miskwaanakwad
@miskwaanakwad.bsky.social
Ojibwe-kwe ndaaw. Baaweting ndonjibaa.
I love fashion, beadwork, crafts and cats.
Always decolonizing and learning to be anti-racist and anti-ableist. Neuro-divergent white Native.
I love fashion, beadwork, crafts and cats.
Always decolonizing and learning to be anti-racist and anti-ableist. Neuro-divergent white Native.
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I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
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New York State settles a decades-long land dispute with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, restoring nearly 15,000 acres of land to the tribal nation.
www.mynbc5.com/article/new-...
www.mynbc5.com/article/new-...
New York settles decades-long land dispute with Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the state reached a settlement agreement with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, restoring land rights back to the tribe for 9,800 acres of land in Franklin County...
www.mynbc5.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
New York State settles a decades-long land dispute with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, restoring nearly 15,000 acres of land to the tribal nation.
www.mynbc5.com/article/new-...
www.mynbc5.com/article/new-...
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Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are.
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Modern AI tools emulate the classic con-man tricks of mentalism, tricking people into believing that they’re far more clever - and sapient - than they actually are.
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
Fantastic piece by @baldurbjarnason.com :
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
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Yes, it's said in Project 2025 (long before tbh) & now it's happening. We get it. What do you intend to do about it??
Yes, maybe this could have been prevented one way or the other before now & I'm sure there's blame to go around. Regardless, we are where we are. What are you going to DO about it?
Yes, maybe this could have been prevented one way or the other before now & I'm sure there's blame to go around. Regardless, we are where we are. What are you going to DO about it?
August 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yes, it's said in Project 2025 (long before tbh) & now it's happening. We get it. What do you intend to do about it??
Yes, maybe this could have been prevented one way or the other before now & I'm sure there's blame to go around. Regardless, we are where we are. What are you going to DO about it?
Yes, maybe this could have been prevented one way or the other before now & I'm sure there's blame to go around. Regardless, we are where we are. What are you going to DO about it?
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Reminder that the Zionist entity trains US cops in their brutaility especially towards POC,the same tactics that killed George Floyd.
If you choose ear-plugging in the midst of these atrocities don't be flabbergasted when the boomerang swings back towards your jaw.
www.aljazeera.com/video/the-st...
If you choose ear-plugging in the midst of these atrocities don't be flabbergasted when the boomerang swings back towards your jaw.
www.aljazeera.com/video/the-st...
July 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Reminder that the Zionist entity trains US cops in their brutaility especially towards POC,the same tactics that killed George Floyd.
If you choose ear-plugging in the midst of these atrocities don't be flabbergasted when the boomerang swings back towards your jaw.
www.aljazeera.com/video/the-st...
If you choose ear-plugging in the midst of these atrocities don't be flabbergasted when the boomerang swings back towards your jaw.
www.aljazeera.com/video/the-st...
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I’m so glad to see so many folks calling, but while I am seeing a lot of pressure on Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, don’t forget Stripe.
The Itch team labeled them as enemy number one in this fight. Call Stripe. Wear them out!
#itchio #indiegames #stripe
The Itch team labeled them as enemy number one in this fight. Call Stripe. Wear them out!
#itchio #indiegames #stripe
July 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m so glad to see so many folks calling, but while I am seeing a lot of pressure on Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, don’t forget Stripe.
The Itch team labeled them as enemy number one in this fight. Call Stripe. Wear them out!
#itchio #indiegames #stripe
The Itch team labeled them as enemy number one in this fight. Call Stripe. Wear them out!
#itchio #indiegames #stripe
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I am going to be attending a wedding in October and need to find something really nice to wear. #NativeSky what are some of your favorite Native run stores/boutiques? J. Okuma, B. Yellowtail, etc
July 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I am going to be attending a wedding in October and need to find something really nice to wear. #NativeSky what are some of your favorite Native run stores/boutiques? J. Okuma, B. Yellowtail, etc
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A group of activists posted their first billboard along the Interstate 75 corridor into northern Michigan, raising concerns about the 72-year-old pipeline’s continued operations in the Great Lakes.
Story by @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/07/07/a...
Story by @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/07/07/a...
Activists call attention to Line 5 concerns as Michiganders head north for the holiday weekend • Michigan Advance
As residents throughout the state made their annual pilgrimages north in celebration of Independence Day weekend, a group of activists posted their first billboard along the Interstate 75 corridor int...
michiganadvance.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A group of activists posted their first billboard along the Interstate 75 corridor into northern Michigan, raising concerns about the 72-year-old pipeline’s continued operations in the Great Lakes.
Story by @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/07/07/a...
Story by @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/07/07/a...
Endlessly frustrating! Shortened comment period and ridiculous permits.
#NoLine5Tunnel
#NoLine5Tunnel
A group of activists posted their first billboard along the Interstate 75 corridor into northern Michigan, raising concerns about the 72-year-old pipeline’s continued operations in the Great Lakes.
Story by @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/07/07/a...
Story by @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/07/07/a...
Activists call attention to Line 5 concerns as Michiganders head north for the holiday weekend • Michigan Advance
As residents throughout the state made their annual pilgrimages north in celebration of Independence Day weekend, a group of activists posted their first billboard along the Interstate 75 corridor int...
michiganadvance.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Endlessly frustrating! Shortened comment period and ridiculous permits.
#NoLine5Tunnel
#NoLine5Tunnel
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Unearthed bones, land swap, expedited review: Enbridge #Line5 tunnel review leaves tribes behind. ictnews.org/news/unearth...
Unearthed bones, land swap, expedited review: Enbridge Line 5 tunnel review leaves tribes behind - ICT News
An investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel finds gaps in tribal consultation in the Enbridge Line 5 project.
ictnews.org
July 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Unearthed bones, land swap, expedited review: Enbridge #Line5 tunnel review leaves tribes behind. ictnews.org/news/unearth...
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I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
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Pay particular attention to the points about who gets to tell what.
This is just one of the very important reasons we insist that some stories are not outsiders' to tell.
Pay particular attention to the points about who gets to tell what.
This is just one of the very important reasons we insist that some stories are not outsiders' to tell.
Had some rage-y thoughts a/b this:
This NYT piece is predictably a load of codswollop written by someone who very obviously doesn’t know what historical research actually is, but a load of people are going to believe him because anyone who wants to gets to write a book and call it history.
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This NYT piece is predictably a load of codswollop written by someone who very obviously doesn’t know what historical research actually is, but a load of people are going to believe him because anyone who wants to gets to write a book and call it history.
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Lots of commentary on this piece already, all of which I agree with.
For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing.
To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways.
And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.
For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing.
To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways.
And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.
June 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Pay particular attention to the points about who gets to tell what.
This is just one of the very important reasons we insist that some stories are not outsiders' to tell.
Pay particular attention to the points about who gets to tell what.
This is just one of the very important reasons we insist that some stories are not outsiders' to tell.
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Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
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Jonathan Joss was MURDERED.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jonathan Joss was MURDERED.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
Words matter here.
He was MURDERED.
it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.
Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
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These humans are desperate for our help, and they keep getting called scammers and frauds all while trying to survive a genocide.
If they have a gofundme, that shit is verified. Just help them, interact with them, let them know they’re not alone, and that we do care.
If they have a gofundme, that shit is verified. Just help them, interact with them, let them know they’re not alone, and that we do care.
TL/DR on those threads is that the vast majority of the accounts you see are of real people who will verify their identity for you any way you may want-
Also in particular GoFundMes has made it incredibly difficult to not be from Gaza and claim you are and has a 1 year fraud protection
Also in particular GoFundMes has made it incredibly difficult to not be from Gaza and claim you are and has a 1 year fraud protection
May 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
These humans are desperate for our help, and they keep getting called scammers and frauds all while trying to survive a genocide.
If they have a gofundme, that shit is verified. Just help them, interact with them, let them know they’re not alone, and that we do care.
If they have a gofundme, that shit is verified. Just help them, interact with them, let them know they’re not alone, and that we do care.
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I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
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If this isn't a cautionary warning for academics then I don't know what is.
You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.
You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.
This week, I spoke with one of the Duolingo contractors impacted by its 'new' AI strategy, and they clarified that
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
1) it's not new. Duolingo has *already* fired an estimated 100 writers and translators.
2) they worked for months training an AI system that still makes egregious mistakes.
May 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If this isn't a cautionary warning for academics then I don't know what is.
You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.
You are putting yourself one step closer to unemployment each time you use AI to write an email, synthesize literature, code any data, use the socratic method to organize ideas, or write syllabi, lectures & papers.
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Live in Traverse City? Don't have plans tonight? Good news - Troubled Water, a documentary adventure-conservation feature about Line 5 is showing this evening!
RSVP: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/oryana_prese...
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Oryana Presents: Troubled Water
Join us in Traverse City as Oryana Presents: Troubled Water, the adventure documentary to protect the Great Lakes.
www.oilandwaterdontmix.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Live in Traverse City? Don't have plans tonight? Good news - Troubled Water, a documentary adventure-conservation feature about Line 5 is showing this evening!
RSVP: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/oryana_prese...
RSVP: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/oryana_prese...