Christa Sinclair (nee Chris Cook)
@ccsinclair502.bsky.social
Retired autoworker, sock knitter, sf/f reader, tea drinker, hat wearer, culinary student, bread baker
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A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town
When historian Galo Ramón uncovered a long-forgotten pre-Incan water system in Ecuador, he set about restoring it, and helped transform the landscape and livelihoods
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June 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved “That six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in V...
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June 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
June 13, 2025
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RFK Jr now going after ALL vaccines.
He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing.
He says they “dysregulate the immune system”.
Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive”
Eugenics.
He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing.
He says they “dysregulate the immune system”.
Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive”
Eugenics.
June 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
RFK Jr now going after ALL vaccines.
He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing.
He says they “dysregulate the immune system”.
Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive”
Eugenics.
He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing.
He says they “dysregulate the immune system”.
Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive”
Eugenics.
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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Seen this going around but I’m
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
June 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Seen this going around but I’m
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
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this is the sort of thing people like aaron and myself see all the time and we understand the msm is sanewashing him, as the great @parkermolloy.com noted, when they clean all this up and present him like he's a normal boy.
for example, look at the ap report and compare it to the absolute shit
for example, look at the ap report and compare it to the absolute shit
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
this is the sort of thing people like aaron and myself see all the time and we understand the msm is sanewashing him, as the great @parkermolloy.com noted, when they clean all this up and present him like he's a normal boy.
for example, look at the ap report and compare it to the absolute shit
for example, look at the ap report and compare it to the absolute shit
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Dr. Phil is embedded--as a bloodsucking tick might be embedded on a yellow dog with an ICE collar.
"Dr. Phil" (good lord) is "embedded"--as a noncombatant observer might be embedded as part of a military fighting a war. Here, the war is within the United States, waged by the exec branch domestically against its perceived enemies. This is grotesque.
ICE says it is conducting "enhanced" immigration operations in Chicago today.
"Border czar" Tom Homan, a top DOJ official and................................. Dr. Phil.... are here to participate.
(this is 100% serious unfortunately)
"Border czar" Tom Homan, a top DOJ official and................................. Dr. Phil.... are here to participate.
(this is 100% serious unfortunately)
January 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dr. Phil is embedded--as a bloodsucking tick might be embedded on a yellow dog with an ICE collar.
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This is becoming absurd—federal employees are now being told to remove pronouns from their email signatures. We will always stand by our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, no matter how many things we’re asked to delete or change. Inclusivity is at the core of who we are.
January 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is becoming absurd—federal employees are now being told to remove pronouns from their email signatures. We will always stand by our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, no matter how many things we’re asked to delete or change. Inclusivity is at the core of who we are.
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It's absurd how much people take modern medicine for granted
For much of human history, cancer was largely just a death sentence.
By the 1970s, overall, it was about a coinflip, roughly 50/50 chance of surviving it.
Now, about 80% of people who get cancer survive at least 5 years. That's amazing!
For much of human history, cancer was largely just a death sentence.
By the 1970s, overall, it was about a coinflip, roughly 50/50 chance of surviving it.
Now, about 80% of people who get cancer survive at least 5 years. That's amazing!
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's absurd how much people take modern medicine for granted
For much of human history, cancer was largely just a death sentence.
By the 1970s, overall, it was about a coinflip, roughly 50/50 chance of surviving it.
Now, about 80% of people who get cancer survive at least 5 years. That's amazing!
For much of human history, cancer was largely just a death sentence.
By the 1970s, overall, it was about a coinflip, roughly 50/50 chance of surviving it.
Now, about 80% of people who get cancer survive at least 5 years. That's amazing!
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Rhode Island folks: please light up the lines to tell Whitehouse this is not what you voted for, and that Kennedy would be a terrible choice.
I will donate to anyone who primaries a Democrat voting to confirm RFK Jr. It’s so catastrophically dangerous that I’m sort of dumbfounded. As a scientist, this is as close as I’ve been to being a single issue voter.
If you agree, let @whitehouse.senate.gov know.
If you agree, let @whitehouse.senate.gov know.
Democratic Senator Ready to Do Dumbest Thing (Vote to Confirm RFK Jr.)
What is Sheldon Whitehouse thinking?
newrepublic.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rhode Island folks: please light up the lines to tell Whitehouse this is not what you voted for, and that Kennedy would be a terrible choice.
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Why the fuck is a single Senate Democrat playing “everything is normal” by voting to confirm the Cabinet picks of a fucking dictator?
Do. Not. Comply.
You have ALL spent the last how many years calling him Hitler and now you’re like, ‘I’m a yes on Goebbels and here’s why…”
Fuck that.
Stop it. Now.
Do. Not. Comply.
You have ALL spent the last how many years calling him Hitler and now you’re like, ‘I’m a yes on Goebbels and here’s why…”
Fuck that.
Stop it. Now.
January 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Why the fuck is a single Senate Democrat playing “everything is normal” by voting to confirm the Cabinet picks of a fucking dictator?
Do. Not. Comply.
You have ALL spent the last how many years calling him Hitler and now you’re like, ‘I’m a yes on Goebbels and here’s why…”
Fuck that.
Stop it. Now.
Do. Not. Comply.
You have ALL spent the last how many years calling him Hitler and now you’re like, ‘I’m a yes on Goebbels and here’s why…”
Fuck that.
Stop it. Now.
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Rep. Jason Crow on Biden's pardons: "You have an incoming president and those around him who are repeatedly threatening his family. That is the story here."
January 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Rep. Jason Crow on Biden's pardons: "You have an incoming president and those around him who are repeatedly threatening his family. That is the story here."
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Mike Turner says that when Speaker Johnson ousted him as chair of the intel committee, he told him that "an element included concerns from Mar-a-Lago." (Johnson has denied this, so somebody is lying...)
Turner adds that he's "concerned" about the new direction of the committee.
Turner adds that he's "concerned" about the new direction of the committee.
January 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Mike Turner says that when Speaker Johnson ousted him as chair of the intel committee, he told him that "an element included concerns from Mar-a-Lago." (Johnson has denied this, so somebody is lying...)
Turner adds that he's "concerned" about the new direction of the committee.
Turner adds that he's "concerned" about the new direction of the committee.
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more like this from top Dems, please
Pritzker: "President Trump ought to be calling that out. If he doesn't agree with Elon Musk, if he doesn't agree with two Sieg Heils at his own rally and backing a party that backs Nazis, then he ought to say so. Why isn't Donald Trump speaking out?
January 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
more like this from top Dems, please
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Again, in 2022, Congress passed a law that explicitly made these firings illegal. Are Republican senators unaware of that?
Lindsey Graham dismisses Trump illegally firing inspectors general: "He won the election. What do you expect him to do? Just leave everybody in place in Washington? This makes perfect sense to me."
January 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Again, in 2022, Congress passed a law that explicitly made these firings illegal. Are Republican senators unaware of that?
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This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit!
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
January 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit!
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
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(CNN) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Sunday he is blocking US deportation flights, marking an example of the headwinds the Trump administration faces as it tries to ramp up removals.
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Live updates: Trump advances his agenda in opening days of presidency | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is pushing forward with his agenda in the busy opening days of his second term. Follow for live updates.
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
(CNN) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Sunday he is blocking US deportation flights, marking an example of the headwinds the Trump administration faces as it tries to ramp up removals.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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Go Team ! Keep building that information foundation. I also recommend @hcrichardson.bsky.social ‘s book Democracy Awakening. Go Team! 💙
Excellent @hcrichardson.bsky.social explainer on inspectors general. Why would a corrupt wannabe king want them out of the way? And why would his party of and for the rich support his brazen corruption? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-25...
January 25, 2025
We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Go Team ! Keep building that information foundation. I also recommend @hcrichardson.bsky.social ‘s book Democracy Awakening. Go Team! 💙
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Shout out to the @thebaltimorebanner.com in this article about new, local journalism.
This. This is what overthrew the elite enslavers in the 1859s and the robber barons in the 1890s. We need these new papers everywhere.
In Rhode Island, as elsewhere, the local news crisis is being solved one community at a time. @phileil.bsky.social reports for Rhode Island Monthly (I'm quoted):
January 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Shout out to the @thebaltimorebanner.com in this article about new, local journalism.
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@marcelias.bsky.social: "There is a reason why Trump nominated Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth. He wants to humiliate these Republicans, because he knows that once they have voted for these folks, he will own them. They will not have a shred of dignity or standing left."
January 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
@marcelias.bsky.social: "There is a reason why Trump nominated Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth. He wants to humiliate these Republicans, because he knows that once they have voted for these folks, he will own them. They will not have a shred of dignity or standing left."
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Immigrant round-ups as entertainment is Verhoeven levels of dystopia
ICE says it is conducting "enhanced" immigration operations in Chicago today.
"Border czar" Tom Homan, a top DOJ official and................................. Dr. Phil.... are here to participate.
(this is 100% serious unfortunately)
"Border czar" Tom Homan, a top DOJ official and................................. Dr. Phil.... are here to participate.
(this is 100% serious unfortunately)
January 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Immigrant round-ups as entertainment is Verhoeven levels of dystopia
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you.
Here are ten things all of us can do.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Here are ten things all of us can do.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you.
Here are ten things all of us can do.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Here are ten things all of us can do.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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There weren't headlines like this before the election because they wanted Trump to be elected so they could make money writing headlines like this after the election.
January 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
There weren't headlines like this before the election because they wanted Trump to be elected so they could make money writing headlines like this after the election.