Lizz Bacon

In 1980, 11 percent of national income was received by the top 1 percent in the United States, compared with 21 percent received by the bottom 50 percent. In 2016, 20 percent of national income was received by the top 1 percent in the United States, compared with 13 percent received by the bottom 50 percent.

If someone asked me to give them only one chart that explained the background conditions that facilitated Trumpism, this is the one I'd pick.

My new band name is The Put Upon

Women’s makeup styles right now are having an extreme barbie doll moment: super shiny plastic texture.

Equilibrium is a mix of balance and flexibility.

Our bodies have a lineage by virtue of all our ancestors. Our souls have a lineage by virtue of all the contexts they have existed within.

It’s hard to escape the dawning realization that part of the goal of Google’s AI Overview is to simply eradicate the concept of anyone else having any kind of website at all.

Why click on a link & explore when Google told you the answer & you didn’t know it was wrong?

NPCs is of-the-moment used for this general purpose

If as President you answer “I don’t know” when asked if you’ll follow the Constitution, you have violated your oath of office and should be removed.

Hertz used to be my go-to car rental co, but in the past few years their software touchpoints have become riddled with bugs, and are extremely non-performant. Hope it sorts out quickly!

The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐

My new band name is Pockets of Butter #bandname

Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom

“[H]ealing isn’t about closure. It is about openness. It is about a profound vulnerability that releases us from the need to hide from anything, and that ultimately leads us to freedom.” - Bonnie O’Brien Jonsson (in the Spring 2025 Tricycle magazine)

“You can’t think your way into proper behavior. You have to behave your way into proper thinking.” - George Mumford (as paraphrased from his Spring 2025 interview in Tricycle magazine)

If you see this, post 2 photos from your camera roll that inexplicably have the same energy

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

“What’s all this love of arguing? No one ever convinces anyone else.” - Leo Tolstoy, in Anna Karenina

Citizens United vs FEC led directly to this enshittification of our nation-state. So how do we flip the script?

This gave me chills!

I attended a great panel hosted by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on Monday. I don't recall who said it but they mentioned the Resistance is like a dam holding back water. Then they said, "We are not the dam. We are the water." Mind blown. YES!

432hz medicine A sound bath

Sharing some 432hz healing magic with you all: open.substack.com/pub/ebacon/p...

I'm shocked to think the U.S. might actually ban TikTok so I rushed over to the app to get me some before it disappears. Two hours passed and now I have the attention span of a gnat, but hey, I learned a new dance routine and what my type of man is. 🤷‍♀️

My sentiments

Let’s transform the American healthcare industrial complex: visit devise.substack.com to learn about a great alternative model in Australia. How might we make this happen?

Black text on green background displays a quote from Walter Benjamin reading: "Attention is the silent prayer of the soul." Beneath that a question is posed: "So we must ask ourselves, what are we worshipping in each moment?"