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Terry-Lee Marttinen

@tlmarttinen.bsky.social

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Nordic Colonialism, Indigenized Lutheranism & Eugenics. Interests: Lived Stories/ Race & Genetics/ Disability & Euthanasia. PhD (C) CMH Oxford Brookes U. http://CONFRONT-EUGENICS.ORG. Research Collaboration-CEMFOR Uppsala U. SSHRC Awardee

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · Mar 16

To learn more about eugenics in global context check out the Small Beginnings link on the Confront Eugenics platform. There are several recorded academic seminars, which can help to better understand our current political moment and issues. confront-eugenics.org?fbclid=IwZXh...

CONFRONT EUGENICS

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confront-eugenics.org

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 3h

I lived this growing up in Laestadianism. I was taught everyone but insiders (approx 35,000 people today) are doomed to destruction and hell in a religious racial hierarchy. Insiders save christianity aka God from extinction. #settlercolonialism #Sweden #zionism #ethnonationalism

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4h

"We're saving God."

Roll that phrase around your head. Consider the theological and cosmological implications.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 5h

For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 4h

Straight white male hysteria to be specific.

Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 7h

We might even call fear of gender studies "hysterical," in every sense of the word.

Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 8h

“Let’s discuss,” says every gender studies prof ever.

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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 7h

NEW BOOK on Post-Nazi Germany

How Protestant theologians, intellectuals, and activists reconstructed West German national identity and secular democracy by relying upon an older language of religious concepts stemming from Protestant theology and political thought 👇

When Theology Became Political: An Interview with Brandon Bloch

by Jacob Saliba

www.jhiblog.org

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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 7h

The @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious History Seminar is now on Bluesky! Follow for updates on our 2025-26 programme ⬇️

IHR Modern Religious History Seminar @ihrmodernrelighist.bsky.social · 7h

👋 Historians! The IHR Modern Religious History Seminar is now on Bluesky. Follow us for updates on our 2025-6 programme. Up next:

Aleph Ross (Birmingham) on Sex, Health and the Anglo-Jewish Body.

🗓️ 15 OCT 2025 5:30pm
📍 @ihr.bsky.social and online

Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sex, Health and the Anglo-Jewish Body

This paper will explore the history of discourses around sexual health in Britain's Jewish community across the 20th century.

www.history.ac.uk

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Avis Favaro @avisfavaro.bsky.social · 21h

Casting a wide net- any US researchers looking at moving to Canada?
Or did you investigate opportunities and found the pathway challenging?
DM me.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

I posted about this on X, and Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS spokesperson, QTed me to say the kid was actually a hardened criminal arrested with a knife and a gun.

So far she has provided no evidence of this. I share this to give DHS's response, and for the possibility she is telling the truth.

My original post on X: "This makes NO SENSE. A 13-year-old was arrested by local police for unknown reasons, and then turned over to ICE, which is detaining him far away from his mother — who is going through immigration court, has an asylum application on file, and is legally authorized to work." Underneath that I posted a link to the opening paragraphs of the article and the headline.

In response, DHS Spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, @TriciaOhio, wrote: "Here are the facts: he posed a public safety threat with an extensive rap sheet including violent assault with a dangerous weapon, battery, breaking and entering, destruction of property. He was in possession of a firearm and 5-7 inch knife when arrested."

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 21h

I cooked over the Canadian holiday. Plenty of meals, including turkey soup for the next week. Cheers. 🦃🎃🍷

Table setting with black and white dishes and serving pieces that are filled with stuffing, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and a turnip and carrot mix. A black crow, small pumpkin, and Finnish crystal candle holder with black candle adorn the table.

Partially cooked turkey with fresh sage and thyme sprigs.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 1d

#Indigenouspeoplesday

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 1d

Accept our king, our god − or else:

What colonizers presented to #IndigenousPeoples as a choice was no choice at all. The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on deeper ideas and laws the Spanish used to take over the New World.

buff.ly/tJvdf93
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #history

Accept our king, our god − or else: The senseless ‘requirement’ Spanish colonizers used to justify their bloodshed in the Americas

The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the New World.

buff.ly

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dirt squirrel @dirtsquirrel.bsky.social · 1d

happy indigenous peoples day! it's thanksgiving day in canada, and while our thanksgiving and your thanksgiving aren't the same holiday (ours is just like a celebration of the harvest afaik), the irony isn't lost on me. happy indigenous peoples' day, burn an empty church for reparations

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dirt squirrel @dirtsquirrel.bsky.social · 1d

or like, buy an indigenous bud lunch or something. whatever is more accessible to you

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 1d

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · 2d

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4d

They continue to steamroll everyone because there’s no elected leadership doing a goddamn thing, but appeasing them. Position it won’t matter how unpopular the fascist are they continue to walk right over us

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 3d

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 3d

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 3d

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why:

Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

This City Councillor in Pickering, Ontario Has Now Been Suspended Seven Times. Here Are the Reasons Why.

Pickering city councillor Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

pressprogress.ca

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 3d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm. Miscalculated that you have to take care of the people you want to illegally deploy to commit crimes against fellow Americans?

jam @socialistboat.dad · 3d

Stella Sacco
@antlervel.vet
It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply
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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 3d

A random neighbor the other day was door knocking handing these out to everyone in the area. This day of protest is going to be huge, and Trump and Co. publicly denouncing everyone protesting as terrorists and Soros plants is just going to make it bigger.

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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 3d

Kid Rock is a bitter has been.

Mark Aldrich @markaldrich.bsky.social · 3d

62-year-old male has opinions about how 18-to-21-year-old women style themselves. These opinions should be the unheard mumblings of a guy who's had the same seat at the bar since '97 & has not had anyone beside him on either side of his barstool since '98. Not a guest slot on Fox News' opinion show.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Max Daly @maxdaly.bsky.social · 3d

Good piece. Crime in London is only spiralling out of control in the minds of far right freaks like Trump, Musk, Robinson, Farage. They are aided by dodgy, viral media/social media. These people spread nonsense to suit their racist/political agendas.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Is London in the grip of a crime wave? It’s not so simple

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling

www.theguardian.com

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 3d

Healthwatch Canada: 'Starting Tuesday, October 14, 2025, masks will be mandatory in all Health Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) facilities due to rising respiratory illness rates across the Island'. @canadahealthwatch.ca
👉 'To protect both patients and healthcare workers.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 4d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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