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Lori Lipsman (she/her)
@lorihere.bsky.social
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creative + social & enviornmental activiist
My FREE ART project challenges the commodification of art. What else could an anti-capitalist do!
https://lorilipsman.blogspot.com
#freeart #art #WomensArt
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NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.

w/ @regret.bsky.social
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
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@kennedyhrc.bsky.social
Thank you for highlighting this.
US adopts policy of enforced disappearance of people in immigration detention: report to UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances - Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
This report asks the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) to declare the US government to end its policy of enforced disappearance of people in ICE detention.
kennedyhumanrights.org
October 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
My husband asked what the plan for Rikers Island is, once NYC grows the Prison Industrial Complex with new inhumane facilities for incarceration.
The only thing I could think of is, for billionaires, either housing or a resort?
www.dezeen.com/2026/09/21/d...
The design behind New York City's four borough jails
New York plans to relocate inmates from Rikers Island into four new jails. Dezeen looks at the architecture studios and design behind the projects.
www.dezeen.com
September 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
Capitalism and the prison industrial complex need to be dismantled, please!
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September 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE.
www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
www.npr.org
September 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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airshipwriter.bsky.social
Contact Congress as well. 202-224-3121 switchboard.

Wildlife and wild spaces are critical

Use @resist.bot to send faxes and emails direct to your Reps, no fiddling with their website forms:

Text ‘sign PWEVWJ’ to 50409

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Save Our Wild Spaces - Keep Roadless Rule Intact
As an environmentalist and member of the League of Conservation Voters, I’m writing in strong opposition to the proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule by…
resist.bot
September 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
Trump is trying to end the Roadless Rule in all our National Forests, protected lands for all.
The comment session is open. There's a link in the article and here: www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...

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Trump's Roadless Rule plan could reshape San Diego trails — Axios San Diego
The Trump administration has moved closer to eliminating the Roadless Rule in national forests, potentially opening popular hiking areas around San Diego to development.
apple.news
September 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
Seems very pointed that Angela Davis did this. www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking...
I don't think I had $10 in the bank: Angela Davis remembers Gloria Steinem's allyship
Activist and author Angela Davis remembers her friend Gloria Steinem, and discusses intersectional feminism today.
www.wlrn.org
September 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
Let’s just stop taking and using fossil fuels.
youtu.be/tUbi8DuE1FI?...
David Attenborough Presents: Climate Change - The Facts | BBC Documentary
YouTube video by All Out Wildlife
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September 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
The UK women’s suffragette movement inspired and influenced the US movement. Women fought in the US from 1848-1920.
Women continue to stand up and act up against regimes of oppression, all over the world.
We will not back down.
womensartbluesky.bsky.social womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 5
UK suffragette Charlotte Marsh of the Women's Social and Political Union and one of the first women to be force fed during one of her several imprisonments for militant actions, poses for first female press photographer Christina Broom, Hyde Park, 1910 #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a standing white woman in a white dress and darker hat with a brim facing forwards holding a flag on a short pole, the women is surrounded by people, mostly men on each side of her
September 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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cwebbonline.com
This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word.

Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality.

Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too.

Two giants who helped change America.

Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾
September 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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xavier.bike
GiveDirectly’s AI experiment left vulnerable flood victims behind in Nigeria: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
GiveDirectly’s AI experiment left vulnerable flood victims behind in Nigeria
Data mismatches and unreliable phone access prevented some of Ibaji’s poorest residents from accessing aid before floods destroyed farms in 2024.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
August 31, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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The term “pathocracy” was coined by Andrzej Lobaczewski in response to his experience of Nazi and Soviet control of Poland.
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Feb 23
Pathocracy:

A system of government “wherein a small pathological minority takes control over a society of normal people.”

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
According to Lobaczewski, the transition to pathocracy begins when a disordered individual emerges as a leader figure. While some members of the ruling class are appalled by the brutality and irresponsibility of the leader and his acolytes, his disordered personality appeals to some psychologically normal individuals. They find him charismatic. His impulsiveness is mistaken for decisiveness; his narcissism for confidence; his recklessness for fearlessness. Soon other people with psychopathic traits emerge and attach themselves to the pathocracy, sensing the opportunity to gain power and influence. At the same time, responsible and moral people gradually leave the government, either resigning or being ruthlessly ejected. In an inevitable process, soon the entire government is filled with people with a pathological lack of empathy and conscience. It has been infiltrated by members of the minority of people with personality disorders, who assume power over the majority of psychologically normal people.
August 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
lorihere.bsky.social
@governor.ca.gov stop protecting billionaire companies and individuals.
This for-profit utilities need to pay up.
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California lawmakers strike wildfire deal that leaves out most of Newsom’s big demands — CalMatters
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August 29, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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washingtonpost.com
The Trump administration is considering a deal that would give a small part of Yosemite National Park in California to a Nevada-based private developer, which is seeking to build a road to gain privileged access to the park, according to park advocates.
Trump administration considering deal to give up part of Yosemite National Park
The National Park Service is looking into a land exchange that would give a small portion of Yosemite to a private developer.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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stephensemler.bsky.social
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
NDAA passes the House, 312 to 112. Republicans: 197 yea, 18 nay; Democrats: 115 yea, 94 nay
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
At 880 Front St, San Diego, CA 92104, our federal building. People are kept in the basement, in cages, sleeping on the floor, with maybe yoga mats to sleep on and one of those silver emergency blankets. This space is not intended to house humans, but they are kept there, often overnight and longer.
This picture shows a 2 person protest in a tunnel-like space, which is actually where the second floor of the building crosses the street. Protesters are holding up signs saying, "You are walking over people", ICE, Humans in cages, and ICE is here. All the signs also have arrows pointing to where people are kept in cages before being taken to Otay Mesa Detention Center. This picture shows a 2 person protest in a tunnel-like space, which is actually where the second floor of the building crosses the street. Protesters are holding up signs saying, "You are walking over people", ICE, Humans in cages, and ICE is here. All the signs also have arrows pointing to where people are kept in cages before being taken to Otay Mesa Detention Center.
August 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Immigration enforcement has cost an estimated $532.5 billion since 2003. The courts that have to decide every case enforcement produces received a fraction of it.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/t...
The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security - American Immigration Council
The U.S. has spent over half a trillion dollars on immigration enforcement since 2003 — while immigration courts get a fraction of the funding.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
August 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
Border Wall infill project, Jacumba CA, developing westward.
Absolutely disgusting -- the devastation to this beautiful environment.
This picture was taken going west from Jacumba CA on Old Hwy 80. The Border Wall can be seen on the left about ½ way down the photo. The picture shows the destruction of this beautiful high desert environment, as a scar in the landscape is created to install the bollards and continue the wall westward. The rocky hillside is being carved into. Below the rocky hillside is native green vegetation. This picture was taken going west from Jacumba CA on Old Hwy 80. The picture shows the destruction of this beautiful high desert environment, as a scar in the landscape is created to install the bollards and continue the wall westward. The rocky hillside is being carved into. Below the rocky hillside is native green vegetation.
August 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
Help stop this solar farm project and transmission lines. savepalomarmountain.com#f3f5748a-697...
Save Palomar Mountain
A 500 kV transmission line may have cut through Palomar to bring power to LA Basin from AZ/NM. We are opposing this route.
savepalomarmountain.com
August 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
Digital postcard image for the exhibition Practice/Practica 2.0. White letters on a detail close-up image of a section of a terracotta pot. Practice/Practica 2.0 Sept 3-Oct 15 2026, City Gallery, San Diego City College, AH 315, 1508 C Street, San Diego CA 92104. Hours: Tues-Thr 12-4. Reception Thursday Sept 3 5-7pm
August 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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😲⛓️ “In this growing market, people facing deportation—whether they are detained in squalid camps, forcibly flown out of the country, or agree to leave under the threat of detention—are seen as commodities.”
August 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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indivisible.org
This free documentary is a MUST SEE. Shuffling people around the US, away from their attorneys and family, away from their Habeas Corpus filings, on a merry-go-round of extremely expensive tax-payer funded charter flights, is a key part of the ICE death machine and hardly anyone is talking about it.
July 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
lorihere.bsky.social
Crazy Lady Syndrome
Digitally manipulated photograph of a torn blue paper circle on a white daisy-like flower with a yellow/brownish middle. The image is pixelated, going from the middle of the blue circle flower image down toward the right, toward another possible flower. People look at me like I’m crazy, as if I’m making things up when I tell them what I’ve been witnessing and experiencing. I know I’m not. I know the US Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer who pulled me over for an alleged traffic violation on a freeway ramp in the high-desert area east of San Diego is working with the San Diego County Sheriff’s, CBP, and ICE. Then that story leads to another when they say it cannot be true; your car isn’t an immigrant’s car. And I go into rescuing a car from an impound lot in Indio, CA, where cars are taken after the occupants have been snatched up. The person working at the lot took us into the yard and, once we were away from the white guy inside, began to explain how all these cars, pickup trucks, and vans got there. BMWs, Sprinter vans, Mercedes, etc., all there. Held for 30 days and then sold at auction. I usually won’t go into how these people were taken because when I get into that……….. The technology is real, and they do listen to people’s calls while they are driving on the freeway, including I-10 (Phoenix to LA) and I-8 (Phoenix to San Diego). I know this because this is where I live, and we rescued a car for the family. People still have no idea what is happening with mass deportation within our borders. I tell the stories of these and other experiences and try not to take it personally that they think I’m crazy or exaggerating. It was both satisfying and heart-wrenching to drive up to LA recently and point out to the others in the car. There’s someone being taken, there’s another person being taken, and then another. I believe that if I hadn’t pointed it out, they would not have noticed. My mental health is suffering; I’ve lost friends; I’m constantly on guard; I don’t trust law enforcement; I’m tired. Lori Lipsman (she/her/hers) Artist - Creative - Social & Environmental Activist LEED Accredited Professional 619.708.9255 lorilipsman.blogspot.com Bluesky: @lorihere.bsky.social
July 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
lorihere.bsky.social
Maybe in San Diego, we could have beautiful public bathrooms. We should try….harder, to take care of people.
www.dezeen.com/2026/07/25/y...
Yano Aoyama Architecture Design tops public toilet in Japan with sweeping timber canopy
Yano Aoyama Architecture Design has completed a public toilet for Tobe Zoological Park, creating two concrete blocks with a thin cedar roof.
www.dezeen.com
July 26, 2026 at 10:53 PM