Christi Kraft
@christikraft.bsky.social
Colorful, upbeat photographer celebrating creativity, beauty, and wonder. Writer of poetry and prose and grocery lists. Hugger of bunnies. She/her.
📍Madison, Wisconsin https://christikraft.com
📍Madison, Wisconsin https://christikraft.com
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An important reminder that artists (and art) can help save the world.
we are a passionate group of people who’s empathy, creativity and love for the world can lead to incredible acts of resistance.
Support and protect artists!
we are a passionate group of people who’s empathy, creativity and love for the world can lead to incredible acts of resistance.
Support and protect artists!
There is always something you can do to gum up the works of fascism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer.
Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore.
They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.
February 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
An important reminder that artists (and art) can help save the world.
we are a passionate group of people who’s empathy, creativity and love for the world can lead to incredible acts of resistance.
Support and protect artists!
we are a passionate group of people who’s empathy, creativity and love for the world can lead to incredible acts of resistance.
Support and protect artists!
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
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The MF can try to cancel Black History Month
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
Read Black Writers
Read Black writers all the time. Always. For the month of Feb we're recommending a book a day to highlight great voices, so compiling here.
bookshop.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The MF can try to cancel Black History Month
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
but it's still Black History Month.
(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)
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Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
February 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
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2/ Our reporting is incomplete but what limited reporting we have says that Musk's crew isn't using any of the federal cybersecurity protocols. If you collect Social Security I'd imagine you have standing to sue Musk for endangering your financial information and private medical records.
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
2/ Our reporting is incomplete but what limited reporting we have says that Musk's crew isn't using any of the federal cybersecurity protocols. If you collect Social Security I'd imagine you have standing to sue Musk for endangering your financial information and private medical records.
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This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
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 3:53 AM
This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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One way you can do that? Wear a respirator. Whenever you’re in public, mask up.
It may not seem radical but in the face of mask bans, ugly laws and unmitigated covid spread… it’s a strong show of resistance and solidarity.
It may not seem radical but in the face of mask bans, ugly laws and unmitigated covid spread… it’s a strong show of resistance and solidarity.
yeah so I'm gonna need all you liberals to just go ahead and radicalize real quick, that'd be great, thanks
January 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
One way you can do that? Wear a respirator. Whenever you’re in public, mask up.
It may not seem radical but in the face of mask bans, ugly laws and unmitigated covid spread… it’s a strong show of resistance and solidarity.
It may not seem radical but in the face of mask bans, ugly laws and unmitigated covid spread… it’s a strong show of resistance and solidarity.
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If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
Looking for a supernatural queer read?
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
February 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
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Today and in the coming days, remember
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today and in the coming days, remember
January 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
January 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My Election Day tradition is to post regular timeline cleanses, so you can pause the doomscroll, and rest your eyes and your spirit with art.
I'm going to do the same today. We can use all the beauty we can find.
I also invite you to visit this virtual exhibition: christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
I'm going to do the same today. We can use all the beauty we can find.
I also invite you to visit this virtual exhibition: christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
January 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My Election Day tradition is to post regular timeline cleanses, so you can pause the doomscroll, and rest your eyes and your spirit with art.
I'm going to do the same today. We can use all the beauty we can find.
I also invite you to visit this virtual exhibition: christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
I'm going to do the same today. We can use all the beauty we can find.
I also invite you to visit this virtual exhibition: christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
Need a break? Check out this virtual art exhibition:
christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
(Save this link if you plan to be off social media tomorrow!)
I recommend a leisurely wander with a beverage and some soft instrumental music or water sounds in your space 💙
#CalmInTheStorm
christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
(Save this link if you plan to be off social media tomorrow!)
I recommend a leisurely wander with a beverage and some soft instrumental music or water sounds in your space 💙
#CalmInTheStorm
January 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Need a break? Check out this virtual art exhibition:
christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
(Save this link if you plan to be off social media tomorrow!)
I recommend a leisurely wander with a beverage and some soft instrumental music or water sounds in your space 💙
#CalmInTheStorm
christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
(Save this link if you plan to be off social media tomorrow!)
I recommend a leisurely wander with a beverage and some soft instrumental music or water sounds in your space 💙
#CalmInTheStorm
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The amazing part isn’t just the wrong answer, but that the explanation it gives is accurate — and it *simply doesn’t know that 27 is a smaller number than 32.*
Billions of dollars spent to make a black box machine that doesn’t know something elementary school kids know.
Billions of dollars spent to make a black box machine that doesn’t know something elementary school kids know.
January 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The amazing part isn’t just the wrong answer, but that the explanation it gives is accurate — and it *simply doesn’t know that 27 is a smaller number than 32.*
Billions of dollars spent to make a black box machine that doesn’t know something elementary school kids know.
Billions of dollars spent to make a black box machine that doesn’t know something elementary school kids know.
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If you’re still masking - thank you.
If you’re still trying to convince others to mask - thank you.
If you understand the benefit of a well fitted respirator - you’re awesome.
Masking isn’t just a way to safeguard one’s health. It’s an act of solidarity with disabled & marginalized communities.
If you’re still trying to convince others to mask - thank you.
If you understand the benefit of a well fitted respirator - you’re awesome.
Masking isn’t just a way to safeguard one’s health. It’s an act of solidarity with disabled & marginalized communities.
January 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
If you’re still masking - thank you.
If you’re still trying to convince others to mask - thank you.
If you understand the benefit of a well fitted respirator - you’re awesome.
Masking isn’t just a way to safeguard one’s health. It’s an act of solidarity with disabled & marginalized communities.
If you’re still trying to convince others to mask - thank you.
If you understand the benefit of a well fitted respirator - you’re awesome.
Masking isn’t just a way to safeguard one’s health. It’s an act of solidarity with disabled & marginalized communities.
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All Los Angeles Public Library locations are providing free N95 masks. Libraries are essential!
January 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
All Los Angeles Public Library locations are providing free N95 masks. Libraries are essential!
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I’m sick of living through Wikipedia entries.
January 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’m sick of living through Wikipedia entries.
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And this organization is helping animals who have been displaced by these fires. Donate if you have the desire or means to donate.
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
Eaton Canyon Fire Update - Pasadena Humane
Eaton Fire Update: We have taken in over 100 animals overnight and are continuing to take in animals for emergency boarding. Due to the proximity of the evacuation zones, we […]
pasadenahumane.org
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And this organization is helping animals who have been displaced by these fires. Donate if you have the desire or means to donate.
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
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And of course World Central Kitchen worldcentralkitchen.org who are already on the ground in SoCal feeding people.
January 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
And of course World Central Kitchen worldcentralkitchen.org who are already on the ground in SoCal feeding people.