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Hey all - Aji and Wings desperately need sales to make it through the end of the year, so I'm going to thread some of @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social 's posts of their jewelry here. The most reliable way to purchase is to email Aji at ndnsilverbywings (at) gmail (dot) com. All of these are handmade.
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Bill Cassidy should be required to have this shit framed and hung where he can see it every time he sits at his desk
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Bill Cassidy should be required to have this shit framed and hung where he can see it every time he sits at his desk
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
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It acknowledges the pain of that history while creating a space for Indigenous strength, creativity, and self-determination to thrive.
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It acknowledges the pain of that history while creating a space for Indigenous strength, creativity, and self-determination to thrive.
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For generations, the Carlisle school represented the horror of the systematic attempt to strip Indigenous children of language, culture, and identity under the motto “Kill the Indian, save the man.” Now, only a few miles away, this new center stands as both a response and a restoration.
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
For generations, the Carlisle school represented the horror of the systematic attempt to strip Indigenous children of language, culture, and identity under the motto “Kill the Indian, save the man.” Now, only a few miles away, this new center stands as both a response and a restoration.
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Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College’s dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of the land is remembered.
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Jim Thorpe’s Legacy Lives On Through Dickinson’s New Center for Native Futures
Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College's dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of ...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College’s dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of the land is remembered.
redpopnews.com/jim-thorpes-...
#redpopnews #indigisky
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#redpopnews #indigisky
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A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
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No one “deserves” to starve or be denied healthcare.
The richest country in the world can easily provide for all, and people shouldn’t have to prove they matter to be fed, housed & cared for.
It’s past time for a universal basic income, universal healthcare, affordable housing & food.
The richest country in the world can easily provide for all, and people shouldn’t have to prove they matter to be fed, housed & cared for.
It’s past time for a universal basic income, universal healthcare, affordable housing & food.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
No one “deserves” to starve or be denied healthcare.
The richest country in the world can easily provide for all, and people shouldn’t have to prove they matter to be fed, housed & cared for.
It’s past time for a universal basic income, universal healthcare, affordable housing & food.
The richest country in the world can easily provide for all, and people shouldn’t have to prove they matter to be fed, housed & cared for.
It’s past time for a universal basic income, universal healthcare, affordable housing & food.
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How is it already time for next month's power bill? I just paid the last one. It was about $90. I'm not overdrafted! Just starting at the bottom of the hill again. The rock always seems bigger
Hi, I have spent literally the very last of my money on rent. If you can help me survive to the end of the month with a share or donation, I would be very grateful. Thank you so much.
paypal.me/kivabay
cashapp $kivabay
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cashapp $kivabay
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November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
How is it already time for next month's power bill? I just paid the last one. It was about $90. I'm not overdrafted! Just starting at the bottom of the hill again. The rock always seems bigger
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And we have been blessed to make two sales within the last 24 hours.
But this year has done too much damage, with too few sales all the way along.
This is still our drop-dead point, and we urgently need to bring in multiple sales, *now*.
But this year has done too much damage, with too few sales all the way along.
This is still our drop-dead point, and we urgently need to bring in multiple sales, *now*.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
And we have been blessed to make two sales within the last 24 hours.
But this year has done too much damage, with too few sales all the way along.
This is still our drop-dead point, and we urgently need to bring in multiple sales, *now*.
But this year has done too much damage, with too few sales all the way along.
This is still our drop-dead point, and we urgently need to bring in multiple sales, *now*.
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Heavy oxidation deepens the lines and makes them pop, and the silky Florentine finish positively *glows*.
As always, you can order any of Wings's work via the Contact form here: wingssilverwork.com/contact/.
Or just e-mail me directly at NDNSilverByWings [at] gmail [dot] com.
As always, you can order any of Wings's work via the Contact form here: wingssilverwork.com/contact/.
Or just e-mail me directly at NDNSilverByWings [at] gmail [dot] com.
wingssilverwork.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Heavy oxidation deepens the lines and makes them pop, and the silky Florentine finish positively *glows*.
As always, you can order any of Wings's work via the Contact form here: wingssilverwork.com/contact/.
Or just e-mail me directly at NDNSilverByWings [at] gmail [dot] com.
As always, you can order any of Wings's work via the Contact form here: wingssilverwork.com/contact/.
Or just e-mail me directly at NDNSilverByWings [at] gmail [dot] com.
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Here, that makes for an image that looks like a different kind of score entirely: musical notation. And hence the name was born: light music in both senses of the phrase, unweighty sound and the song of the light itself.
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Here, that makes for an image that looks like a different kind of score entirely: musical notation. And hence the name was born: light music in both senses of the phrase, unweighty sound and the song of the light itself.
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And once Wings had the four parallel lightning-bolt designs complete, he added just one other detail: the vertical line that seems to blue over each point where the angles meet.
It's an odd stamp, a simple line with tiny teeth-like points extending outward from either side.
It's an odd stamp, a simple line with tiny teeth-like points extending outward from either side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
And once Wings had the four parallel lightning-bolt designs complete, he added just one other detail: the vertical line that seems to blue over each point where the angles meet.
It's an odd stamp, a simple line with tiny teeth-like points extending outward from either side.
It's an odd stamp, a simple line with tiny teeth-like points extending outward from either side.
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Those six lines that form the two borders frame the center section, in which the same stamp is chased for shorter lengths, on slight diagonals that meet at angles at precise intervals. It's hard, heavy, labor-intensive work that requires strength and patience.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Those six lines that form the two borders frame the center section, in which the same stamp is chased for shorter lengths, on slight diagonals that meet at angles at precise intervals. It's hard, heavy, labor-intensive work that requires strength and patience.
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Wings created the lines via a technique known as "chasing," in which the same stamp is struck repeatedly in exactly the same spot, deepening it [and here, extending the line the length of the band].
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Wings created the lines via a technique known as "chasing," in which the same stamp is struck repeatedly in exactly the same spot, deepening it [and here, extending the line the length of the band].
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Most of the adornment is not stampwork but scorework, or linework. The lines form 3 perfect parallel rows at the top border, 3 at the bottom, and 4 in a lightning-bolt pattern at center.
All are formed using a single stamp, with a short chisel end, and a 5-lb. solid steel jeweler's hammer.
All are formed using a single stamp, with a short chisel end, and a 5-lb. solid steel jeweler's hammer.
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Most of the adornment is not stampwork but scorework, or linework. The lines form 3 perfect parallel rows at the top border, 3 at the bottom, and 4 in a lightning-bolt pattern at center.
All are formed using a single stamp, with a short chisel end, and a 5-lb. solid steel jeweler's hammer.
All are formed using a single stamp, with a short chisel end, and a 5-lb. solid steel jeweler's hammer.
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It's cut of heavy-gauge sterling silver, 6" long and just shy of 2" wide, solid and substantial without being unduly weighty.
This is old-style Indigenous silversmithing, and the design is infused with an Art Deco spirit from a century ago.
This is old-style Indigenous silversmithing, and the design is infused with an Art Deco spirit from a century ago.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It's cut of heavy-gauge sterling silver, 6" long and just shy of 2" wide, solid and substantial without being unduly weighty.
This is old-style Indigenous silversmithing, and the design is infused with an Art Deco spirit from a century ago.
This is old-style Indigenous silversmithing, and the design is infused with an Art Deco spirit from a century ago.
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This one is a personal favorite. It's a newer, slightly different version of a very similar cuff that he created a couple of years ago, now worn by a relative.
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This one is a personal favorite. It's a newer, slightly different version of a very similar cuff that he created a couple of years ago, now worn by a relative.
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Today's featured work, a big, bold masterwork of a cuff wrought in an old traditional style, is called "Light Music": wingssilverwork.com/light-music-....
Solid sterling silver.
Solid sterling silver.
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Today's featured work, a big, bold masterwork of a cuff wrought in an old traditional style, is called "Light Music": wingssilverwork.com/light-music-....
Solid sterling silver.
Solid sterling silver.
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Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork of old-style Indigenous silversmithing, wrought in spare, elegant, and deeply powerful form: wingssilverwork.com/the-notation....
wingssilverwork.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork of old-style Indigenous silversmithing, wrought in spare, elegant, and deeply powerful form: wingssilverwork.com/the-notation....
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"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
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They announced they're coming to Mississippi too
Borders Czar Tom Homan just announced he’s ramping up ICE operations in NYC.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
They announced they're coming to Mississippi too
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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I am not so good with the social media, but I wanted to share this info. If you or other #spirk fans can help me signal boost it for our beloved T'Lara, I'd appreciate it! www.gofundme.com/f/help-l-bea...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Can we get 9 more subs tonight?
I am only 142 paid Patreon members from hitting my end of year goal. I'd like to get there this week.
To entice you, I am offering 20% off your first year on annual memberships all this week. Can you help me hit this important milestone?
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November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Can we get 9 more subs tonight?
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It’s wild how in all of the discussions of narcissism and abuse , we don’t discuss how the number one tell of an abusive system is
When they treat you worse if you are harmed in trying to help them
When they treat you worse if you are harmed in trying to help them
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It’s wild how in all of the discussions of narcissism and abuse , we don’t discuss how the number one tell of an abusive system is
When they treat you worse if you are harmed in trying to help them
When they treat you worse if you are harmed in trying to help them
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November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Get your tickets here via the Volcan Mountain Foundation website! volcanmt.org/events/event...