ChristyG
@crgallinger.bsky.social
Child of God, devoted wife, proponent of direct democracy & socialism, student of the Bible.
I'm not on here much. I prefer https://www.threads.com/@warriorchildandthestorm?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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ChristyG
@crgallinger.bsky.social
· May 3
#MutualAidRequest
My husband & I have accumulated a substantial amount of debt over the past decade, just trying to keep our heads above water. We're both on AISH and he drives for UberEats, but it's just not enough.
My husband & I have accumulated a substantial amount of debt over the past decade, just trying to keep our heads above water. We're both on AISH and he drives for UberEats, but it's just not enough.
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Instead of asking why these children are expressing themselves with gallows humor, or wondering if the constant threats of violence are having an effect on their mental state, school officials and cops are punishing simply because it's easier
But, we've decided guns are more important than children
But, we've decided guns are more important than children
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December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Instead of asking why these children are expressing themselves with gallows humor, or wondering if the constant threats of violence are having an effect on their mental state, school officials and cops are punishing simply because it's easier
But, we've decided guns are more important than children
But, we've decided guns are more important than children
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Charging middle schoolers with a crime for making a TikTok that portrayed a school shooting indicates a lack of understanding on how to handle these incidents, one school safety expert said.
“Did those charges make that school safer? No,” she said.
(Published July)
“Did those charges make that school safer? No,” she said.
(Published July)
Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime.
Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities say harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crac...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Charging middle schoolers with a crime for making a TikTok that portrayed a school shooting indicates a lack of understanding on how to handle these incidents, one school safety expert said.
“Did those charges make that school safer? No,” she said.
(Published July)
“Did those charges make that school safer? No,” she said.
(Published July)
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A long-read to add to your list:
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.”
The Minnesota AG’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the case instead of the case shaping the show.
(Published March 2025)
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.”
The Minnesota AG’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the case instead of the case shaping the show.
(Published March 2025)
“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: The Popular Reality Show and the Wrongly Convicted Man
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the c...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
A long-read to add to your list:
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.”
The Minnesota AG’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the case instead of the case shaping the show.
(Published March 2025)
Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.”
The Minnesota AG’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the case instead of the case shaping the show.
(Published March 2025)
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Happy New Year!
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
January 1, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Happy New Year!
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
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That’s why ProPublica is funded by readers, not advertisers.
You value journalism as a public service. Now’s the perfect time to become a member:
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December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Investigating powerful institutions takes time, resources and independence.
That’s why ProPublica is funded by readers, not advertisers.
You value journalism as a public service. Now’s the perfect time to become a member:
That’s why ProPublica is funded by readers, not advertisers.
You value journalism as a public service. Now’s the perfect time to become a member:
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The FDA doesn’t routinely test generic drugs for quality concerns.
Here’s what we found when we did.
Here’s what we found when we did.
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contam...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The FDA doesn’t routinely test generic drugs for quality concerns.
Here’s what we found when we did.
Here’s what we found when we did.
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This is a story of a state legal system that failed every person it touched — especially Eunice Whitman.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, with @adn.com
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, with @adn.com
How Eunice Whitman’s Murder Became a Case With No Verdict
Justine Paul was indicted on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people as suspects of “higher interest.” A decade after the killing, no one has b...
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is a story of a state legal system that failed every person it touched — especially Eunice Whitman.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, with @adn.com
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, with @adn.com
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Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
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Monitoring orgs estimate 14.5 million deaths by 2030, including at least 4.5m children. International genocide, quite literally, via a stroke of a pen on Day One of the doddering, felonious pedophile's second term. No phase out period. An act of war against humanity via his insipid signature.
December 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Monitoring orgs estimate 14.5 million deaths by 2030, including at least 4.5m children. International genocide, quite literally, via a stroke of a pen on Day One of the doddering, felonious pedophile's second term. No phase out period. An act of war against humanity via his insipid signature.
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My congressman, Mark Harris (NC), was proud to support the cuts to USAID. Harris is a Baptist minister. He and his wife were thrilled to dress up and attend the White House Christmas party.
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
My congressman, Mark Harris (NC), was proud to support the cuts to USAID. Harris is a Baptist minister. He and his wife were thrilled to dress up and attend the White House Christmas party.
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Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
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1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
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NEW EPISODE! In this Patreon-sponsored review, I look at the first four issues of The Mighty Crusaders!
youtu.be/OrcusYSSdNs
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The Mighty Crusaders #1-4 - Atop the Fourth Wall
YouTube video by Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
NEW EPISODE! In this Patreon-sponsored review, I look at the first four issues of The Mighty Crusaders!
youtu.be/OrcusYSSdNs
youtu.be/OrcusYSSdNs
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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We had already started the AT4W Black Friday sale early, but in case you didn't know, it's currently going on! Several items in the Storenvy have been temporarily reduced in price:
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Atop the Fourth Wall
The official Storenvy shop for Atop the Fourth Wall Merchandise!
NOTE: Prices may fluctuate due to changes in shipping rates, material costs, and new information.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We had already started the AT4W Black Friday sale early, but in case you didn't know, it's currently going on! Several items in the Storenvy have been temporarily reduced in price:
atop-the-fourth-wall.storenvy.com
atop-the-fourth-wall.storenvy.com
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Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
Woman With Ties To Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Family In ICE Custody
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Team Four Star Doing Abridged Series:
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Team Four Star Doing Abridged Series:
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Huh, after I disconnected Teespring from my Youtube and loudly started talking about how they haven't paid me what's owed, I just got the payout I was owed.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Huh, after I disconnected Teespring from my Youtube and loudly started talking about how they haven't paid me what's owed, I just got the payout I was owed.
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"I know - I'll just TAKE OFF the ankle monitor! Why has no one else thought of this before? I'M SO SMART."
Former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been under house arrest for plotting a coup and assassinations of the president, vice president and chief justice.
He used a soldering iron on his ankle monitor and lied about that. Burn marks on its circumference betrayed him.
Now, he's in custody.
He used a soldering iron on his ankle monitor and lied about that. Burn marks on its circumference betrayed him.
Now, he's in custody.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"I know - I'll just TAKE OFF the ankle monitor! Why has no one else thought of this before? I'M SO SMART."
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Remember when Worf changed the weather because he's a jerk? My review of his most beloved episode is on Patreon Early Access!
www.patreon.com/cw/movienights
www.patreon.com/cw/movienights
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Remember when Worf changed the weather because he's a jerk? My review of his most beloved episode is on Patreon Early Access!
www.patreon.com/cw/movienights
www.patreon.com/cw/movienights
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With just a little more work, I can cross the finish line for the month and pay all necessary bills and rent! Can I help you make closed captions for an upcoming or pre-existing video? I have a page on the process here, including a form to fill out so I can help you with your project!
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If you need some quality closed captions done for your YouTube videos, I am a professional working caption editor who can help, now taking commissions! Please read the info on the graphics and fill...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
With just a little more work, I can cross the finish line for the month and pay all necessary bills and rent! Can I help you make closed captions for an upcoming or pre-existing video? I have a page on the process here, including a form to fill out so I can help you with your project!