Christine Choan Rogers PhD
@preopticarea.bsky.social
Neuroscience PhD, Educator: Science Research in the High School, AP Bio. Buddhist; Soto Zen. Meditation teacher certification. Owner of Simply Sitting LLC: PD social Emotional Learning for Teachers/Admin. Hobbies: Painting, photog., BSG fandom. Grd2 Glioma
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A friend inspired me to publish these poems. They are very personal but covey a sense of healing that may help others. The art work is mine.
Available already.
Available already.
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Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
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ICYMI yesterday
New from me this morning, a deep dive on Elon Musk's Grokipedia-- the forthrightness of the white nationalist and eugenic advocacy in many entries surprised me and the experts I spoke to www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
ICYMI yesterday
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Ukrainian attack damages power plants in Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk, official says reut.rs/3JZVKRc
Ukrainian attack damages power plants in Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk, official says
An overnight attack damaged two thermal power plants, leaving many settlements without electricity.
reut.rs
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ukrainian attack damages power plants in Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk, official says reut.rs/3JZVKRc
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There’s plenty of discourse about whether these Young Republicans mean the things they say.
And honestly, it doesn’t matter. Because whether they believe in it or not, the willingness to participate in these conversations predicts the willingness to perpetrate the violence they describe.
And honestly, it doesn’t matter. Because whether they believe in it or not, the willingness to participate in these conversations predicts the willingness to perpetrate the violence they describe.
October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There’s plenty of discourse about whether these Young Republicans mean the things they say.
And honestly, it doesn’t matter. Because whether they believe in it or not, the willingness to participate in these conversations predicts the willingness to perpetrate the violence they describe.
And honestly, it doesn’t matter. Because whether they believe in it or not, the willingness to participate in these conversations predicts the willingness to perpetrate the violence they describe.
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These are not just people with different ideas about governance. They are horrible people, down to their soul.
Republican Nancy Mace says she likes to watch videos of Ice detaining people
Congresswoman says she ‘can think of nothing more American’ than Ice dragging people out of court
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
These are not just people with different ideas about governance. They are horrible people, down to their soul.
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POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
July 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
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Admittedly I am surprised at how quickly and thoroughly these institutions are being dismantled.
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
July 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Admittedly I am surprised at how quickly and thoroughly these institutions are being dismantled.
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“The message being relayed is that the suits who are making these calls not only want to eliminate the Colbert problem, but the mere possibility of such a platform for political commentary of dissent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
America Needs Colbert
The silencing of jokes and jabs on network airwaves shatters a tangible demonstration of nuanced thinking, free speech and philosophical complexity.
www.bloomberg.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“The message being relayed is that the suits who are making these calls not only want to eliminate the Colbert problem, but the mere possibility of such a platform for political commentary of dissent.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore
July 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore
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"Adolf Hitler, pursuing a ruthless campaign for a 'Nasified' and loyal Germany, armed himself today with the power to cancel citizenships and and confiscate the property of critical or hostile citizens, including Germans living abroad."
United Press
July 16, 1933
United Press
July 16, 1933
July 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"Adolf Hitler, pursuing a ruthless campaign for a 'Nasified' and loyal Germany, armed himself today with the power to cancel citizenships and and confiscate the property of critical or hostile citizens, including Germans living abroad."
United Press
July 16, 1933
United Press
July 16, 1933
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(Women laughing to themselves.)
Health clinics across America are serving up injections of testosterone. Men younger than 35 are the most eager customers
American men are hungry for injectable testosterone
A legion of new health clinics are serving it up
econ.st
July 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
(Women laughing to themselves.)
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🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car.
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
July 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car.
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
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Don't worry, everything's gonna be RFK
A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of bubonic plague, local health officials say.
Arizona patient dies in emergency room from plague
The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said.
nbcnews.to
July 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don't worry, everything's gonna be RFK
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U.S. Representative
@wassermanschultz.house.gov (D-FL) was given a sanitized “tour” of the Everglades MAGA torture camp and what she saw was enough to turn her stomach.
“They get their drinking water and brush their teeth where they poop.”
FL Dems are fighting to shut it down.
#OnYourSide
@wassermanschultz.house.gov (D-FL) was given a sanitized “tour” of the Everglades MAGA torture camp and what she saw was enough to turn her stomach.
“They get their drinking water and brush their teeth where they poop.”
FL Dems are fighting to shut it down.
#OnYourSide
July 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
U.S. Representative
@wassermanschultz.house.gov (D-FL) was given a sanitized “tour” of the Everglades MAGA torture camp and what she saw was enough to turn her stomach.
“They get their drinking water and brush their teeth where they poop.”
FL Dems are fighting to shut it down.
#OnYourSide
@wassermanschultz.house.gov (D-FL) was given a sanitized “tour” of the Everglades MAGA torture camp and what she saw was enough to turn her stomach.
“They get their drinking water and brush their teeth where they poop.”
FL Dems are fighting to shut it down.
#OnYourSide
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it is unacceptable for ANYONE to be disappeared. if your solidarity doesn't include sex workers then fuck off.
July 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
it is unacceptable for ANYONE to be disappeared. if your solidarity doesn't include sex workers then fuck off.
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July 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Red flag: The IRS has said in a court filing that churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates from the pulpit — carving out an exemption in a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.
July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Red flag: The IRS has said in a court filing that churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates from the pulpit — carving out an exemption in a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.
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It's an authoritarian cult for Trump. It's the entire Republican party and movement now.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Gabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump’s agenda
A team created by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has sought access to emails and chat logs of the largest U.S. spy agencies to root out “weaponization.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's an authoritarian cult for Trump. It's the entire Republican party and movement now.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I don't understand. God's hand saved hundreds, but it missed saving scores of others, including children. Why didn't God do a better job? And can't we just get Him/Her/They to stop extreme weather events caused by climate change?
Kristi Noem on Texas floods: "I'm extremely grateful for God's hand in that whole situation, because hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people were saved."
July 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I don't understand. God's hand saved hundreds, but it missed saving scores of others, including children. Why didn't God do a better job? And can't we just get Him/Her/They to stop extreme weather events caused by climate change?
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🇫🇷 The French president said, 'the recognition of the state of Palestine is, according to me, the only way to build peace and stability to all in the whole region'
July 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🇫🇷 The French president said, 'the recognition of the state of Palestine is, according to me, the only way to build peace and stability to all in the whole region'
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It's abomination that Congress has not taken action to unmask these folks. It's a dereliction of duty.
July 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's abomination that Congress has not taken action to unmask these folks. It's a dereliction of duty.
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Filmmakers cut footage of fishing boats destroying seagrass meadows, the plant on the planet having the highest capacity of carbon storage, because it was deemed “too shocking” from David Attenborough’s film Ocean. 🌊
Show the truth!!
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Show the truth!!
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Video of seagrass devastation cut from David Attenborough documentary
Film-makers decided a clip of bottom-trawling fishing boats ripping up seagrass from Sir David Attenborough’s film Ocean was ‘too harsh’ for the public
www.thetimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Filmmakers cut footage of fishing boats destroying seagrass meadows, the plant on the planet having the highest capacity of carbon storage, because it was deemed “too shocking” from David Attenborough’s film Ocean. 🌊
Show the truth!!
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Show the truth!!
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...