krist

multimedia artist • spiritual channel

[krist @Krist_theArtist]

allow me to introduce myself

[Cowboy the Terrible @iJmillz]

There are probably so many insane woman photographers who would blow the night photography scene out of the water if they could walk around safely. We are missing half our community.

[krist @Krist_theArtist]

@Anania00 dragon fairy

[Noel Y. Calingasan • NYC @nyclovesnyc]

New York City Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall National Monument After Federal Removal

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Cartoon Network / Warner Bros. shows set to stream on Tubi on March 1st via the pages on the streamer’s website:

• Animaniacs
• Ben 10 (Classic)
• Codename: Kids Next Door
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
• The Powerpuff Girls (1998)
• Teen Titans (2003)
• The Batman
• Batman: Brave and The Bold
• Justice League
• Ed Edd n' Eddy
• Dexter’s Laboratory

(Source: @CNschedules /Pepsiman)

[project hail andy 🛰️ @d_nniedarko]

y’all keep leaving out keith porter
december 31, 2025.
outside his own apartment complex
by an ICE agent who was off duty
43 years old. 2 kids.

[🎀 planet clarke 🎀 @planetclarke]

Babe wake up— the humans have discovered that the planet they grew out of is, in fact, a geological entity that grows life in every form it can think of because it is ALIVE and that 26-second seismic pulse is actually it’s “heartbeat”:

[krist @Krist_theArtist]

@Anania00 like that other person said, it’s the shadow period leading up to mercury retrograde so…. buckle up girl 😔

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

NEW | Instagram has removed the verified account of Gaza slain journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi, who had 4.5 million followers.

Archived snapshots of his page on the Wayback Machine, the largest public internet archive, also appear to have been wiped or disabled, raising concerns about digital erasure of Palestinian documentation.

Al-Jafarawi, known for his frontline reporting on the Gaza genocide, had previously faced repeated censorship. He was killed yesterday by an armed group collaborating with Israel.

Observers warn that these developments may signal “a new phase in efforts to erase evidence of Israeli war crimes from the internet.”

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

A message from a Kindergarten teacher:

After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old:

“My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.”

No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.”

My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me.

When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic.

But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe.

My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown.

And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice.

They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer.

The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.”

As if kindness were a weakness.

Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure —
a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.”
a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.”
a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.”

Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up.

But this last year broke something in me.

The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival.

I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times.

So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998:

“Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.”

I sat on the floor and cried.

No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications.

I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced.

I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers.

So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try.

Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.

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@namer6549 .

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@MtrLwy80920 @BrianBerkman @oliveegirl @OasisLGNGFan .

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@noor_supernova7 .

[krist @Krist_theArtist]

most recent first page, you’ve gotta let yourself try something different and be open to where the flow takes you.

[𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖛𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 @stvulture]

breaking in a new sketchbook is horrifying because its unavoidable that youll make the worst drawing in your fucking life on the first page

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@mar80549 .