Liz Roemer

Wide-eyed burrowing owlet with dilated pupils looking up at the camera.

Good morning! 🪶

[image of a lotus bud surrounded by lily pads] My every pore reached out like a hand pointing to the first unsinkable lotus in the bayou of the universe. - Andrea Gibson [image by Josh Bartok - @shobophoto on Instagram)

I’ve been feeling inspired by lotuses.

[image of a lotus bud surrounded by lily pads] My every pore reached out like a hand pointing to the first unsinkable lotus in the bayou of the universe. - Andrea Gibson [image by Josh Bartok - @shobophoto on Instagram)

I’ve been feeling inspired by lotuses.

Yes, exactly! Love the tattoo. 😊

“Perhaps it’s possible—even as we notice and honor the pain, suffering, and hurt all around us—that we might cultivate, look for, and touch small moments of joy, brightness, relief, and release.” 👇🏻👇🏻

Thank you! 😊

Blooming in the Mud Inspired by the example of a lotus growing amid mud, we can notice and cultivate joy and awe amid pain and suffering, preparing us to thrive.

@joshbartok.bsky.social and I wrote about cultivating joy amid suffering for @psychologytoday.com

#therapysky #psychscisky www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind... Blooming in the Mud | Psychology Today

7 black-eyed Susans with red around the black center, a few black eyed susans below them that are yellow, green leaves in the background

These made me smile today. 🌼

Warren should have pointed out that her state, Massachusetts, raised taxes on millionaires not by 2% like Mamdani wants, but by 4%. The result? Massachusetts saw a 39% INCREASE in millionaires, a drop in poverty, & a growing economy.

Stop trusting billionaires. Start taxing them outta existence.

Solar is not the Whole Foods of energy--nice but pricey
It's the Costco of power--cheap, on the shelf, available in bulk
Spread the word on @sundayofaction.bsky.social Sun Day!

The book cover for Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis, Edited by Kelly Hayes. The book cover features an artistic rendering of a person with long hair wading into a body of water at night in a wilderness.

Hey fam, my new book, Read This When Things Fall Apart, comes out in three months. That means now is the critical window for preorders, which help get books on shelves, in libraries, and into the hands of the people who need them most. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/vCQt68D...

Inside the Crisis at the Anti-Defamation League The group used to believe the rights of Jews were inextricable from the rights of everyone else. Its war against anti-Zionism has changed everything.

This is a must read on how the ADL radicalized itself under Jonathan Greenblatt and became a deeply illiberal and authoritarian organization solely committed to censoring its critics and shielding Israel from criticism.

nymag.com/intelligence...

Fledgling cedar waxwings (black eye mask, light belly, brown body, yellow line on tail, crest)

Adult cedar waxwing (black eye mask, yellow belly, warm brown head) with a red berry in their mouth and a feeling next to them (brown with crest and black eye mask and yellow beak)

@lizroemer.bsky.social and I saw our first fledgling cedar waxwing today! 🪶

Please support Alaa's family and their fight for survival.

As an alum, I really hope Northwestern makes a stand here. But they’ve already made terrible decisions, so I’m not hopeful.

ADL Musk

I spoke with 40+ sources for a look inside the Anti-Defamation League. Here’s some of what I found.

ADL’s gentle response to Elon Musk’s infamous salute was partially driven by his support of Israel. To ADL, that indicated he didn’t have “antisemitic tendencies.” (1/x)

nymag.com/intelligence...

I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible

“Under this definition of antisemitism… it is impossible to teach about topics such as the history of the creation of Israel, and the ongoing Palestinian Nakba, culminating in the genocide being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza with the connivance and support of the US and much of western Europe.”

Antisemitism training designed by pro-Israel groups is becoming compulsory at US colleges. What’s in it? Training asks students to attribute the statement ‘every time I read Hitler, I fall in love’ to an ‘anti-Israel activist’

🗞️ In The Guardian: Universities and Trump may be endangering Jews because they are “allowing antisemitism to be used for other political purposes,” says J Street President @jeremybenami.bsky.social.

"Basic values of academic freedom require that the scholarly content of courses, programs, and research endeavors remain under the authority of faculty and not be subject to direction of monitoring by authorities outside the university."

Good on the signatories. Shouldn't have to be said, but does.

Especially since DEI is coded for Black. They are pitting Black folks against Jewish folks. Mis/disinformation campaigns on social media are supporting so much of the divisive discourse.

I encourage people to read the ransom contract between the Trump regime and Brown and to consider the sheer madness we have reached, whereby private institutions are being extorted to cut off programming for disfavored groups ("DEI") and start new programming for favored groups (Jews). 1/

Am a broken record on this but do we think “your university is losing money and jobs because of The Jews for whom there are special exceptions to the rules” encourages or discourages antisemitism newrepublic.com/article/1925...

one cool thing about Scandinavian countries with comprehensive public health insurance is places like Denmark can do a study on… everybody and conclude that yes COVID vaccines are safe

Horrifying.

One of the most dangerous tropes in political media is how the only Jewish voices that matter are the most right-wing ones, hence the ease with which reporters assumed Jews are scared of Mamdani. (This is also how Jewish protestors were erased from the discourse about antisemitism on campuses.)

Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?

1/ Important piece by @billmckibben.bsky.social out today: Trump is trying to kill rooftop solar (with an assist from @gavinnewsom.bsky.social). Here's what to know, and how to fight back: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Also in Zenith Research/Public Progress Solutions poll:

Mamdani has 43% of the Jewish vote, including 67% among younger Jewish voters aged 18-44.

Cuomo at 26%, and 33% among Conservative/Orthodox Jews.

Adams at 15% with Jews, at 27% with Con/Ortho.

Mamdani has 21% among Ortho.

(Sample 152 LV)

A little blue heron (two toned beak with black tip, purple-maroon head and neck, slate blue body) looking to the right, reflecting in the water.

We saw our first little blue heron in Scarborough Marsh, Maine, US on Sunday! 🪶

Update on treatment of Handala detainees:

“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”

As rooftop solar gets hammered, virtual power plants offer a way… VPPs built out of home solar and battery systems could bolster the overtaxed power grid, lower energy costs for consumers, and help invigorate a…

Home solar-and-battery virtual power plants are stopping blackouts in Puerto Rico, saving millions in power costs in New England and denting grid peaks in California. Can more states embrace this ground-up solution to a GOP-caused energy crisis?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...
#energysky