Mischollanious Thoughts
@mischollaneous.bsky.social
Raconteur, tea drinker. Neuro-Spicy thinker of thoughts. Better living through CQI.
“Language has power. A name is not the thing; it is the relationship between the speaker and the thing.” CMarie Fuhrman writes on how renaming Mount Tahoma erased generational relationships with the land. A reprint from Magic Canoe's Indigenous Leadership Desk. ⛰️ thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
To Name a Mountain Is to Name Our Kin | The Tyee
English is an unfortunately efficient language for colonialism. Renaming Mount Tahoma is a case in point.
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I wish I encountered more insightful "think pieces" i.e. pieces about thinking, and the diversity of what lurks between the different minds we encounter. This was an appreciated aperitif for thought that stumbled into my feeds today.
⧖ big rock big river ⧖ (they/them)@bigrockbigriver.bsky.social · 4d agowww.bigrockbigriver.com/meanderings/... I wrote this years ago 🧡🧡
Another study confirms decades of similar conclusions about universal healthcare. Will policy ever be influenced to abandon our monstrosity of a system for something better and cheaper? I can hope. I do dream. I also believe in Santa Claus. @santaclausalaska.bsky.social
Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 2w ago“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious. Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious. But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION. Boycot #delta
An awesome show with familiar stories that you most likely haven't heard the whole story yet. A night not to be missed, and with replay included in the ticket price, you have some flexibility as to the night not to miss it on. I'm behind the scenes with the tech for the livestream. Come join us.
Laura Packer@storylaura.bsky.social · 4w agoWhat happens before once upon a time and after happily ever after? Join storyteller Laura Packer for an evening of fractured fairy tales that dive into what isn't written, but certainly implied. Best in fringe at multiple festivals. Adults only. Tickets & info at laurapackerthinkstory.simpletix.com
Our State Department isn’t just the lazy, stupid student who uses AI to do their homework, our State Department is *so lazy and stupid* it doesn’t even check the homework before turning it in.
Remember, atrocious as the over-reach by this administration may be, that *most* courts are upholding the law. Building 'a more perfect union' requires not abandoning centuries of hard fought progress and successes, even as the originalists activist supremes attempt to revive Dred Scott.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2mo ago🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to force Virginia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-14 in these cases. www.democracydocket.com/cases/virgin...
Here’s the strategic core: cheating operations work on the margins. They flip close races. They exploit recounts, certification fights, faithless officials, and friendly courts. What they cannot do, what no operation in American history has ever managed to do, is steal a landslide.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn Thursday, the Trump regime forced out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission — effectively ending it. You need to see this as part of Trump’s overall strategy to take over the midterm elections some 90 days from now. Here's what we can do about it.
If, like me, you’re not British and you only kinda sorta knew what was going on with Binface, this is both an excellent primer and a surprisingly touching piece about the real person beneath the bin.
Ian Fraser@ianfraser.bsky.social · 2mo agoCan an intergalactic space warrior defeat “joke” candidate Nigel Farage in the Clacton-on-Sea by-election? Katie Rosseinsky profiles Jon Harvey, the classicist, comedian and comedy scriptwriter who is the man behind Count Binface.
It’s pretty wild that he has decided to compare himself to Teddy Roosevelt, a man who certainly would have despised him. Teddy was anti-corruption, anti-monopoly, and came from old money. A crass self-enriching grifter like Trump would have been shown the door at the Roosevelts. Roosevelt:
I've been learning my family's tribal language, Ojibwemowin. It's an Algonquin language. In Ojibwemowin, Strawberry Moon is called Ode'imini-giizis. Ode' is heart & min is berry--it describes the shape of the berry. Giizis is moon. Miigwech (thank you)! Mino Ode'imini-giizis (Good Strawberry Moon).
I agree with you & thank you for your vote. My problem is that this seems illegal on multiple levels. When this happens, that member of Congress should be prosecuted and should no longer be a member of Congress. We have a saying in my field--if it appears unethical, it is unethical. This isn't hard.
KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.
Doesn't matter that YOU're sick of him. Every marginally functional human is sick of him. Always has been sick of him. I was sick of him in 2 minutes when he was a local clown in NYC. What matters is that a heavily invested enthusiastic minority sees something in this swine, likes him. We are toast.
sylviseb 💙🌈☮️🌊💙💛Maga➡️blocked💛💙🌎🌻✌️🦋@sylviseb.bsky.social · 2mo agoReading about the Obama Center opening, seeing photos, videos, hearing speeches, reading commentaries confirmed a STARK contrast between two presidents. DJT's is consumed with hate, anger, delusions of grandeur and getting retribution. He is evil. He's NOT presidential. He needs to be removed.
I suspect it went a little something like this: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2mo agoWarnock: Right before they passed that ugly bill that cut $1 trillion out of medicaid, the Speaker of the House joined with other legislators and said a prayer, and then they went and voted for that bill. I just want to know what was in that prayer.
This disheartening news marks another of the visceral living connections to our collective history that has succumb to modernity. "We lose a tree like this every year. They have no designated legal protection and we are losing them because they are not being valued appropriately.”
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies
Just once, I would like one of these congresspeople to say “If you’re not willing to acknowledge reality about this, then I have no reason to trust you about anything else. I will vote no. I yield the rest of my time.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoBLUMENTHAL: Who won the 2020 election? TRAYNOR: This issue has become a question of political controversy B: It's 'political controversy' only because Trump refuses to accept the results T: It is not appropriate to engage in discussion regarding that B: So you're going to use the same script
Bonus, your car is parked in the shade all day.
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 3mo ago"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables
I hope Washington state and others without work requirements get together & take legal action against this. Young people with mental health problems already have trouble finding work, and now they’re supposed to go without healthcare? Like, going off their meds is gonna help them land jobs? 😠
NPR@npr.org · 3mo agoAdults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules. n.pr/3RK4U7X
Google dropping "don't be evil" really shook me. I worked in tech once upon a time. That kind of thing doesn't happen without conversations. Deep meaningful conversations that lead to resignations when the principles of the first generation get trampled in favor of massive profits.
depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 3mo ago
Leo also denounces what he calls novel forms of colonialism, including the “extraction” of health data and demographic information. 1/3
Carol is on a list somewhere 😏@pierrette1789.bsky.social · 3mo agoGift link. New Papal Encyclical just dropped: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
