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Person of @LizzieTask. Organizer, unpaid + uninsured worker w an MBA & PhD & student debt, mistake maker, complexity holder, queer as in who I ♥️ + #anticapitalist #abolitionist #StopTheSweeps #HarmReduction #JustTransition
displaced from #bospoli => ME
displaced from #bospoli => ME
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Most of what I write on here is cringe which is why I get rid of it monthly more or less. But I sort of follow the cereal box rule: If a kid is reading the cereal box, let the kid read the cereal box.
If someone who writes is writing the TL, let them write the TL. Even if it is me & cringe.
If someone who writes is writing the TL, let them write the TL. Even if it is me & cringe.
We don’t have to “imagine” or “reimagine” so many things — we need to acknowledge the positive deviants — those of us already living outside of systems others see as inevitable
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We don’t have to “imagine” or “reimagine” so many things — we need to acknowledge the positive deviants — those of us already living outside of systems others see as inevitable
I just went to Portland, ME. It’s not far but there is rarely a reason. Even though my town has cops — and lots of them — it always reminds me of my months of no-cops in 2020 in rural ME & VT.
It’s not normal to have an occupying force. We don’t need cops. Abolish the police. All of them.
It’s not normal to have an occupying force. We don’t need cops. Abolish the police. All of them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I just went to Portland, ME. It’s not far but there is rarely a reason. Even though my town has cops — and lots of them — it always reminds me of my months of no-cops in 2020 in rural ME & VT.
It’s not normal to have an occupying force. We don’t need cops. Abolish the police. All of them.
It’s not normal to have an occupying force. We don’t need cops. Abolish the police. All of them.
I’ve been writing these love letters — this one in particular that I think is now “done”
And my good activist thought was: how do I make this accessible?
But I think i am: how do I model or accompany someone going through weeks, months, years, and decades to get to a single letter w no “outcome”
And my good activist thought was: how do I make this accessible?
But I think i am: how do I model or accompany someone going through weeks, months, years, and decades to get to a single letter w no “outcome”
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’ve been writing these love letters — this one in particular that I think is now “done”
And my good activist thought was: how do I make this accessible?
But I think i am: how do I model or accompany someone going through weeks, months, years, and decades to get to a single letter w no “outcome”
And my good activist thought was: how do I make this accessible?
But I think i am: how do I model or accompany someone going through weeks, months, years, and decades to get to a single letter w no “outcome”
My training as a poet serves my well because sometimes the silence hits like a good line break
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My training as a poet serves my well because sometimes the silence hits like a good line break
The wild thing, looking back at electoral work, is you have to raise $250K+ to basically get someone a job
At best they do a mediocre job at that job
At worst they enact policy violence and kill your friends & comrades
On the democratic side
At best they do a mediocre job at that job
At worst they enact policy violence and kill your friends & comrades
On the democratic side
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The wild thing, looking back at electoral work, is you have to raise $250K+ to basically get someone a job
At best they do a mediocre job at that job
At worst they enact policy violence and kill your friends & comrades
On the democratic side
At best they do a mediocre job at that job
At worst they enact policy violence and kill your friends & comrades
On the democratic side
You just asked me for feedback in a document that does not allow people to give feedback.
Good morning to all the unpaid organizers in my feed. I love you.
Good morning to all the unpaid organizers in my feed. I love you.
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
You just asked me for feedback in a document that does not allow people to give feedback.
Good morning to all the unpaid organizers in my feed. I love you.
Good morning to all the unpaid organizers in my feed. I love you.
Also there is a wild LinkedIn post where people are talking about only having done/doing social justice work because they are paid for it. Some heavy players for decades and I did not know. I mean, you could be paid to do other things. Stop running foundations with a *potential* of leftist good
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Also there is a wild LinkedIn post where people are talking about only having done/doing social justice work because they are paid for it. Some heavy players for decades and I did not know. I mean, you could be paid to do other things. Stop running foundations with a *potential* of leftist good
I’ve done a lot of work being “the bridge” between communities without ever being welcomed into community. That labor has taken it’s tool. And I’m grateful for each experience I’ve had because I’ve grown incredibly but it’s been very lonely hard work. And it’s happening again.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I’ve done a lot of work being “the bridge” between communities without ever being welcomed into community. That labor has taken it’s tool. And I’m grateful for each experience I’ve had because I’ve grown incredibly but it’s been very lonely hard work. And it’s happening again.
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ROCKLAND — The City Council gave preliminary approval Monday night, Nov. 10 a local ordinance that bars municipal employees from assisting federal immigration agents unless there is a judicial order….
A formal public hearing and final vote are scheduled for Dec. 8.
#Maine #ICE
A formal public hearing and final vote are scheduled for Dec. 8.
#Maine #ICE
Rockland Council Gives Initial OK to Law to Limit City's Assistance to Immigration Officers
ROCKLAND — The City Council gave preliminary approval Monday night, Nov. 10 a local ordinance that bars municipal employees from assisting federal immigration agents unless there is a judicial order.
www.midcoastvillager.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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The vote came after an hour of comments from St. George residents who filled both an upstairs meeting room and a meeting room in the lower level of the town office. The town had video and audio equipment to allow people on the lower level to be heard by the Board in the upstairs meeting room. #Maine
St. George Select Board Narrowly Keeps Policy to Allow Third Grader to Play on Girls Team
ST. GEORGE — The Select Board voted 3-2 Monday night Nov. 10 to follow state law and allow a third grade student, who was assigned male at birth and identifies
www.midcoastvillager.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The vote came after an hour of comments from St. George residents who filled both an upstairs meeting room and a meeting room in the lower level of the town office. The town had video and audio equipment to allow people on the lower level to be heard by the Board in the upstairs meeting room. #Maine
Activists I need you to understand that other activists can’t just “grab coffee.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Activists I need you to understand that other activists can’t just “grab coffee.”
Maybe living isolated without income, cops, healthcare, has been good for me in ways I couldn’t see. It is really painful but I knew I could do it for 5 years — I counted on others also doing it for 5 years so we would have fewer airborne illnesses but also be in a place with fewer cops given 2020.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Maybe living isolated without income, cops, healthcare, has been good for me in ways I couldn’t see. It is really painful but I knew I could do it for 5 years — I counted on others also doing it for 5 years so we would have fewer airborne illnesses but also be in a place with fewer cops given 2020.
Also to get through this nightmare with the calm I did feels like I gift of practice for things to come. I have not handled all with such ease.
Also, I am exhausted.
Also, I am exhausted.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Also to get through this nightmare with the calm I did feels like I gift of practice for things to come. I have not handled all with such ease.
Also, I am exhausted.
Also, I am exhausted.
I’m slow to get things — and by get things — I mean deeply comprehend them in some connecting level within and beyond myself but on mornings like these I am both grateful for my ability to be patient with myself over years, and hope others are giving me grace and committing to their own unlearning
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I’m slow to get things — and by get things — I mean deeply comprehend them in some connecting level within and beyond myself but on mornings like these I am both grateful for my ability to be patient with myself over years, and hope others are giving me grace and committing to their own unlearning
I’ve had nightmares all night and each time I wake I’m convinced that getting a paper planner is the answer
As I write this, I realize how terrible the proton calendar actually is
As I write this, I realize how terrible the proton calendar actually is
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’ve had nightmares all night and each time I wake I’m convinced that getting a paper planner is the answer
As I write this, I realize how terrible the proton calendar actually is
As I write this, I realize how terrible the proton calendar actually is
When you tell people the way they can get paid work is to have these “portfolios” of un and low-paid work first we end up with a lot of duplicative “experiments” on-the-ground that are more failed corporate than movement
I believe in the conductor-less orchestra but no one has the score
I believe in the conductor-less orchestra but no one has the score
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
When you tell people the way they can get paid work is to have these “portfolios” of un and low-paid work first we end up with a lot of duplicative “experiments” on-the-ground that are more failed corporate than movement
I believe in the conductor-less orchestra but no one has the score
I believe in the conductor-less orchestra but no one has the score
Seriously is the use of “Reply To All” some new organizing joke that is lost on me?
My heart: loving curiosity
My always-on thought bubble: ghouls
My heart: loving curiosity
My always-on thought bubble: ghouls
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Seriously is the use of “Reply To All” some new organizing joke that is lost on me?
My heart: loving curiosity
My always-on thought bubble: ghouls
My heart: loving curiosity
My always-on thought bubble: ghouls
And also drive unsafe cars & trucks & other moving things
A huge chunk of Americans absolutely do not understand how people too poor to own a car live in places without public transportation.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
And also drive unsafe cars & trucks & other moving things
Organizers,
BCC is your comrade
Reply to All is not
With love & solidarity,
An organizer
BCC is your comrade
Reply to All is not
With love & solidarity,
An organizer
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Organizers,
BCC is your comrade
Reply to All is not
With love & solidarity,
An organizer
BCC is your comrade
Reply to All is not
With love & solidarity,
An organizer
I was just thinking of the African call & response tradition as it has related to my experience as a US activist in so many ways and why ghosting is such a gut-punch in this tradition
People, especially but not only Black activists, put out calls and others literally scroll by
People, especially but not only Black activists, put out calls and others literally scroll by
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I was just thinking of the African call & response tradition as it has related to my experience as a US activist in so many ways and why ghosting is such a gut-punch in this tradition
People, especially but not only Black activists, put out calls and others literally scroll by
People, especially but not only Black activists, put out calls and others literally scroll by
Trying to decide if I should chop off all of my hair because it’s a pain to wash with shoulder pain.
Answer: no
Answer: no
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Trying to decide if I should chop off all of my hair because it’s a pain to wash with shoulder pain.
Answer: no
Answer: no
Sometimes the sauce for a dish eludes me. Rarely but occasionally so I turn to, perhaps, fruit vinegar.
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sometimes the sauce for a dish eludes me. Rarely but occasionally so I turn to, perhaps, fruit vinegar.
Your air travel was not in my name
Sincerely,
Your food-insecure, SNAP-receiving constituent
Sincerely,
Your food-insecure, SNAP-receiving constituent
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Your air travel was not in my name
Sincerely,
Your food-insecure, SNAP-receiving constituent
Sincerely,
Your food-insecure, SNAP-receiving constituent
sending love & holding in my heart all of us who are queer and trans in midcoast maine especially our young people. we have so much love for each other. let’s keep each other safe through this fight
a third grader needs to live her fullest life and play basketball. she needs all of us on the court
a third grader needs to live her fullest life and play basketball. she needs all of us on the court
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
sending love & holding in my heart all of us who are queer and trans in midcoast maine especially our young people. we have so much love for each other. let’s keep each other safe through this fight
a third grader needs to live her fullest life and play basketball. she needs all of us on the court
a third grader needs to live her fullest life and play basketball. she needs all of us on the court
The lack of strategy is killing us.
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The lack of strategy is killing us.