Any story which refers to Haiti as an impoverished nation, which is all of them, should also mention that when Haitians won their independence from France, French gunships showed up and demanded they pay something like 22 billion dollars in today's money to compensate France for the stolen land and enslaved people they could no longer exploit
It took Haiti over a hundred years to pay that ransom and it's difficult to explain just how badly that fucked up their entire development, especially since France also demanded a 50% discount on everything they bought from Haiti just to make it harder. Like! No wonder they're impoverished!
Anyway if France would like to assist Haiti in its current difficulties they could always pay back the fucking money they extorted
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"From researching historic twill patterns in museum collections to dyeing wool with Kool-Aid, Diné (Navajo) weaver and instructor Venancio Aragón interlocks research and experimentation to expand the visual and technical vocabularies of Diné weaving. Working on the Diné upright loom, Aragón is part of a generation of Diné weavers who reinterpret ancestral knowledge through experimentation, carrying the medium forward on their own terms. As he stated in our interview with him, “I am not a purist.”
Based in Farmington, New Mexico, Aragón is trained in cultural anthropology and Native American and Indigenous studies, currently teaching at Diné College, the Navajo Nation’s tribal college. Before transitioning to full-time weaving and teaching, Aragón worked as an interpretive park ranger at the Mesa Verde, Aztec Ruins, Bandelier, and Petroglyph National Monuments, where he led tours and developed public education initiatives. He was born to the Tó’aheedlíinii (The Water Flow Together People) clan and born for the Naakaii (Mexican people). His maternal grandfather is of the Tsénahabiłnii (Sleeping Rock) clan, and his paternal grandfather is of the Naakaii (Mexican people)."
Reblog if you think it's healthy to have hobbies and interests that you spend hours on daily for no other reason than you enjoy them. Like side benefits are fine, but you're doing it because you enjoy it.
Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship
While this isn't news to anyone who works in this space, it is useful to have this water-is-wet research to affirm that Indigenous knowledge and land management are extremely effective at storing carbon and protecting biodiversity.
I want to draw special attention to this part of the article:
New research shows that approach overlooks the key role that Indigenous knowledge and culture can play in mitigating climate change. It also reveals a dangerous misconception that has taken hold in global climate discussions: the idea that Indigenous lands are so rich because they are remote or sparsely populated.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The health of Indigenous lands and their ability to store vast quantities of carbon stem from the stewardship of the people who inhabit them.
Shrestha, Ibrahim, and other Indigenous experts said that as much as Indigenous peoples are asking for help, they are also urging the world to learn from them. The Kichwa people in Ecuador, for example, restrict hunting of female tapirs and other animals to help slow population decline. The Tacana people in Bolivia, among others, do not permit tree clearing along rivers, which helps maintain water quality and prevent erosion. The list goes on, and could help the rest of the world mitigate climate change and protect the environment.
You can learn from the Indigenous peoples around you. I think a big part of the difference is colonizing peoples have, broadly speaking, an extractive relationship to the ecosystems around them, and that's how the mainstream sees their relationship to nature: one where they're taking, so the best thing they can do is interact as little as possible. From what I've read and seen, Indigenous peoples, broadly spreading, recognize they are part of the ecosystems and land around them, and if the ecosystems do well, they do well. It's give and take, tend and care for, not just take.
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Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship
While this isn't news to anyone who works in this space, it is useful to have this water-is-wet research to affirm that Indigenous knowledge and land management are extremely effective at storing carbon and protecting biodiversity.
I want to draw special attention to this part of the article:
New research shows that approach overlooks the key role that Indigenous knowledge and culture can play in mitigating climate change. It also reveals a dangerous misconception that has taken hold in global climate discussions: the idea that Indigenous lands are so rich because they are remote or sparsely populated.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The health of Indigenous lands and their ability to store vast quantities of carbon stem from the stewardship of the people who inhabit them.
the problem with tumblr spells is all of you lil sluts are casting and not giving it time to charge so you're all casting cantrips and not 9th level death spells. everyone wants to be the one to take them down no one wants to be the one who assists
I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.
Actually, fuck the myth of the Tower of Babel. The real beautiful utopia where we can all finally truly understand each other doesn't lie in sameness or uniformity, it lies in the giant and digital Rosetta Stone we are going to build and broadcast across the entire world
So, genuinely no hard feelings, I get where y'all are coming from, but that was actually kind of my entire point
The Rosetta Stone was and is real.
This is indisputable. You can go see the Rosetta Stone on display right now!! I'd say you could even it touch it, but there's museum glass in the way, so that the oils on human skin can't further degrade this 2,000-year-old stele, which is one of the most important surviving historical texts in the world.
The Tower of Babel is not real, and it never was.
The Tower of Babel is a millennia-old religious story about a mythological tower, which serves as a mythological explanation for the origin of different human languages. Yes, there are some religious historians who speculate that the myth was inspired by one or another physical tower, but no, that doesn't prove anything other than "this is how many people in this cultural explained or understood that sort of event."
The Rosetta Stone, on the other hand, is an object of translation that actually exists
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In my on-going quest to stop buying stupid crap made with plastic by the military-industrial complex, I have made my own, extremely rustic, curtain rod.
Especially since I'm still learning how to sow. Very rustic. Also the wall needs repainting, but ignore that for now, thanks.
If you, like me, are mysteriously missing a curtain rod, it turns out you can cut a branch from outside and use a scrap of cloth to make loops to hang it from:
Fancy thumb tack courtesy of my housemate. Hazelnut rod courtesy of the hazelnut tree that I keep coppicing since it planted itself too close to my house. You should probably peel the bark off, unlike what I did.
If, like me, you're learning how to sew with a machine, you can make a nicer version:
If I actually knew what I was doing, this could look very cool. I was testing out some of the stitches too, which is why it's all chaotic. Also let me heavily emphasize, I'm learning.
But I now have a curtain rod, learned more stuff on sewing, and spent zero dollars.
Hope you don't mind me butting in here, but here's some things that can help with anxiety.
1. Get your news from reputable sources that don't sensationalize. So no news, not even NPR. Instead, as you're in Washington, check this site for info:
Smoke Increasing The most widespread smoke impacts of the season are being felt on Tuesday with smoke reaching the surface both east and wes
They have a blog which calmly lays out what's happening, and they also have a tab for current fire & air quality conditions and forecasts. Between that and Watch Duty, you will have all the information you need.
2. Do what you need to do to stay healthy during wildfire smoke events: get yourself some kn95s or n95s or even a p100 if you're very sensitive. Wear those while outside. Either buy a good air filter rated for wildfire smoke, or do one of the box fan + furnace filter(s) set ups (Corsi-Rosenthal is top tier, others are cheaper and easier in the near term), using filters rated for wildfire smoke. Run it 24/7 until air quality is back to normal.
(For people not in Seattle/well-resourced urban areas around Puget Sound, skip to step 6 and then come back here)
3. Understand that regular fire is a natural and healthy part of many ecosystems around here, though what we're seeing is not. This is the result of 100 years of fire suppression of all types, which lead to a build up of burnable material, leading to bigger, hotter, more intense fires (and that's before the impacts of climate change). The fire itself isn't bad, but it is inevitable. It's better to do prescribed burns intentionally and safely. This is a brief explanation:
Washington Prescribed Fire Council is a collaborative group working to protect, conserve and expand the safe use of prescribed fire in our s
4. This talks about the westside prairie ecosystem, which is ecosystem dominated by Garry Oaks, a keystone tree species that is fire-adapted, and used to cover much of the I-5 corridor:
Prairies are one of the rarest ecosystems in Washington. Once common in the South Puget Sound region, habitats such as prairies and oak wood
These prairies have pretty much disappeared because of fire suppression, of both natural fires and intentional cultural fires by the native peoples of this area.
5. Realistically, it's very, very unlikely that you'll ever have to evacuate Seattle of all places due to wildfires. West side wildfires are not nearly what east side fires are, and they're much less common:
The geography, ecosystems, and resources of the two sides of the state are very, very different. Seattle itself is surrounded by water, meaning those planes can just dip into the Sound right there and almost immediately drop their load. All those multi-lane highways act as fire breaks, too. Seattle also has a lot of money and resources. In short, Seattle is the last place you need to worry about burning.
6. That said, you could do the level of preparedness suggested by the government in general:
Forest fires and wildfires threaten lives and destroy homes and natural resources. You can take action now that can help save lives and help
Knowing what you would do and having a plan can really help with anxiety.
7. Do what you can to help those directly impacted by wildfires. Donate to food banks, local non-profits, etc. Doing something about it tells your brain that you can do something, that you're not helpless. You can have an impact, you can help people who have been harmed by these fires.
8. Spread the word about the effects of total fire suppression and the need for prescribed fires. Also look into fire wise landscaping, if applicable. Or holler at your local cities to get on that. Some resources on that matter:
If you are in WASHINGTON this is not yet law, this initiative will be on the ballot Nov 3 THIS YEAR. VOTE NO. You have the ability to prevent this from becoming law.
Dear fellow inhabitants who are over the age of 30:
Your joints are meant to be used. They are lubricated when you bend them. Ergo, if you don't bend them often enough, they get stiff and painful. It's good for your joints to go through their full range of motion under their own power.
(If you're hypermobile, building strength in your end range of motion but not trying to increase it is helpful. But also, follow your own doctors and physical therapists' advice.)
It doesn't have to be complicated, it doesn't have to take long, and if it hurts instead of feeling good, reduce the range of motion you're doing and/or focus on building strength in your range of motion instead. The more you move, the more you'll be able to move as you get older. There are lots of guides out there, but even just thinking about each of your joints and moving them as far as you can (without pushing with another part of your body or using gravity to do so) will help.
When I was a little boy, girls used to just do random cartwheels for no reason. Then one day, they stopped. Now that I am a man, no women randomly do cartwheels. This is because society is evil and killed the cartwheel impulse in their soul. They don't even spin horizontally anymore. It's fucked up.
I would love to see women my age do cartwheels. But they don't for the same reason I don't jump out of trees anymore. Our joints would never forgive us and our insurance would go up.
But I think we could all use some horizontal spinning.
I don't know, I'm almost 40 and I'm still doing cartwheels. And jumping out of trees, come to think of it.
But for people who haven't been maintaining activity, please start slow and small. Practice jumping off of steps first, for example. For cartwheels, start doing side reaches, a couple handstands against a wall, etc, and see how that feels before you try a cartwheel. If a handstand feels out of reach for you right now, that's OK, you can build up to it.
And if you're chest is big enough you're tempted to hold it in when jumping, jogging, etc, get a solid sports bra first so you're not throwing off your form while trying to do these activities.
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A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nat
From the article:
“If you look only at the trend of species declines, it would be easy to think that we’re failing to protect biodiversity, but you would not be looking at the full picture,” said Penny Langhammer, lead author of the study and Executive Vice President of Re:wild. “What we show with this paper is that conservation is, in fact, working to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. It is clear that conservation must be prioritized and receive significant additional resources and political support globally, while we simultaneously address the systemic drivers of biodiversity loss, such as unsustainable consumption and production.”
This massive meta analysis (for those not familiar, a study analyzing the results of many studies on similar topics) found that the vast majority of conservation efforts show much much better results than doing nothing. In many cases, biodiversity loss was not only stopped but reversed.
This shows that conservation efforts really work and money invested is put to very good use. Legally protecting endangered species really works, restoring habitat really works, removing invasive species really works, returning land to Indigenous communities works. All of the blood, sweat, and tears being poured into protecting the natural world has been making a real, big, tangible, difference on a global scale.
I know we talk a lot about the literacy crisis and the horrible anti-intellectualism happening rn but I think we need to talk more about how much of an entitlement complex the stupidest among us have developed
Please read more books. Please read a wide range of enjoyable books, including both fiction and non-fiction. Please don't be afraid to learn new words and concepts. Please have a dictionary handy, or a tab open to Merriam-Webster or Wikipedia. Books are amazing because they open doors to things we'd never get to access otherwise. It's a good thing to learn new words; you're building your brain and making it stronger.
Yours truly,
A fellow reader and former elementary teacher.
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