Cristina Trapani-Scott (she/they)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.

Illustration of wild fig and thyme candle by west elm.

Mixed media card with colorful Christmas or pine tree with star in top.

Mixed media patchwork fabric ornament in pink and blue with block print bird.

Mixed media abstract still life with pitcher and plant in vase on table.

I’ve been away from
Bluesky, but I am returning. I’ve been making some things while I’ve been away. #art #mixedmediaart #makingstuff

Unfortunately
History is repeating itself

This is the second year this mama has built a nest on our string of lights. We call her Tulip. #spring #hummingbirdsrock

SEND AN EMAIL: Tell Congress to Reinstate the Librarian of Congress! President Trump has crossed another dangerous line by abruptly firing Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.

Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause!

Send an email to your representative to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress.

action.everylibrary.org/emailhayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Hummingbird building a nest on a string of outdoor lights.

For the second year, Tulip, the hummingbird, is building a nest on our string of porch lights. We are so lucky to get to watch this again. Same lightbulb as last year. #welivewithnature #humingbirdhabitat

CBS reporter Scott Pelley:

This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.

If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

Textile artwork with busy flower motifs in purples and greens

Michelle Mischkulnig, contemporary Australian textile artist #WomensArt

So great to meet you in person there!😁

Created this digital mixed media piece last night. I painted over a digital collage with some of the Procreate paint brushes. #blueskyart #digitalart

Beautiful! Love the colors.

Fair enough but the media continuing to harp on Biden while normalizing Trump does nothing for what’s happening now.

Forgot the question mark, but still, why?

Why are we continuing to talk about Biden when, regardless of his age or whatever perceived decline he was in, he left us in a far better place than where we are now. We should be focusing on Trump’s decline.

It does feel like respite looking at it as well. Beautiful!

Colorado Rocky Mountains (Longs Peak)

I enjoyed teaching a workshop at the Writing Heights Spring Retreat in Allen’s Park and am inspired by the beauty up here, so I am staying for the evening to write a bit and commune with like-minded creatives because community and creating are what I need right now. #writinginthemountains

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I love the use of light. The image glows.

Painting of plant in round yellow pot with orange background.

Some art journal play. Want to do more. Getting back to art after poetry month, writing a poem a day. #blueskyart #artjournal

Congrats Mark Carney!

Opinion | New estimates indicate that Elon Musk's DOGE might not achieve any savings The way Musk has gone about his efficiency initiative has incurred tremendous costs.

Elon Musk’s promised savings from his DOGE operation has shrunk from $2 trillion to what he now claims is $150 billion, or just 7.5% of the amount initially promised. Now, new estimates suggest his cost-cutting crusade might actually end up costing MORE than what he claims to have saved taxpayers.

Painting of a part of a modern house with a 1960s-80s brown car parked outside in a carport, in sunshine under a vibrant blue sky

Jessica Brilli, contemporary US artist who works in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century iconography #WomensArt

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

Good morning, everyone!

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

BRING HIM HOME!

Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.

SMART General President…

I make these ornaments with my little dog illustration and put them on my Etsy site and in whatever little market pop-up I do. Dogs and birds make me happy.😁