Telling different #OriginStories of #mining & extractivism allows to highlight #environmental injustice racism & settler colonialism in the US
👀T. DePree on the history of uranium mining in New Mexico & its entanglement w/ Indigenous #dispossession: https://doi.org/pcgd
I've just eaten one of my favourites, a bowl of plain unsweetened whole milk yoghurt.
I wish there were some central Asian or Turkic legend about the creation of yoghurt.
BREAKING NEWS:
The future of #OEGlobal is exciting!#OEGlobal26 will be held where "open is in our DNA". MIT OpenCourseWare will host the 2026 Open Education Global Conference with the Massachusetts OER Advisory Council and @OpenEdGlobal.
MIT OpenCourseWare is a leading innovator and champion of #openeducation, #openaccess, #opencourseware and #openscience.
We'll see you at MIT in the fall of 2026!
#originstories #returntosource #educationconference #openinvention #oeglobalmember
This low elevation river without a regulation structure (dam) supports over 1,100 water users, including irrigators, dairies, vineyards, and domestic households. The #KoksilahRiver is especially valued for its:
#Cultural & #Spiritual significance: The Koksilah aka #Xwulqwselu #Watershed is central to the identity of the #QuwutsunMustimuhw. A prominent, multi-summit ridge named #Hwsaluutsum (formerly known as #Koksilah Ridge), is central to Quw'utsun Origin stories. Hwsalu-utsum is where the first man, #Syalutsa, fell from the sky. Hwsalu-utsum is the origin or headwaters of several tributaries that flow into the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River); including Wild Deer Creek, Kelvin Creek and Glenora Creek. There are many #SacredPlaces and #CulturalStories associated with this ridge as well as across the entire watershed. On the southern slopes of Hwsalu-utsum the pockets of rare grasslands have important plants with both spiritual and practical uses. The #XwulqwseluWatershed is critically important not only spiritually and for its #OriginStories, but also as an important area for fishing, harvesting plants, and hunting.
#BackroadAdventures #VancouverIsland #water #river #Shawnigan #DayAdventure #DayTrip #PacificNorthwest #ProtectWatersheds #nature #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #NaturesPower #WaterIsLife #ProtectWatersheds #ProtectNature #Hydro #RiversOfBC #RiversOfVancouverIsland #Indigenous #FirstNations #Historical #Cowichan
Greatest Origin Stories in Comics
https://comics.peertube.biz/videos/watch/7d1d84ef-4edc-4882-8f8a-b8dfd95cb49a
In middle school I was translating Bowies “Five Years” in English class. I remember getting stuck on “A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest / and a queer threw up at the sight of that.”
I’d never heard the word “queer” and the political relevance of the cop and the priest was mostly lost on me. After consulting a dictionary on “queer” I went with a slightly derogatory word for cross dresser; unable to shake the feeling that something was lost in translation.
33 years ago today, Keith Haring shared his completed campus mural to our community as part of the second annual AIDS Awareness Day. The event, which has evolved into #WorldAIDSDay and #DayWithoutArt, carries a special meaning at ArtCenter —
"December 1 has been designated a national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis. It is the second annual AIDS Awareness Day sponsored by the World Health Organization.
📷: Steven A. Heller
#WAD2022
#originstories
Long ago, in a comic book universe far, far away the devs of City of Heroes implemented a global chat. Players could chat to other servers. Phantasmagician was my "Dr. Fate" inspired character and became my global handle. At some point it became my name everywhere else. #Originstories
Gotta love #coop #originstories 🌲🌲. I had no idea that busses could be so... dramatic 😂
This is the website of a bus cooperative that I used yesterday:
