Rita L. Portela
@westernspinster.bsky.social
(Acjáchemem) CA Indigenous, free Palestine! Health justice, bikes, outdoors, bioscience, data, LOLOLOL, STEM, languages, arts, justice. Bay Area. Native American Linguistics.
Our living spaces have huge impact on our lives. The history of the open concept floorplans is sexism (and racism.)
You might have heard the same thing about open office floorplans: sexism. That's a different story, but similar reasons.
Track norms in home layout trends:
youtu.be/1s0t-Ra_b70?...
You might have heard the same thing about open office floorplans: sexism. That's a different story, but similar reasons.
Track norms in home layout trends:
youtu.be/1s0t-Ra_b70?...
The History of Open Concept is Sexism
YouTube video by Nicole Rudolph
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our living spaces have huge impact on our lives. The history of the open concept floorplans is sexism (and racism.)
You might have heard the same thing about open office floorplans: sexism. That's a different story, but similar reasons.
Track norms in home layout trends:
youtu.be/1s0t-Ra_b70?...
You might have heard the same thing about open office floorplans: sexism. That's a different story, but similar reasons.
Track norms in home layout trends:
youtu.be/1s0t-Ra_b70?...
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Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
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Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
My health insurance went up by $255.80 for Dec! No advance notice.
For no reason: "This increase is due to subsidy amount change & isn't related to any overall plan benefit or annual rate adjustment."
WTF! Check your mail. Did this happen to you too?
I thought the rate was fixed for a year.
For no reason: "This increase is due to subsidy amount change & isn't related to any overall plan benefit or annual rate adjustment."
WTF! Check your mail. Did this happen to you too?
I thought the rate was fixed for a year.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My health insurance went up by $255.80 for Dec! No advance notice.
For no reason: "This increase is due to subsidy amount change & isn't related to any overall plan benefit or annual rate adjustment."
WTF! Check your mail. Did this happen to you too?
I thought the rate was fixed for a year.
For no reason: "This increase is due to subsidy amount change & isn't related to any overall plan benefit or annual rate adjustment."
WTF! Check your mail. Did this happen to you too?
I thought the rate was fixed for a year.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
yep
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
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I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
Covid cautious friends: A reminder to ask people very specifically what they do when they describe themselves as "covid cautious"
A woman has a few years left to live & is immunocompromised. Wants to visit a friend & while making plans the host gets red in the face & yells 5 times over 10 min...
A woman has a few years left to live & is immunocompromised. Wants to visit a friend & while making plans the host gets red in the face & yells 5 times over 10 min...
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Covid cautious friends: A reminder to ask people very specifically what they do when they describe themselves as "covid cautious"
A woman has a few years left to live & is immunocompromised. Wants to visit a friend & while making plans the host gets red in the face & yells 5 times over 10 min...
A woman has a few years left to live & is immunocompromised. Wants to visit a friend & while making plans the host gets red in the face & yells 5 times over 10 min...
There is nothing more anti-Semitic than committing a genocide in the name of a peaceful religion.
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There is nothing more anti-Semitic than committing a genocide in the name of a peaceful religion.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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This is really impressive. They invented racism.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is really impressive. They invented racism.
A man who needs TWO court orders to not starve his own people, but does it anyway, isn't just unfit for office.
He's unfit to walk free in the normal world.
He belongs in prison for his crimes against humanity.
He's unfit to walk free in the normal world.
He belongs in prison for his crimes against humanity.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A man who needs TWO court orders to not starve his own people, but does it anyway, isn't just unfit for office.
He's unfit to walk free in the normal world.
He belongs in prison for his crimes against humanity.
He's unfit to walk free in the normal world.
He belongs in prison for his crimes against humanity.
"NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE"
-US House Speaker Mike Johnson
-US House Speaker Mike Johnson
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE"
-US House Speaker Mike Johnson
-US House Speaker Mike Johnson
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Face-to-Face with the Dead: The Mimbres Bowl as Mask
Between about 1000 and 1130 CE, potters in the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon tradition produced some of the most analytically rich pictorial ceramics in the pre-Hispanic Americas.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Between about 1000 and 1130 CE, potters in the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon tradition produced some of the most analytically rich pictorial ceramics in the pre-Hispanic Americas.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Face-to-Face with the Dead: The Mimbres Bowl as Mask
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Face-to-Face with the Dead: The Mimbres Bowl as Mask
Between about 1000 and 1130 CE, potters in the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon tradition produced some of the most analytically rich pictorial ceramics in the pre-Hispanic Americas.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
Between about 1000 and 1130 CE, potters in the Mimbres branch of the Mogollon tradition produced some of the most analytically rich pictorial ceramics in the pre-Hispanic Americas.
#nativeamericanheritagemonth
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#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth
November reminds us of two important groups that sometimes merged into one.
www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-...
#NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth
November reminds us of two important groups that sometimes merged into one.
www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-...
The U.S. history of Native American Boarding Schools — The Indigenous Foundation
(TW: abuse, sexual abuse, mental health, suicide) Native American Boarding Schools (also known as Indian Boarding Schools) were established by the U.S. government in the late 19th century as an...
www.theindigenousfoundation.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth
November reminds us of two important groups that sometimes merged into one.
www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-...
#NationalAdoptionAwarenessMonth
November reminds us of two important groups that sometimes merged into one.
www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-...
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Happy Alaska Native Heritage Month!
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
verastarbard.com/2025/11/01/t...
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
verastarbard.com/2025/11/01/t...
Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 1
With all of the books about/taking place in Alaska out there, it can be hard to identify which are actually written not only by Alaskans, but by Alaska Native authors. So this month I’ll be highlig…
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November 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Happy Alaska Native Heritage Month!
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
verastarbard.com/2025/11/01/t...
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
verastarbard.com/2025/11/01/t...
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Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: DAY TWO
For our second book celebrating #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting “Blonde Indian” by #Tlingit author Ernestine Shaankalaxt Hayes.
#alaska #books #nativeamericanheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth
verastarbard.com/2025/11/02/t...
For our second book celebrating #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting “Blonde Indian” by #Tlingit author Ernestine Shaankalaxt Hayes.
#alaska #books #nativeamericanheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth
verastarbard.com/2025/11/02/t...
Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 2
Our second book for Alaska Native Heritage Month is “Blonde Indian” by Tlingit writer Ernestine Hayes. It’s a celebrated memoir about Ernestine, who was also Alaska State Writer Laureate from 2016-…
verastarbard.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: DAY TWO
For our second book celebrating #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting “Blonde Indian” by #Tlingit author Ernestine Shaankalaxt Hayes.
#alaska #books #nativeamericanheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth
verastarbard.com/2025/11/02/t...
For our second book celebrating #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting “Blonde Indian” by #Tlingit author Ernestine Shaankalaxt Hayes.
#alaska #books #nativeamericanheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth
verastarbard.com/2025/11/02/t...
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#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #Booksky #Bookish #LibraryLove #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibraryJoy https://bit.ly/4nGIKxr
9 books by Indigenous authors to read during Native American Heritage Month | Libby Life: Blog, Podcast, Book Clubs & More.
Discover something new for Native American Heritage Month written by an Indigenous author or featuring Indigenous characters on the Libby app.
www.libbylife.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, and we invite you to celebrate Native American heritage with @kanopy's collection featuring films and tv shows highlighting Native communities, history and culture.
www.kanopy.com/en/category/...
www.kanopy.com/en/category/...
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, and we invite you to celebrate Native American heritage with @kanopy's collection featuring films and tv shows highlighting Native communities, history and culture.
www.kanopy.com/en/category/...
www.kanopy.com/en/category/...
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ICYMI:
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
Why Indigenous Stewardship Is Essential for Climate and Disability Justice
johnniejae.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ICYMI:
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
Our ancestors survived by knowing that our fate is inextricably tied to the land and the water, to one another.
johnniejae.com/why-indigeno...
#indigisky #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nationalindigenousdisabilityawarenessmonth #climatejustice #disabilityjustice
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November is both #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and #NationalIndigenousDisabilityAwarenessMonth, a time to honor who we are, where we come from, and who still gets left out of the story.
johnniejae.com/the-overlook...
johnniejae.com/the-overlook...
The Overlooked Within the Overlooked: Why Native American Heritage Month Must Include Indigenous Disability Awareness
johnniejae.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
November is both #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and #NationalIndigenousDisabilityAwarenessMonth, a time to honor who we are, where we come from, and who still gets left out of the story.
johnniejae.com/the-overlook...
johnniejae.com/the-overlook...
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In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we will highlight some Indigenous artists who inspire us. We celebrate these artists and their nations and tribes.🎨🎸🎼🎭🩰🎬📽📖
Today, we recognize N. Scott Momaday (1934-2024). He was a writer of poetry, short-stories, essays, and novels 📚.
Today, we recognize N. Scott Momaday (1934-2024). He was a writer of poetry, short-stories, essays, and novels 📚.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we will highlight some Indigenous artists who inspire us. We celebrate these artists and their nations and tribes.🎨🎸🎼🎭🩰🎬📽📖
Today, we recognize N. Scott Momaday (1934-2024). He was a writer of poetry, short-stories, essays, and novels 📚.
Today, we recognize N. Scott Momaday (1934-2024). He was a writer of poetry, short-stories, essays, and novels 📚.
If you want a very authentic Native American tattoo that will impress your friends with your sophisticated knowledge, consider this word in Acjáchemem Chamtéela: $íchi$icha
It means "resilience" but in a very nuanced & esoteric manner.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NativeAmerican
#Chamtéela
It means "resilience" but in a very nuanced & esoteric manner.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NativeAmerican
#Chamtéela
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
If you want a very authentic Native American tattoo that will impress your friends with your sophisticated knowledge, consider this word in Acjáchemem Chamtéela: $íchi$icha
It means "resilience" but in a very nuanced & esoteric manner.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NativeAmerican
#Chamtéela
It means "resilience" but in a very nuanced & esoteric manner.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#NativeAmerican
#Chamtéela