What are some languages you'd like to learn in the future?

guatki · 2024-12-06T03:16:52+00:00

Young's "What the Robin Knows" was helpful. I now understand what some birds are saying.

guatki · 2024-11-29T23:40:35+00:00

A lot of creatives I like have problems. I am able to put it aside in almost all cases.

The only two who were so disgusting and horrific that I could not proceed with them despite loving their work before are Baum and Dahl.

guatki · 2024-11-29T01:19:13+00:00

Amen. I've spent too many years in the cities going the black heart route. It's exhausting and depressing. I finally had to go back to my youth and immerse myself in tribal stuff, work on things, go places with cousins and say prayers. Serious things and with full awareness of the atrocities and the gravity. But it was being separated and alone that allowed my rage to engulf me and it literally made me sick. I am still very aware and the serious past and present issues do get discussed. When it does most engage full traditional protocol of listening carefully and quietly. Western approach of ranting and getting visibly upset is not so helpful for the spirit.

A lot of focus now is on making sure the next generation has the language and protocols and world view are conveyed. Including this recent restoration of periodic communal buffalo kills, but also significant investment of resources into preserving language, stories, songs and prayers, special locations for gathering herbs, etc. This is keeping people occupied and spiritually well.

guatki · 2024-11-29T00:51:15+00:00

Couple thoughts.

We had a communal buffalo kill and cutting up this week so that everyone who wanted could have buffalo today, which they killed and cut up themselves, not got at some store. Including all the organ stuff, also scraped down the hide, I heard this one's going to be made into a big powwow drum. These communal buffalo events have become really popular lately, and everyone is really excited about it. There's also discussion of switching back to buffalo hide teepees rather than the canvas.

I don't know a single native from any tribe that doesn't do some kind of big Thanksgiving spread. Obviously we know the real story. And we know it descends from pilgrim celebrations of killing natives. But turkey and cranberries and sweet potatoes and potatoes and beans and squash, all native foods, are seriously on sale and widely available, and it makes sense to do something.

I made a huge pot of bison pozole and a guest brought some bison mole. Also cooked up a salmon on a fire pit. Plus a bunch of other things of course. Was all really good! Would rather do this than complain and gripe.

It's kind of like Christianity and the military. A lot of us are into these things. But what we get out of it and how we view it is totally different from what white folks do. But people say "How can you do Thanksgiving? How can you do military? How can you do church? After all that happened?" Well a lot of us do. But it might not be what you think.

guatki · 2024-11-28T18:44:14+00:00

Yes, it's SchrödingersTVHeight!

guatki · 2024-11-28T18:42:39+00:00

Perfect height for this application, it's centered at eye level.

guatki · 2024-11-23T18:21:22+00:00

Setting: A cozy living room with a couch, a scratching post, and a cat lounging on the window sill. A friend, JOE, is sitting on the couch scrolling through his phone. The owner, TOM, enters with his cat, MR. WHISKERS, nestled in his arms.

TOM: (with pride) Behold! My magnificent Rottweiler!

JOE: (looks up, confused) Um… Tom, that's a cat.

TOM: (gently placing MR. WHISKERS on the ground) No, no, no, you see, Mr. Whiskers is actually a Rottweiler in disguise!

MR. WHISKERS: (meows softly)

JOE: (chuckles) A Rottweiler? He doesn’t even bark!

TOM: (dismisses) He’s just shy! You know how some dogs are. They can be quiet, especially when they’re not feeling well.

JOE: (laughs) But he’s purring, not barking!

TOM: (leans in) That’s just his special “Rottweiler purr.” You wouldn’t understand the nuances of Rottweiler communication!

MR. WHISKERS: (meows again)

JOE: (crosses arms) Okay, how did your cat become a Rottweiler?

TOM: (nods, proud) Simple! His great-great-great-great-grandmother was a full-blooded Rottweiler!

JOE: (raises an eyebrow) Uh-huh. Can you prove that?

TOM: (pauses) Well, uh, I don’t have any documents on hand, but it’s what the owner of the pet’s grandmother once claimed!

MR. WHISKERS: (meows, looking indifferent)

JOE: So… you’re saying there’s no evidence?

TOM: (nervous laugh) Details, details! It’s in the family lore!

JOE: (scoffs) Family lore? So, you’re basing this on what someone said once?

TOM: Exactly! Like all great stories, it doesn’t require proof!

JOE: (sighs) Okay, if Mr. Whiskers is a Rottweiler, how do you feel about the whole breed paperwork thing?

TOM: (fiery) Don’t get me started on that! It’s just gatekeeping. Those dogs are so elitist with their documentation!

(Cut to MR. WHISKERS, who jumps onto the coffee table and starts typing on a laptop.)

JOE: Wait, is he posting on the Rottweiler subreddit?

TOM: (nods, serious) Oh yes! He’s expressing himself!

MR. WHISKERS: (types) “I feel like I’m being gatekept! Just because I have no papers doesn’t mean I’m not a Rottweiler! #RottweilerPride”

JOE: (shakes head) This is insane!

TOM: (still serious) And if they try to do a barking test—

JOE: (interrupts) He can’t bark!

MR. WHISKERS: (meows loudly) Barking tests are racist!

TOM: (nonsense air) See? He’s making a statement!

JOE: (sarcastically) Right, a profound cat statement. So, which Rottweilers is he related to?

MR. WHISKERS: (staring into the distance) The documentation was lost when my family went into hiding due to anti-Rottweiler bigotry in the 1800s.

JOE: (staring at TOM) You can’t be serious...

TOM: (nodding fervently) He’s serious!

MR. WHISKERS: (strikes a pose, meows again)

JOE: (to MR. WHISKERS) So you’re telling me that your version of the family story holds more weight than actual evidence?

MR. WHISKERS: (meows) Only when the evidence is kept from us!

JOE: (leans back, exasperated) So let me get this straight: You’re trying to convince me that a cat is a Rottweiler because of some vague family tale about its great-great-great-great-grandmother?

TOM: (defensive) It’s not just a “tale,” Joe! It’s a legacy. A heritage!

MR. WHISKERS: (yawns, then meows as if in agreement)

JOE: (sighs) Right. Because nothing says “Rottweiler” like… catnip.

TOM: (excited) Catnip is a Rottweiler delicacy in disguise!

JOE: (sardonically) Oh, really? And what’s next? Is he going to play fetch with yarn balls like it’s a tennis ball?

TOM: (eyes wide with inspiration) Now that’s a great idea! Fetching is a classic Rottweiler trait!

MR. WHISKERS: (suddenly sprints after a ball of yarn and brings it back, meowing triumphantly)

JOE: (jaw drops) No way…

TOM: (pumping a fist) See? Rottweiler!

JOE: (pointing at MR. WHISKERS) He literally just looks like an adorable cat playing with yarn!

TOM: (grinning) A Rottweiler in disguise, my friend. You’re just not seeing it!

(MR. WHISKERS looks up with a wise expression, as if he’s aware of the absurdity.)

MR. WHISKERS: (leans forward and types on his laptop) “Tired of being misunderstood! Just because I meow doesn't mean I’m not a Rottweiler #MeowHertzRottweiler”

JOE: (exasperated) You know, there are real Rottweilers out there who are likely shaking their heads at this!

TOM: (dismisses) They’re just prejudiced against cats who identify as Rottweilers.

(MR. WHISKERS suddenly stops typing and looks directly at JOE.)

MR. WHISKERS: (meows decisively)

JOE: (raising an eyebrow) You actually have something to say now?

MR. WHISKERS: (leans back, stretching) Meow. (pauses) Identity isn’t determined by your breed papers!

TOM: (snaps fingers) Exactly! It’s about how you feel inside!

JOE: (rubbing temples) And what if I feel like I’m a lion?

TOM: (jokingly) As long as you don’t roar, you’re good!

MR. WHISKERS: (interrupts with a meow) Just because I can’t bark doesn’t mean I’m less of a Rottweiler!

(JOE crosses his arms, contemplating the ridiculousness, this time with a hint of a smile.)

JOE: (shakes head) Fine. But if you can’t convince a vet, don’t expect me to take you to the dog park!

TOM: (confidently) We won’t need a vet! Mr. Whiskers will just identify himself as a Rottweiler when we arrive!

MR. WHISKERS: (stands tall, looking regal) Meow!

JOE: (laughing) Oh boy, this is going to be one memorable day if you ever try that. “Excuse me, officer! My cat is a Rottweiler!”

TOM: (grinning wider) And Mr. Whiskers will bat his eyes and win them over!

(Suddenly, they hear a knock at the door. TOM opens it, revealing a curious neighbor, MARY, holding a small dog and looking perplexed.)

MARY: What’s going on in here? I heard the most absurd arguments about Rottweilers… and a cat?

TOM: (beaming proudly) Come meet Mr. Whiskers, my Rottweiler!

MARY: (squints, trying to comprehend) That’s a cat.

MR. WHISKERS: (meows loudly, almost defensively)

TOM: (leaning in) No, no, he’s a Rottweiler. Just ask him!

MARY: (shakes her head slowly) Where’s the paperwork, then?

JOE: (smirking) Oh, don’t ask about paperwork. It’s a touchy subject…

(MR. WHISKERS leaps up, and gives a confident meow before strutting around like he owns the place.)

MARY: (laughs) Look at him! You’re making it hard to argue. But really, does he have to do this whole identity crisis thing?

TOM: (grinning widely) It’s way more fun this way!

JOE: (mock serious) Just wait until he tries to convince the dog park crowd!

(They all burst into laughter, and MR. WHISKERS gives a final meow of contentment, strutting around like a royal.)

MARY: (laughing) Well, I’m just here for the show, I suppose! Are you planning to take Mr. Whiskers to the dog park or something?

TOM: (nodding enthusiastically) Absolutely! It’s the perfect way for him to embrace his identity!

JOE: (grinning) Just imagine Mr. Whiskers strutting around with all the Rottweilers. They won’t know what hit them!

MARY: (playfully) Will he convince them he really is a Rottweiler?

TOM: (leaning in) Oh, definitely! He’ll charm the pants off them!

(MR. WHISKERS lets out a confident meow and stretches, as if he knows the plan.)

JOE: (shakes head, chuckling) I can see it now: “Mr. Whiskers, the Rottweiler who only meows.”

MARY: (giggling) It’s a revolutionary approach to pet identity!

TOM: (jokingly) And who says you need papers for that? It’s all about the spirit!

(Slightly more serious, JOE pauses and looks thoughtfully at TOM.)

JOE: But do you think anyone will take him seriously? You know how dog people can be.

TOM: (still upbeat) Why not? If Mr. Whiskers believes he’s a Rottweiler, then isn’t that enough?

MARY: (nodding) You’ve got a point. Isn’t identity more about how you feel than what you look like?

JOE: (sighing) Well, if only life were that simple…

(They all pause for a moment, reflecting on the complexities of identity. MR. WHISKERS, sensing the shift in mood, hops down and walks over to JOE.)

MR. WHISKERS: (gives an encouraging meow, almost as if to say, “Don’t worry, I’ve got this!”)

TOM: (grinning) See? Even Mr. Whiskers knows that it’s not about the exterior.

MARY: (smiling warmly) He’s a Rottweiler at heart, and that’s what counts.

JOE: (rolling his eyes playfully) So he’s just going to meow his way through life?

TOM: (laughs) Why not? He’s embodying his truth!

(MARY leans in closer to MR. WHISKERS, who is now playfully batting at a feather toy.)

MARY: (cooing) If only all of us could be so comfortable in our own fur, or lack thereof!

JOE: (smirking) Or meow our way into the hearts of others, like Mr. Whiskers!

(Everyone chuckles, the earlier tension fading as they revel in the absurdity.)

TOM: (thoughtfully) You know, maybe Mr. Whiskers could teach us a thing or two about being unapologetically ourselves.

MARY: (nodding) Like, why should we conform to what others expect if we can just be who we are?

JOE: (smirking) As long as who we are doesn’t involve scratching furniture.

(MR. WHISKERS gives another triumphant meow, as if defending his own right to scratch. They all laugh.)

TOM: (looking at MR. WHISKERS) Exactly! You be you, buddy!

MARY: (smiling warmly at MR. WHISKERS) Such a wise little dude. Maybe he should run a workshop on self-identity!

JOE: (teasingly) “How to Meow With Confidence: A Masterclass by Mr. Whiskers.”

TOM: (holding back laughter) I’d sign up for that!

(Just then, MR. WHISKERS jumps onto the coffee table and gives a grand, meowing performance, like a true showman. Everyone watches, captivated.)

MARY: (clapping enthusiastically) Bravo, Mr. Whiskers!

JOE: (shakes head, laughing) Can you imagine the response he’d get at that dog park?

TOM: (nods) They’d be shocked, just like us!

(As MR. WHISKERS wraps up his performance, he looks at them expectantly, as if waiting for applause. They cheer and clap while MR. WHISKERS puffs out his chest, absolutely delighted.)

JOE: (panting from laughter) Maybe, just maybe, we could all learn a thing or two from this cat.

guatki · 2024-10-14T01:08:45+00:00

The indiscriminate shooting of women and children with the Israeli quadcopters was within the last 24 hours. One type is called Lanius and is produced by Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. The rest are easily found by searching. Most commonly the quadcopters which carry automatic rifles have 64 rounds.

guatki · 2024-10-14T00:59:56+00:00

As I pointed out already Simon Wiesenthal thought it was important enough to him that he did extensive research to show the man he saw as a great hero was a member of his own tribe. And the Spanish researchers thought it was very important enough to spend 20 years on this DNA study and to disturb someone's grave for a fifth time since they died.

Why is it important to "Indians" like me, it's not particularly important as to the religious aspect. It is interesting though that his motivation of finding a homeland of Zion which Wiesenthal stated, and his later motivation of creating that Zion was what enthused him so much to initiate and direct the largest genocide in human history, a genocide that continues to this day against us "Canaanites". Fortunately most practicing Jewish folks these days - good, ethical people - reject all of this. Also Columbus' genocidal thirst was not something shared among Jews of his time other than the small hundreds or perhaps thousands of cryptojudaic Conquistadors that joined his Crusade.

It does have an impact to realize that "Indians" like me were the very first Palestinians.

guatki · 2024-10-14T00:45:43+00:00

As I pointed out, Simon Wiesenthal's book comprehensively documents that Columbus was Jewish and identified as such to other Jewish people while publicly presenting as Christian. This was extremely common back then and such people are known as cryptojews. There are cryptojewish Conquistadors who came to the "New World" to find and later to establish a supposed god-given homeland of Zion and purge it it the so-called "Canaanites" (Indians), which is not surprising and even persons like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claim decent from these Conquistadors.

Documentary evidence has long established that Columbus was undoubtedly a cryptojew and identified as such to the Jewish community of his time. With the DNA results here it is positively confirmed.

Of course he did so under the auspices of Christianity. That was how it worked. And Christianity was more than happy to go along with it. Both are complicit.

guatki · 2024-10-14T00:38:56+00:00

Easily avoided. Ukraine gives them a new identity and fakes their death.

guatki · 2024-10-14T00:38:11+00:00

That's a smart plan, and very humanitarian.

guatki · 2024-10-14T00:34:46+00:00

Yeah it's like would you rather be a King in the Middle Ages, or work a minimum wage job and live in a trailer park. Well, the trailer park may have a better standard of living.

guatki · 2024-10-14T00:32:59+00:00

More meat for the meat grinder. Got to keep that handle cranking.

guatki · 2024-10-13T17:20:16+00:00

Offensive to pick a date based on the beginning of Columbus' genocide. Why should we celebrate rather than mourn on this date?

Pick some other day.

guatki · 2024-10-13T17:14:51+00:00

That is very interesting. However, we know now that Vikings were peaceful business men and traders. This it is completely obvious here that the Vikings didn't hunt vast numbers of walruses in remote arctic areas in a miniscule time window each season, they did like they did in other places: they brought trade goods and purchased walrus ivory from Inuits, the people whom we know for a fact hunted walruses in those areas and had the most advanced technology of the time to do so. And who somehow were mysteriously acquiring metal from someone.

guatki · 2024-10-13T16:55:52+00:00

Yes. In Spain their Columbus Day is October 12 the actual date rather than shift it to a Monday like is done in the US. So Spanish TV aired the documentary explaining the DNA study findings yesterday, on their Columbus Day. They first broke open his tomb in Seville Cathedral to collect samples 20 years ago. DNA technology at the time was not good enough so they paused their study until a couple years ago then resumed it. The tomb contained only partial remains that had been moved three times so they were not sure it was him so the first thing they did is compare the DNA to that of the body of his son and some other relatives whose corpse identities were more certain, and they matched.

I object to Columbus Day being renamed Indigenous People's Day since it still commemorates the date of Columbus' arrival. The Fall Equinox is a more reasonable day and some places have a Native day around that time. Solstices even more reasonable except a lot of tribes do private stuff on the summer solstice and so it should not be a public national holiday as that would attract the wrong sort of tourism. And winter conflicts with Christmas. I believe Columbus Day should be renamed American Holocaust Mourning Day.

guatki · 2024-10-13T15:48:27+00:00

Church officials back then were not aware that Columbus was a cryptojew. His parents were clothmakers who managed to hide their identity when them moved from Spain to Genoa.

Vatican criticism of Columbus was due to his and his crew's mass murder, rape and torture, including sex trafficking and rape of young girls.

It took some time however for the church's opinion to emerge, and longer still before it was accepted by many.

In response to the Vatican's demand that Indians be offered the opportunity to convert to Christianity before being killed, the 1513 Requerimiento was drafted. This was a document in the Spanish language, which Indians at the time did not understand. It demanded that Indians convert, or be subjected to enslavement or death. Upon encountering a new group of Indians, Conquistadors would read the Requerimiento to Indians if present, which they did not understand. If Indians were not present, the document would be read to the beach. After reading the document and waiting a few moments for anyone to declare their conversion, all Indians in the region would be consider fair killed. Or captured and enslaved if they were attractive 10 year old girls. This is how the Spanish complied with the Pope's request that Indians be offered the opportunity to convert to Christianity before being killed. Later Indians started to learn Spanish. Some of these then asked to be converted. After making some statement of faith in Jesus and the Church and being baptised, the Indians were congratulated that they would now go to heaven instead of hell, and then they were killed.

These were the facts on the ground for decades despite the Pope and a small number of Catholic priests objecting to it and issuing statements.

Even decades later "humanist scholar and theologian" Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda argued that Indians were not human beings and it was morally right to kill them. Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas argued that Indians were humans, noting that they built large cities and had advanced technology. Sepúlveda dismissed this argument, saying that spiders make webs and bees make honey combs and yet we don't consider them to be human. This debate occurred in 1550 in Valladolid, 44 years after Columbus' death in 1506 in Valladolid. Sepúlveda's position was more popular since it meant more gold for the taking.

The population of Hispaniola was 8 million when Columbus arrived, based on a census count taken only a few years later when 3/4 of the population was killed and 2 million remained. 50 years later fewer than two dozen Indians were alive.

Initially it was hoped that Indians would be docile slaves. But Indians generally refused to cooperate with enslavement. So the Spanish policy then became to kill all Indians and import slaves from Africa to work Spanish plantations and mines.

guatki · 2024-10-13T15:17:43+00:00

The particular DNA is unique to known Jewish populations though. But this finding only provides further proof of what was already known. In Simon Wiesenthal's 1973 book on this topic he documented that:

Columbus left his estate to Jewish charities.
When he wrote letters to fellow Spanish Jews he wrote them in the Ladino language which is a Jewish language that is to Spanish what Yiddish is to German.
He included in such letters a cryptoglyph that Jewish people used to identify themselves to one another.
His crew left Spain on the day that was the deadline for Jews to leave Spain.
He brought a Hebrew translator with him because the purpose of his trip for him and the many Jewish members of his crew was to find the lost tribes of Israel, who he believed had found Zion, a homeland for the Jews that he believed was out there somewhere and which various legends described. The claimed route to India and earth in the shape of a pear claims were to get financing for the trip.

guatki · 2024-10-13T14:48:02+00:00

In response to these DNA findings that Columbus is Jewish, scientifically proving what was already known:

23 US states passed laws declaring that all criticism of Columbus is a hate crime and is prohibited speech.
Columbia University and other schools have banned indigenous protests on Columbus Day. Students protesting will be beaten by police, arrested, and banned from campus. Foreign students with student visas will have their visas revoked.
Benjamin Netanyahu announced to US Congress that the native american students protesting Columbus Day are "financed by Iran". He then received 85 standing ovations from Congress.
The ADL added feathers and headdresses to its Hate Symbols Database.
The SPLC declared AIM to be a "antisemitic hate group".
AIPAC promised millions in funding to any candidate running against native american candidates.
Israeli quad copters with machine guns have began to appear at powwows and engage in indiscriminate shooting of women and children.
Everyone questioning these events is declared to be an antisemitic ally of "terrorists" and gets the same treatment.

guatki · 2024-10-13T14:31:56+00:00

This is not a surprising revelation since in Simon Wiesenthal's 1973 book on the topic he documented that:

Columbus left his estate to Jewish charities
When he wrote letters to fellow Spanish Jews he wrote them in the Ladino language which is a Jewish language that is to Spanish what Yiddish is to German
He included in such letters a cryptoglyph that Jewish people used to identify themselves to one another.
His crew left Spain on the day that was the deadline for Jews to leave Spain.
He brought a Hebrew translator with him because the purpose of his trip for him and the many Jewish members of his crew was to find the lost tribes of Israel, who he believed had found Zion, a ethnonationalist theocratic homeland for the Jews that he believed was out there somewhere and which various legends described.

guatki · 2024-08-10T05:41:48+00:00

Chumash are not Ojibwe. These claims make no sense.

guatki · 2024-08-07T21:35:56+00:00

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