Erin Leiserson
@erinleiserson.bsky.social
Tuesdays are for tacos. She/her. Married to @willtor.bsky.social.
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Erin Leiserson
@erinleiserson.bsky.social
· Mar 28
Writing "cozy" means that I can represent a world that's somewhat better than the one around us. One that might be within sight if we had a little more solidarity. It's an exercise in hope.
#writing #disability #neurodiversity #chronicillness #amwriting #cozymystery #solidarity
#writing #disability #neurodiversity #chronicillness #amwriting #cozymystery #solidarity
Fiction writers, how did you find your writing group/critique partners?
#WritingCommunity #writers #romancelandia
#WritingCommunity #writers #romancelandia
September 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fiction writers, how did you find your writing group/critique partners?
#WritingCommunity #writers #romancelandia
#WritingCommunity #writers #romancelandia
Important perspective here 👇
HEY here's a new piece for @crikey.com.au!
Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...
Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...
Climate fatalism is just as wrong as climate denial — it's never 'too late' for change
Veteran environmentalist David Suzuki believes the time has passed us to stop climate change. He's wrong.
www.crikey.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Important perspective here 👇
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Trump as I and others within the counter far right academic community continue to say is just a figurehead and the true powers behind him have been working this plan for decades. To actually defeat American fascism we are going to have to acknowledge that reality and the damage that has been done
July 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump as I and others within the counter far right academic community continue to say is just a figurehead and the true powers behind him have been working this plan for decades. To actually defeat American fascism we are going to have to acknowledge that reality and the damage that has been done
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“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”
July 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”
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Renewables are cheaper to build, cheaper to operate and deliver cheaper energy. Which is why about 2/3 of global investment into energy generation now goes into renewables. Especially solar & big batteries.
NPR could better ask if fossil fuels have a viable future without tax payer subsidies.
NPR could better ask if fossil fuels have a viable future without tax payer subsidies.
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Renewables are cheaper to build, cheaper to operate and deliver cheaper energy. Which is why about 2/3 of global investment into energy generation now goes into renewables. Especially solar & big batteries.
NPR could better ask if fossil fuels have a viable future without tax payer subsidies.
NPR could better ask if fossil fuels have a viable future without tax payer subsidies.
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"Where does the climate movement go from here?" Any serious answer to this question must center reforming the systems of government that Trumpists have exploited to send the US into repressive authoritarianism. This will be HARD, but it will also unlock vast new possibilities for climate action.
July 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Where does the climate movement go from here?" Any serious answer to this question must center reforming the systems of government that Trumpists have exploited to send the US into repressive authoritarianism. This will be HARD, but it will also unlock vast new possibilities for climate action.
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TIL Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in a Chipotle
What'd you do over the weekend? Public Works began resurfacing the street in front of the Chipotle where Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense
July 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
TIL Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in a Chipotle
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In any conflict, we should oppose the aggressor and defend the aggressed, regardless of identity. I have only contempt for the Iranian regime, but Iran was attacked by Israel and the US without sufficient cause or legal justification. Israel and the US are the aggressors, Iran the aggressed.
June 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In any conflict, we should oppose the aggressor and defend the aggressed, regardless of identity. I have only contempt for the Iranian regime, but Iran was attacked by Israel and the US without sufficient cause or legal justification. Israel and the US are the aggressors, Iran the aggressed.
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That can cause you a bundle of trouble, as partisans of one side or another will see you as their enemy if you condemn the actions of their team. But moral consistency is something we should strive for, and never more urgently than when it comes to aggressive war.
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
That can cause you a bundle of trouble, as partisans of one side or another will see you as their enemy if you condemn the actions of their team. But moral consistency is something we should strive for, and never more urgently than when it comes to aggressive war.
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I’m tired of being lectured on what it takes to win elections by people who haven’t been, in fact, winning the most important elections of my lifetime. I do not want to hear from these dinosaurs anymore
June 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I’m tired of being lectured on what it takes to win elections by people who haven’t been, in fact, winning the most important elections of my lifetime. I do not want to hear from these dinosaurs anymore
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We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
June 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.
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We’re led by warmongers & cowards.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
June 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We’re led by warmongers & cowards.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
They have no intention of stopping our civilisation slamming into a wall because they were put in place by the forces profiting from it.
None of our children get to survive unless we take the money out of politics & end this relentless ascent of psychopaths.
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3 Democratic congresspeople oppose.
2 Democratic congresspeople want a procedural vote.
That's it. That's the opposition party. #NoWar
jacobin.com/2025/06/trum...
2 Democratic congresspeople want a procedural vote.
That's it. That's the opposition party. #NoWar
jacobin.com/2025/06/trum...
Regime Change in Iran Will Not End Well
In the long run, the United States will pay for Donald Trump’s hubris in attacking Iran.
jacobin.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
3 Democratic congresspeople oppose.
2 Democratic congresspeople want a procedural vote.
That's it. That's the opposition party. #NoWar
jacobin.com/2025/06/trum...
2 Democratic congresspeople want a procedural vote.
That's it. That's the opposition party. #NoWar
jacobin.com/2025/06/trum...
This is fantastic by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
We owe it to our children to mitigate airborne infections and to vaccinate them effectively.
Western countries abandoning kids due to lower PERCEIVED risk and a drive for normalcy is wholly irresponsible.
#VaccinesPlus
#LongCovidKids
We owe it to our children to mitigate airborne infections and to vaccinate them effectively.
Western countries abandoning kids due to lower PERCEIVED risk and a drive for normalcy is wholly irresponsible.
#VaccinesPlus
#LongCovidKids
Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children
Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health
www.thegauntlet.news
June 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I promise I was looking for something slightly more sensible on the BnF website when I found these pictures of a keeper at London Zoo in 1925 feeding medicine to an extremely reluctant pelican.
June 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I promise I was looking for something slightly more sensible on the BnF website when I found these pictures of a keeper at London Zoo in 1925 feeding medicine to an extremely reluctant pelican.
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"The incident was the latest in nearly daily mass deaths of Palestinians who were seeking aid in past weeks, including near sites operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation."
WHO receiving reports of another mass casualty event in Gaza near food site reut.rs/3FSQAEC
WHO receiving reports of another mass casualty event in Gaza near food site
World Health Organization officials said that initial reports point to at least 20 fatalities.
reut.rs
June 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"The incident was the latest in nearly daily mass deaths of Palestinians who were seeking aid in past weeks, including near sites operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation."
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Today, more starving Palestinians were lured into “aid distribution sites”.
They went in hope that they might find a bag of flour.
They were gunned down and murdered instead.
What utter inhumanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
They went in hope that they might find a bag of flour.
They were gunned down and murdered instead.
What utter inhumanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today, more starving Palestinians were lured into “aid distribution sites”.
They went in hope that they might find a bag of flour.
They were gunned down and murdered instead.
What utter inhumanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
They went in hope that they might find a bag of flour.
They were gunned down and murdered instead.
What utter inhumanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
June 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
seeing reports and rumors tonight that do nothing to allay my concerns
I grew up in a (US) military town. I know the kind of powerful rhetoric that imbues everything when "our interests" are threatened and everyone is hyped up to support local heroes. I also have good pattern-recognition skills. So I've been a little shaky since the attacks on Tehran.
June 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
seeing reports and rumors tonight that do nothing to allay my concerns
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
What is common knowledge in your field, but. shocks outsiders?
Most algae isn't bad or harmful. #NotAllAlgae
Most algae isn't bad or harmful. #NotAllAlgae
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Scientists and governments aren’t colluding to hide the cure for cancer.
Scientists and governments aren’t colluding to hide the cure for cancer.
June 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
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One of the reasons American fascism has been largely ignored up until now is because actually addressing it would mean addressing massive systemic issues that have their roots deep in America history and it’s proto fascist past and it would also mean deconstructing the core mythos of America
June 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
One of the reasons American fascism has been largely ignored up until now is because actually addressing it would mean addressing massive systemic issues that have their roots deep in America history and it’s proto fascist past and it would also mean deconstructing the core mythos of America
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Why Are So Many Children Getting Long Covid? What Could Possibly Have Caused This? Lockdowns? Vaccines? Gluten? Screentime? Anxiety? Fortnite? Face Masks? What?
June 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Why Are So Many Children Getting Long Covid? What Could Possibly Have Caused This? Lockdowns? Vaccines? Gluten? Screentime? Anxiety? Fortnite? Face Masks? What?
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Which headline have you seen repeatedly?
1) "Virus that we thought was no big deal turns out to cause long-term health problems"
2) "Virus we thought caused long-term health problems turns out to be no big deal"
1) "Virus that we thought was no big deal turns out to cause long-term health problems"
2) "Virus we thought caused long-term health problems turns out to be no big deal"
June 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Which headline have you seen repeatedly?
1) "Virus that we thought was no big deal turns out to cause long-term health problems"
2) "Virus we thought caused long-term health problems turns out to be no big deal"
1) "Virus that we thought was no big deal turns out to cause long-term health problems"
2) "Virus we thought caused long-term health problems turns out to be no big deal"
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“Return to normal” was always eugenics and that’s why so many of us have never stopped wearing a mask even though it made us outcasts.
Wearing a mask is community protection and solidarity.
You can always put the mask back on.
Wearing a mask is community protection and solidarity.
You can always put the mask back on.
One of the effects of the demand for a “return to normal” has been a complete abandonment of people with long covid. Because how could they be sick with something that isn’t a big deal?
Are you making this worse for others with this attitude?
Are you making this worse for others with this attitude?
June 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“Return to normal” was always eugenics and that’s why so many of us have never stopped wearing a mask even though it made us outcasts.
Wearing a mask is community protection and solidarity.
You can always put the mask back on.
Wearing a mask is community protection and solidarity.
You can always put the mask back on.