Elizabeth Lynn
@aikilizzy.bsky.social
Martial artist. Teacher, writer (retired.) Yoga practitioner. Walker. Introvert. Reader. Anti-fascist since 1946.
Kansas and Idaho have gone fully anti-trans. If you're trans, if your kids are trans, I urge you to consider moving to a state that will respect your/their privacy and support your/their right to be your/their authentic self. Check out the Pink Haven Coalition and the Trans Safety Emergency Fund.
February 18, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Kansas and Idaho have gone fully anti-trans. If you're trans, if your kids are trans, I urge you to consider moving to a state that will respect your/their privacy and support your/their right to be your/their authentic self. Check out the Pink Haven Coalition and the Trans Safety Emergency Fund.
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy year of the Fire Horse!
February 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy year of the Fire Horse!
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"In a withering opinion Monday, Judge Cynthia Rufe invoked George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” saying the administration had attacked the concept of truth itself as it sought to erase details of America’s legacy of slavery."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits
Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee, compared the administration’s effort to remove the panels to Orwell’s “1984.”
www.politico.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
"In a withering opinion Monday, Judge Cynthia Rufe invoked George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” saying the administration had attacked the concept of truth itself as it sought to erase details of America’s legacy of slavery."
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
This is the resistance -- ordinary people choosing to NOT cooperate with evil.
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
This is the resistance -- ordinary people choosing to NOT cooperate with evil.
Yes!! California, you can do this too!
"In Pennsylvania, the Shapiro administration is warning federal officials that it will not issue required state permits for two planned immigration detention centers..."
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www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Yes!! California, you can do this too!
This too was/is America. History matters.
On this day in 1847, Missouri passed an act that prohibited Black people from learning to read and write and assembling freely for worship services. The act also forbade free Black people from migrating to the state.
Feb. 16, 1847 | Missouri Prohibits Education of Black People
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This too was/is America. History matters.
This email contains a simple insight into who Donald Trump is which rings like a gong. "He must be seen to get something." It's not all you can say about Trump, but it may be almost all you need to know about him.
Norway has opened a major corruption and espionage criminal probe targeting former PM Thorbjørn Jagland, based almost entirely on Epstein files released by he DOJ. So what was Jagland up to? Whatever Epstein and his GRU handlers wanted, with Trump in the middle, for the right money, of course.
February 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This email contains a simple insight into who Donald Trump is which rings like a gong. "He must be seen to get something." It's not all you can say about Trump, but it may be almost all you need to know about him.
"... Should you want to know something of any nation's soul, don't go to judges, administrators, or interpreters, but to those in the greatest need, the overlooked, the ones who don't matter. Go and ask them."
James Sallis
World's Edge
James Sallis
World's Edge
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
"... Should you want to know something of any nation's soul, don't go to judges, administrators, or interpreters, but to those in the greatest need, the overlooked, the ones who don't matter. Go and ask them."
James Sallis
World's Edge
James Sallis
World's Edge
"Government's prime obligation [is] to the safety and care of its citizens... This is the very foundation of society... Any government whose efforts swerve toward gaining or retaining power has abandoned its reason for being."
James Sallis
World's Edge
James Sallis
World's Edge
February 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
"Government's prime obligation [is] to the safety and care of its citizens... This is the very foundation of society... Any government whose efforts swerve toward gaining or retaining power has abandoned its reason for being."
James Sallis
World's Edge
James Sallis
World's Edge
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It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future.
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future.
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...
Worth reading.
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Worry, Don't Panic, Over Trump's Efforts to Subvert the Elections
America's system is quite foolproof but he can still try to delegitimize it
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Worth reading.
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Fascinating interview. Strongly recommend!
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Talking Again with Jon Gruber
Immigration, healthcare, and the fate of seniors in America
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Fascinating interview. Strongly recommend!
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
Reposted by Elizabeth Lynn
YES. A turn to state constitutions for substantive protections from federal authoritarianism is a necessary development under the present circumstances.
I've long seen federalism as on balance bad for rights—Jim Crow, after all, lasted nearly a century. But today, its potential can't be denied.
I've long seen federalism as on balance bad for rights—Jim Crow, after all, lasted nearly a century. But today, its potential can't be denied.
When state courts interpret their own constitutions to offer broader rights, the federal judiciary can't overturn them. A crucial safeguard against authoritarianism.
@kasiawolfkot.bsky.social
@kasiawolfkot.bsky.social
Robust State Constitutionalism Can Protect Rights and Resist Authoritarianism
We need a movement to fully unlock the potential for resistance by states
www.theunpopulist.net
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
YES. A turn to state constitutions for substantive protections from federal authoritarianism is a necessary development under the present circumstances.
I've long seen federalism as on balance bad for rights—Jim Crow, after all, lasted nearly a century. But today, its potential can't be denied.
I've long seen federalism as on balance bad for rights—Jim Crow, after all, lasted nearly a century. But today, its potential can't be denied.
John Fetterman's Senate term ends January 2029. Since we can't get rid of him, let's make his vote irrelevant. Let's take the Senate majority back in November!
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
John Fetterman's Senate term ends January 2029. Since we can't get rid of him, let's make his vote irrelevant. Let's take the Senate majority back in November!
From The New Republic:
"In 2016, Dr. Mehmet Oz, now the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, invited Epstein over for a Valentine’s party—eight years after Epstein was registered as a sex offender."
"In 2016, Dr. Mehmet Oz, now the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, invited Epstein over for a Valentine’s party—eight years after Epstein was registered as a sex offender."
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
From The New Republic:
"In 2016, Dr. Mehmet Oz, now the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, invited Epstein over for a Valentine’s party—eight years after Epstein was registered as a sex offender."
"In 2016, Dr. Mehmet Oz, now the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, invited Epstein over for a Valentine’s party—eight years after Epstein was registered as a sex offender."
Reposted by Elizabeth Lynn
In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.
February 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.
Minimum Standards for Taking AI Seriously
Disaster planning for our economic future.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
Reading James Sallis. Perfect paragraph after perfect paragraph. Circle back, read it again. Wow.
February 13, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Reading James Sallis. Perfect paragraph after perfect paragraph. Circle back, read it again. Wow.
Seems likely. I'd like to see more than assertions and speculation. Congress needs to pry those Epstein documents open.
NEWS: @robertgarcia.bsky.social says Epstein had people working directly for him and causing massive harm by coercing and trafficking these women and girls.
This was happening at Mar-a-Lago, at beauty pageants.
This was happening at Mar-a-Lago, at beauty pageants.
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Seems likely. I'd like to see more than assertions and speculation. Congress needs to pry those Epstein documents open.