Christina
@svygirl.bsky.social
Traveler. Foodie. Coffee addict. Bibliophile. Master Gardener. Hockey fanatic. Foster parent to 🐶. Lover of life.
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If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
June 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
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"...so like i said a tariff is clearly a tax and in this case it is not even a reciprocal tariff he is just a complete dipshit tbh"
April 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"...so like i said a tariff is clearly a tax and in this case it is not even a reciprocal tariff he is just a complete dipshit tbh"
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Oh... my... god...
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Oh... my... god...
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Incredibly, this appears to be true. We tariffed our own (jointly operated with the UK) military base.
We tariffed BIOT, Mike.
BIOT. Diego fucking Garcia.
We tarrifed our own military base.
BIOT. Diego fucking Garcia.
We tarrifed our own military base.
April 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Incredibly, this appears to be true. We tariffed our own (jointly operated with the UK) military base.
Feeling @darthbluesky.bsky.social ‘s absence during his annual hibernation even more than past years. Hoping you wake up soon from your much-deserved slumber, Darth. We’re missing you!
March 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Feeling @darthbluesky.bsky.social ‘s absence during his annual hibernation even more than past years. Hoping you wake up soon from your much-deserved slumber, Darth. We’re missing you!
✨ Bernie and AOC in Tempe, AZ tonight. ✨ Such a sense of community and energy in the arena. There was such a big turnout, Bernie and AOC ended up going outside after the rally and speaking to the large crowd who had listened from the overflow area.
March 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
✨ Bernie and AOC in Tempe, AZ tonight. ✨ Such a sense of community and energy in the arena. There was such a big turnout, Bernie and AOC ended up going outside after the rally and speaking to the large crowd who had listened from the overflow area.
Had to do something with the massive Italian parsley plant in my garden. Made a pesto. Turned out pretty damn good.
#happygirl #gardening #growwhatyoueat #growyourgrub #zone10agardening #organic #organicgarden
#happygirl #gardening #growwhatyoueat #growyourgrub #zone10agardening #organic #organicgarden
March 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Had to do something with the massive Italian parsley plant in my garden. Made a pesto. Turned out pretty damn good.
#happygirl #gardening #growwhatyoueat #growyourgrub #zone10agardening #organic #organicgarden
#happygirl #gardening #growwhatyoueat #growyourgrub #zone10agardening #organic #organicgarden
Pulled the first potato plant today since they are starting to die back. Can’t wait to eat these potatoes! 🥔 👩🏻🌾 Finding the small little joys these days. #organicegardening #growwhatyoueat #growyourownfood #growyourgrub #zone10agardening
March 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Pulled the first potato plant today since they are starting to die back. Can’t wait to eat these potatoes! 🥔 👩🏻🌾 Finding the small little joys these days. #organicegardening #growwhatyoueat #growyourownfood #growyourgrub #zone10agardening
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The U.S. Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security team, granting them specific rights and protections as federal law enforcement agents.
February 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The U.S. Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security team, granting them specific rights and protections as federal law enforcement agents.
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Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
February 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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3-2, Canada wins! 🇨🇦
#4NationsFaceoff
#4NationsFaceoff
February 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
3-2, Canada wins! 🇨🇦
#4NationsFaceoff
#4NationsFaceoff
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Passing on a note from a colleague: People with federal student loans should download their files IMMEDIATELY. These files are currently on the studentaid.gov website, which may get deleted if Trump follows through with his EO to shut down DOE
studentaid.gov
February 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Passing on a note from a colleague: People with federal student loans should download their files IMMEDIATELY. These files are currently on the studentaid.gov website, which may get deleted if Trump follows through with his EO to shut down DOE
Analysis of Trump’s EO on K-12 education by ChatGPT as shared by Polly Jones. She asked ChatGPT to analyze it for similarities and differences to the ideals that the Nazi Regime implemented in their K-12 education.
Take 5 min to read her Substack post.
open.substack.com/pub/pollypoc...
Take 5 min to read her Substack post.
open.substack.com/pub/pollypoc...
Inbox | Substack
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Analysis of Trump’s EO on K-12 education by ChatGPT as shared by Polly Jones. She asked ChatGPT to analyze it for similarities and differences to the ideals that the Nazi Regime implemented in their K-12 education.
Take 5 min to read her Substack post.
open.substack.com/pub/pollypoc...
Take 5 min to read her Substack post.
open.substack.com/pub/pollypoc...
If you haven’t already, there’s still time to sign the petition to let your Senators know you don’t support the appointment of RFK Jr to Secretary of HHS. Sign and share!!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Say NO to RFK Jr. to lead Health and Human Services! · Mobilize
Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (a.k.a. RFK Jr.), is grossly unqualified and a dangerous pick to be put in charge of safeguarding our nation...
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January 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If you haven’t already, there’s still time to sign the petition to let your Senators know you don’t support the appointment of RFK Jr to Secretary of HHS. Sign and share!!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Japan is donating $2M - 2x what Paramount & Fox, both based in LA w/hundreds of impacted employees, are each donating. Paramount’s Q3’24 rev was $6.7B & Fox’s Q4’24 was $3.1B, according to their websites.
Japan, thank you so much for your generosity & support of LA. 🇯🇵
abc7.com/live-updates...
Japan, thank you so much for your generosity & support of LA. 🇯🇵
abc7.com/live-updates...
Japan donates $2 million to SoCal wildfire recovery efforts
Firefighters are working around the clock to contain the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate when the blazes ignited and destroyed more than 12,000 structures. H...
abc7.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Japan is donating $2M - 2x what Paramount & Fox, both based in LA w/hundreds of impacted employees, are each donating. Paramount’s Q3’24 rev was $6.7B & Fox’s Q4’24 was $3.1B, according to their websites.
Japan, thank you so much for your generosity & support of LA. 🇯🇵
abc7.com/live-updates...
Japan, thank you so much for your generosity & support of LA. 🇯🇵
abc7.com/live-updates...
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TODAY’S EPISODE OF:
WE FU*CKING WARNED YOU
Trump ran on cutting government waste. Apparently, your healthcare IS government waste.
WE FU*CKING WARNED YOU
Trump ran on cutting government waste. Apparently, your healthcare IS government waste.
January 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
TODAY’S EPISODE OF:
WE FU*CKING WARNED YOU
Trump ran on cutting government waste. Apparently, your healthcare IS government waste.
WE FU*CKING WARNED YOU
Trump ran on cutting government waste. Apparently, your healthcare IS government waste.
No sufficient words for how deeply moved I am by this. Despite all they’re facing in their own country, they’re still offering to send us help. “We already have 150 firefighters prepared”, Zelensky said. The incredible hearts of the Ukrainian people. 🇺🇦
thehill.com/policy/inter...
thehill.com/policy/inter...
thehill.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
No sufficient words for how deeply moved I am by this. Despite all they’re facing in their own country, they’re still offering to send us help. “We already have 150 firefighters prepared”, Zelensky said. The incredible hearts of the Ukrainian people. 🇺🇦
thehill.com/policy/inter...
thehill.com/policy/inter...
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So I was a federal employee for years and I am going to repeat a fact that people forget every time a politician sings this song. The government is wildly understaffed and you will feel these kinds of cuts immediately because the people eligible for retirement make up the bulk of knowledgeable staff
Trump’s pick to head OMB Russell Vought says he wants government employees “traumatically affected” and “to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” Targeting our nation’s public servants is wrong and dangerous.
Opinion | I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era.
Practical support matters more than encouragement.
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So I was a federal employee for years and I am going to repeat a fact that people forget every time a politician sings this song. The government is wildly understaffed and you will feel these kinds of cuts immediately because the people eligible for retirement make up the bulk of knowledgeable staff
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While Trump threatens to invade Canada and his MAGA movement bullies and harasses Canadians and other US allies, Canadians are busy saving USians from burning alive.
Canadian air crews in Los Angeles risked their lives to save US civilians. #palisadesfire
Canadian air crews in Los Angeles risked their lives to save US civilians. #palisadesfire
January 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
While Trump threatens to invade Canada and his MAGA movement bullies and harasses Canadians and other US allies, Canadians are busy saving USians from burning alive.
Canadian air crews in Los Angeles risked their lives to save US civilians. #palisadesfire
Canadian air crews in Los Angeles risked their lives to save US civilians. #palisadesfire
Moved and grateful that Canada has sent support to help fight the fires. ❤️🇨🇦
January 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Moved and grateful that Canada has sent support to help fight the fires. ❤️🇨🇦
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Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks
BREAKING NEWS: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM | GLAAD
Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate ...
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January 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks
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This Man should be celebrated every January 6th for eternity. Eugene Goodman. Hero.
January 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This Man should be celebrated every January 6th for eternity. Eugene Goodman. Hero.
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Important thread with important learning that I sure didn’t get in school. And I studied American history.
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The Dark History of New Year's Day in American Slavery
By Olivia B. Waxman — "Of all days in the year, the slaves dread New Year's Day the worst of any," one 1842 account explained. Here's why.
ibw21.org
December 30, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Important thread with important learning that I sure didn’t get in school. And I studied American history.