Kristy Rawson
@kristyrawson.bsky.social
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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The rapid warming and current drought in Iran appears to be a factor for the fires in the Hyrcanian Forest, a broadleaf mixed forest in a relatively wet region:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The rapid warming and current drought in Iran appears to be a factor for the fires in the Hyrcanian Forest, a broadleaf mixed forest in a relatively wet region:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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NEW: Colorado's election clerks are increasingly upset that Gov Jared Polis (D) hasn't ruled out releasing Tina Peters to the Trump administration.
On a call today, a bipartisan group of elected clerks said Polis hasn't agreed to meet with them about their concerns.
On a call today, a bipartisan group of elected clerks said Polis hasn't agreed to meet with them about their concerns.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW: Colorado's election clerks are increasingly upset that Gov Jared Polis (D) hasn't ruled out releasing Tina Peters to the Trump administration.
On a call today, a bipartisan group of elected clerks said Polis hasn't agreed to meet with them about their concerns.
On a call today, a bipartisan group of elected clerks said Polis hasn't agreed to meet with them about their concerns.
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Did I ever share this from our NYC atlas with you? "What Is a Jew? From Emma Goldman to Goldman Sachs," a map whose specificities breaks down the idea of a homogenous population so useful to antisemitism. Ruth Bader Ginsberg to Bernie Madoff to Rose Schneiderman to the Beastie Boys.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Did I ever share this from our NYC atlas with you? "What Is a Jew? From Emma Goldman to Goldman Sachs," a map whose specificities breaks down the idea of a homogenous population so useful to antisemitism. Ruth Bader Ginsberg to Bernie Madoff to Rose Schneiderman to the Beastie Boys.
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If you’re sick of reading about Olivia Nuzzi, here, read an article about Lane Kiffin www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
He’s College Football’s Most Hated Man—and He’s About to Be the Highest-Paid Coach of All Time
Lane Kiffin has enraged more fanbases than any coach in recent history. It hasn’t stopped him from emerging as the most coveted candidate in college football’s craziest hiring cycle.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you’re sick of reading about Olivia Nuzzi, here, read an article about Lane Kiffin www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
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Holy shit. This video gave me chills. If you watch one thing today, please let it be this.
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
What Will You Say?
YouTube video by Women's March
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Holy shit. This video gave me chills. If you watch one thing today, please let it be this.
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
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"As rural school districts wait for funding, the buildings continue to deteriorate ... [T]he [Newtok] school's pipes froze and broke, so for most of the last school year, kids rode a four-wheeler, known as the 'bathroom bus,' twice a day to relieve themselves at home."
As Alaska ignores requests to fund school repairs, its Indigenous children suffer most because rural schools serve predominantly Alaska Native students — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.
By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primari...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"As rural school districts wait for funding, the buildings continue to deteriorate ... [T]he [Newtok] school's pipes froze and broke, so for most of the last school year, kids rode a four-wheeler, known as the 'bathroom bus,' twice a day to relieve themselves at home."
How much time and resources did this administration spend on finding a WHITE turkey for Trump to "pardon."
JFC
I'm not a turkey scholar, but I have reason to suspect that a white turkey is not actually representative of the US turkey population.
JFC
I'm not a turkey scholar, but I have reason to suspect that a white turkey is not actually representative of the US turkey population.
He can't even pardon birds without saying something threatening
Trump Pardons Thanksgiving Turkeys—and Takes Jabs at Democrats
At the White House’s annual Turkey pardon ceremony, Trump insulted his Democratic opponents, turning the often-staid event into something closer to a political stump speech.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
How much time and resources did this administration spend on finding a WHITE turkey for Trump to "pardon."
JFC
I'm not a turkey scholar, but I have reason to suspect that a white turkey is not actually representative of the US turkey population.
JFC
I'm not a turkey scholar, but I have reason to suspect that a white turkey is not actually representative of the US turkey population.
Today I, in the context of my place of employment, have again been aversely affected by Trump executive orders, threatening funds that impact my position and the viability of the org that employs me.
This is happening to people everywhere every hour of every day.
I Hate it here.
This is happening to people everywhere every hour of every day.
I Hate it here.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today I, in the context of my place of employment, have again been aversely affected by Trump executive orders, threatening funds that impact my position and the viability of the org that employs me.
This is happening to people everywhere every hour of every day.
I Hate it here.
This is happening to people everywhere every hour of every day.
I Hate it here.
Ppl are excited that the Dems prospects are good in the midterms, myself included. But the irreversible damage done is immeasurable & efforts toward reversal of what we might reclaim represent a challenge larger than Dem Pols are generally capable of rising, or attempting to rise.
KEEP FIGHTING
KEEP FIGHTING
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Ppl are excited that the Dems prospects are good in the midterms, myself included. But the irreversible damage done is immeasurable & efforts toward reversal of what we might reclaim represent a challenge larger than Dem Pols are generally capable of rising, or attempting to rise.
KEEP FIGHTING
KEEP FIGHTING
"He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery."
Or, like a f*cking numbskull, who is willfully ignorant enough to think people work like batteries.
Or, like a f*cking numbskull, who is willfully ignorant enough to think people work like batteries.
Dear Santa,
I’ve been very good this year and there’s only one thing I really really want….
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
I’ve been very good this year and there’s only one thing I really really want….
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery."
Or, like a f*cking numbskull, who is willfully ignorant enough to think people work like batteries.
Or, like a f*cking numbskull, who is willfully ignorant enough to think people work like batteries.
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."
"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."
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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."
"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."
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This one means a lot: just woke up to find that THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US has been named a New York Times Notable Book of 2025.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This one means a lot: just woke up to find that THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US has been named a New York Times Notable Book of 2025.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
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This is partly true but moreso DOGE teams have become fully part of the departments they were integrated with and are very much alive and a part of normal processes now
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is partly true but moreso DOGE teams have become fully part of the departments they were integrated with and are very much alive and a part of normal processes now
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Clear-eyed analysis by @peterbrannen.bsky.social on what is meant by "climate realism"
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Clear-eyed analysis by @peterbrannen.bsky.social on what is meant by "climate realism"
🎁
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
🎁
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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"economic accounts of nature’s value plug natural phenomena into existing market-modeled value as commodities [...] set up natural phenomena to be valued only in relation to the ways they can be made profitable, so that nature ends up either commodified or discarded."
lpeproject.org/blog/what-ca...
lpeproject.org/blog/what-ca...
What Can Politics Make of Nature?
Alyssa Battistoni’s Free Gifts argues that capitalism limits our freedom to decide how to value the nonhuman world. Politics, as the domain in which we choose the terms of our collective life…
lpeproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"economic accounts of nature’s value plug natural phenomena into existing market-modeled value as commodities [...] set up natural phenomena to be valued only in relation to the ways they can be made profitable, so that nature ends up either commodified or discarded."
lpeproject.org/blog/what-ca...
lpeproject.org/blog/what-ca...
The president's husband is my favorite thing about The Diplomat. That oyster scene just kills me.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The president's husband is my favorite thing about The Diplomat. That oyster scene just kills me.
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The attacks on Comey, James, Kelly etc are really bad! But so is the demolition of the Goddard Space Flight Center!
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The attacks on Comey, James, Kelly etc are really bad! But so is the demolition of the Goddard Space Flight Center!
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It's a lot easier to cover the soap opera of the Trump attacks on Comey & James than the destruction of NASA, the Department of Education, EPA, NOAA, the IRS, etc
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It's a lot easier to cover the soap opera of the Trump attacks on Comey & James than the destruction of NASA, the Department of Education, EPA, NOAA, the IRS, etc
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Ultimate Kinsley gaffe
Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ultimate Kinsley gaffe