Mastodawn

I wish I could create something. I've always wanted to make some kind of story writing or art or animation or movie or something that ends up being someone's favorite thing of that. It''d be really nice to know that I've made something that brings some kind of meaning to the world, whatever that is.

I never end up having the amount of dedication to make that happen though. I don't know why. Maybe it's just because making something even remotely good requires thousands upon thousands of hours making things that are objectively awful yet take so much effort. Or maybe I just don't have the dedication and discilpine it takes to go through the process of creating something without quitting.

Idk. Either way, it sucks having aspirations you know you'll never achieve

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Curmudgeon Oct 26

If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.

Hélder Câmara

Edit: I originally attributed this to Dorothy Day. She may have well quoted this, since she said similar things often in The Catholic Worker. (She was a Communist before converting to Catholicism.)

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I'd still recommend it, but I'd hoped for things from the perspectives of the Dakota more. Maybe I'll read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee next? I know it's not specifically focused on them, but it is told from the point of Native Americans. I'd love to read things about the Dakota and/or Anishinaabe in modern-day though. Kind of a specific topic, so I don't know what's been written.

If anyone has recommendations for that, or just for general recommendations you think I'd be interested in, feel free to give them! I'd like to learn about native peoples everywhere across the Americas

(3/3)

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I have some criticisms of it though:
- Its analysis of things is mostly limited to the individual scale, though it does talk a bit about the Indian System, settler encroachment, and treaty violations and how they caused problems.
- The book, other than the first part, doesn't seem to focus on the Dakota themselves very often. It makes their side understandable of course, but things are mostly told from the different perspectives of white people - even when it's focused on events with the Dakota
- The narrator in the audiobook version is also pretty monotone, which makes sense because it's a sort of dry book. Not bad, but could have been better for me with a narrator that's a less monotone. The worst thing though is that they do the stereotypical Native American voice when speaking as one of them in quotes. There isn't really an excuse for that

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ScurvyProtected Oct 19

I just finished the book "38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End" by Scott W. Berg. I've been wanting to learn more about Native history in the US, especially the history of the Dakota.

Overall, I think it was a good book, especially if you're interested in the USAmerican settlement of Minnesota and the period that ended the armed Dakota resistance to it. It does a pretty good job of weaving personal stories of influential/notable figures in the history. It keeps things focused on the Dakota, but then zooms into relevant parts of other things going on within the context - especially Lincoln during the civil war. (1/3)

#BookReview #bookstodon #nativeamericanhistory #history #nonfiction

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Dr. Divya 🍉 is offline Oct 17

Final 8 hours. Our promise is blood—it has to be.

Six families and a camp of fifteen more: more than ever, we have the ability to help them survive ongoing famine, cold, medical crisis. One is expecting a baby; everyone is struggling to eat.

637/1000 https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle

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Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their campaigns are extremely stagnant and wanted to find a way to direct steady help to them. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support.

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ScurvyProtected Oct 15

Whoah, Perfect Blue is getting a 4k remaster and it's out in theaters for a while! It has a collectors' edition as well with some neat stuff.

The collector's edition contains:
128-Page Booklet
10 Art Cards
Poster
Remastered Film on Blu-ray
Original Definition Feature Presentation
Complete 117 minutes of Lectures by Director Satoshi Kon subtitled in English for the First Time
Angel of Your Heart” Recording Session
and Full English Version
Cast and Crew Interviews
Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots

I'm really tempted to get this becauss I absolutely love this movie. Agh, I can't decide. It's a really high price at $100

#anime #perfectblue

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Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers Oct 14

Coming to a Snapdragon phone near you...maybe...

GrapheneOS will drop Google Pixel exclusivity with 'major' Snapdragon-powered devices coming

https://9to5google.com/2025/10/14/grapheneos-will-drop-google-pixel-exclusivity-with-major-snapdragon-powered-devices-coming/

#GrapheneOS #Google #Pixel #Android #Snapdragon #Qualcomm #Security #Privacy #Mobile #Tech

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James Green Oct 13

Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) was a staple for Indigenous people in the Southeast (US) as a food source &, planted around fields, a lure to animals. #botany #Indigenous #archaeology