/abundantfutu...
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@alondra.bsky.social @kimtallbear.bsky.social @scbegonias.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social @ruha9.bsky.social groups like GIDA, USIDSN, SING warned the world about #opendataistheft but no one listened !!!! bsky.app/profile/jose...
Old 2007 paper w/ a wonderful line up Duster, Nelson, Reardon, TallBear, & Ossorio. Huge names in Minority & Indigenous Restorative Justice. Unfortunately the commercial landscape became more predatory, not less. Especially w/ the Public/Private partnership nonsense. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Science and Business of Genetic Ancestry Testing
At least two dozen companies now market “genetic ancestry tests” to help consumers reconstruct their family histories and determine the geographic origins of their ancestors. More than 460,000 people ...
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@alondra.bsky.social @kimtallbear.bsky.social @scbegonias.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social @ruha9.bsky.social groups like GIDA, USIDSN, SING warned the world about #opendataistheft but no one listened !!!! bsky.app/profile/jose...
When the current boundaries of the US split into more manageable/governable entities, please refrain from creating more settler founder mythological narratives, and please don’t think the next iteration of “New World” states makes you “Indigenous.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When the current boundaries of the US split into more manageable/governable entities, please refrain from creating more settler founder mythological narratives, and please don’t think the next iteration of “New World” states makes you “Indigenous.”
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This paragraph from Ben Thompson's Stratechery column today is simply *chef's kiss*. Sure, AI is being pursued by cult members in economically irrational ways that stifle the public interest, but gotta admire their chutzpah!
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This paragraph from Ben Thompson's Stratechery column today is simply *chef's kiss*. Sure, AI is being pursued by cult members in economically irrational ways that stifle the public interest, but gotta admire their chutzpah!
eating settler memory for breakfast today. but that's what i get for....
Me watching the settlers' football game. Yes, even though we First Peoples are often their football.
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
eating settler memory for breakfast today. but that's what i get for....
First macabre giggle of the day.
Breaking: Intrepid reporters able to reconstruct full Epstein list from recent Cuomo endorsements.
#Satire
#Satire
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
First macabre giggle of the day.
So many want an individual hero or savior. In religion. In politics. In celebrity. Is this universal or more pronounced in this individualist society?
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So many want an individual hero or savior. In religion. In politics. In celebrity. Is this universal or more pronounced in this individualist society?
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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15yrs of GPS data on bison, bighorn sheep, moose, pronghorn, wolves, & cougars shows they adjust to higher temperatures more by moving than by adapting themselves. Thus it’s not enough to protect animals where they are. They need access to a variety of landscapes.
www.earth.com/news/large-m...
www.earth.com/news/large-m...
Large mammals are finding clever ways to beat the heat
Large mammals in Yellowstone adapt to summer heat by changing behavior—shaped more by landscape than biology, a new study finds.
www.earth.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
15yrs of GPS data on bison, bighorn sheep, moose, pronghorn, wolves, & cougars shows they adjust to higher temperatures more by moving than by adapting themselves. Thus it’s not enough to protect animals where they are. They need access to a variety of landscapes.
www.earth.com/news/large-m...
www.earth.com/news/large-m...
Trump admin acting like ancestor settlers, traders who refused to give hungry Dakota (denied their hunting lands) supplies in warehouses.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams
As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...
www.commondreams.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trump admin acting like ancestor settlers, traders who refused to give hungry Dakota (denied their hunting lands) supplies in warehouses.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
"Let them starve."
Starving Dakota lashed out. The greedy settler state was happy to massacre & imprison while claiming to be moral & civil.
Nothing is new.
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If you’re visiting Seattle I highly recommend Salish Sea Cruises, owned by Kyle Griffith, enrolled member of the Chinook Indian Nation, a narrated cruise of Elliot Bay, with gorgeous views and also, importantly, the Indigenous history of the Salish Sea peoples.
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you’re visiting Seattle I highly recommend Salish Sea Cruises, owned by Kyle Griffith, enrolled member of the Chinook Indian Nation, a narrated cruise of Elliot Bay, with gorgeous views and also, importantly, the Indigenous history of the Salish Sea peoples.
Me watching the settlers' football game. Yes, even though we First Peoples are often their football.
November 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Me watching the settlers' football game. Yes, even though we First Peoples are often their football.
Good morning, America. This is you:
"Indian Wars were the original ‘forever wars’. They set the precedent for preemptive, unilateral, and so-called ‘defensive’ wars against peoples and nations the US deemed outside the bounds of ‘civilization’.
Full article: US Imperialism Is an Indian War.
"Indian Wars were the original ‘forever wars’. They set the precedent for preemptive, unilateral, and so-called ‘defensive’ wars against peoples and nations the US deemed outside the bounds of ‘civilization’.
Full article: US Imperialism Is an Indian War.
Shibboleth Authentication Request
www-tandfonline-com.ezp2.lib.umn.edu
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Good morning, America. This is you:
"Indian Wars were the original ‘forever wars’. They set the precedent for preemptive, unilateral, and so-called ‘defensive’ wars against peoples and nations the US deemed outside the bounds of ‘civilization’.
Full article: US Imperialism Is an Indian War.
"Indian Wars were the original ‘forever wars’. They set the precedent for preemptive, unilateral, and so-called ‘defensive’ wars against peoples and nations the US deemed outside the bounds of ‘civilization’.
Full article: US Imperialism Is an Indian War.
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Wicked witches of west cliff.
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Wicked witches of west cliff.
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On one wall: A constantly updating dashboard with students' lesson completion rates and other metrics
On the other: A shop of toys (at 6x markup) they can buy with Alpha bucks, earned by hitting learning quotas
In the middle: 6 yos tapping silently away at laptops
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
On the other: A shop of toys (at 6x markup) they can buy with Alpha bucks, earned by hitting learning quotas
In the middle: 6 yos tapping silently away at laptops
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
On one wall: A constantly updating dashboard with students' lesson completion rates and other metrics
On the other: A shop of toys (at 6x markup) they can buy with Alpha bucks, earned by hitting learning quotas
In the middle: 6 yos tapping silently away at laptops
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
On the other: A shop of toys (at 6x markup) they can buy with Alpha bucks, earned by hitting learning quotas
In the middle: 6 yos tapping silently away at laptops
www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
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Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said the US revoked his visa and banned him from the country.
The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, said the US consulate asked him to bring in his passport so his visa could be cancelled in person …
The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, said the US consulate asked him to bring in his passport so his visa could be cancelled in person …
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his US visa revoked
The 91-year-old Nobel laureate in literature has been a critic of Trump's immigration policy.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said the US revoked his visa and banned him from the country.
The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, said the US consulate asked him to bring in his passport so his visa could be cancelled in person …
The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, said the US consulate asked him to bring in his passport so his visa could be cancelled in person …
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