Lisa Geiszler
@melovewarrior.bsky.social
Chronically ill/disabled poet, activist. A dancer in my dreams. 🦥🐌🐢Part of the go-slow, rest often club.
Leftists being prosecuted & jailed for what they believe. Meanwhile, Jan 6th insurrectionists go free! open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
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Every person in the US should see this interview & read this book. www.democracynow.org/2026/8/4/emm...
“If Emmett Till Lived”: Cultural Historian Sarah Lewis on New Book/Exhibit, Visit to Mississippi
More than 70 years after the kidnapping, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, a major new photography exhibit and companion book ask how the world would be different “If Emm...
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Mad folks need to see, look there's a whole bunch like you out here! You good! We're a valid type of person, not a mistake. Folks who go through what you go through are out there. Many of us live incredibly isolated lives & can't reveal a word of our true selves for fear of the violence of stigma.
I’ll be reading my essay on living with severe ME. Please join us. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
#MEAction Network@meactnet.bsky.social · yesterdayJoin the #UnitedForME collaborative (Bateman Horne Center, #MEAction Network, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF), Solve M.E.) with WIMEL guests for a special "Coffee" with a Clinician in honor of Severe ME Awareness Month on Aug 12 at 1 pm ET. Register: https://ow.ly/eV4u50ZwhXA #SevereME
Join the #UnitedForME collaborative (Bateman Horne Center, #MEAction Network, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF), Solve M.E.) with WIMEL guests for a special "Coffee" with a Clinician in honor of Severe ME Awareness Month on Aug 12 at 1 pm ET. Register: https://ow.ly/eV4u50ZwhXA #SevereME
Listen to hear more about the late, great Howard Zinn!! www.democracynow.org/2026/8/3/dav...
“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation, about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, chronicling the life and activism of the legendary histori...
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Can’t remember if I sent this out (hello brain 🧠 fog) #CripPoetry #DisabledPoetry youtube.com/watch?v=peSn...
We’re Still Here: Disabled Writers on Claiming Space
YouTube video by AWPWriter
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The U.S. is the only major wealthy nation not to guarantee healthcare to its citizens. This country has more wealth and power than any in modern history, yet 40% of American adults are struggling with medical debt. Countless more are postponing the care they need for fear of the cost. SHAME!!
THIS!! Powerful poem by Travis Chi Wing Lau! Check out his writing. www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-datab...
Pithy | Poetry Database | Split This Rock
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Thank you De-ICE Citizens Bank!!!! & Congratulations!!🎉 🥳🤗 www.democracynow.org/2026/7/30/ci...
Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign
A coalition of social justice organizations is celebrating a recent decision by Citizens Bank to divest from private prison companies that operate immigration jails for the federal government. The fin...
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Check this out!!! Virtual option!! I know where I’ll be Friday evening-in bed, grooving with my crip crew!! www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Disability Culture Lab Presents... Disability Culture Cabaret 2026
Co-hosted by Crushing Colonialism + Transform Gender CollectiveSponsored by Autistic People of Color Fund, Black Remote She, Crip the Law, Disability@Mozilla…
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I’ll be 60 at the end of the year & I live with my 87 year old mom so this is important to me. Maybe you too? open.substack.com/pub/beingsar...
Disability Justice and Elder Activism: Two Sides of the Same Coin
The ADA turns 36 this week. What I reported in 2022 about ageism and ableism — and what has moved since, in both directions.
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Disabled? Check out this great resource!! Especially as wildfires increase. And flooding. peopleoverpetro.org/project/enab...
Why We Prep: An Enabled Guide to Disaster Response
How can you have a seat at the table if you can’t even get through the door? This question feels even more pressing when you consider what it’s like to live with disabilities, the looming cli…
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As shirts, mug, pin, sticker, or magnets www.etsy.com/shop/Chronic... or www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1725...
I just signed this petition on OrganizeFor with @ColorOfChange. Will you join me? #O4
The other reason for the enshittification of products in US is the Supreme Court allowed arbitration clauses in contracts, which disallowed going to court. Then, they stopped class action suits making it near impossible to sue a company that cheats you. We need to change this. Call ☎️ your reps
Why products are shitty now: Private equity rolls up the small American companies that built reputations over decades. Conglomerates buy manufacturers and then buy the retailers. The brand names persist because brand names are the most valuable asset. The product is the thing that gets quietly worse
The brilliant Hanif Abdurraqib! Make sure you read “About This Poem” below the bio. poets.org/poem/how-can...
How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This
dear reader, with our heels digging into the good
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Obviously. Russell Vought is big trouble. He is Mr Project 2025 & is playing the groundwork for profound undemocratic change. Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Big Tech is building AI infrastructure in the world’s most polluting oil field, where Americans face mounting exposure to toxic emissions and regulators struggle to keep watch. www.levernews.com/the-ai-boom-...
Big Tech’s AI Boom Runs On Toxic Air
Big Tech is building AI infrastructure in the world’s most polluting oil field, where Americans face mounting exposure to toxic emissions and regulators struggle to keep watch.
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Please send in a comment to protect people with ME & Long COVID from losing Medicaid because they cannot fulfill a new mandate to work. #ME #ME/CFS #LC #DISABILITY docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Public Template for CMS public comment - Frail + Furious June 2026
Frail and Furious Community Template for Public Comments to CMS re their Interim Final Rule on Medicaid work requirements Call to action Public comment - template Instructions for submission Backgro...
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