Lisa Meece
@lisameece.bsky.social
Working towards a hopeful future. Internationally certified in hugging. Host of the Starbase Indy podcast. Have you been to Starbase Indy?
I'm trying to make a practice of putting my thoughts into the world...because maybe I'm not the only one who doesn't quite understand what I'm seeing around me.
Justice?
What if we focused more on redress and less on punishment
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November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'm trying to make a practice of putting my thoughts into the world...because maybe I'm not the only one who doesn't quite understand what I'm seeing around me.
Not just that - but this frame inherently requires an acceptance that abuse in private life should be somehow exempt from public scrutiny... an assumption that stems from the idea that abusers have dominion over those they abuse.
The idea that sexual abuse is part of “private” life instead of a public crisis has done incalculable damage. Anti-rape activists have to fight to even make it possible to expose sexual abuse as a wrongdoing in public without being silenced and undermined. That fight is far from won
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Not just that - but this frame inherently requires an acceptance that abuse in private life should be somehow exempt from public scrutiny... an assumption that stems from the idea that abusers have dominion over those they abuse.
Isn't the human ability to see patterns that support their worldview everywhere fascinating??? Like seeing shapes in the clouds...
(Also, clearly this poster has no idea how factory farms treat anomaly animals...)
(Also, clearly this poster has no idea how factory farms treat anomaly animals...)
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Isn't the human ability to see patterns that support their worldview everywhere fascinating??? Like seeing shapes in the clouds...
(Also, clearly this poster has no idea how factory farms treat anomaly animals...)
(Also, clearly this poster has no idea how factory farms treat anomaly animals...)
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In Ecuador’s Pastaza province, the Kichwa community of Pakayaku has kept 400 km² of Amazon rainforest free from mining, oil and logging through a self-organised guardian force. buff.ly/tmtqu4s
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests
PAKAYAKU TERRITORY, Ecuador — Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza province, Sacha Gayas spreads out a hand-drawn map across her…
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November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In Ecuador’s Pastaza province, the Kichwa community of Pakayaku has kept 400 km² of Amazon rainforest free from mining, oil and logging through a self-organised guardian force. buff.ly/tmtqu4s
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Money is a paradox - both real and unreal. I got philosophical about that and put some thoughts together. open.substack.com/pub/lisameec...
Pennies and Paradox
The last pennies the US Government is going to coin were produced today.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Money is a paradox - both real and unreal. I got philosophical about that and put some thoughts together. open.substack.com/pub/lisameec...
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Stop calling it AI.
It’s Uppity Autocorrect, and you’re being fucking rude.
It’s Uppity Autocorrect, and you’re being fucking rude.
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Stop calling it AI.
It’s Uppity Autocorrect, and you’re being fucking rude.
It’s Uppity Autocorrect, and you’re being fucking rude.
Is it too much to hope that such a lawsuit would require the senator who files it to allow the disclosure of what was found during the search??? Would that information them be part of a public record??
Tucked into a spending bill that is part of the deal to end the government shutdown is a provision that would allow GOP senators to personally sue the federal government for as much as $500K over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s lawful search of their phone records.
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Shutdown Deal Lets GOP Senators Personally Sue Over Jack Smith Probe
$500K For Election Subversion Tucked into a spending bill that is part...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Is it too much to hope that such a lawsuit would require the senator who files it to allow the disclosure of what was found during the search??? Would that information them be part of a public record??
There wasn't a good answer here, and no amount of insisting there should be will change that.
I'm mad about the shut down and worried about healthcare, but not letting people starve is a pretty good reason to cave on this bureaucratic fight, the more I think about it. So just say that: Republicans wanted you to starve rather than compromise, so we let this one go.
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There wasn't a good answer here, and no amount of insisting there should be will change that.
The best thing about getting targeted for a cancel campaign by people with strange ideas of reality is that it turns out to be GREAT practice for wading into the mess of political resistance with a bolstered sense of self and the courage to back that up.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The best thing about getting targeted for a cancel campaign by people with strange ideas of reality is that it turns out to be GREAT practice for wading into the mess of political resistance with a bolstered sense of self and the courage to back that up.
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
This line from The Sparrow by @mdoriarussell.bsky.social keeps haunting me, so I wrote this as exorcism.
We are many, they are few
This bit from The Sparrow keeps ringing in my head for some reason...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This line from The Sparrow by @mdoriarussell.bsky.social keeps haunting me, so I wrote this as exorcism.
In @mdoriarussell.bsky.social 's lovely book The Sparrow a brave Latina faces down an army and tells those standing with her "We are many, they are few;" inspiring the many to protect their children and the ones they love and in so doing changes the fate of a planet.
Dunno why that's on my mind.
Dunno why that's on my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In @mdoriarussell.bsky.social 's lovely book The Sparrow a brave Latina faces down an army and tells those standing with her "We are many, they are few;" inspiring the many to protect their children and the ones they love and in so doing changes the fate of a planet.
Dunno why that's on my mind.
Dunno why that's on my mind.
Check out this thread.
Trust me.
Trust me.
I am not a military strategist, but I have a vague memory that not feeding the troops was one of those big fuck-ups that Sun Tzu talked about.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Check out this thread.
Trust me.
Trust me.
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guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
I saw the shirt last week. It didn't connect to Kirk in my head.
The teachers wore the same costume a year ago. It's the math department... which matches the take I had.
This bubble where everything is interpreted as a personal insult is dangerous, and implies only one perspective is possible.
The teachers wore the same costume a year ago. It's the math department... which matches the take I had.
This bubble where everything is interpreted as a personal insult is dangerous, and implies only one perspective is possible.
What shocked me most about the death threats sent to teachers in Arizona in recent days was that they didn't come from extremists on fringe platforms, these were sent from seemingly regular people on Facebook.
Here's a sample of what they sent:
www.wired.com/story/arizon...
Here's a sample of what they sent:
www.wired.com/story/arizon...
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I saw the shirt last week. It didn't connect to Kirk in my head.
The teachers wore the same costume a year ago. It's the math department... which matches the take I had.
This bubble where everything is interpreted as a personal insult is dangerous, and implies only one perspective is possible.
The teachers wore the same costume a year ago. It's the math department... which matches the take I had.
This bubble where everything is interpreted as a personal insult is dangerous, and implies only one perspective is possible.
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I want a mayor who acts like he likes doing his homework and we GOT ONE
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I want a mayor who acts like he likes doing his homework and we GOT ONE
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Just some perspective from having worked on Zohran’s first campaign back in 2020: the man is detail-oriented, brimming with ideas, respectful of people’s time, believes in our capabilities, nourishes success.
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just some perspective from having worked on Zohran’s first campaign back in 2020: the man is detail-oriented, brimming with ideas, respectful of people’s time, believes in our capabilities, nourishes success.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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so many good pictures out there
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
so many good pictures out there
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
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I always enjoyed this wonderful drive-by on Alfred Lord Tennyson from Philip Larkin.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I always enjoyed this wonderful drive-by on Alfred Lord Tennyson from Philip Larkin.
polyarchive.com/the-literary...
polyarchive.com/the-literary...