Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀
@lissaharris.bsky.social
COP is stored in the ovaries
pompe à chaleur. recovering local digital news reporter. rural volunteer firefighter. Gideon the Sixth. your favorite deep state climate bureaucrat’s favorite shitposter
she/her/bro 🔌⚡️
pompe à chaleur. recovering local digital news reporter. rural volunteer firefighter. Gideon the Sixth. your favorite deep state climate bureaucrat’s favorite shitposter
she/her/bro 🔌⚡️
Pinned
anybody know of any examples of people mapping out where federal funding is flowing in their town/city, and what the impacts are if it is cut off?
I’m talking small scale
I’d like to write up a report like this for my town of a few thousand residents
I’m talking small scale
I’d like to write up a report like this for my town of a few thousand residents
every single fucking word of this
I don’t want to say “rest in peace” because that man was never for one minute at rest
he fucked with me so much! with all of us! and we forgave him and forgave him because it was all so beautiful
we are poorer without him
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/12...
I don’t want to say “rest in peace” because that man was never for one minute at rest
he fucked with me so much! with all of us! and we forgave him and forgave him because it was all so beautiful
we are poorer without him
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/12...
Remembering "Weekly Dig" Founding Publisher Jeff Lawrence
He was fun, impossible, and absolutely necessary—and he will be missed.
www.bostonmagazine.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
every single fucking word of this
I don’t want to say “rest in peace” because that man was never for one minute at rest
he fucked with me so much! with all of us! and we forgave him and forgave him because it was all so beautiful
we are poorer without him
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/12...
I don’t want to say “rest in peace” because that man was never for one minute at rest
he fucked with me so much! with all of us! and we forgave him and forgave him because it was all so beautiful
we are poorer without him
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/12...
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Jeff gave me my first journalism job, when I was fresh out of college and had *a lot* of opinions. All these years later, my time at the Dig is still the most fun I’ve ever had in my professional life. Jeff was a vital force in the alt weekly scene, and I owe him my career. R.I.P. 🖤
Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of the Dig, has died, family says - The Boston Globe
The Boston-based alternative weekly that Lawrence launched was known for its irreverent commentary, unhinged reviews, brash critique of local mainstream media, and endless nightlife and concert listin...
www.bostonglobe.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Jeff gave me my first journalism job, when I was fresh out of college and had *a lot* of opinions. All these years later, my time at the Dig is still the most fun I’ve ever had in my professional life. Jeff was a vital force in the alt weekly scene, and I owe him my career. R.I.P. 🖤
we are making ourselves a pestilence abroad
December 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
we are making ourselves a pestilence abroad
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I also looked at personal posts (on food, cats, holidays). Although the sample is much smaller, I see a similar trend.
This evidence suggests recent algorithm changes on Threads significantly down-weighted climate content as well as altering what people see.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/t...
This evidence suggests recent algorithm changes on Threads significantly down-weighted climate content as well as altering what people see.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/t...
Threads adjusts its algorithm to show you more content from accounts you follow | TechCrunch
After several complaints about its algorithm, Meta's X competitor Instagram Threads is making changes that will allow it to surface more content from
techcrunch.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I also looked at personal posts (on food, cats, holidays). Although the sample is much smaller, I see a similar trend.
This evidence suggests recent algorithm changes on Threads significantly down-weighted climate content as well as altering what people see.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/t...
This evidence suggests recent algorithm changes on Threads significantly down-weighted climate content as well as altering what people see.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/t...
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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I worked at the Boston Herald during perhaps the heyday of the Dig, and this just makes me nostalgic for a time when even the alt-weeklies had alts
pour one out for Jeff Lawrence, a mad bastard who gave me the best job I ever had. I’ve never met anyone so simultaneously infuriating and impossible to stay angry at
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of the Dig, has died, family says - The Boston Globe
The Boston-based alternative weekly that Lawrence launched was known for its irreverent commentary, unhinged reviews, brash critique of local mainstream media, and endless nightlife and concert listin...
www.bostonglobe.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I worked at the Boston Herald during perhaps the heyday of the Dig, and this just makes me nostalgic for a time when even the alt-weeklies had alts
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My old friend and former publisher of the Weekly Dig Jeff Lawrence has died. He hired, and fired, me from my first job. I always cared about him over the years even though he sometimes made it very hard to. A fun guy and such a pain in the ass I don't think he would mind me saying.
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My old friend and former publisher of the Weekly Dig Jeff Lawrence has died. He hired, and fired, me from my first job. I always cared about him over the years even though he sometimes made it very hard to. A fun guy and such a pain in the ass I don't think he would mind me saying.
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I never knew him. But Jeff Lawrence was a classic alt weekly guy who made the careers of so many people whose talent and love is irreplaceable to me. He'll outlive himself in them, and I'm deeply greatful.
pour one out for Jeff Lawrence, a mad bastard who gave me the best job I ever had. I’ve never met anyone so simultaneously infuriating and impossible to stay angry at
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of the Dig, has died, family says - The Boston Globe
The Boston-based alternative weekly that Lawrence launched was known for its irreverent commentary, unhinged reviews, brash critique of local mainstream media, and endless nightlife and concert listin...
www.bostonglobe.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I never knew him. But Jeff Lawrence was a classic alt weekly guy who made the careers of so many people whose talent and love is irreplaceable to me. He'll outlive himself in them, and I'm deeply greatful.
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No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
I’m so hosed
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I’m so hosed
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
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Oh man RIP Jeff Lawrence.
Working at the Dig was one of the coolest and jobs I’ve had, with amazing colleagues. The world needs alt weeklies more than ever, and I’m so sad they’ve pretty much all gone. I’m so grateful for Jeff running one of the best ones around and letting me be a part of it.
Working at the Dig was one of the coolest and jobs I’ve had, with amazing colleagues. The world needs alt weeklies more than ever, and I’m so sad they’ve pretty much all gone. I’m so grateful for Jeff running one of the best ones around and letting me be a part of it.
pour one out for Jeff Lawrence, a mad bastard who gave me the best job I ever had. I’ve never met anyone so simultaneously infuriating and impossible to stay angry at
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of the Dig, has died, family says - The Boston Globe
The Boston-based alternative weekly that Lawrence launched was known for its irreverent commentary, unhinged reviews, brash critique of local mainstream media, and endless nightlife and concert listin...
www.bostonglobe.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Oh man RIP Jeff Lawrence.
Working at the Dig was one of the coolest and jobs I’ve had, with amazing colleagues. The world needs alt weeklies more than ever, and I’m so sad they’ve pretty much all gone. I’m so grateful for Jeff running one of the best ones around and letting me be a part of it.
Working at the Dig was one of the coolest and jobs I’ve had, with amazing colleagues. The world needs alt weeklies more than ever, and I’m so sad they’ve pretty much all gone. I’m so grateful for Jeff running one of the best ones around and letting me be a part of it.
pour one out for Jeff Lawrence, a mad bastard who gave me the best job I ever had. I’ve never met anyone so simultaneously infuriating and impossible to stay angry at
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of the Dig, has died, family says - The Boston Globe
The Boston-based alternative weekly that Lawrence launched was known for its irreverent commentary, unhinged reviews, brash critique of local mainstream media, and endless nightlife and concert listin...
www.bostonglobe.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
pour one out for Jeff Lawrence, a mad bastard who gave me the best job I ever had. I’ve never met anyone so simultaneously infuriating and impossible to stay angry at
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
thanks boss 🫡
end of an era, eh @barelytomson.bsky.social @secondhusk.bsky.social @dankennedy.net @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
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This is why the broader project to pin renewable opposition on enviro / climate groups makes me mad. Dudes like this - ecomodernist libertarian solar/nuke bros who are bored - comprise such a massive global chunk of the key players in killing renewables globally
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is why the broader project to pin renewable opposition on enviro / climate groups makes me mad. Dudes like this - ecomodernist libertarian solar/nuke bros who are bored - comprise such a massive global chunk of the key players in killing renewables globally
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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My stance on doomers remains consistent and it is that I think running around publicly shitting your pants in fear all the time is shameful
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My stance on doomers remains consistent and it is that I think running around publicly shitting your pants in fear all the time is shameful
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2026 prediction:
The horrific tech ceo addiction to calling electricity "electrons" will devolve into the worse, somehow, "electron."
The horrific tech ceo addiction to calling electricity "electrons" will devolve into the worse, somehow, "electron."
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
2026 prediction:
The horrific tech ceo addiction to calling electricity "electrons" will devolve into the worse, somehow, "electron."
The horrific tech ceo addiction to calling electricity "electrons" will devolve into the worse, somehow, "electron."
my tiny upstate NY town had just been awarded a three-year BRIC technical assistance grant when it got scuttled
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
NEW:
North Carolina AG @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social says the state has won its lawsuit against FEMA.
A federal judge ordered FEMA to reinstate emergency disaster preparedness funds.
FEMA canceled the BRIC program earlier this year, impacting $200 million in projects in NC. #ncpol
North Carolina AG @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social says the state has won its lawsuit against FEMA.
A federal judge ordered FEMA to reinstate emergency disaster preparedness funds.
FEMA canceled the BRIC program earlier this year, impacting $200 million in projects in NC. #ncpol
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
my tiny upstate NY town had just been awarded a three-year BRIC technical assistance grant when it got scuttled
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
what will happen on the ground for places like ours, now that a judge has ruled the action unlawful?
will my electeds trust FEMA again? they are Lucy with the football
we’ll see
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Yesterday a couple Congressmen introduced a bill that would cap utility CEO bonuses if they raise utility rates higher than inflation and, at least as designed, makes some other information available about the ratio of CEO to median worker pay.
riley.house.gov/media/press-...
riley.house.gov/media/press-...
Riley Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Ban Bonuses for Utility CEOs When They Hike Rates on Families
Congressman Josh Riley (NY-19) and Congressman Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) today introduced the bipartisan No Bonuses for Utility Executives Act, which prohibits utility company executives from receiving bo...
riley.house.gov
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Yesterday a couple Congressmen introduced a bill that would cap utility CEO bonuses if they raise utility rates higher than inflation and, at least as designed, makes some other information available about the ratio of CEO to median worker pay.
riley.house.gov/media/press-...
riley.house.gov/media/press-...
60lb OHP 5x5 please clap bros
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
60lb OHP 5x5 please clap bros
honestly that sounds relaxing
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
honestly that sounds relaxing
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Stunned we haven't seen the rise of "anti-AI" businesses.
Media outlets that promise human reporting and authorship.
Shopping sites that promise human curation.
Art sites that promise human creation.
"How do I avoid slop?" is gonna be a defining question in 2026. Businesses should answer it.
Media outlets that promise human reporting and authorship.
Shopping sites that promise human curation.
Art sites that promise human creation.
"How do I avoid slop?" is gonna be a defining question in 2026. Businesses should answer it.
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Stunned we haven't seen the rise of "anti-AI" businesses.
Media outlets that promise human reporting and authorship.
Shopping sites that promise human curation.
Art sites that promise human creation.
"How do I avoid slop?" is gonna be a defining question in 2026. Businesses should answer it.
Media outlets that promise human reporting and authorship.
Shopping sites that promise human curation.
Art sites that promise human creation.
"How do I avoid slop?" is gonna be a defining question in 2026. Businesses should answer it.
I would love to do an Eternal Sunshine on everything I’ve ever unwillingly learned about Matty Y
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wheez, choke. You think getting a solar, wind, gas, coal, *anything* plant or transmission unit permitted is hard??? Probably the last new hydro plant in 🇨🇦 outside Quebec has been built, but some can up-powered. Rain & snow supply is becoming highly variable too.
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I would love to do an Eternal Sunshine on everything I’ve ever unwillingly learned about Matty Y