Sheri Osden Nault
@sonault.bsky.social
Michif Indigiqueer | Artist | Assistant Professor in Studio Art @ UWO | Cultural Tattooer | runs Gifts for Two-Spirit Youth (they/them)
sherinault.com (needs an update but hey)
sherinault.com (needs an update but hey)
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This fall my mom visited my artwork, Entangled Bodies 3, at the Art Gallery of Alberta and sent me these beautiful photos. This is honestly one of my most beloved artworks I’ve made, it’s in the collection of the AGA and it meant so much to see it out of storage being shown again!
Haven’t logged in here forever. How are we feeling about bluesky these days? Is it sold out and evil yet? Is trying to be present here worthwhile?
October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Haven’t logged in here forever. How are we feeling about bluesky these days? Is it sold out and evil yet? Is trying to be present here worthwhile?
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They basically laugh at their voters: 'oh that's cute, the best you can hope for is warmed over neoliberalism.' And after decades of this, their voters for the most part believe them.
August 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
They basically laugh at their voters: 'oh that's cute, the best you can hope for is warmed over neoliberalism.' And after decades of this, their voters for the most part believe them.
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Tan’si friends, An intro:
I’m a Cree and Métis artist, educator, speaker, and cultural worker rooted in land, story, and ancestral knowledge.
My art practice lives in beadwork, hide tanning, textiles, painting, and public talks-holding space for difficult truths, joy, and cultural resurgence. Tawaw!
I’m a Cree and Métis artist, educator, speaker, and cultural worker rooted in land, story, and ancestral knowledge.
My art practice lives in beadwork, hide tanning, textiles, painting, and public talks-holding space for difficult truths, joy, and cultural resurgence. Tawaw!
June 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tan’si friends, An intro:
I’m a Cree and Métis artist, educator, speaker, and cultural worker rooted in land, story, and ancestral knowledge.
My art practice lives in beadwork, hide tanning, textiles, painting, and public talks-holding space for difficult truths, joy, and cultural resurgence. Tawaw!
I’m a Cree and Métis artist, educator, speaker, and cultural worker rooted in land, story, and ancestral knowledge.
My art practice lives in beadwork, hide tanning, textiles, painting, and public talks-holding space for difficult truths, joy, and cultural resurgence. Tawaw!
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The Alberta and Ontario environment ministers sent a letter to the federal government, asking it to 'refrain' from reintroducing Bill C-61/
Alberta, Ontario don't want feds to reintroduce First Nations safe drinking water law
Environment ministers in Alberta and Ontario don't want the federal government to reintroduce the safe drinking water law for First Nations.
www.aptnnews.ca
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Alberta and Ontario environment ministers sent a letter to the federal government, asking it to 'refrain' from reintroducing Bill C-61/
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“I’m plainly convinced that my situation in this ICE jail is direct retaliation for my coverage,” Mario Guevara told @ajc.com in an exclusive interview from the Folkston, Georgia ICE detention center where he is currently detained, despite a judge's bail order. “I haven’t committed any crimes.”
Hispanic journalist in Atlanta detained by ICE speaks out
Mario Guevara tells the AJC about his month behind bars, and his once positive feelings toward Donald Trump.
www.ajc.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“I’m plainly convinced that my situation in this ICE jail is direct retaliation for my coverage,” Mario Guevara told @ajc.com in an exclusive interview from the Folkston, Georgia ICE detention center where he is currently detained, despite a judge's bail order. “I haven’t committed any crimes.”
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"[D]on't lose hope. That's when we lose."
Advocates say immigrant communities are increasingly hesitant to speak out publicly for fear of being targeted. “The harder it is for communities to participate, the easier it is to side with the industry.”
Fear of ICE Is Keeping Communities From Speaking Out for Environmental Justice
Advocates say immigrant communities are increasingly hesitant to speak out publicly for fear of being targeted.
truthout.org
July 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"[D]on't lose hope. That's when we lose."
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Pressure Builds to Protect Manoomin (Wild Rice)
Activists have been showing up to meetings since the start of the 2025 legislative session in an attempt to create legal protections for wild rice.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/pressur...
Activists have been showing up to meetings since the start of the 2025 legislative session in an attempt to create legal protections for wild rice.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/pressur...
Pressure Builds to Protect Manoomin (Wild Rice) - UNICORN RIOT
Activists have been showing up to meetings since the start of the 2025 MN legislative session in attempts to create legal protections for wild rice.
unicornriot.ninja
July 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pressure Builds to Protect Manoomin (Wild Rice)
Activists have been showing up to meetings since the start of the 2025 legislative session in an attempt to create legal protections for wild rice.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/pressur...
Activists have been showing up to meetings since the start of the 2025 legislative session in an attempt to create legal protections for wild rice.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/pressur...
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Please keep sharing. They really need your help right now. They’re going through a lot. Donate today. Shares are always free.
July 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Please keep sharing. They really need your help right now. They’re going through a lot. Donate today. Shares are always free.
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We stand in solidarity with communities in Las Naves, Ecuador facing violent repression.
Since last month, they have been blocking access to the Domo Curipamba project by 🇨🇦Silvercorp Metals Inc and Salazar Resources
📸 Frente Nacional Antiminero
Since last month, they have been blocking access to the Domo Curipamba project by 🇨🇦Silvercorp Metals Inc and Salazar Resources
📸 Frente Nacional Antiminero
June 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We stand in solidarity with communities in Las Naves, Ecuador facing violent repression.
Since last month, they have been blocking access to the Domo Curipamba project by 🇨🇦Silvercorp Metals Inc and Salazar Resources
📸 Frente Nacional Antiminero
Since last month, they have been blocking access to the Domo Curipamba project by 🇨🇦Silvercorp Metals Inc and Salazar Resources
📸 Frente Nacional Antiminero
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Northern Ontario First Nation leaders are vowing 'Idle No More 2.0' if Doug Ford moves ahead with Bill 5.
"They’re just making things up on the fly... it's too late in the process to fix this."
NEW from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/i...
#onpoli #indigenous #IdleNoMore
"They’re just making things up on the fly... it's too late in the process to fix this."
NEW from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/i...
#onpoli #indigenous #IdleNoMore
Idle No More 2.0 will be ‘fierce’ if Doug Ford moves ahead with Bill 5
First Nation leaders say new Ontario law lets developers avoid consultation
ricochet.media
May 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Northern Ontario First Nation leaders are vowing 'Idle No More 2.0' if Doug Ford moves ahead with Bill 5.
"They’re just making things up on the fly... it's too late in the process to fix this."
NEW from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/i...
#onpoli #indigenous #IdleNoMore
"They’re just making things up on the fly... it's too late in the process to fix this."
NEW from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/i...
#onpoli #indigenous #IdleNoMore
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight.
June 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight.
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The thing that I am not always good about saying but want people to remember is that whatever you help ChatGPT learn how to do, OpenAI et al are selling to the military as a weapon
That by itself should be an argument for not helping them train *anything*
That by itself should be an argument for not helping them train *anything*
I started writing something important to me tonight. Not really sure what it is, but I’ll share the end of it. Watching the tech industry do what it’s doing sickens me, and I want people to know why.
June 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The thing that I am not always good about saying but want people to remember is that whatever you help ChatGPT learn how to do, OpenAI et al are selling to the military as a weapon
That by itself should be an argument for not helping them train *anything*
That by itself should be an argument for not helping them train *anything*
Special reminder that N95 masks can be used when smoke impacts air quality AND when wanting to avoid airborne illness.
The smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual.
A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
grist.org/climate/cana...
#Wildfire #Smoke #Wildfires #Climate #Air #AQI
A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
grist.org/climate/cana...
#Wildfire #Smoke #Wildfires #Climate #Air #AQI
The smoke from Canada's wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
The country's legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke, endangering people in its path.
grist.org
June 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Special reminder that N95 masks can be used when smoke impacts air quality AND when wanting to avoid airborne illness.
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Musk has experienced multiple slights lately (from his perspective) at the hands of the administration, so I don't know how this will end up. But the guy struck a Nazi pose and made cuts that will kill millions. He should never know peace. He should only know scorn and blowback forever.
June 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Musk has experienced multiple slights lately (from his perspective) at the hands of the administration, so I don't know how this will end up. But the guy struck a Nazi pose and made cuts that will kill millions. He should never know peace. He should only know scorn and blowback forever.
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Maipi-Clarke has emerged as the young lawmaker who catapulted this story of Indigenous strength, of Māori mana, or spiritual power, into international news. The Treaty Principles Bill is dead, but her work is not done.
Read the full profile here ⤵️
Read the full profile here ⤵️
Meet Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the 22-Year-Old Lawmaker Behind that Viral Haka Protest
The young lawmaker is leading the fight to preserve Māori rights.
www.teenvogue.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Reposting to read later.
Also: surprised substack is still so pervasive given their overt willingness to platform white supremacists
Also: surprised substack is still so pervasive given their overt willingness to platform white supremacists
There is as yet no coordinating body where people are crafting and implementing action strategy for the U.S. pro-democracy movement writ large. Can we follow the example of Brazil's Pacto pela Democracia and build truly broad-based action coalition?
lakauffman.substack.com/p/we-need-a-...
lakauffman.substack.com/p/we-need-a-...
We Need a Much Bigger Tent
On coalitions, discomfort, and the defense of democracy
lakauffman.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reposting to read later.
Also: surprised substack is still so pervasive given their overt willingness to platform white supremacists
Also: surprised substack is still so pervasive given their overt willingness to platform white supremacists
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I taught functionally illiterate undergrads at an R1 university 15+ years ago.
Tech/LLMs made it much worse very fast, but this did not start with ChatGPT.
This started with standardized testing. It started with high school budgets being slashed. It started with colleges turning into summer camps.
Tech/LLMs made it much worse very fast, but this did not start with ChatGPT.
This started with standardized testing. It started with high school budgets being slashed. It started with colleges turning into summer camps.
May 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I taught functionally illiterate undergrads at an R1 university 15+ years ago.
Tech/LLMs made it much worse very fast, but this did not start with ChatGPT.
This started with standardized testing. It started with high school budgets being slashed. It started with colleges turning into summer camps.
Tech/LLMs made it much worse very fast, but this did not start with ChatGPT.
This started with standardized testing. It started with high school budgets being slashed. It started with colleges turning into summer camps.
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The thing about the birth rate is that there are over eight billion people in the world. That’s actually too many humans. We have a resource crisis.
Every single one of the birth rate worriers is talking about a race war. That is the entire thing. They are worried about dominance in a race war.
Every single one of the birth rate worriers is talking about a race war. That is the entire thing. They are worried about dominance in a race war.
April 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The thing about the birth rate is that there are over eight billion people in the world. That’s actually too many humans. We have a resource crisis.
Every single one of the birth rate worriers is talking about a race war. That is the entire thing. They are worried about dominance in a race war.
Every single one of the birth rate worriers is talking about a race war. That is the entire thing. They are worried about dominance in a race war.
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People try and act like racism doesn't exist in Canada when there's questions like this in the federal leadership debate
Oh cool now Rebel is doing residential school denial in their third question of the night
April 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
People try and act like racism doesn't exist in Canada when there's questions like this in the federal leadership debate
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“…outdoor and environmental educators need to remain ever vigilant of the political ramifications of the knowledges of ‘nature’ which inform their pedagogies.” 🙌🏽 #academicsky #higherEd #environmentaljustice #socialecology
Human-Nature Relationships: Navigating a Privileged White Landscape
It can be tempting to think of experiences in ‘nature’, and building ‘human-nature’ relationships, as relatively politically neutral, or even straightforwardly beneficial. In t...
link.springer.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“…outdoor and environmental educators need to remain ever vigilant of the political ramifications of the knowledges of ‘nature’ which inform their pedagogies.” 🙌🏽 #academicsky #higherEd #environmentaljustice #socialecology
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ASLE » CFA International Conference “Queer Ecology and the Temporal Imagination”
www.asle.org
April 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
For future reference
4 Tips to make your Tenure application materials an easy yes for the committee.
PS: this also works for reappointment or promotion.
1. Make a Strong Argument:
I met the standards.
#academicsky
PS: this also works for reappointment or promotion.
1. Make a Strong Argument:
I met the standards.
#academicsky
April 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
For future reference
Love this simple advice
TFW a student writes in their weekly reflection that your breakdown of what a citation needs (1. who wrote it? 2. what did they call it? 3. how did they distribute it?) makes writing citations easy. #LibrarySky #AcademicSky
April 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Love this simple advice