makaʻāinana
@keoraborealis.bsky.social
Kanaka educator & musician who can do “science” if forced to, they/them queer/māhū #LandBack NSFW-ish
Read my thesis on the moʻolelo of Keaomelemele, western science, wai, & me 🙃: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/cb443b1d727046ef8a262b03d24462ef
Read my thesis on the moʻolelo of Keaomelemele, western science, wai, & me 🙃: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/cb443b1d727046ef8a262b03d24462ef
Big Tech has been insidiously infiltrating education for decades and it’s absolutely our jobs as educators to curb the snake oil they are trying to sell our children
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Big Tech has been insidiously infiltrating education for decades and it’s absolutely our jobs as educators to curb the snake oil they are trying to sell our children
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Frantz Fanon died on December 6, 1961, at the age of 36.
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Frantz Fanon died on December 6, 1961, at the age of 36.
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Finally after all this time, a new chapter of my fanfic is here.
ENJOY!
archiveofourown.org/works/524316...
ENJOY!
archiveofourown.org/works/524316...
To be draped in a new kind of vulnerability - Chapter 5 - Nonbinarypunkkid - Disco Elysium (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Finally after all this time, a new chapter of my fanfic is here.
ENJOY!
archiveofourown.org/works/524316...
ENJOY!
archiveofourown.org/works/524316...
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AI is a lack of consent machine whose greatest asset is its liminality and press budget
It’s design is digital overseer and to reduce literacy and creativity not in service of its goal
It’s design is digital overseer and to reduce literacy and creativity not in service of its goal
microsoft promised to "empower every user" and google to "revolutionise knowledge and technological innovation" but in reality what they have given us is an invasive surveillance dystopian nightmare hard to escape
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Microsoft Teams Starts Telling Your Boss Where You Are—Now Just 8 Weeks Away
Microsoft confirms start date for new Teams update — no more hiding places.
www.forbes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
AI is a lack of consent machine whose greatest asset is its liminality and press budget
It’s design is digital overseer and to reduce literacy and creativity not in service of its goal
It’s design is digital overseer and to reduce literacy and creativity not in service of its goal
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As I said, conservatives have no object permanence.
bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
As I said, conservatives have no object permanence.
Who wants to join me on a bed of laundry?
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Who wants to join me on a bed of laundry?
What’s in the box?
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What’s in the box?
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I could be wrong (I frequently am) but most people who call out racism, transphobia, ableism, and other prejudices, at least in my experience, aren't trying to cancel anyone.
They're asking for accountability. They want us to own our errors and be humble about them. And that's reasonable.
They're asking for accountability. They want us to own our errors and be humble about them. And that's reasonable.
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I could be wrong (I frequently am) but most people who call out racism, transphobia, ableism, and other prejudices, at least in my experience, aren't trying to cancel anyone.
They're asking for accountability. They want us to own our errors and be humble about them. And that's reasonable.
They're asking for accountability. They want us to own our errors and be humble about them. And that's reasonable.
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I just paid the internet and phone bills… I’m going to need help again this month. Mom’s phone bill is due, and I won’t have anything left for the rest of the month for food or electricity (heat and rent is paid, at least). Please donate or share. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee
Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!
ko-fi.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I just paid the internet and phone bills… I’m going to need help again this month. Mom’s phone bill is due, and I won’t have anything left for the rest of the month for food or electricity (heat and rent is paid, at least). Please donate or share. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
Saw Lucy Darling with a friend last night. I don’t know how someone can be so quick but she was incredibly funny and charming
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Saw Lucy Darling with a friend last night. I don’t know how someone can be so quick but she was incredibly funny and charming
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The absolute worst feeling in the world, is needing help, needing to be heard or seen, and being invisible and unheard.
You don't have to solve every problem, you can be the conduit to the helpers. YOU.
Your inaction is a choice. Small acts add up. You can be part of the solutions.
You don't have to solve every problem, you can be the conduit to the helpers. YOU.
Your inaction is a choice. Small acts add up. You can be part of the solutions.
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The absolute worst feeling in the world, is needing help, needing to be heard or seen, and being invisible and unheard.
You don't have to solve every problem, you can be the conduit to the helpers. YOU.
Your inaction is a choice. Small acts add up. You can be part of the solutions.
You don't have to solve every problem, you can be the conduit to the helpers. YOU.
Your inaction is a choice. Small acts add up. You can be part of the solutions.
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Day 6 of #artAdventCalendar
Stained glass body
Fused glass eye
Driftwood from a local lake shore and the official iconic British Columbia bird
#art #glassArt #artYear
Stained glass body
Fused glass eye
Driftwood from a local lake shore and the official iconic British Columbia bird
#art #glassArt #artYear
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Day 6 of #artAdventCalendar
Stained glass body
Fused glass eye
Driftwood from a local lake shore and the official iconic British Columbia bird
#art #glassArt #artYear
Stained glass body
Fused glass eye
Driftwood from a local lake shore and the official iconic British Columbia bird
#art #glassArt #artYear
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Frog hurried home. He found a pencil and a piece of paper. He wrote on the paper.
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Frog hurried home. He found a pencil and a piece of paper. He wrote on the paper.
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What to get for the comrade who's always joining "just one more" organizing meeting
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
What to get for the comrade who's always joining "just one more" organizing meeting
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do you ever feel like you’d rather walk into lava rather than decide what to eat for dinner
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
do you ever feel like you’d rather walk into lava rather than decide what to eat for dinner
My college courses are DONE! (not the grading part, tho, but at least my in-person/teaching schedule has cleared up 😅)
Overall, I think it was a pretty OK 1st semester of teaching college. Hard when I had to work w/unorganized curriculum for 3 courses handed to me a week before class, but I did it!
Overall, I think it was a pretty OK 1st semester of teaching college. Hard when I had to work w/unorganized curriculum for 3 courses handed to me a week before class, but I did it!
December 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My college courses are DONE! (not the grading part, tho, but at least my in-person/teaching schedule has cleared up 😅)
Overall, I think it was a pretty OK 1st semester of teaching college. Hard when I had to work w/unorganized curriculum for 3 courses handed to me a week before class, but I did it!
Overall, I think it was a pretty OK 1st semester of teaching college. Hard when I had to work w/unorganized curriculum for 3 courses handed to me a week before class, but I did it!
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In honor of the unjustly banned Link, I invite folks to post their mutual aid below this thread. I will repost need as long as I am able.
As the holiday season approaches, and temperatures drop, mutual aid is going to become more important.
Consider giving what you can. If you can't, repost.
As the holiday season approaches, and temperatures drop, mutual aid is going to become more important.
Consider giving what you can. If you can't, repost.
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In honor of the unjustly banned Link, I invite folks to post their mutual aid below this thread. I will repost need as long as I am able.
As the holiday season approaches, and temperatures drop, mutual aid is going to become more important.
Consider giving what you can. If you can't, repost.
As the holiday season approaches, and temperatures drop, mutual aid is going to become more important.
Consider giving what you can. If you can't, repost.
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“Professionalism”...tends to exclude disabled people and...people who are not...upper income straight white dudes...Alice wrote about what society’s idea of a “professional” voice...sounds like, and how voices like hers,...affected by...disability, would not fit."
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
“Take it easy in this capitalist hellscape”: Lessons I learned from Alice Wong
“Take it easy in this capitalist hellscape.” That’s the last line that Alice sent me. We had been exchanging emails, as I had quoted her in my new book and wanted to make sure she was OK with it. I as...
www.nonprofitaf.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Professionalism”...tends to exclude disabled people and...people who are not...upper income straight white dudes...Alice wrote about what society’s idea of a “professional” voice...sounds like, and how voices like hers,...affected by...disability, would not fit."
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
www.nonprofitaf.com/take-it-easy...
I think I’m gonna have to get my car detailed 😭
bought a jar of pickled onions and it just burst open and spilled everywhere inside the car so I guess that‘s just my car smell from now on
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I think I’m gonna have to get my car detailed 😭
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The Netflix deal is obviously a fucking nightmare if only because I don’t want to see Hollywood taken over by big tech
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Netflix deal is obviously a fucking nightmare if only because I don’t want to see Hollywood taken over by big tech
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Seeking donations! I work at a Hawaiian immersion charter school. The goal is to get my high school students to science fair next year. They have been researching and designing their own experiments. Anything is greatly appreciated! List is here (and will be updated):
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Seeking donations! I work at a Hawaiian immersion charter school. The goal is to get my high school students to science fair next year. They have been researching and designing their own experiments. Anything is greatly appreciated! List is here (and will be updated):
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Still some stuff left! Again, if you want to buy off Amazon, please let me know, I will send an address! It’s just convenient to make a list there. Just have to be mindful of shipping costs to Hawaii
I’ll also take PayPal donations and will buy it elsewhere
I’ll also take PayPal donations and will buy it elsewhere
Seeking donations! I work at a Hawaiian immersion charter school. The goal is to get my high school students to science fair next year. They have been researching and designing their own experiments. Anything is greatly appreciated! List is here (and will be updated):
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Still some stuff left! Again, if you want to buy off Amazon, please let me know, I will send an address! It’s just convenient to make a list there. Just have to be mindful of shipping costs to Hawaii
I’ll also take PayPal donations and will buy it elsewhere
I’ll also take PayPal donations and will buy it elsewhere
bought a jar of pickled onions and it just burst open and spilled everywhere inside the car so I guess that‘s just my car smell from now on
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
bought a jar of pickled onions and it just burst open and spilled everywhere inside the car so I guess that‘s just my car smell from now on