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tumblesweed.bsky.social
rhetoric hashira
@tumblesweed.bsky.social
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ex-professor. i left academia for ethical reasons. current indie contract grant manager for rural and small Black-led and Native-led nonprofits. Sovereigntist. Abolitionist. White-privileged Yo'eme diaspora. masked. novavaxxed. land back. water back.
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Just got a text from Michigan Health and Human Services regarding SNAP 👀
A screenshot of a text message to an iPhone from number 44793 that reads, "MDHHS Notice: Per the federal court, USDA must fund November SNAP benefits in full by Nov. 7 despite the federal gov't shutdown. Payments will begin within 48 hours."
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Y'all, I collaborated with @lilhazzy.bsky.social on a logo for business cards and it's so cute! i love the details and how it represents me and my home. She is a dream to work with and has skills. I highly recommend working with her for any design needs.
a preview graphic for Tumblesweed Consulting. There's a sage bush, three tumbleweeds, and a joshua tree next to the business name.
July 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
tumblesweed.bsky.social
Did y'all know this was Christian Siriano on Project Runway Season 4?! It's giving SPIDERMAN 3!! I screamed at my television!
a picture of fashion designer Christian Siriano from Project Runway season 4. He has a feathered emo haircut with a right side mullet and is wearing chain necklaces and square glasses.
July 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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an absolute ARTIST painted the side of the taco truck
a picture of the side of a red taco truck with gold and green lettering for the menu. Every letter is written with care and talented use of a paintbrush with serif details.
June 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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you know you're at a Native conference when the gift bag is really just a bag of flour made on the rez
a picture of a stack of flour sacks with a logo of a Rocky Boy Native Man and reads, "Rocky Boy's Straight Grade Flour: Rocky Boy's Agency, Rocky Boy Montana"
April 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
tumblesweed.bsky.social
Making teas with Indigikitchen and a bonus NDN Collective sighting
a picture of two plastic sandwich bags filled with ethically gathered herbs, a red LandBack sticker from NDN Collective, a black pen from NDN Collective, all surrounding a kid's cool book titled "Mountains to Oceans: Kid's Recipes from Native Land" by Mariah Gladstone. The book has a beautiful design image by Rudy Black Plume that shows a Native woman with a braid, white shirt, and dark purple ribbon skirt. She is picking berries along with a child who also has a braid and is wearing a green shirt, blue pants, and green boots.
April 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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My son put birds on the tv to help my cats cope with me being gone and lol. my little demons.
3 cats, two black and one gray, standing together in front of a television. They are looking up at the screen where two birds are in a bird bath.
April 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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with alt text
a grim drawing of a landfill with a crane tractor atop a mound. A sign reads, "Prairie Green Landfill". The colors of the landfill scene are muted blues, black, white, and gray. In bright red, two dresses can be seen flying up into the sky.
March 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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good morning from Lansing's southside Kroger #FuckWorkLetsRiot
a photo taken from a car of the Lansing's southside Kroger parking lot that shows two vehicles and a shopping cart shelter. A sticker on a support beam reads, "Fuck Work Let's Riot" in black and white block letters.
February 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The AMA is hosting daily videos with updates on bird flu. Graphic with alt text and a link to the youtube page:

youtube.com/@americanmed...
A graphic with a purple to blue ombre background that reads "In case you're unaware, the American Medical Association has a youtube page; they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other outbreaks since the CDC cannot."
February 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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😏
screencap of a tweet by user @discipleofvivi that reads, "This genuinely may be the first recorded instance of nation wide class consciousness this country has seen in a long (long is in all caps and emphasized with numerous O) time. Not a single person outside the upper class seems to care about the ceo or want to find the killer, which is an absolutely beautiful thing to me."
December 7, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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hello, here is some pretty in a very bleak moment
a small cluster of purple crocuses sprouting up from small rocks, grass shoots, and dead leaves. Their lavender petals and bright orange pollen a stark contrast to the winter ground a photograph of a small group of lily of the valley sprouting up from the ground covered in leaves
February 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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Reskeet with a pic and your age

42 baby!
a pic of Les who has dark blue hair. They are wearing brown framed glasses and a white tee.
September 28, 2023 at 12:22 AM
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Without downloading new pics, where are you at mentally?
Image still from Schitt's Creek where Moira Rose is wearing a black knit sweater spiderwebbed over a white top. She has black sunglasses on and is seated next to Johnny Rose. David and Alexis are in the background holding their menus out. The dialogue reads, "The world is falling apart around us John, and I'm dying inside."
July 2, 2023 at 3:54 AM
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my kid drew this! (they are 7!)
A picture of a drawing depicting a face with shoulder length hair.
May 19, 2023 at 12:54 AM
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the way this flowering tree cuddle the old streetlight just
a picture showing a tree with pink blossoms enclosing and old streetlamp faintly glowing in the twilight.
May 12, 2023 at 2:02 AM