Christina Kukuk
@christinakukuk.bsky.social
Author / Chaplain / Kickboxer
I ❤️ poetry, the Rust Belt, and artful obituaries
📕Loving What Doesn’t Last: An Adoration of the Body (2021)
I ❤️ poetry, the Rust Belt, and artful obituaries
📕Loving What Doesn’t Last: An Adoration of the Body (2021)
January 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Reminding myself.
Sharing perennial good news judgement checklist
Sharing perennial good news judgement checklist
It's always important to follow On The Media's excellent guidance but especially in the midst of horrifying events that are all too given to misinformation.
If you learn that you've shared false information: Screengrab, delete/de-RT, & tell your followers about it, with the screengrab.
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If you learn that you've shared false information: Screengrab, delete/de-RT, & tell your followers about it, with the screengrab.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Reminding myself.
Sharing perennial good news judgement checklist
Sharing perennial good news judgement checklist
A really good window into a job most of us don’t know anything about
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A really good window into a job most of us don’t know anything about
This whole thread is a master class.
Stop normalizing abuse and letting enablers get a pass.
Stop normalizing abuse and letting enablers get a pass.
I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
January 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This whole thread is a master class.
Stop normalizing abuse and letting enablers get a pass.
Stop normalizing abuse and letting enablers get a pass.
Reposted by Christina Kukuk
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...
Reposted by Christina Kukuk
Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.
Reposted by Christina Kukuk
“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
December 5, 2024 at 2:38 AM
“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
We survived the extended family holiday event! Adulting Level 3,000 unlocked
a woman in a red dress is sitting at a table with a laptop and making a funny face .
Alt: Alexis, a character from Schitt’s Creek, sitting at a table with open laptop flipping her long hair repeatedly and making a funny face with the caption “Yay me!”
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:04 AM
We survived the extended family holiday event! Adulting Level 3,000 unlocked
A new report details both an epidemic of fatal violence and discriminatory legislation against trans Americans. While many fear a Trump administration will only further threaten trans lives, these orgs are fighting back. ⤵️
Amid An Violence Epidemic Against Trans Americans, These Groups Are Fighting Back
A new report details both an epidemic of fatal violence and discriminatory legislation against trans Americans. While many fear a Trump administration will only further threaten trans lives, these org...
www.teenvogue.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Reposted by Christina Kukuk
November 20, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Celebrated a birthday earlier this week by loudly reciting “Renascence” in the blessedly empty house. Are there “life poems” like some of us (religious trauma content warning ⛔️) had “life verses” growing up?
#poetry #EdnaStVincentMillay
#poetry #EdnaStVincentMillay
November 21, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Celebrated a birthday earlier this week by loudly reciting “Renascence” in the blessedly empty house. Are there “life poems” like some of us (religious trauma content warning ⛔️) had “life verses” growing up?
#poetry #EdnaStVincentMillay
#poetry #EdnaStVincentMillay
Reposted by Christina Kukuk
Every year I give out a craftivism grant to a US based person/group with a good idea. It includes seed money, 20 hours of my time as a strategic advisor, and more. The grant application is open now. www.badasscrossstitch.com/communitypro...
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
Craftivism Micro Grant — Badass Cross Stitch
www.badasscrossstitch.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Every year I give out a craftivism grant to a US based person/group with a good idea. It includes seed money, 20 hours of my time as a strategic advisor, and more. The grant application is open now. www.badasscrossstitch.com/communitypro...
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
My disillusionment happened in 2016. These are lessons we all need to take seriously.
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:02 AM
My disillusionment happened in 2016. These are lessons we all need to take seriously.
I found the Little Free Library where some neighbor is offloading their hardbacks by bestselling authors.
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I haven’t read this one, but loved The Good Lord Bird and others by #JamesMcBride, and I’m overdue for a novel.
Anyone read both?
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I haven’t read this one, but loved The Good Lord Bird and others by #JamesMcBride, and I’m overdue for a novel.
Anyone read both?
November 17, 2024 at 1:34 AM
I found the Little Free Library where some neighbor is offloading their hardbacks by bestselling authors.
📚
I haven’t read this one, but loved The Good Lord Bird and others by #JamesMcBride, and I’m overdue for a novel.
Anyone read both?
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I haven’t read this one, but loved The Good Lord Bird and others by #JamesMcBride, and I’m overdue for a novel.
Anyone read both?
Reposted by Christina Kukuk
Treating science as just another political perspective is the worst development of so-called journalism in this century.
November 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Treating science as just another political perspective is the worst development of so-called journalism in this century.
Two words on my mind this week:
1) Conserve energy
2) Be wise as serpents
Need to brush up on my herpetology
1) Conserve energy
2) Be wise as serpents
Need to brush up on my herpetology
November 14, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Two words on my mind this week:
1) Conserve energy
2) Be wise as serpents
Need to brush up on my herpetology
1) Conserve energy
2) Be wise as serpents
Need to brush up on my herpetology
Recently celebrated the third birthday of my first book.
Trying to focus to finish the proposal for book #2 and get it sent.
Current events not helping.
(BTW: Book #1 makes a great read for Advent. There’s a free reading guide on my website)
#spirituality #bodies
Trying to focus to finish the proposal for book #2 and get it sent.
Current events not helping.
(BTW: Book #1 makes a great read for Advent. There’s a free reading guide on my website)
#spirituality #bodies
November 14, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Recently celebrated the third birthday of my first book.
Trying to focus to finish the proposal for book #2 and get it sent.
Current events not helping.
(BTW: Book #1 makes a great read for Advent. There’s a free reading guide on my website)
#spirituality #bodies
Trying to focus to finish the proposal for book #2 and get it sent.
Current events not helping.
(BTW: Book #1 makes a great read for Advent. There’s a free reading guide on my website)
#spirituality #bodies
💯 agree
Remember, exhaustion is a torture technique
Conserve energy
Listen to the Nap Bishop Tricia Hersey:
“Rest is Resistance”
Remember, exhaustion is a torture technique
Conserve energy
Listen to the Nap Bishop Tricia Hersey:
“Rest is Resistance”
I can’t & won’t tell anyone what to do, but I’ll gently suggest if you’re already feverishly tracking everything this incoming administration does & says & every piece of lobotomized court intrigue you’ll lose your mind right about when you need it most. Go paint some model figurines or something.
November 14, 2024 at 5:10 AM
💯 agree
Remember, exhaustion is a torture technique
Conserve energy
Listen to the Nap Bishop Tricia Hersey:
“Rest is Resistance”
Remember, exhaustion is a torture technique
Conserve energy
Listen to the Nap Bishop Tricia Hersey:
“Rest is Resistance”
When I was feeling pretty blue about recalcitrant systems a few weeks back, I got the best kind of mail
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Sharing for those who may need some encouragement this week
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Let’s Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creators, and Makers, by Shannon Downey
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Sharing for those who may need some encouragement this week
🧵🪡
Let’s Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creators, and Makers, by Shannon Downey
November 14, 2024 at 4:21 AM
When I was feeling pretty blue about recalcitrant systems a few weeks back, I got the best kind of mail
📚
Sharing for those who may need some encouragement this week
🧵🪡
Let’s Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creators, and Makers, by Shannon Downey
📚
Sharing for those who may need some encouragement this week
🧵🪡
Let’s Move the Needle: An Activism Handbook for Artists, Crafters, Creators, and Makers, by Shannon Downey
One of my #hospice families cut a bloom from their Abraham Lincoln rose bush last week to say thank you.
The perfume!
Pre-election anxiety medicine
The perfume!
Pre-election anxiety medicine
November 14, 2024 at 4:13 AM
One of my #hospice families cut a bloom from their Abraham Lincoln rose bush last week to say thank you.
The perfume!
Pre-election anxiety medicine
The perfume!
Pre-election anxiety medicine
Reposted by Christina Kukuk
Few know this, but liturgically, Advent begins when we cannot bear the crushing weight of human sin for a single instant longer.
Okay I’m calling it. Advent starts now
November 8, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Few know this, but liturgically, Advent begins when we cannot bear the crushing weight of human sin for a single instant longer.