Lisa Carr

Terrifying people with pivot tables since 2016

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Israel is still killing children in Gaza and it's no longer makes headlines.

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@nee_massey Ooh, Night Shift is one of my most favorite songs of the last however long.

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@nee_massey If it was all rhetoric and no specifics, I’d be on board with this theory. But actual bombing plans?

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@nee_massey Perhaps a sign to swap to Bluesky!

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@nee_massey See you soon! Looking forward to the Brooklyn reading!

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@disownedpear @nee_massey Agreed on this!

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

The more Black people support a policy in the U.S., the *lower* the likelihood that U.S. institutions write that policy into law.
https://t.co/Wr6vKfnvnG

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

And 50 years later, we still don’t have voting representation in Congress…

[DCist @DCist]

In the 1970s, DC’s lack of voting rights became an embarrassment on the world stage. Democrats and Republicans voted to give DC home rule 50 years ago.

https://t.co/6mihMUNeoI

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@nee_massey @teedaw The labels are how you know they’re authentic! (It’s entirely possible that @teedaw may have given me at least one of those t-shirts when I was hanging around in your office…)

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Dear politicians/political influencers:

When you evoke my father this #MLKDay, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty, and militarism. And about corrective justice work.

Don’t just quote him.

Encourage and enact policies that reflect his teachings.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

With my mother. Daddy’s funeral.

He wasn’t assassinated because he wanted his children to be judged “by the content of their character.”

But for dismantling racism, poverty & militarism.

He wanted corrective measures to eradicate racism, not the delusion that it doesn’t exist.

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@amyholtcamp I’m glad it’s not just me!

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@richardosman Oh thank goodness! Just found this after thinking I was going mildly nuts finding B&S references throughout The Last Devil to Die.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

The ten dumbest things we're being asked to believe about Gaza:

1. That Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to prior to October 7, but ever since October 7 has known about every hospital, mosque, school, refugee camp and water tower that Hamas is hiding in.

2. That the blame for all of the deaths caused by Israeli weapons launched by Israel rests solely on Hamas.

3. That Hamas is using “human shields” — meaning Hamas bases are hidden amidst civilian populations — yet Israel is managing to kill thousands of civilians without doing any meaningful damage to Hamas.

4. That it would be perfectly fine to murder children by the thousands even if they were being used as “human shields” — as though resolving a hostage situation by mowing down thousands of child hostages would be regarded as reasonable and acceptable by the public if it happened in our own country.

5. That is is only by pure coincidence that Israel bombing “Hamas targets” in civilian infrastructure and residential buildings just so happens to look exactly the same as what you’d expect to see if Israel was simply bombing civilian infrastructure and residential buildings and lying about its reasons for doing so.

6. That satellite images of entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble in Gaza have been caused by “precision strikes” directed solely at Hamas and have been carried out with the greatest of care for human life, despite Israeli officials openly saying that “the emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy” in this assault and that “Gaza will eventually turn into a city of tents; there will be no buildings.”

7. That this bombing campaign has anything to do with freeing Israeli hostages — as though the bombing campaign itself has not killed dozens of hostages, and as though anyone believes Israel would stop bombing Gaza after the hostages are returned.

8. That the only reason anyone could possibly oppose the detonation of thousands of bombs on an open air prison full of children would be if they had very strong and hateful opinions toward the members of the religion of Judaism.

9. That Hamas attacked Israel entirely out of the blue and completely unprovoked, solely because they are evil and hate Jews.

10. That Washington is powerless to stop this genocide that it is directly funding and supplying.

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@drarubia @Jerm00ny I had one of those too!

[Ryan McCann @WRyanMcCann]

We can do better than this. Single file walking lane for pedestrians all in the name of car storage. Insanity.

[CP Smart Growth @cpsmartgrowth]

“Cleveland Park, after all, has distinguished itself for vibrancy-killing NIMBY actions that have reduced it to also-ran status among D.C. neighborhoods. It could use some bustle.”

[Lisa Carr @pombous]

@nee_massey This is the most horrifying string of inbox pictures I’ve ever seen! I’ll have nightmares tonight, I fear.

[Cleveland Park Boomer @boomer_park]

Apparently @POTUS wants to be more involved in DC Government! Wondering how to get in touch with our new “real Mayor?” Here’s an email form. You can also call at 202-456-1111. Potholes? Trash didn’t get picked up? Call Mayor Joe! https://t.co/T2dfkwfA9W