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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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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That's not why and we all know it.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
That's not why and we all know it.
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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There is so much violence in their rhetoric, generally; the explicit non-consensual ‘gAI is here, you need to use it whether you want to or not,’ and then this kind of abusers’ logic ‘you have to use our tech but we aren’t responsible for anything that our tech does to you’
"Actually, you harmed us by using our chatbot in a way that made us look bad" is straight out of the abuser's handbook
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There is so much violence in their rhetoric, generally; the explicit non-consensual ‘gAI is here, you need to use it whether you want to or not,’ and then this kind of abusers’ logic ‘you have to use our tech but we aren’t responsible for anything that our tech does to you’
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Mystery why so many kids are struggling with mental health when we're doing the "let it rip" strategy for Covid transmission in schools
#COVID patients have higher rates of #depression, #anxiety, #headache, and #fatigue before diagnosis, study suggests
The association may be explained by shared biological pathways, such as chronic inflammation and neuroinflammation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The association may be explained by shared biological pathways, such as chronic inflammation and neuroinflammation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Mystery why so many kids are struggling with mental health when we're doing the "let it rip" strategy for Covid transmission in schools
This part.
Libraries exist to provide access to books (& articles, if they can) so that AUTHORS CAN STILL GET PAID, while at the same time their work can be FREE TO READ for folks who can’t afford them.
That second clause is why publishers (& retailers like Amazon) want to get rid of libraries.
Libraries exist to provide access to books (& articles, if they can) so that AUTHORS CAN STILL GET PAID, while at the same time their work can be FREE TO READ for folks who can’t afford them.
That second clause is why publishers (& retailers like Amazon) want to get rid of libraries.
It is not gatekeeping to say that authors deserve to be paid, and it’s not gatekeeping to say you can get a book from a library — and, be part of a community whilst you do so! — rather than download it instantly from a faceless site from someone who stole it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This part.
Libraries exist to provide access to books (& articles, if they can) so that AUTHORS CAN STILL GET PAID, while at the same time their work can be FREE TO READ for folks who can’t afford them.
That second clause is why publishers (& retailers like Amazon) want to get rid of libraries.
Libraries exist to provide access to books (& articles, if they can) so that AUTHORS CAN STILL GET PAID, while at the same time their work can be FREE TO READ for folks who can’t afford them.
That second clause is why publishers (& retailers like Amazon) want to get rid of libraries.
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Lawmakers reminding troops to follow the law should not trigger FBI interviews. Full stop.
The FBI has requested interviews with six Democrats regarding their video, which reminds troops to follow the Constitution.
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
The Trump administration saw the now-infamous video as treasonous, called for them to be hanged, and is weighing court-martialing Sen. Mark Kelly. trib.al/ELXKBpd
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Lawmakers reminding troops to follow the law should not trigger FBI interviews. Full stop.
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“Moi?"
(American Red Squirrel) 🌿
(American Red Squirrel) 🌿
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Moi?"
(American Red Squirrel) 🌿
(American Red Squirrel) 🌿
These guys really shouldn’t be allowed to post without a keeper.
Alcoholic national guardsman proves he doesn’t know what mirror imaging in photography is.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
These guys really shouldn’t be allowed to post without a keeper.
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As Twitter's new geolocation tool started to reveal accounts’ information, the effect was like watching the Scooby Doo kids pull one disguise after another from the villain of the week.
Hilarious and alarming though it all was, it's just the latest indication of one of the site’s oldest problems.
Hilarious and alarming though it all was, it's just the latest indication of one of the site’s oldest problems.
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As Twitter's new geolocation tool started to reveal accounts’ information, the effect was like watching the Scooby Doo kids pull one disguise after another from the villain of the week.
Hilarious and alarming though it all was, it's just the latest indication of one of the site’s oldest problems.
Hilarious and alarming though it all was, it's just the latest indication of one of the site’s oldest problems.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
What happens when fascism is ignored, denied, once the tyrant is gone?
Judging from Spain’s experience, it’s not good, nor healthy. Mass graves cast long shadows.
transform-network.net/blog/analysi...
Judging from Spain’s experience, it’s not good, nor healthy. Mass graves cast long shadows.
transform-network.net/blog/analysi...
50 Years After Franco’s Death: Vindicating Democratic Memory - transform!europe
The criminal and oppressive nature of the Franco regime is being subtly reframed. Today, on the 50th anniversary of his death, Marga Ferré warns that attempts to “soften” his dictatorship open the doo...
transform-network.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
What happens when fascism is ignored, denied, once the tyrant is gone?
Judging from Spain’s experience, it’s not good, nor healthy. Mass graves cast long shadows.
transform-network.net/blog/analysi...
Judging from Spain’s experience, it’s not good, nor healthy. Mass graves cast long shadows.
transform-network.net/blog/analysi...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Today’s blog post. Photo is of the ‘shed’ of a warp, through which the shuttle passes.
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
For What It's Worth
New weavers don't always realize that there is a name for that space through which the shuttle runs to get the weft from one side to the o...
laurasloom.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today’s blog post. Photo is of the ‘shed’ of a warp, through which the shuttle passes.
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
laurasloom.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
“San Francisco has more than 1,100 publicly accessible charging ports — a 470 percent increase since 2019 — for electric vehicles, and none for wheelchairs. “
Even though the city has received funding for them.
(I navigated Dolores Park in a push wheelchair, once… power chairs are essential!)
Even though the city has received funding for them.
(I navigated Dolores Park in a push wheelchair, once… power chairs are essential!)
This is a great piece and it's by a journalism school classmate so have to share. missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-w...
S.F. has zero electric-wheelchair charging stations. Users are frustrated.
Electric wheelchair users are used to keeping a mental map of where to charge their chairs. The city hasn't done enough to help, they say.
missionlocal.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“San Francisco has more than 1,100 publicly accessible charging ports — a 470 percent increase since 2019 — for electric vehicles, and none for wheelchairs. “
Even though the city has received funding for them.
(I navigated Dolores Park in a push wheelchair, once… power chairs are essential!)
Even though the city has received funding for them.
(I navigated Dolores Park in a push wheelchair, once… power chairs are essential!)
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BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed the indictment against James Comey because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed.
That means the indictment against Letitia James will be dismissed as well.
A stunning decision and a major loss for Trump. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
That means the indictment against Letitia James will be dismissed as well.
A stunning decision and a major loss for Trump. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
BREAKING: Court Dismisses Indictment Against James Comey and Letitia James in Stunning Loss for Donald Trump
Apologies for the back to back emails, but we have massive news right now.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed the indictment against James Comey because Lindsey Halligan was improperly appointed.
That means the indictment against Letitia James will be dismissed as well.
A stunning decision and a major loss for Trump. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
That means the indictment against Letitia James will be dismissed as well.
A stunning decision and a major loss for Trump. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
news.wttw.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Tech culture is cluelessly & contemptuous about their inherent biases. In this example, specifically educated desi who cannot think critically about their heritage racism/caste discrimination.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tech culture is cluelessly & contemptuous about their inherent biases. In this example, specifically educated desi who cannot think critically about their heritage racism/caste discrimination.
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“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
I'm A U.S. Citizen. I'm Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
"I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again."
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
Boycott Amazon, Home Depot, & Target on the buyer frenzy day this coming weekend (Weds. - Mon.)
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
A call to action
‘We Ain’t Buying It’
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Boycott Amazon, Home Depot, & Target on the buyer frenzy day this coming weekend (Weds. - Mon.)
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
“further proof … of the government’s vindictiveness toward Mr. Abrego and
underscores the need for discovery into the motivations of the high-level officials who initiated
this prosecution”
This! Why such persecution of this man & his family?
underscores the need for discovery into the motivations of the high-level officials who initiated
this prosecution”
This! Why such persecution of this man & his family?
BREAKING:
Sorry to interrupt the football, but Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed additional information claiming the feds misrepresented Costa Rica's position on accepting Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475...
Sorry to interrupt the football, but Kilmar Abrego Garcia has filed additional information claiming the feds misrepresented Costa Rica's position on accepting Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475...
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“further proof … of the government’s vindictiveness toward Mr. Abrego and
underscores the need for discovery into the motivations of the high-level officials who initiated
this prosecution”
This! Why such persecution of this man & his family?
underscores the need for discovery into the motivations of the high-level officials who initiated
this prosecution”
This! Why such persecution of this man & his family?