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ChristineInTheHills

@retromom.bsky.social
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Very blue dot in mostly red state. Cell phone photographer. Passionate traveler. Foodie around the world. Pescatarian. 3° black belt. LGBTQ+ parent and ally. Silver-haired feminist with attitude. All photos are my own unless otherwise noted. NO DMs.

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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Traveling in stunningly beautiful Budapest for the second time this year. Such deep and fascinating political and architectural history keeps drawing me back. #Budapest
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brian Bengs is the real deal. Definitely will get my #SouthDakota vote. #BrianBengs
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From the Underground Railroad to theThe NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, quilting has been a time-honored, deliberate act of resistance and political storytelling. Check out the banner for my account here for one young woman's just such statement in bright red South Dakota. #quilting #protest
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a novel idea.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So damn wrong on so many levels 😡
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Exactly.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
STOP SCROLLING Why I’m sounding the alarm: VoteSafe. org is run by Elon Musk’s America PAC, the same political operation working to turn out Republican voters in the midterms. The site collects voter and political info, and allows your information to be shared or sold to business partners.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Unfit.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Stitched by hand. Hung with courage at a quilt show in bright red South Dakota. A reminder that patriotism isn’t silence or blind allegiance. It is caring enough about our country to speak when something is wrong and believing deeply enough in America to insist that we live up to its promises. 🇺🇸
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
She lived such an important life. Her words and actions taught me about feminism and women's rights as a teenager. I am a proud and informed feminist because she lived - because she lit that spark in me that has never dimmed. Today we honor her work, her wisdom, and her passion.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
They are running scared. They fully understand that one of the best ways to reform the Supreme Court is to add to its numbers. (Also age and term limits.) This should be a priority for Democrats.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I lived in Oregon for more than forty years. I voted by mail exclusively. There was never a problem. Sat at my kitchen table and researched anything i didn't fully understand. This is a manufactured problem created because the Republicans can't win unless they cheat.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I have a sixth sense about these things.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sweet hummingbird sipping at my late summer petunias. So pretty. So shy. #BlackHills #SouthDakota #BirdWatching
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
There are more of us than anyone realizes. Living that life in the #BlackHills of #SouthDakota.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And this ... this is here legacy.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Totally crying here. She was an amazing performer and just a really, really good person.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Some mornings the Black Hills seem reluctant to fully awaken. This morning was one of those mornings. The mist settled low across the meadow and turned the world unusually quiet. In the distance, Elkhorn Mountain rose through the haze, visible only enough to remind us of its presence.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Here in #SouthDakota Democrats can hardly get elected. #BrianBengs used to be a Dem but is now an Independent. Will that help? We can only hope. He has been my choice from the beginning to take down #MikeRounds who supports Trump's corrupt administration. #VoteDems www.kotatv.com/2026/08/18/i...
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Independent Senate candidate Brian Bengs says government corruption is central focus of his campaign
Independent Senate candidate Brian Bengs says tackling government corruption and big money in politics is the primary focus of his campaign against Mike Rounds.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
As of last night, the postal service is attempting to move forward on this process. It will result in chaos and confusion, and potentially millions of people not being able to vote. What a nightmare! votingrightslab.org/2026/07/10/w...
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What You Need to Know About the Proposed USPS Mail Ballot Rule
While the mail ballot rule is currently blocked, it’s important to understand the threat it poses this election season.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I hope he went apoplectic when he watched this. And you know he watched it.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Just lower taxes for a whole lot of very rich people. The rich get richer. To the poor get poorer. The sick gets sicker. A third of the country believes this is just great, because, hey, immigrants and trans kids. Right?
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@thebigbengs.bsky.social Please be more active here on Bluesky and post your new ad. There are a lot of South Dakotans here who need to hear it.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Everybody needs to see this. Trump is even worse than the disaster we expected this time around.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I love this so much!
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We aren’t talking enough about those Destroyed American Bases….
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Some things are beautiful because they’re new - others because they’ve lasted. This Rookwood vase belonged to my mother-in-law and is more than a century old. The daylily, dahlia, grasses and coleus came from my garden this morning. A hundred years apart. Don't they seem happy together? #flowers
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Dave Stanley @davidwstanley.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Pitcher releasing ball with Epstein on it.

IT'S ALL TO DISTRACT YOU
EPSTEIN Baseball
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Not all only are they horrible, but they lack any ability for self reflection, compassion or care. That is reflected in everything they do and particularly in this instance.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
What they said.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It's crazy here. A half-million motorcycles have descended on my corner of South Dakota. So many people in their 70's on bikes they can't handle. Dozens of crashes and several deaths already - and the Sturgis Rally has just started. I just want to get to the grocery store alive, people!
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
At the heart of this man is such deep compassion. His people are suffering and he is right there with them.
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JoanKay @joankay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I headed out for a walk yesterday afternoon and apparently interrupted nap time. Mama and her twin babies were tucked into the shade right beside our barn. We stood there for a bit, quietly sizing each other up, before they decided I’d gotten close enough and loped off together.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I lived in Oregon for more than forty years - in the Portland area for most of that time. Even when Mount St. Helens erupted, the air quality was not this bad. I just weep at this news and at the destruction throughout my former home.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Love this so much!
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Katie Phang truly is amazing. I am so appreciative of her work.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I lived in Oregon for 40+ years and voted by mail for decades. Sat at my kitchen table and read everything thoroughly as I made my choices. There was no corruption. No delay. Smooth as silk. Trump is a corrupt idiot.
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I remember lining up in school in the 1960's to receive the polio vaccination. I also have a scar on my thigh from receiving a smallpox vaccination. My parents were so relieved those vaccinations were available. I happy-cried the day I received my COVID-19 vaccination. RFK is a dangerous idiot.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We went to dinner last night and saw table after table getting salads. The odds are the customers were fine, but who wants to take that kind of chance? We were offered an additional side instead when we asked. That they stopped testing for this parasite is straight up corruption.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Love this!! Yay Spain!!!!
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Daylilies seem like such average, unassuming flowers, until one decides it's the star of the garden. This beauty just opened this morning and is holding court in my garden as if it knows exactly how lovely it is.
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ChristineInTheHills @retromom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"And as long as those Americans are glaring sideways at a “democratic socialist” or an immigrant, they aren’t looking at the American oligarchs who actually ran off with all their money." It's time we started having conversations about issues raised in this article. www.alternet.org/amp/maga-sle...
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The reckoning coming when the MAGA sleeping giant awakens
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