Lisa The Riveter
@lisatheriveter.bsky.social
She/her. Bi. Textile queen. AFOL. PNW. Low vision/blind. Immune-suppressed. Chronically ill. Extremely sweary. Alt text for everyone! #alttext for my tutorials to learn how.
New here, long online.
New here, long online.
Pinned
I have always wanted to be skilled at visual art, especially painting. I had a lot of fun with the little bit of art I got in elementary and middle school. So I’m working on developing those skills.
I chose watercolor because they’re cheap, nontoxic, and easy access.
🧵 #art #watercolor #blind
I chose watercolor because they’re cheap, nontoxic, and easy access.
🧵 #art #watercolor #blind
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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new visual allegory just dropped
We can now watch the United States explode and sink beneath the ocean live!
Sinking of SS United States to be livestreamed using drones and underwater cameras
The historic ship will be sunk off the Florida panhandle by the end of the year, but no date has been set.
www.phillyvoice.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
new visual allegory just dropped
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1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.
Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.
Here is your shutdown guide.
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Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.
Here is your shutdown guide.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House
Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.
Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.
Here is your shutdown guide.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.
Here is your shutdown guide.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Author copies have arrived!
August 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Author copies have arrived!
I use a cane for balance and to compensate for depth perception blindness. You should NOT:
TOUCH/GRAB ME
Get closer than 6’ (it’s been 5 years of COVID learn social distancing)
Move without looking in the direction you’re moving
FAIL TO LOOK DOWN in the direction you’re moving, short people exist!
TOUCH/GRAB ME
Get closer than 6’ (it’s been 5 years of COVID learn social distancing)
Move without looking in the direction you’re moving
FAIL TO LOOK DOWN in the direction you’re moving, short people exist!
August 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I use a cane for balance and to compensate for depth perception blindness. You should NOT:
TOUCH/GRAB ME
Get closer than 6’ (it’s been 5 years of COVID learn social distancing)
Move without looking in the direction you’re moving
FAIL TO LOOK DOWN in the direction you’re moving, short people exist!
TOUCH/GRAB ME
Get closer than 6’ (it’s been 5 years of COVID learn social distancing)
Move without looking in the direction you’re moving
FAIL TO LOOK DOWN in the direction you’re moving, short people exist!
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By the way, since writing this, things have generally improved for me. I got on the right medication and nonfiction is back in my life. Fiction is a little more touch and go, but I can watch a whole movie now.
I will go to the mat for people who can’t.
I will go to the mat for people who can’t.
Indie authors are more likely to be disabled. Not every disabled person is the same, but I have written about my experience here.
annabookwriter.medium.com/im-a-writer-...
annabookwriter.medium.com/im-a-writer-...
I’m a Writer Who Can’t Read. Here’s What You Should Know.
“A good writer is a reader first.” It’s a cliche for a reason. Reading widely is just about the best way to learn about the world at large…
annabookwriter.medium.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
By the way, since writing this, things have generally improved for me. I got on the right medication and nonfiction is back in my life. Fiction is a little more touch and go, but I can watch a whole movie now.
I will go to the mat for people who can’t.
I will go to the mat for people who can’t.
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Reskeeting for my few English friends who maybe have not seen this but GIN AND TONIC JELLY
GIN AND TONIC
IN JELLY FORM
WIGGLY G&T
GIN AND TONIC
IN JELLY FORM
WIGGLY G&T
#RecipeOfTheDay is Gin and Tonic Jelly! Back in the 90s, I made a few jellies of this sort, and I suddenly felt like a revisit might be in order. I’ve said this before, but remind you again that leaf gelatine is a much better setting agent than powdered gelatine www.nigella.com/recipes/gin-...
Gin and Tonic Jelly
This is so far from being the sort of jelly you'd expect at a children's party as can be imagined! The white currant decoration may be unavailable, but what matters is the drink-made-dessert itself!
...
www.nigella.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reskeeting for my few English friends who maybe have not seen this but GIN AND TONIC JELLY
GIN AND TONIC
IN JELLY FORM
WIGGLY G&T
GIN AND TONIC
IN JELLY FORM
WIGGLY G&T
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Young Dinornis at the Beach 🏖️
August 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Young Dinornis at the Beach 🏖️
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TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DOG!!!
The Giant Database of Dogs is a data collection project for classroom use. 6 quick questions to help students learn statistics! ALL good puppers are welcome!
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(please share widely!) (pics for tax, of course!)
The Giant Database of Dogs is a data collection project for classroom use. 6 quick questions to help students learn statistics! ALL good puppers are welcome!
buff.ly/f6weaUE
(please share widely!) (pics for tax, of course!)
August 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DOG!!!
The Giant Database of Dogs is a data collection project for classroom use. 6 quick questions to help students learn statistics! ALL good puppers are welcome!
buff.ly/f6weaUE
(please share widely!) (pics for tax, of course!)
The Giant Database of Dogs is a data collection project for classroom use. 6 quick questions to help students learn statistics! ALL good puppers are welcome!
buff.ly/f6weaUE
(please share widely!) (pics for tax, of course!)
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Voting for the Ignyte Awards closes later this week (August 15th), and ANYONE can vote! Don't forget to vote for what you loved!
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Vote - The Ignyte Awards
Public voting for the 2025 AWARDS IS NOW OPEN THRU AUG 15. GO VOTE OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Voting for the Ignyte Awards closes later this week (August 15th), and ANYONE can vote! Don't forget to vote for what you loved!
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/
Still recovering from travel, but my @oishinythings.bsky.social necklace went with me to Rockland, Maine for the 78th Annual Lobster Festival!
mainelobsterfestival.com
mainelobsterfestival.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Still recovering from travel, but my @oishinythings.bsky.social necklace went with me to Rockland, Maine for the 78th Annual Lobster Festival!
mainelobsterfestival.com
mainelobsterfestival.com
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Reminder: My Rowan Summer School sock class starts tomorrow. Everything to make you into a great sock knitter, whether you're starting as a beginner or you have a bit of experience. Sessions are recorded - attend at your convenience. www.rowanconnect.net/socks-intens... 🧶
Socks Intensive 2025
www.rowanconnect.net
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reminder: My Rowan Summer School sock class starts tomorrow. Everything to make you into a great sock knitter, whether you're starting as a beginner or you have a bit of experience. Sessions are recorded - attend at your convenience. www.rowanconnect.net/socks-intens... 🧶
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KIDDO: Batman Ninja is free on Youtube and I’m going to convince you to watch it with two screenshots
ME: I doubt that
KIDDO: So they have to disguise Batman in Feudal Japan and this is what they do. Also the brown-haired girl is Catwoman
ME: dammit
ME: I doubt that
KIDDO: So they have to disguise Batman in Feudal Japan and this is what they do. Also the brown-haired girl is Catwoman
ME: dammit
August 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
KIDDO: Batman Ninja is free on Youtube and I’m going to convince you to watch it with two screenshots
ME: I doubt that
KIDDO: So they have to disguise Batman in Feudal Japan and this is what they do. Also the brown-haired girl is Catwoman
ME: dammit
ME: I doubt that
KIDDO: So they have to disguise Batman in Feudal Japan and this is what they do. Also the brown-haired girl is Catwoman
ME: dammit
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Attorney @l-toczylowski.bsky.social "said Hernández Romero remains in danger in Venezuela, the very country from which he fled persecution. Her team is exploring third-country relocation, but options may be limited by his lack of freedom of movement under the Maduro regime."
“They were physically, verbally, and psychologically tortured.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...
Gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador
He called it "an encounter with torture and death."
www.advocate.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Attorney @l-toczylowski.bsky.social "said Hernández Romero remains in danger in Venezuela, the very country from which he fled persecution. Her team is exploring third-country relocation, but options may be limited by his lack of freedom of movement under the Maduro regime."
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In a “barrage of attacks on workers,” Trump’s Labor Department is planning to overhaul dozens of rules that protect workers from exploitation and wage theft.
Trump Labor Department Plans to Gut More Than 60 Workplace Regulations
The administration is planning to overhaul dozens of rules that protect workers from exploitation and wage theft.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In a “barrage of attacks on workers,” Trump’s Labor Department is planning to overhaul dozens of rules that protect workers from exploitation and wage theft.
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"ICE deported teenagers and children in immigration raids. Here are their stories," "Venezuelan Little League team denied travel visas to U.S. for World Series," "Pope Leo reflects on migrants and refugees as ‘messengers of hope’," and more must-read #immigration news.
Immigration Reform News July 28, 2025 - America's Voice
English El Periodico USA The Message is Clear: In Poll After Poll, Strong American Majority Rejects Mass Deportation By El Periodico USA Staff July 25, 2025 USA Today ICE deported teenagers and childr...
americasvoice.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"ICE deported teenagers and children in immigration raids. Here are their stories," "Venezuelan Little League team denied travel visas to U.S. for World Series," "Pope Leo reflects on migrants and refugees as ‘messengers of hope’," and more must-read #immigration news.
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"Bail reform does not allow people to evade responsibility for their crimes or walk free despite posing a risk to their communities ... These reforms simply seek to end the risk that someone who is legally presumed innocent can be jailed simply because they are too poor to pay money bail."
Cash bail systems do nothing to prevent crime — but do benefit wealthier people, as they are “able to post bail and go home, while the average person is often unable to afford money bonds and must remain in jail until the case is resolved.” Trump himself has benefitted from cashless bail in NYC.
Trump Bashes Cashless Bail, Says It Leads to More Crime. Studies Say Otherwise.
Real-world examples and case studies reveal that cashless bail doesn't result in higher crime rates.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Bail reform does not allow people to evade responsibility for their crimes or walk free despite posing a risk to their communities ... These reforms simply seek to end the risk that someone who is legally presumed innocent can be jailed simply because they are too poor to pay money bail."
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Shop is live once more! Shares are appreciated.
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Come check out my pendants, stickers, and Bijou Dragon sculptures, among other random things. More on the way!
ko-fi.com/themeekwarri...
Come check out my pendants, stickers, and Bijou Dragon sculptures, among other random things. More on the way!
July 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Shop is live once more! Shares are appreciated.
ko-fi.com/themeekwarri...
Come check out my pendants, stickers, and Bijou Dragon sculptures, among other random things. More on the way!
ko-fi.com/themeekwarri...
Come check out my pendants, stickers, and Bijou Dragon sculptures, among other random things. More on the way!
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Just a few more days to grab one of these guys. Even if you don’t buy a figure, joining my collectors club helps me so much with monthly income.
Capybara Spa is the figure of the month on my Collectors Club. Bathing capybaras are one of the cutest things in the world to me so I had to capture one in his own personal tub. Join the club today for just $2 to gain access.
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#art #sculpture #capybara #bsnm
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#art #sculpture #capybara #bsnm
July 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Just a few more days to grab one of these guys. Even if you don’t buy a figure, joining my collectors club helps me so much with monthly income.
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"Despite federal investigations and a growing awareness of the industry's adverse consequences on patient health ... regulations for dental service organizations are scant, and attempts to regulate them have largely failed."
In the last decade, private equity firms have been quietly taking control of dental care from behind the scenes, largely through secondary business organizations that push dental practices to cut costs and, in some cases, encourage unnecessary and irreversible dental procedures.
When Private Equity Firms Acquire Dental Practices, Patients Pay the Price
In 2024, the dental industry witnessed 161 private equity deals — the highest number of any health care industry.
truthout.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Despite federal investigations and a growing awareness of the industry's adverse consequences on patient health ... regulations for dental service organizations are scant, and attempts to regulate them have largely failed."
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"[T]he people who are employed to cover the genocide are they themselves starving to death ... [T]here are people who still believe this an appropriate price to pay for Jewish freedom."
In the past when I sat down to write about Israel, I’ve had a moment where I take a deep breath and accept that, as a Jewish woman, it’s going to be difficult. This time, there was no such moment.
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
Gaza is starving
Palestinians seeking food are being killed by the IDF. It's time for the entire world to say enough.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"[T]he people who are employed to cover the genocide are they themselves starving to death ... [T]here are people who still believe this an appropriate price to pay for Jewish freedom."
This problem has been known since at least Katrina.
Last December's tsunami warning & California's failure to include incarcerated people in emergency plans shine light on the life-threatening dangers facing people in custody as climate change worsens, ray levy uyeda reports.
prismreports.org/2025/07/28/s...
prismreports.org/2025/07/28/s...
Men inside San Quentin had ‘no expectation of survival’ during tsunami scare
California’s failure to include incarcerated people in emergency plans shines light on the life-threatening dangers facing people in custody
prismreports.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This problem has been known since at least Katrina.
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"Trump appears to be quietly reviving a plan from his first term that would kick families of mixed immigration status out of public housing and prohibit them from receiving most forms of rental assistance."
"58,200 children could lose housing."
#USA #Housing #EthnicCleansing
"58,200 children could lose housing."
#USA #Housing #EthnicCleansing
Trump Admin Prepares to Kick Mixed Immigration Status Families Out of Public Housing
A pending HUD rule mirrors an old Trump proposal that would force families with undocumented members to leave their homes or be separated.
theintercept.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Trump appears to be quietly reviving a plan from his first term that would kick families of mixed immigration status out of public housing and prohibit them from receiving most forms of rental assistance."
"58,200 children could lose housing."
#USA #Housing #EthnicCleansing
"58,200 children could lose housing."
#USA #Housing #EthnicCleansing