Lisa Powell
@lisapowell.bsky.social
My personal Bluesky. May not post much here, we’ll see! Focus on local community issues, social work, grief, & aging. Lead with curiosity. #GoBruins
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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This concert was terrific & it's still available on YouTube. What better way to spend your Sunday night. m.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3f...
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This concert was terrific & it's still available on YouTube. What better way to spend your Sunday night. m.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3f...
Read this thread today and am pondering my life as an American who intentionally and diligently lives a life with kindness, empathy and authenticity at the core. Current conditions/actors attempt to sway us from these values. I will not concede.
They are hiding behind their rage and grief to avoid looking at what they are doing
Their grief and rage is real, and it very hard to hold space for that when our grief and rage is belittled and dismissed, every time
Their feelings are treated as facts, ours treated as punchlines. For years
Their grief and rage is real, and it very hard to hold space for that when our grief and rage is belittled and dismissed, every time
Their feelings are treated as facts, ours treated as punchlines. For years
September 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Read this thread today and am pondering my life as an American who intentionally and diligently lives a life with kindness, empathy and authenticity at the core. Current conditions/actors attempt to sway us from these values. I will not concede.
This one’s been on my list for while…
One of the things I enjoy most about summer is that I get to hack away at the pile of books I really want to read but can't get to during the school year. First on the list this year was "Holding It Together" by @jessicacalarco.com. Trust me, you need to read this book. 1/
July 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This one’s been on my list for while…
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Among my regular passengers on the 44 are two young boys who ride with their grandma from California and 6th Ave all the way to Silver and Palou. The older brother is possibly a 2nd grader. Last night as they were getting off my bus, he handed me this hand made envelope.
April 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Millions of people who are financially comfortable now may be just one bad break away from needing Medicaid for themselves or a family member. via @ronlieber.bsky.social (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...
Medicaid Is a Middle-Class Benefit. Here’s What to Know. (Gift Article)
If you have a parent short on savings, a disabled adult child or a minor with special needs, Medicaid may be your backstop. Plenty of people are unaware.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Millions of people who are financially comfortable now may be just one bad break away from needing Medicaid for themselves or a family member. via @ronlieber.bsky.social (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
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What is the point? Are we just dismantling all of government now?
Nearly everyone in America is touched in some way by dementia and Alzheimer's.
There is no rationale for cuts like this. We're seeing malevolent men taking glee in causing anguish.
Nearly everyone in America is touched in some way by dementia and Alzheimer's.
There is no rationale for cuts like this. We're seeing malevolent men taking glee in causing anguish.
Awful: Numerous scientists and researchers were just fired at NIH's center for treating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They fear Trump-Musk cuts could dramatically set back our ability to treat dementias.
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
New reporting from me here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
February 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
February 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
This ⬇️
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵
My new Bluesky profile looks empty! As my first post, I’ll share this information about Anderson Cooper‘s podcast “All There Is,” which explores grief. There are many beautiful conversations here.
All There Is with Anderson Cooper
#Grief
All There Is online grief community at
cnn.com/allthereison...
Listen to the latest episode here, or watch the video below.
open.spotify.com/show/4fm93OG...
Catch up on past episodes here.
open.spotify.com/show/4fm93OG...
Season 3
www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...
#Grief
All There Is online grief community at
cnn.com/allthereison...
Listen to the latest episode here, or watch the video below.
open.spotify.com/show/4fm93OG...
Catch up on past episodes here.
open.spotify.com/show/4fm93OG...
Season 3
www.cnn.com/audio/podcas...
All There Is with Anderson Cooper - Podcast on CNN Audio
Grief can feel so lonely but talking about it, and listening to others share their grief experiences helps. In Season 3 of All There Is, Anderson Cooper continues his deeply personal exploration of gr...
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My new Bluesky profile looks empty! As my first post, I’ll share this information about Anderson Cooper‘s podcast “All There Is,” which explores grief. There are many beautiful conversations here.