Misha Zimatskiy

@mishazgreen.bsky.social

PFP by @errokioslem.bsky.social with minor personal edits for lighting Banner by @butterflyriver.bsky.social Early 30s He/Him, kinda genderfluid Furry and gamer of many varieties Minors please DNI. Discord: mishazgreen

Every other day, 83-year-old Marilyn Tewa of the Hopi Tribe loads buckets into her pickup and drives 5 miles to haul water. “That’s what keeps us alive,” Tewa said. Four states stand in the way of a deal to give her community water. (Published June with @kjzz.org)

Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.

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The people outraged over the academic freedom of Cofnas (which is apparently the freedom to harass & drive a man to suicide) I dont recall your outrage for the profs who got harassed & fired for speaking on Palestine I'm just a silly gal, I guess I dont understand what I'm free to do as an academic

It goes without saying but just in case: You absolutely do not have to hand it to JK Rowling. Even if she DID mean what she says about trans adults (which she doesn't, she is constantly attacking trans adults just trying to live their lives) it doesn't mean anything given the HARM she has caused

canadians are angry and a lot of us have been rooting for this, but make no mistake: people in your community will suffer so stick by them if you have the time or money, give it to the orgs that will help your neighbours when things inevitably get bad food banks clothing banks women's shelters

CBCNEWS
New U.S. tariffs set to take effect, Carney says Canada plans to match levies 'dollar for dollar'

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Twitch and Amazon are being sued in a class action over claims that the tech companies harvest creators' video streams without permission or compensation to train Amazon's generative AI program. Story: www.courthousenews.com/online-strea...

Online streamers sue Twitch, Amazon over generative AI training

The proposed class of video streamers claims their content is being used to train Amazon’s AI models without permission or compensation.

courthousenews.com