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RouteTrip USA @routetripusa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oljato–Monument Valley is a famous desert region on the Arizona-Utah border within the Navajo Nation. It is known for its towering red sandstones buttes ,wide open landscapes and scenic views .The area has appeared in many films and photographs. #RouteTripUSA

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Roseanne Watt @roseannewatt.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Solja (sol-ya) — bright sunshine following rain, or between dark storm clouds. “He cam on a ree, but da solja shün brook trowe him” #shaetlan

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Helvitis lupinir as the Icelanders say #IAS

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Féerires @feerires16.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

#Bluezicos #MusicChallenge Mardi / Tuesday - A la conquête de l'ouest / Conquering the West Conquérir et s'approprier de nouveaux territoires sur le dos des indien Navajo Healing Song by The Navajo & The Sioux youtu.be/x1uJidwo77s?...

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Navajo Healing Song By The Navajo & The Sioux

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Wiffle Ball Helmet @wffleballhelmet.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

🎶Is it cool that I said all that? I’m drinking beer from a baseball bat.🎶

My hand holding a beer filled baseball bat in seats behind home plate at Tropicana Field

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Petra Laiti @petralaiti.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Elossa olevia saamen kieliä on n.kahdeksan: åarjelsaemien gïele, julevsámegiella, ubmejesámiengiälla, bidumsámegiella, davvisámegiella, nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll, anâraškielâ, Са̄мь кӣлл Itse puhun davvisámegiela ☺️ Lisäksi on useita tunnettuja kuolleita saamen kieliä. www.giella.org/about-sami

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ardisrontee @ardisrontee.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Namuhan dušše: Duortnosámegiella lea davvisámegiella. Mearrasámegiella lea davvisámegiella. Siaeanansámegiella lea davvisámegiella. Mii gulahallat buoragit. Čálalaš teavsttain oidno gonnes čálii boahtá. Diet lea áidna erohus.

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Mathonwy, Lady Gravenstein 🍏🎃 @mathonwy.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

The cognates between davvisámegiella and līvõsūomkeļ are amazing. Oahpa veahá sámegiela juohke beavvi! ("Learn a little Sámi every day!") Op veitõ sāmikēļ jegā pǟva! ("Learn a little Sámi every day!")

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Sāmapriyavasuḣ @avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Last week, @lordmondegreen.bsky.social & I presented presented joint work with Burusho friends @charismawafi.bsky.social et al. (not on BlueSky) on historical reconstruction of #Burushaski in G(h)ent at the Isolated Languages Workshop. :)

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Vicky Beaver @vickybeaver.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

use "RemoveWindowsAI" from github to clean out windows 11 for chrome if you want to use it goto chrome://flags/ and disable everything to do with "ML" "AI" "gemini" and also "NTP Compose Entrypoint" "Lens" "AI-Mode" will acutally improve performance XD

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Līvõ Kēļ @livokel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Vairāk par vārdu un tā izrunu meklējiet livonian.tech/meklesanas-r..., ierakstot vārdu “Tālsa”. To learn more about this word and hear its pronunciation go to livonian.tech/en/search-re... and search for “Tālsa”. #līvõkēļ

At the top of the image is the Livonian word "Tālsa". Below it are its Latvian translation "Talsi" and its English translation "Talsi".

In the middle of the image is an example sentence using the word in Livonian: Tālsa um eitõd īdõks mäg pǟlõ.

Below the Livonian sentence on the left is its Latvian translation: Talsi ir celti uz deviņiem pakalniem.

Below the Livonian sentence on the right is its English translation: Talsi is built on nine hills.

On the bottom right is the hashtag: #līvõkēļ

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The blame for Navajoland not being given statehood is largely placed on the states of Colorado and Utah who refused to entertain the possibility of ceding land, but I can't help but think the REAL reason would be because it would permanently create two native senators and a native representative.

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Hazel E. Baumgartner - HELIRUNA OUT NOW! @hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A neat part of history that they don't teach you: there was a push in the late 1970s to admit the Navajo Nation as the 51st state. The population of Navajoland would've been 150k at the time and now 174k, much smaller than Wyoming, and the capital would've been Window Rock. Interesting read.

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Sāmapriyavasuḣ @avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

YouTube recommended Nenets (Tundra?) tonight. First time hearing this language fluently spoken. I could identify her /hal-/ for ‘fish’ — the one Uralic cognate set I know of besides pronouns. :) youtu.be/zT3_hcTVEBg?...

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Ненецкий язык | Тема 1 | Знакомство

YouTube video by Дети Арктики

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brenda-bailey-86.bsky.social @brenda-bailey-86.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

- Hopi (Hopílavayi): Yupkoyvi 'place beyond the horizon' - Acoma Pueblo (Keres Acoma): W’aasrba shak’a 'place of greasewood' - Navajo (Diné): Tsébiyaanii’ áhá the large rock, Threatening Rock, that once supported Pueblo Bonito, meaning 'rock that braces and supports' or 'leaning rock gap'

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Frida Hylander @fridahylander.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Om två dagar vänder det

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R.J. Gerber Jr. @fathitler.com · 07/12/2025

White people should be required to learn an indigenous language to stay in the U.S., like Navajo.

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Stephen Joe @dinobirdman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Day 27: Pride Nascha meets Tązhii asdzání (or “Turkey Lady”) for their joyful pride. Happy Thanksgiving (A.K.A. Yá'át'ééh Késhmish Yázhí Tséhílí dę́ę́')! 1/2 #sketchbookapp #navajo #indigenovember #thanksgiving #turkey #skyart

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Emile `iMIl' Heitor @imil.net · 07/11/2025

Want to try #smolBSD in no time without building, fetching, or even reading the doc? $ curl -fsSL -o- smolbsd.org/sh|sh No root needed, only qemu. It should work on Linux amd64, arm64, and macOS. This will fire up a NetBSD rescue image with minimal tools!

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BSD Online @handle.invalid · 28/11/2025

smolBSD is a meta-operating system built on top of NetBSD. It lets you compose your own UNIX environment — from a single-purpose microservice system to a fully-custom OS image — in just a few minutes. smolbsd.org#about

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smolBSD — build your own minimal BSD system

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Jack Musto / 🐇 🌕 🐺 @jackattack.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds

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Johan Jönsson @johanj.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Att Wikipedia mycket skrivs pseudonymt påverkar i grunden hur uppslagsverket kommer till. Det går inte att lita på auktoriteten hos den som skriver. Istället blir källredovisningen helt central. Förtroendet flyttas från skribenten till skribentens källhantering. (Ur boken Wikipedia inifrån.)

s. 112 i Wikipedia inifrån, om anonymitet och namn

s. 113 i Wikipedia inifrån, om hur man inte kan ta med sitt förtroende utifrån in på Wikipedia

s. 114 i Wikipedia inifrån, om hur uppslagsverket blir helt beroende av källor, inte vem som hävdar någonting

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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are stay strong and pronounced aydaw-ah oolahneekeedah

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laskinsfest @laskinsfest.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Join us for the 14th Annual Native American Media Awards at the Hard Rock in Hollywood! Featuring the amazing Noah Watts Sun Nov23 7P PST Hard Rock Don't miss the biggest celebration of Native excellence in film and television. Tix: www.laskinsfest.com #nativeamerican #indigenous #awards

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Tom Alongi @nytom64.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

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Brett Baudin @brett-baudin.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

#aiart #promptshare Title: "Petrified Forest Ceremony" Style: American Southwest landscape photography merged with indigenous fashion editorial and Land Art documentation Prompt in ALT

An aerial drone photograph captures a massive circular gown constructed from translucent petrified wood bark, spread across ancient Navajo sandstone formations in the American Southwest. The dress features concentric rings dyed with natural pigments that mirror both the growth rings of ancient trees and the geological strata of the surrounding red rock mesas, creating a stunning mandala pattern visible from above. At the center, a model sits in meditative pose wearing turquoise and silver cast-bone jewelry, seamlessly blending into the landscape as part of a living Land Art installation. The harsh midday desert sun casts minimal shadows and saturates the natural colors, emphasizing the dress's perfect circular geometry and intricate wood grain patterns against the expansive backdrop of carved sandstone and distant mesas.

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Valhalla Entertainment @valhallaent.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The Choctaw pioneered this method during WWI and the Navajo continued this strategy in WWII. Code talking was highly effective and both groups were instrumental in ending the war. (2/3)

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Valhalla Entertainment @valhallaent.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

You can learn more about both the Choctaw Code Talkers and the Navajo Code Talkers in our documentaries, #ChoctawCodeTalkers and #TrueWhispersTheStoryOfTheNavajoCodeTalkers. Choctaw Code Talkers: buff.ly/kqWj4Qo True Whispers: buff.ly/36BVICU

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Julien Rasmussen @rasmussen.eurosky.social · 11/11/2025

Her er min bramfri mening om stikpiller: Op i røven med dem !

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Can I share this curious bit of Faroese art factoid. The first Faroese artist Díðrikur á Skarvanesi died in obscurity, but his illustration of Faroese breeding birds (approx 1830s) is truly unique and (mayb biased) but I think this great skua is particularly beautiful 🌍🧪 #ornithology #teamskua #art

Photograph of painting by Díðrikur á Skarvanesi depicting most of the Faroese breeding birds. Painted approximately in 1830. His paintings are now on display in the national museum and were discovered long after his death.

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Stephen Joe @dinobirdman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Day 7: Love language A orange navajo boy always loves what he says about in Navajo Language (Diné bizaad). #sketchbookapp #indigenovember #navajo #indigenouspeople #skyart

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The Quo-Cast @thequocast.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

New episode of The Quo-Cast: A Pye Era Status Quo Compilation Without the Boogie! youtu.be/ZroA-tyIYgo

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A Pye Era Status Quo Compilation Without the Boogie

YouTube video by The Quo-Cast: A Status Quo Fan Podcast

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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I just staumbled across ELDP, Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, "creating a repository of resources for linguistics, the social science, and language communities." Lots to read here! www.eldp.net #endangered #languages #project #langsky

Picture of an elder woman in rural Africa weaving baskets.

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Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

For the UI, I think I'll give Window Maker a spin. It was my favorite X11 window manager back when I spent more time in X11. #OpenBSD #WindowMaker #PowerMacG4

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 03/11/2025

This is part of my weekend fun. Coffee stains included. The two Raspberry Pis are powered by NetBSD, the mini PC by illumos/SmartOS, and the two APU boards by FreeBSD. #NetBSD #FreeBSD #illumos #SmartOS #IT #SysAdmin #HomeLab #RaspberryPI

A top-down shot of a small computer setup on a tan surface with some visible coffee stains. In the upper left, a silver mini-PC is partially visible, with a black USB stick plugged into its side. Below the mini-PC, a black USB to TTL serial adapter is connected to and powering a Raspberry Pi A+. The Raspberry Pi Zero W is connected to and driving a 2-relay module.
The Raspberry Pis are running NetBSD, the mini-PC is running llumos/SmartOS, and the two, slightly visible APU devices are running FreeBSD.

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Stephen Joe @dinobirdman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Day 3: Bug (Chósh in Diné word) “Aoo’ yá’át’ééh k’aalógii.”- “Yes hello butterfly.” 1/2 #sketchbookapp #IndigeNovember #Navajo #skyart

Kai says hello to a wise friend who flys by.

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The genetic history of the Orkney Islands tells a fascinating story filled with contrasts. In his latest blog post @thinkuhi.bsky.social Dr Andrew Jennings discusses the results of recent genetic studies in #Orkney www.vikingislands.co.uk/p/a-genetic-...

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I had the rare privilege of meeting and photographing the Living Goddess of Patan, Samita Bajracharya. Only eight years old, she was revered as the earthly embodiment of divine power within the sacred Kumari Ghar — a presence so potent that even a glimpse of her is believed to bring good fortune.

While in the ancient city of Kathmandu, I had the rare privilege of meeting — and photographing — the Living Goddess of Patan, Samita Bajracharya. Just eight years old, yet regarded as the earthly embodiment of divine power, she resides within the sacred confines of the Kumari Ghar, the “god-house,” where her every gesture carries spiritual weight. Each day, behind the intricately carved windows of that centuries-old sanctuary, the Living Goddess performs her rituals — serene, untouchable, and radiant with the quiet gravity of something far beyond childhood. To look upon her is said to bring good fortune; to stand before her is to feel time itself pause.

Under normal circumstances, the reign of a Living Goddess ends with her first menstruation — the moment she sheds blood, she returns to mortal life, and the search for her successor begins. Some say even a single scratch can dissolve her divinity. Tradition warns it is unlucky to marry a former Kumari.

The selection of a new Living Goddess is an intricate tantric ritual. Chosen from poor Sakya families, girls aged four to seven must meet thirty-two marks of perfection — from the shape of their eyes and teeth to the tone of their voice and the alignment of their stars. Then comes the true test: in a darkened room strewn with buffalo heads and filled with masked dancers and terrifying sounds, the candidates face their fear. Only the child who remains serene — untouched by terror — is deemed the true embodiment of the goddess. Finally, like the Dalai Lama, she must recognize items once worn by her predecessor, proving her divine continuity.

The return to ordinary life is often the hardest chapter in a Kumari’s story. After years of worship and isolation, a former Living Goddess must learn to walk once more among mortals — no longer carried in ceremonial processions or served in silence. The world outside the Kumari Ghar can feel bewildering, even harsh.Tradition warns that any man who marries a former Kumari will die young, a superstition that lingers like a shadow over her future. Yet beneath the myth lies a more human truth — the challenge of reconciling divinity with normalcy. Having been treated as a goddess since childhood, obedience and humility do not come easily, nor does the prospect of being “ordinary.” For many, the fear is not of marrying a cursed woman, but of living with one who once ruled in silence, her every word — or absence of it — treated as sacred decree.

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