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Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω)
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HealthDisparity Researcher who is decolonist, anticolonist, or recolonist/reconquistist. Whatever gets you to see that 1448-1492 was a bad road & that we have to start anew. The West is Dead, get over yourself. Pronouns are todos, omni, (A ∩ & ∪ Ω)
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3/3 The fight continues and OUR biologics are targeted in the new treasure hunt for weapons against Climate Change (Mineral, Botanical and Human DNA) www.fairplanet.org/story/dna-da...
DNA data and Indigenous rights: Tracing genetic exploitation | FairPlanet
Indigenous peoples are demanding control over genetic data sourced from their lands.
www.fairplanet.org
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My special Thanksgiving toon for CALÓ News. Please share, and support CALÓ News at calonews.com/donate and get my 2026 Cartoon Calendar at laloalcaraz.com .
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Look at this article. Little has become more fair, in fact in many regards, bio prospectors have become more bold and patent plantations & Intellectual Property Pirates have gained more legitimacy www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Illusion of Inclusion — The “All of Us” Research Program and Indigenous Peoples’ DNA | NEJM
The genomes of Indigenous peoples contain vast amounts of unexplored variation. But given the fraught history of genetic studies involving Indigenous peoples, tribal communities are sometimes reluc...
www.nejm.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Memorandum of understanding regarding a proposed pipeline from Alberta sparks concerns from both British Columbia and First Nations.

Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 27, 2025—Talk of proposed tar sands pipeline to BC criticized by some First Nations
Our lead story: an anticipated federal/Alberta memorandum of understanding regarding a proposed pipeline from the tar sands to the west coast sparks concerns from both British Columbia and First Na...
pod.fo
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Although Trump has the broad power to grant a pardon or commutation to Maxwell, Raskin’s resolution would “put House members on record opposing a pardon for Maxwell, adding pressure to the White House if the chamber votes overwhelming in favor”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A top House Democrat pushes to oppose Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) introduced a symbolic measure to put House members on the record opposing a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Los Angeles ➡️ Chicago ➡️ Charlotte ➡️ New Orleans ➡️ ???

As ICE and Border Patrol invade more American cities, local communities are sharing tips about how to respond and defend their rights.

FPF's Seth Stern and Adam Rose offer perspective:
As Charlotte immigration enforcement fears linger, activists from Chicago offer advice
As federal immigration enforcement departs Charlotte, organizers and advocates share lessons they’ve learned from Chicago’s immigration raids — lessons that could inform responses to future crackdowns.
www.wfae.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Unhappy Thankstaking. It’s still happening in Anglo America but worse and with Israel, Japan, China, India, Canada and the UKs help in Latin America! Wake up to the New Manifest Destiny!
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I know this actress and she’s kind of a friend. Anti Indigenous thought and action still reign supreme here, as was the case in 1492. USA freedom, justice and equality are myth. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifes the politics of feelings
Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifes the politics of feelings
Representation matters, but Zohran Mamdani’s story is about what’s possible when people organize across differences for a common cause.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social what a weird response Kevin ? You can’t tell friends from enemies
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I made a video about that new Paranthropus hand!

youtu.be/WmtNIRqPNc8?...
Wake Up Babe New Transitional Fossil Just Dropped
YouTube video by Gutsick Gibbon
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Recognize where we are, how we got here and what's about to happen. Move quickly, for all of our sakes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Jh...
NBDC Trailer: Aspiration
YouTube video by Native BioData Consortium
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Should have been in the realm of Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Native Americans should have gotten some money for this.
See: science.
Gila monster, a lizard of Southern USA is known for its ability to survive without food for extended periods of time, as well as its incredible metabolic adaptations. These attributes have led to the groundwork for development of some promising diabetes medications www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiHH...
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
DeIndianization in Mexico and other places in Latin America via the concept of Mestizaje is a propaganda tool and mostly a turn of mind, meaning false. It’s also false geographically and genetically. Don’t be brainwashed. Far from complete. Read this. mexika.org/mestizaje-an...
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
1/2 An important Commentary in Nature Genetics from people I know and respect. The landscape of the Belmont Report/Common Rule, Technological Prowess, Data Promiscuity and speculative markets around www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human Genome Diversity Project data use and implications for the governance of legacy genomic data - Nature Genetics
To inform deliberations around use of the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) and related legacy data, we conducted a literature review of HGDP-derived data use from 2010 to 2024. Our analysis sugge...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hold? NO! Take all the space you want, where ever you want. This is your place. Take it all back!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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@science.org we've been featured in @nature.com @cbcpitchbot.bsky.social @nytimes.com Indian Country Today, National Geographic and much more. We know about this subject of Neocolonial extraction because we are fighting it...tooth and nail
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Hello @science.org NativeBio has been on the forefront of this conversation from 2019 and even earlier (UW Indigenous grad school members Keolu Fox, Moroni Benally, Chad Uran, Marisa Duarte, Katrina Claw and many more). We've been on @scifri.bsky.social WAMU's 1A. We built the @d4itdr.bsky.social
Please Repost! We are in an era of huge gains in technology, discovery and data "sequestration". We need to be honest about what's happening and the terrible outcomes that could happen if we continue the 533 years of colonial extraction. www.science.org/content/arti...
How scientists are confronting the lingering imprint of colonialism
Science series to spotlight efforts to reduce parachute science, empower Global South countries
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.

That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Please Repost! We are in an era of huge gains in technology, discovery and data "sequestration". We need to be honest about what's happening and the terrible outcomes that could happen if we continue the 533 years of colonial extraction. www.science.org/content/arti...
How scientists are confronting the lingering imprint of colonialism
Science series to spotlight efforts to reduce parachute science, empower Global South countries
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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@marcmaron.bsky.social @howiemandel.bsky.social this guy is smarter. Just as I am smarter. Marc Marin still my dude. Howie? Neurodivergence is real and ok but society has a right to protect itself from murderers (ND) & racist apologists (ND). m.youtube.com/watch?v=RbXz...
Slavery was Racist
YouTube video by Hank Green
m.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM