The Occupation of Alcatraz was a 19-month long protest which began on this day in 1969, when 89 Native Americans and their supporters occupied and reclaimed Alcatraz Island as indigenous land.

The protest was led by Richard Oakes and Grace Thorpe. The group chose the name Indians of All Tribes (IOAT) for themselves and lived on the island together until the protest was forcibly ended by the U.S. government.

IOAT claimed that, under the Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the Lakota tribe, all retired, abandoned, or out-of-use federal land was returned to the Indians who once occupied it.

By late May of 1971, the government had cut off all electrical power and all telephone service to the island. Left without power, fresh water, and in the face of diminishing public support and sympathy, the number of occupiers began to dwindle. On June 11th, 1971, a large force of federal officers removed the remaining 15 people from the island.

A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 51 Years Later

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    Small time science/tech youtubers: Sorry I’m just doing a low effort one today guys, we’re just going to be dismantling this piece of machinery, explaining every single part in it, why these parts were chosen and the historical context in which this machine was built. I’m only doing two videos this month sorry.

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  • HarryLime [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Real dream I had last night: I was a wizard. I had a wizard’s staff that was a symbol of my office and status, and when I held it, the wind blew in front of me. My wizard job was pumping gas at a gas station.

  • woozy [it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago
    spoiler

    i hate hate hate hate hate hate outdoor cat owners. some family recently moved in a few doors down and are letting their huge built as hell cats run all over the place and i’m terrified they’re going to kill my neighborhood squirrels. i convinced myself that they would be safe cause the squirrels can climb away but i just saw one of the cats on our fence prowling and i’m losing it. have to stop feeding my squirrel friends at my window now so they don’t get targeted, i’m fucking devastated. i don’t want them to die. i don’t understand why they can’t just take their cats on supervised walks or something like what the fuck. the squirrels come to my window even when i just open the curtains sometimes like how do i get them not to come now??? lea-breakdown

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  • MF_COOM [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    17·
    1 month ago

    🚨🚨im-vegan ALERT!!! 🚨 🚨

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    1 month ago

    I just saw a YouTube reel of a guy who made a 3000Ib concrete sarcophagus with a resin cast block protecting a bag of flaming hot cheetos, suspended inside via wires so it’s floating, before hermetically sealing it and burying it for future civilizations to find, with a memorial plaque indicating “a buried artifact, not to be opened for 10,000 years”

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    Every time I show up to work I think “what am I doing with my life. Why the fuck am I a bartender. This is the last thing I want to be doing.” Then I just keep showing up.

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    1 month ago

    Recently broke up with someone and this weekend she’s been sending me abusive texts and crashing out for like 48 hours. It doesn’t stop much except when she’s sleeping. I’ve messaged a couple of times to say I’m not engaging while she’s berating me and clearly not doing well, since Friday I’ve only responded twice, both times I asked her to speak to a friend instead of sitting at home hitting nitrous oxide and crashing out. She just slings more insults in response. Like from the highest level of attacking me as a person to the core, to the pettiest - for example sending me a photo of her eating chicken that she was “eating in my honour”, to piss me off because I’m vegan I guess?

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