Lise M. Dyckman
@lisedyckman.bsky.social
Librarian (teaching health information literacy / critical thinking); country dance caller & choreographer; gardens & politics & social history, oh my...
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Lise M. Dyckman
@lisedyckman.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Find your local California Rapid Response hotline | CCIJ
Find your local California Rapid Response Network and hotline to report immigration enforcement activity and keep our communities safe!
www.ccijustice.org
California peeps, here’s where to find local community ICE-defense organizations, including finding local phone numbers to report sightings of ICE presence / activity:
www.ccijustice.org/carrn
www.ccijustice.org/carrn
A friend finds himself searching for a job that offers a health insurance plan that includes his wife’s chemotherapy drug on its formulary. Otherwise they pay $1800. /month out of pocket just for one prescription.
Think about that - ONE prescription determines financial safety for a family of 6.
Think about that - ONE prescription determines financial safety for a family of 6.
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A friend finds himself searching for a job that offers a health insurance plan that includes his wife’s chemotherapy drug on its formulary. Otherwise they pay $1800. /month out of pocket just for one prescription.
Think about that - ONE prescription determines financial safety for a family of 6.
Think about that - ONE prescription determines financial safety for a family of 6.
Friendly correction:
JUSTIFYING WAR CRIMES AGAINST Venezuela AS COMBATTING DRUG TRAFFIC while pardoning a barco-terrorist …
JUSTIFYING WAR CRIMES AGAINST Venezuela AS COMBATTING DRUG TRAFFIC while pardoning a barco-terrorist …
Trump said today he'll be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Hernandez, who was convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
Waging a drug war on Venezuela while pardoning a narco-terrorist takes hypocrisy to a level once thought impossible.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Friendly correction:
JUSTIFYING WAR CRIMES AGAINST Venezuela AS COMBATTING DRUG TRAFFIC while pardoning a barco-terrorist …
JUSTIFYING WAR CRIMES AGAINST Venezuela AS COMBATTING DRUG TRAFFIC while pardoning a barco-terrorist …
Bay Area peeps, coastal storm warning ⚠️ today.
Maybe take a rain check for that family beach day.
Maybe take a rain check for that family beach day.
MTR continues Beach Hazard Statement for Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, Northern Monterey Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Southern Mo... at Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:32:51 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bay Area peeps, coastal storm warning ⚠️ today.
Maybe take a rain check for that family beach day.
Maybe take a rain check for that family beach day.
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“Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine” (Note: operate words being “make money“ — for himself and his cronies… again and as always at the expense of so many and so much…corruption)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
“Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine” (Note: operate words being “make money“ — for himself and his cronies… again and as always at the expense of so many and so much…corruption)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Don’t let this paralyze you or keep you from rights-full protest. But do let it fuel demands to take down Flock, Ring, & similar domestic surveillance spyware without guardrails.
#Privacy
#SpyCams
#Privacy
#SpyCams
EFF obtained datasets representing more than 12 million searches logged by more than 3,900 agencies between 2024 and 2025. The data shows that agencies logged hundreds of searches related to the 50501, Hands Off, and No Kings protests, among other protests in between. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Frederick Douglass lived through legalized slavery, attempts by the American Colonization Society to "repatriate" native born free Black Americans to foreign lands they had never been, & legal restriction on the settlement of free Black people in the US. 1/
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Frederick Douglass lived through legalized slavery, attempts by the American Colonization Society to "repatriate" native born free Black Americans to foreign lands they had never been, & legal restriction on the settlement of free Black people in the US. 1/
“Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.”
This, absolutely. Ultimately this will be as important as preserving the ACA.
#WarCrimes
This, absolutely. Ultimately this will be as important as preserving the ACA.
#WarCrimes
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.”
This, absolutely. Ultimately this will be as important as preserving the ACA.
#WarCrimes
This, absolutely. Ultimately this will be as important as preserving the ACA.
#WarCrimes
Forwarding for those of us who can’t delete our FB accounts [just yet].
Meta’s surveillance systems are pervasive, but there are ways to limit how it collects and uses your personal data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect
www.eff.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Forwarding for those of us who can’t delete our FB accounts [just yet].
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Not that I'm suggesting it, but there are some fairly recent eras in Western history where this would get Witkoff marched to the guillotine
Btw guys the transcript of the Witkoff phone call really is much worse than you think and I do think you should share it with literally everyone you know
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not that I'm suggesting it, but there are some fairly recent eras in Western history where this would get Witkoff marched to the guillotine
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My deep dive on what role weather may have played in those terrible Hong Kong apartment fires and a little lesson on monsoons too.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
How Weather Impacted The Deadly Hong Kong Apartment Fire
An analysis of how weather contributed to the deadly Hong Kong apartment fire (and a lesson on monsoons too).
www.forbes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My deep dive on what role weather may have played in those terrible Hong Kong apartment fires and a little lesson on monsoons too.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
And the costs are paid not by the producers or directors of political performances but by their puppets who put on the show. In this case, by a woman in uniform, her colleagues, & a CIA- trained refugee. (While his asylum may be confirmed, his family & friends are at the mercy of ICE quotas.)
"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And the costs are paid not by the producers or directors of political performances but by their puppets who put on the show. In this case, by a woman in uniform, her colleagues, & a CIA- trained refugee. (While his asylum may be confirmed, his family & friends are at the mercy of ICE quotas.)
@jonathanlhoward.bsky.social -
Can’t remember how many times since last year’s U.S. elections I’ve sought & found comfort in rereading the opening chapters of _Johannes Cabal the Detective_, specifically for the balcony scene in Chapter 2.
Pure wish fulfillment, I know.
Can’t remember how many times since last year’s U.S. elections I’ve sought & found comfort in rereading the opening chapters of _Johannes Cabal the Detective_, specifically for the balcony scene in Chapter 2.
Pure wish fulfillment, I know.
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
@jonathanlhoward.bsky.social -
Can’t remember how many times since last year’s U.S. elections I’ve sought & found comfort in rereading the opening chapters of _Johannes Cabal the Detective_, specifically for the balcony scene in Chapter 2.
Pure wish fulfillment, I know.
Can’t remember how many times since last year’s U.S. elections I’ve sought & found comfort in rereading the opening chapters of _Johannes Cabal the Detective_, specifically for the balcony scene in Chapter 2.
Pure wish fulfillment, I know.
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Don't let the Starbucks ads during the Thanksgiving parade distract from the fact that workers are on strike right now.
Solidarity to our striking baristas in Atlanta, GA! We're 15 days into our national ULP strike 💪
Baristas are on strike in over 65 cities, demanding: higher pay, better hours, & an end to union busting. Until Starbucks brings us NEW proposals, you’ll see us on the picket line. #NoContractNoCoffee
Baristas are on strike in over 65 cities, demanding: higher pay, better hours, & an end to union busting. Until Starbucks brings us NEW proposals, you’ll see us on the picket line. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Don't let the Starbucks ads during the Thanksgiving parade distract from the fact that workers are on strike right now.
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We’re grateful for all of the grassroots groups, educators, and librarians, who support communities through digital security training. Privacy is a team sport, so every effort make a difference for everyone.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We’re grateful for all of the grassroots groups, educators, and librarians, who support communities through digital security training. Privacy is a team sport, so every effort make a difference for everyone.
I’m loving these conversations. Great job, UFW communicators!
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’m loving these conversations. Great job, UFW communicators!
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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URGENT: Cheese Recall - Listeria
Walmart & Sam’s Club pecorino romano recalled for possible Listeria. Brands: Locatelli, Boar’s Head, Member’s Mark, Ambriola, Pinna Dates: Expires Feb-May 2026DO NOT EAT. Throw out or return. Dangerous for pregnant women, elderly, immunocomp. flip.it/nqYAxK%E2%80...
Walmart & Sam’s Club pecorino romano recalled for possible Listeria. Brands: Locatelli, Boar’s Head, Member’s Mark, Ambriola, Pinna Dates: Expires Feb-May 2026DO NOT EAT. Throw out or return. Dangerous for pregnant women, elderly, immunocomp. flip.it/nqYAxK%E2%80...
Walmart and Sam’s Club Just Recalled Cheese in a Total of 31 States and Washington, D.C.
The recall effort seems to be growing rapidly amid Listeria bacteria concerns as other retailers also alert customers.
flip.it
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
URGENT: Cheese Recall - Listeria
Walmart & Sam’s Club pecorino romano recalled for possible Listeria. Brands: Locatelli, Boar’s Head, Member’s Mark, Ambriola, Pinna Dates: Expires Feb-May 2026DO NOT EAT. Throw out or return. Dangerous for pregnant women, elderly, immunocomp. flip.it/nqYAxK%E2%80...
Walmart & Sam’s Club pecorino romano recalled for possible Listeria. Brands: Locatelli, Boar’s Head, Member’s Mark, Ambriola, Pinna Dates: Expires Feb-May 2026DO NOT EAT. Throw out or return. Dangerous for pregnant women, elderly, immunocomp. flip.it/nqYAxK%E2%80...
Can there be anything more meta than weaving strips of woven fabric into large tapestries? So tempted to read into this a comment on human labor, how far we’ll go to make Art that speaks to us.
Abdoulaye Konaté Translates Ancient Spirituality into Lush Tapestries www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/abdo...
Abdoulaye Konaté Translates Ancient Spirituality into Lush Tapestries
Through tapestries of fringed strips of fabric, Abdoulaye Konaté explores the contemporary relevance of ancient signs and symbols.
www.thisiscolossal.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Can there be anything more meta than weaving strips of woven fabric into large tapestries? So tempted to read into this a comment on human labor, how far we’ll go to make Art that speaks to us.