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@niyate.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Huffing my cat's breath just to feel something
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If your man doesn't treat you like a white-breasted nuthatch, LEAVE HIM
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If your man doesn't treat you like a white-breasted nuthatch, LEAVE HIM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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"I often explain to non-Native folks that this story is like if there were a Bible story about Jesus transitioning," Waabanokiizhick Mandosking writes. "My community sees this teaching as foundational to Indigenous trans identity."
Read the story of Hiawatha in the Anishinaabemowin language below:
Read the story of Hiawatha in the Anishinaabemowin language below:
Berdache
A comic by Shaawan Francis Keahna and Waabanokiizhick Mandosking.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"I often explain to non-Native folks that this story is like if there were a Bible story about Jesus transitioning," Waabanokiizhick Mandosking writes. "My community sees this teaching as foundational to Indigenous trans identity."
Read the story of Hiawatha in the Anishinaabemowin language below:
Read the story of Hiawatha in the Anishinaabemowin language below:
"It's good thing you're doing, it's a good thing you're doing, waṡte kte." - V.M. 🥹🥹
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"It's good thing you're doing, it's a good thing you're doing, waṡte kte." - V.M. 🥹🥹
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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Huffing my cat's breath just to feel something
February 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Huffing my cat's breath just to feel something
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First freeze dates across South Dakota are trending later in the year since 1970 (12 days later in Sioux Falls, 13 in Mitchell and seven in Rapid City), which has lengthened the growing season while prolonging risks from weeds, pests and wildfires.
First freeze dates have trended nearly two weeks later in some SD cities since 1970, report says • South Dakota Searchlight
First freeze dates across South Dakota are trending later in the year, which has lengthened the growing season while prolonging some risks.
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
First freeze dates across South Dakota are trending later in the year since 1970 (12 days later in Sioux Falls, 13 in Mitchell and seven in Rapid City), which has lengthened the growing season while prolonging risks from weeds, pests and wildfires.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
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You: well its getting pretty late
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
You: well its getting pretty late
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
Me, unable to read social cues: no it isnt
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I'd say that you can find good in many people who voted for Trump, but you won't find it in their reasons for voting for Trump or in their ideas about politics.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'd say that you can find good in many people who voted for Trump, but you won't find it in their reasons for voting for Trump or in their ideas about politics.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
I know Trump voters who can be kind and generous and loving. If you ask why they voted for Trump they'll give you misinfo and bigotry.
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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No one is talking about this
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
No one is talking about this
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Unreal consonant/vowel distribution in the French name for the Smurfs fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Sch...
Les Schtroumpfs — Wikipédia
fr.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Unreal consonant/vowel distribution in the French name for the Smurfs fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Sch...
spectacular work, no notes
Book from 1911 showing that taking photos of cats and furnishing them with an amusing caption is far from being a phenomenon born with the internet. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kittens-and-cats-a-first-reader-1911-cats-and-captions-before-the-internet-age #NationalCatDay
October 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
spectacular work, no notes
"Trunk-or-treat" is a depressing shell of its more neighborly predecessor. Its rise is the nexus of several USian structural ills: the decline of social cohesion and trust, the retreat to homogenous social circles, and an unbreakable addiction to car-centric infrastructure. In this essay I will—
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Trunk-or-treat" is a depressing shell of its more neighborly predecessor. Its rise is the nexus of several USian structural ills: the decline of social cohesion and trust, the retreat to homogenous social circles, and an unbreakable addiction to car-centric infrastructure. In this essay I will—
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1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website.
Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
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Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
USDA Website Blames SNAP Benefits Expiring On Trans People And Immigrants During Shutdown
The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1st due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website.
Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants.
It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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kicking some leaves over a skull i found in the woods cause i already have too much going on in my life
October 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
kicking some leaves over a skull i found in the woods cause i already have too much going on in my life
c̣aŋmazeḣce, c̣aŋtemaṡiceḣce, ḳowakip̣eḣce do. wic̣aṡta, wíŋyaŋ kiŋ hena c̣aŋte yuḳaŋpi ṡni se? táku c̣aŋte wic̣akiyuḣmi se?
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
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nymag.com/intelligence...
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
c̣aŋmazeḣce, c̣aŋtemaṡiceḣce, ḳowakip̣eḣce do. wic̣aṡta, wíŋyaŋ kiŋ hena c̣aŋte yuḳaŋpi ṡni se? táku c̣aŋte wic̣akiyuḣmi se?