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Lisa Cheby

@lisacheby.bsky.social

#Poet, #Librarian, Daughter of Immigrants, author of 3 chapbooks from dancinggirlpress.com Librarian Lisa: https://linktr.ee/LibrarianCheby Poet Lisa: https://linktr.ee/lisaevecheby

163 Followers  |  228 Following  |  27 Posts  |  Joined: 10.08.2023  |  1.5847

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Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.

10.01.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15763    πŸ” 3275    πŸ’¬ 289    πŸ“Œ 159
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records OpenAI's biggest play into the burgeoning health AI market is here.

"OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Wants Access to Your Medical Records"

Oh, wow. The absolute privacy nightmare that this tech is, getting fed ppls sensitive medical info.

Sure - no way that ends badly! #AiIsTheProblem #TechLit

gizmodo.com/openai-launc...

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AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunityβ€”and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.

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2020 Academy of American Poets Prize On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by RenΓ©e Nicole Macklin

This poem is by the woman ICE murdered.

poets.org/2020-on-lear...

08.01.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Get ICE out of our communities and keep our neighbors safe Text SIGN PMPHZC to 50409 to send this to your officials.

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STOP Trump's invasions and misuse of the military Text SIGN PQFGOY to 50409 to send this to your officials.

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08.01.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œPlants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through.” - Katherine May, Wintering ...

19.12.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I should log in her more LOL

19.12.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lisa Eve Cheby: β€œWitnessing” - Cultural Daily "Witnessing," a new poem by Lisa Eve Cheby: "I only wanted to imagine a world of liberation and joy, / not how to integrate the mundane with the horrific."

Read this stunner from @lisacheby.bsky.social
www.culturaldaily.com/lisa-eve-che...

19.08.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor imposed a nationwide β€œDon’t Say Gay” effectβ€”letting parents opt kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons and pressuring schools to erase queer voices.

As the only real teacher in this race for CA State Superintendent, I know what’s at stake. Join me tomorrow.

28.06.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Newspaper coverage of librarians protesting a lack of librarians in Philadelphia schools.

Newspaper coverage of librarians protesting a lack of librarians in Philadelphia schools.

Proud to protest the lack of #librarians in Philadelphia schools. To learn more, hear this conversation with Philadelphia Association to Restore #schoollibrarians!https://apple.co/3ZD0b9R

28.06.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join me on June 14

While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/fJcqfbE1

09.06.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’š available now though their official birthday is a week from today πŸ’š

08.04.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

24 hours and 18+minutes @booker.senate.gov stood up and spoke up for democracy. Amazing.

01.04.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two men on a porch one of whom is saying " let 's go boy " Alt: two men on a porch one of whom is saying " let 's go boy "

Sen. @corybooker.com just hit the 24-hour mark!!! Only 19 minutes to go to beat the Senate filibuster record by Strom Thurmond.

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Six women smiling towards the camera

Six women smiling towards the camera

So moving to commemorate the pandemic with these women Romaine Washington, @katemaru.bsky.social Noriko Nakada Hazel Kight Witham and @lisacheby.bsky.social who organized it all w Beyond Baroque around her chapbook Contact Tracing

10.03.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI am forced to speak the language/of men…” @lisacheby.bsky.social reads from her poetic essay PERFECT DARK from #ExpoReview, Vol. VIII: β€œLines” at our #ExpoPresents 10-year anniversary party. Read along: tinyurl.com/ExpoPerfect! #AWP25

28.03.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIf you don’t know what a database is, ask a librarian.” - @lisacheby.bsky.social at #awp25

29.03.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œOne of the ways we censor books: We don’t fund our libraries.” - @lisacheby.bsky.social at #awp25

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πŸ’₯πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ί Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor OrbΓ‘n’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.

They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.

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Pink background with "Save the Date" in green and "Upcoming readings" in black and the following dates in dusty rose: 

March 8th, 2pm at Beyond Baroque 

March 15th, 11am, Altadena Poet Laureate Event, Location TBA 

April 19th, 3pm at Campo De Cahuenga 

Registration & Details https://linktr.ee/lisaevecheby

Pink background with "Save the Date" in green and "Upcoming readings" in black and the following dates in dusty rose: March 8th, 2pm at Beyond Baroque March 15th, 11am, Altadena Poet Laureate Event, Location TBA April 19th, 3pm at Campo De Cahuenga Registration & Details https://linktr.ee/lisaevecheby

At the 5 year anniversary of the world retreating due to Covid19, we need to draw from what we learned about our resilience as individuals and in community. I will read from Contact Tracing at 3 upcoming readings. Mark the dates. Go to
linktr.ee/lisaevecheby for details and registration.

26.02.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's been 5 years since our lives were upended by the Covid19 Pandemic. Everyone has their own story. Come hear ours and. Join us in person or on zoom. I am so grateful to read with these amazing writers at the historic @bblitarts.bsky.social. @katemaru.bsky.social @ladeziree.bsky.social

15.02.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Honored to be in this lineup of writers as we read from lockdown. I’ll be reading from @rdspress SAFER from BLEAK HOUSES March 8, 2pm @bblitarts ! @lisacheby.bsky.social @ladeziree.bsky.social Hazel Kight Witham Noriko Nakada & Romaine Washington

15.02.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to announce the re-release of my chapbooks through Strikethrough Press: Contract Tracing, Buffy Averts a Mid-Life Apocalypse, and, for it's 10th anniversary, Love Lessons from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Thank you Noriko Nakada for making my books stay available! bookshop.org/lists/lisa-e...

12.02.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œBeyond Mango Street: Updating and Diversifying Your 6-12 Curriculum” with Luivette Resto and Angie NevΓ‘rez. March 12 5:00- 6:30 RSVP for in-person at Library Events library.csun.edu/events
@gomatadors.bsky.social
@lausdlms.bsky.social
@4csla.bsky.social
@aaslala.bsky.social

11.02.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The lists are actually for the country as a whole and include spots we know well, but the point is that I would not trust AI to spew out a mishmash of dated listicles when you can actually find out the information from trusted humans and sources.

09.02.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@alilauer.bsky.social

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An image featuring a text box with a tip from the AASL. The text suggests ways to entice students to collaborate by asking them which standards they like and offering creative idea(s) like a BreakoutEDU or escape room session. It includes a signature from Sarah Somsbury, DeKalb County School District. The background is a gradient of purple hues, and there is a watermark with the AASL logo at the bottom right.

An image featuring a text box with a tip from the AASL. The text suggests ways to entice students to collaborate by asking them which standards they like and offering creative idea(s) like a BreakoutEDU or escape room session. It includes a signature from Sarah Somsbury, DeKalb County School District. The background is a gradient of purple hues, and there is a watermark with the AASL logo at the bottom right.

How do you encourage reluctant collaborators? Sign up for AASL Friday Forecast to receive tips in your email inbox weekly: bit.ly/3YQnwmv. Want to see an archive of tips shared? Visit: bit.ly/4hEWze2.

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As we celebrate Black History Month, we remember Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance figure and librarian at Fisk University, who preserved Black culture and history for future generations. #BlackHistoryMonth #CulturalPreservation

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