it's nate!
@natescape.bsky.social
toronto designer + game dev + Appalachian folk musician from central pennsylvania. ui+ux. they/them/any. currently: caves of qud
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November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In my observation this is a big motivator for cross-border regional identity, eg emerging pan-appalachianism. People look for cultural surface area old and new to build on natural solidarities, and reliance on the mason-dixon as a hard map of a hard territory simply makes less and less sense.
also kinda inescapable now that the dixiefication of rural american is directly linked with a homogenizing reactionary turn
I understand why some white liberals from the Deep South want to insist that there isn't something distinct (and bad) about Southern political culture but the problem with this is that we wouldn't even have this idea of "The South" as distinct from the rest of the US if there wasn't a there there
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In my observation this is a big motivator for cross-border regional identity, eg emerging pan-appalachianism. People look for cultural surface area old and new to build on natural solidarities, and reliance on the mason-dixon as a hard map of a hard territory simply makes less and less sense.
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
Priesthood of all app downloaders
What if I told you you didn't need an app to chat with Jesus
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Priesthood of all app downloaders
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when the NYT reporter shows up to profile me I’ll have 12”x12” reprints of Cow Tools stacked around the house so that they’ll know something about me
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
when the NYT reporter shows up to profile me I’ll have 12”x12” reprints of Cow Tools stacked around the house so that they’ll know something about me
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This woman, Florence Reese, wrote the protest song "Which Side Are You On?" on the back of the calendar off the kitchen wall after seeing her husband, union organizer Sam Reece, dragged away by sheriff JH Blair's mercenaries during the Harlan War in 1931
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This woman, Florence Reese, wrote the protest song "Which Side Are You On?" on the back of the calendar off the kitchen wall after seeing her husband, union organizer Sam Reece, dragged away by sheriff JH Blair's mercenaries during the Harlan War in 1931
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Above all else, these people have absolutely NO moral standing to lecture the rest of us about the art we enjoy, the books we read, the relationships we have, or what we do with our bodies.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Above all else, these people have absolutely NO moral standing to lecture the rest of us about the art we enjoy, the books we read, the relationships we have, or what we do with our bodies.
Megan is awesome, smart, AND cool and you should be learning music from her tbh
Hi I had my first lesson with a new composition/theory student today and it was a nice reminder that I rly enjoy teaching people how to make music! And good news, I have room for a few new students! Feel free to email or DM me to learn more 🩷🎼
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Megan is awesome, smart, AND cool and you should be learning music from her tbh
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It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
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We built a team of young Black, Asian, queer, and trans staffers at Teen Vogue, and they deserve the world. They are passionate, whip smart, and incredibly talented. Many of them are now without jobs — please consider donating to their GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lex McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent com… Lex McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We built a team of young Black, Asian, queer, and trans staffers at Teen Vogue, and they deserve the world. They are passionate, whip smart, and incredibly talented. Many of them are now without jobs — please consider donating to their GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
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the very nasty people of Avalanche have been very unfair and hurt our beautiful mako reactors which are so green, so beautiful, we love them, we're all going to see mother
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
the very nasty people of Avalanche have been very unfair and hurt our beautiful mako reactors which are so green, so beautiful, we love them, we're all going to see mother
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Trying to explain how Ambrosia Sky is Powerwash Simulator meets Donkey Kong Bananza but about being wistful for a home you can't go back to and leaving the midwest and grief for lost people & endeavors alike and also there's a grapple hook
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Trying to explain how Ambrosia Sky is Powerwash Simulator meets Donkey Kong Bananza but about being wistful for a home you can't go back to and leaving the midwest and grief for lost people & endeavors alike and also there's a grapple hook
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Today's portraits of the day are my friend @stuthefarmer.bsky.social's Icelandic sheep looking metal as hell in black and white for #MonochromeMonday.
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Today's portraits of the day are my friend @stuthefarmer.bsky.social's Icelandic sheep looking metal as hell in black and white for #MonochromeMonday.
Trying to make my whimsical apocalypse job one step closer to possible by making a website to support it
www.natedavismusic.com
www.natedavismusic.com
Nate Davis Music
Nate Davis is a mandolin and clawhammer banjo instructor and musician based in Toronto, ON, offering education and performance in authentic roots styles.
www.natedavismusic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Trying to make my whimsical apocalypse job one step closer to possible by making a website to support it
www.natedavismusic.com
www.natedavismusic.com
I'm so goddamn tired of living an entire life where I just get told to eat shit, forever
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I'm so goddamn tired of living an entire life where I just get told to eat shit, forever
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It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
Punch Brothers cover Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 3/3/22 Boston, MA
YouTube video by Less Than Face Productions
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
Is there an explainer for why the economy is fine, actually that's not just a man stabbing a chart with his finger and calling me stupid
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Is there an explainer for why the economy is fine, actually that's not just a man stabbing a chart with his finger and calling me stupid
a parade of sickos preternaturally perhaps inevitably interested in whatever it is I'm sellin
The thing is, people would create and use personas without any research at all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
a parade of sickos preternaturally perhaps inevitably interested in whatever it is I'm sellin
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
Sorry to politics post, but I've depended on food stamps and food banks plenty before in my life and thinking about the stress people are being tortured with makes me sick
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sorry to politics post, but I've depended on food stamps and food banks plenty before in my life and thinking about the stress people are being tortured with makes me sick
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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The WPA is my roman empire
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The WPA is my roman empire
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just put this out there again for the afternoon people; I'm sure there are bigger orgs out there, but I 100% know and vouch for this guy, he's just on the ground doin stuff for people, itll all end up in peoples bellies.
An old friend of mine was out in Jamaica when the hurricane hit and is now out buying and distributing food and helping with repairs, chip in if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Donate to Help Jamaicans After Hurricane Melissa, organized by chad boylen
Hey there I'm Chad, an American living in Jamaica. We have hurricane Meli… chad boylen needs your support for Donate to Help Jamaicans After Hurricane Melissa
www.gofundme.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
just put this out there again for the afternoon people; I'm sure there are bigger orgs out there, but I 100% know and vouch for this guy, he's just on the ground doin stuff for people, itll all end up in peoples bellies.