ChristinaS
@ccsharps.bsky.social
Rural MD to DC daily. Zone 7a/7b. Massawomeck/Piscataway.
All photos are mine unless otherwise indicated.
MCM. Design. Nature. Research. Climate. Pets. Coffee Achiever.
🎶 Jazz Blues Funk Fusion 🎶
All photos are mine unless otherwise indicated.
MCM. Design. Nature. Research. Climate. Pets. Coffee Achiever.
🎶 Jazz Blues Funk Fusion 🎶
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'Rising of the sun' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart #December1st
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
'Rising of the sun' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart #December1st
Please enjoy this Jim thread, complete with savory alt text.
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Please enjoy this Jim thread, complete with savory alt text.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
J just came out of a thick slumber to grunt and groan at the black-and-pink themed Kars for Kids commercial.
He’s still in there. ❤️
#Hospice
He’s still in there. ❤️
#Hospice
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
J just came out of a thick slumber to grunt and groan at the black-and-pink themed Kars for Kids commercial.
He’s still in there. ❤️
#Hospice
He’s still in there. ❤️
#Hospice
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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Sanderlings running! Ocean waves! Gulls by the hundreds! In case you need a two minute break from everything.
#birds 🌿 🧪
#birds 🌿 🧪
A Fall Trip to the Beach (with SO MANY Birds)
YouTube video by Get To Know Nature
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November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Sanderlings running! Ocean waves! Gulls by the hundreds! In case you need a two minute break from everything.
#birds 🌿 🧪
#birds 🌿 🧪
Perfection in engineering is on display right here. In another life I built watches in NY, but none of this caliber.
Been really enjoying these Instagram videos by Peter Glomb, a Swiss-trained, American watchmaker at Wristcheck. Here, he's repairing a rare version of the Patek 96, first introduced in 1932 and widely regarded as the watch that set the template for dress watches.
IG peterelliotglomb
IG peterelliotglomb
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Perfection in engineering is on display right here. In another life I built watches in NY, but none of this caliber.
100% this. How is it that suddenly our beautiful brains are insufficient? Do not buy into the fantasies of billionaires.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
100% this. How is it that suddenly our beautiful brains are insufficient? Do not buy into the fantasies of billionaires.
My people 💙🔥
Happening now: Here’s a view of the “No Kings” protest in Washington, DC
October 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My people 💙🔥
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Customer: A SALUTE TO THE SUMMER OF LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1967 THE CAR IS DECORATED WITH ART FROM THE ERA
DMV: resembling or inducing the hallucinatory effect produced by taking a psychedelic drug (definition from Google), a bunch of old cars on ANI
Verdict: ACCEPTED
DMV: resembling or inducing the hallucinatory effect produced by taking a psychedelic drug (definition from Google), a bunch of old cars on ANI
Verdict: ACCEPTED
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Customer: A SALUTE TO THE SUMMER OF LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1967 THE CAR IS DECORATED WITH ART FROM THE ERA
DMV: resembling or inducing the hallucinatory effect produced by taking a psychedelic drug (definition from Google), a bunch of old cars on ANI
Verdict: ACCEPTED
DMV: resembling or inducing the hallucinatory effect produced by taking a psychedelic drug (definition from Google), a bunch of old cars on ANI
Verdict: ACCEPTED
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I dust my house. My AI Robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I dust my house. My AI Robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
My life is so damn abysmal right now I’m gonna doomscroll to cheer myself up.
October 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My life is so damn abysmal right now I’m gonna doomscroll to cheer myself up.
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A photo I took of my cats making their way back home after killing a man.
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A photo I took of my cats making their way back home after killing a man.
Dr. Goodall was an outstanding human whose philosophies and skills helped shape my lifetime. Her impact was transformative, and the world is a new shade of dark without her light. 🌟✨
"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
Rest in Peace, Jane Goodall 🙏🏻
Rest in Peace, Jane Goodall 🙏🏻
October 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dr. Goodall was an outstanding human whose philosophies and skills helped shape my lifetime. Her impact was transformative, and the world is a new shade of dark without her light. 🌟✨
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Happy bday poet W.S. Merwin, b.1927, NYC.
“On the last day of the world
I would want to plant a tree”
“We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ”
“come back
believer in shade
believer in silence and elegance
believer in ferns
believer in patience
believer in the rain”
“On the last day of the world
I would want to plant a tree”
“We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ”
“come back
believer in shade
believer in silence and elegance
believer in ferns
believer in patience
believer in the rain”
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Happy bday poet W.S. Merwin, b.1927, NYC.
“On the last day of the world
I would want to plant a tree”
“We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ”
“come back
believer in shade
believer in silence and elegance
believer in ferns
believer in patience
believer in the rain”
“On the last day of the world
I would want to plant a tree”
“We are asleep with compasses in our hands. ”
“come back
believer in shade
believer in silence and elegance
believer in ferns
believer in patience
believer in the rain”
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portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL
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In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office.
I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.
I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office.
I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.
I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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This tall drink of water with the candy-corn face is the saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), native to sub-Saharan Africa.
They can be almost 5 foot tall (150 cm), with wingspans of 9 foot (270 cm).
They're wading birds, fishing in shallow water of lakes & wetlands.
They can be almost 5 foot tall (150 cm), with wingspans of 9 foot (270 cm).
They're wading birds, fishing in shallow water of lakes & wetlands.
September 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This tall drink of water with the candy-corn face is the saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), native to sub-Saharan Africa.
They can be almost 5 foot tall (150 cm), with wingspans of 9 foot (270 cm).
They're wading birds, fishing in shallow water of lakes & wetlands.
They can be almost 5 foot tall (150 cm), with wingspans of 9 foot (270 cm).
They're wading birds, fishing in shallow water of lakes & wetlands.
My morning email from Ghosts of DC revisited this gem from 2013. Were you there? I was. Yes, I’m old. 😎✌️🎶🎶🎶 #RockandRoll #Music
ghostsofdc.org/2013/03/04/t...
ghostsofdc.org/2013/03/04/t...
September 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My morning email from Ghosts of DC revisited this gem from 2013. Were you there? I was. Yes, I’m old. 😎✌️🎶🎶🎶 #RockandRoll #Music
ghostsofdc.org/2013/03/04/t...
ghostsofdc.org/2013/03/04/t...
We all need this smol dog today.
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We all need this smol dog today.
A birthday salute to John Coltrane. Here's the first three minutes of All Blues. 💙🎶🎶🎶
#jazzmusic #jazzsky youtu.be/-488UORrfJ0?...
#jazzmusic #jazzsky youtu.be/-488UORrfJ0?...
Miles Davis - All Blues (Official Audio)
YouTube video by MilesDavisVEVO
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September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A birthday salute to John Coltrane. Here's the first three minutes of All Blues. 💙🎶🎶🎶
#jazzmusic #jazzsky youtu.be/-488UORrfJ0?...
#jazzmusic #jazzsky youtu.be/-488UORrfJ0?...
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What I’m wearing to the Rapture.
September 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What I’m wearing to the Rapture.
I was on FB in 2010 when I read the following: “I don’t date women who read books.” It was a stunning and revealing statement from a middle aged, upper income, seemingly normal white man so comfortable in his willful ignorance it took my breath away. My perspective was forever changed that day.
Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I was on FB in 2010 when I read the following: “I don’t date women who read books.” It was a stunning and revealing statement from a middle aged, upper income, seemingly normal white man so comfortable in his willful ignorance it took my breath away. My perspective was forever changed that day.