Lissa Harris🐀
@lissaharris.bsky.social
pompe à chaleur. recovering local digital news reporter. volunteer firefighter. climate solutions and NYS policy watcher. feral rural sword queer. Gideon the Sixth
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Lissa Harris🐀
@lissaharris.bsky.social
· Apr 30
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
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A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
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The town board in Lansing, New York, is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction of a data center.
A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out - Inside Climate News
The town board in Lansing is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction.
insideclimatenews.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The town board in Lansing, New York, is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction of a data center.
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🎶 You can’t hurry leaves
No, you’ll just have to rake
Shred them up on your lawn now
Or compost them for goodness’ sake 🎵
No, you’ll just have to rake
Shred them up on your lawn now
Or compost them for goodness’ sake 🎵
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
🎶 You can’t hurry leaves
No, you’ll just have to rake
Shred them up on your lawn now
Or compost them for goodness’ sake 🎵
No, you’ll just have to rake
Shred them up on your lawn now
Or compost them for goodness’ sake 🎵
#ScansionSky witness me, I had to see it through
I said reason
is gonna make you a Cartesian
your Northern star:
think, therefore you are
is gonna make you a Cartesian
your Northern star:
think, therefore you are
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
#ScansionSky witness me, I had to see it through
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there is a post here which I'm not RTing because I don't want to start beef but instead talk about ideas.
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
there is a post here which I'm not RTing because I don't want to start beef but instead talk about ideas.
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said federal food assistance benefits would resume starting on Sunday, despite the Trump administration’s ongoing legal challenge to avoid funding SNAP payments this month.
New York SNAP benefits will resume Sunday after a week of delay and confusion
Gov. Kathy Hochul said payments would resume in full.
gothamist.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said federal food assistance benefits would resume starting on Sunday, despite the Trump administration’s ongoing legal challenge to avoid funding SNAP payments this month.
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We successfuly bullied Hochul on congestion pricing and we can bully her on many other things, too.
“I know you can’t afford things but we also cannot afford things” will be, I predict, a losing message. The world’s first trillionaire is on the horizon. “We can’t afford transportation, healthcare, food and shelter” will no longer cut it for the “progressive” party.
Hochul a 'no' on Mamdani's free bus plan; 'yes' on statewide universal childcare
The price tag to expand a universal childcare program statewide is $15B.
ny1.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We successfuly bullied Hochul on congestion pricing and we can bully her on many other things, too.
reminder! do not neglect your Gay Little Walks!
i have been Neglecting my Gay Little Walks and i did not realise the Consequences until today
my evening has been going on a walk and making music in the park until dark and swining by my regular and chatting with the barkeep for the first time in months
and i could *FEEL* the overhead popups going
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
and i could *FEEL* the overhead popups going
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
+5 SAN
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
reminder! do not neglect your Gay Little Walks!
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today is gonna be the day that René’ll throw it back to you
you’ll find if you look within your mind there’s some things you always really knew
I don’t believe an evil demon ever truly could deceive you now
you’ll find if you look within your mind there’s some things you always really knew
I don’t believe an evil demon ever truly could deceive you now
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
today is gonna be the day that René’ll throw it back to you
you’ll find if you look within your mind there’s some things you always really knew
I don’t believe an evil demon ever truly could deceive you now
you’ll find if you look within your mind there’s some things you always really knew
I don’t believe an evil demon ever truly could deceive you now
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
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When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
From my file on the IEA's world energy outlook.
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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i was also struck by how many people receiving SNAP are employees of wal-mart and other big corporations. almost seems like we taxpayers are subsidizing private companies 🤔
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
i was also struck by how many people receiving SNAP are employees of wal-mart and other big corporations. almost seems like we taxpayers are subsidizing private companies 🤔
oooooof
I once accidentally made a coworker who was new to climate cry because I said the best working in climate is basically Helm's Deep.
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
oooooof
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Tolkein is good strong medicine for any climate person and always has been
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
![them: "there's no hope of stopping global warming now"
me:
[image is Aragorn from the 1978 Lord of the Rings speaking to Frodo. Someone MSPainted a black bandana on Aragorn's face.]
"Then we must do without hope. There is always vengeance."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreic5gogoyf2gqurrb44ru5t4euqnmj3hvmalnmhqlnbvwotuc42ff4@jpeg)
November 8, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Tolkein is good strong medicine for any climate person and always has been
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
I’m an A with C rising
Which are you on climate change?
(Heuristic by Andrew Weaver, though I added the letter labels)
(Heuristic by Andrew Weaver, though I added the letter labels)
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I’m an A with C rising
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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I know what it's like to feel alone, to have to beg and cower to get SNAP, to live in fear of violating the byzantine SSI regs.
I want you to know there are a lot of people fighting for you right now. I'm just 1 of many, many people in this town who recognize this as the life + death crisis it is
I want you to know there are a lot of people fighting for you right now. I'm just 1 of many, many people in this town who recognize this as the life + death crisis it is
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I know what it's like to feel alone, to have to beg and cower to get SNAP, to live in fear of violating the byzantine SSI regs.
I want you to know there are a lot of people fighting for you right now. I'm just 1 of many, many people in this town who recognize this as the life + death crisis it is
I want you to know there are a lot of people fighting for you right now. I'm just 1 of many, many people in this town who recognize this as the life + death crisis it is
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In an hour, I'll be live to explain what the fuck is happening with SNAP ⤵️
SNAP Status - Friday Night Live for 11/7 at 8:30PM ET
We'll be talking about what's happening with SNAP ⤵️
www.patreon.com/mattbc/event...
We'll be talking about what's happening with SNAP ⤵️
www.patreon.com/mattbc/event...
SNAP Status - Friday Night Live for 11/7 at 8:30pm et | Patreon
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November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In an hour, I'll be live to explain what the fuck is happening with SNAP ⤵️
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BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.