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Reading this sentence right now is a moment you'll soon wish to return to.

i would like to know zohran's mindfulness routine

Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.

This is one of the most amazing, wonderful things I've read in a long time.

www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...

@punkrockhistory.bsky.social Watching rn. It absolutely is living up to my hopes of the last few years trying to find this.

If we just let Indigenous people have authority and freedom we won't have to watch all these wacky-ass market-based climate solutions crash and burn.

Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

Great to hear, thank you!

Underrated song, album and band 🔥

Unity - 2007 Remaster

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US Senate Unanimously Recognizes November as National Native American Heritage Month The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan resolution recognizing November 2025 as National Native American Heritage Month, honoring the cultures, histories, and contributions of Native American...

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The Roots of Anti-Trans Violence: Indigenous Communities - Transgender Law Center Trans people are not killed simply because of the actions of one individual perpetrator. We are trapped in a web of violence by legislation and institutions, like the criminalization of gender-affirmi...

"Gender-variant Indigenous people predate the United States. Many had important roles to contribute to their society."

transgenderlawcenter.org/roots-anti-t...

Grape dumplings! 😄 Himak Chahta ilimpa impa sv bvnna. 🪶

There are multiple places where you need to turn this off! Check your google workplace settings as well www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

I'm not fluent in down under slang but that sounds like good news.

Stay safe! You can do more good alive.

A row over the definition of gender risks complicating the outcome of COP30 climate talks in Brazil, after six governments moved to attach their own interpretations as footnotes to a key text @IssamAhmed
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So proud of my @highcountrynews.org colleague @btoastie.bsky.social for this amazing cover story!

Thanks Kim! 😄

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves... this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment." Oof, this bleakly fascinating story from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social is today's media industry must-read, and with a hell of a kicker:

The most technically skilled musicians in the world play in hardcore metal subgenres.

AAAAAAND the fest just booked Baroness and Sumerlands so now I am definitely gonna try and go 🤘

We need more Indigenous metal.

Women Leaders Are An Indigenous Tradition; Is It Time for a Woman US President? Guest Opinion. Eleven years before the Declaration of Independence, when Cherokee peace chief Attakullakulla met with British diplomats, his first question was, “Where are your women?” Because they ha...

When the British sent only men for a diplomatic meeting, Cherokee leader Attakullakulla doubted their seriousness, asking "Where are your women?"

nativenewsonline.net/opinion/wome...

Diné Weaver Venancio Aragón Dyes Wool With Kool-Aid The Diné weaver and teacher reimagines pre-trading-post-era weaving techniques, continually coloring his practice with new aesthetic and material horizons.

Diné (Navajo) Weaver Venancio Aragón Dyes Wool With Kool-Aid .
The Diné weaver and teacher reimagines pre-trading-post-era weaving techniques, continually coloring his practice with new aesthetic and material horizons.
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This article is long, and it's about a heavy metal / hardcore music festival on the Blackfoot Indian reservation -- genres you might not be into.

But it may be the most life-affirming thing I have ever read.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-11/heavy-metal-is-healing-teens-on-the-blackfeet-nation/ […]

Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.

I read this article based on a comment about it having brought tears (about death metal). What I found was an amazing story of music, community, snd survival.

www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...

Native woman announces run for South Dakota governor - ICT Allison Renville will run as an Independent candidate

The last female Governor of South Dakota was Kristi Noem. A Native woman is running for the seat in 2026 as an Independent. Allison Renville is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Hunkpapa Lakota, Omaha and Haudenosaunee.

Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.

I can't think of the last piece I read that brought tears to my eyes as often as this one did. What a powerful and incredible piece of writing.

Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.

Loved reading this amazing story by @btoastie.bsky.social

www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...