Alisa Rivera
@alisarivera.bsky.social
Former Communications Manager for External Organizing at SEIU 2015. Currently a communications consultant specializing in healthcare and progressive orgs. Named to the Bitch 50 in 2018. Nuyorican in Cali 🇵🇷 Learn more: www.alisarivera.com
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Alisa Rivera
@alisarivera.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hi Bluesky! I'm a communications consultant who specializes in digital organizing for healthcare and progressive orgs. I've worked for SEIU 2015, AltaMed & BerlinRosen, among others. I'm looking to connect with other progressives and healthcare communicators.
Remember Stormy Daniels? She turned out to be braver than every single m.f. who knew what was going on but kept their traps shut.
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember Stormy Daniels? She turned out to be braver than every single m.f. who knew what was going on but kept their traps shut.
This is one of the most enraging things I've read about this so far. Imagine how Monica Lewinsky feels reading this shit. The Starr report was so gratuitously graphic and designed for peak humiliation and Monica got it in the teeth
On the flight home(?), he reaches out to several people, including Ken Starr.
A little more than a week later, once they realized they wouldn't be meeting up, Epstein tells Starr, "miss talking to you."
A little more than a week later, once they realized they wouldn't be meeting up, Epstein tells Starr, "miss talking to you."
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jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
11/20/2016 1:48:58 AM
Ken Starr
Re:
Importance:
High
hope thanksgiving is peaceful miss talking to you
On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Ken Starr 1
> wrote:
Greetings! Just got my hands on the itinerary. Alas, no St. Thomas. Back to the drawing board.
Hope you're well. Best, Ken
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 10, 2016, at 4:46 PM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
are you going to stop in st thomas on your cruise?
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:46 PM, Ken Starr <
> wrote:
Darn. On a cruise in the aforementioned Caribbean that week. Weekly Standard post-election cruise. Bad timing on our part.
We'll try for January-February in warm climate, or NY when you're next there.
Many thanks.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 10, 2016, at 4:14 PM, jeffrey E. < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
you are always welcome. if you would like to visit caribean, i can organize. anytime with wife your call. otherwise new york dec. 6-9? \
interesting times. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3914012/Troubled-woman-history-drug-use-
claimed-assaulted-Donald-Trump-Jeffrey-Epstein-sex-party-age-13-FABRICATED-story.html
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Ken Starr 1
Thanks for checking in. I'll make some. What timing would work for you?
> wrote:
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On Nov 10, 2016, at 4:03 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
any new york plans](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicoupwszhctcrso2vj7w5hp2pposlvyijcnxy2qz5qcibuujj6dey@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is one of the most enraging things I've read about this so far. Imagine how Monica Lewinsky feels reading this shit. The Starr report was so gratuitously graphic and designed for peak humiliation and Monica got it in the teeth
Reposted by Alisa Rivera
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
This entire 🧵 is a fantastic primer for surviving what's going on right now, but I want to pull out the last post because it's what I've been telling people. Organizing on the state, county and municipal level is where it's at. If you live in a blue state/congressional district, keep it blue! ↓
When your government hates you, local organizing & relationships matter. A lot.
If you need to unplug from the federal hot mess, & focus on local & state-level affairs, that's fantastic.
That's how a lot of people survived in America for a lot of years.
If you need to unplug from the federal hot mess, & focus on local & state-level affairs, that's fantastic.
That's how a lot of people survived in America for a lot of years.
February 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This entire 🧵 is a fantastic primer for surviving what's going on right now, but I want to pull out the last post because it's what I've been telling people. Organizing on the state, county and municipal level is where it's at. If you live in a blue state/congressional district, keep it blue! ↓
🧵A friend shared The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide so I'm turning it into a thread. Everything in this guide is happening right now so keep referring back as you grapple with what to do right now 1/
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
This text was published in social media in January 2017 in a series of improvised, spontaneous tweets, which reached 3 million views within one month. Their common element was their trademark signatur...
verfassungsblog.de
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🧵A friend shared The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide so I'm turning it into a thread. Everything in this guide is happening right now so keep referring back as you grapple with what to do right now 1/
This situation in South Korea is incredibly volatile and I'm really worried about what will happen after Trump is in office.
Supporters of South Korea's embattled President Yoon adopt 'Stop the Steal' and hope Trump's return to the White House will help flip the situation www.reuters.com/world/suppor...
Supporters of South Korea's Yoon adopt 'Stop the Steal', hope Trump will help
Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are adopting "Stop the Steal" slogans popularised by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump supporters and said they hoped the incoming president would help their embattled leader.
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This situation in South Korea is incredibly volatile and I'm really worried about what will happen after Trump is in office.
Seen on Threads: "Any big plans for New Year's Eve?"
"Yep!"
"Yep!"
December 31, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Seen on Threads: "Any big plans for New Year's Eve?"
"Yep!"
"Yep!"
There's so many Twitter screenshots on Bluesky and it gives someone who thinks they're over the breakup but can't stop talking about their ex.
December 31, 2024 at 6:42 PM
There's so many Twitter screenshots on Bluesky and it gives someone who thinks they're over the breakup but can't stop talking about their ex.
"The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human rights violation on Earth,“ Jimmy Carter, from his book, 'A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, & Power.'
Honoring his legacy: Here are 16 of former President Jimmy Carter's most impactful quotes
"I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over." This is a famous quote by former President Jimmy Carter. Here are 16 more.
www.savannahnow.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:51 AM
"The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human rights violation on Earth,“ Jimmy Carter, from his book, 'A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, & Power.'
"A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity." Jimmy Carter
Address to the Liberal Party of New York in New York City | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
December 30, 2024 at 4:00 AM
"A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity." Jimmy Carter
I met Jimmy Carter when I was on a 5th grade field trip when he was running for president. I of course didn't know that I'd had the privilege of meeting one of the most decent men to ever hold public office. The world feels a little colder today (and it was feeling pretty damned cold already 😭)
Breaking News: Jimmy Carter has died at 100. A one-term president and peacemaker from Georgia’s farmland, he was beset by crises in office. nyti.ms/49WdF3G
December 29, 2024 at 10:19 PM
I met Jimmy Carter when I was on a 5th grade field trip when he was running for president. I of course didn't know that I'd had the privilege of meeting one of the most decent men to ever hold public office. The world feels a little colder today (and it was feeling pretty damned cold already 😭)
This is 18 year old Chula, she's been with us since before our son and we love her a lot. She's mostly indoors except when we let her out in the catnip patch under supervision but this PSA is still very appreciated. Poor girlie is just going to have to live with the dried catnip for awhile.
December 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM
This is 18 year old Chula, she's been with us since before our son and we love her a lot. She's mostly indoors except when we let her out in the catnip patch under supervision but this PSA is still very appreciated. Poor girlie is just going to have to live with the dried catnip for awhile.
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A billionaire warns his fellow billionaires that the pitchforks are coming for them all... Back in 2014.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
December 8, 2024 at 2:27 AM
A billionaire warns his fellow billionaires that the pitchforks are coming for them all... Back in 2014.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
This is just a taste of the outcry that's coming if the ACA is repealed. People have no idea of the enormity of what's headed for them once they lose the protections in the law. And it's especially terrible when you consider 10% of people with covid develop long covid. They are screwed.
“…after…Thompson was gunned down…this week without a primary suspect being identified, a rare occurrence happened in the thriving true-crime world: silence online from highly followed armchair detectives.”
Do you know hard it is to keep the true-crime crowd away from an unsolved case?
Do you know hard it is to keep the true-crime crowd away from an unsolved case?
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
This is very telling.
This is very telling.
December 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
This is just a taste of the outcry that's coming if the ACA is repealed. People have no idea of the enormity of what's headed for them once they lose the protections in the law. And it's especially terrible when you consider 10% of people with covid develop long covid. They are screwed.
Mental health break 🥰
I get emotional every time I see my Water Polo girls,,, but this was something special,,, They had me crying real tears for about 10 mins.
To get a Gold Medal clock by people who mean so much to me is the greatest Christmas present and gift in life. Thankx to Maggie Steffens and Ashleigh Johnson.🫶🏾
To get a Gold Medal clock by people who mean so much to me is the greatest Christmas present and gift in life. Thankx to Maggie Steffens and Ashleigh Johnson.🫶🏾
December 7, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Mental health break 🥰
Korea's first democratic government was established in 1988 after years-long protests where thousands of citizens were arrested, tortured and killed. It's sad that just 30 years later democracy is seriously endangered. I love that Koreans are willing to fill the streets, but hate they have to do it.
South Korea was thrown into deeper uncertainty after the governing party refused to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday. Protesters filled the streets of Seoul demanding his removal well into the night.
South Korean President Yoon Survives Impeachment Vote After Martial Law
The country was thrown into deeper uncertainty after the governing party changed its stance and refused to oust him. Protesters vowed to keep the pressure on.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Korea's first democratic government was established in 1988 after years-long protests where thousands of citizens were arrested, tortured and killed. It's sad that just 30 years later democracy is seriously endangered. I love that Koreans are willing to fill the streets, but hate they have to do it.
🧵 I looked at the profiles of a fairly well known journalist who has 34K followers on Bluesky vs. 4223 followers on Threads. You would think his Bluesky engagement would be dramatically higher but it's not which is very interesting to me and in line with what I'm seeing on my other accounts.
December 7, 2024 at 7:51 PM
🧵 I looked at the profiles of a fairly well known journalist who has 34K followers on Bluesky vs. 4223 followers on Threads. You would think his Bluesky engagement would be dramatically higher but it's not which is very interesting to me and in line with what I'm seeing on my other accounts.
**taps the video**
NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!
YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI
youtu.be
November 26, 2024 at 11:56 PM
**taps the video**
Shit posting isn't organizing
Social media metrics are meaningless if they're not tied to organizing goals.
If you're in comms and you're not going out in the field regularly, you're not doing your job well.
Social media metrics are meaningless if they're not tied to organizing goals.
If you're in comms and you're not going out in the field regularly, you're not doing your job well.
November 26, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Shit posting isn't organizing
Social media metrics are meaningless if they're not tied to organizing goals.
If you're in comms and you're not going out in the field regularly, you're not doing your job well.
Social media metrics are meaningless if they're not tied to organizing goals.
If you're in comms and you're not going out in the field regularly, you're not doing your job well.
I thought of a child having to go through ME/CFS is heartbreaking. It's a devastating illness and the name doesn't capture how disabling it is
The Prevalence of Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample: link.springer.com/article/10.1... L. Jason et al. (2020) #MECFS #YPwME
The Prevalence of Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample - Child & Youth Care Forum
Background Most pediatric prevalence studies of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have been based upon data from tertiary care centers, a process known for systematic biases ...
link.springer.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I thought of a child having to go through ME/CFS is heartbreaking. It's a devastating illness and the name doesn't capture how disabling it is
I'm seeing people arguing about whether posting on social media is organizing and it reminded me of a graphic I created showing the differences between comms and digital organizing. They use the same tools but have very different goals. Not knowing the difference causes a lot of problems in orgs.
November 23, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I'm seeing people arguing about whether posting on social media is organizing and it reminded me of a graphic I created showing the differences between comms and digital organizing. They use the same tools but have very different goals. Not knowing the difference causes a lot of problems in orgs.
This is correct and as a former labor communicator one of the things that frustrates me the most is when the comms team is out of touch with that nitty gritty work. We can play an enormously important role in organizing but only if we understand what's happening in the field!
The nitty gritty of organizing—the calling, the list making, the checking in to make sure people show up, the small crises and problem solving—is such feminized labor that it was, at first, completely invisible to me. I had no idea I was doing it all the time.
November 23, 2024 at 6:17 PM
This is correct and as a former labor communicator one of the things that frustrates me the most is when the comms team is out of touch with that nitty gritty work. We can play an enormously important role in organizing but only if we understand what's happening in the field!
I was talking about how hard it is to find reliable product reviews now that sites are flooded with AI reviews. Something we're not discussing nearly enough is how AI is destroying the ability to find verifiable knowledge which is a huge harm to our democracy, health, education and like everything
November 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I was talking about how hard it is to find reliable product reviews now that sites are flooded with AI reviews. Something we're not discussing nearly enough is how AI is destroying the ability to find verifiable knowledge which is a huge harm to our democracy, health, education and like everything
Ho. Lee. SHIT!!!
November 22, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Ho. Lee. SHIT!!!