Ocean Lani 🇲🇵🇬🇺
@oceanlani.bsky.social
She/her ginen Marianas, caretaker of coral reefs & communities | Loud #Chamorro, proud #Micronesian | Connect, protect, respect #Pasifik people 🌊🇲🇵🇬🇺🌴 don't follow if you're not for decolonization skeets, English = not my language so idc about typos
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Ocean Lani 🇲🇵🇬🇺
@oceanlani.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Seeing Pasifika people's projects get taken further and further along to wider audiences (or the right audience(s) it was meant for) makes me tear up inside (in a good way) 🥺☺️
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this guy made his son a tiny version of Engineered Garments's FA pants 😭
IG twhattcomethru
IG twhattcomethru
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
this guy made his son a tiny version of Engineered Garments's FA pants 😭
IG twhattcomethru
IG twhattcomethru
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Enshittification is depressing
Everything that was cool is struggling to survive or has become a deranged version of itself
And it’s everywhere. Ugh
Everything that was cool is struggling to survive or has become a deranged version of itself
And it’s everywhere. Ugh
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Enshittification is depressing
Everything that was cool is struggling to survive or has become a deranged version of itself
And it’s everywhere. Ugh
Everything that was cool is struggling to survive or has become a deranged version of itself
And it’s everywhere. Ugh
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They're gonna French Toast his ass
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
They're gonna French Toast his ass
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I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
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This is a very precise reason why talking across the divide often doesn't work. And why I believe so many white people who claim to be doing the work fail, and then rage.
It's the recently moved-to-AP kid struggling in class where all their peers 'just get it' and they're looking 3 chapters ahead.
It's the recently moved-to-AP kid struggling in class where all their peers 'just get it' and they're looking 3 chapters ahead.
(3/3) the need to both be aware of and abide horrible people and things until we are hopefully presented the chance to change them and our conversational structure reflects that. To you, these are fresh injustices in a world you expect to be just and you insist on letting it consume you as a result.
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is a very precise reason why talking across the divide often doesn't work. And why I believe so many white people who claim to be doing the work fail, and then rage.
It's the recently moved-to-AP kid struggling in class where all their peers 'just get it' and they're looking 3 chapters ahead.
It's the recently moved-to-AP kid struggling in class where all their peers 'just get it' and they're looking 3 chapters ahead.
Reading Next Time Will be Our Turn and 🥹🥹🥹 the wordplay, the diction, the writing is lovely.
Reading this book feels like watching Horimiya again. Butterflies.
Reading this book feels like watching Horimiya again. Butterflies.
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Reading Next Time Will be Our Turn and 🥹🥹🥹 the wordplay, the diction, the writing is lovely.
Reading this book feels like watching Horimiya again. Butterflies.
Reading this book feels like watching Horimiya again. Butterflies.
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Wow. This is astounding. A market rental building is pivoting to be an Indigenous hotel for people from out of town who medical care in the city.
They have a history of experiencing racism and struggles with getting short term stays. This is in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority.
They have a history of experiencing racism and struggles with getting short term stays. This is in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority.
New 28-storey Broadway rental tower pivots to Indigenous medical care hotel | Urbanized
Jameson Developments' rental housing tower at 2538 Birch St. on West Broadway in Vancouver will be turned into the Dunna’eh House of Healing.
dailyhive.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Wow. This is astounding. A market rental building is pivoting to be an Indigenous hotel for people from out of town who medical care in the city.
They have a history of experiencing racism and struggles with getting short term stays. This is in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority.
They have a history of experiencing racism and struggles with getting short term stays. This is in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority.
Its disappointing when folks such as journalists, writers, editors, etc decide to put an AI photo as the banner to an article because I will not reskeet it or even link if I can avoid it because NO!
Just saw an article sharing Native history but no AI-created image will go past me if I can help it.
Just saw an article sharing Native history but no AI-created image will go past me if I can help it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Its disappointing when folks such as journalists, writers, editors, etc decide to put an AI photo as the banner to an article because I will not reskeet it or even link if I can avoid it because NO!
Just saw an article sharing Native history but no AI-created image will go past me if I can help it.
Just saw an article sharing Native history but no AI-created image will go past me if I can help it.
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Fuck whoever this company is!
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Fuck whoever this company is!
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I’m glad I looked at the dimensions of this thing I got an ad for bc I thought it was a smallish clutch purse but it is in fact a drink cooler over two feet long
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’m glad I looked at the dimensions of this thing I got an ad for bc I thought it was a smallish clutch purse but it is in fact a drink cooler over two feet long
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Up until last night I have never owned a cardigan sweater in my life, but I recently decided that sometimes I might actually want to wear something warm around the house other than a bathrobe. Here is my Very First Cardigan, and I hope you appreciate the Very Serious Author Look accompanying it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Up until last night I have never owned a cardigan sweater in my life, but I recently decided that sometimes I might actually want to wear something warm around the house other than a bathrobe. Here is my Very First Cardigan, and I hope you appreciate the Very Serious Author Look accompanying it.
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Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
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In my upcoming book, I write about how the law is used as a beacon of “morality” to keep women in line, which is why we experience it differently than men
The White House Press Secretary is having her ex SIL deported to help her brother’s custody case & LYING ABOUT HER HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD
The White House Press Secretary is having her ex SIL deported to help her brother’s custody case & LYING ABOUT HER HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In my upcoming book, I write about how the law is used as a beacon of “morality” to keep women in line, which is why we experience it differently than men
The White House Press Secretary is having her ex SIL deported to help her brother’s custody case & LYING ABOUT HER HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD
The White House Press Secretary is having her ex SIL deported to help her brother’s custody case & LYING ABOUT HER HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD
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All set up at the Bainbridge Island Safeway to let people know how they can help build LUSID! 🏕️✨
Visit lusidpsychcare.org/donate to help out today!
Visit lusidpsychcare.org/donate to help out today!
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
All set up at the Bainbridge Island Safeway to let people know how they can help build LUSID! 🏕️✨
Visit lusidpsychcare.org/donate to help out today!
Visit lusidpsychcare.org/donate to help out today!
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Even if it’s something as small as reposting their photography/videography. You never know who might be looking for someone for that.
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Even if it’s something as small as reposting their photography/videography. You never know who might be looking for someone for that.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You know what biha trick changed the game for me in terms of daily showers when I was depressed? Getting a collapsible shower stool & having a detachable shower head.
I used to agonize over showering because its SUCH a process, when mentally I had no motivation, especially when my hair was long.
I used to agonize over showering because its SUCH a process, when mentally I had no motivation, especially when my hair was long.
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
You know what biha trick changed the game for me in terms of daily showers when I was depressed? Getting a collapsible shower stool & having a detachable shower head.
I used to agonize over showering because its SUCH a process, when mentally I had no motivation, especially when my hair was long.
I used to agonize over showering because its SUCH a process, when mentally I had no motivation, especially when my hair was long.
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So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
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fuck yeah NYC
ICE was blocked and impeded by people all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
fuck yeah NYC
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NYC’s density really working against ICE today, much easier for a ton of people to swarm and shut them down once they realized what was going on
great fucking work everyone
great fucking work everyone
Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NYC’s density really working against ICE today, much easier for a ton of people to swarm and shut them down once they realized what was going on
great fucking work everyone
great fucking work everyone
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Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Pro music tips: microphones, continued.
7. Not every mic is right for every person or every venue. I use a Shure SLXD wireless system, with a BETA 58 capsule. But I also have a BETA 87a capsule (condenser). Plenty of times, a vocal condenser mic is just not the right choice.
7. Not every mic is right for every person or every venue. I use a Shure SLXD wireless system, with a BETA 58 capsule. But I also have a BETA 87a capsule (condenser). Plenty of times, a vocal condenser mic is just not the right choice.
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pro music tips: microphones, continued.
7. Not every mic is right for every person or every venue. I use a Shure SLXD wireless system, with a BETA 58 capsule. But I also have a BETA 87a capsule (condenser). Plenty of times, a vocal condenser mic is just not the right choice.
7. Not every mic is right for every person or every venue. I use a Shure SLXD wireless system, with a BETA 58 capsule. But I also have a BETA 87a capsule (condenser). Plenty of times, a vocal condenser mic is just not the right choice.
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Pro music tips:
6. Microphones are not magic. I’ve mixed so many bands that sang really quietly, way too far from the mic. This goes with overall stage volume as well, because if everything else is too fucking loud, I can’t get your vocal over the rest of it.
6. Microphones are not magic. I’ve mixed so many bands that sang really quietly, way too far from the mic. This goes with overall stage volume as well, because if everything else is too fucking loud, I can’t get your vocal over the rest of it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pro music tips:
6. Microphones are not magic. I’ve mixed so many bands that sang really quietly, way too far from the mic. This goes with overall stage volume as well, because if everything else is too fucking loud, I can’t get your vocal over the rest of it.
6. Microphones are not magic. I’ve mixed so many bands that sang really quietly, way too far from the mic. This goes with overall stage volume as well, because if everything else is too fucking loud, I can’t get your vocal over the rest of it.
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Pro Music Tips:
4. Stop sabotaging your show by being too fucking loud. I’ve been an engineer for 25 years and I have never seen a guitar amp that couldn’t come down by at least 30%.
5. Drummers playing smaller rooms, you don’t need arena thick cymbals. And your kit sounds better quieter.
4. Stop sabotaging your show by being too fucking loud. I’ve been an engineer for 25 years and I have never seen a guitar amp that couldn’t come down by at least 30%.
5. Drummers playing smaller rooms, you don’t need arena thick cymbals. And your kit sounds better quieter.
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pro Music Tips:
4. Stop sabotaging your show by being too fucking loud. I’ve been an engineer for 25 years and I have never seen a guitar amp that couldn’t come down by at least 30%.
5. Drummers playing smaller rooms, you don’t need arena thick cymbals. And your kit sounds better quieter.
4. Stop sabotaging your show by being too fucking loud. I’ve been an engineer for 25 years and I have never seen a guitar amp that couldn’t come down by at least 30%.
5. Drummers playing smaller rooms, you don’t need arena thick cymbals. And your kit sounds better quieter.