Christi Kraft

An important reminder that artists (and art) can help save the world.

we are a passionate group of people who’s empathy, creativity and love for the world can lead to incredible acts of resistance.

Support and protect artists!

Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.

US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.

- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.

The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.

The tone work in this one is really top notch. I love it, and not just because it's my favorite city in the world 😉

Read Black Writers Read Black writers all the time. Always. For the month of Feb we're recommending a book a day to highlight great voices, so compiling here. 

The MF can try to cancel Black History Month

but it's still Black History Month.

(You should always be reading Black writers. All the time. But here's a list if you wanna get in the mood.)

Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:

Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.

If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

2/ Our reporting is incomplete but what limited reporting we have says that Musk's crew isn't using any of the federal cybersecurity protocols. If you collect Social Security I'd imagine you have standing to sue Musk for endangering your financial information and private medical records.

CDC Data Are Disappearing The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.

This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.

Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

One way you can do that? Wear a respirator. Whenever you’re in public, mask up.

It may not seem radical but in the face of mask bans, ugly laws and unmitigated covid spread… it’s a strong show of resistance and solidarity.

If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.

On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚

Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Today and in the coming days, remember

A still closed flower bud is all wrinkled and puckered on the outside. The flower is dark pink, and there is a smaller purple wrinkled flower on the same stem. The background is a jewel-toned green bokeh, which is a beautiful blur.

#timelinecleanse

This abstract waterscape photograph is calm and soothing with tan and taupe reflecting off the deep blue surface of a river. The river also reflects the lighter blue tints of nearby buildings.

#timelinecleanse

Dramatic clouds fill 2/3 of the sky in this vivid sunset photograph. The colors in the clouds range from fire orange to deep red and even purple. The robin egg blue sky peeks out from underneath, and beneath that is a dark silhouetted tree line on the horizon.

#timelinecleanse

A colorful abstract photograph in an Impressionist style, this piece is full of dark and light purple, green, and yellow green. Upward moving purple salvia are surrounded by lush green grass and foliage, but the intentional movement of the camera has reduced them to blurred sweeps of color, with very little identifiable detail. The vibe of the artwork is peaceful and uplifting.

#timelinecleanse

My Election Day tradition is to post regular timeline cleanses, so you can pause the doomscroll, and rest your eyes and your spirit with art.

I'm going to do the same today. We can use all the beauty we can find.

I also invite you to visit this virtual exhibition: christikraft.co/waterscapes-...

A screenshot of a virtual art gallery. This portion of the gallery is a long wall with a standalone wall opposite, and a short wall with three art prints in the back. A "bench" sits in the middle of the long space. The walls are covered with curated waterscape photographs, each framed and matted. They are arranged such that like goes with like - 4 aqua and turquoise colored prints on the lefthand short wall, 3 midwestern beach scenes on the far short wall, and 5 wave abstracts on the longest wall.

Need a break? Check out this virtual art exhibition:

christikraft.co/waterscapes-...
(Save this link if you plan to be off social media tomorrow!)

I recommend a leisurely wander with a beverage and some soft instrumental music or water sounds in your space 💙

#CalmInTheStorm

AI OVERVIEW from Google search: “No, water will not freeze at 27 degrees Fahrenheit; water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. So, if the temperature is at 27 degrees Fahrenheit, the water will still be liquid. Explanation: The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning that water will begin to turn into ice when the temperature drops below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Key point: Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. “

The amazing part isn’t just the wrong answer, but that the explanation it gives is accurate — and it *simply doesn’t know that 27 is a smaller number than 32.*

Billions of dollars spent to make a black box machine that doesn’t know something elementary school kids know.

If you’re still masking - thank you.

If you’re still trying to convince others to mask - thank you.

If you understand the benefit of a well fitted respirator - you’re awesome.

Masking isn’t just a way to safeguard one’s health. It’s an act of solidarity with disabled & marginalized communities.

N95 Masks are Available at all Los Angeles Public Library Locations

All Los Angeles Public Library locations are providing free N95 masks. Libraries are essential!

I’m sick of living through Wikipedia entries.

Eaton Canyon Fire Update - Pasadena Humane Eaton Fire Update: We have taken in over 100 animals overnight and are continuing to take in animals for emergency boarding. Due to the proximity of the evacuation zones, we […]

And this organization is helping animals who have been displaced by these fires. Donate if you have the desire or means to donate.

pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...

And of course World Central Kitchen worldcentralkitchen.org who are already on the ground in SoCal feeding people.

A single dark pink rosebud is starting to bloom against a lush green background of foliage.

Take a moment if you need.

#TimelineCleanse

christikraft.com/collections/...

Screenshot of a twitter post which reads DreamerDee @BarterDee Follow My 101 year grandma visited a hospital ER in MUSKOKA She got covid from her visit. Now she is admitted, in her own room with surgical masks required and gowns. 20 feet away from her WIDE OPEN DOOR is the WIDE OPEN MATERNITY WARD & ALL OTHER PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT +

This is disgusting. We are failing the most vulnerable. Those with the least agency. People who can’t protect themselves.

No one deserves to get covid because they required emergency care.

What’s worse they now have a confirmed covid case right beside pregnant & postpartum mothers (and babies) /1

LDH reports first U.S. H5N1-related human death Current general public health risk remains low January 06, 2025 The Louisiana Department of Health reports the patient who had been hospitalized with the first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or H5N1, in Louisiana and the U.S. has died. The patient was over the age of 65 and was reported to have underlying medical conditions. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds. LDH’s extensive public health investigation has identified no additional H5N1 cases nor evidence of person-to-person transmission. This patient remains the only human case of H5N1 in Louisiana. The Department expresses its deepest condolences to the patient’s family and friends as they mourn the loss of their loved one. Due to patient confidentiality and respect for the family, this will be the final update about the patient.

BREAKING: The United States has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu.

The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.

ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...

“Only old people get really sick from COVID now” Nope, it’s also babies. People in their 70-80s and babies are people hospitalized at the same rate.