Sammie
@shinaabikwe.bsky.social
Anishinaabikwe introvert, late diagnosed neurodivergent, and reluctant matriarch.
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The irony is rich.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The irony is rich.
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The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art's exhibition 'NDN Giver' celebrates the Potlatch. For many First Nations, the Potlatch is a central system of governance, ceremony, and social life.
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
‘NDN Giver’ exhibition showcases the art — and responsibility — of potlatching
From mugs to prints, masks and blankets, a new Bill Reid Gallery display celebrates the ancient Northwest Coast gift-giving tradition
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November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art's exhibition 'NDN Giver' celebrates the Potlatch. For many First Nations, the Potlatch is a central system of governance, ceremony, and social life.
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
📅 Open until February 2026
🔗 https://ow.ly/zUt350XuoSl
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Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
www.hcn.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
This is a dope game concept.
The game is set in an African Futurism-inspired 21st century, in the wake of a treaty that promised to repatriate African artifacts from Western museums. But a last-minute twist soured the deal store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/r...
Relooted is the African relic repatriation heist game you didn’t realize you needed
Half-heist, half-action, all heart
store.epicgames.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is a dope game concept.
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NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
migrantinsider.com/p/medicaid-d...
Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
migrantinsider.com/p/medicaid-d...
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
migrantinsider.com/p/medicaid-d...
Effective today, a new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data.
migrantinsider.com/p/medicaid-d...
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Grandma understood the assignment.💪
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Grandma understood the assignment.💪
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Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark • Minnesota Reformer
Thorpe and Rufo’s vulture journalism provides an opening to those who seek to dismiss the problem of fraud in Minnesota as right-wing demagoguery.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
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48% of all people in ICE custody (incl. CBP and ICE arrests) have no criminal history. Another 26% only have a criminal charge (no conviction ), and 26% have a criminal conviction (although many of these are low level).
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austinkocher.substack.com/p/breaking-i...
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
48% of all people in ICE custody (incl. CBP and ICE arrests) have no criminal history. Another 26% only have a criminal charge (no conviction ), and 26% have a criminal conviction (although many of these are low level).
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austinkocher.substack.com/p/breaking-i...
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“The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters & families in need.”
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters & families in need.”
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ICE arrest were (probably) the highest ever during the first month of the new fiscal year in October when the agency made over 41,641 arrests. Many of these arrests were in Chicago, where a judge found many of the arrests to violate consent decree.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
ICE arrest were (probably) the highest ever during the first month of the new fiscal year in October when the agency made over 41,641 arrests. Many of these arrests were in Chicago, where a judge found many of the arrests to violate consent decree.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/breaking-i...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/breaking-i...
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Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But embracing this complexity could benefit everyone
Finally wrangling with the complexity of female bodies benefits us all
Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But embracing this complexity could benefit everyone
www.newscientist.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But embracing this complexity could benefit everyone
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How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.
How’s Minnesota’s economy? It depends on your income bracket - MinnPost
On paper, Minnesota’s economy looks solid, but on the ground the story feels different for many. Economists say both impressions are true.
www.minnpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c... [gift link]
Chicago activists share blueprint for resisting Border Patrol: ‘Chicago clearly is front and center’
As President Donald Trump’s ramped up Border Patrol action hits city after city, Chicago’s immigration-focused community organizers are following.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c... [gift link]
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Even if you can’t donate, you should read the story of one of the people kidnapped from their workplace in St Paul on Tuesday.
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
Donate to Help Reunite Carlos with His Family, organized by Karla Alarcon
My name is Karla Alarcon Hernandez, and today I am asking for support with the heavi… Karla Alarcon needs your support for Help Reunite Carlos with His Family
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Even if you can’t donate, you should read the story of one of the people kidnapped from their workplace in St Paul on Tuesday.
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
This is why we should try to stop every kidnapping. No criminal record. Just racism. They’re breaking up families.
www.gofundme.com/f/fn4bw-help...
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More than a quarter of U.S. farmers rely on the Affordable Care Act, but Biden-era tax credits expire at the end of the year. They are now weighing difficult decisions, like going uninsured or finding secondary employment.
Farmers Face Prospect of Skyrocketing Healthcare Premiums
More than a quarter of U.S. farmers rely on the Affordable Care Act, but despite the government shutdown, tax credits are set to expire.
civileats.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
More than a quarter of U.S. farmers rely on the Affordable Care Act, but Biden-era tax credits expire at the end of the year. They are now weighing difficult decisions, like going uninsured or finding secondary employment.
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Practice letting people know that you appreciate them. It costs nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Practice letting people know that you appreciate them. It costs nothing.
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Indigenous people have made their presence felt at this year’s #COP30. From participation within the formal diplomacy to massive protests both inside and outside the conference - raising issues from land rights to climate financing.
theconversation.com/finally-indi...
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Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear
The UN climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon marks an unprecedented effort to elevate Indigenous concerns in negotiating rooms and on the streets.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Indigenous people have made their presence felt at this year’s #COP30. From participation within the formal diplomacy to massive protests both inside and outside the conference - raising issues from land rights to climate financing.
theconversation.com/finally-indi...
theconversation.com/finally-indi...
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ICE employee, state worker among 16 arrested in 'Operation Creep' sting
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ice-employee-state-worker-among-16-arrested-in-operation-creep-sting
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ice-employee-state-worker-among-16-arrested-in-operation-creep-sting
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
ICE employee, state worker among 16 arrested in 'Operation Creep' sting
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ice-employee-state-worker-among-16-arrested-in-operation-creep-sting
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ice-employee-state-worker-among-16-arrested-in-operation-creep-sting
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Special coverage: Global resistance beyond COP30
While the annual COP events represent an opportunity for global civil society to mobilize, more often than not, these events are inaccessible and exclusionary to the very communities most affected by the climate crisis
globalvoices.org/special/gl...
While the annual COP events represent an opportunity for global civil society to mobilize, more often than not, these events are inaccessible and exclusionary to the very communities most affected by the climate crisis
globalvoices.org/special/gl...
Global resistance beyond COP30 · Global Voices
Global Voices will be following the key discussions from COP30, sharing insights from the Resistance Hubs, and offering a platform for grassroots activists and environmentalists working on the forefront of climate justice.
globalvoices.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Special coverage: Global resistance beyond COP30
While the annual COP events represent an opportunity for global civil society to mobilize, more often than not, these events are inaccessible and exclusionary to the very communities most affected by the climate crisis
globalvoices.org/special/gl...
While the annual COP events represent an opportunity for global civil society to mobilize, more often than not, these events are inaccessible and exclusionary to the very communities most affected by the climate crisis
globalvoices.org/special/gl...
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615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
Ahh it’s been so long since I had shitty service from a punk food establishment that assumes you know how to order! 🤣
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ahh it’s been so long since I had shitty service from a punk food establishment that assumes you know how to order! 🤣
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Can't wait to visit newyorkistan
This is a completely unhinged thing to post, fucking hell man.
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Can't wait to visit newyorkistan