christopher rourke
@christopherrourke.bsky.social
writer and public sector worker.
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
Pinned
Una voce poco fa /'A voice a little while ago'.
from Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione.
🎭🎼 by Gioachino Rossini.
(première February 1816.)
aria from Act 1,
a room in Bartolo's house with four doors.
— the agility of Maria Callas’🎭Rosina!
#MariaCallas
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgY_...
from Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione.
🎭🎼 by Gioachino Rossini.
(première February 1816.)
aria from Act 1,
a room in Bartolo's house with four doors.
— the agility of Maria Callas’🎭Rosina!
#MariaCallas
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgY_...
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Tories, actually.
January 19, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Tories, actually.
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Be in no doubt GOEBBELS MILLER is pushing & manipluating Trump incessantly to go after Greenland.
Because it will destroy NATO, break world order, utterly cauterize Europe from America.
He's the evil worm in Trump's ear. Watch his Big Man I/Vs on 'little Greenland, little budget, small minded'.
Because it will destroy NATO, break world order, utterly cauterize Europe from America.
He's the evil worm in Trump's ear. Watch his Big Man I/Vs on 'little Greenland, little budget, small minded'.
January 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Be in no doubt GOEBBELS MILLER is pushing & manipluating Trump incessantly to go after Greenland.
Because it will destroy NATO, break world order, utterly cauterize Europe from America.
He's the evil worm in Trump's ear. Watch his Big Man I/Vs on 'little Greenland, little budget, small minded'.
Because it will destroy NATO, break world order, utterly cauterize Europe from America.
He's the evil worm in Trump's ear. Watch his Big Man I/Vs on 'little Greenland, little budget, small minded'.
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The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that woke, for lack of a better word, is good. Woke is right, woke works. Woke clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
January 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that woke, for lack of a better word, is good. Woke is right, woke works. Woke clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
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The president
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
January 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The president
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
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Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill: "Trump seems to be trying to incite insurrection so he can then put troops on the streets with the Insurrection Act. This is something that every single American should be concerned about, that we are going live with military troops on the street."
January 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill: "Trump seems to be trying to incite insurrection so he can then put troops on the streets with the Insurrection Act. This is something that every single American should be concerned about, that we are going live with military troops on the street."
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President Trump made an obscene gesture with his middle finger and mouthed “f--- you” twice to a person who can be heard yelling “pedophile protector” at him during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan — a reaction the White House said was “appropriate.”
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward someone shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
President Trump made an obscene gesture with his middle finger and mouthed “f--- you” twice to a person who can be heard yelling “pedophile protector” at him during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan — a reaction the White House said was “appropriate.”
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This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
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I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell
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Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
Department of Justice investigating Gov. Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Frey, U.S. officials say
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are under federal investigation, two U.S. officials told WCCO on Friday afternoon.
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
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crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
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Gov. Walz to MS NOW:
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Gov. Walz to MS NOW:
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
"Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system … is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic.
"The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."
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I've been obsessively watching shows and movies about Irish independence and the troubles. So much so that I spoke in dialect in a dream last night.
January 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I've been obsessively watching shows and movies about Irish independence and the troubles. So much so that I spoke in dialect in a dream last night.
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Today is National Thesaurus Day.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
January 18, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Today is National Thesaurus Day.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.
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Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
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KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: Minnesota National Guard under Gov Walz's command will not be wearing facemasks and will have reflective vests on. This will distinguish them from the people cosplaying for ICE/CBP/DHS.
January 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: Minnesota National Guard under Gov Walz's command will not be wearing facemasks and will have reflective vests on. This will distinguish them from the people cosplaying for ICE/CBP/DHS.
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Putin's Russian Orthodox "Church" tried to prevent the publication of this article, so u know what to do.
www.kyivpost.com/post/68182
www.kyivpost.com/post/68182
Why the Russian Orthodox Church Is Lobbying in Washington
A campaign framed as faith and rooted in Moscow reaches Washington to sway US Christians. But all the narratives repeat Kremlin propaganda and ignore Russian aggression.
www.kyivpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Putin's Russian Orthodox "Church" tried to prevent the publication of this article, so u know what to do.
www.kyivpost.com/post/68182
www.kyivpost.com/post/68182
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As Russia bombs Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in the freezing cold, local stores not only share generator power so people can charge their devices, but also open their doors to stray animals, helping them survive 🐶🐱
Its -16°C in the capital right now.
Its -16°C in the capital right now.
January 17, 2026 at 10:15 PM
As Russia bombs Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in the freezing cold, local stores not only share generator power so people can charge their devices, but also open their doors to stray animals, helping them survive 🐶🐱
Its -16°C in the capital right now.
Its -16°C in the capital right now.
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It's the whole world's tragedy. It appears that there are not enough Americans willing to do what is required to force the collapse of the Trump regime. The US appears lost to authoritarianism and, soon, all Americans will likely be regarded just as all Germans were in the 1930s and 1940s.
Unfortunately this more and more looks like our tragic reality.
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
It's the whole world's tragedy. It appears that there are not enough Americans willing to do what is required to force the collapse of the Trump regime. The US appears lost to authoritarianism and, soon, all Americans will likely be regarded just as all Germans were in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Those numbers are large enough to keep Trump in power if the rest of Americans are unwilling, or unable, to accept the horrid reality of your situation and actually do something about it.
January 18, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Those numbers are large enough to keep Trump in power if the rest of Americans are unwilling, or unable, to accept the horrid reality of your situation and actually do something about it.
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Mate, embarrassing isn't half of it. If Americans do not stop what the US is doing at home & threatening European democracies with abroad, then all Americans will be labelled responsible just like all Germans were in the 1930s and 40s.
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Mate, embarrassing isn't half of it. If Americans do not stop what the US is doing at home & threatening European democracies with abroad, then all Americans will be labelled responsible just like all Germans were in the 1930s and 40s.
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