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ashley fairbanks

@ziibiing.com

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asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 3h

i have three things scheduled tomorrow and i dont think i am meant for a three thing a day lifestyle anymore

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 3h

my great-grandparents, at least on paternal grandmas side, just lived off the land, like not pre-contact sort of village life, but homestead/hunt/trading kind of life, speaking ojibwe, skiing into town in the winter

one maternal great-grandpa was an architect in bergen norway, the other was a drunk

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · Jan 8

7. Do you know what your grandparents and your great grand parents did for a living?

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5h

our people can’t sin and repent, we have to take pleasure in the small things, like canned tuna and miracle whip on white bread

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5h

this dukes mayo guy over here thinks he is so much better than me

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5h

i know they are correct but i hate people that pronounce neanderthal neander-tall

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5h

the mercedes vision v is the first car that looks like future i imagined when i was a kid

very futuristic car

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5h

i just wish there was any sort of american equivalent (outside of like la,nyc,chicago) of the spa culture in china or korea. just like a crazy place you can go to all day and eat and hang out and soak in a hot tub and get massages or take a nap

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 6h

walter looks like me at therapy rn

giant stuffed skeleton sitting in a chair

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 6h

a man called otto

or

marcel the shell with shoes on

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 18h

Not the first time a tyrant has been plagued by frogs.

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 7h

didnt mean to link to that

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 7h

it definitely does, once it is inflated, but the head area still gets pretty steamy

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 7h

i think it’s more like…no one thinks about minneapolis.

most of my life, you’d say you’re from there and people either made a fargo joke or dismissed it as flyover tundra.

we were always a sleeper hit. it’s kind of changed recently as people started there moving for political reasons.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 7h

youtu.be/fce9VAzA0os?...

Atmosphere - Say Shh (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 7h

also Minnesotans are one of the most exceptionalist states. i’ve done polling about it, we are quite snobby but low key. we wouldn’t say it but we all think it

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 7h

it comes from detroit rappers defending their city from people talking shit about detroit

then atmosphere (rap duo) made minnesota ones, then it kind of showed up everywhere

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 8h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8h

if i was a small lady this would be such a nice way to feel safer at an action because you get like 8” of air above your head

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8h

it might be great to add one of those around the neck fans to the equation if you are at all chonky

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8h

taller and skinnier would work, because the feet are just elastics. the hands also let your human hands through.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8h

my reporting: it is HOT and a little panic-inducing for me before it fully inflated

sizing: i am 5’10” and a size 24, and i think if i was any bigger or less flexible i wouldn’t fit. the quality is the absolute worst, but it works, it is fun, and on a cooler day than Texas at 92, it would rock.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8h

well, here is a way to feel incredibly self-confident in a photo.

inflatable frog costume

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 10h

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10h

he finally reluctantly handed over a cheese and gave me the dirtiest look.

i was so nice! i am not some cheese smuggler!

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11h

i ordered a pretzel and cheese and the man handed me the bag, and i walked away and there was no cheese.

back in line. “hi, i ordered a cheese but didn’t get it”

man: “no, i put it in the bag.”

me: opens bag. shows him no cheese.

man: “i put it in there.”

me: “i am not hiding the cheese.”