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Rita L. Portela

@westernspinster.bsky.social

(Acjáchemem) CA Indigenous, free Palestine! Health justice, bikes, outdoors, bioscience, data, LOLOLOL, STEM, languages, arts, justice. Bay Area. Native American Linguistics.

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Proposed New American Borders - Canada (Red): Occupies the northern half of the continent, including Alaska, all of current Canada, and the Northern/Midwestern United States (extending as far south as Colorado, Missouri, and Pennsylvania).

United Mexican States (Green): Occupies the Western and Southwestern United States (including California, Texas, and Arizona) along with all of present-day Mexico and Central America.

Republic of Cuba (Yellow): Occupies the Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama) in addition to the island of Cuba.

Kingdom of Denmark (Blue): Maintains Greenland.

Independent State of Samoa (Tan): Replaces the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

Proposed New American Borders - Canada (Red): Occupies the northern half of the continent, including Alaska, all of current Canada, and the Northern/Midwestern United States (extending as far south as Colorado, Missouri, and Pennsylvania). United Mexican States (Green): Occupies the Western and Southwestern United States (including California, Texas, and Arizona) along with all of present-day Mexico and Central America. Republic of Cuba (Yellow): Occupies the Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama) in addition to the island of Cuba. Kingdom of Denmark (Blue): Maintains Greenland. Independent State of Samoa (Tan): Replaces the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

Finally, free healthcare and polite neighbors, I approve.

08.03.2026 00:33 — 👍 111    🔁 17    💬 15    📌 0
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These are Abdullah's words, his poetry. He urgently needs medical care and other essentials.

chuffed.org/project/1378...

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Photo of a billboard at the Superbowl. Below it is a screenshot of a Twitter post. Wording reads: BUD LIGHT  LEVI'S STADIUM
Billboard:
THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE
Twitter screenshot:
ه انجی @levantinewitch

unpopular opinion but i actually don't think love is stronger than hate if hate is the only one holding a gun
9:38 AM 2/9/26 3.1K Views

Photo of a billboard at the Superbowl. Below it is a screenshot of a Twitter post. Wording reads: BUD LIGHT LEVI'S STADIUM Billboard: THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE Twitter screenshot: ه انجی @levantinewitch unpopular opinion but i actually don't think love is stronger than hate if hate is the only one holding a gun 9:38 AM 2/9/26 3.1K Views

#Superbowl message: BUD LIGHT LEVI'S STADIUM

Billboard:
THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE

Twitterscreenshot:
ه انجی @levantinewitch
--> unpopular opinion but i actually don't think love is stronger than hate if hate is the only one holding a gun
9:38 AM 2/9/26 3.1K Views

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Is This the War That Breaks the Middle East? | Sami Hamdi Spotify video

The Thinking Muslim is one of my favorite podcasts.

Fullof cultural philosophy, theology and current political analysis.

https//open.spotify.com/episode/1VIAQFzhR2X9LI0frU14NY

06.03.2026 09:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Does anyone recommend any academic publishers who are not both ignorant and arrogant about Native American topics? (History, anthropology, cosmology/theology, etc.) Or research focused publishers.

Everything I hear is overwhelmingly negative. Similar to the horrific experiences at archives.

04.03.2026 05:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Black and white photo of a middle aged Native American woman, in the style of Curtis. She's smoking a cigarette and looking down, looking tough and like a queen of her realm. Her dress has several rows of decorative white blobs, probably shells but maybe decorative tin fobs. There is a threads post that is a screenshot. It reads:    
sno.brd 1/19/26
Give me back Indigenous Matriarchy and I promise I'll mellow out.

Black and white photo of a middle aged Native American woman, in the style of Curtis. She's smoking a cigarette and looking down, looking tough and like a queen of her realm. Her dress has several rows of decorative white blobs, probably shells but maybe decorative tin fobs. There is a threads post that is a screenshot. It reads: sno.brd 1/19/26 Give me back Indigenous Matriarchy and I promise I'll mellow out.

Give me back Indigenous matriarchy and I promise I'll mellow out.

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Two men in low budget furry animal costumes, similar to footie PJs. The man on the left is President Trump in an orange lion costume. He's smiling in a frozen grin and holding up one paw in a "thumbs up." The other man is wearing a blue fox costume and tilting his head back with his mouth open in an open grin, and his eyes closed. He is holding a microphone and has an American flag patch on his chest. It's Kegsbreath, the Secretary of Defense. Other people are in the background, some in furry costumes, but they are mostly obscured. Text at the bottom reads: Operation Epic Furry

Two men in low budget furry animal costumes, similar to footie PJs. The man on the left is President Trump in an orange lion costume. He's smiling in a frozen grin and holding up one paw in a "thumbs up." The other man is wearing a blue fox costume and tilting his head back with his mouth open in an open grin, and his eyes closed. He is holding a microphone and has an American flag patch on his chest. It's Kegsbreath, the Secretary of Defense. Other people are in the background, some in furry costumes, but they are mostly obscured. Text at the bottom reads: Operation Epic Furry

Operation Epic Furry

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White text on a black background. It reads: The Tent is a Shame That Haunts The Leaders

The sight of the tents crushes me and tears at my heart. My friend, the ultimate pain is seeing a homeland folded into a piece of cloth, dignity shrinking in a tattered tent, and children sleeping on the bare ground under a sky that rains down only shells.

In tents, there is no privacy, no warmth, no safety-just a long wait between life and death, and a lump in the throat that never leaves.

There, where there are no walls, tears are the curtains, and moans are the only language, how can the sight not tear you apart? How can your heart not break every morning before a steadfastness that resembles nothing but a miracle?

-Abdullah Al-Aqqad

White text on a black background. It reads: The Tent is a Shame That Haunts The Leaders The sight of the tents crushes me and tears at my heart. My friend, the ultimate pain is seeing a homeland folded into a piece of cloth, dignity shrinking in a tattered tent, and children sleeping on the bare ground under a sky that rains down only shells. In tents, there is no privacy, no warmth, no safety-just a long wait between life and death, and a lump in the throat that never leaves. There, where there are no walls, tears are the curtains, and moans are the only language, how can the sight not tear you apart? How can your heart not break every morning before a steadfastness that resembles nothing but a miracle? -Abdullah Al-Aqqad

This is labeled "graphic media" but it is not graphic. It is a poem, about life on Gaza. It reads:

03.03.2026 22:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is Abdullah's writing.

Please do not forget our friends in Gaza. They can see, hear & feel the missiles zooming overhead. The sound is deafening, & the boom rattles the entire body. Grocery prices have close to doubled. He needs food & other essentials.

chuffed.org/project/1378...

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How an Ohlone nonprofit quickly became one of the wealthiest Indigenous land trusts in the nation With $54 million in assets, Sogorea Te’ has big dreams for its reclaimed West Berkeley shellmound site. Its voluntary shuumi land tax has become wildly popular in the East Bay even as it’s drawn criti...

REMINDER: DON'T GIVE MONEY to Sogorea Te’!

It doesn't represent Ohlone people. Problematic & taking advantage of well intended people.

A History of financial fraud & antagonizing Indigenous people.

Over 54 million for one family with no accountability.
richmondside.org/2026/02/23/s...

27.02.2026 06:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Abdullah's Medical Needs & Living Expenses Abdullah Al-Akkad, 26, had a catastrophic injury to his foot and leg that needed a series of five surgeries so that he could walk again. At the end of 2025 he had the final surgery and was recovering ...

Abdullah continues to write & has more poetry coming soon. Please don't forget our friends in G∆%∆.

Conditions have not improved at all & concentration camps are being built. History may repeat itself. But for now basic essentials of life are the goal.

chuffed.org/project/1378...

25.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“...he's fine, they threw him in a dumpster.” Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: GT

Victim interview: “...he's fine, they threw him in a dumpster.”

Georges Tonks was trafficked, drugged, tortured & sexually assaulted by Leslie Wexner, Alan Krammer & several pedophiles... George witnessed several hundred boys similarly trafficked & abused.

https//share.google/fkNLMs7wLqn9LpRW9

25.02.2026 20:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is a very bad man.

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Photo of a middle aged White guy in a blazer. He looks like he might have been a jock in younger years. His pink complexion is like a redhead but his hair is a mousey brown-blond. His thin lipped mouth is open and he looks into the distance while holding a microphone.
There is a screenshot of a Twitter post that reads: Bo French
@BoFrenchTX Follow
X
Since we are going to denaturalize and deport all the third world savages who hate our country, I am calling for adding these third world savages, who we conquered, then bizarrely let have a nation inside our nation, to the list.

@christianjmaldonado
TEXAS GOP CANDIDATE BO FRENCH CALLED FOR DEPORTING NATIVE AMERICANS

Photo of a middle aged White guy in a blazer. He looks like he might have been a jock in younger years. His pink complexion is like a redhead but his hair is a mousey brown-blond. His thin lipped mouth is open and he looks into the distance while holding a microphone. There is a screenshot of a Twitter post that reads: Bo French @BoFrenchTX Follow X Since we are going to denaturalize and deport all the third world savages who hate our country, I am calling for adding these third world savages, who we conquered, then bizarrely let have a nation inside our nation, to the list. @christianjmaldonado TEXAS GOP CANDIDATE BO FRENCH CALLED FOR DEPORTING NATIVE AMERICANS

TEXAS GOP CANDIDATE BO FRENCH CALLED FOR DEPORTING NATIVE AMERICANS.

Where does he think we will go? He doesn't care. He just wants us away.

25.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
“Directed to Stand Down”: How NYPD Was Shut Out of the Epstein Case
YouTube video by Ryan Goodman “Directed to Stand Down”: How NYPD Was Shut Out of the Epstein Case

The FBI told the NYPD to "stand down" re Epstein investigation. youtu.be/aA5XdssxGWQ?...

24.02.2026 00:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?

Baby farming - this time it appears that the couple just wanted 23 kids of about the same age. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Canadian Resistance Army - Not Your 51st State (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox Canadian Resistance Army - Not Your 51st State (Official Music Video)

Hilarious! Canadian Resistance Army!

youtu.be/zWSKlYjD8vU?...

18.02.2026 18:58 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Nothing is ever made better by ignoring it.

16.02.2026 14:34 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?

Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.

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Welp

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You are not disregulated.
You are under-expressed.

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Jeffrey Epstein: The Autopsy Details No One Is Talking About
YouTube video by Lauren the Mortician Jeffrey Epstein: The Autopsy Details No One Is Talking About

Epstein autopsy photo review with a mortician. "Something feels off." She goes over the details.
youtu.be/8gSGUFbOLo0

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All I ask is that Leslie Jones be allowed to question Pam Bondi next time. That's all I ask.  

[pic of Leslie Jones on SNL News]

All I ask is that Leslie Jones be allowed to question Pam Bondi next time. That's all I ask. [pic of Leslie Jones on SNL News]

14.02.2026 15:06 — 👍 112    🔁 22    💬 5    📌 1
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

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Two siluuettes of people kissing against a background of flames. Wording reads:
I HOPE OUR NAMES

To

From:

ARE TOUCHING ON THE WATCHLIST

Two siluuettes of people kissing against a background of flames. Wording reads: I HOPE OUR NAMES To From: ARE TOUCHING ON THE WATCHLIST

14.02.2026 08:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Image if the Constitution with most wording blacked out with redacting. Visible parts read: We the

Article 1

DEMOCRACY DIES IN

NOS NEKANDERSO RAWSTORY

Image if the Constitution with most wording blacked out with redacting. Visible parts read: We the Article 1 DEMOCRACY DIES IN NOS NEKANDERSO RAWSTORY

14.02.2026 03:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of an email from the Epstein files. File number EFTA01058838. It reads: 
From: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> 
To: Bill Gates

Subject:

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:14:35 +0000

come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting

please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of

Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved

Screenshot of an email from the Epstein files. File number EFTA01058838. It reads: From: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> To: Bill Gates Subject: Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:14:35 +0000 come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved

Trump administration people visiting Epstein Island in December 2016.

#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinIsland

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Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

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