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spooky jas 👻🎀 @jazzybean.bsky.social · Jun 19

HAPPY JUNETEENTH MY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ❤️🖤💚

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · May 13

When all of the barrel jeans hit thredup, where will you be?

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 17

… is what Claudia Jean Cregg *would say* if you miss our panel on Black Politics next Wed, April 23 from 3pm et/12pm pt feat papers by @aricaschuett.bsky.social and Curtis Edmonds.

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Apr 9

Today!

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 8

Still hungry for political science research presentations after MPSA?

JAWS has you covered! Join us tomorrow at 3:00-4:30ET for a session on bureaucratic representation featuring work from @enblasingame.bsky.social and @jenwu.bsky.social!

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Apr 3

NEW ISSUE from @psrm.bsky.social -

Political Science Research and Methods

Volume 13 - Issue 2 - cup.org/3FT3kKV

w/ papers by @enblasingame.bsky.social, @jaketruscott.bsky.social, @peterrosendorff.bsky.social, @mikecowburn.bsky.social, @msaeltzer.bsky.social & more

#MPSA25 #OpenAccess #MPSA2025

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · Apr 3

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are be gay, do crime and pronounced deedawlakey guhnagalasee nadugah askahnuhjuh

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Mar 10

Please join the Indigenous Studies Network at @apsa.bsky.social for a talk with Morgan Mowatt, @ginastar.bsky.social and Matthew Wildcat as they discuss their 2024 article on Building an Indigenous Politics Subfield!
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The Indigenous Studies Network (ISN) at APSA invites you to join us for our first talk of the 2025 Indigenous Politics Subfield: Indigenous Sovereignty and Political Science: Building an Indigenous Politics Subfield with Morgan Mowatt (Gitxsan, University of Victoria), Gina Starblanket (Star Blanket Cree Nation, University of Victoria), and Matthew Wildcat (Ermineskin Cree Nation, University of Alberta). Wednesday April 30, 2025, 12PM - 1PM Central Time: Register: https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7QODA523EuyXNs

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dk @portdrift.bsky.social · Feb 28

when i accidentally use the same word twice in a paragraph i bite down on a pill i keep under my tongue that makes me go to sleep

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · Feb 20

A bill is working its way through the South Dakota legislature, which, if passed, would mandate the teaching of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings. Oceti Sakowin tribes include the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples. southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/lawma...

Lawmakers advance bill requiring SD schools to teach Native American history, culture • South Dakota Searchlight

South Dakota public schools would be required to teach a specific set of Native American historical and cultural lessons if a bill unanimously endorsed by a legislative committee becomes law.

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DeeDee Baldwin @deedeebaldwinms.bsky.social · Feb 19

After one (1) day of allowing public comment, the Library of Congress has caved and decided that Dear Leader can make whatever reality he wants. The official subject headings are now "America, Gulf of" and "McKinley, Mount (Alaska)." #Libraries

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Feb 18

Listening to Tchaikovsky S6, thinking about FOIA, the strength of our federal employees, and how to Indigenize IRB forms at the university. youtu.be/qVA1ieo9Js4?...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique | Dresden Philharmonic & Marek Janowski

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Feb 18

It's gonna be real tough for a while. Wishing you the best on your doc! What is it about?

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hermetic seal @humidbeing.bsky.social · Feb 18

They should make a polite fast & furious called kind & courteous

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Feb 17

Any groups downloading data from the Federal Register? Or archiving that? Please let me know! #polisky

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · Feb 15

NOT OPTIONAL.

Haskell Indian Nations University had to let go of about 50 staff, including instructors. Some students were left without teachers for classes in the middle of spring session.

This is enraging.

Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · Feb 14

The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.

Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Feb 14

I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history.

How fucking dare they

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"By the time of Stonewall...we had 50 to 60 gay groups in the country.
A year later... 1500."
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGBTQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement.

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"By the time of Stonewall...we had 50 to 60 gay groups in the country.
A year later... 1500."
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights and provided momentum for a movement.

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Ruth Rouvier @wrooth.bsky.social · Feb 12

CNAIR's next Indigenous Learning Forum will feature our own Jessica Locklear, NASI Predoctoral Fellow, who will share her work on Lumbee Mobility and Indian Identity in the Deep South.
We hope you will join us at 3pm next Thursday, February 20. And please share!
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"Following the Pines: Lumbee Mobility and Indian Identity in the Deep South" with Jessica Locklear | American Philosophical Society

The sixth 2024-2025 Indigenous Learning Forum will take place February 20, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Zoom. This talk will be given in English with Spanish translation. This event is open to all but reg...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Feb 11

GovWayBack.
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GovWayback
Access historical versions of U.S. government websites from before January 20, 2025 with a simple URL change.

How it works: Take any .gov URL and add wayback.com right after .gov, and you'll be redirected to the Wayback Machine's archived version of the page.
Examples:

Simple domain:
www.epa.gov → www.epa.govwayback.com

Specific page:
www.whitehouse.gov/administration → www.whitehouse.govwayback.com/administration

Complex URL:
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2 → www.congress.govwayback.com/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Jan 29

Everyone reading that the OMB rescinded the federal funding freeze memo to *alleviate* confusion.

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Jan 20

We are holding interviews with Tribal Leaders and advocates to make Corral the best possible tool for Tribal Consultation. Eligible participants will be entered into a drawing for one of (2) $250 gift cards or donation to Native-led charity of your choice! Sign up: bit.ly/4hm7850

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Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, PhD @sauyaq.bsky.social · Jan 16

Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies job
University of Alaska Fairbanks (Hybrid)

I really love this department! I graduated from it and the people are amazing!!!

The College of Indigenous Studies, housed within the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies (CXCS).

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Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies - Anchorage, Alaska, United States - Girdwood, Alaska, United States - Palmer, Alaska, United States - Fairbanks, Alaska, United States - Homer, Alaska, Unite...

The Department of Indigenous Studies, housed within the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies (CXCS), is seeking a dedicated faculty member to develop and teach courses aligned with our curriculum. This i...

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Joe Ornstein @joeornstein.bsky.social · Jan 14

Some thoughts about this paper, on the long-awaited day of its publication:

Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Jan 14

🦜New Pub Alert! 🦜
In our new article @psrm.bsky.social, @joeornstein.bsky.social @jaketruscott.bsky.social and I demonstrate how LLMs (like ChaptGPT) can be used to process large text-as-data projects, like sentiment analysis, document scaling, and topic modeling. #polisky doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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Elise Blasingame @enblasingame.bsky.social · Jan 14

🦜New Pub Alert! 🦜
In our new article @psrm.bsky.social, @joeornstein.bsky.social @jaketruscott.bsky.social and I demonstrate how LLMs (like ChaptGPT) can be used to process large text-as-data projects, like sentiment analysis, document scaling, and topic modeling. #polisky doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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