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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Kombu, who's no longer with us. I miss him so much!

Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Mister Chumley prefers the tent these days, but he won’t share it.

Picture of Mister Chumley. A white & orange spotted cat laying in a green mini-tent. Door flap on the tent is zipped open and tied back for ease of getting in and out.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Mister Chumley looks non-threatening, but take his temperature and agro cat is here. He no longer has to go to the vet annually, we got a lifetime prescription for his cat food. Thank goodness!

Mister Chumley, a predominantly white cat with orange like cow makings. He looks so peaceful, eyes closed and a beautiful pinky nose.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Exceptional exhibit of Raymond Saunders work at Orange County Art Museum. langson.uci.edu?gf_protect_s...

Large mixed media paintings, abstract and social justice content imbedded. He uses lots of black paint, chalk drawings, newspaper articles, Malcom X is referenced continuously.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Newest kitchen bouquet, thanks to our yard.

Bouquet of 4 plants, all different shades of grey. Includes a native sage, rosemary, and a larger leaved plant. The vase is a glass mason jar.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sea Lions at Cabrillo National Monument. We watched as all but one were getting swept off the rock to go fish and play in the ocean. Free To Be!

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Protest: Respect It - Defend It - Use It by Annie Leonard & André Carothers. 2026. Also, reading Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and The Foundations Of A Movement, Angela Y. Davis. 2016. Great reading leading up to 250 years of racism, slavery, extinction, and extraction.

Picture of the two books. The protest book is standing up opened to pages 42 & 43. Page 42 is solid black matte finish with bold red letters quoting Thomas Jefferson, 1787. “What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?” Page 43 is the start of the chapter titled An Invitation, black letters on white paper. Laying in front of the open book is Angela Y. Davis book. The cover is a red/orange subtle texture background. Angela Y. Davis in bold white font on the top, 1st part of the title in bold black font, second part the font is white. In smaller black font below is forward info.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It's been decades of tough-on-crime policies, mass incarceration & expanding surveillance. This is not working. We’ve criminalized poverty, addiction, mental illness, homelessness, and more. Safety comes from housing, healthcare, treatment, opportunity, and strong communities. Care prevents crime.

The circular donut diagram on the left illustrates the Root Causes of Crime in 3 sections. One section is Low income, Inadequate housing, and a lack of educational/employment opportunities. Another section is Loss of a family member (divorce, death, abandonment), Parental dysfunction (addiction, mental illness, criminal behavior), and Domestic violence, abuse, neglect. And the final section has Discrimination, Bullying, Addiction, and Disorders that affect impulsivity (e.g., FASD, ADHD, etc).

This is an image of a detention/incarceration center. Jail cells are on the right, moving left, you see posts lined up on a concrete floor, holding up the next level of cells. Then, still moving left, with what looks like space for people, machines, etc., to move, and then a chain-link fence with some barred windows at maybe 8 feet up. There is also a chain-link above the area, which could be considered a hall?

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Time and again, councilmembers acknowledge the need for services for the unhoused, mental health & addiction resources, fully functional libraries, parks & recreation, and the importance of arts and culture. @sdcitycouncil.bsky.social And then what? 2027 SD City Budget, see comments for more info.

Image showing the vote on a motion to the 2027 budget, redirecting funds from ALRPs back into community resources. Votes yes: Sean El-Rivera, Vivian Moreno, Kent Lee, Henry L. Foster III. Votes no: Joe LaCava, Raul A Campillo, Marni von Wilpert, Stephen Whitburn, Jennifer Campbell.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Free postcards. Addressed with postage to SCOTUS. Say whatever you want. West side of Villa Terrace, San Diego CA. Between Landis & Dwight. 92104

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This week, @sdcitycouncil.bsky.social positioned themselves as for community, libraries, parks & rec, arts & culture, and homelessness. But, will not decrease police funding and surveillance. Who is funding your political career? My final comments on Friday are pictured.

Good afternoon,

I’m Lori Lipsman, pronouns she/her, District 3 resident.

By the age of 12, I already understood how cruel and unequal this society could be. I grew up attending Hebrew school and listening to Holocaust survivors describe how they survived, who they lost, and what happens when governments decide some people matter less than others.

I recognize authoritarianism, dehumanization, and state violence when I see it.

Today, we are watching the militarization of our city expand while resources for care, housing, arts, libraries, parks, and human services are cut. Policing is not safety. Mass surveillance is not community care.

I have been in these chambers every day this week because this budget reflects political choices — and those choices will harm vulnerable people while protecting systems of punishment.

I have personally witnessed people pushed into incarceration, detention, and suffering because of racist and deeply unequal systems. One of those is my friend Tony, 40 years old and black, whose life spiraled from an SDPD stop for not having a bike light, into ICE detention.

You are our last local line of defense against the cruelty coming from Washington.

Do not increase police funding and invest in people.

Also, end the strong mayor form of governance.

Thank you.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

May 1 2026. Marchers from Chicano Park merge with marchers at San Diego City College and head to city hall and then the federal building downtown.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

San Diego City College mobilizing before we march. Happy May Day!

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I hope people show up for International Workers Day. May 1 2026. We are marching in San Diego CA

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Yard work helps me stay a bit more mentally balanced. Today’s bouquet.

A sage bouquet with Mexican sage, 2 others, I don’t know the names of and another prickly type native bush branches. Two purples with many shades of green. An orange paper flower which sits to the right of the sage bouquet on the shelf, is almost hidden

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

We all need awe and joy. My yard can provide that, thankfully. I am really, seriously, enjoying our newest bouquet.

A photograph of a bouquet of native sage, on a shelf. There is a variety of other objects in the shelf, but I’m not given enough space to do so. DM me for more details about the other objects, if you’re interested. I am happy to do so.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

From Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, Angela Y. Davis, 2016, pg 6.

Image of a page of text taken from the book.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Tijuana River Estuary Why are we going to the moon? We need to save as much of this as possible.

Photo of the estuary with lush, bright green vegetation, receding towards Tijuana, Mexico, with wood infrastructure that held a sewer line that fed into the river.

Photo of the beach looking north, with a deep-to-light blue sky and wispy clouds. Tijauna River Estuary area.

Looking east, close to where the Tijuana River flows into the ocean. Bright blue sky and wispy clouds. With dense clouds in the background that might be mistaken for snow-capped mountains.

Photo looking east with a tributary running through green marsh and grasslands. Otay Mountain, and businesses in the background. Fluffy clouds with dark underbellies in the sky.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

If I try to read the Constitution of the United States Of America - I do not get it or understand it. I was under the impression that it is a living document. Apparently not, since the beginning. By design, by white privileged men.

A picture of a copy of the Constitution of the United States Of America, published by the ACLU. Deep blue background cover color with white lettering.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov Am I the only one appalled by the crown? I don’t find it funny, at all.

Screenshot from Governor Newsom Press Office. Zoomed in to show a black and white young Newsom, with what replicates a hand drawn outline of a crown on his head.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Border Region. Tijuana River Valley.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Social Media Influencers are not Social Justice Activists. That’s why I was shocked when I walked into a conference on culture & justice, to see 2 influencers at the front of the room.

Picture of a drawn earth, in the middle. There are arms and hands coming out from the edges of the frame and positioned towards the middle. Logos of social media.

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Lori Lipsman (she/her) @lorihere.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

As much as Apple is annoying me these days, their packaging is exceptional. No plastic, no tape, no stickers. All recyclable, and I can compost in my personal compost bin, if I choose.