Dr. Twyla Baker
@indigenia.bsky.social
Indigenous academic living and working on the original homelands of my ancestors. Nu’Eta & Hidatsa. Fort Berthold | MHA Nation | Indian Country I’m a Tribal College President fond of storytelling and green chile. All opinions are my own.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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The Nazis were their most brutal when they realized they were going to lose the war. I'm deeply, deeply concerned what these next days will look like if they are, in fact, pulling out, and not just lying as usual.
It is not yet time for us to breathe a sigh of relief and have a seat. Keep pushing!
It is not yet time for us to breathe a sigh of relief and have a seat. Keep pushing!
Just a reminder that Minneapolis is still under siege. Horrifying things happened while we were all distracted with certain football game halftime drama. This is all still happening and you all need to refocus. Your civil liberties are being dismantled in real time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The Nazis were their most brutal when they realized they were going to lose the war. I'm deeply, deeply concerned what these next days will look like if they are, in fact, pulling out, and not just lying as usual.
It is not yet time for us to breathe a sigh of relief and have a seat. Keep pushing!
It is not yet time for us to breathe a sigh of relief and have a seat. Keep pushing!
Just a reminder that Minneapolis is still under siege. Horrifying things happened while we were all distracted with certain football game halftime drama. This is all still happening and you all need to refocus. Your civil liberties are being dismantled in real time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Just a reminder that Minneapolis is still under siege. Horrifying things happened while we were all distracted with certain football game halftime drama. This is all still happening and you all need to refocus. Your civil liberties are being dismantled in real time.
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I was second guessing myself too. Also his brief moment in it was very emotional. The song said "Don't do to my land what you did to Hawai'i."
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Ugh. Imma live off this for a minute. Joy. 🤩 ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Ugh. Imma live off this for a minute. Joy. 🤩 ❤️
RICKY MARTIN!! 😭😭😭
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
RICKY MARTIN!! 😭😭😭
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Real embarrasing . They need to bidi bidi bom bom they asses on ...
Idk, I feel like Gen X’ers making a stink about Bad Bunny shouldn’t EVER be allowed to listen to Selena ever again. Como La Flor, no more. 🙅🏽♀️
Stop being embarrassing.
Stop being embarrassing.
February 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Real embarrasing . They need to bidi bidi bom bom they asses on ...
Idk, I feel like Gen X’ers making a stink about Bad Bunny shouldn’t EVER be allowed to listen to Selena ever again. Como La Flor, no more. 🙅🏽♀️
Stop being embarrassing.
Stop being embarrassing.
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Idk, I feel like Gen X’ers making a stink about Bad Bunny shouldn’t EVER be allowed to listen to Selena ever again. Como La Flor, no more. 🙅🏽♀️
Stop being embarrassing.
Stop being embarrassing.
Read books, please. Get books, and keep a stash of them for your kids (and be sure and buy them from independent booksellers).
Regimes like these like to burn books, and in this day and age we need as much access to resistance literature as we can get.
Regimes like these like to burn books, and in this day and age we need as much access to resistance literature as we can get.
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Read books, please. Get books, and keep a stash of them for your kids (and be sure and buy them from independent booksellers).
Regimes like these like to burn books, and in this day and age we need as much access to resistance literature as we can get.
Regimes like these like to burn books, and in this day and age we need as much access to resistance literature as we can get.
I deeply love the brown skin I am in. 🥰
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I deeply love the brown skin I am in. 🥰
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And these systems actually hurt us all.
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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Whites, she's talking to us.
Kill whiteness within yourself and open yourself to new and different ways of being.
We get to choose and we need to stop choosing poorly.
Kill whiteness within yourself and open yourself to new and different ways of being.
We get to choose and we need to stop choosing poorly.
I would like to just exist without having to ‘decolonize’ sh*t anymore. I am exhausted from having to try and show folks there’s so many more better ways of being. That we aren’t locked into this, that these systems aren’t even that old, and ARE NOT inevitable, or invincible.
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Whites, she's talking to us.
Kill whiteness within yourself and open yourself to new and different ways of being.
We get to choose and we need to stop choosing poorly.
Kill whiteness within yourself and open yourself to new and different ways of being.
We get to choose and we need to stop choosing poorly.
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Heard so much
Every time I see any kind of solutioning at any level where change is possible, it's always based on a foundation of colonization, capitalism and patriarchy
Apparently they don't know those things AREN'T forgone conclusions
Every time I see any kind of solutioning at any level where change is possible, it's always based on a foundation of colonization, capitalism and patriarchy
Apparently they don't know those things AREN'T forgone conclusions
February 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Heard so much
Every time I see any kind of solutioning at any level where change is possible, it's always based on a foundation of colonization, capitalism and patriarchy
Apparently they don't know those things AREN'T forgone conclusions
Every time I see any kind of solutioning at any level where change is possible, it's always based on a foundation of colonization, capitalism and patriarchy
Apparently they don't know those things AREN'T forgone conclusions
I would like to just exist without having to ‘decolonize’ sh*t anymore. I am exhausted from having to try and show folks there’s so many more better ways of being. That we aren’t locked into this, that these systems aren’t even that old, and ARE NOT inevitable, or invincible.
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I would like to just exist without having to ‘decolonize’ sh*t anymore. I am exhausted from having to try and show folks there’s so many more better ways of being. That we aren’t locked into this, that these systems aren’t even that old, and ARE NOT inevitable, or invincible.
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In addition to protests at the Whipple federal building just outside the Twin Cities, a massive crowd is protesting in arctic temps outside the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
Oh it seems the answer is three street.
Protesters (again, largely clergy) have moved into the street.
Protesters (again, largely clergy) have moved into the street.
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
In addition to protests at the Whipple federal building just outside the Twin Cities, a massive crowd is protesting in arctic temps outside the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.
Enit. 🥴
WTF
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Enit. 🥴
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Are we seriously about to go to war with Denmark, Norway, and France because an old man with obvious dementia and the nuclear codes is running our country, and a pack of enablers won’t do the bare minimum and get him into a care facility where he belongs?
This is the craziest fucking timeline.
This is the craziest fucking timeline.
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Are we seriously about to go to war with Denmark, Norway, and France because an old man with obvious dementia and the nuclear codes is running our country, and a pack of enablers won’t do the bare minimum and get him into a care facility where he belongs?
This is the craziest fucking timeline.
This is the craziest fucking timeline.
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Bobby Weir: “Register and vote. Get those assholes out of there.”
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January 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Bobby Weir: “Register and vote. Get those assholes out of there.”
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It’s astonishing to me when I see Native people defending what this administration is doing. They would not hesitate for one moment, to deliver this cruelty to you, too. In fact, our peoples are ones that should be the most familiar with this history, since it’s been that way since first contact.
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It’s astonishing to me when I see Native people defending what this administration is doing. They would not hesitate for one moment, to deliver this cruelty to you, too. In fact, our peoples are ones that should be the most familiar with this history, since it’s been that way since first contact.
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Inuit from Alaska and Canada stand with our relatives in Greenland 🇬🇱 Quyana @ayyu210.bsky.social for organizing this video
An Inuit message of solidarity and support for our 🇬🇱 relatives from Inuit of Alaska and Canada ❤️
You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️
#InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat
youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...
You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️
#InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat
youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...
180,000 Strong Inuit Standing Together
YouTube video by Ayyu
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January 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Inuit from Alaska and Canada stand with our relatives in Greenland 🇬🇱 Quyana @ayyu210.bsky.social for organizing this video
Mornings like this make me grateful for my cozy little home. ☕️
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Mornings like this make me grateful for my cozy little home. ☕️
Idk if it’s possible for me to care less about movie awards shows than I do right now.
Prayers over Minneapolis, my friends and family there. 💙🙏🏾
Prayers over Minneapolis, my friends and family there. 💙🙏🏾
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Idk if it’s possible for me to care less about movie awards shows than I do right now.
Prayers over Minneapolis, my friends and family there. 💙🙏🏾
Prayers over Minneapolis, my friends and family there. 💙🙏🏾
I am angry a lot these days. I don’t like that. I suppose I’ll go lift or something.
January 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I am angry a lot these days. I don’t like that. I suppose I’ll go lift or something.