Christa Blackmon
@theodalisque.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇬🇧 Home Economist. W̶r̶i̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶&̶ ̶E̶d̶u̶c̶a̶t̶o̶r̶ BA #ForeignPolicy @AmericanU, MA #Anthropology @SOAS. MIA ✈️DC✈️LDN. #humanrights #education
Just curious, do we *have* to give all former US political leaders a state funeral?
Like, what is the criteria?
Like, what is the criteria?
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just curious, do we *have* to give all former US political leaders a state funeral?
Like, what is the criteria?
Like, what is the criteria?
While I do think it’s weird two 21 year olds who are still kids themselves were allowed to adopt a baby, what the tabloids are doing to this family is far more harmful.
The public needs to leave them alone. www.boredpanda.com/millie-bobby...
The public needs to leave them alone. www.boredpanda.com/millie-bobby...
“Married Single Mom”: Millie Bobby Brown And Jake Bongiovi Hit With New Wave Of Criticism
“She really said let me add fuel to the allegations instead of helping him out.”
www.boredpanda.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
While I do think it’s weird two 21 year olds who are still kids themselves were allowed to adopt a baby, what the tabloids are doing to this family is far more harmful.
The public needs to leave them alone. www.boredpanda.com/millie-bobby...
The public needs to leave them alone. www.boredpanda.com/millie-bobby...
“But what if Democrats or left wing voices are in the Epstein files?”
Are you paying attention? Flush them all.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Are you paying attention? Flush them all.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
www.miamiherald.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“But what if Democrats or left wing voices are in the Epstein files?”
Are you paying attention? Flush them all.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Are you paying attention? Flush them all.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Nicki Minaj collaborating with the Trump administration.
You win again, Cardi B. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
You win again, Cardi B. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Nicki Minaj to spotlight plight of Nigerian Christians in UN speech arranged by White House
Rapper to give address on Tuesday after supporting Trump’s post condemning Nigerian government
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Nicki Minaj collaborating with the Trump administration.
You win again, Cardi B. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
You win again, Cardi B. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Well… at least the Smithsonian museums will re-open and I won’t be hitting my head against a wall staying at home with an insanely smart and curious toddler
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Well… at least the Smithsonian museums will re-open and I won’t be hitting my head against a wall staying at home with an insanely smart and curious toddler
Congrats to America’s Sadiq Khan!
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Congrats to America’s Sadiq Khan!
If you had told me 20 years ago that I'd be sneaking a listen to Lily Allen's new breakup album while juggling a toddler and baking from scratch on a rainy autumn day...
I'd say "That tracks". open.spotify.com/album/4Dn3Z1...
I'd say "That tracks". open.spotify.com/album/4Dn3Z1...
West End Girl
open.spotify.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you had told me 20 years ago that I'd be sneaking a listen to Lily Allen's new breakup album while juggling a toddler and baking from scratch on a rainy autumn day...
I'd say "That tracks". open.spotify.com/album/4Dn3Z1...
I'd say "That tracks". open.spotify.com/album/4Dn3Z1...
My Facebook ads are full of gossip about David Harbour and Lily Allen.
This is 100% my fault.
This is 100% my fault.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My Facebook ads are full of gossip about David Harbour and Lily Allen.
This is 100% my fault.
This is 100% my fault.
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
I am in a toxic relationship with #RyanMurphy.
I start his shows, all excited about the cast and the atmosphere, but I never finish them.
Radically progressive portrayals of gender, sexuality, and (sometimes) race, all wrapped up in the ickiest packaging. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...
I start his shows, all excited about the cast and the atmosphere, but I never finish them.
Radically progressive portrayals of gender, sexuality, and (sometimes) race, all wrapped up in the ickiest packaging. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...
‘Monster’: What Critics and Viewers Are Saying About the Ed Gein-Centric Season
As the show recently hit Netflix and sits at No. 2 on the streamer's top 10 ranking, The Hollywood Reporter rounds up the discourse from viewers upon watching.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I am in a toxic relationship with #RyanMurphy.
I start his shows, all excited about the cast and the atmosphere, but I never finish them.
Radically progressive portrayals of gender, sexuality, and (sometimes) race, all wrapped up in the ickiest packaging. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...
I start his shows, all excited about the cast and the atmosphere, but I never finish them.
Radically progressive portrayals of gender, sexuality, and (sometimes) race, all wrapped up in the ickiest packaging. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...
I would like it if all these racists and bigots died of old age in anonymity and decrepitude, not publicly executed and crowds of people are terrorised. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Charlie Kirk killing lays bare America's bloody and broken politics
Charlie Kirk's killing is another episode of gun violence in America and the latest in a line of recent political violence.
www.bbc.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I would like it if all these racists and bigots died of old age in anonymity and decrepitude, not publicly executed and crowds of people are terrorised. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Christa Blackmon
One of the Jewish traditions I like most is on Passover, when Jews mourn the suffering of Egyptians even amid our liberation.
When reciting the 10 plagues during the Seder, we dip a finger into our wine and remove a drop each time.
The message is clear: you don’t rejoice in your enemy’s suffering.
When reciting the 10 plagues during the Seder, we dip a finger into our wine and remove a drop each time.
The message is clear: you don’t rejoice in your enemy’s suffering.
July 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
One of the Jewish traditions I like most is on Passover, when Jews mourn the suffering of Egyptians even amid our liberation.
When reciting the 10 plagues during the Seder, we dip a finger into our wine and remove a drop each time.
The message is clear: you don’t rejoice in your enemy’s suffering.
When reciting the 10 plagues during the Seder, we dip a finger into our wine and remove a drop each time.
The message is clear: you don’t rejoice in your enemy’s suffering.
The people sliding down holding their children 💔
WATCH: Landing gear of American Airlines plane catches fire at Denver airport, passengers evacuated
July 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The people sliding down holding their children 💔
Reposted by Christa Blackmon
In case you’re wondering what part of the (it’s self defense/I was always against it/I was just following orders) genocide timeline we are at.
July 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In case you’re wondering what part of the (it’s self defense/I was always against it/I was just following orders) genocide timeline we are at.
Every time I yell at my toddler for touching gum she’s found on the ground she becomes so angry with me like I am trying to kill her spirit of curiousity but also yes I am very much trying to kill her spirit of curiousity stop touching trash damnit
July 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Every time I yell at my toddler for touching gum she’s found on the ground she becomes so angry with me like I am trying to kill her spirit of curiousity but also yes I am very much trying to kill her spirit of curiousity stop touching trash damnit
The maximum amount of time anyone should spend being disappointed that the new Smurf’s movie doesn’t represent Marxism is 3 seconds. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
‘They all looked the same, they all dressed the same’: has Hollywood distorted the Smurfs’ communist roots?
In Chris Miller’s new film, a Smurf is told to ‘believe you were born great’. But does this approach contradict what Peyo’s original Smurfs stood for?
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The maximum amount of time anyone should spend being disappointed that the new Smurf’s movie doesn’t represent Marxism is 3 seconds. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
Reposted by Christa Blackmon
‘The inadequate provision of aid to civilians on terrain that is, in effect, under occupation is a war crime. A plan by hardliners in Israel’s government to corral Gazans into a permanent “humanitarian city” would amount to ethnic cleansing.’
The continuation of the war in Gaza disgraces Israel
It no longer has a military justification
economist.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
‘The inadequate provision of aid to civilians on terrain that is, in effect, under occupation is a war crime. A plan by hardliners in Israel’s government to corral Gazans into a permanent “humanitarian city” would amount to ethnic cleansing.’
Reposted by Christa Blackmon
Today is Friday, July 25.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other
and fight like hell.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other
and fight like hell.
July 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today is Friday, July 25.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other
and fight like hell.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other
and fight like hell.
Reposted by Christa Blackmon
as a music major turned English major who couldn't think of anything to do but go to law school, that's hilarious
E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...
The rise of the English major: BlackRock COO wants to recruit liberal arts analysts that 'have nothing to do with finance or technology'
As AI rises, so does the demand for critical thinkers.
fortune.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
as a music major turned English major who couldn't think of anything to do but go to law school, that's hilarious
I’m not a heavy metal fan and I have no feelings toward #OzzyOsbourne the musician, but I love the story that a rock and roll star suffering from Parkinson’s gave one of the best performances of his career and then shuffled off this mortal coil.
Love to his family and fans.
Love to his family and fans.
July 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I’m not a heavy metal fan and I have no feelings toward #OzzyOsbourne the musician, but I love the story that a rock and roll star suffering from Parkinson’s gave one of the best performances of his career and then shuffled off this mortal coil.
Love to his family and fans.
Love to his family and fans.
If elute US educational institutions are going to fall on their swords for Trump, I hope that leads to opportunities for lesser renowned universities to pick up the mantle.
July 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If elute US educational institutions are going to fall on their swords for Trump, I hope that leads to opportunities for lesser renowned universities to pick up the mantle.
So sorry to all the upcoming high school seniors who had dreams of Columbia.
Surely this will be the payment that finally gets the extortionist to stop demanding money
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
So sorry to all the upcoming high school seniors who had dreams of Columbia.
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This tiny body, wrapped in a burial shroud no bigger than a pillow case, was killed by both my govts. The Israeli one chose to starve him, his mother, father, siblings, cousins, grandparents, neighbors, & the morgue worker who wrapped him in the shroud. My US govt enabled it.
His name was Youssef.
His name was Youssef.
More than a hundred aid organizations warned Wednesday that “mass starvation” was spreading in Gaza, with aid workers among those suffering from the lack of adequate food. People are collapsing in the streets, the United Nations' humanitarian agency reported.
A baby boy dies as starvation spreads across Gaza
Doctors and aid groups warned of a hunger crisis now reaching a crescendo in the besieged and bombarded Palestinian enclave.
www.nbcnews.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This tiny body, wrapped in a burial shroud no bigger than a pillow case, was killed by both my govts. The Israeli one chose to starve him, his mother, father, siblings, cousins, grandparents, neighbors, & the morgue worker who wrapped him in the shroud. My US govt enabled it.
His name was Youssef.
His name was Youssef.