Liza
@lizamezzo.bsky.social
Mezzo-about-town. Singer, actor, Shakespearean text coach, will translate your opera libretti and song texts. She/they.
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When short of work, I take volunteer gigs as a sort of offering to the stage gods
So, if you're organising charity carols in London and another alto would be useful, let me know!
(Also if you need a jump-in for anything paid, I'm absolutely here for it)
So, if you're organising charity carols in London and another alto would be useful, let me know!
(Also if you need a jump-in for anything paid, I'm absolutely here for it)
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I keep thinking about all of the people who were NOT hired as part of this exercise. All the real world production crew. The actors. The caterers supporting real world shoots. So many people with real skills not being paid. So. Many. Creative. People. Not. Being. Paid.
The company behind the mcdonalds ad:
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I keep thinking about all of the people who were NOT hired as part of this exercise. All the real world production crew. The actors. The caterers supporting real world shoots. So many people with real skills not being paid. So. Many. Creative. People. Not. Being. Paid.
Thinking about Watergate, and how so much of right-wing strategy since then can be read as making sure no Republican president can ever again be held accountable in the way Nixon was
December 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thinking about Watergate, and how so much of right-wing strategy since then can be read as making sure no Republican president can ever again be held accountable in the way Nixon was
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THIS is an amazing photograph
wow
wow
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
THIS is an amazing photograph
wow
wow
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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Worth reading the whole thread.
Some thoughts on some things I've been dealing with lately. 1/6
![text: In it was a link to an article where a man in another country, in a place I have never visited, who does not know me, calls me a [censored] and sinister and a [censored] because 'JO' features a lesbian protagonist.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zhqdngpmdgdhor72bzwjmf7p/bafkreiclqziznmzxscos6cqihunshbnn4i6hfcrotfl6psktcqv72ojf2i@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Worth reading the whole thread.
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Get leftover veggies and various fridge orphans? A guide to cream of anything soup - I make something like this about once a week and it’s an easy way to have a vegetarian dinner www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab...
How to Make Creamy Vegetable Soups Without a Recipe | The Food Lab
Break any creamy vegetable soup down to its building blocks, and a clear, easy-to-tweak formula emerges. Here's how to make your vegetable into a creamy soup—no recipe required.
www.seriouseats.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Get leftover veggies and various fridge orphans? A guide to cream of anything soup - I make something like this about once a week and it’s an easy way to have a vegetarian dinner www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab...
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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Gerrymanders work by diluting strong districts into several weaker districts (you’re not creating new voters, you’re just changing their districts) as long as they still lean more towards your side.
Which means they can backfire in the case of a massive groundswell that tips weaker districts
Which means they can backfire in the case of a massive groundswell that tips weaker districts
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Gerrymanders work by diluting strong districts into several weaker districts (you’re not creating new voters, you’re just changing their districts) as long as they still lean more towards your side.
Which means they can backfire in the case of a massive groundswell that tips weaker districts
Which means they can backfire in the case of a massive groundswell that tips weaker districts
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UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Details in our story.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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#MSH45 | Watercolors
One of the most powerful “before and afters” of Mount St. Helens isn’t a photo at all, it’s this watercolor.
Legendary PNW mountaineer Dee Molenaar painted the graceful pre-1980 cone and Spirit Lake basin alongside the torn-open crater and devastated landscape that followed.
One of the most powerful “before and afters” of Mount St. Helens isn’t a photo at all, it’s this watercolor.
Legendary PNW mountaineer Dee Molenaar painted the graceful pre-1980 cone and Spirit Lake basin alongside the torn-open crater and devastated landscape that followed.
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#MSH45 | Watercolors
One of the most powerful “before and afters” of Mount St. Helens isn’t a photo at all, it’s this watercolor.
Legendary PNW mountaineer Dee Molenaar painted the graceful pre-1980 cone and Spirit Lake basin alongside the torn-open crater and devastated landscape that followed.
One of the most powerful “before and afters” of Mount St. Helens isn’t a photo at all, it’s this watercolor.
Legendary PNW mountaineer Dee Molenaar painted the graceful pre-1980 cone and Spirit Lake basin alongside the torn-open crater and devastated landscape that followed.
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hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people.
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.
They're just taking an ax to the Civil Rights Act
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people.
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
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Proud of this one. I don't get to write much short fiction. Free to read at the link below.
Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "Butterfly Pavilion" by G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/Peuha12
You can read it here!
buff.ly/Peuha12
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Proud of this one. I don't get to write much short fiction. Free to read at the link below.
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The Gargoyle’s Tale~ concept designs for the Tower's gargoyles & drainage spout the Creature escapes from for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Inspired by real gargoyles of the period, we kept in the mythological motif of the labs medusa with the drainage spouts “vomiting harpy nuns”!
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Gargoyle’s Tale~ concept designs for the Tower's gargoyles & drainage spout the Creature escapes from for @realgdt.bsky.social incredible FRANKENSTEIN! Inspired by real gargoyles of the period, we kept in the mythological motif of the labs medusa with the drainage spouts “vomiting harpy nuns”!
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"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!
loscampesinos.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
Proper great bell.
DOOOOOOOM
DOOOOOOOM
How about the clang of doom I captured this morning in St. Peter's cemetery...
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Proper great bell.
DOOOOOOOM
DOOOOOOOM
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any long-running tv show must learn that the occasional meal of scenery is a key part of any actor’s balanced diet
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
any long-running tv show must learn that the occasional meal of scenery is a key part of any actor’s balanced diet
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giant eldritch ladies! architecture! cannibalism! gender! all this and more can be found in:
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
giant eldritch ladies! architecture! cannibalism! gender! all this and more can be found in:
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I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
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This might be the best Humble Bundle I’ve ever seen. Just a loaded collection of comics from a loaded time at Image.
In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time in Paper Girls Vol 1 - 6.
The Image in the ‘10s comics bundle supports Binc | https://bit.ly/4adULaG
The Image in the ‘10s comics bundle supports Binc | https://bit.ly/4adULaG
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This might be the best Humble Bundle I’ve ever seen. Just a loaded collection of comics from a loaded time at Image.
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Wham'd yesterday. With all the rickshaws playing it, this game's become impossible in London unless you play Whamincarnation rules (i.e. if you get Wham'd, the next time you hear it Whams you back to life)
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wham'd yesterday. With all the rickshaws playing it, this game's become impossible in London unless you play Whamincarnation rules (i.e. if you get Wham'd, the next time you hear it Whams you back to life)
Pretty sure Whitman, if he were here today, would have written this verbatim
Is it a bad post? Very well then it is a bad post. (I am large, I contain multitudes of them.)
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pretty sure Whitman, if he were here today, would have written this verbatim
If you like your folk dark and raw, this is great
Today's listening is Buried by Emma Capponi - gorgeous trad Scottish folk. I backed this on KS a while ago and it's just launched. emmacapponi.bandcamp.com/album/buried
Buried, by Emma Capponi
9 track album
emmacapponi.bandcamp.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you like your folk dark and raw, this is great
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We were watching a Muppet Christmas Carol and talking a lot about how much amazing work goes into the puppets. The credits rolled and we got to the credit line for “Muppet Milliner” and my friend spontaneously said “you know what….fuck AI to death.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
We were watching a Muppet Christmas Carol and talking a lot about how much amazing work goes into the puppets. The credits rolled and we got to the credit line for “Muppet Milliner” and my friend spontaneously said “you know what….fuck AI to death.”
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More than 60 years into photographing D.C., Leigh H. Mosley's latest film, "Pioneers for Justice," documents the legacy of D.C.'s Black lesbian elders.
Here are some highlights from contributor India Kea's conversation with Mosley. Read more here: 51st.news/leigh-h-mosl...
Here are some highlights from contributor India Kea's conversation with Mosley. Read more here: 51st.news/leigh-h-mosl...
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
More than 60 years into photographing D.C., Leigh H. Mosley's latest film, "Pioneers for Justice," documents the legacy of D.C.'s Black lesbian elders.
Here are some highlights from contributor India Kea's conversation with Mosley. Read more here: 51st.news/leigh-h-mosl...
Here are some highlights from contributor India Kea's conversation with Mosley. Read more here: 51st.news/leigh-h-mosl...