Liza Welsh

Got my boosters, no side effects, and now I’m protected again. Honestly, worth asking your doctor if it’s something you should check too.

Guess who wasn’t actually immune to childhood diseases anymore...

Even though I got my vaccines as a kid, recent bloodwork showed I had zero immunity left to chickenpox or MMR (measles, mumps, rubella). Total shock.

The only people looking forward to the rapture more than Christian fundamentalists are ALL OF THE REST OF US who would fucking love to wake up one day and find that we finally don't have to deal with them.

Fat Bear Week 2025 Fat Bear Week 2025

It's that time of year!

The one week when we, as anarchists, will be reminding you all to VOTE!

Please make your voice heard in this all-important election.

(We would not dream of telling you HOW to vote. What's important is the process. And bears getting so so fat.)

explore.org/fat-bear-wee...

Excerpt from "First Love" by Andrea Gibson:

"My straight friends tease me
because all my best friends
are my ex loves,
but a wise heart told me
it’s the most tender part
of queerness—how we’ve all lost
so much family when we find people
we call family, we’ll do almost anything
to not let go."

I cried too much. I cried tears of inspiration, joy, exhaustion, grief, and hope.

I am still sitting with big questions. How do I reconnect with parts of myself that have gone quiet? Where do I belong, physically and spiritually, in this next chapter? What is next for my work and my community?

But this weekend, on the California coast in Fort Bragg, in an ethereal setting of cliffs, ocean, and fog, on the autumn equinox, I danced more than I have in a long time. Jisel & Abra's wedding was filled with queer love, college friends, and chosen family.

This year has been heavy. Politically, personally, and energetically. The rise of fascism in this country seeps into our bodies, and I have felt it as fatigue, flareups, frustrations at home and at work, and an inability to be fully present.
At Burning Man this year I did not dance at all. Not once.

Spartan Race The 2025 Spartan Race being hosted on August 23 and 24, 2025 in the city of Elk Grove, California will be allowing Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to recruit at the event, and at Spartan Race events ...

Why is a race event that should be fun and welcoming to all partnering with CBP at races around the country? Send Spartan Race a message and tell them how you feel about them helping Trump build a domestic kidnapping force.

actionnetwork.org/letters/spar...

we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid

I said “their,” but I also mean “our.” Things are not great in Trinity County right now, AND if California redistricts as a counterstrike against Texas, we’ll likely be in the same district as our neighbors to the east.

LaMalfa is trash and the BBB has hit rural NorCal hard. LaMalfa betrays his constituents constantly. His support for the Trump agenda threatens their jobs, healthcare, communications infrastructure, access to the commons (public lands) and more.

For so many reasons, it's time for him to go.

Hundreds boo GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa at raucous Northern California town hall The seven-term North State congressman is one of five Republican members of Congress California Democrats are targeting in a redistricting effort.

This sparks joy.

Humboldt and Trinity are districted under CA AD02 (Jared Huffman), but what affects our neighbors affects us.

Solidarity with my organizer friends (and everyone else) who turned out!

Loving this series!

Our weather stations:

Eureka - 62 degrees
Hyampom - 106 degrees

The stations are 38 miles apart with a 6,000 ft. mountain ridge in between. Too bad I needed to be in the hot place today.

I have a new project, Seeds & Systems. Please check it out, and add @seedsandsystems.bsky.social here and on Substack to follow along!

Right now in midtown, Zohran Mamdani accepts the endorsement of unions that had previously lined up behind Cuomo.

Refers to yesterday’s results as a “mandate.” Says he’s not only going to fight on behalf of unions, but also of New Yorkers that are also being abducted by ICE in Lower Manhattan.

As someone who coordinates and facilitates MANY MANY MEETINGS, I endorse every point made thus far in this podcast. Check it out!

A poster with a cat and the words: THE WRONG AMAZON IS BURNING THE WRONG ICE Is MELTING

Good morning 🫡