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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl")

@theeborealowl.bsky.social

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Took time, instructions unclear, living in non-linear reality 💀 Audhd, cptsd, fibro ~ disabled on fixed income. Dene: Dedharesche (Chipewyan Dene) srfn195 & 1/2 settler. Treaty 8 on Treaty 6 territory. (They/Them) https://ko-fi.com/theeborealowl

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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Never Again" - Broken Promises by Tth'ijaaze

Dene Applique flatwork, red upcycled leather backing, 100% cotton crochet lace edging.

3 inches by 2.25 inches
25 grams total weight
2 weeks of work.

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PUNK BLACK @punkblack.bsky.social · 10h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Here are 5 bands to add to your playlist. #punkblack

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RSpanner @rspanner.bsky.social · May 18

Thanks for the reminder, Gazlowe

(Audio is from a clip by Northernlion)

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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 5d

#NDNArtober2025
Day 5: Fox
This took forever and staring at a reference for ages.
Was good practice though.

Mechanical pencil & paper

A pencil sketch of a fox looking to the left, its ears are attentive. There’s some flowers on a vine nearby to cover failed previous drawings.
Text hovers on the left stating that this is day 5’s drawing for native art tober. Theme is: Fox
My name is also on the page.
Tth’íjaaze

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Debbie Iron Bow @ironbow.bsky.social · 6d

Of course. 🪶

Picture of white kids dressed as natives at the top and a photo of Indigenous children with their hair cut short sitting by a nun at the bottom. It was okay for one set of these kids to be indians

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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 6d

#NDNArtober2025

Day 4: NDNtime…. Posted on day 7

The joke is all I could think of

A pencil & red ink stylized self portrait of me resting my jaw in my palm, I’m drawn breaking the fourth wall with an expression of wide eyed bewilderment, my elbows resting on a table with scattered papers.
The following text floats nearby:
Trying to draw the concept of NDN time …
Day four’s theme…
On day 7.
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Hashtag N D N Art-tober 2025
By: Tth’íjaaze

Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 7d

#NDNArtober2025
Day 3: Fairy

Simple pen doodle of a fairy ring.
Blue ballpoint pen & paper

Day 4 Hopefully later today

A ballpoint pen sits over a drawing of a circle of mushrooms of various sizes. Their shapes are simple bell tops with flared edges. Inside the ring are the words: Day 3, Fairy, two hearts for flair, hashtag N D N Art ober 2025, and my name: Tth’íjaaze (TH-ih-jah-zay)

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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 9d

Hey. A reminder that your existence is valid, no matter what sick minds are in power. You are a human being and worth the same as all of us.

It doesn't matter what you earn the privilegd. It doesn't matter your sexuality or your gender. It doesn't matter your ability.

You a legal and valid.

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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 9d

#NDNArtober2025
Day2: Cat

Cats weren’t big for my people. But here is a badly drawn cat done in ink because pencil had me overthinking and I just want to shake off rust.

Anyway, enjoy.

Now with alt text again. ❤️

An ink drawing of a cat playing in grass, its head low to the ground and tilted sideways, back arched and front right paw stretched out as if it just pounced to swat at the bee that’s flying away all serpentine. Mischief.

Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 10d

Also realizing my account didn’t flag me for alt text on this post and I’ll have to go double check my settings.

I’ve had it reminding me to do that since I joined and I relied on it as a visual que.

I still did a descriptor but wasn’t aware the settings auto changed.

Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 10d

Dene*

Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 10d

#NDNArtober2025
Belated day 1, gonna catch up over the weekend.
Day 1 is a Corn Husk doll and I drew one with braids and a deme point dress. She’s cute 💕

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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 12d

All of our leaders on every side of the isles keep pushing for a 2-state peaceful outcome…. But “israhell” doesn’t want peace! And in ignoring their active holocaust against Palestine - you disgrace every sacrifice.

And I never want our leaders to wear a poppy again. Unless they stop this.

Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 12d

Our leaders allow one holocaust and in doing so they render decades of “Never Again” & the millions spent on military parades and indoctrination completely wasted.

We promised, read books by survivors, watched the parades honouring sacrifice in the face of evil.

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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 12d

I never want to see another Remembrance Day parade. I never want our current leaders to ever wear poppies again.

The act of supporting “israhell” is support of genocide against indigenous peoples.

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Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 15d

Tysm ✨

Tth'ijaaze ("boreal owl") @theeborealowl.bsky.social · 15d

Been resting for weeks trying to get my hands to stop hurting enough to do hobbies and chores.
I’m tired and sad and I just want to stop being in this much pain every day.
Gaming, naps, and yelling at leaders are all I have in me and being kind to myself is hard & I wish I was more able.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 15d

REMEMBER
Fascism isn't invincible, it depends on your compliance, your fear, and your isolation. Survival includes outlasting, outmaneuvering, and ultimately dismantling the system that seeks to control you.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 19d

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 16d

Ai is literally killing creativity and inspiration beyond those who are actual buying into it and using it.

I’ve seen art where people drew something mildly abstract or fantasy like, like two moons, and it was called ai because this isn’t real.
News flash, art doesn’t have to show reality!!

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Brendan Hay @bhay.bsky.social · 21d

In case this wasn't already clear:

Beautiful art that reads Trans People Belong Everywhere

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 26d

This is what the “comedy is dead” talk was about, too.

Miles Brown @solidarity420.bsky.social · 26d

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may @maysuser.name · Sep 11

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

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Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · Sep 10

PS For white people panicking about how this is going to escalate, so it wasn’t bad when people were being kidnapped off the streets or when trans people are lost their rights?

I think a lot of you need to unpack how this was real for you until you saw violence enacted in a white person.

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problem goose @mammothfactory.bsky.social · Sep 10

[bombing half the planet] haw haw whatchagonnado about it, power flows from a gun

[watching one nazi get shot] please… not Violence

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · Sep 10

(Person who destroyed homeless peoples belongings with a smile on their face) political violence is bad

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