Lynn Swayze (she/her) 🌹
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Family Law Fractional CMO (Marketing) - Passionate about Unbundled, Collaborative Law, & Peacemakers | HubSpot SME | Horror Author & Fan | Proud Democratic Socialist | Mom x 4 | Hoosier
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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It is my sworn mission to do everything I can to make sure this doesn't keep happening. No more Lias, Nexs or Edens. My people are worth so much more than just being mourned.
The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It is my sworn mission to do everything I can to make sure this doesn't keep happening. No more Lias, Nexs or Edens. My people are worth so much more than just being mourned.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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I think present-day politics makes a lot more sense if we acknowledge that constant interactions on social media can rapidly evolve someone’s perception of reality and their political beliefs, as they try to conform with the vast, unregulated, malformed parasocial mob
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think present-day politics makes a lot more sense if we acknowledge that constant interactions on social media can rapidly evolve someone’s perception of reality and their political beliefs, as they try to conform with the vast, unregulated, malformed parasocial mob
The advice my lawyer friends give everytime I'm wondering about the nonsense in my family law case:
no, this is extremely very standard lawyer shit.
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The advice my lawyer friends give everytime I'm wondering about the nonsense in my family law case:
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Non-Democrats: Shouldn't the Democratic party try to fight, just a little.
Democratic leadership and many of their voters: WE CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES.
lolololol
Democratic leadership and many of their voters: WE CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES.
lolololol
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Non-Democrats: Shouldn't the Democratic party try to fight, just a little.
Democratic leadership and many of their voters: WE CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES.
lolololol
Democratic leadership and many of their voters: WE CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES.
lolololol
Pining for small town life? Buy from locals! When we all buy from each other, we all have work, money, and goods.
Remember, when you order something from Amazon, Jeff Bezos won't even notice the difference in his bank account. When you order something from an artist, you're helping them buy more art supplies, pay living expenses, or maybe even get a little treat.
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Pining for small town life? Buy from locals! When we all buy from each other, we all have work, money, and goods.
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Remember, when you order something from Amazon, Jeff Bezos won't even notice the difference in his bank account. When you order something from an artist, you're helping them buy more art supplies, pay living expenses, or maybe even get a little treat.
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Remember, when you order something from Amazon, Jeff Bezos won't even notice the difference in his bank account. When you order something from an artist, you're helping them buy more art supplies, pay living expenses, or maybe even get a little treat.
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The Hero: I'm on a quest to avenge the death of my Father!
The Warrior: You have my sword!
The Elf: And my bow!
The Dwarf: And my ax!
The Necromancer: And your father!
The Warrior: You have my sword!
The Elf: And my bow!
The Dwarf: And my ax!
The Necromancer: And your father!
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Hero: I'm on a quest to avenge the death of my Father!
The Warrior: You have my sword!
The Elf: And my bow!
The Dwarf: And my ax!
The Necromancer: And your father!
The Warrior: You have my sword!
The Elf: And my bow!
The Dwarf: And my ax!
The Necromancer: And your father!
This is, incidentally, why Bloomington Indiana sucks so badly right now for tenants, workers (hello, Starbucks), etc:
It pisses me off no end that the housing crisis I'm experiencing makes it damn near impossible for me to become a politician who can speak to that experience. It's becoming impossible to establish yourself in a community for long enough to earn that community's vote. #spéirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is, incidentally, why Bloomington Indiana sucks so badly right now for tenants, workers (hello, Starbucks), etc:
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Ken “good billionaires” Martin is on the job!
Do you support universal healthcare yes/no should be an easy primary talking point for Democratic challengers next year 🥰
Folks are tired of being told to accept less by people who regularly give in to fascists the second they get pushback.
Do you support universal healthcare yes/no should be an easy primary talking point for Democratic challengers next year 🥰
Folks are tired of being told to accept less by people who regularly give in to fascists the second they get pushback.
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ken “good billionaires” Martin is on the job!
Do you support universal healthcare yes/no should be an easy primary talking point for Democratic challengers next year 🥰
Folks are tired of being told to accept less by people who regularly give in to fascists the second they get pushback.
Do you support universal healthcare yes/no should be an easy primary talking point for Democratic challengers next year 🥰
Folks are tired of being told to accept less by people who regularly give in to fascists the second they get pushback.
Forever my rant about politics right now. Like, it's not even GOOD fascism. It's just grift and marketing. Like, they can't even stop marketing themselves enough to govern properly.
That's really what gets me. It's like they looked at all the problems and were like, "What policies and actions could we introduce to this situation to make it WORSE?" and then did just that but like, the stupidest way possible.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Forever my rant about politics right now. Like, it's not even GOOD fascism. It's just grift and marketing. Like, they can't even stop marketing themselves enough to govern properly.
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…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
Reminder: Almost every use case of generative AI, especially in the marketing sphere exists to solve the problem of having to hire humans to do something.
Another reminder: prices WILL GO UP. Like every market which gets "disrupted," the ease you enjoy now WILL get enshittified. Don't be shocked.
Another reminder: prices WILL GO UP. Like every market which gets "disrupted," the ease you enjoy now WILL get enshittified. Don't be shocked.
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reminder: Almost every use case of generative AI, especially in the marketing sphere exists to solve the problem of having to hire humans to do something.
Another reminder: prices WILL GO UP. Like every market which gets "disrupted," the ease you enjoy now WILL get enshittified. Don't be shocked.
Another reminder: prices WILL GO UP. Like every market which gets "disrupted," the ease you enjoy now WILL get enshittified. Don't be shocked.
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"What kind of future are we leaving for our children" is no longer asked. Billionaires and their cronies have evolved into beings that can't think more than six months out. Nobody is building anything to last or endure. Kids today are raised in a world where humans are sacrificed eagerly for profit.
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"What kind of future are we leaving for our children" is no longer asked. Billionaires and their cronies have evolved into beings that can't think more than six months out. Nobody is building anything to last or endure. Kids today are raised in a world where humans are sacrificed eagerly for profit.
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It’s so weird being a renter whose more permanent homeownership options are Off The Table because of this very issue when it’s the neighbors too entranced in the fantasy that My Value Can Only Go Up, There Will Be Someone Who Will Always Buy My Inflating Price
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It’s so weird being a renter whose more permanent homeownership options are Off The Table because of this very issue when it’s the neighbors too entranced in the fantasy that My Value Can Only Go Up, There Will Be Someone Who Will Always Buy My Inflating Price
The most common mistake I see marketers make in their messaging?
It's going after unaware audiences.
I promise you, you'll make more sales if you push your messaging to problem-solution awareness, and try talking to your BEST buyer first.
It's going after unaware audiences.
I promise you, you'll make more sales if you push your messaging to problem-solution awareness, and try talking to your BEST buyer first.
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The most common mistake I see marketers make in their messaging?
It's going after unaware audiences.
I promise you, you'll make more sales if you push your messaging to problem-solution awareness, and try talking to your BEST buyer first.
It's going after unaware audiences.
I promise you, you'll make more sales if you push your messaging to problem-solution awareness, and try talking to your BEST buyer first.
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The Govt of Venezuela has formally submitted a letter to OPEC claiming that the USA under Trump is attempting to seize their oil reserves through military force.
This is criminal. It is another war as Americans starve.
Dems need to demand GOP answer why they continue to stand by a fascist.
This is criminal. It is another war as Americans starve.
Dems need to demand GOP answer why they continue to stand by a fascist.
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Govt of Venezuela has formally submitted a letter to OPEC claiming that the USA under Trump is attempting to seize their oil reserves through military force.
This is criminal. It is another war as Americans starve.
Dems need to demand GOP answer why they continue to stand by a fascist.
This is criminal. It is another war as Americans starve.
Dems need to demand GOP answer why they continue to stand by a fascist.
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It’s wild that we thought the hip new futuristic invention was going to be flying cars when it turned out to be tech industry driven mass unemployment
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It’s wild that we thought the hip new futuristic invention was going to be flying cars when it turned out to be tech industry driven mass unemployment
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
I'm not sure what's normal in other states, but paying $100-$500 to a family lawyer for an hour for the luxury of being quoted $2k-$10k for a retainer is a WILD business practice to me.
No way is this working except that legal consumers *have* to get attorneys in Indiana to avoid litigation abuse.
No way is this working except that legal consumers *have* to get attorneys in Indiana to avoid litigation abuse.
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm not sure what's normal in other states, but paying $100-$500 to a family lawyer for an hour for the luxury of being quoted $2k-$10k for a retainer is a WILD business practice to me.
No way is this working except that legal consumers *have* to get attorneys in Indiana to avoid litigation abuse.
No way is this working except that legal consumers *have* to get attorneys in Indiana to avoid litigation abuse.
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The dems are focused on "winning in 2026". They don't seem to realize that 2026 will be irrelevant if they don't forcefully stand up to the administration NOW.
The party is still littered with types who think it's 1975.
The party is still littered with types who think it's 1975.
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The dems are focused on "winning in 2026". They don't seem to realize that 2026 will be irrelevant if they don't forcefully stand up to the administration NOW.
The party is still littered with types who think it's 1975.
The party is still littered with types who think it's 1975.
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BREAKING - IN House Republicans released this potential Congressional voting map, just 4 hrs before they begin session, that splits Marion County into FOUR districts. This new map is a blatant attempt to disenfranchise voters by diluting their votes, silencing the 40% of Democratic Hoosier voters.
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
BREAKING - IN House Republicans released this potential Congressional voting map, just 4 hrs before they begin session, that splits Marion County into FOUR districts. This new map is a blatant attempt to disenfranchise voters by diluting their votes, silencing the 40% of Democratic Hoosier voters.
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What if there's more to business success than firing workers? What if these, what's the word, consumers?, play an important role?
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What if there's more to business success than firing workers? What if these, what's the word, consumers?, play an important role?
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Excited to welcome these fine folks to the panel for tomorrow's HoosLeft This Week. We're talking US news in the 1st half and Indiana in the 2nd hour. THE progressive Sunday show for the Hoosier state goes live at 10:30am on FB Live, YouTube, and at hoosleft.us
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excited to welcome these fine folks to the panel for tomorrow's HoosLeft This Week. We're talking US news in the 1st half and Indiana in the 2nd hour. THE progressive Sunday show for the Hoosier state goes live at 10:30am on FB Live, YouTube, and at hoosleft.us
So, I live in Btown like a walk away from IU Bloomington. I rent. And I am gobsmacked that this town which is all like "let's preserve Bloomington character!" are doing NOTHING to curb the awful rent situation which WILL cause more local businesses to close.
Let me break it down...
Let me break it down...
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So, I live in Btown like a walk away from IU Bloomington. I rent. And I am gobsmacked that this town which is all like "let's preserve Bloomington character!" are doing NOTHING to curb the awful rent situation which WILL cause more local businesses to close.
Let me break it down...
Let me break it down...