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40 Amazing Recipes for Canadian Thanksgiving

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#Canada #CranberrySauce #roastturkey #Thanksgiving
https://www.europesays.com/canada/206258/

New residence hall and dining commons welcome students on first day of class | Campus News https://www.diningandcooking.com/2778544/new-residence-hall-and-dining-commons-welcome-students-on-first-day-of-class-campus-news/ #AcademicTerm #Building2266 #cafeteria #campus #dining #EastCloverhurstAvenue #HillsideDiningCommons #LearningAndWellBeingCenter #LegionField #ResidentialBuildings #SnellingDiningCommons #SouthLumpkin #StudentAccommodation #StudentHousing #thanksgiving #uga #UgaAcademicCalendar #UgaToday #UniversitiesAndColleges #UniversityCourt #UniversityHealthCenter #UniversityOfGeorgia #WestWray

New residence hall and dining commons welcome students on first day of class | Campus News https://www.diningandcooking.com/2778544/new-residence-hall-and-dining-commons-welcome-students-on-first-day-of-class-campus-news/ #AcademicTerm #Building2266 #cafeteria #campus #dining #EastCloverhurstAvenue #HillsideDiningCommons #LearningAndWellBeingCenter #LegionField #ResidentialBuildings #SnellingDiningCommons #SouthLumpkin #StudentAccommodation #StudentHousing #thanksgiving #uga #UgaAcademicCalendar #UgaToday #UniversitiesAndColleges #UniversityCourt #UniversityHealthCenter #UniversityOfGeorgia #WestWray

New residence hall and dining commons welcome students on first day of class | Campus News https://www.diningandcooking.com/2778544/new-residence-hall-and-dining-commons-welcome-students-on-first-day-of-class-campus-news/ #AcademicTerm #Building2266 #cafeteria #campus #dining #EastCloverhurstAvenue #HillsideDiningCommons #LearningAndWellBeingCenter #LegionField #ResidentialBuildings #SnellingDiningCommons #SouthLumpkin #StudentAccommodation #StudentHousing #thanksgiving #uga #UgaAcademicCalendar #UgaToday #UniversitiesAndColleges #UniversityCourt #UniversityHealthCenter #UniversityOfGeorgia #WestWray

I’ve been going through old photos and this one packed a wallop for me. I reimagined the original photo as a painting before sharing it, but nothing could change what this moment means to me.
I was a teenager, proud of the Thanksgiving pie I’d made, while Dad finished carving the turkey behind me.
Over the years, this photo has come to mean so much more. It reminds me of how he was always there—steady, supportive, quick with a smile, and always ready to make me laugh. Those are the memories I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life. ❤️

#FamilyMemories #Thanksgiving #Grief #GriefJourney #Dad #FatherDaughter #MemoryKeeping

"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist #SammyCahn and composer #JuleStyne in July 1945 in #HollywoodCalifornia, during a heatwave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions. The song was first recorded that fall by #VaughnMonroe, was released just after #Thanksgiving, and became a hit by #Christmas. Other U.S. recordings during the 1945-46 winter season included those by Danny O'Neil (Majestic).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cy04cAlIWU

"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", also known as simply "Let It Snow", is a song written by lyricist #SammyCahn and composer #JuleStyne in July 1945 in #HollywoodCalifornia, during a heatwave as Cahn and Styne imagined cooler conditions. The song was first recorded that fall by #VaughnMonroe, was released just after #Thanksgiving, and became a hit by #Christmas. Other U.S. recordings during the 1945-46 winter season included those by Danny O'Neil (Majestic).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cy04cAlIWU

Back home now, so here's some assorted Animal Crossing pics from this past weekend.

We celebrated Turkey Day. I visited two of my nephew's islands and dropped them off some bells so they could pay off some loans. I also celebrated Kabuki's birthday.

Solid long weekend.

#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ACNHScreenshots #ACNHCommunity #あつもり #あつ森 #CozyGames #CozyGamer #CozyGaming #ACNHSasha #ACNHKabuki #ACNHConversations #ACNHThanksgiving #ACNHTurkeyDay #Thanksgiving #Family #TurkeyDay

#covid #pandemic #covid19 #longcovid #flu #influenza #rsv #thanksgiving #holidays #christmas #newyears #winter #maskup #covidsafety #wearamask #health #chronicillness #solidarity #community

Thankful for uneventful Thanksgiving travel

Another year of Thanksgiving travel is in the books, and this year’s edition of it somehow happened without any flight cancellations, interruptions or even delays. That feels like even more of a miracle than the phrase “no delays” might suggest, because 2025 has been such a snakebit year for air travel.

It started with the horrifying news of an almost 16-year streak of zero fatal crashes among U.S. airlines ending a few miles from my house, went on to feature months of meltdown-level disruptions among flights in and out of Newark that by summer had sent EWR to the bottom of my list of United hub airports, and then it left already-stressed air-traffic control employees working for more than a month without pay courtesy of the government shutdown.

But after all that, Wednesday’s JetBlue flight from National Airport to Boston arrived at the gate at BOS six minutes early, after which Saturday’s United nonstop from Boston to Dulles reached its gate exactly on time. Service was great on each flight, the WiFi worked fine, and even the planes were above average: a four-year-old Airbus A220 on the flight up, a renewed Boeing 737 with screens at every seat on the way home.

The experience feels even more like winning a lottery ticket considering some of the miserable Thanksgiving travel experiences I’ve had in the past. I’m thinking about when coming home for the holiday meant a long drive interrupted by Breezewood, Penn.; the subsequent years when a theoretically short drive to a suburb of Philadelphia could become a three-hour slog; most of all, the decade and change when the Thanksgiving journey either involved taking Amtrak and then two NJ Transit trains or spending four-plus hours on I-95 and the Jersey Turnpike that could easily stretch past six hours on the roads.

(It’s kind of crazy that I have hosted Thanksgiving dinner in my own abode only twice since leaving for college: Everybody visited us in 2019 for a change, and then the pandemic put a family reunion out of the question the next year.)

Now that my mother and my brother and his family all live in the same town just north of Boston, I just have to deal with spending money, not time. But as expensive as Thanksgiving flights can be, they beat the absurdity of driving 450 miles and change on the busiest travel weekend of the year. Bonus: The flights, even if I chance a connection, are so short that I can bring a container of frozen pumpkin puree in my carry-on luggage and not worry about that pie ingredient melting before I’ve reached family.

I’m thankful for having this part of holiday travel easier than it used to be. And I’m thankful, as ever, for everybody connected with the travel industry who worked this holiday so that the rest of us could travel for it.

#amtrak #bos #boston #dca #flightDelays #holidayTravel #i95 #iad #jerseyTurnpike #jetblue #thanksgiving #thanksgivingTravel #united

#Thanksgiving
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#MAGARepublicans
#MAGAts
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#sycophants
#TrumpAdministration
#Nazis
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#unqualified
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The day after Thanksgiving has a quieter feel to it—less noise, less hurry, more room to reflect.

The day after Thanksgiving is when gratitude settles in and begins its real work—shaping how we live.

Gratitude isn’t just an emotion tied to a holiday.

It becomes powerful when it guides our choices, our pace, our relationships, and the way we walk through ordinary days.

May today be a day where gratitude becomes lived, not just remembered.

#Thanksgiving #Gratitude #Leadership #TodayMatters

History Of Thanksgiving

Cool, here’s a more in-depth look at the history of Thanksgiving — how it evolved, some of the lesser-known facts, and how it became what we celebrate today.

Thanksgiving didn’t start as a clean, one-time “Pilgrims and Native Americans sit down for turkey” story. Sure, there was that 1621 harvest feast between the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag people — but the reality of that gathering was more complex. The colonists probably hunted duck or geese, and the Wampanoag likely brought venison.  That 1621 event was more of a multi-day harvest festival than a fixed holiday.

Over the following centuries, different colonies and states held days of “thanksgiving”—usually as religious days of prayer, often when something major happened (like a drought ending or a war victory). These weren’t uniform: different places celebrated on different days.

The idea of a national, annual Thanksgiving really took off thanks to **Sarah Josepha Hale**, an editor and writer. For decades she pushed for a unified national holiday — writing letters, editorials, and generally campaigning. Her persistence paid off when **Abraham Lincoln**, in the middle of the Civil War, proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863 (on the last Thursday of November) to help bring the country together.

After Lincoln, presidents continued to issue Thanksgiving proclamations almost every year, but the exact date bounced around a little. Then, in the 20th century, **Franklin D. Roosevelt** caused a stir: in 1939, he moved Thanksgiving earlier — to give Americans more time to shop before Christmas. Many people weren’t thrilled (“Franksgiving,” anyone?), and states were split on which date to follow. Eventually, in 1941, Congress passed a law officially fixing Thanksgiving on the **fourth Thursday in November**.

As Thanksgiving evolved, so did its traditions. Over time it became less about strictly religious observance and more about family, food, and gratitude.  Things like parades and football games became tied to the holiday. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for example, started in the 1920s and became a huge national tradition.

Finally, there are modern traditions too: things like volunteering, food drives, and even the presidential “turkey pardon” — where a live turkey is spared from being eaten.

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#Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #Thankful #GratefulHeart #Friendsgiving #TurkeyDay #FallVibes #HolidaySeason #FamilyTime**, **#GatherTogether #ThanksgivingDinner #Blessed #GiveThanks #FeastMode #MarieWaltonRealtor #RealtorLife #HistoryOfThanksgiving #DFW #NorthTexas

#blessed #dfw #fallvibes #familytime #feastmode #friendsgiving #givethanks #gratefulheart #happythanksgiving #historyofthanksgiving #holidayseason #mariewaltonrealtor #northtexas #realtorlife #thankful #thanksgiving #thanksgivingdinner #turkeyday

i have a design project where I make random small objects mostly for one-off purposes, so when i saw people posting things they're thankful for I thought I'd post it because 3d printing has not become any less awesome ^_^

this is the last year and a half or so, I forget exactly

#3dPrinting #thanksgiving #iGuess

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798

It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many

#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798

It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many

#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798

It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many

#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798

It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many

#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798

It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many

#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous

When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. — (G.K. Chesterton)

Gratitude doesn’t ignore reality. It simply lets you see the gifts woven into it.

Slow down today.

Take nothing for granted.

Today is a good day to notice what you’ve been given and receive it with gratitude rather than assumption.

#ThanksgivingWeek #Gratitude #Stillness #Reflection #Thanksgiving #Leadership #TodayMatters

https://www.europesays.com/uk/590473/ Cynthia Nixon Reveals How She Plans to Pull Off Thanksgiving with Only 1 Day Off During Broadway Run (Exclusive) #Celebrities #CynthiaNixon #Entertainment #JordanHarrison #JuneSquibb #MarjoriePrime #thanksgiving #UK #UnitedKingdom

Hey All,

Make Thanksgiving Great Again - Have some Cold Turkey! Here are 2 new Cosmiks Visualizers ~~>

"Cold Turkey" --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaWrmMHSedc

"Waiting Game" --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRu9AHXiN90

@Ferg @RStreetSweeper @onan @philo @Saint_Kaosmic_BobKat @mazigazi @samatari @ChasingGhosts @RevVeggieSpam @thomas_klopf @Unca

#thecosmiks #visualizers #coldturkey #thanksgiving #waitinggame #cosmiklaila #cosmikdano #cosmikcelia #subgenius #boal #raindayz

Celebrating #Caturday with this 1910 Thanksgiving postcard
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#cats #thanksgiving #ephemera #ThanksgivingPostcard #VintageHoliday #RaphaelTuck #PilgrimArt #AntiquePostcard #ThanksgivingHistory #VintageThanksgiving #HolidayEphemera #Early1900sArt #AutumnVibes #HistoricalIllustration #PilgrimEra #AntiqueGraphics #ThanksgivingDecor #VintageArtwork

As leaders, we often underestimate the power of small things.

A single sincere, intentional, grounded word of thanks can reset the atmosphere of an entire day.

Sometimes the smallest thank you becomes the strongest turning point.

It doesn't take much to bring clarity back into the picture.

Sometimes all it takes is a grateful moment that reminds you of what really matters.

Look for the small "thank yous" today.

#Gratitude #Thanksgiving #Leadership #TodayMatters

#Activists: ‘We Ain’t #Buying it’ This #Thanksgiving Weekend

#Communityorganizers are calling for a mass #boycott of #bigboxstores and #onlineshopping on #BlackFriday through #CyberMonday.

https://wordinblack.com/2025/11/activists-black-friday-cyber-monday-boycott/

Gratitude.

It’s amazing how something so small can make such a profound difference.

A moment of gratitude won’t erase our challenges, but it can change our posture or approach toward them.

The smallest seed of gratitude can shift the weight of an entire day.

A grateful mindset doesn’t ignore pressure; it gives you a healthier way to carry it.

#Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #Gratitude #Mindset #Growth #Thanksgiving #TodayMatters

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. — (Arthur Ashe)

I love this quote because it cuts through all the excuses we make about not being ready.

Not enough money? Start anyway.

Not enough time? Use what you have.

Not enough experience? Do what you can.

So today, I'm asking myself (and you): What can I do RIGHT NOW with what I already have?

The answer to that question is where your breakthrough begins.

#Gratitude #Thanksgiving #Leadership #TodayMatters #ArthurAshe

Dietrich Bonhoeffer once wrote,

“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”

When we slow down long enough to notice how much grace we’ve already received, we discover that life is fuller than we realized.

Today, pause and look around.

What blessings are you overlooking today?

#Gratitude #GroundworkAndGrace #Leadership #TodayMatters #November #Thanksgiving

Traquée par quatre tueurs en série. Mais attention, elle ne se laisse pas faire https://tozounoir.zouluvo.com/traquee-par-quatre-tueurs-en-serie-mais-attention-elle-ne-se-laisse-pas-faire/

#film #kristy #horreur #suspense #tueur #série #campus #université #étudiante #thanksgiving #traque #peur #tension #action #survie #prime #video #anglais #meurtre #poursuite #vengeance #courage #héroïne #badass #nuit #solitude #sang #danger #choc #frisson

#photography #FallEntertaining #HomeDecor #AutumnAesthetic #FallTablescape #SeasonalFlowers #AutumnDecor #HarvestDecor #FallStyle #WarmAndCozy #FloralDesign #FallFlorals #AutumnBouquet #Thanksgiving #FallSeason #RusticDecor

The warm color palette and natural elements capture the cozy essence of fall

December

Good morning and welcome to December. Ugh. If I were looking on the bright side I’d say something like, one day closer to spring… but we haven’t even hit winter yet. December sucks.

Thanksgiving Part Two was a huge success. Dinner was fabulous, thanks to my wife. The xmas decorations are all up. I plugged in the lights on the outside of the house (that I never took down after last year) and a couple of short strands are out. I’ll have to figure out what to do about that. We had the annual Muppets Christmas Carol viewing. We did not manage to get a watch of Elf in, but maybe we save that for xmas eve?

Our kids are still here. They are both going back to Vermont today. One is going after breakfast, the other after dinner-ish. I love every second we can get with them here. I selfishly hate to see them leave but we are actually going to see them again next week. There’s something huge brewing in Bellana’s world and next weekend is when it hits. We’ll be there for it.

Until then, tomorrow I go back to work after a glorious five day weekend and I am sad about that. What can you do. I’ll be in the office which is making it feel worse, but oh well.

December is here. I put it off for as long as possible. Oh well, what can you do.

#adultKids #collegeKids #Family #Holidays #Kids #StepKids #Thanksgiving #thanksgivingWeekend #xmas

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#NativeAmericans Hold #NationalDayOfMourning on #Thanksgiving

"'Thanksgiving' is a white-washed holiday designed to conceal its true origins of violence, #genocide, #LandTheft, and #ForcedAssimilation," - #IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork.

Jessica Corbett
Nov 28, 2024

"In contrast with Thanksgiving celebrations across the United States on Thursday, Native Americans held a National Day of Mourning, promoted accurate history, and championed Indigenous voices and struggles.

"Despite rainy conditions, the United American Indians of New England held its 55th annual National Day of Mourning at Cole's Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Kisha James, who is an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and also Oglala Lakota, shared how her grandfather founded the event in 1970 and pledged to continue to "tear down the Thanksgiving mythology."

"The past influences the present" and "the settler project" continues with racism, misogyny, and anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, James told the crowd. "The Pilgrims are not ancient history."

"James took aim at fossil fuel pipelines, oil rigs, skyscrapers, corporations, the U.S. military, mass incarceration, and the criminalization of immigrants, and declared that "no one is illegal on stolen on land."

"Jean-Luc Pierite, a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana and president of the board of directors of the North American Indian Center of Boston who helped organize this year's gathering, told USA Today that "while we are mourning some tragic history but also contemporary issues, we are also expressing gratitude for each [other] and building this community space."

"Coming together as a community for a feast and to express gratitude—that's not something that was imported to this continent because of colonization," Pierite said. "Indigenous peoples have had these practices going back beyond, beyond colonial contact."

This year's event in Plymouth included speeches about the suffering of Palestinians—as Israel wages a U.S. government-backed war on the Gaza Strip that has killed at least 44,330 people, injured 104,933, and led to a genocide case at the International Court of Justice—and of people impacted by extractive industries.

"The message from Indigenous peoples internationally has been consistent: that we need to center the development of traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, and move away from fossil fuel extractive economies," said Pierite. "At this time the world needs Indigenous peoples."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/native-americans-hold-national-day-of-mourning-on-thanksgiving

#FreePalestine #FreeLeonardPeltier #SettlerColonialism #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #WestBank #ClimateJustice #DayOfMourning #NoDAPL #LandBack #DefendTheSacred
#IndigenousClimateActivists #MMIWG
#TwoSpirits #NoPipelines
#LeaveItInTheGround
#ExtractiveMining
#NoMiningWithoutConsent
#WaterIsLife #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #ExtractiveIndustries.
#TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge, #IndigenousKnowledge #PostFossilFuels
#LoveYourMotherEarth #ResistWhiteSupremacy
#CorporateColonialism #Capitalism

1972 LA Times Nov 20 - Thanksgiving dinners with the Joker and the Skipper
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#Thanksgiving #CesarRomero #AlanHale #Thanksgivingdinner #retro #vintage

Thanksgiving view!

#SanFrancisco #Thanksgiving #DalyCity

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒" is a beautifully retouched digital reproduction in our Fine Art Gallery at https://buff.ly/3VfyVv5

#Thanksgiving #FirstThanksgiving #HistoricPainting #JennieBrownscombe #ArtReproduction #ThanksgivingHistory #ThanksgivingHeritage #HistoricArtworks #PlymouthMA #BuyIntoArt

Next Thanksgiving, Americans will be thankful if they still have a job, can afford the high price of groceries and can still enjoy what's left of their rights instead of celebrating getting a great bargain on another big-screen TV during Black Friday sales.

#EconomicFallout #TrumpTariffs #MexicoCanadaTariffs #economy #fascism #thanksgiving

🔥🔥 it took me so long to finally get this remix done. And get it scheduled to release!
Hahahaha #trending #viral #lyrics #hottopic #newsong #Thanksgiving #pop #bop

Hi Fediverse!
Shopping for the holidays or yourself? If you have the time please check out my small business store! Lots of random and unique items. I want to say thank you again for making me feel comfortable enough to share this here. Cheers! :BlobhajTinyHeart:

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Here is Part 2 of "Fix You" - https://www.tiktok.com/@lastursa/video/7306153035980377386

Check out the full video over on YT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gm3EEXhgQQ

#furry #furryfandom #furrysinger #furrymusician #vrchat #vrfurry #fixyou #coldplay #thanksgiving #happyholidays

Here is Part 2 of "Fix You" - https://www.tiktok.com/@lastursa/video/7306153035980377386

Check out the full video over on YT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gm3EEXhgQQ

#furry #furryfandom #furrysinger #furrymusician #vrchat #vrfurry #fixyou #coldplay #thanksgiving #happyholidays

Here is part one of "Fix You". Backing track is from Musisi Karaoke on yt.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8feCx7t/

Check out the full video on youtube - https://youtu.be/2Gm3EEXhgQQ?si=feSvKBt25dsDfPRC

#furry #furryfandom #furrysinger #furrymusician #vrchat #vrfurry #fixyou #coldplay #thanksgiving #happyholidays

Here is part one of "Fix You". Backing track is from Musisi Karaoke on yt.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8feCx7t/

Check out the full video on youtube - https://youtu.be/2Gm3EEXhgQQ?si=feSvKBt25dsDfPRC

#furry #furryfandom #furrysinger #furrymusician #vrchat #vrfurry #fixyou #coldplay #thanksgiving #happyholidays

Dear Friends and animus of #thanksgiving,

Let us give tanks
of #water
Let us not be Turkey
pros with hoes
Lettuce know No!
and deliver our #surplus
as we 4 #give those who #sign
with US

... talking of #harvest #festival/conference as it is known in #Olde England:
- burst our bubble ... and float Another Way
- eat well with less
- String like a Be, swim like a #flutterby

Are we the pain or du pain (viva)? As always I learn #Alternative #FAQS from #Open #Source Intelligence. Not only do we know #Nothing in this very #memory #brane (#membrane or #Quantum brane) but then again who does? In the words of #ShatGPT "#Wers me #salad?" Cod save the Queens and remember:

- If we can't join the dots, find a simpler #enigma wrapped in an #expression
- What we #know does not #hurtle
- Yesterday is a #song sung #tomorrow from #today

​:firefish_love_happy:​ Do not fire your fish, smoke your sushi or ig nor your Nobility, Admins, #mad #aerators or Abled Buddhies ... ​:anarchy:​

How to #decolonize your #Thanksgiving dinner in observance of #NationalDayofMourning

Meredith Clark
Wed, November 22, 2023

"Thanksgiving is almost upon us, a time when many #Americans gather together to eat turkey and talk about what they’re most thankful for. Growing up in the #UnitedStates, almost everyone can recall the 'First Thanksgiving' story they were told in elementary school: how the local #Wampanoag #NativeAmericans sat down with the #pilgrims of #Plymouth Colony in 1621, in what is now present-day #Massachusetts, for a celebratory feast.

"However, this story is far from the truth - which is why many people opt out of celebrating the controversial holiday.

"For many #Indigenous communities throughout the US, Thanksgiving remains a National Day of Mourning - a reminder of the devastating #genocide and #displacement that occurred at the hands of European #colonisers following their arrival in the Americas.

"Every year since 1970, #IndigenousPeople and their allies have even gathered near #PlymouthRock to commemorate a National #DayOfMourning on the day of Thanksgiving. 'Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and the erasure of Native cultures,' states the official website for the United American Indians of New England. 'Participants in National Day of Mourning honour Indigenous #ancestors and Native resilience. It is a day of #remembrance and #spiritual connection, as well as a #protest against the #racism and #oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience #worldwide.'

"This year, the 54th annual National Day of Mourning takes place on 23 November - the same day as Thanksgiving. While not everyone can support the event in person, there are still many ways people can raise awareness toward issues affecting Indigenous communities from wherever they are - by '#decolonising' their Thanksgiving dinner.

"#Decolonisation can be defined as the active resistance against #settlerColonialism and a shifting of power towards Indigenous sovereignty. Of course, it’s difficult to define decolonisation without putting it into practice, writes Eve Tuck and K Wayne Yang in their essay, #Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor. Rather, one of the most radical and necessary moves toward decolonisation requires imagining and enacting a future for Indigenous peoples - a future based on terms of their own making.

"Matt Hooley is an assistant professor in the department of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Dartmouth College, where he teaches about US colonial powers and Indigenous cultural production. 'Decolonisation is a beautiful and difficult political horizon that should guide our actions everyday, including during holidays like Thanksgiving,' he tells The Independent. 'Of course, Thanksgiving is a particularly relevant holiday to think about decolonisation because the way many people celebrate it involves connecting ‘the family’ to a colonial myth in which colonialism is inaccurately imagined as a peaceful event in the past.'

"By decolonising our Thanksgiving, we can celebrate the holiday with new traditions that honour a future in which Indigenous people are celebrated. This year, we can start by understanding the real history behind Thanksgiving as told by actual Indigenous communities.

"While Americans mainly dedicate one day a year to give thanks, Indigenous communities express gratitude every day with the #Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - often called: 'The words that come before all else.' The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address is the central prayer and invocation for the #HaudenosauneeConfederacy, which comprises the #SixNations - #Mohawk, #Oneida, #Onondaga, #Cayuga, #Seneca, and #Tuscarora. When one recites the Thanksgiving Address, they’re giving thanks for all life and the natural world around them.

"According to Hooley, one of the most straightforward actions people can take to decolonise their Thanksgiving includes supporting Indigenous land acknowledgments and land back movements. #LandBack is an ongoing Indigenous-led movement which seeks to return ancestral lands to Indigenous people and the recognition of Indigenous #sovereignty. While the movement is nowhere near new, it received international attention in 2016 during protests against the #DakotaAccesSPipeline - which continues to disrupt land and #water sources belonging to the #StandingRockSioux Tribe.

"This year, sit down with family and friends to discuss an action plan and highlight the concrete steps you plan on taking to support Indigenous communities. 'Another, even simpler way would be to begin participating in what’s called a ‘Voluntary Land Tax,’ whereby non-Indigenous people contribute a recurring tax to the tribal communities whose land you occupy,' said Hooley.

"Food is perhaps the most important part of the Thanksgiving holiday, with turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes taking center stage. However, there are many ways we can make sure our dinner tables honour Indigenous futurisms too. Donald A Grinde, Jr is a professor emeritus in the department of Africana and American Studies at the University at Buffalo. Grinde - who is a member of the #YamasseeNation - tells The Independent that crops such as #corn, #beans, #squash, #tomatoes, and #potatoes are central to #IndigenousHistory and future.

"'A good thing is to be thankful for the abundance in the fall and note that Native people created over 60 percent of modern #agricultural #crops,' he said. 'People can be thankful for the crops that Native people created, #medicines created, and traditions about #democracy, #WomensRights and #environmental rights.'

"Rather than buying food from major corporations this year, Hooly also recommended people consciously source their Thanksgiving dinner from Indigenous producers. 'Industrial agriculture is one of the most devastating contributors to the destruction of land and water everywhere, including on Indigenous land,' he said. 'Instead of buying food grown or made by colonial corporations, people could buy their food from Indigenous producers, or even simply make a greater effort to buy locally grown food or not to buy meat harvested from industrial farms.'

"Thanksgiving is just a day away. While it’s important that we’re actively working toward highlighting Indigenous communities on this special holiday, decolonisation efforts are something that should be done year-round.

"'People can also learn about political priorities of the Indigenous communities near them and support those priorities by speaking to their representatives, participating in a protest, or by making sure that their local school and library boards are including Indigenous texts in local community education,' Hooley said."

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/decolonize-thanksgiving-dinner-observance-national-213225020.html

#Decolonization #CorporateColonialism #LandTheft #CulturalGenocide #CulturalPreservation

HAPPY THANKSGIVING Reel 3- Young Tiger, Fred, having Fun with his Thanksgiving Enrichment - THANK YOU, Everyone, who helps us care for these majestic big cats, bears, and the hyena, etc that call Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge Home.

#HappyThansgiving #Thanksgiving #thankyou #thankful #enrichment #morning #goodmorning #morningroutine #morningwalk #morningmotivation #morningvibes #morninginspiration #hello #TCWR #TurpentineCreek #RescueToRefuge #FundFreedom #Sanctuary #BigCat #catsofmastodon

https://youtu.be/-8FSCWnIJF8

... Tryptophan Vs Trypophobia...
#trypophobia #Tryptophan #turkey #tday #thanksgiving #horrorvideo #nightmarefuel #aivideo #animdiff #visionsofchaos #aiart

The last post talked about trusting my instincts. A big part of me is wishing I hadn’t written that because for most of this morning my instinct has been telling me that today is going to be a really shitty day.

Why?

I don’t know.

It’s the day before Thanksgiving and I am working in the office. The office alone sort of points to a bad day, but it’s more than that. In the United States, the day before Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year. Everyone in the country hits the road on this day each year. I expected my morning commute to be an absolute nightmare. Add to the expected gridlock that it was pouring rain outside and it would be safe to assume that the traffic would be a gridlocked nightmare times 10. Nope. There was no traffic at all. Everyone drove a little slower than the speed limit thanks to the rain, but I never had to hit the breaks once over the entire 40-something mile drive. You would think that would ease my sense of impending doom, but nope. Somehow it made it worse.

Today should be a quiet day at work. If the office is anything to go by, it’s dead as can be here. I only see two other people and they both work for me. Weird. I should be feeling optimistic and excited about the coming holiday weekend, but instead I am just dreading everything. Once I get home tonight and see my beloved bride again, I will start feeling really good about the weekend, but until then?

It’s going to be a long, sucky, painful day.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/11/22/impending-doom/

#365 #365Challenge #commute #Hipstamatic #Holiday #holidayWeekend #impendingDoom #inTheOffice #instinct #iphoneography #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #Thanksgiving #thanksgivingWeekend #trustYourInstinct #work

It would not be Thanksgiving without an Brooklyn inflatable decoration article.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-thanksgiving-turkey-with-pilgrim-hat/