Lisa Geiszler
@melovewarrior.bsky.social
Chronically ill/disabled poet, activist. A dancer in my dreams. 🦥🐌🐢Part of the go-slow, rest often club.
Absolutely love this poem & i also love tea 🫖
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Leila Chatti “Tea” | The Missouri Review
Discovering the best in fiction, essays, and poetry
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December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Absolutely love this poem & i also love tea 🫖
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“These health centers are supposed to make care affordable. One has sued patients for as little as $59 in unpaid bills.”
Then the patient has to pay the lawyers fees & court costs for fed-funded centers! Sooo wrong.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
Then the patient has to pay the lawyers fees & court costs for fed-funded centers! Sooo wrong.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“These health centers are supposed to make care affordable. One has sued patients for as little as $59 in unpaid bills.”
Then the patient has to pay the lawyers fees & court costs for fed-funded centers! Sooo wrong.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
Then the patient has to pay the lawyers fees & court costs for fed-funded centers! Sooo wrong.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Reposted by Lisa Geiszler
The latest edition of my newsletter includes must-reads, organizing resources, year-end reflections, and a writing exercise for anyone trying to stay whole and take action in 2026.
Must-Reads and Some Notes on Taking Action and Staying Whole in 2026
As we close out a year of crisis and courage, I’m thinking about what sustains us — and what comes next.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The latest edition of my newsletter includes must-reads, organizing resources, year-end reflections, and a writing exercise for anyone trying to stay whole and take action in 2026.
Reposted by Lisa Geiszler
givebutter.com/CycloneFundf... we're a week into the cyclone and there's still huge issues in Sri Lanka and other areas, this is a fund getting resources to Tamil, Muslim and TGNC folks in the North and East.
Urgent Appeal: Disaster Relief Fund for Tamil, Muslim, Malayaham, and Gender-Diverse Communities
By Arokiyam pour toustes
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December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
givebutter.com/CycloneFundf... we're a week into the cyclone and there's still huge issues in Sri Lanka and other areas, this is a fund getting resources to Tamil, Muslim and TGNC folks in the North and East.
Congress has mandated that Medicaid recipients work 80 hours a month unless they can prove they are “medically frail,” or risk losing their Medicaid.
Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness.
Attempting to meet an 80‑hour work requirement for most people with ME/CFS and Long COVID will only worsen their illness.
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Listen: I am hopeless when it comes to the fiber arts, so this kind of fine stitching blows me away. That tiny poem! 😍
Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar • Everyone seems to love this #SciArt #anatomy #embroidery, she breathed (2018). It appears on the cover of the anthology Sharp Notions arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Shar...
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Listen: I am hopeless when it comes to the fiber arts, so this kind of fine stitching blows me away. That tiny poem! 😍
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I miss the skating rink. January Gill O’Neil everybody!!
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Night at the Roller Palace
After the birthday crowds thin out,
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December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I miss the skating rink. January Gill O’Neil everybody!!
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May we all be loved this well & love others this well!!
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Throwing Children
It is really something when a kid who has a hard time becomes a kid who’s having a good time
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December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
May we all be loved this well & love others this well!!
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We need to legislate a reduction in plastics at the local & state level. Placentas, testicles & breast milk all have micro-plastics. This book will show you how. This is an environmental justice issue we all need to work on
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
“The Problem with Plastic”: Former EPA Official Judith Enck Discusses New Book
We speak with former EPA regional administrator Judith Enck about her new book, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late.
“Scientists have found micropla...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We need to legislate a reduction in plastics at the local & state level. Placentas, testicles & breast milk all have micro-plastics. This book will show you how. This is an environmental justice issue we all need to work on
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/th...
They’re coming for anyone who is not MAGA. This is authoritarianism.
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
Trump Admin Targets “Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity”: Leaked Memo
A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views rela...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
They’re coming for anyone who is not MAGA. This is authoritarianism.
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
Poetry Sunday. By Khadija Queen. Give this a listen: “to fall in love with healing,
guard as gold, a treasure, what holds
all the shattering parts of me in place.”
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guard as gold, a treasure, what holds
all the shattering parts of me in place.”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Dragon Back
I listen finally to what she tells me—to rest all seven ways—social, physical, emotional, mental, sensory, spiritual, creative—and remember my disappearing mother’s quick-sung Gotta get some rest gott...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Poetry Sunday. By Khadija Queen. Give this a listen: “to fall in love with healing,
guard as gold, a treasure, what holds
all the shattering parts of me in place.”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
guard as gold, a treasure, what holds
all the shattering parts of me in place.”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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This dude is 3rd in line to the presidency and this is how he feels about women. Mediocre white men is going to be the demise of this country, we have got to do better to elect people of higher caliber. 2025 and this is how this guy thinks. Just fucking WOW‼️‼️
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This dude is 3rd in line to the presidency and this is how he feels about women. Mediocre white men is going to be the demise of this country, we have got to do better to elect people of higher caliber. 2025 and this is how this guy thinks. Just fucking WOW‼️‼️
Hooray 🥳 for small presses! Let’s support them!
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hooray 🥳 for small presses! Let’s support them!
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lithub.com/100-notable-...
It’s time to donate to food banks or mutual aid in your area. It’s cold. It’s the holidays. I’m celebrate winter ❄️ solstice, one of my fav days of the year- it marks the day sunlight begins to increase. I’ll be donating every Sunday this month. If able, volunteer. 🍜🥘🥧🥑🍊🥚🧀🥔🍞🥕🍏
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s time to donate to food banks or mutual aid in your area. It’s cold. It’s the holidays. I’m celebrate winter ❄️ solstice, one of my fav days of the year- it marks the day sunlight begins to increase. I’ll be donating every Sunday this month. If able, volunteer. 🍜🥘🥧🥑🍊🥚🧀🥔🍞🥕🍏
Great poetry reading by a poet who was born in Ukraine youtube.com/watch?v=O6AN...
Beck Lecture Series: Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach Nov. 9, 2023
YouTube video by Denison University Events
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December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Great poetry reading by a poet who was born in Ukraine youtube.com/watch?v=O6AN...
#DisabilityJustice #CripLove #CripCommunity Please join me in supporting Sins Ivalid, a disability justice performance community!!
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We Are Still Here by María Palacios
YouTube video by Sins Invalid
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December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#DisabilityJustice #CripLove #CripCommunity Please join me in supporting Sins Ivalid, a disability justice performance community!!
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