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Vickie Tomko

@vickietomko.bsky.social
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Retired librarian, Anishinaabe, snowbird.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Congratulations to our newest cabinet secretary for somehow finding a way to escape the life trajectory to which all previous humans named "Markwayne" have been limited (dying while trying to set a speed record in a boat painted to look like a pack of Marlboros)
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Paul Finnie @1canoe2paddles.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The start of a new month already!? @waub.bsky.social wrote that the Anishinaabe name for this month is Onaabenii-giizis, meaning moon of the crusted snow, which matches the snow conditions here in Ottawa right now, and is also the title of his apocalyptic novel ecwpress.com/products/moo... .
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Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel
With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of com...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/02/2026
Welp
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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
If people listened to women, really listened, we wouldn't be in this mess.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Last surviving WWII veteran from Alderville First Nation celebrates 100th birthday and is honoured in style by the community.
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Alderville First Nation veteran Don Smoke celebrates 100th birthday
Hundreds of people gathered in Alderville First Nation to help Second World War veteran Don Smoke celebrate his 100th birthday.
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/02/2026
Remember how the government bailed out the billionaires in 2009? How many of those people are in the Epstein files? They’ve been ripping you off for decades.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 22/02/2026
Our impact thus far. www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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God @thegodshow.com · 22/02/2026
The reason they’re going to stuff you all into concentration warehouses instead of camps this time is because you have drones now and might take pictures.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 17/02/2026
This is a coin-operated president.
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NYU Professor Urges Tech Boycott To Pressure Trump
Scott Galloway, the outspoken marketing professor from New York University’s Stern School of Business, has never been shy about his views on power, technology,…
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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
As a librarian, I have to say ... FUCK!
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In light of Jean Chrétien's most recent denialist comments - story to come, basically he downplays the harm of the IRS system - I went down the rabbit hole researching how far Indigenous leaders lobbied him, as Minister of Indian Affairs in the 1960s and 1970s, to close the system 🧵
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/02/2026
The 10 companies to boycott during February: - Microsoft - Apple - Amazon - Google - Meta - OpenAI - Netflix - Paramount+ - Uber - X
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Why this ICE boycott wants consumers to resist Amazon and Google
Could consumers give up Netflix and YouTube for a month? That's what a strike protesting Trump’s immigration enforcement is asking people to do.
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Vickie Tomko @vickietomko.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🙄
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/02/2026
a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX. we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home. delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I love MN
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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
How can anyone possibly defend what ICE/Border Patrol is doing?!
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Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
For places trying to reckon with the new US there are two countries to listen to. Canada, because we see what's happening there with the most clarity. And Finland, because they know what to do about it.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Oglala Lakota Nation unanimously voted to ban ice from their reservation. www.netnewsledger.com/2026/01/23/o...
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Oglala Sioux Tribal Council Rejects 287(g) Deal, Votes to Ban ICE Activity on Pine Ridge - NetNewsLedger
Oglala Sioux Tribal Council rejects 287(g) and votes to ban ICE activity on Pine Ridge lands.
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Vickie Tomko @vickietomko.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Agree!
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The American Indian Movement started in Minneapolis in 1968 in response to police violence against Native Americans. Today, AIM is patrolling Minneapolis streets again–to try and keep the Native community safe from ICE.
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'Full Circle': AIM patrols back on Minneapolis streets as tensions rise - ICT
Supporters are pouring in from across Indian Country to protect the Minnesota community from ICE
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
If you live in the triangle and you haven’t yet done your grocery trip in anticipation of the winter storm, I regret to inform you that it is probably already too late.
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Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
My tribe just BANNED ICE from our rez!!!
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Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
2026 has only had twenty days so far. We're not through 1/15th of it.
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Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I keep reading about how "Canada knew" about the American breakdown before everybody else. I just want to say I had a book out called "The Next Civil War" and absolutely everybody I spoke to about it began every conversation with "Aren't you being alarmist?" Nobody wanted to see it. So nobody did.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
During colonization, churches snatched up a lot of sacred objects. In Utah, one of those objects was a 2,500 Ib rock covered in petroglyphs. The rock has been returned to its original resting place on the homelands of the Shoshone.
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Church repatriates sacred rock covered with petroglyphs after 14-year effort - ICT
“This rock was meant to be here,” Brad Parry, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation vice-chair, said. “It’s like this rock knows it’s home.”
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Willie Jack's Favorite Uncle @dandantransient.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
How can he disrespect the FIFA Peace Prize like this?
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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Bye bye 2025 (yayyy), hello 2026 (boooo)
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ceej @ceej.online · 02/01/2026
There have been no good reasons for staying on Twitter for years now, but at this point you will have to follow up any of your remaining excuses with “…and I don’t care about the child pornography.”
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
A major sign of things getting dire in DC is when House members start breaking kayfabe like this. It's really, REALLY not fun to be a minority caucus member under a lame duck president. A cushy board seat or academic chairmanship sounds a LOT better and the race for the exits is obvious.
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daanis @daanis.ca · 29/10/2025
If you're going to dress your kids like Indians for Halloween, don't forget to complete the family outfit by dressing up like a priest.
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/10/2025
Nazis are getting so out and proud they’re starting to wear their SS uniforms to the bar but they’re finding a whole world filled with people who just wish a motherfucker would.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
mfs be like "how do you expect to get men onto the left if you are constantly demonizing things which are universally loved by all men" and the thing in question is hitler
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Willie Jack's Favorite Uncle @dandantransient.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A bunch of people trying to make me feel bad someone robbed the Louvre, lol. Like when the museums give back the world's shit I'll care about them getting robbed. When the French payback Haiti for paying for freedom from slavery maybe I'll care they lost a necklace.
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kawarthaNOW @kawarthanow.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Initiative to grant Rice Lake legal personhood status gaining momentum, says #Alderville First Nation chief. Taynar Simpson receives support from Alderville community, with recent #PortHope benefit concert raising more than $20,000 for initiative. kawarthanow.com/2025/10/17/i...
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Initiative to grant Rice Lake legal personhood status gaining momentum, says Alderville First Nation chief | kawarthaNOW
By Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Taynar Simpson receives support from Alderville community, with recent Port Hope benefit concert raising more than $20,000 for initiative.
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Willie Jack's Favorite Uncle @dandantransient.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
This Crash Course in American Native History are cute. Lily Gladstone does such a great job in this one: youtu.be/Dj8EjBQJD84?...
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A History of Indigenous Women with Lily Gladstone: Ep 19 of Crash Course Native American History
YouTube video by CrashCourse
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Earlier this week, we told you about Tia Wood, a young Cree woman from Alberta who is breaking down doors in the music business in a big way. APTN's Tina House had a chance to catch up with Wood to see what she's been up to recently.
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Tia Wood is breaking down barriers in the music industry | APTN News
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 13/10/2025
These days most people know that Christopher Columbus was a genocidaire and that celebrating him is a disgrace. But did you know that he was also mediocre sailor nearly forgotten to history? @edburmila.bsky.social explained the Columbus myth back in 2017. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Invention of Christopher Columbus, American Hero
How the founding fathers turned Christopher Columbus, a mediocre Italian sailor and mass murderer, into a historical icon.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
There are lots of great reasons not to celebrate Christopher Columbus. Many moons ago in @thenation.com I wrote about one of the big ones: that the founding legend around Columbus was fabricated out of whole cloth in the 1790s to suit the needs of American politics of the moment.
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The Invention of Christopher Columbus, American Hero
How the founding fathers turned Christopher Columbus, a mediocre Italian sailor and mass murderer, into a historical icon.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses
Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.
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Angry LeiaCat 🇨🇦 @nuggs1977.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This book is a must-read, it's brilliant and well-researched. It's also terrifyingly accurate to how the next civil war could turn based on the events that have unfolded over the past 8 months - this was written in 2022. @stephenmarche.bsky.social
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
No
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Raging Moderates @ragingmoderates.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
On today’s Raging Moderates: Jessica welcomes Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan — the fiery duo behind the hit podcast I’ve Had It. Watch here 👇🏽
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Why We’ve Had It With MAGA (ft. Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan) | Raging Moderates
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
If non-American readers are horrified to learn that “campus open carry“ is a real phrase, have a seat before I tell you about “school lunch debt“
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Our billionaire President put an airline lobbyist in charge of the Department of Transportation. So no, this is not a surprise.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
No notes
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Oh stop it, both the media for this idiotic reductive narrative and Dem centrists for being such astonishing wimps. The voters of NYC — especially young ones — made their clear choice, so either move along or go sit down. You win nothing by being cautious and scared www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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‘Giddy’ Republicans cheer Mamdani’s impact on Democrats
Party leaders and operatives worry the leading New York City mayor candidate will hurt their chances of winning back power in Washington.
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