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Saum Haas she/her

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Independent scholar. Anticaste savarna. Abolitionist. Lives with horses, swords, overwhelming rage, and a traumatic brain injury. https://linktr.ee/SaumyaAryaHaas 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LandBack #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Nov 11

So many apps, so little executive function

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · 1d

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Donate to URGENT: Disabled elder needs consistent community support!, organized by Friends of Eli

Eli (Elizabeth) is a lifelong and beloved movement worker, or… Friends of Eli needs your support for URGENT: Disabled elder needs consistent community support!

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · 1d

My dear friend @elithunderwood.bsky.social is a “lifelong and beloved movement worker, organizer and writer who has devoted their life to offering so much ongoing care and support to community. Now the pendulum swings, and it's time for community to show up for Eli!”

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · 1d

Let us be a sheltering canopy for those who have watered our roots.

Photo description: POV looking up at tree canopy. A larger maple with green leaves and smaller maple with autumn yellow leaves. Bright blue sky can be seen through the leaves.

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 30

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Venmo | Martha Figueroa

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 30

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Coach Abed Update:
Coach Abeds family remains together and are hopeful that the illegal seige of Palestines access to the Mediterranean ends soon.

In the meantime, they are experiencing some difficulties breathing as the air quality is very poor due to the daily bombs.

They are currently seeking support for the following and I promised to pass it along:
- under garments ($180)
- tomatoes ($45)
- bag of flour ($600, but $100 has already been collected)

Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 30

I’ve been learning Arabic, and I’m on the section for food.

While I sound out
Falafel
Tabbouleh
Kebab

I think of my friends in Gaza.

I think about how long it has been - and how long it will be - before they, and their children, will eat any of these things.

Please, help if you can.

Screenshot from language learning app, showing a cartoon Black person with a yellow hair scarf, yellow shirt, and blue pants. There is a speech bubble with some Arabic words.

Above that it says:
Translate this sentence

Translation below in English:
I must eat

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 28

Please enjoy this picture of a Spicebush swallowtail / green-clouded butterfly, Papilio troilus, on Eastern Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, and share this post because my friend needs a kidney.

kidney4naomi.info

Photo description: a black butterfly with blue-green markings and white spots along its wings, perched on a purple-pink flower. Background is blurry grass and yellow flowers.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 23

The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 17

My beloved friend needs a kidney

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Kidney4Naomi

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 15

Truth coming from the well, armed with her whip to chastise humanity.

“La Vérité sortant du puits armée de son martinet pour châtier l'humanité,”
Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1896.

Image description: a European oil painting in a realistic style. A pale-skinned, nude woman climbs out of a stone well in the corner of a courtyard, her mouth open in a wail.

She is looking directly at the viewer. In one hand she holds a scourge (whip).

Background shows some greenery on a stone wall, and a pulley system with a rope and bucket.

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MPR News @mprnews.org · Sep 6

“The Capitol Mall area gets visited by people from all around the world, and it's a good way to remind them of the land they're standing on and the people who have been here for a thousand years,” said Bruce Savage, chairman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Tribal nations’ flags raised in historic moment at Minnesota State Capitol

Flags of the 11 federally recognized tribes in the state were raised for the first time Friday morning at the new Tribal Flag Plaza. Some tribal leaders say the plaza will serve as a reminder that tri...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 4

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Pluralistic Education PD Conference

Learn about Black, Asian American, Latine and LGBTQIA+ history, and our history of solidarity in civil rights struggles at our hybrid event

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Learn about Black, Asian American, Latine and LGBTQIA + history, and our history of solidarity in civil rights struggles at our hybrid event.
The in person conference is reserved for educators only, but the virtual conference is open to all.”

#Education #Solidarity

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2025 Pluralistic Education Conference

YouTube video by The E Pluribus Unum Project

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · Aug 31

As the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) continues to gather oral testimony from Indian boarding school survivors, Native Hawaiians who live off-island have also been asked to contribute to the oral history project.
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Mainland Living Native Hawaiians Asked to Contribute to Boarding School Oral History Project - Underscore Native News

The National Boarding School Healing Coalition meets with survivors in Portland as part of an ongoing oral history project with the Library of Congress.

www.underscore.news

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The 51st @51st.news · Aug 31

Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...

With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE

How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Satisfying. Got rid of some invasive Cirsium vulgare, Bull/Spear Thistle. This thing was as tall as me.

#PlantNative
#NativeHabitatRestoration
#ProtectEcoSystems
#ThisIsStolenLand

Photo description: a cart overflowing with a prickly plant with some half-open purple-pink flowers, in an asphalt driveway.

Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Aug 6

My friend Donnie needs community support

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Donate to Help Me Overcome Pain and Hardship, organized by Donnie Cianciotto

Hi folks, it's me again. Once again, very humbly asking for help. I know this has… Donnie Cianciotto needs your support for Help Me Overcome Pain and Hardship

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Follow & buy a sticker of your own from Stevie Bees

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Stevie's Safe Spaces | Stevie's Safe Spaces

The Original David Tennant Shirt Activism should be accessible. Showing up for the trans community can be easy. Here! Let me show you! Shop Now The Original David Tennant Shirt Activism should be acce...

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Follow and support trans journalists

www.erininthemorning.com

Erin In The Morning | Erin Reed | Substack

News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

www.erininthemorning.com

Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Support people working to keep each other safe

translifeline.org

Home - Trans Lifeline

Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Pick an org, follow them on socials, share a post

www.them.us/story/orgs-f...

How to Support Trans People in All 50 States

A curated list of 100 organizations supporting trans rights and livelihood to which you can donate.

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Periodic reminder that the only reason we have to “protect trans people” is because we (cis people) built and maintain a system of centrifugal force that violently flings people to the margins.

Scroll for some ways to support trans people.

Photo description:
selfie of a brown skinned woman with messy black hair in a braid, holding up an red insulated coffee mug with a sticker in trans pride colors (blue, pink, white) that says

You will have to go through me

Background is the outside of a light blue barn with dark blue trim

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Lostcatdog @lostcatdog.bsky.social · Aug 6

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

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