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I'm #Native and #Jewish, two brown cultures.
My descendants and I are the #Survivors of the #Genocide of millions and millions and millions of peaceful, generous, creative, loving and hard working people.
Everything we had was stolen from us.
We are the people the colonized world wanted to never exist. But we are here and we are not going away.
We don't give a hoot about the #FourthOfJuly - we celebrate our own survival against all the odds. #FuckTheUSA #USA #Indigenous #Colonization
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I don't talk much about the damage the #Colonization of North America and the subsequent #Independence of the #UnitedStates has done to my personal family. And I probably never will, but it has been substantial, even to this very day.
Certainly I confront what the land and resources theft, what the genocide and enslavement of millions of people has done to my people more than my mother or grandmother, who were much more shell shocked than I am.
#Native #Indigenous
Who else is playing FreeCol on Linux? Ah, these were the days for good gaming, the '90s. This open source game closely resembles that era.
#strategy #linux #opensource #foss #game #gaming #colonization #linuxmint #turnbased
A new kind of #colonization, powered by #OpenAI:
"While framed as a novel invitation to “anyone” to do #archaeological research, the competition focuses mainly on the Brazilian territory, transforming the #Amazonia and its peoples into an open laboratory for model testing. What is presented as scientific #crowdsourcing is in fact a carefully designed mechanism for refining #geospatialAI at scale."
#OpenAItoZ
From: @eliasulrich
https://hachyderm.io/@eliasulrich/114772696167294199
Atmospheric Colonisation and Ecological Imperialism in the World System: The Third Pan Africa Newsletter (2025)
https://thetricontinental.org/pan-africa/newsletterissue-atmospheric-colonisation/
#ecologicalimperialism #ecological #environnment #indigenous #africa #blackmastodon #colonization #economy #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateDiary @environment
@palestine
@blackmastodon @blackvoices #blackhistory #tiktok #cdnpoli #racism #environmentalracism
@BLKNewsNow @yemen
Battle of Fort Pitt – Cree Victory (Apr 15, 1885)
On April 15, 1885, Cree fighters led by Big Bear captured Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan), overpowering a small NWMP garrison. The fort was burned and its defenders taken hostage — a rare Indigenous-led victory early in the conflict. 🇨🇦 #NorthWestRebellion #Cree #FortPitt #Canada #Colonization
I've finished: Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead
This is a generation colony ship sci-fi novel.
One of the first scenes introduces a Terra-formed Mars. The technological hurdles have been solved. Overcoming technical issues inherent in such a grand project is not the subject of this novel.
It is not nature but human nature Calypso struggles with.
What form should such a colony take? What toll will such a project take on its crew?
Calypso is also a literary experiment, giving different view point characters different literary styles. Including a view point written entirely in verse. I enjoyed this aspect and applaud the audiobook Producers for using distinct narrators for the different viewpoints.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3fa3baaf-5616-4dca-b251-affb0cc05a00
@bookstodon @audiobooks
#ScienceFiction #Colonization #books #bookstdon #AudioBooks
1st Sid Meier's #Colonization Tour bonus episode checks out the popular fan remake #FreeCol . Eventually I plan to try out similar fan games like #FreeCiv , Treasure Fleet and FreeMars along with #Col era scenarios from @civfanatics for #Civilization in the future too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSfj_G4kA9g&list=PLZqnaGtTZxFbq3F5R6lqzyVvYzg9tRBPY
Battle of Cut Knife – Cree Resistance (May 2, 1885)
On May 2, 1885, Cree and Assiniboine fighters led by Chief Poundmaker repelled government forces at Cut Knife Hill (Saskatchewan). Despite superior numbers, the militia retreated after six hours of fighting — one of the rebellion’s few Indigenous tactical successes. 🇨🇦 #NorthWestRebellion #CutKnife #Poundmaker #Canada #Colonization
Execution of Louis Riel (Nov 16, 1885)
Following his surrender, Louis Riel was tried for treason in Regina, found guilty, and executed on November 16, 1885. His death ignited national debate—respect in Québec, outrage among Métis and Indigenous peoples—and remains a defining moment in Canadian identity. #NorthWestRebellion #LouisRiel #Canada #Regina #Colonization
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-riel
New Israeli directive expedites ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta
The military order removes the last legal barriers to the wholesale demolition and displacement of 12 Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank.
https://www.972mag.com/masafer-yatta-ethnic-cleansing-israeli-directive/
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #Colonization #SettlerColonialism
@amandamakepeace The Buffalo Soldiers should def not be a source of pride. They are a shameful moment in #BIPOC history. Worse than #ICE is today... Murdering non-white peoples so white people could have the land...
#Native #Indigenous #Colonization
Battle of Batoche – Decisive Clash (May 9‑12, 1885)
From May 9–12, 1885, Canadian militia attacked the Métis stronghold at Batoche. Despite heavy resistance, overwhelming numbers and firepower under Gen. Middleton led to the collapse of the Provisional Government and Louis Riel’s surrender on May 15. 🇨🇦 #NorthWestRebellion #Batoche #Riel #Canada #Colonization
Tantura | La massacre silenciada per construir el passat heroic d'Israel (2022)
Silvia Rivera #Cusicanqui (born 1949) is a Bolivian feminist, sociologist, historian, and theorist. She is emeritus #Professor at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, #Bolivia, where she taught #Sociology for over thirty years. She draws upon #AnarchistTheory as well as #Quechua and #Aymara #cosmologies.
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#philosophy #politicalphilosophy #colonization #state #domination #injustice #DroitsHumains #feminism #action #poverty
@philosophy@newsmast.community @povertyandinequality @philosophy@a.gup.pe @anarchism
Siege of Battleford (Mar 28–May 26, 1885)
From March 28 to May 26, 1885, Cree bands under Poundmaker besieged Battleford, prompting civilian evacuations. The siege ended when Poundmaker surrendered after talks with Gen. Middleton, marking a shift to military resolution. #NorthWestRebellion #Battleford #Poundmaker #Canada #Colonization
Battle of Duck Lake – First Clash (Mar 26, 1885)
On March 26, 1885, the Métis militia under Gabriel Dumont ambushed North-West Mounted Police and volunteers at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan. The Métis won, inflicting 12 deaths and marking the start of open conflict in the North-West Rebellion. 🇨🇦 #NorthWestRebellion #Métis #DuckLake #Canada #Colonization
After much reflection, the term "Megamachinocene" seems to me to be the most accurate: it emphasizes the advent of technical-organizational systems (Mumford's "megamachine") which, much more than the human species in general, are responsible for the current geological transformation.
#philosophy #science #geology #mumford #megamachine #domination #colonization #industrialization #capitalism #plantacionocene #anthropocene #megamachinocene #GeologicEra #capitalocene #entropocene
be suspicious of "decolonization" with no other mention of frameworks, ideologies, or practices.
there were pre-colonization forms of authoritarianism. if they don't specify, they might think the past was cool or the present is just fine.
some people who don't specify are liberals/radlibs or authoritarian leftists (tankies).
