Tucson Lisa

Alas, no Bernie/AOC rally for me. I arrived 50 min early for the Bernie/AOC rally and the line is already wrapped all he way around Catalina HS then stretches east down Elm to Alvernon. Ah well.

This.

A faun-colored greyhound is sleeping on a blue sofa. It looks like his head is missing because it’s under the sofa pillow.

Sometimes ya just gotta take a break from the news.

(This is our greyhound Max.)

How it started. How it’s going.

The President is on the verge of signing an illegal executive order to eliminate the Dept of Education. In no universe will this help our kids succeed.

Call your Senators and your Rep in the House and demand they do what they can to protect the Dept of Education!

Musk Flips Privacy Script for DOGE as He Complains About Doxxing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, accused of unprecedented violations of privacy laws by accessing Americans’ most sensitive personal data, is claiming the public disclosure of its empl...

Low-level government employees with little discretion can generally claim privacy protections from public oversight, but staff in more senior roles or with more power fall within a separate bucket, EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @bloomberglaw.com.

Oooh.

2/2: Sure, BlueSky is not like FB. Most of my locals aren’t here yet. What you can do is find & follow people who are saying what corrupted media like the WaPo aren’t telling you. You can find posts from the brave people who are in the trenches finding ways to push back. #muchlove #resist

1/2: A note about what new social media is like. U have to work at it. If you just go there & lurk youll be disappointed with what you see. But they’re are also an opportunity. When there are no algorithms forcing what’s on your timeline we have the chance to make it what we want & need it to be.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Yeah, but without the cleavage.

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Dammitall, Sen Gallego!

As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.

Yard Signs All yard signs are made from coroplast, printed on a single side, and measure 24″ wide by 18″ tall. Each sign can be ordered in bulk quantities, with or without H-stakes for outdoor mounting.

Yo Tucson, if you’re looking for pre-printed resistance signs, check out: peacesupplies.org/product-cate... it’s allied with The Gloo Factory, a unionized print shop.

Yes I typed this on fb… I wish we had more characters here.

A small lake (pond, really) at twilight. An enormous pine tree and two people fishing are silhouetted against the water.

A small lake (pond, really) at twilight. The lake is ringed by trees, most notably huge pines and eucalyptus trees. You can see the Catalina mountains in the distance.

A small lake (pond, really) at twilight, with a tall palm tree on the left. Lights from the park and some houses are casting lights that are reflected in the water. You can see the silhouette of the Tucson mountains are in the distance.

Some therapy in the midst of the day’s news: one of our favorite walks, twilight at Silverbell Lake.

this week's cover is on point

ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social

Yes.

If you are a federal employee then pin this post & copy the link. This living resource will help you plan for what is coming. It covers prepping for terminations, paths forward, legal actions, lawyers, reporters & news agencies, etc.

bit.ly/getreadyfed

Rep Ilhan Omar, you are my hero. This is the best, most crystalline, roaring speech about where we stand right now. Absolutely fearless.

www.instagram.com/reel/DFoFWtO...

From the economicCollapse community on Reddit: Massive anti-Trump/Musk protests at Union Square in New York City. Explore this post and more from the economicCollapse community

Massive anti-Trump rally at NYC Washington Square on Presidents Day.

www.reddit.com/r/economicCo...

A shady yard with a brightly colored table and chairs, and against the earth-brown house there’s an orange table and several shades of blue pots.

A shady yard with potted plants in the foreground, looking west toward a metal gate. Beyond the gate you can see natural desert and blue mountains.

A dark metal arched pergola with lacy, white metal chairs and a table beneath. Vines are growing at the pergola’s four corners, and pots of irises in form a backdrop for the chairs. The wall behind everything is painted mauve.

Two turquoise chairs on the patio of an earth-brown house. The patio floor is covered with a very bright orange and blue patterned rug. To the right of the seating area there are desert aloes in bright blue and green pots, and round-ish green ceramic accents painted to look like barrel cacti.

Spring is springing in our yard! The welcome shade is from an enormous olive tree.

Trying to balance anger and fear with daily small joys feels like fiddling while Rome burns.

Person in black cryptid costume holding up a sign that reads Cryptids against oligarchy Take this as an omen Mothman

Mothman warning.

If you think protesting is boomer cringe, I get it. So find something else to do that makes Tesla's brand toxic. Make art, leave bad reviews, use your imagination. Tesla's business is weak, and if we can make it weaker, the stock will fall and wipe out his fragile paper fortune. Every bit helps!

I wanted SO much to love it (but didn’t).

It’s nice that the Target founder’s heirs oppose canceling DEI & sidelining Black-owned products, but they don’t run the company—and Target has made its stance clear.

@Target.com: There’s nothing you sell that I can’t find elsewhere. I don’t shop where I’m not welcome. You’ve already been replaced.