Lise M. Dyckman
@lisedyckman.bsky.social
Librarian (teaching health information literacy / critical thinking); country dance caller & choreographer; gardens & politics & social history, oh my...
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Lise M. Dyckman
@lisedyckman.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Find your local California Rapid Response hotline | CCIJ
Find your local California Rapid Response Network and hotline to report immigration enforcement activity and keep our communities safe!
www.ccijustice.org
California peeps, here’s where to find local community ICE-defense organizations, including finding local phone numbers to report sightings of ICE presence / activity:
www.ccijustice.org/carrn
www.ccijustice.org/carrn
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As CDT has noted, ICE’s use of facial recognition in the field raises risks to civil rights & liberties. Its treatment as definitive identifications is reckless & likely to cause citizens & lawful residents to be improperly detained. More from the letter:
ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger | TechPolicy.Press
Jake Laperruque raises the alarm on ICE’s reckless use of facial recognition and its risks for wrongful detainment.
www.techpolicy.press
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As CDT has noted, ICE’s use of facial recognition in the field raises risks to civil rights & liberties. Its treatment as definitive identifications is reckless & likely to cause citizens & lawful residents to be improperly detained. More from the letter:
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
On an emotional level, many of us aware of AIDS in the 1990s or earlier can find it hard fathom how … well, normalized (!) it is, to be living with HIV now.
What we now know about this virus, is light years away from 30 years ago. How science got us here:
open.substack.com/pub/theunbia...
What we now know about this virus, is light years away from 30 years ago. How science got us here:
open.substack.com/pub/theunbia...
HIV and Immunity: Understanding the Battle and the Breakthroughs
On World AIDS Day, how immunology and public health transformed HIV
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
On an emotional level, many of us aware of AIDS in the 1990s or earlier can find it hard fathom how … well, normalized (!) it is, to be living with HIV now.
What we now know about this virus, is light years away from 30 years ago. How science got us here:
open.substack.com/pub/theunbia...
What we now know about this virus, is light years away from 30 years ago. How science got us here:
open.substack.com/pub/theunbia...
Why all of a sudden there seem to be so many immigrants (in this nation of multi-generational immigrants). No, they didn’t just arrive here. They’re our long-standing neighbors - even the mayor of a TX town.
Reclassifying literally MILLIONS as deport-able.
Reclassifying literally MILLIONS as deport-able.
#ICYMI: I wrote about the chaotic flood of immigration detention cases caused by the Trump administration's attempt to reclassify *millions* of migrants who have lived here for years/decades as "arriving aliens," and the remarkably broad (and growing) array of federal judges who keep rejecting it:
195. The Immigration Detention Flood
The Trump administration's attempt to quietly—but massively—expand who can be detained pending their removal has been met with overwhelming pushback from a remarkably large number of district courts.
www.stevevladeck.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Why all of a sudden there seem to be so many immigrants (in this nation of multi-generational immigrants). No, they didn’t just arrive here. They’re our long-standing neighbors - even the mayor of a TX town.
Reclassifying literally MILLIONS as deport-able.
Reclassifying literally MILLIONS as deport-able.
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I will also point out that this particular line "accommodations have gone too far!" is also profoundly unoriginal. Journalists and "pundits" have been writing the exact same article for decades--its so boring, ignorant at the same time that it is actively malicious and centers abled anxieties.
I don't think people realize how much the use of academic disability accommodations has exploded over the past decade—especially at the most elite schools. More than 20 percent of Harvard and Stanford students apparently receive some form of accommodation:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Accommodation Nation
America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I will also point out that this particular line "accommodations have gone too far!" is also profoundly unoriginal. Journalists and "pundits" have been writing the exact same article for decades--its so boring, ignorant at the same time that it is actively malicious and centers abled anxieties.
NPR’s piece on the Independent Center rings all sorts of alarm bells, not just about their claims to use AI. (*)
Who are they? A Trump pollster & former conservative “grassroots” politico.
More to the point, what’s the source of their funding, & their candidates’?
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Who are they? A Trump pollster & former conservative “grassroots” politico.
More to the point, what’s the source of their funding, & their candidates’?
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
This organization is trying to use AI to reshape American politics
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NPR’s piece on the Independent Center rings all sorts of alarm bells, not just about their claims to use AI. (*)
Who are they? A Trump pollster & former conservative “grassroots” politico.
More to the point, what’s the source of their funding, & their candidates’?
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Who are they? A Trump pollster & former conservative “grassroots” politico.
More to the point, what’s the source of their funding, & their candidates’?
www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Seeems like this could be really important info for many folks struggling with disabling conditions.
Triage Cancer’s information on navigating the very broken U.S. healthcare system is useful to more than just (just!) those living with cancer.
Triage Cancer’s information on navigating the very broken U.S. healthcare system is useful to more than just (just!) those living with cancer.
Many people worry that applying for SSDI means they can never work again—but that’s not true. The SSA has programs that let you ease back into work without immediately losing benefits. Learn more in our latest blog: TriageCancer.org/blog
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Seeems like this could be really important info for many folks struggling with disabling conditions.
Triage Cancer’s information on navigating the very broken U.S. healthcare system is useful to more than just (just!) those living with cancer.
Triage Cancer’s information on navigating the very broken U.S. healthcare system is useful to more than just (just!) those living with cancer.
Maybe all those “I’m not gluten intolerant, I just can’t eat wheat” folks who hypothesize that they’re reacting to glyphosphate sprayed on wheat before harvesting in the U.S. are in your something… (ya think?)
The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted.
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Maybe all those “I’m not gluten intolerant, I just can’t eat wheat” folks who hypothesize that they’re reacting to glyphosphate sprayed on wheat before harvesting in the U.S. are in your something… (ya think?)
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Just to remind folks, the My Lai massacre was covered up by the US army, including directly by Colin Powell
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Just to remind folks, the My Lai massacre was covered up by the US army, including directly by Colin Powell
Anyone else reminded of the kids in the old cartoon “Family Circus” blaming their mayhem on an invisible character called something like “Not Me”, when they see Trump & Hegseth’s statements on the that second missile fired at the 2 short-lived survivors of our unwarranted attack?
So damn obvious!
So damn obvious!
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Anyone else reminded of the kids in the old cartoon “Family Circus” blaming their mayhem on an invisible character called something like “Not Me”, when they see Trump & Hegseth’s statements on the that second missile fired at the 2 short-lived survivors of our unwarranted attack?
So damn obvious!
So damn obvious!
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I REMEMBER.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
Commemorating #WorldAIDSday is an act of defiance against ideology driven policies that will end our progress to end the epidemic.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I REMEMBER.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.
Rise up for World AIDS day.
“And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.”
Yup.
Yup.
If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
Pete Hegseth And Adm. Mitch Bradley Belong In Prison
The South American boat strikes are plainly murders. Now we have the names of the murderers. Do we have the political will to lock them up?
www.forever-wars.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.”
Yup.
Yup.
It’s time to bring back all those No Blood For Oil slogans, as the petrochemical corporation-owned politicians in DC salivate over seizing Venezuelan oil fields.
howardbesser.name/T-Shirts/rbk...
(If you know the artist, please comment.)
howardbesser.name/T-Shirts/rbk...
(If you know the artist, please comment.)
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s time to bring back all those No Blood For Oil slogans, as the petrochemical corporation-owned politicians in DC salivate over seizing Venezuelan oil fields.
howardbesser.name/T-Shirts/rbk...
(If you know the artist, please comment.)
howardbesser.name/T-Shirts/rbk...
(If you know the artist, please comment.)
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“I can’t recall any other example of a federal policy that provoked quite so much litigation in such a short period of time—or in which so many judges from across the geographical and ideological spectrum so overwhelmingly rejected the executive branch’s new interpretation of the relevant statutes.”
195. The Immigration Detention Flood
The Trump administration's attempt to quietly—but massively—expand who can be detained pending their removal has been met with overwhelming pushback from a remarkably large number of district courts.
www.stevevladeck.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“I can’t recall any other example of a federal policy that provoked quite so much litigation in such a short period of time—or in which so many judges from across the geographical and ideological spectrum so overwhelmingly rejected the executive branch’s new interpretation of the relevant statutes.”
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The US government may not be observing World AIDS Day, but the rest of the world still is. And this year’s theme was chosen to highlight the current US administration’s criminal negligence which has already caused over 600,000 preventable deaths.
World AIDS Day 2025 - Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response | UNAIDS
www.unaids.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The US government may not be observing World AIDS Day, but the rest of the world still is. And this year’s theme was chosen to highlight the current US administration’s criminal negligence which has already caused over 600,000 preventable deaths.
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The end of PEPFAR and global cuts to HIV prevention and treatment are a longterm health crisis and an immediate, fast-moving economic crisis—not dissimilar from the ways that conservatives are waging war on queer and trans people by coming for their jobs:
1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
Trump Gutted AIDS Health Care at the Worst Possible Time
By the first World AIDS Day of his second term, Trump gutted LGBTQ+ employment globally and put humanity at greater risk of AIDS.
theintercept.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The end of PEPFAR and global cuts to HIV prevention and treatment are a longterm health crisis and an immediate, fast-moving economic crisis—not dissimilar from the ways that conservatives are waging war on queer and trans people by coming for their jobs:
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An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
www.wired.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
We won’t see the savings cited in the Reuters article until 2027, but the price differential is a good indicator of just how bloated pharmaceutical pricing is.
When we talk about taking on big drug companies and lowering costs, this is what we mean.
We have more work to do to fix our mess of a health care system, but I am proud to have voted to make this progress.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
We have more work to do to fix our mess of a health care system, but I am proud to have voted to make this progress.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US slashes 36% off Medicare spending on 15 high-priced medicines
The U.S. Medicare health plan said on Tuesday that newly negotiated prices for 15 of its costliest drugs will save 36% on those medications compared with recent annual spending, or about $8.5 billion ...
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We won’t see the savings cited in the Reuters article until 2027, but the price differential is a good indicator of just how bloated pharmaceutical pricing is.
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"I have a purpose — that makes me feel good about myself. I can be a part of the community, not something that the community doesn't want to see."
Meet Larry, an SF resident who shared his story in our new series Homeless to Housed.
✍️ @nuala.bsky.social
📸 @estefancy.bsky.social
Meet Larry, an SF resident who shared his story in our new series Homeless to Housed.
✍️ @nuala.bsky.social
📸 @estefancy.bsky.social
Homeless to Housed: Larry's Story
Housing can offer more stability than many realize — to get sober, save money, find a purpose, and fall in love.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"I have a purpose — that makes me feel good about myself. I can be a part of the community, not something that the community doesn't want to see."
Meet Larry, an SF resident who shared his story in our new series Homeless to Housed.
✍️ @nuala.bsky.social
📸 @estefancy.bsky.social
Meet Larry, an SF resident who shared his story in our new series Homeless to Housed.
✍️ @nuala.bsky.social
📸 @estefancy.bsky.social
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Let’s be louder than his hate today. Let’s honor those we lost by defending science, protecting care, and standing with the LGBTQ+ community and everyone affected by HIV/AIDS.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Let’s be louder than his hate today. Let’s honor those we lost by defending science, protecting care, and standing with the LGBTQ+ community and everyone affected by HIV/AIDS.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
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TetraTech, an engineering consulting firm with extensive cultural resource management contracts across the U.S., has been awarded a contract to build an IDF-controlled settlement in Gaza...The entanglement between genocidal powers and the American CRM industry is a travesty 🏺
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
TetraTech, an engineering consulting firm with extensive cultural resource management contracts across the U.S., has been awarded a contract to build an IDF-controlled settlement in Gaza...The entanglement between genocidal powers and the American CRM industry is a travesty 🏺
A lot has been written about the value of urban gardens, but this is the first time I’ve read about the potential mutual benefits of solar panels & rooftop gardens. 🌱
Color me intrigued. Have any of y’all had any experience with those?
grist.org/cities/how-u...
Color me intrigued. Have any of y’all had any experience with those?
grist.org/cities/how-u...
How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America
Urban gardens are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable gathering spaces.
grist.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
A lot has been written about the value of urban gardens, but this is the first time I’ve read about the potential mutual benefits of solar panels & rooftop gardens. 🌱
Color me intrigued. Have any of y’all had any experience with those?
grist.org/cities/how-u...
Color me intrigued. Have any of y’all had any experience with those?
grist.org/cities/how-u...
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Reminder that many countries where these migrants come from have higher vaccination rates than we do in the US. The call is coming from inside the house. (and whooops we exported #measles cases TO Mexico from our Texas outbreak).
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reminder that many countries where these migrants come from have higher vaccination rates than we do in the US. The call is coming from inside the house. (and whooops we exported #measles cases TO Mexico from our Texas outbreak).
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Governments, law enforcement agencies, and even private citizens use malware to circumvent encryption and to spy on users. Knowing how it works can help you protect yourself. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How Do I Protect Myself Against Malware?
Malware, short for “malicious software,” is software that is used to harm computer users. It has a wide-range of capabilities that include:
disrupting computer operation
gathering sensitive information
spying on the owner of the infected device
impersonating a user to send spam or fake messages
gaining access to private computer...
ssd.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Governments, law enforcement agencies, and even private citizens use malware to circumvent encryption and to spy on users. Knowing how it works can help you protect yourself. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.