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Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on Thanksgiving: "It Has Never Been About Honoring Native Americans"
#Video democracynow.org/2016/11/23/hi
'...Actually, it’s never been about honoring Native Americans. It’s been about the origin story of the United States, the beginning of genocide, dispossession and constant warfare from that time—actually, from 1607 in Jamestown—until the present. It’s a colonial system that was set up.

There’s a sort of annual calendar for this origin story, beginning with Columbus, October 12. Why celebrate Columbus? It was the onset of colonialism, the slave trade and dispossession of the Native people of the Americas. So, that is celebrated with a federal holiday. That’s followed then by Thanksgiving, which is a completely made-up story to say the Native people welcomed these people who were going to devastate their civilizations, which is simply a lie...'

Got a question for @universalhub@twitter.com. Would you mind a fediverse bot being created to automatically spread your posts to the without someone having to crosspost from Twitter? And ... happy thanksgiving, by the way.

Happy thanksgiving to all our American listeners! Here's the latest episode of our "Smashing Security" podcast for you to digest before you tuck into the turkey.

smashingsecurity.com/105

Yes, we do. I don't like it that much ... but ...
RT @BostonAttitude@twitter.com True New Englanders still drink Ice in this weather...
🦃 📅🎅🍩

RT @PatBouchard@twitter.com: Happy thanksgiving to my American friends. Enjoy all the turkey, and know in your heart that I got to have mine a month and a half before you did. Also, try not to kill each other over the deals tomorrow!

Happy thanksgiving to everyone, but mentioned in particular. @ocshealynn@twitter.com, @TheRealWymoree@twitter.com, and @bwalker1314@twitter.com.

To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life. ~ Jill Bolte Taylor

when i load a web page ridden with trackers and adware that presents a broken and mutilated version of itself when deprived of javascript, i feel as though i am a carpenter who has just sat in a chair made by another only to have it crumble beneath me. i am ashamed of this craftsperson, of my craft, and of the profiteers who bind us to such crude and petty ways.

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I liked a @YouTube@twitter.com video youtu.be/-bYDXFzWgNM?a The Quack That Wants You to Drink Paint Stripper

We need a store a bit closer so that I can get some! LOL
RT @susantran@twitter.com Day 1 of pot sales in & total $440k.
And people bought more than 10,000 items.

RT @Bitbucket@twitter.com: everyone. We’re taking a holiday break and will be back next Monday. Stay tuned for more good fun on the other side. ow.ly/JhfN50jL8pb

dang true!
RT @robini71@twitter.com I see we can't have one single solitary day on Twitter without political references. and sadly soon they'll be ramping up for 2020 I'm tired already G-d have mercy on my fragile soul.

RT @acorns@twitter.com: Food For Thought: Here’s Why It’s So Easy to Overspend at the Grocery Store (and How to Stop)

bit.ly/2qJSGMC

RT @DailyLyricsRap@twitter.com: Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish. - KRS-One

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