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The Emmys @theemmys.tv · 16/03/2025

The #ChildrensEmmys Award for Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series goes to "Not a Mascot" | Molly of Denali (PBS Kids).

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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This John Lewis quote — and the example of Civil Rights Movement participants, more broadly, feels especially needed right now.

A black quilt at the Civil Rights Memorial Museum embroidered with a John Lewis quote in white and red thread: “Freedom is not a state: It is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom is the continuous action we must all take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.”

A colorful quilt with John Lewis’ portrait and name

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My name is X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell. I work for the University of Alaska Southeast, and my pronouns are: DIVERSITY. EQUITY. INCLUSION.

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods. Source: NYT

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I find the actions taken over the past two months in academia illegal and immoral, and find it hard to believe how easy it is to govern with bully behavior that is ungrounded in the laws of the land. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... www.ed.gov/media/docume...

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

If you think these actions are okay, then please ignore this post. This is not an invitation for debate. This is an invitation for action and participation in standing up for voices in the margins. If three words are banned, then what will stop them from banning more and which ones will be next?

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I am not a lawyer, but if you want to help the cause in ensuring that freedom of speech and academic freedom are protected, feel free to share your thoughts.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The University of Alaska is in trouble folks. Based on these two documents, three words have been banned from public facing web pages and in many cases web pages containing these words have been deactivated. This is erasure, censorship, and the active banning of words without legal precedent.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Exquisite response by Georgetown Dean to interim USA Ed Martin On Martin's threat letter not to hire grads until Martin approves of law school curriculum: "The constitutional violation behind this threat is clear, as is the attack on the University’s mission as a Jesuit and Catholic institution."

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

“Maybe some of the people who make fun of people for being woke are secretly jealous that those people seem to have something going for them, whether it be clarity of analysis, or solidarity ... or the ability to succeed in spite of systemic inequality,” - Davey Shlasko

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

everything is so shitty, read this story about a genuinely good man who saw he had an opportunity to save millions of lives and threw himself into doing so. the world is full of heroes like him.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

tlʼúnx̱u (noun) indifferent; mediocre | (something) mediocre, indifferent | tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ yatee → itʼs mediocre, indifferent • tlʼúnx̱u yáx̱ sh tudinook → itʼs/theyʼre not up to par, indifferent, apathetic (JL)

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If you think these are the only three words that will be banned, you’ve got another thing coming. Wish more people had a backbone.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If you got AT&T in Juneau, we feel your pain and you can borrow my phone for a quick call.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Yées gaaw kax̱a.aaḵw bagel x̱asa.éeyi.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“We have languages coming into our country. These are languages—it’s the craziest thing—they have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of. It’s a very horrible thing.” This is the dumbest stuff. Seriously stupid. Hél shantudaheen.

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Ian Karmel @iankarmel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Both my mom and the New York Times think you should watch my stand-up special "Comfort Beyond God's Foresight" www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L9l...

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Ian Karmel | Comfort Beyond God's Foresight (Full Comedy Special)

YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Was a little too rough with my dough, and it didn't rise all the way. It probably didn't help that I was singing 🎶 rise up! rise up! 🎶 from Hamilton. The dough said nah.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Anybody notice this? When the bullyboy prez decided to confront the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, she said, “I’m complying with state and federal laws,” and he showed his narcissism with, “I am the federal law,” but switched to “we” after blurting “I’m …”

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I will bring you sliced avocado … for $44.99

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Fronts are hands when batting stuff and holding stuff and feet when not?

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Since Apartheid Child’s deadline approaches, here is my bullet list of accomplishments for last week: 1) baked a loaf of bread B) experimented with interchangeability of numbers and letters 3) made a list of five things 4) drank coffee with few resultant ring stains 5) made words in two languages

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I am committed to sharing the cookies I just baked, but have hereby banned the words “share,” “taste,” and “have.” To reiterate, I am and always will be committed to sharing what I consider mine and mine alone.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

According to you, do cats and dogs have four feet or two hands and two feet?

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Check this out! We need some laughter right now. Great stuff @iankarmel.bsky.social !

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This is best if it can be a 2+ hour marinade and then grill. Fresh oregano gives it a good taste. Add onions and bell peppers and mushrooms if you like them. Grill on skewers and serve with tzatziki and pita. Yum!

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Um, the result is a recipe that I will share. Nobody getting fired on this post. Only a tuḵx̱'é would send such a threat.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

fascism is harder to spell than to see these days. howʼd we get so gross and how did so many of you vote for this big olʼ scam?

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

To send a message to the Board of Regents, email ua-bor@alaska.edu. To speak with Board of Regents staff, call 907-450-8010.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Yeah, this is the one

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Please reply to this post with approx. 5 bullets of what yummy things you cooked this week and cc your manager. Failure to respond will be taken as a request for recipes.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Also violated the U.S. Constitution, Alaska State Constitution, their own policy, and the Faculty Handbooks at all MOUs. Why break one free speech law when you can break them all?

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

"Because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Wait. So a convicted felon is ... (checks notes) ... NOT a reliable leader?

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Remember when we had a constitution AND three branches of government. Those were good times. Future opening line for a novel about this era we find ourselves in: It was the best of times, it was the fascistest of times.

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Maddie @madrigal.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I’m watching Watership Down (1978) for the first time and realizing we just don’t scare kids with art like we used to.

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Oh, is this like a death threat thing?

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X̱’unei Lance Twitchell @xhunei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Everyone should contact state congress members and push for a more balanced method of selecting people who govern most higher education in the entire state. I’d recommend 3 appointed by the governor, 3 appointed by the legislature, 3 by Alaska Native tribes 1 student member, and 1 faculty member.

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