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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 3h

JFC. "Sorry. I didn't realize working with Harvey Weinstein was a big deal." "Huh. I hadn't heard about Woody Allen." "Oh, Roman Polanski is just misunderstood."

Fuck you, Keira and your little smirking laugh.
#KeiraKnightly #JKR #TransRightAreHumanRights

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 6h

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 12h

It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything.

Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

A a teal flyer for the Western Alaska Disaster Relief with a QR code to donate. Text reads:

WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF

Alaska's Western coastal communities are experiencing devastating impacts from Typhoon Halong, with families displaced and villages facing severe flooding and loss.

ONLINE FUNDRAISER:
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate
online. All funds raised will go directly to
assisting communities.
QUYANA CAKNEQ - QUYANAQPAK - QAGAASAKUNG - TAIKUU
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MAHSÌ CHO - GUNALCHÈESH - HÀW’AA - THANK YOU

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 7h

There was a time when this would have rocked the US political world. But now? Is anyone surprised? Can anyone manage more than a shrug of disillusionment?

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 7h

I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at Highline College yesterday for #IndigenousPeoplesDay, and I gave a new presentation called Decolonizing Your Gaming. Its positive reception has really inspired me and I have some fun ideas that will grow from this.

A slide and screencap from my presentation at Highline College yesterday for Indigenous Peoples Day. The presentation was called Decolonizing Your Gaming

group of four Natives pictured left to right: Diego Luna, Kenna Alexander, Tanya Powers, Sadekaronhes Esquivel

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 8h

Also, while I'm happy hostages and prisoners have been released, I'm now concerned that Israel will simply find any excuse (or create one) to negate the ceasefire and return to the genocide without pressure from the parties who were concerned about the hostages.
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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 8h

I find it odd (no, I don't; it's entirely what I expected) that I keep reading/hearing, "There's a ceasefire!" "There's a start to a ceasefire!" "The war is over!" alongside headlines like, "5 Gazans killed by IDF for crossing a line." Those are all very different and conflicting things.
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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.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Mr. Hamill! Just wanted to say, as a Cherokee citizen, I appreciate the acknolwedgement, but the art is a bit...questionable. Maybe instead, repost some prominent Natives? I'm sure your voice could lend some volume to some great people, projects, and causes. (Just not Lakotaman, please)

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 1d

And while we're at it, sign and share this petition, please!
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
#NativeSky
#Avatar #AvatarFireAndAsh

Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · Sep 12

If you haven't yet, please consider reading our petition regarding Avatar Fire & Ash. We're asking that a portion of proceeds go toward helping fund Indigenous futurist art projects. Go here to read, sign, and share:
c.org/mNWjkxpYPv
#NativeSky #AvatarFireAndAsh #IndigenousFuturism

Share Profits from Avatar with Indigenous Artists

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

c.org

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🎃 Spooky Scary Jam (they/them) 🎃 @jaimekay.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous People Day!

Did you know that Indigenous women go missing and are murdered ten times more than average? They don’t even get a quarter of the attention that a white woman going missing would get. Please keep these women in your mind. Don’t forget them

www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC

www.niwrc.org

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs

A display of Coyote & Crow, the roleplaying game, Wolves, the cooperative board game, Naasii, the Coyote & Crow Dice Game, and a set of custom dice for the RPG. All created by Cherokee Nation citizen, Kenna Alexander.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #NationalComingOutDay.
I'm out. So...hi.
(Seriously, it's been a chaotic few months)

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 4d

Every time an educator tells me they used Coyote & Crow Games in their class and had a great response or when a student emails me and says they're doing a paper on C&C and can they ask me some questions, or when a Native shares art of their OC, I know I'm going to make it through the day.

Willie Jack from Reservation Dogs, sitting at a table and feeling her ancestors behind her, with them looking down kindly on her.

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 4d

What a great audience for your games!

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 4d

The irony of fucking cops taking Ketamine for therapy is so thick that the cake is just icing all the way to the plate.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ketamin...
#ACAB

Could ketamine help first responders with depression, PTSD? The largely unregulated treatment faces hurdles.

Ketamine, long used as an anesthetic or illegal party drug, is being combined with psychotherapy to treat severe depression and post-traumatic stress.

www.cbsnews.com

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 4d

There's so much I want to do. I want to work on C&C projects, other tabletop games, an HZD TTRPG, a new sci-fi RPG. My brain is filled with ideas.

But it's so hard to focus enough to get them out onto the page, to develop them, when I'm continually fearing for my life and future.

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 5d

I actually really liked Tshushima (and was prepared not to). Thanks! Ghost of Yōtei it is!

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 5d

Need a PS5 rec. I tend to like open worlds, 3rd person, custom cvharacters and complex storytelling. Lean more sci-fi than fantasy. I love Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect, Alien Isolation, Control, Bioshock, LoU2. Just tried Hell Is Us and it wasn't for me.

Looking for new/newer titles.
Help?

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 6d

So, I'm guessing we're not going to be getting those Robert Smalls or Virginia Hall biopics...ever, are we?

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 6d

And Sequim!

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone else watching Wayward on Netflix? There's a lot to like there. But I have mixed feelings so far on some of the character behavior, acting, and overall story. I haven't finished yet, so please no spoilers.

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 6d

Existing is so expensive.

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 6d

One of my favorites from the last few year.

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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 7d

Fuck yeah!