The Spicy Crone.
@christinedeleon.bsky.social
Veteran content strategist. Believer in human-centred systems design. Restorative justice practitioner. Jazz nerd. Persistent writer.
Proud Canadian 🇨🇦
Proud daughter of immigrants 🇵🇭
Proud Londoner 🌉
https://christinedawndeleon.substack.com
Proud Canadian 🇨🇦
Proud daughter of immigrants 🇵🇭
Proud Londoner 🌉
https://christinedawndeleon.substack.com
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#Moon at roughly 88% full tonight from the backyard in #SantaBarbara.
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
#Moon at roughly 88% full tonight from the backyard in #SantaBarbara.
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
My LinkedIn feed is full of many people who are pretty much this.
the evil queen from snow white and the seven dwarfs is standing in front of a magic mirror
ALT: the evil queen from snow white and the seven dwarfs is standing in front of a magic mirror
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My LinkedIn feed is full of many people who are pretty much this.
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Giant gaps between the Witkoff-Dmitriev “peace plan” for Ukraine, which was unacceptable to Kyiv, and a new European draft, which the Kremlin won’t discuss, make it clear the war is unlikely to end soon.
My analysis
My analysis
Duelling peace plans show relief for Ukraine remains a long way off
Britain, France and Germany’s proposal aims to fill gaps in 28-point U.S.-Russian plan
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Giant gaps between the Witkoff-Dmitriev “peace plan” for Ukraine, which was unacceptable to Kyiv, and a new European draft, which the Kremlin won’t discuss, make it clear the war is unlikely to end soon.
My analysis
My analysis
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This is outrageous from Keir Starmer.
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is outrageous from Keir Starmer.
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
‘Russian links to Reform need investigating’, he says. So why is his government still fighting case now in Grand Chamber of Strasbourg court refusing to have such an investigation into Russian interference ??
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Coming home from straight edge raving. Dancing is medicine. Also, I love London’s 24h tube at the weekends.
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Coming home from straight edge raving. Dancing is medicine. Also, I love London’s 24h tube at the weekends.
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
Also lost: the right to point fingers at measles outbreaks in the US. It's worse here.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Also lost: the right to point fingers at measles outbreaks in the US. It's worse here.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
Also lost: the right to point fingers at measles outbreaks in the US. It's worse here.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Also lost: the right to point fingers at measles outbreaks in the US. It's worse here.
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
If Labour want to stay in power, they probably need to tax billionaires and massive corporations.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If Labour want to stay in power, they probably need to tax billionaires and massive corporations.
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There's a video of ICE attacking a man in a car, causing him to have a seizure while he's holding his toddler. If I saw that in a movie, I'd walk out because it's torture porn. And yet that's life in American cities
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There's a video of ICE attacking a man in a car, causing him to have a seizure while he's holding his toddler. If I saw that in a movie, I'd walk out because it's torture porn. And yet that's life in American cities
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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Donald Trump calling his ceasefire deal “Peace in the Middle East” doesn’t make it so - no matter how many world leaders (none of them the belligerent parties) gather to applaud..
What he’s done is restore something like the pre-Oct. 7, 2023 status quo, which was a long way from peace.
My take
What he’s done is restore something like the pre-Oct. 7, 2023 status quo, which was a long way from peace.
My take
At leaders’ summit in Egypt, Trump unveils fuzzy commitment to ‘peace in the Middle East’
Trump managed to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. But what comes next is unclear
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Donald Trump calling his ceasefire deal “Peace in the Middle East” doesn’t make it so - no matter how many world leaders (none of them the belligerent parties) gather to applaud..
What he’s done is restore something like the pre-Oct. 7, 2023 status quo, which was a long way from peace.
My take
What he’s done is restore something like the pre-Oct. 7, 2023 status quo, which was a long way from peace.
My take
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The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family. n.pr/438VrK8
D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51
The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family. n.pr/438VrK8
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IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.
October 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.
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We're commissioning an artist to co-create an artwork for our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Help us tell powerful stories of identity, home and care.
🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply:
🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply:
The Art of Nursing | News | Royal College of Nursing
An exhibition on art by and about nurses over the last 150 years.
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're commissioning an artist to co-create an artwork for our upcoming exhibition on migration and nursing. Help us tell powerful stories of identity, home and care.
🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply:
🗓 Deadline for applications: 19 October 2025
📍 Location: Anywhere in the UK
👉 Find out more and apply:
Skyscrapers. September, 2025. Toronto, Canada.
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Skyscrapers. September, 2025. Toronto, Canada.
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#BlackHistoryMonth is always a wonderful excuse to share my all-time favourite team photo. 📷
This is the mighty - and very cool - #Luton United #Cricket Club in 1974. ❤️🏏
This is the mighty - and very cool - #Luton United #Cricket Club in 1974. ❤️🏏
October 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#BlackHistoryMonth is always a wonderful excuse to share my all-time favourite team photo. 📷
This is the mighty - and very cool - #Luton United #Cricket Club in 1974. ❤️🏏
This is the mighty - and very cool - #Luton United #Cricket Club in 1974. ❤️🏏
Great.
The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.
First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika
The first discovery of Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK shows how climate change and global travel are helping mosquitoes that spread dengue and Zika expand northwards.
tcnv.link
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Great.
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I wrote about whether the hideous Thames Water bailout plan - which lets it off fines for up to 15 years - is lawful or will need the support of MPs. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...
Is the Thames Water bailout plan - which relieves the company from fines for up to fifteen years - lawful?
A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors, London & Valley Water (“L&VW”), has submitted to Ofwat proposals for them to be relieved from fines for past or future sewage dumping for a period of up to ...
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I wrote about whether the hideous Thames Water bailout plan - which lets it off fines for up to 15 years - is lawful or will need the support of MPs. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...
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Our television license (non-UK followers look it up it is a thing) has finally paid off. BBC iPlayer is streaming the Blue Jays v Yankees game! Not a single pub in central London is showing the game. Not even the Maple Leaf Pub … I promise not to complain about the beeb for the rest of the weekend.
October 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Our television license (non-UK followers look it up it is a thing) has finally paid off. BBC iPlayer is streaming the Blue Jays v Yankees game! Not a single pub in central London is showing the game. Not even the Maple Leaf Pub … I promise not to complain about the beeb for the rest of the weekend.
It’s as though people lose their scruples with the prospect of black gold on the horizon: Texans …. Saudis….Albertans …
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | After losing billions of dollars on Keystone XL and tank cars, Alberta is pursuing another pipeline | CBC News
After months of Premier Danielle Smith vowing to find a company willing to develop a new oil export pipeline, the Alberta government itself is taking the plunge. The move is already drawing both prais...
www.cbc.ca
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It’s as though people lose their scruples with the prospect of black gold on the horizon: Texans …. Saudis….Albertans …
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who knew the best description of beef cuts would be on a Canadian government website.
inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labe...
inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labe...
Beef – Meat cuts manual - inspection.canada.ca
inspection.canada.ca
October 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Who knew the best description of beef cuts would be on a Canadian government website.
inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labe...
inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labe...
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Today’s front page of @theglobeandmail.com - featuring my report on life and death in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, as the frontline approaches: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today’s front page of @theglobeandmail.com - featuring my report on life and death in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad, as the frontline approaches: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...