Lisa Eckstein
@lisaeckstein.com
Reader. Writer. Big fan of human rights for everyone.
Pronouns: she/her. Pronounce: EX-teen.
Physical location: Silicon Valley, CA. Digital location: lisaeckstein.com
Pronouns: she/her. Pronounce: EX-teen.
Physical location: Silicon Valley, CA. Digital location: lisaeckstein.com
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NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year.
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat - Bolts
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff this year, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEW: There are 2,400+ elections for DA & sheriff this year.
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
These matter hugely to criminal justice & policing—including: *these are often officials who decide ICE collaboration.*
So I took a dive into these 2,400+ races to identify early hotspots and battlegrounds.
Read, & check out our maps:
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Links to fundraisers follow in the thread below. Please help the families who are, for a variety of reasons including race and immigration status, receiving less attention.
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 27, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Links to fundraisers follow in the thread below. Please help the families who are, for a variety of reasons including race and immigration status, receiving less attention.
Happy to be able to call my reps in Congress, thank them for the work they're doing, and tell them to keep it up.
January 27, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Happy to be able to call my reps in Congress, thank them for the work they're doing, and tell them to keep it up.
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And the ebook is $1.99 at most places right now! (at least in the US) candleinsunshine.com/books/where-...
January 26, 2026 at 6:16 PM
And the ebook is $1.99 at most places right now! (at least in the US) candleinsunshine.com/books/where-...
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For me, I've found donating to organizations and mutual aid groups or to people who just need some extra money to get by is a real sanity-saver in these times of feeling helpless but full of rage.
And donate.
Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.
Every time they kill one of us, help us make the resistance even stronger.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
For me, I've found donating to organizations and mutual aid groups or to people who just need some extra money to get by is a real sanity-saver in these times of feeling helpless but full of rage.
#FridayReads What We Can Know by Ian McEwan. Fascinating so far, as an unusual story unfolds about a dinner party, the search for a lost poem, and a world in the wake of climate devastation.
January 24, 2026 at 1:05 AM
#FridayReads What We Can Know by Ian McEwan. Fascinating so far, as an unusual story unfolds about a dinner party, the search for a lost poem, and a world in the wake of climate devastation.
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It's a great day to show your support!
Strike
Protest
Donate
Call your electeds
Strike
Protest
Donate
Call your electeds
This takes enormous amounts of resources and sacrifice to pull off. Sharing this to support people on the ground:
"This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"
"This directory of places to donate to all comes from activists on the ground, plugged into the situation. Everything is vetted, with the exception of individual GoFundMes"
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
It's a great day to show your support!
Strike
Protest
Donate
Call your electeds
Strike
Protest
Donate
Call your electeds
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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When the AI slop summer reading list dropped last year I knew I had to write about making book lists. Thanks to @thebaffler.com for letting me go long with bewildered nostalgia & regret on 20 years of Internet book culture & how we made the slop book list inevitable. thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
List and Shout | Lydia Kiesling
The labor involved in making lists was as close to the opposite of a transcendent reading experience as a disillusioned culture worker could get.
thebaffler.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
When the AI slop summer reading list dropped last year I knew I had to write about making book lists. Thanks to @thebaffler.com for letting me go long with bewildered nostalgia & regret on 20 years of Internet book culture & how we made the slop book list inevitable. thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
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ICYMI -- My new novella Accelerated Growth Environment has a cover! This hopepunk ecothriller is coming to you this March so stay tuned! 😱
The team at @shirakipress.com did an amazing job thanks to the art by Stephan Martiniere and the design by @joshsutphin.com. Stay tuned for more info: www.shirakipress.com/books/accele...
January 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
ICYMI -- My new novella Accelerated Growth Environment has a cover! This hopepunk ecothriller is coming to you this March so stay tuned! 😱
Great essay by @lydiakiesling.bsky.social on the practice of book lists and the changing internet:
Wrote about the good(ish) old days thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Great essay by @lydiakiesling.bsky.social on the practice of book lists and the changing internet:
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Meg Elison is a brilliant author and you should buy and read everything she writes. As just one example, The Pill is prescient and hard-hitting.
My short story collection that includes The Pill 💊 is on sale for $5! Support an independent press and also me, your favorite unemployed author.
pmpress.org
January 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Meg Elison is a brilliant author and you should buy and read everything she writes. As just one example, The Pill is prescient and hard-hitting.
I love when social media is the right medium for a creative work of science fiction. I recommend this story thread by @ceej.online:
By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪
January 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I love when social media is the right medium for a creative work of science fiction. I recommend this story thread by @ceej.online:
#FridayReads I've picked up again on my project to read through more of the work of Ursula K. Le Guin. Happily, my local library has many to choose from. Currently reading The Compass Rose, a collection of short stories with a wonderful range of styles and subjects, all fascinating.
January 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
#FridayReads I've picked up again on my project to read through more of the work of Ursula K. Le Guin. Happily, my local library has many to choose from. Currently reading The Compass Rose, a collection of short stories with a wonderful range of styles and subjects, all fascinating.
Not to gloat or anything, but I'm enjoying blooming season.
January 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Not to gloat or anything, but I'm enjoying blooming season.
2025 By The Books - In which I talk up the books I loved most from last year's reading! www.lisaeckstein.com/2026/01/2025...
2025 By The Books
Lisa Eckstein blogs about reading, writing, and revising.
www.lisaeckstein.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
2025 By The Books - In which I talk up the books I loved most from last year's reading! www.lisaeckstein.com/2026/01/2025...
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We released a special mini-episode, in which we hear from someone in Venezuela with a very specific take on last week's U.S. attack. lnk.to/41fLkR
The Americans Outside My Window
In this special mini-episode – an extra episode this week! – we hear from someone in Venezuela with a very specific take on last week's U.S. attack.
lnk.to
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
We released a special mini-episode, in which we hear from someone in Venezuela with a very specific take on last week's U.S. attack. lnk.to/41fLkR
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STRONGLY recommend checking out this hashtag whenever it pops up to see both digital and traditional artists, either for commissions (book covers! D&D character illustrations! happy-making wall decor!) or just for giving joy to your eyes and brain. And please check not just Top but also Latest!
I create traditional illustration inspired by plants and natural science with a contemporary or playful approach. Open to licensing, branding & packaging illustration, portraits, editorial, and book projects. Portfolio: www.connieresch.com/portfolio Licensing: www.pigmentspaper.com #PortfolioDay
January 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
STRONGLY recommend checking out this hashtag whenever it pops up to see both digital and traditional artists, either for commissions (book covers! D&D character illustrations! happy-making wall decor!) or just for giving joy to your eyes and brain. And please check not just Top but also Latest!
Several views of a lovely sundog rainbow.
January 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Several views of a lovely sundog rainbow.
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In two weeks, the Orange County (FL) Library is hosting a fantastic FREE online writers conference.
You do NOT need to be an Orlando resident or have a library card.
This is a ridiculously good value, with an accomplished faculty.
Schedule and Signup here: ocls.org/ocls-writers...
You do NOT need to be an Orlando resident or have a library card.
This is a ridiculously good value, with an accomplished faculty.
Schedule and Signup here: ocls.org/ocls-writers...
January 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
In two weeks, the Orange County (FL) Library is hosting a fantastic FREE online writers conference.
You do NOT need to be an Orlando resident or have a library card.
This is a ridiculously good value, with an accomplished faculty.
Schedule and Signup here: ocls.org/ocls-writers...
You do NOT need to be an Orlando resident or have a library card.
This is a ridiculously good value, with an accomplished faculty.
Schedule and Signup here: ocls.org/ocls-writers...
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I'm trying to get better at dropping people a note, or posting about it, when I love something they write, because lord knows it makes my week when somebody reaches out with a kind word about one of my stories!
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I'm trying to get better at dropping people a note, or posting about it, when I love something they write, because lord knows it makes my week when somebody reaches out with a kind word about one of my stories!
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You're going to hear a lot of lies about what the law allows after the Trump Regime's murder of Renee Good.
States can prosecute federal officers, they've been doing it since the 1800s. Trump cannot stop it and cannot pardon it.
Here's the legal analysis
www.patreon.com/posts/147687...
States can prosecute federal officers, they've been doing it since the 1800s. Trump cannot stop it and cannot pardon it.
Here's the legal analysis
www.patreon.com/posts/147687...
Minnesota Can & Must Prosecute the Unnamed ICE Agent Who Murdered Renee Good | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Get more from Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland on Patreon
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January 8, 2026 at 4:50 AM
You're going to hear a lot of lies about what the law allows after the Trump Regime's murder of Renee Good.
States can prosecute federal officers, they've been doing it since the 1800s. Trump cannot stop it and cannot pardon it.
Here's the legal analysis
www.patreon.com/posts/147687...
States can prosecute federal officers, they've been doing it since the 1800s. Trump cannot stop it and cannot pardon it.
Here's the legal analysis
www.patreon.com/posts/147687...
December Reading Recap - My reviews of How to Communicate, Flux, Changing Planes, Middle Spoon, and The Paris Express. www.lisaeckstein.com/2026/01/dece...
December Reading Recap
Lisa Eckstein blogs about reading, writing, and revising.
www.lisaeckstein.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:49 AM
December Reading Recap - My reviews of How to Communicate, Flux, Changing Planes, Middle Spoon, and The Paris Express. www.lisaeckstein.com/2026/01/dece...