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Lisa Diedrich

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Coming in early 2026: KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE Current projects: #IllnessPolitics, chronic forms, & multi-modal pedagogies in action. Author of ILLNESS POLITICS & HASHTAG ACTIVISM, TREATMENTS, & INDIRECT ACTION. Blogging at: lisadiedrich.org .. more

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 5d

Look at this gorgeous cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine!! Thanks to Ian Williams for giving us permission to use his image on the cover, which captures brilliantly the concept & structure of the book. Briana Martino (@briwok.bsky.social) & I are grateful & thrilled!
#GraphicMedicine

Book cover for Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine edited by Lisa Diedrich and Briana Martino. The image on the cover is from Ian Williams, & is a version of an image from his book The Bad Doctor, a graphic narrative based on his own experience with OCD. A boy is in bed with his hands folded in prayer & his thoughts take the form of a sefirot surrounding his head.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 5h

Did not know that. Where was he from? Yugoslavia?!

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 5h

Politics as a theater of the absurd.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5h

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

A display of copies of Let This Radicalize You on a table in front of a sign that reads: "Let This Radicalize You offers stories, strategy and heart for the kind of collective care and resistance we're building together today. It helps us move from reacting to organizing. Showing how ordinary people protect each other, build power, and keep hope alive. Take a copy. Read it. Stay connected."

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 5h

That’s some power! Use it wisely.
I was not watching but saw the clip &, wow, that’s Bill-Buckner-between-the-legs bad.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 6h

Found it...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

Andrew Cuomo keeps saying he’s the only candidate who can take on Trump once he’s in office.

Yet in his statement about the indictment of Letitia James, the highest-ranking Black elected official in the state, he doesn’t even mention Trump by name….and, more importantly, he doesn’t mention James.

Andrew Cuomo * @andrewcuomo
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In a democracy, the rule of law must be sacred - impartial, objective, and above politics. When the law is weaponized or manipulated to advance political agendas, it erodes public trust and weakens the very foundation of justice. Whether it comes from the right or the left, from prosecutors or politicians, the politicization of law enforcement is dangerous and corrosive.
We must restore faith in fairness, facts, and due process - because once justice becomes partisan, everyone loses.
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 6h

I saw Mamdani's strong statement in support of AG James. Has Cuomo said anything about the weaponization of DOJ or the spurious indictment against James?

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 6h

NY Attorney General Letitia James: “I am a proud woman of faith, & I know that faith & fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper.”

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 6h

AG James's statement is, as expected, 🔥🔥🔥: “This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the NY Attorney General." ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trump’s Weaponization of the Department of Justice

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern

ag.ny.gov

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 6h

"Assault" captures the impact of Trump & RFK Jr's aggressively regressive public health policies. I've been calling this "illness as policy," which makes people sick thru reversals of policies that protect health & also thru malevolent treatment of federal workers. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Assault on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Budget Cuts, Political Control, and the Erosion of Trust

This JAMA Forum discusses measures the Trump administration has taken against the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that include budget cuts and program eliminations, workforce reductions ...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 12h

Job Alert! @uwmadisongws.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor or recently tenured associate professor who works on gender or sexuality and aging. If this sounds like you, please apply! If it’s not you, please share with your networks.

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Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 14h

I'm here for Pope Leo's theology of liberation.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 16h

"Book it! These books are medicinal."
So good. 😂

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 19h

Confirmed.

Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 20h

Will Haruki Murakami NOT win again??

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 20h

Is it good that the entire US economy is teetering on top of that flawed premise?

Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 21h

When the whole premise is flawed…

Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 7d

No intelligence is general, as the term refers (indirectly & vaguely) to a cluster of distinct capabilities in a given active organism, which vary according to ecological niche, embodiment, cultural valuation and individual variation. We’d get better science by decomposing and testing for these. 3/3

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

Editors are your friends.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

are we late stage patient capitalism?

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

I’m no expert, but that AI accounts for 40% of US GDP seems like A LOT of eggs in one basket.

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Startling only to anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, but regardless: it’s not looking good!

futurism.com/artificial-i...

And whether they’ll ever be able to produce enough revenue is a looming question. A startling report by researchers at MIT spooked investors in August, finding that only a measly five percent of AI pilot programs help businesses succeed at “rapid revenue acceleration,” with the vast majority falling flat.

Yet according to recent estimates, generative AI now accounts for roughly 40 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product. In other words, if the AI spending boom falls apart, it could take down the entire economy with it.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Startling only to anyone who hasn’t been paying attention, but regardless: it’s not looking good!

futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

After a year off, the Graphic Medicine Conference is back in Baltimore in 2026! My fave conference ever!!

Graphic Medicine International Collective @graphicmedicine.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to announce that the annual Graphic Medicine conference will be held in Baltimore, at Johns Hopkins University, on July 23-25, 2026.

We're now seeking submissions on the theme "Drawing Perspectives: Health Graphic Narratives Under Pressure!"

www.graphicmedicine.org/2026-gm-conf...

2026 GM Conference: Call for Submissions! | Graphic Medicine

The 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference in Baltimore, MD is now taking submissions for talks, presentations, and more.

www.graphicmedicine.org

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

"This current admin is the greatest threat to academic freedom & scientific research since the ebb of McCarthyism. And this compact is just more evidence that it wants to dictate what we teach, what we research, what drugs we develop, & how we express ourselves." Yet not bother to do the reading.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

The photo captures the absurdity of the whole scene. The face off between frog puppet & authoritarian power visually asks: Who is ridiculous here?

Steve Lieber: NYCC K-19 @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 1d

Carlos Barria took just about every great photo of the first Trump administration. He’s in Portland right now documenting what’s actually going on.

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 2d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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