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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 25

Modeled reconstruction of July #Arctic sea ice volume since the year 1901 - comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025...

Data information available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...

Line graph time series for Arctic sea ice volume in every July from 1901 through 2025. Two datasets are compared between PIOMAS-20C (a blue line) and PIOMAS v2.1 (a dashed red line). There is large interannual variability, but a long-term decreasing trend since 1990.

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Somos Jacare @somosjacare.bsky.social · Aug 21

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Aug 21

Centering Western perspectives of "true" history by calling our Indigenous histories "prehistory" & insinuating we are only modern due to colonization are two of many ways we are gaslit into assimilation and conformity.

Ernestine Hayes (Lingít) says it brilliantly here ✨️

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Diminishing Native history as "prehistory" + weaponizing modernity. Always been and will be modern✌🏽

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/ MOSA / @mosaisms.bsky.social · Aug 19

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Aug 7

ask us how much our "free" healthcare *really* costs.

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do Natives get free healthcare?

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Aug 6

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Aug 6

ii'i, sending care and encouragement your way 🙏🏽❤️

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 5

Two lawsuits allege that Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil, is the “principal beneficiary” of tribal lender Minto Money.

CreditServe, a company that McGraw plays a key role in, controls the operation while “the Tribe is merely a front,” the suits said.

(Published May w/ @adn.com)

A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Phil’s Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe

Tribal lender Minto Money has boosted the economy of its Alaska town. But some tribal members are appalled by the millions it’s made off desperate borrowers — much of which, lawsuits allege, has gone…

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Aug 5

*vulnerable post*

please know that if you're struggling right now, it's a humane response to the chaos happening across our world.

we've made it through all of our toughest times - I will bet on us every. single. time.

sending love ♡

#mentalhealthcheck
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#mentalhealthcheck

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Jul 22

Last Dec, I testified w 17 leaders @ The Hague during #ICJ hearings on countries' obligations re climate injustice: www.pisfcc.org/peoplespetit...

Tomorrow, the world's highest court will issue its advisory opinion on global responsibilities to address climate change + human rights.

#ClimateICJAO

A medium height woman with dark hair and Inuit clothing stands in front of "Peace Palace" the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, during a historic week of hearings related to states' obligations on climate justice and human rights, December 2024

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Jun 22

As the northern hemisphere tilts toward the waning light, holding the many energies we are moving through and carrying with tenderness + love 💖

For our southen relatives, the light and warmth are returning; and this is the way of life ✨️

Sending love to all needing a little extra today 💖 #solstice

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Apr 10

just sayin' - we actually neeeeed this 😂

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Apr 10

💯 💯💯

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Apr 10

✨️ bonus points if matches were curated by a council of aunties and sisters ✨️

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Apr 10

still think a dating app for N8Vs called Dreamcatcher would be 🔥

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Apr 7

Colonization IS white history.
How Indigenous people have survived it is ours.

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Mar 22

I am honored to give 2 upcoming presentations in Nuuk, Greenland:

1st - centered on Inuit identity/knowledge as our strength,

2nd - thesis research on the era of missionization + formation of Alaska's education system and its ongoing impacts to Native students and peoples 🙏🏽

#Inuit #Colonization

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Mar 22

Wow! Need all of these ❤️

Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · Mar 22

#akleg Ok people. You need to tell me when the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights puts out trading cards. You can't be keeping these things from me.

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Mar 22

Whaaaaaat - amazing! How can we get them?

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Mar 15

Alaska Inuit stand in solidarity with our eastern relatives for Inuit sovereignty over #KalaallitNunaat #Greenland 🇬🇱

Stand with us ✊🏽🔥❤️

(song: Alianaak by powerful Inuk artist Varna Marianne Nielsen ❤️)

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Alaska Inuit stand w/ Greenland for Inuit sovereignty over #InuitNunaat (song: Alianaak by Varna)

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Mar 15

Powerful protests across Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) today standing for Inuit sovereignty and against colonization from the US and Denmark 🔥✊🏽✨️ #InuitNunaat
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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Mar 15

Powerful protests across Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) today standing for Inuit sovereignty and against colonization from the US and Denmark 🔥✊🏽✨️ #InuitNunaat

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 9

In 2021, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level using EPA data ⤵️

The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.

Using the EPA’s data, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot.

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Mar 6

carving a qulliq/eq (Inuit seal oil lamp) for my aaka (mother) during an Arnaat (women's) cultural healing gathering on Yup'iit Nunaput in Curyung [aka Dillingham, Alaska]

#qulliq #qulleq #naniq #Inuit #Inuk #sealoillamp #Indigenous

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carving a qulliq for my Aaka ♡ #Inuit

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ayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · Feb 26

🙏🏽❤️🤍

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