Christina Darling
@christinadarling.bsky.social
Chaos Coordinator at the Jesser-Hammond House of Feral Living, ologies/isms, Bibliophile, Cookery, Cultivator of a Finely Curated Lifestyle, Blue Dot in a Sea of Red. Sometimes I write things. #NotMyPresident
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I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
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I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
Preview⤵️
June 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
<Thread>
I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
Preview⤵️
I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces.
Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into.
(It will also escalate from here.)
Preview⤵️
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Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion.
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks
Trump's comments about Ukraine's domestic politics will likely put more pressure on Zelensky ahead of possible negotiations to end the war.
www.axios.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion.
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
The Trump Regime, through its recent actions and statements at NATO, the UNSC, and negotiations with Putin has shown us who they are; a dangerous threat to Democracy at home and abroad. They will hand over Ukraine on a silver platter no matter the cost as long as it profits Trump and his owners.
Zelensky Urges ‘More Truth’ After Trump Suggests Ukraine Started the War (Gift Article)
The remarks by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine were some of his most pointed yet about President Trump’s views on the war.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Trump Regime, through its recent actions and statements at NATO, the UNSC, and negotiations with Putin has shown us who they are; a dangerous threat to Democracy at home and abroad. They will hand over Ukraine on a silver platter no matter the cost as long as it profits Trump and his owners.
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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
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When I sat MAGA is the cringiest cult and we should focus our energy on saving us, not converting them, this is what I mean:
February 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
When I sat MAGA is the cringiest cult and we should focus our energy on saving us, not converting them, this is what I mean:
"The Trump administration has charted a course for eventual catastrophic failure. Those who attempt to work with it will go down with it."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
Opinion | Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes? (Gift Article)
There can be no appeasement. None.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"The Trump administration has charted a course for eventual catastrophic failure. Those who attempt to work with it will go down with it."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...
Records show agencies, including the Executive Office of the President, paid for subscriptions.
Subscriptions.
Subscriptions.
Trump Amplifies Conspiracy Over U.S. Payments to Politico (Gift Article)
President Trump spread unfounded claims that the government had paid Politico and other news media outlets for positive coverage of Democrats. Records show agencies paid for subscriptions.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Records show agencies, including the Executive Office of the President, paid for subscriptions.
Subscriptions.
Subscriptions.
Jefferson City, MO
#3E #USProtests #r/50501 #feb5 #protests #50501Protest #StopTheCoup #BuildTheResistance #Musk #Missouri
#3E #USProtests #r/50501 #feb5 #protests #50501Protest #StopTheCoup #BuildTheResistance #Musk #Missouri
February 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Jefferson City, MO
#3E #USProtests #r/50501 #feb5 #protests #50501Protest #StopTheCoup #BuildTheResistance #Musk #Missouri
#3E #USProtests #r/50501 #feb5 #protests #50501Protest #StopTheCoup #BuildTheResistance #Musk #Missouri
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There is still beauty in this world
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There is still beauty in this world
Missouri specific protest rights via ACLU:
Your Rights at a Protest
The First Amendment protects many forms of expression, including the right to free speech, participating in demonstrations like protests and marches, leafleting, chanting, drumming and dancing. It
www.aclu-mo.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Missouri specific protest rights via ACLU:
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Will you join us, Missouri?
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
February 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Will you join us, Missouri?
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨
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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
Reposted by Christina Darling
Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
January 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
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A president’s executive order cannot undo a law or a Supreme Court decision, let alone a provision of the Constitution. Forget that and you do have a dictatorship on day one.
January 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A president’s executive order cannot undo a law or a Supreme Court decision, let alone a provision of the Constitution. Forget that and you do have a dictatorship on day one.
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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
"I'd gone to bed at 9:00 p.m.
turned out the lights
pulled up the covers --
their gaiety, their happiness
their screams, their paper hats,
their automobiles, their women
their amateur drunks...
New Year's Eve always terrifies me
life knows nothing of years."
-- Charles Bukowski
turned out the lights
pulled up the covers --
their gaiety, their happiness
their screams, their paper hats,
their automobiles, their women
their amateur drunks...
New Year's Eve always terrifies me
life knows nothing of years."
-- Charles Bukowski
January 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"I'd gone to bed at 9:00 p.m.
turned out the lights
pulled up the covers --
their gaiety, their happiness
their screams, their paper hats,
their automobiles, their women
their amateur drunks...
New Year's Eve always terrifies me
life knows nothing of years."
-- Charles Bukowski
turned out the lights
pulled up the covers --
their gaiety, their happiness
their screams, their paper hats,
their automobiles, their women
their amateur drunks...
New Year's Eve always terrifies me
life knows nothing of years."
-- Charles Bukowski
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people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM
people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
Reposted by Christina Darling
Reposted by Christina Darling
Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.
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The Holodomor, which means “murder by starvation” in Ukrainian, is widely considered to be one of Ukraine’s most devastating national tragedies.
Holodomor: Soviet Union’s man-made famine in Ukraine
Editor’s Note: This article was updated to reflect international recognition of the Holodomor.
This article contains graphic photos and descriptions.
The Holodomor, which means “murder by starvation”...
kyivindependent.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:40 PM
The Holodomor, which means “murder by starvation” in Ukrainian, is widely considered to be one of Ukraine’s most devastating national tragedies.