Lisa Mc
@tryingtoread.bsky.social
Literary Allusion Curator and Personal Reader
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I'm an appreciative audience always looking for great words and art.
"Read to remember why your resistance matters."
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Supporting Libraries, Librarians, Public schools, & Teachers
I'm an appreciative audience always looking for great words and art.
"Read to remember why your resistance matters."
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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I am of the apparently idiosyncratic opinion that governments should generally try to avoid using chemical weapons on their own citizens who are peacefully protesting on a Saturday afternoon.
February 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I am of the apparently idiosyncratic opinion that governments should generally try to avoid using chemical weapons on their own citizens who are peacefully protesting on a Saturday afternoon.
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Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
Thank you, Jim Moore, for this incredibly written testimony and the poems you include/reference. We need Art today.
Letter From Minnesota: Vigil in a Besieged City
The closest analogy I can make to how it feels to be living in Minneapolis, a city besieged by ICE agents, is how I felt a political prisoner in 1970 for resisting the war in Vietnam. I was alterna…
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January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Thank you, Jim Moore, for this incredibly written testimony and the poems you include/reference. We need Art today.
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The heartbreakingly beauty of Amanda Gorman’s words for humanity. Be the light. Save a soul.
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The heartbreakingly beauty of Amanda Gorman’s words for humanity. Be the light. Save a soul.
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Fun fact for you ammosexual gun rightsers:
The minute “gubmint” decided you can legitimately be killed for having a weapon, you lost your “2nd amendment” rights.
It’s gone.
Weird how all that NRA hype & fear mongering about Dems just petered out on a whimper when tyranny actually showed up.
The minute “gubmint” decided you can legitimately be killed for having a weapon, you lost your “2nd amendment” rights.
It’s gone.
Weird how all that NRA hype & fear mongering about Dems just petered out on a whimper when tyranny actually showed up.
January 25, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Fun fact for you ammosexual gun rightsers:
The minute “gubmint” decided you can legitimately be killed for having a weapon, you lost your “2nd amendment” rights.
It’s gone.
Weird how all that NRA hype & fear mongering about Dems just petered out on a whimper when tyranny actually showed up.
The minute “gubmint” decided you can legitimately be killed for having a weapon, you lost your “2nd amendment” rights.
It’s gone.
Weird how all that NRA hype & fear mongering about Dems just petered out on a whimper when tyranny actually showed up.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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Alex and tens of thousands of Minnesotans have boldly defended their neighbors against the murderous occupation of an American city by the federal government. I am enraged and heartbroken for Alex, his family, Minneapolis, and America.
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Alex and tens of thousands of Minnesotans have boldly defended their neighbors against the murderous occupation of an American city by the federal government. I am enraged and heartbroken for Alex, his family, Minneapolis, and America.
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity. If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat."
-Jack Smith
-Jack Smith
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity. If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat."
-Jack Smith
-Jack Smith
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Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
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I like to joke about Arnold, but this stanza slaps
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I like to joke about Arnold, but this stanza slaps
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They must be SO mad watching Renee Good become the murdered folk hero they wanted Charlie Kirk to be
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
They must be SO mad watching Renee Good become the murdered folk hero they wanted Charlie Kirk to be
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Most Americans don't want Greenland.
They want the Epstein files.
They want the Epstein files.
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Most Americans don't want Greenland.
They want the Epstein files.
They want the Epstein files.
Woohoo!! I’ve been waiting for this.
How are we doing book promo right now other than dropping links and feeling sheepish?!?
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch the Bachelor
Why We Watch the Bachelor
bookshop.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Woohoo!! I’ve been waiting for this.
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Just a reminder that you've never seen a Calvin & Hobbes animated movie or cartoon is because Bill Watterson didn't want to give Hobbes a voice so he could always live inside your head exactly the way you imagined him. And to this day you have no idea who he ever has voted for. But you can guess.
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Just a reminder that you've never seen a Calvin & Hobbes animated movie or cartoon is because Bill Watterson didn't want to give Hobbes a voice so he could always live inside your head exactly the way you imagined him. And to this day you have no idea who he ever has voted for. But you can guess.
Thank you, Danez Smith, for this beautiful elegy. Everyone should pause and honor this kind woman by reading these words.
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
www.harpersbazaar.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Thank you, Danez Smith, for this beautiful elegy. Everyone should pause and honor this kind woman by reading these words.
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
After reading the Gov Polis is considering commuting Tina Peters' sentence, I contacted him immediately. Please do the same: governorsoffice.colorado.gov/governor/con...
Contact Us | Colorado Governor Jared Polis
governorsoffice.colorado.gov
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
After reading the Gov Polis is considering commuting Tina Peters' sentence, I contacted him immediately. Please do the same: governorsoffice.colorado.gov/governor/con...
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