Denali
@denali.bsky.social
Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
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Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
State legislatures and school boards all over are fighting about what it means to teach the past because more questions we ask the more they push for us to buy into their chosen mythology as our national collective memory.
We need to keep talking about where we came from & how we got here.
We need to keep talking about where we came from & how we got here.
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
State legislatures and school boards all over are fighting about what it means to teach the past because more questions we ask the more they push for us to buy into their chosen mythology as our national collective memory.
We need to keep talking about where we came from & how we got here.
We need to keep talking about where we came from & how we got here.
Multiculturalism and pluralism help us bring ideas that America has consigned to "the past" into the present like colonialism and indigenous rights. All of my grandparents were born as colonial subjects and all of them died as citizens of a democracy.
The past is not that long ago.
The past is not that long ago.
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Multiculturalism and pluralism help us bring ideas that America has consigned to "the past" into the present like colonialism and indigenous rights. All of my grandparents were born as colonial subjects and all of them died as citizens of a democracy.
The past is not that long ago.
The past is not that long ago.
Totally. When we were thinking about the question categories we really did want people to think about giving alongside other activities that are personally interesting and connect with other ways they're exercising their preferences and interests or engaging with friends and community.
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Totally. When we were thinking about the question categories we really did want people to think about giving alongside other activities that are personally interesting and connect with other ways they're exercising their preferences and interests or engaging with friends and community.
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Doing that, or similarly setting up monthly donations to your charities I think has been my most effective advice in getting friends to be more intentional about giving.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Doing that, or similarly setting up monthly donations to your charities I think has been my most effective advice in getting friends to be more intentional about giving.
I really appreciate that kind of perspective and intention. It's definitely another major giving hurdle that can overwhelm people. @aroguemonster.bsky.social has been my go to person for questions about how to bake giving into my personal finances/habits.
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I really appreciate that kind of perspective and intention. It's definitely another major giving hurdle that can overwhelm people. @aroguemonster.bsky.social has been my go to person for questions about how to bake giving into my personal finances/habits.
When we were talking about how we found our favorite places so much of it was through friends, which is partly how we started thinking about people who aren't connected to people who know great orgs and can speak to why they're special.
(Also Did you get mostly Cs?)
(Also Did you get mostly Cs?)
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When we were talking about how we found our favorite places so much of it was through friends, which is partly how we started thinking about people who aren't connected to people who know great orgs and can speak to why they're special.
(Also Did you get mostly Cs?)
(Also Did you get mostly Cs?)
Would love to hear your thoughts on how you scored and also learn about why you give, where your love to give, and any advice you have for people who want to give more but are having a tough time taking the first steps!!
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Would love to hear your thoughts on how you scored and also learn about why you give, where your love to give, and any advice you have for people who want to give more but are having a tough time taking the first steps!!
I try not to be that person who is too picky about stuff but ALSO how you talk about people reveals how you think about them and I've seen some truly grim and uncaring things in the way our leaders have treated folks living in outside and in the shelter system.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I try not to be that person who is too picky about stuff but ALSO how you talk about people reveals how you think about them and I've seen some truly grim and uncaring things in the way our leaders have treated folks living in outside and in the shelter system.
💥 BOOM 💥
During this same time period I had another job typing movie times into the back of the newspaper. It was a funny time to be a young person.
During this same time period I had another job typing movie times into the back of the newspaper. It was a funny time to be a young person.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
💥 BOOM 💥
During this same time period I had another job typing movie times into the back of the newspaper. It was a funny time to be a young person.
During this same time period I had another job typing movie times into the back of the newspaper. It was a funny time to be a young person.