Christina Ciganik
@christinaciganik.bsky.social
Gardening in 📍Lancaster, PA
Doing my best to live sustainably 🌻
Recovering productivity-bro 🤷🏻♀️
Doing my best to live sustainably 🌻
Recovering productivity-bro 🤷🏻♀️
Sundays are for snoozing in sunny spots at our house 🐈⬛
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sundays are for snoozing in sunny spots at our house 🐈⬛
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I will never use LLM for anything to do with my writing. Even my research is driven by good research practice, not AI. Why would I? I like the work. If you don't like doing the work, ask yourself why you're not actually doing something you do like to do, instead.
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I will never use LLM for anything to do with my writing. Even my research is driven by good research practice, not AI. Why would I? I like the work. If you don't like doing the work, ask yourself why you're not actually doing something you do like to do, instead.
Does anyone have a list of tech tools not hopping on the earth- and brain-melting AI bandwagon? Not shockingly SEO doesn’t boost these lists if they do exist
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Does anyone have a list of tech tools not hopping on the earth- and brain-melting AI bandwagon? Not shockingly SEO doesn’t boost these lists if they do exist
Today we checked out a new to us thrift store and hit the jackpot on holiday decor! Everything except the candy cane (which I crocheted 😅) was found today!
December 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today we checked out a new to us thrift store and hit the jackpot on holiday decor! Everything except the candy cane (which I crocheted 😅) was found today!
I’m already dreaming of next year’s garden and decided to check out a stack of books from the library! What have you been reading lately?
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I’m already dreaming of next year’s garden and decided to check out a stack of books from the library! What have you been reading lately?
Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast is really doing the most for my mental health right now. It’s easy forget there are people out there who care about the planet 🌱
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Native Plants, Healthy Planet podcast is really doing the most for my mental health right now. It’s easy forget there are people out there who care about the planet 🌱
I took some time to update our native seed inventory last night to order some new species from @hungryhookfarm.bsky.social. I said I was going to grow fewer species this year so I’m not going to say how many new seeds we bought 😂
December 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I took some time to update our native seed inventory last night to order some new species from @hungryhookfarm.bsky.social. I said I was going to grow fewer species this year so I’m not going to say how many new seeds we bought 😂
I got honked at today for stopping for a stopped school bus across the road. How on earth do we heal a society that is this self-centered and impatient? It makes me sad for our future
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I got honked at today for stopping for a stopped school bus across the road. How on earth do we heal a society that is this self-centered and impatient? It makes me sad for our future
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With the rising interest in physical media, be sure to check your local library out for DVDs, CDs, books, and more. It helps us keep those programs going and offers you a chance to use physical media without buying it all outright! #booksky 📚💙
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
With the rising interest in physical media, be sure to check your local library out for DVDs, CDs, books, and more. It helps us keep those programs going and offers you a chance to use physical media without buying it all outright! #booksky 📚💙
Little bluestem seed floofs are something I live for 😍
Your lawn could never look this magical 🤷🏻♀️
Your lawn could never look this magical 🤷🏻♀️
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Little bluestem seed floofs are something I live for 😍
Your lawn could never look this magical 🤷🏻♀️
Your lawn could never look this magical 🤷🏻♀️
Here’s to trying this social media thing again 🙃
And here’s to beautiful meadows in the fall/winter 🍂
And here’s to beautiful meadows in the fall/winter 🍂
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Here’s to trying this social media thing again 🙃
And here’s to beautiful meadows in the fall/winter 🍂
And here’s to beautiful meadows in the fall/winter 🍂
Current (re)read before jumping into Julia Seales’ new book A Terribly Nasty Business 📖
What book are you currently reading to dissociate? 🙃
What book are you currently reading to dissociate? 🙃
July 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Current (re)read before jumping into Julia Seales’ new book A Terribly Nasty Business 📖
What book are you currently reading to dissociate? 🙃
What book are you currently reading to dissociate? 🙃
Hi, can we stop with fireworks yet? Can we realize how scary they are to people and other living beings? Not to mention there is nothing to celebrate in this country at the moment 🙃
July 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Hi, can we stop with fireworks yet? Can we realize how scary they are to people and other living beings? Not to mention there is nothing to celebrate in this country at the moment 🙃
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I deleted inst@gr@m off my phone and now I’m a new person.
I read more! I workout again! I get less dirty looks from my pets saying they’re cuter than my phone!
Who is she? 💁🏻♀️
I read more! I workout again! I get less dirty looks from my pets saying they’re cuter than my phone!
Who is she? 💁🏻♀️
June 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I deleted inst@gr@m off my phone and now I’m a new person.
I read more! I workout again! I get less dirty looks from my pets saying they’re cuter than my phone!
Who is she? 💁🏻♀️
I read more! I workout again! I get less dirty looks from my pets saying they’re cuter than my phone!
Who is she? 💁🏻♀️
I finished 12 books in May! After a major reading slump in April, it was nice to find some books I really enjoyed 📚 #booksky @fableapp.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I finished 12 books in May! After a major reading slump in April, it was nice to find some books I really enjoyed 📚 #booksky @fableapp.bsky.social
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The way tech is trying to shove AI down our throats is making me even more disinterested and disdainful.
June 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The way tech is trying to shove AI down our throats is making me even more disinterested and disdainful.
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The more I learn about AI, the more I switch back to pen & paper. I miss my digital tools, but not being able to easily opt out of AI is unacceptable to me 🤷🏻♀️
May 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The more I learn about AI, the more I switch back to pen & paper. I miss my digital tools, but not being able to easily opt out of AI is unacceptable to me 🤷🏻♀️
Did you know you can go for a walk without looking at your phone or listening to something?
Yay for optimizing, but bigger YAY for existing on this planet.
Yay for optimizing, but bigger YAY for existing on this planet.
May 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Did you know you can go for a walk without looking at your phone or listening to something?
Yay for optimizing, but bigger YAY for existing on this planet.
Yay for optimizing, but bigger YAY for existing on this planet.
My peppers are hating the cool/rainy weather, but the columbine is living its best life (and attracting our friendly neighborhood hummingbird!)
May 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My peppers are hating the cool/rainy weather, but the columbine is living its best life (and attracting our friendly neighborhood hummingbird!)
Things in America get worse, but nature keeps going 🤷🏻♀️
April 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Things in America get worse, but nature keeps going 🤷🏻♀️
Our Mr. Frog came out to celebrate the first day of spring with us today!
March 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Our Mr. Frog came out to celebrate the first day of spring with us today!
Such a good presentation on Homegrown Conservation by @chasingbugs.com tonight with Mt. Cuba. This was a great ending to their Sustainable Landscape series.
March 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Such a good presentation on Homegrown Conservation by @chasingbugs.com tonight with Mt. Cuba. This was a great ending to their Sustainable Landscape series.
Today we’re trying to enjoy a sunny spring-like day and not think about how it should be a lot more cool and rainy and omg we’re already in a drought and what’s this going to mean going into summer it’s all over 🙃
March 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Today we’re trying to enjoy a sunny spring-like day and not think about how it should be a lot more cool and rainy and omg we’re already in a drought and what’s this going to mean going into summer it’s all over 🙃