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Indigenous affairs reporter @highcountrynews.org πŸͺΆ Chahta | they/them or whatev ⚧️ Other bylines: @propublica.org @foreignpolicy.com @streetroots.bsky.social & more. πŸ“Έ @rraadd.bsky.social

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Using adblockers such as privacy badger or ublock origin is a necessary step, not just for privacy but for safety!

05.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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PacifiCorp now owes over $1B in Oregon wildfires class-action lawsuit This is the largest jury verdict issued in relation to a class-action lawsuit that found PacifiCorp acted in "gross negligence" by not turning off its power lines.

Interesting development in a never-ending story: ***This is the 15th trial to conclude so far. Another 167 trials are scheduled through 2027.***https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/25/pacificorp-owes-one-billion-oregon-wildfire-class-action-lawsuit/

04.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Welp: ZERO takers on the Trump administration's first lease sale for oil and gas development in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. Bidding closed today with no bids.

The lease sale was supposed to spark new interest in oil and gas development in the region. It doesn't seem to be working.

04.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7

When I say white supremacy/colonialism is the #1 problem in social science today and that the theoretical foundations of all scientific fields are corrupted by unacknowledged and minimized bias, and that therefore we should question everything from said fields, white people just give me a blank look

04.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I know it’s not everything, but it’s something: how each of us, in our little spheres of work & community, can help foster & sustain places of care, decency, & intelligence even when powerful people celebrate venal, coarse, mendacious practices. What a gift, to be able to do something so worthwhile

20.01.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 834 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 13

β€œWhat stood out clinically was that the chatbot interactions did not generate the illness, but appeared to scaffold and reinforce beliefs that were already becoming pathological.”

28.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

once your email storage is full you should be allowed to graduate from it. no more emails for you. you’ve seen enough emails. you’re free now

26.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 1972 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 19

The purpose of this website is to help unburden your brain by releasing horrible sentences that live in there like demons

28.02.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 4574 πŸ” 774 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 42
SMUT FROM COMMUNISTS

SMUT FROM COMMUNISTS

Some excellent headlines from the April 1963 National Eagle, the Portland, OR newspaper edited by the future chair of the Oregon Republican Party.

28.02.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 1340 πŸ” 313 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 135
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28.02.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
a young person in and their parent, faces cropped out, stand in front of a marble rail, holding a handmade poster: DON’T TREAD ON ME with a riff on the Gadsen flag snake against the pastel blue/pink/white stripes of the trans pride flag. the young person has on a LOVE MORE (rainbow heart) tee; their patent is in a LOVE IS LOVE tee.

a young person in and their parent, faces cropped out, stand in front of a marble rail, holding a handmade poster: DON’T TREAD ON ME with a riff on the Gadsen flag snake against the pastel blue/pink/white stripes of the trans pride flag. the young person has on a LOVE MORE (rainbow heart) tee; their patent is in a LOVE IS LOVE tee.

thinking of this young person I met nearly five years ago at the Texas state Capitolβ€”when activists defeated a raft of anti-trans laws introduced that yearβ€”and this sign they made:

26.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Senior Correspondent, Politics WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...

Journalism job alert: @wired.com is hiring an experienced politics writer. I might be biased, but WIRED is doing some of the best political coverage out there. This is your chance to join our amazing newsroom! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...

25.02.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 311 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6
Strengthening Indigenous coverage through collaborationΒ Β  | The Associated Press As part of its longstandingΒ commitmentΒ to state and local news in the U.S.,Β TheΒ Associated

@apnews.com announces the launch of the Global Indigenous Reporting Network, with six network partners (and possibly more to come), to enhance the capacity of network partners for robust, multiformat Indigenous storytelling. πŸ”₯

www.ap.org/the-definiti...

26.02.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It might mean you're getting a firsthand insight into how most Natives see this clown country

25.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is treasure.

25.02.2026 07:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Rules Government Cannot Search Washington Post Reporter’s Electronics

www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

25.02.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 239 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

hella stoked to tell my favorite corporations the good news

25.02.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

24.02.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 17115 πŸ” 3836 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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Witness who saw friend fatally shot by immigration agent in Texas last year dies in car accident A Texas man who saw his friend get shot and killed last year by a federal immigration agent died last weekend in a fiery car crash.

The passenger in the car when Texas driver Martinez was fatally shot last year by a federal immigration agent gave a lengthy statement to lawyers for the slain man’s family disputing the government’s version of events.

That witness died Saturday in a fiery car crash.

apnews.com/article/texa...

24.02.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€ Thanks for the book rec!

24.02.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white photo of four baddass Indigenous women on horseback, one with a baby and a jaunty tilt to her Spanish padre hat. Smiling rez dog attempts a spotlight-stealing a cameo in the foreground. There's a fancy old west hotel in the background.

Black and white photo of four baddass Indigenous women on horseback, one with a baby and a jaunty tilt to her Spanish padre hat. Smiling rez dog attempts a spotlight-stealing a cameo in the foreground. There's a fancy old west hotel in the background.

I mean

24.02.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The little-known photographer who documented a changing Okanogan, Washington - High Country News Beth Harrington’s 2025 documentary Our Mr. Matsura uses communally-held memory and traditional research to explore the little-known story of a Japanese photographer who documented the changing world o...

Timeline cleanse: a Japanese photographer beloved by northern WA Indigenous ppl.

β€œThe story is not just about Frank and his charisma and his incredible body of work. It’s about the way people uphold his memory and still talk about him 112 years after his death.”

www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...

24.02.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Documents shed new light on Interior official’s growing ethics scandal - High Country News The department’s release of Karen Budd-Falen’s ethics documents have sparked renewed calls for an investigation.

Thacker Pass scandal: For weeks, Public Domain and other journalists and watchdog organizations have been asking the Interior Department to turn over Budd-Falen’s ethics agreement and any waivers she received since rejoining the Trump administration.

24.02.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s β€œhard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

β€œHard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you or why you don’t own a kelly bag,” he wrote. To which Epstein responded: β€œIt’s the tail of distribution , no really smart women – none.”

@jkutzie.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

23.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8
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Thinking Like a Watershed High Country News, the only regional magazine serving the western US, reports on how water issues play out in communities across the West.

"The watershed is the most logical organizational concept for the region politically (though it’s a little late for that) and geographically."

My Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Sahn on why the western US needs to start thinking like watersheds.

www.pbssocal.org/thinking-lik...

23.02.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I learned what a sally port was today. πŸ€”

22.02.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Corporations: We are collections of people & therefore deserve the civic rights afforded all people.

Me: Ok. May I talk to a person?

Corporation: No. Never again.

22.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1880 πŸ” 460 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10

"The choice is not between Indigenous governance and economic stability; it is between planned restraint and chaotic collapse."

21.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"We propose to return the governance of the Great Salt Lake to the Native nations who managed the Great Basin’s waters for generations before settlers arrived in the 1840s. The idea is to create a Great Salt Lake Inter-Tribal Coalition." πŸ—£οΈπŸ—£οΈπŸ—£οΈπŸ—£οΈπŸ—£οΈ

21.02.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0