Lisa Geiszler
@melovewarrior.bsky.social
Chronically ill/disabled poet, activist. A dancer in my dreams. 🦥🐌🐢Part of the go-slow, rest often club.
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Trans Ruckus Virtual Poetry Reading Featuring Chrysanthemum, Ezra Fox, Golden, Jimena Lucero, Zuggie Tate & Cai Sherley
Join Split This Rock and Kay Ulanday Barrett for a dynamic reading honoring Trans Day of Remembrance with Trans Ruckus: A Trans Non-Binary Celebration of Poetry. We're going to usher Trans poetry on o...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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amazing essay the @georgiastraight.bsky.social did with @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social about Crips for E Sims- I think it's the biggest media coverage of our two year project and sums up well what the work has been like www.pressreader.com/canada/the-g... IDK why direct link doesn't come but here
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November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
amazing essay the @georgiastraight.bsky.social did with @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social about Crips for E Sims- I think it's the biggest media coverage of our two year project and sums up well what the work has been like www.pressreader.com/canada/the-g... IDK why direct link doesn't come but here
Why healthcare should not be for-profit: UnitedHealth Group announced last week that it plans to cut thousands of doctors from its network, a move CEO Stephen Hemsley said will increase profits for the country’s richest health care conglomerate.
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Why healthcare should not be for-profit: UnitedHealth Group announced last week that it plans to cut thousands of doctors from its network, a move CEO Stephen Hemsley said will increase profits for the country’s richest health care conglomerate.
This is outrageous!https://theintercept.com/2025/11/10/gaza-doctors-disappeared-israeli-prison/
Dozens of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared in Israeli Detention
A doctor returned, but a first responder never showed up. No one knows why Israel held them for two years.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is outrageous!https://theintercept.com/2025/11/10/gaza-doctors-disappeared-israeli-prison/
Two tax codes enshrined in law; one for most of use where we pay a chunk of our earnings & ine for the rich, where they pay hardly anything podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Ray D. Madoff with Gary Gulman: The Second Estate
Podcast Episode · Library Talks · 11/12/2025 · 56m
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November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Two tax codes enshrined in law; one for most of use where we pay a chunk of our earnings & ine for the rich, where they pay hardly anything podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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Local sources report that a Palestinian was killed after being shot by Israeli forces in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Local sources report that a Palestinian was killed after being shot by Israeli forces in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip.
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Children are seen playing on a swing among the ruins of their destroyed home in Gaza.
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Children are seen playing on a swing among the ruins of their destroyed home in Gaza.
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Important Update
I have been notified that legal proceedings have been initiated against me in the EU. Obviously, I am not in the EU — and, given the circumstances, I believe this action may be intended to intimidate or cause harm to my family living there. (1/3)
I have been notified that legal proceedings have been initiated against me in the EU. Obviously, I am not in the EU — and, given the circumstances, I believe this action may be intended to intimidate or cause harm to my family living there. (1/3)
October 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Important Update
I have been notified that legal proceedings have been initiated against me in the EU. Obviously, I am not in the EU — and, given the circumstances, I believe this action may be intended to intimidate or cause harm to my family living there. (1/3)
I have been notified that legal proceedings have been initiated against me in the EU. Obviously, I am not in the EU — and, given the circumstances, I believe this action may be intended to intimidate or cause harm to my family living there. (1/3)
It’s beyond outrageous & criminal that Israel targets journalists (& their families) in Gaza!https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/12/put_your_soul_on_your_hand
“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”: New Film on Gaza Photojournalist Killed in Israeli Strike
Democracy Now! speaks with the renowned Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, the director of the new documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.” The film is based on regular video calls Farsi made ...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s beyond outrageous & criminal that Israel targets journalists (& their families) in Gaza!https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/12/put_your_soul_on_your_hand
Here’s how five of the major health insur. players fared in 2024 profits:
Centene: $3.2 billion (+590% since 2014)
UnitedHealth Group: $32.2 billion (+214% since 2014)
Elevance: $9.1 billion (+78% since 2014)
Humana: $2.6 billion (+8.3% since 2014)
Molina: $1.18 billion (+780% since 2014)
Centene: $3.2 billion (+590% since 2014)
UnitedHealth Group: $32.2 billion (+214% since 2014)
Elevance: $9.1 billion (+78% since 2014)
Humana: $2.6 billion (+8.3% since 2014)
Molina: $1.18 billion (+780% since 2014)
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Here’s how five of the major health insur. players fared in 2024 profits:
Centene: $3.2 billion (+590% since 2014)
UnitedHealth Group: $32.2 billion (+214% since 2014)
Elevance: $9.1 billion (+78% since 2014)
Humana: $2.6 billion (+8.3% since 2014)
Molina: $1.18 billion (+780% since 2014)
Centene: $3.2 billion (+590% since 2014)
UnitedHealth Group: $32.2 billion (+214% since 2014)
Elevance: $9.1 billion (+78% since 2014)
Humana: $2.6 billion (+8.3% since 2014)
Molina: $1.18 billion (+780% since 2014)
Brazil is drilling in the Amazon while claiming to be a climate champion! I have just asked Brazil to choose to lead the world away from fossil fuels at #COP30. Add to the pressure👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Tell Brazil: Lead the World Beyond Fossil Fuels at COP30
Brazil is promising to protect the Amazon while allowing new oil drilling there. Brazil's leaders must choose: help the world move away from oil, or get left behind.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Brazil is drilling in the Amazon while claiming to be a climate champion! I have just asked Brazil to choose to lead the world away from fossil fuels at #COP30. Add to the pressure👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
I’m so angry at those damn centrist Democrats who caved after a blue wave on election day. Are you kidding me? They just don’t get that these Republicans don’t play by the normal rules & haven’t for a while now. Urgh!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I’m so angry at those damn centrist Democrats who caved after a blue wave on election day. Are you kidding me? They just don’t get that these Republicans don’t play by the normal rules & haven’t for a while now. Urgh!!!!
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Universal Healthcare is cheaper, more equitable and leaves no one behind.
It has its flaws, but never having to worry about whether you can pay the bill is not one of them.
Healthcare is a human right.
It has its flaws, but never having to worry about whether you can pay the bill is not one of them.
Healthcare is a human right.
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Universal Healthcare is cheaper, more equitable and leaves no one behind.
It has its flaws, but never having to worry about whether you can pay the bill is not one of them.
Healthcare is a human right.
It has its flaws, but never having to worry about whether you can pay the bill is not one of them.
Healthcare is a human right.
Reposted by Lisa Geiszler
Kristi Noem is blatantly lying, saying that no US citizens have been arrested or detained by ICE.
What else are they lying about?
What else are they lying about?
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Kristi Noem is blatantly lying, saying that no US citizens have been arrested or detained by ICE.
What else are they lying about?
What else are they lying about?
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ResistMap lets anyone share what they see – from ICE to military activity and law-enforcement overreach – so communities can stay aware in real time.
Submit an anonymous report at ResistMap.com
Submit an anonymous report at ResistMap.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
ResistMap lets anyone share what they see – from ICE to military activity and law-enforcement overreach – so communities can stay aware in real time.
Submit an anonymous report at ResistMap.com
Submit an anonymous report at ResistMap.com
Practice
To weep unbidden, to wake
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November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
After The Zone of Interest
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open.substack.com/pub/swwimmia...
Poem with a Mink Coat
By Cynthia Atkins
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November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
After The Zone of Interest
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Subsidence januaryhouselit.com/2025/07/24/s...
Subsidence
by Francis Dylan Waguespack Millimeters (Annual Measurement)In Terrebonne Parish, subsidence occurs at a rateof thirty-five millimeters per year, a disappearance actmeasured in a stretching distanc…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Subsidence januaryhouselit.com/2025/07/24/s...
Love this poem by January Gill O’Neil!https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1731688/i-was-lt-uhura
I Was Lt. Uhura
She was Black like me. Not a maid, and not Julia —Diahann Carroll was too much like my mother, grounded by pain. One Halloween I dressed the part—short red skirt, black go-go boots. A senior officer w...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Love this poem by January Gill O’Neil!https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1731688/i-was-lt-uhura
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