Christina MacLaren
@christinamaclaren.bsky.social
Quilter, science educator, animal lover, book nerd
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Whilst it may not solve all of the world’s problems, I think we can all agree that having more bakeries, libraries, structures with gargoyles, quaint cafés, museums, Ukraine flags, independent bookstores, and Oxford commas would be an important first step.
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Whilst it may not solve all of the world’s problems, I think we can all agree that having more bakeries, libraries, structures with gargoyles, quaint cafés, museums, Ukraine flags, independent bookstores, and Oxford commas would be an important first step.
Still working on using my scraps, one color at a time. These FPP string blocks are so satisfying.
February 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Still working on using my scraps, one color at a time. These FPP string blocks are so satisfying.
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Determined to use up smaller scraps of some favorite fabrics, I started making these EPP Kansas dugout blocks and now have one for each day of 2025 so far. Next up, more greens.
January 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Determined to use up smaller scraps of some favorite fabrics, I started making these EPP Kansas dugout blocks and now have one for each day of 2025 so far. Next up, more greens.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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The White House and Trump have ordered a halt to all external Health communications from CDC, FDA, NIH, NSF and a shut down of websites and social media. No info on drug recalls, health alerts, disease tracking, safety alerts, epidemic info etc.
Trump is trying to muzzle science communication
Trump is trying to muzzle science communication
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The White House and Trump have ordered a halt to all external Health communications from CDC, FDA, NIH, NSF and a shut down of websites and social media. No info on drug recalls, health alerts, disease tracking, safety alerts, epidemic info etc.
Trump is trying to muzzle science communication
Trump is trying to muzzle science communication
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Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
January 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
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I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do.
With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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On Monday, let’s only focus on the important event: honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/...
www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/...
‘Any little step can make a dramatic difference in our nation.’- MLK III
Martin Luther King the Third, eldest son of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, joins Katie Phang to discuss the legacy of his father and his thoughts as Trump's inauguration falls on the M...
www.msnbc.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
On Monday, let’s only focus on the important event: honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/...
www.msnbc.com/katie-phang/...
Sometimes it feels wrong to share something as trivial as a couple of handmade mug rugs, with devastating fires on one side of the country and impending fascism on the other. Sewing through grief and rage doesn’t fix anything, but it settles my mind so I can deal with it a little better.
January 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sometimes it feels wrong to share something as trivial as a couple of handmade mug rugs, with devastating fires on one side of the country and impending fascism on the other. Sewing through grief and rage doesn’t fix anything, but it settles my mind so I can deal with it a little better.
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The Hegseth hearing is doing one thing incredibly well: it’s establishing that when his leadership at DoD fails, it’ll be clear that GOP Senators knew, excused it, and they own it. Serious concerns about experience & judgment are literally being laughed off.
January 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Hegseth hearing is doing one thing incredibly well: it’s establishing that when his leadership at DoD fails, it’ll be clear that GOP Senators knew, excused it, and they own it. Serious concerns about experience & judgment are literally being laughed off.
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I cannot believe we are relitigating, in the United States Senate, whether women are equal, but here we are.
January 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I cannot believe we are relitigating, in the United States Senate, whether women are equal, but here we are.
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When a hurricane struck North Carolina, Republicans lied about FEMA.
When a terrorist attacked New Orleans, Republicans lied about immigration.
When wildfires hit Los Angeles, Republicans lied about fire dept. funding and DEI.
Exploiting tragedy is part of the GOP playbook. Helping victims is not.
When a terrorist attacked New Orleans, Republicans lied about immigration.
When wildfires hit Los Angeles, Republicans lied about fire dept. funding and DEI.
Exploiting tragedy is part of the GOP playbook. Helping victims is not.
January 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
When a hurricane struck North Carolina, Republicans lied about FEMA.
When a terrorist attacked New Orleans, Republicans lied about immigration.
When wildfires hit Los Angeles, Republicans lied about fire dept. funding and DEI.
Exploiting tragedy is part of the GOP playbook. Helping victims is not.
When a terrorist attacked New Orleans, Republicans lied about immigration.
When wildfires hit Los Angeles, Republicans lied about fire dept. funding and DEI.
Exploiting tragedy is part of the GOP playbook. Helping victims is not.
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Do not let media frame this as a "natural disaster."
IT IS NOT. This is the predicted end result of fossil fuel exploitation, water hoarding, & bought politicians.
Now, insurance corps leave CA & CA private prisons use slave labor to fight these fires. Horrific.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-socal-...
IT IS NOT. This is the predicted end result of fossil fuel exploitation, water hoarding, & bought politicians.
Now, insurance corps leave CA & CA private prisons use slave labor to fight these fires. Horrific.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-socal-...
Why SoCal Burns & Who’s to Blame
Five harsh truths about these devastating fires that we must acknowledge if we hope to meaningfully prevent future fires and climate catastrophe
www.qasimrashid.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Do not let media frame this as a "natural disaster."
IT IS NOT. This is the predicted end result of fossil fuel exploitation, water hoarding, & bought politicians.
Now, insurance corps leave CA & CA private prisons use slave labor to fight these fires. Horrific.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-socal-...
IT IS NOT. This is the predicted end result of fossil fuel exploitation, water hoarding, & bought politicians.
Now, insurance corps leave CA & CA private prisons use slave labor to fight these fires. Horrific.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/why-socal-...
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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
January 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
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Pasadena Humane has seen an influx of over 300 animals due to the fires. People lined up down the block to drop off beloved pets they could not take with them when they fled their homes. Some animals arrived with burns and injuries and are being treated. Donations and fosters are needed NOW.
Eaton Canyon Fire Update - Pasadena Humane
Update as of 6:30 pm on January 8: We have taken in over 300 animals due to evacuations and have staff and volunteers working nonstop to help with their care. […]
pasadenahumane.org
January 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Pasadena Humane has seen an influx of over 300 animals due to the fires. People lined up down the block to drop off beloved pets they could not take with them when they fled their homes. Some animals arrived with burns and injuries and are being treated. Donations and fosters are needed NOW.
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“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”
AI doesn’t just require tons of electric power. It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
fortune.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”
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In 2020, only 3.6% of the world’s population lived outside their country of birth. People only leave their homes when they're desperate.
If conservatives really care about immigration, they would focus on stopping climate change. Because that's going to cause refugee numbers to skyrocket.
If conservatives really care about immigration, they would focus on stopping climate change. Because that's going to cause refugee numbers to skyrocket.
January 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
In 2020, only 3.6% of the world’s population lived outside their country of birth. People only leave their homes when they're desperate.
If conservatives really care about immigration, they would focus on stopping climate change. Because that's going to cause refugee numbers to skyrocket.
If conservatives really care about immigration, they would focus on stopping climate change. Because that's going to cause refugee numbers to skyrocket.
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The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
January 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
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Gen ai is poisoning our power grid, stealing intellectual property, using precious water, and ruining the internet with unreliable information and garbage imagery. Don't use it, and don't normalize it, even for laughs.
New evidence shows AI's thirst for power may be distorting the flow of power to US consumers (gift link):
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Gen ai is poisoning our power grid, stealing intellectual property, using precious water, and ruining the internet with unreliable information and garbage imagery. Don't use it, and don't normalize it, even for laughs.
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January 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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MAGA tech bros are complaining Americans aren't educated enough—meanwhile oppose canceling exploitative student debt, do nothing about high university tuition, want to help abolish the Department of Education, and support the hundreds of book bans across GOP run states.
Yeah, good plan.
Yeah, good plan.
December 28, 2024 at 3:27 AM
MAGA tech bros are complaining Americans aren't educated enough—meanwhile oppose canceling exploitative student debt, do nothing about high university tuition, want to help abolish the Department of Education, and support the hundreds of book bans across GOP run states.
Yeah, good plan.
Yeah, good plan.
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A billionaire’s interests will never align with the ordinary American’s. Their flashy programs and “innovations” might promise a better future, but look closer—it’s just another ploy to inflate their wealth. The working class? Just collateral in the billionaire race.
December 27, 2024 at 6:13 AM
A billionaire’s interests will never align with the ordinary American’s. Their flashy programs and “innovations” might promise a better future, but look closer—it’s just another ploy to inflate their wealth. The working class? Just collateral in the billionaire race.