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Alisa

@alisa-shea.bsky.social

Watercolor photorealist, bulldog enthusiast, reluctant Long Islander, fearful avoidant alisashea.com

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Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 6mo ago

If we want people to eat "healthier," we have to make it easier to find joy in things other than food. Like, by guaranteeing paid time off, increasing wages to reduce overwork, lowering housing costs to reduce commutes, and providing healthcare to ensure that bodies/minds are strong enough for fun.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 6mo ago

Food policing poor families isn't a win for nutrition--it's a loss for dignity and joy. As Brea Perry and I find in our research (see reply), low-income parents buy food treats for their kids because they want their kids to feel happy and normal--and they can't afford to do so in bigger ways.

Alisa@alisa-shea.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I think Syracuse should give my accepted student more money now because they've hurt my artist feelings 😉

Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P@clairezagorski.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“Sunsetting”, “reimagining”… Don’t let hand-wavy bullshit language distract you. This is the elimination of fields of academic study because the admins are afraid of the weakest and most disorganized president in modern history. Do not forget who the cowards were. dailyorange.com/2026/03/suns...

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 8mo ago

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

Alisa@alisa-shea.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Holy shit. This Kennedy Center speech is the worst I've ever seen him. It is CRIMINAL that people in government are watching this and not coming away saying this guy is completely incapacitated by dementia. This is shockingly bad, even by his standards

Andrea Junker@strandjunker.com · 12mo ago

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943