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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 1d

Republican: “Libtard!”

Me: So, by implication, calling someone a ‘retard’ is ok?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s an option:

You fuckers keep your beloved Columbus Day and we get billions of acres of our land back, including our sacred sites.

Deal? Deal.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 1d

Reason No. 1,492 why Columbus Day should no longer be a holiday:

Christopher Columbus would hang 13 Indigenous people at a time; one for each of the 12 apostles and one more in the name of Jesus Christ.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 1d

Before Columbus, the thief, murderer & rapist, ever got lost and stumbled our way, he was a slave trader for the Portuguese. This means he stole from, murdered, enslaved, and raped Africans long before he continued his vicious, lascivious ways here. Look it up.

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Jennifer J Brown @jjunebrown.bsky.social · 1d

"We're Still Here with Simon and Julie" isn't just about history, but also the here and now. Loving it and learning from it, storytelling that's truth telling we all need today. #HappyIndigenousPeoplesDay

Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · 3d

If you missed our segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s show last week, catch @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me here for free. We talk about Columbus Day (basically the Confederate flag of holidays),the Ambler mining road in Alaska, ICE raids, & more.

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Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · 3d

If you missed our segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s show last week, catch @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me here for free. We talk about Columbus Day (basically the Confederate flag of holidays),the Ambler mining road in Alaska, ICE raids, & more.

📡 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

We're Still Here with Simon and Julie

Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-10-11 · 42m

podcasts.apple.com

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 3d

To all the ICE agents who are Mexican, I hope El Cucuy gets you. I hope La Llorona finds you. May you always sleep in the haunted room in the house so you never again get a decent night’s sleep. I hope every cholo y chola is looking for you. I hope every chancla thrown hits you. That way you learn.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck Columbus Day.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 4d

Teaching starts from this:

We’ll give you the facts as well as we can. But we will give you the facts that are incontrovertible right now. But we can be wrong about what is incontrovertible. It’s a healthy thing to allow yourself to be wrong because that’s the road that leads us to being right.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

Latinos build your houses.
Latinos pick your produce.
Latinos gave you tacos.
Latinos gave you guacamole.
Latinos gave you chips & salsa.
Latinos do the jobs you won’t.
Latinos show you what curves are.
Latinos gave you jalapeños.
Latinos jump in. “Let’s go, then!”
Latinos change your oil, lazy.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine:

This Thanksgiving, all of you white people — all of you — by some crazy fucking way, have to go back to Europe.

Then, when you *try* to come back, only Indigenous peoples are waiting for you at the shoreline. Like an Ellis Island ran by Indigenous folks.

Why should we let you back in?

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

I started in journalism in 2008. The top-brass editor scolded me: “First drama, then the facts. That’s how we sell papers.”

I understood journalism from then on.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

Trans folks aren’t going anywhere.

But you wait, you just fucking wait:

Once there’s billions of dollars to be made off of a trans football league or a trans Major League Baseball, you’ll see these hard-core Republican anti-trans fucks change their tune pretty damn quickly.

They’re predictable.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll play your game:

If an NFL team was named the Chiefs, but they were “honoring” African chiefs, would it be acceptable for fans to show up in blackface? Bang drums? War whoop?

And then a black man says to a white man:

“That’s offensive.”

Then a white fan responds:

“But we’re honoring you.”

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

“You’re in America! Why are ya waving *that* flag?”

Meanwhile …

Oktoberfest : 🇩🇪
Columbus Day: 🇮🇹
St. Patty’s Day: 🇮🇪

So, what you’re saying is it’s OK to wave white flags for white things? Got it.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

This is how stupid they are:

“You’re in America! Don’t speak that foreign language here!”

Bitch, English comes from England. It’s literally foreign.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 6d

Watching white people (who ran away from Europe to escape tyranny) attacking brown people (who are indigenous to this land) that are literally hiding from cruel & oppressive gov’t rule is simply fucking wild.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 7d

Again, as a journalist, it’s not all BREAKING NEWS.

It’s just a report. Calm down.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 7d

As a journalist, I suggest you consume less news. You don’t need the anxiety or the stress. You have enough.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 9d

Since we’re talking about food, boys — not the girls — would serve the meals. Why? Because Native boys were taught from the outset that the community will eat *or starve* based on their abilities as a hunter. To this day, in a Native house (especially mine), men & boys serve. We keep it tradish.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 9d

Episode one:

Fish —

The cuisine of the Indigenous peoples of Florida vs the cuisine of the Indigenous peoples of Alaska….

Episode two? What would you want to see/eat with your eyes?

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 9d

Dear the people who make travel shows,

There are 574 federally-recognized tribes. That doesn’t include state-recognized or unrecognized tribes…

That’s more than 574 episodes of a cuisine you’ve never heard of. From bison to berries, from salmon to skull & eyeball soup? We Natives have a cuisine.

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Simon Moya-Smith @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social · 10d

This — here — is our “old country.” We never left.

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Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella @juliefrancella.com · 10d

Catch up on our latest conversation with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social.
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I dive into the stories behind the headlines.
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Listen to this episode and more from The John Fugelsang Podcast on TuneIn. Simon and Julie chat with John about Pete Hegseth’s decision—as Trump’s new Secretary of War—to let U.S. soldiers keep their ...

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