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Cate Denial

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Historian: women, early 19C Dakota and Ojibwe country; Dir: Bright Institute @ Knox College; author, A Pedagogy of Kindness (https://bit.ly/OrderPoK); catherinedenial.org; https://redbrickagency.com/cate-denial/; posts my own; she/her; settler, Native land

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · Nov 15

If you're new here, you might not know that I published -A Pedagogy of Kindness- this summer, available from the University of Oklahoma Press. And as of Tuesday, an audiobook is available too! www.oupress.com/978080619385...

A Pedagogy of Kindness - University of Oklahoma Press

Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, highe...

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you!

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, yes, great idea! I love that essay. Thank you!

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 5h

Historians - I'm looking for an article or essay that demonstrates how to tell the history of Black individuals/communities in the American West when you have a fragmented and sparse source base. Suggestions?

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird ~*For Good*~ @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 12h

This Indigenous Peoples Day please speak up: another typhoon sweeping away homes of Alaska's Natives, who, during settlement (statehood: 1948) were forced to end ways of life (like my Grandma's) involving mobility across regions & stuck them in flood-prone/unstable villages with housing deficits.

WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF
WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
ONLINE FUNDRAISER - DONATE TO SUPPORT
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate online. All funds raised will go directly to assisting communities.
PURCHASE ITEMS - AMAZON WISHLIST
Purchase items of immediate need to go directly to the Bethel Community Services Foundation to be distributed to villages most affected.
DONATION DRIVE AT AFN CONVENTION
Accepting items of immediate need including:
Cases of water, nonperishable foods, diapers, wipes, toilet paper, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, phone chargers, blankets, sleeping bags, cots, flashlights, and hand wipes.
DENA'INA CENTER, ROOM 6 (2ND FLOOR)
Friday, October 17 | 1-5PM
Saturday, October 18 | 8AM-2PM

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Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 7h

Here is another

Donate to Direct support to Brenda's Kipnuk family displaced in storm, organized by Brenda Hagen

Hello, my name is Brenda Hagen. My family was one of so many … Brenda Hagen needs your support for Direct support to Brenda's Kipnuk family displaced in storm

www.gofundme.com

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Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 1d

Here's one.

This family are some the most incredibly generous, truly hold and embody our Yup’ik values, very self sufficient, hard working people. They’re Elders and don’t live in a housing house; they’ve just worked hard to maintain and keep their old house habitable

Donate to My brother’s keeper, organized by Agnes Heithecker

I was adopted fifth of ten children my favorite biological brother just older than me I’m… Agnes Heithecker needs your support for My brother’s keeper

www.gofundme.com

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 3d

I love that movie!

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 4d

ahahahaha!

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 4d

That's so much. Ooof! But I am glad for the home to go to!

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 4d

The only way this gets better is if people turn up in toad costumes to complete the set

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 4d

the expense just adds insult to injury!

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 4d

Through and through

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 4d

Thatcher's PMship may have been a lifetime ago, but those of us who are "Thatcher's children" are still here. And I can only speak for myself, but I'm never going to stop being pissed.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 4d

I won't be at the AHA. But I think it's a reasonable worry right now! Who knows what it'll be like on the ground in January

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 5d

A++, 10/10, no notes

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, Bryan!

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 6d

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 7d

- put down the damn AI.

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 6d

This is a wonderful meditation on what AI cannot do.

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 6d

wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social

therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 6d

It's not too late to sign up for this short, free webinar on exploring the ethics of GenAI, held TODAY (October 8) at 4pm ET. Registration below.

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 15d

A reminder! On October 8 I'll be leading a short webinar on the ethics of generative AI for @onehe.bsky.social. Registration is free - check out the link below! onehe.org/event/explor...

Exploring the Ethics of GenAI – OneHE

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 6d

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations!

Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 6d

This is a wonderful meditation on what AI cannot do.

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 6d

wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social

therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, thank you for sharing that, Alex. It's beautiful.

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 7d

Ahahahah, no, I completely understand 😀