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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 26m

La Doggo has been de-floofed (a bit). I spent an entire hour vacuuming 479 sq feet. Let us hope that the coincidence of these circumstances gives me a week of relative productivity on literally any other front. Or at least reduces my lint-roller consumption.

Tricolour Australian Shepherd sitting next to a stainless steel fridge.

Tricolour Australian Shepherd worrying at a bone whilst laying atop a brown plush bed.

Tricolour Australian Shepherd sprawled across an art deco grey and black rug.

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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 1h

Does it make me a bad person that I’m reeeeally looking forward toward this collapse?

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 2h

kidnapping

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joemag @joemag.games · 6h

couldn't be happier for the political reclamation of frogs

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 5h

Along the boardwalk in Attawapiskat in 1955. From 'People of the Watershed: Photographs of John Macfie' now at The Muse: Lake of the Woods Museum, Kenore, Ontario until Dec. 21.
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📷 John Macfie | © Macfie Family Estate

A woman carrying an infant ina tikanagan, walks along a boardwalk in Attawapiskat in 1955. A girl and young boy walk ahead of her; the infant and girl are looking back at the camera. A black and white photo.

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 4h

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10h

like seriously team, I know y'all are working on both improving Discover and on better reply sentiment filtering and all, but it's going to take a while to tune it properly and a "never show my post on Discover" setting would be a 10 minute fix that would get 65% of why people want private accounts

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

I had a post reach the Discover feed today and was once again reminded of how many people on this site are not house trained.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 3h

Definitely. The priests and nuns were the owners of child slaves, who worked the fields and chopped the wood, and even had to dig the graves to bury their friends and the priests’ babies. Tanya Talaga wrote it as “the Knowing“. We grew up with these stories instead of Disney tales.

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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 4h

Please share

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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 4h

It’s a good goal. Beginning with kindness is a good way to achieve it, if folks can’t begin with relationships.

Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 4h

only too happy to turn blind eyes toward severe bullying and violence, and indeed to encourage it by loudly proclaiming my damnation in front of my peers. This was not ancient history, it was in the late 90s. Everyone is still alive, and anti-Indigenous violence is common in that region.

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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 4h

Yes, both the Catholic and Anglican churches, along with the Government of Canada, committed genocide against Indigenous peoples. My post was largely tongue-in-cheek and sarcastic; my experiences with religious “education“ were less-severe than others In my family, but so-called Christians were

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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 4h

I will gently share that in my culture, the way Ben engaged with me (ie, without a pre-existing relationship) would be understood as inappropriate-to-violent. Ben’s choice to begin by scolding (w/out knowing anything about me) set the tone of my replies. Thanks for engaging differently.

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Dr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 5h

I’m happy to acknowledge this point. Please understand that my entire point was limited to this: the religious indoctrination I received was limited to proscribed New Testament readings and my teachers’ biases. I am not a Christian but sorry on your behalf that adherents teach history incorrectly.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

You simply have to read this @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social joint and not just because there's way more levitation in it than you would think possible. The Archangel Michael is also somehow involved www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s a list circulating inside the agency—unconfirmed but shared by multiple sources—showing the offices believed to be hit hardest. 👇 (NOT CONFIRMED)...

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Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 1d

Three species of Arctic seals now face extinction due to global warming, while half the planet’s birds are in decline due to habitat loss. But the return of the green sea turtle shows how, with coordinated conservation efforts, things can be turned around. www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/s...

Arctic seals face extinction and birds in decline globally, according to new Red List | CNN

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 18h

We have breaking news in Inside Medicine.

We had heard rumors of RIFs to CDC.

But this is the first visual confirmation that it has occurred tonight, and at high levels in the agency.

Here is what we know...and then some well-sourced rumors (but rumors, nonetheless, not confirmed) 🧵...

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Penny Kagigebi @pennykagigebi.bsky.social · Jun 30

QUEERING INDIGENEITY
September 18, 2025–August 16, 2026
Thursdays through Sundays
✨ Community celebration on October 11, 2025 ✨

Minnesota Museum of American Art
St. Paul MN USA

mmaa.org/queering-ind...

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 13h

"The Queering Indigeneity exhibition offers one pathway for 2-Spirit cultural reclamation. We come into this life with gifts and 2-Spirit medicine for healthy and vibrant communities while struggling to survive being here."
- @pennykagigebi.bsky.social

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Art and Identity Converge in Queering Indigeneity at The M

On October 11, 2025, the Minnesota Museum of American Art will open Queering Indigeneity, a groundbreaking exhibition that centers 2-Spirit, Native queer, and gender-expansive artists from the Upper M...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...

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Robert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · 13h

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Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures

Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 1d

This is related to some of my research that found how feeling personally wronged makes people more vulnerable to conspiracy beliefs.
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Why Feeling Like a Victim Makes You Susceptible to Conspiracy Theories

Our research reveals that a tendency to feel personally wronged makes people more vulnerable to conspiracy beliefs.

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