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Kristy Rawson
@kristyrawson.bsky.social
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PhD Cinema/Media Studies, artist, nonprofit worker, digital archivist, public history, Anti-zionist; Free Palestine, Black Lives Matter, /climate justice, community gardens, old-growth forests, X-CA X-Santa Fe X-A2,MI X-Chicago | Trinidad, CO
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Seems like freezing temps shouldn't be accompanied by lousy air quality! Not cool. #chicago
Screen shot of weather app: temperatures in the 20s f with air quality at 105 (which is bad!)
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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JFC.
"Mr. Trump has hung a photo of an autopen in a space where Mr. Biden’s portrait would otherwise be, and disparages his predecessor’s physicality often."
Photo from the NYT piece, described by the caption: "Mr. Trump hung a photo of an autopen in place of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the 'Presidential Walk of Fame' he had installed on the Colonnade."
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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This is what you mean by "touch grass," yes?
Photo of light hitting tall grasses that are extra feathery as the grass is going to seed. Taken in southern Colorado.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Pope Leo, one guy Silicon Valley can’t buy. h/t @levernews.com
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screenshot of Pope Leo XIV tweet: "Technological innovation can be a form of participation in the divine act of creation. It carries an ethical and spiritual weight, for every design choice expresses a vision of humanity. The Church therefore calls all builders of #AI to cultivate moral discernment as a fundamental part of their work—to develop systems that reflect justice, solidarity, and a genuine reverence for life."
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Fighting whom?
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security Twitter ad that features a Coca-Cola bottle on a classic red Ford Bronco and says “America is worth fighting for.”
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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JFC
U.S. Department of Homeland Security ad on Twitter with shadowy figures holding swords in a cloud of fog calls on Americans to “defend your hearth and home” because “the enemies are at the gates.”
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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350 at the peak. Not bad! My sign:
Sign reads, "ANTI-FAscism = PRO-DEMOCRACY"
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Trinidad, CO #NoKings
Sign says, "we like ICE crushed"
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Statement from @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social on Cook County Court System’s General Administrative Order to Protect Against ICE Interference
I commend Chief Judge Timothy Evans’ general administrative order prohibiting the execution of civil warrants in and around Cook County Court buildings. This move will prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from further jeopardizing the functioning of our courts by using court facilities to enforce unrelated civil matters. The court system plays a vital role in keeping people and communities safe. We must work to ensure all stakeholders with court cases feel safe coming to hearings and engaging with the justice system. This policy affirms our commitment to protecting the rights of all Cook County residents and ensuring equal access to justice. This policy also comes at a critical time when ICE enforcement has become increasingly violent, inhumane and unlawful. These tactics are unacceptable and un-American. In Cook County, we are committed to peacefully advancing safety and justice in ways that heal, not harm our communities.
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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‼️ 🚨This insane DJT Truth Social screed of lies should maybe raise some eyebrows.

(It's impossible to characterize. It needs to be read in its entirely.) 🚨‼️
After reviewing the details of the unserious and ridiculous demands being made by the Minority Radical Left Democrats in return for their Votes to keep our thriving Country open, I have decided that no meeting with their Congressional Leaders could possibly be productive. They are threatening to shut down the Government of the United States unless they can have over $1 Trillion Dollars in new spending to continue free healthcare for Illegal Aliens (A monumental cost!), force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery for minors, have dead people on the Medicaid roles, allow Illegal Alien Criminals to steal Billions of Dollars in American Taxpayer Benefits, try to force our Country to again open our Borders to Criminals and to the World, allow men to play in women’s sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody. These Radical Left Views and Policies is what allowed me to win the Presidential Election, including all seven Swing States, and the Popular Vote, IN A HISTORIC LANDSLIDE. There are consequences to losing Elections but, based on their letter to me, the Democrats haven’t figured that out yet. They are trying to eliminate the popular $50 Billion Dollar Rural and Vulnerable Hospital Fund, which was passed with only Republican Votes, and proudly signed into Law by ME. The Democrats in Congress seem to have totally lost their way. They obviously have no idea what it means to put America First or to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! All Congressional Democrats want to do is enact Radical Left Policies that nobody voted for — High Taxes, Open Borders, No Consequences for Violent Criminals, Men in Women’s Sports, Taxpayer funded “TRANSGENDER” surgery, and much more. Few people voted for what they represent, which would lead to the destruction of America. Instead, people voted for COMMON SENSE, and that’s what the Republicans and your President, “DONALD J. TRUMP,” stand for. I look forward to meeting with them if they get serious about the future of our Nation. We must keep the Government open, and legislate like true Patriots rather than hold American Citizens hostage, knowing that they want our now thriving Country closed. I’ll be happy to meet with them if they agree to the Principles in this Letter. They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
September 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The fact that the people who run this country do not have an ounce of respect for the incredibly rich and beautiful piece of land we stole/inhabit will never stop breaking my angry heart.
Photo of the knarly base and trunk of an oak tree on a hillside next to lichen covered rocks, taken at a nature preserve just north of Jenner, CA. Hard to tell, but a mist engulfed pacific ocean is in the background.
September 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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a green magpie: beautiful mint green bird with deep red on wings and around the eyes. Thankfully not near-extinction.
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Seen in Chicago
Poster reading: "a thoroughly American fascist pig. Mein Trumpf. In the name of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America. This whole system is rotten and illegitimate. We need and we demand a whole new way to live, a fundamentally different system."
September 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Once and for all: FUCK THE ATLANTIC
Headline: RFK Jr. is repeating Michelle Obama's mistakes. Skeet: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s core strategy for MAHA is the same one Michelle Obama used for “Let’s Move!”—and it will likely fall short for the same reason hers did a decade ago, Tom Bartlett argues.
September 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Here's the email text that included the link above. I believe it went to all Sun Times and WBEZ subscribers.
My name is Alex Keefe and I'm an editor with WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times. You're getting this email because you've previously filled out surveys we've done that have informed our coverage of Chicago. I'm writing to ask for your thoughts about President Donald Trump's plans to potentially deploy the National Guard or federal agents to Chicago in the name of fighting crime. We'd love to hear your perspective, and any questions you have about this, in this brief survey. We want to amplify Chicagoans' voices at this moment, and we also want to answer questions you have about this potential deployment. Again, the survey is at wbez.org/guard. And yes, this is a blast email, but I am a real person and will respond to questions you have about this process. Please feel free to reach out to me at this address. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Alex Keefe -- Alex Keefe Engagement Editor | WBEZ akeefe@wbez.org | O: 312-948-4635 | 848 E. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL. 60611 3509
August 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Drift log. Near Jenner, CA, confluence where the Russian River meets the pacific ocean
August 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Ducks feeding on the Russian River near Guernville, CA
August 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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I'd really like to see more people posting about the importance of protecting public lands.
View of Russian River and Pacific Coast from Badger Hill. Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast State Park system.
August 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Book cover: 'Last Letters: The Prison Correspondence Between Helmuth James and Freya von Moltke 1944-1945
July 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Same, and, alas, birds and trees are there to facilitate our enlightenment at pretty much the age of our choosing.
Turkey vultures flying over hills of Sonoma County Russian River region. That's the pacific ocean barely discernible in the distance.
July 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Take a look at who this David Barth guy follows and what he posts. Small account, but very definition of a troll. Blocking is in order, imo.
Post from @ davidbarthy bsky: Trump is a USA hat with caption "Trump and America are on a winning streak and the Democrats and media can't stand it." as a quote post over Aaron Ruper's post about Trump's ridiculous "japan gave the US a signing bonus" video.
July 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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I'm so sad this place is no longer.
National Park Service photo of the Grand Canyon Lodge at the North Rim, captioned: "Employees singing away the tour busses from drive way in front of Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim on July 20, 1930."
July 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Plains coreopsis is the best wildflower
Plains coreopsis - yellow, daisy-like flower with deep red center. Looks kind of like Gaillardia but smaller, taller, more delicate. It's an annual.
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Social Security is in the crosshairs and they are feeding garbage to people's phones.
"Goodbye to retirement at 67."
July 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Trinidad, CO. Las Animas County
"A third of Las Animus is on Medicaid! I stand for them!"
June 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM