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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · Nov 28

Tanake Niitemp! Helloooo new followers. My name is DeLesslin but everyone has always called me Roo. I’m a citizen of Catawba Nation, an artist, a doer of things that catch my interest.

Here’s a thread of some of my work over the years…

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Queerazon.com @queerazon.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in queer history: Oct 14, 1977

During a live TV appearance in Iowa, anti-gay activist Anita Bryant was hit with a pie in protest of her “Save Our Children” campaign. A sweet moment of queer resistance.

#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #QueerResistance #AnitaBryant

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 2d

Full disclosure: I am contracted with them to coordinate their $6.6 million Language Immersion grant that is helping 8 schools transform their language efforts so that their students can grow up with their languages.

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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 2d

Aw gosh you are so kind, HAWU! Excited to hear about this new tour!

delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 2d

A GREAT way to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day is to give resources to awesome Native orgs.

This is an old-but-new one (long story) that supports tribal schools in their language revitalization, food sovereignty, and other efforts.
🪶🪶🪶🪶

give.nfeaie.org/indigenous-p...

Donate to Support a Brighter Future for Native Students

Native students deserve schools that honor their languages, cultures, and communities. The National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education partners with Native educators across the Bureau of...

give.nfeaie.org

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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

I truly love it

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ᓃᔪᑲᒥᑳᐸᐤ Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Ph.D. (he/they/wiin) @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sure this has already been covered ad nauseaum, but I think the best thing about stuff like this is that it not only takes away the MAGA narrative that these protests are violent, but it also mocks the administration too—they’re so unserious that people wear inflatable costumes to protest them.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

Portland 🔥

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sph(ooky w)erewolf @spherewolf.bsky.social · 3d

"I'm going to put this somewhere safe so I don't lose it." —ancient ADHD incantation, to ensure that something is never seen again

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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

I feel seen

delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

JK I think it is peepee poopoo pants aka Tomi lohran

delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

That video of the generic right wing woman going into a k-hole because her interlocutor pointed out that bad bunny is an American citizen. That's my religion

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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

Can you say more? 👀

delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

Anti-fascism started in Germany in the 1930s because....

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

There are no typos in this skeet

delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 3d

FUCK THIS CUNTRY

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

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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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 3d

Many, many race scholars and state violence scholars have tried to explain this.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 4d

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 5d

It's so upsetting when our peoples elect people like that. But let me tell you...the guy running our tribe eek

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

it's giving Germania

"On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial"

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delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 5d

For example, my tribe

delesslin @delesslin.bsky.social · 5d

In several tribes across Indian Country there are small, mean, trump-supporting men trying to subvert our democracies.

Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · 5d

From me: ‘Navajo president installs a new tribal controller; Council backs the old one’

Navajo president installs a new tribal controller; Council backs the old one

Navajo President Buu Nygren appointed a new interim controller, twice, over the objections of the Council.

www.yahoo.com

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Tits Up @titsupworld.bsky.social · 6d

Journalists, Please stop using acronyms in headlines. It's Anti-Fascists. You have to start writing for the education level American is at.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 6d

Could someone point me to stories about men politicians being rude to staff? I’ve seen stories like this about Harris, Klobuchar, Porter…am I supposed to believe all the men are perfectly well-behaved?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7d

Just saying: if you have any stories about working in Katie Porter's office, my Signal is Emgarcia.85.

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