Christina DLR
@xtinadlr.bsky.social
Writer. Scientist. Solarpunk. Chicanx. Friend of Silica.
Co-host of the podcast Solarpunk Presents
Co-host of the podcast Solarpunk Presents
Halloween party prep = vacuuming up real cobwebs before putting up fake ones.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Halloween party prep = vacuuming up real cobwebs before putting up fake ones.
Do you know what I have not had in more than 45 years?
A 7-UP topped with a scoop of rainbow sherbet.
A 7-UP topped with a scoop of rainbow sherbet.
August 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Do you know what I have not had in more than 45 years?
A 7-UP topped with a scoop of rainbow sherbet.
A 7-UP topped with a scoop of rainbow sherbet.
On the bright side, it's the time of year when while I walk the dog I can eat blackberries for breakfast and bring home a giant puffball mushroom and Mirabelle plums for lunch.
On the dark side, zucchinis. At least 10/ per wk from the garden and nooooo I just can't anymore...
On the dark side, zucchinis. At least 10/ per wk from the garden and nooooo I just can't anymore...
August 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
On the bright side, it's the time of year when while I walk the dog I can eat blackberries for breakfast and bring home a giant puffball mushroom and Mirabelle plums for lunch.
On the dark side, zucchinis. At least 10/ per wk from the garden and nooooo I just can't anymore...
On the dark side, zucchinis. At least 10/ per wk from the garden and nooooo I just can't anymore...
50 years ago, I saw the poster for Jaws and promised myself I would never see that movie (because I love swimming in the ocean).
I broke that promise to myself on Sunday, on the big screen, in HD.
And... it was a surprisingly good movie! And way too cheesy to fire up any underwater paranoia. Phew!
I broke that promise to myself on Sunday, on the big screen, in HD.
And... it was a surprisingly good movie! And way too cheesy to fire up any underwater paranoia. Phew!
August 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
50 years ago, I saw the poster for Jaws and promised myself I would never see that movie (because I love swimming in the ocean).
I broke that promise to myself on Sunday, on the big screen, in HD.
And... it was a surprisingly good movie! And way too cheesy to fire up any underwater paranoia. Phew!
I broke that promise to myself on Sunday, on the big screen, in HD.
And... it was a surprisingly good movie! And way too cheesy to fire up any underwater paranoia. Phew!
The kittens have reached the phase where I'm glad we don't have curtains.
July 31, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The kittens have reached the phase where I'm glad we don't have curtains.
Had to take Mama Noodle and the kitten that we're keeping to the vet today to get chipped and vaccinated. They were shocked by the whole thing and obviously couldn't understand why they had to go through that. I don't know if they'll ever trust me again.
July 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Had to take Mama Noodle and the kitten that we're keeping to the vet today to get chipped and vaccinated. They were shocked by the whole thing and obviously couldn't understand why they had to go through that. I don't know if they'll ever trust me again.
Having barely survived 6 sessions to help me recover from a big injury I did to myself, um, walking, I have to say I don't want to have a deep tissue massage ever again, not in this life or in any life thereafter.
#neveragain
#neveragain
July 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Having barely survived 6 sessions to help me recover from a big injury I did to myself, um, walking, I have to say I don't want to have a deep tissue massage ever again, not in this life or in any life thereafter.
#neveragain
#neveragain
Who on Earth names their cat Meowsolini?
July 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Who on Earth names their cat Meowsolini?
Reposted by Christina DLR
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Down with the #oligarchy #plutocracy
The villains in "A New Faith" < tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith > are people like them!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #bookstodon #amwriting #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction #adaptation #migration #justice #humanrights
Down with the #oligarchy #plutocracy
The villains in "A New Faith" < tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith > are people like them!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #bookstodon #amwriting #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction #adaptation #migration #justice #humanrights
How the Billionaires Took Over America
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here...
newrepublic.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Down with the #oligarchy #plutocracy
The villains in "A New Faith" < tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith > are people like them!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #bookstodon #amwriting #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction #adaptation #migration #justice #humanrights
Down with the #oligarchy #plutocracy
The villains in "A New Faith" < tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith > are people like them!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #bookstodon #amwriting #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction #adaptation #migration #justice #humanrights
*heads out to the garden. looks around. sighs*
You've heard of Day of the Triffids?
Locally, we're having the Summer of the Aphids.
You've heard of Day of the Triffids?
Locally, we're having the Summer of the Aphids.
June 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
*heads out to the garden. looks around. sighs*
You've heard of Day of the Triffids?
Locally, we're having the Summer of the Aphids.
You've heard of Day of the Triffids?
Locally, we're having the Summer of the Aphids.
Do you know what's sadder than the tears of a clown? Opening the fridge in the morning and discovering there's no diet Coke inside because yesterday you decided it was finally time to quit (again).
June 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Do you know what's sadder than the tears of a clown? Opening the fridge in the morning and discovering there's no diet Coke inside because yesterday you decided it was finally time to quit (again).
55 years old and I still can't spell rhythm without a dictionary.
June 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
55 years old and I still can't spell rhythm without a dictionary.
I'm actually surprised it wouldn't take more. Forests are great and I'd totally love more of them, but there's only so much carbon they can lock up in biomass before saturating.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
A forest the size of North America would be needed to offset Big Oil's reserves, study finds
It would take more than 9.5 million square miles of trees to offset the emissions of the world’s 200 largest fossil fuel companies, according to new research.
www.latimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm actually surprised it wouldn't take more. Forests are great and I'd totally love more of them, but there's only so much carbon they can lock up in biomass before saturating.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
I watched Saturday Night Fever for the first time yesterday. I thought it would be all glam disco dancing with a super hot young Travolta, but it was actually a dark film (what a mess the patriarchy makes everybody!) with a maybe possibly slightly hopeful ending.
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I watched Saturday Night Fever for the first time yesterday. I thought it would be all glam disco dancing with a super hot young Travolta, but it was actually a dark film (what a mess the patriarchy makes everybody!) with a maybe possibly slightly hopeful ending.
Stuck on a late, overcrowded train I ended up bonding with the woman next to me over anti-capitalist, pro-community ideas... until she started sprouting conspiracy theories. She wasn't stupid or uninformed, was just reaching wrong conclusions from the right dataset. It gave me hope, in a way.
June 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Stuck on a late, overcrowded train I ended up bonding with the woman next to me over anti-capitalist, pro-community ideas... until she started sprouting conspiracy theories. She wasn't stupid or uninformed, was just reaching wrong conclusions from the right dataset. It gave me hope, in a way.
Vive la résistance!
June 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Vive la résistance!
I love me a good 80s radio station, but what's up with them having weekly countdowns with 40 year old songs moving up and down a couple of spots in the charts? And based on what, exactly?
June 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I love me a good 80s radio station, but what's up with them having weekly countdowns with 40 year old songs moving up and down a couple of spots in the charts? And based on what, exactly?
We had a cuckoo going "Cuckoo!" in the tree in front of our house this morning. First time I've heard one on our street. Seems apropos to the times.
June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We had a cuckoo going "Cuckoo!" in the tree in front of our house this morning. First time I've heard one on our street. Seems apropos to the times.
59 seconds of kittens to soothe your weary soul
June 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
59 seconds of kittens to soothe your weary soul
Today the Jack Russell-Fox Terrier learned a valuable life lesson: never mess with a mamma cat in the same small room where she has stashed her kittens.
Amazingly, the kittens slept through the whole altercation.
#kittens
Amazingly, the kittens slept through the whole altercation.
#kittens
June 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today the Jack Russell-Fox Terrier learned a valuable life lesson: never mess with a mamma cat in the same small room where she has stashed her kittens.
Amazingly, the kittens slept through the whole altercation.
#kittens
Amazingly, the kittens slept through the whole altercation.
#kittens
Our newfound cat hat 4 kittens yesterday and it's amazing how much that brightens up a day. 😍
June 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Our newfound cat hat 4 kittens yesterday and it's amazing how much that brightens up a day. 😍
Aging, ugh, embarrassing. I've started to totally, painfully miss my formative decade. Sure, it had serious problems and we all thought we'd die in a nuclear war. But we didn't hate each other so much and somehow the future felt wide open and full of promise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIo...
Jackson Browne - Lawyers In Love - Iris Face Remaster
YouTube video by Nepo remaster
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Aging, ugh, embarrassing. I've started to totally, painfully miss my formative decade. Sure, it had serious problems and we all thought we'd die in a nuclear war. But we didn't hate each other so much and somehow the future felt wide open and full of promise.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtIo...
Good grief, could somebody please tell me why the theme tune to Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is running on endless loop in my head.
The last time I saw an episode was like 45 years ago.
The last time I saw an episode was like 45 years ago.
May 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Good grief, could somebody please tell me why the theme tune to Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is running on endless loop in my head.
The last time I saw an episode was like 45 years ago.
The last time I saw an episode was like 45 years ago.
Went to the florist to buy MIL's 70th birthday flowers the other day and came home with a very sweet, very young, very pregnant stray cat. Don't know why people think driving unwanted cats out to a village and tossing them out of the car is anything but cruel and heartless.
May 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Went to the florist to buy MIL's 70th birthday flowers the other day and came home with a very sweet, very young, very pregnant stray cat. Don't know why people think driving unwanted cats out to a village and tossing them out of the car is anything but cruel and heartless.