Kim Pate
@gaiakp.bsky.social
Social alchemist. Black, Cherokee, Choctaw Descent. #landback #rematriator through Indigenous Finance. Horror and Sci Fi Reader.
5 Indigenous Takeaways From NYC Climate Week ndncollective.org/5-indigenous...
5 Indigenous Takeaways From NYC Climate Week - NDN COLLECTIVE
NYC Climate Week 2025 served as a reminder that Mother Earth cannot wait for bureaucracy to protect her. As we...
ndncollective.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
5 Indigenous Takeaways From NYC Climate Week ndncollective.org/5-indigenous...
I’m proud to have been a part of this important LANDBACK deal that leverages the BIA 105(l) Program: tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...
Alaska Native commission leverages federal lease program to gain property ownership
Chugach Regional Resources Commission used a loan from NDN Fund to acquire its Seward facility, leveraging a federal lease to gain long-term control.
tribalbusinessnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I’m proud to have been a part of this important LANDBACK deal that leverages the BIA 105(l) Program: tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...
Join us on June 18th 11am PT/ 2pm ET for our official launch of the 2025 Transformative 25 List! 🎉
🔗 Register here: www.transformative25.org/event/t25-li...
The Transformative 25 is an annual list of funds, banks and initiatives that are working to reimagine our economic system
🔗 Register here: www.transformative25.org/event/t25-li...
The Transformative 25 is an annual list of funds, banks and initiatives that are working to reimagine our economic system
T25 List Launch - 2025! - Collective Action for Just Finance
Join us on June 18th for our official launch of the 2025 Transformative 25 List!
www.transformative25.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Join us on June 18th 11am PT/ 2pm ET for our official launch of the 2025 Transformative 25 List! 🎉
🔗 Register here: www.transformative25.org/event/t25-li...
The Transformative 25 is an annual list of funds, banks and initiatives that are working to reimagine our economic system
🔗 Register here: www.transformative25.org/event/t25-li...
The Transformative 25 is an annual list of funds, banks and initiatives that are working to reimagine our economic system
And for the GOOD NEWS FILES: Sacred Storm Buffalo, a traditional food sovereignty and workforce development program and one of our Loan Relatives (borrowers), is opening their first retail store and food truck in Rapid City, SD on June 7th! www.facebook.com/events/20817...
Grand Opening
Event in Rapid City, SD by Sacred Storm Buffalo on Saturday, June 7 2025 with 322 people interested and 50 people going.
www.facebook.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And for the GOOD NEWS FILES: Sacred Storm Buffalo, a traditional food sovereignty and workforce development program and one of our Loan Relatives (borrowers), is opening their first retail store and food truck in Rapid City, SD on June 7th! www.facebook.com/events/20817...
This has to stop. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss killed in shooting aged 59
The actor, best know for voicing John Redcorn in the long-running animated series, was killed on Saturday in Texas
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This has to stop. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The burning of Nottaway Plantation reminded me of my ongoing quest to discover more about my enslaved ancestors from plantations in Woodville MS and Goldsboro NC. For others on this journey, here is a great resource I found today: www.reclaimingkin.com. Please add your resources in the comments.
Reclaiming Kin
Genealogy blogger Robyn Smith provides research tips with a special focus on African-American and slave research.
www.reclaimingkin.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The burning of Nottaway Plantation reminded me of my ongoing quest to discover more about my enslaved ancestors from plantations in Woodville MS and Goldsboro NC. For others on this journey, here is a great resource I found today: www.reclaimingkin.com. Please add your resources in the comments.
Raising awareness about energy resource use in schools elevates the discussion about climate change across entire communities. environmentaldashboard.org
Environmental Dashboard
Environmental Dashboard. A technology & approach for organizations and whole communities that combines feedback, through real-time public displays of resource use and environmental conditions, with th...
environmentaldashboard.org
April 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Raising awareness about energy resource use in schools elevates the discussion about climate change across entire communities. environmentaldashboard.org
Thoughtful climate documentary from 2019. theregenerators.org/2040/ The decentralized microgrids are particularly interesting.
2040
Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our pla...
theregenerators.org
April 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thoughtful climate documentary from 2019. theregenerators.org/2040/ The decentralized microgrids are particularly interesting.
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Good morning nasty bitches,aliens, wannabees and resistors everywhere.
April 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good morning nasty bitches,aliens, wannabees and resistors everywhere.
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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
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This isn’t going to work
April 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This isn’t going to work
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The IRS Free File pilot program helped 140K taxpayers save $5.6M in tax filing costs in 2024.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
April 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The IRS Free File pilot program helped 140K taxpayers save $5.6M in tax filing costs in 2024.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
The program was supposed to be expanded, but now Trump is looking to gut it.
This is a huge handout to the tax prep industry that has lobbied for years to prevent free tax filing.
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#WolffBites: As US global dominance fades, old-fashioned colonialism returns to grab what it can: Panama, Greenland, maybe Canada, Congo mines. But its a very risky bet after a century now of anti-colonialism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Congo deal: mineral riches for protection | Editorial
Editorial: Faced with regional chaos and shrinking options, Kinshasa seeks terms of trade that echo the old extractive order in modern disguise
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#WolffBites: As US global dominance fades, old-fashioned colonialism returns to grab what it can: Panama, Greenland, maybe Canada, Congo mines. But its a very risky bet after a century now of anti-colonialism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is not good! Certain people will do bad things. It's like declaring Purge day in our national parks except it don't end.
Trump administration orders national parks to remain open amid staffing shortages (Los Angeles Times)
The Trump administration has issued an order demanding that all national parks rema...
l.smartnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is not good! Certain people will do bad things. It's like declaring Purge day in our national parks except it don't end.
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Yes, because what's holding the US back from greatness is our lack of "wood independence". 🙄
Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.
Logging these >100 year old trees will be disastrous for climate.
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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#Oregon for the signage win #HandsOff2025
April 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#Oregon for the signage win #HandsOff2025
✊🏽🌿https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2025/03/17/self-determined-climate-justice-column
Self-Determined: We Must Center Indigenous and Rural Climate Solutions
Real sustainability prioritizes sovereignty, community resilience, and protection from authoritarianism.
www.yesmagazine.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
✊🏽🌿https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2025/03/17/self-determined-climate-justice-column