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Leilani Clark

@leilaniclark.bsky.social
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Writing about freeways in East L.A, living off the 101 in Northern California. Published at The Guardian, The Rumpus, Civil Eats, Mother Jones, KQED, Coyote Media. Day job: environmental nonprofit comms manager.

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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Dreaming of this swimming hole in Lassen National Park.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Esmeralda Lopez, quoted in the article, says "It makes you rethink in history all those heroes.. The movement — that’s the hero.” So many of us constantly caution against pedastaling. It harms us all - shielding from this kind of unspeakable violence to diminishing our collective responsibility.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I can feel Dolores' words deeply in my bones: "I kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the movement." It resonates for me. Wishing everyone impacted by and reeling from this today much ease.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Dolores Huerta: "I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control."
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March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
People are commenting about how this is about "powerful" men, but in a society that listens to men over women and girls, that treats the former as competent and credible, the latter as not, every man is empowered to abuse, and it happens at all levels and in all sectors of society.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Spotted a steelhead salmon swimming in this beautiful creek in Healdsburg today. Watch closely and you’ll see it scoot by in the lower left corner.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Has a moment to reflect. OBAA was fine as a movie if you ignore how underwritten and underused the Black women were. PTA is a good director so sure whatever. But Sinners was masterful. Vibrant. Layered. What an accomplishment from the entire cast and crew. I’m glad it exists.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My god they're talking about him like he's...a woman. How dare he have an agenda and stick to it. Why aren't his elbows...soft? (Though at least they can't say he should smile more.)
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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
When people in the future ask what America was show them this
Screenshot from NY Mag feature on how much people make in NYC: "Bronx Day-Care Worker

$31,000

$16,600 from day-care profits

$14,400 from trainings and consulting

Last year, I lost a lot of kids. I live in the Bronx, and a bunch of families in my neighborhood lost their child-care vouchers. We're talking about people who make as much as I do; most of the moms I work with are home health aides. They can't afford full-time child care. If I have 16 kids, I can pay myself for 40 hours of work. But last year, I didn't, and obviously I'm still doing the same amount of work. I've been running the day care out of my home for more than seven years. It's a profession I entered out of necessity and have stayed in out of passion. I pay for everything - food, cleaning supplies, toys - and we have to meet the same requirements as a large company in terms of paying for liability insurance, which can feel pointless in this industry. I mean, if something happens to one of my children, I lose my license. End of story."Screenshot from NY Mag feature about how much people make in NYC: "Consultant

$17,000,000

$9.5 million from consulting fees

$7.5 million in stock in companies that went public

The big-picture way that I make my money is consulting; that work covers my day-to-day.

Separate from that, I had stock in a couple of companies that went public. Because I made money later in life, my tastes and needs are a lot simpler. I don't spend money on things like having multiple homes, or flying private, or watches, or boats. I make enough money that I do what I want and I don't think about it. I also don't believe in leaving my kids a crazy amount of money because everyone I know who has that is fucked up, so why would I do that to them?"
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danc1982.bsky.social @danc1982.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Whiteness is a way to package a variety of nationalities in a way that erases their individual identies and attempts to unify them in a culture of opposition to blackness. The racial identity is inherently pro-discrimination and deserves no sanctuary anywhere. Doubly so for South Africa.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.
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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Writers of Bsky: Scratch is back! This time as a weekly newsletter/blog about how writers are surviving ~these times~, run by me, @manjula.bsky.social, @maggiemertens.bsky.social, and @latriagraham.bsky.social. You can read more about why/what that means in our announcement post below.
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The New Scratch
How is anyone who writes making any money right now?
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.
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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Scum leaders, scum nation.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
We’re entered the “please say sike” portion of the news cycle.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Major guajalote action en Roseland last weekend
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Developing a theory about good fire therapy as a tool for surviving perimenopause.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Was tempted to do the Kate Bush Wuthering Heights dance at my work site this morning.
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CAW @caw-shinythings.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
check it out: carla and @danisavestheworld.bsky.social are hosting another Corvid Anarcho Witchcraft writing circle for paid members on March 7th! 🐦‍⬛ also included in this write up are some fabulous writings from the Solstice Writing Circle! www.cawshinythings.com/come-out-of-...
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Come Out Of The Dark And Write With Us
For this equinox writers circle (March 7), we will bring seasonal themed prompts for you to weave more spells: let’s write together and continue co-creating a world worth living in.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
💪🏼🔥union power
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ZYZZYVA @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Join us next week to toast our newest issue ZYZZYVA 131! Ft. readings from contributors @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social + @mawsheinwin.bsky.social + Suzanne Rivecca. Thursday, 2/12, 6:30pm @ Local Economy, Oakland
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Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @handle.invalid · 10/02/2026
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
People need to realize that, along with citizens swept up in immigration raids, they have also detained citizens for being involved in activism.
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Jorell Meléndez-Badillo @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.” This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Spotted in San Francisco at Andytown Coffee Roasters on Taraval Street. ❤️
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 09/02/2026
Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/minne…
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Dim sum in Sunset District, San Francisco. The best way to lunch.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Their argument is: rich white people are allowed to do whatever they want, and that includes pedo islands or rounding up the rest in camps. There is no contradiction, no hypocrisy, no argument that will sway them. The ideology is: power is moral
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
can't help but think there is probably a corrosive effect of having sex trafficker-elite emails unveiled for months on end as one of the biggest cultural/news stories of the last year— unearthing an inexcusable moral rot in the upper echelons of power—but without any real accountability/justice
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 06/02/2026
Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of the landscape.
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What’s needed to protect sage grouse? Less grazing. - High Country News
Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of...
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
WE WHO???????
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I’m available to start a book review cooperative. I don’t have any money, but I have a ton of editing experience, and I love doing it. And I write, too.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@jwoolington.bsky.social on the sage grouse beat! 👏👏👏
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The main business model of Silicon Valley from Uber to AirBnB to Spotify is: skim profit off others' goods and labor. Often in ways that are exploitative of individuals or destructive of larger forces (as with Amazon and the retail that kept people heading out in public).
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Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Noooo! 😖
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
As of 4am this morning, I’m the parent of a teenager!
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a man in a blue shirt holds his hand to his forehead in front of a sign that says " what happened "
ALT: a man in a blue shirt holds his hand to his forehead in front of a sign that says " what happened "
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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Apparently Latino agents murdered Alex Pretti. It’s not a shock. Many Latinos support Trump and MAGA (I say this as a Vietnamese American whose community has many such supporters).
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The inspo we all need right now: youtu.be/qbBkRttx7kM?...
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Cardi B: Bodega Baddie (Live) - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Congrats to ICE for dropping a metric ton of tear gas on a bunch of nurses, teamsters and children just now
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bootsriley.bsky.social @bootsriley.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I Love Boosters. In theaters May 22nd.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Prepping for the first contract negotiation meeting today at the Teamsters Hall.
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José R. Ralat 🌶️ @tacotrail.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I don't believe in destiny. I don't believe hard work is rewarded. We don't live in a meritocracy. But I believe in inevitability as the result of a series of variables of which one has no control. Being pulled over by ICE is example of chilling inevitability.
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What It Feels Like Getting Stopped by ICE
My work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year. Being pulled over by immigration enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months.
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Emma Silvers @emmaruthless.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
i am so proud of @coyotemedia.org for being a place that can run stuff like this without pulling punches and i also feel it should be known that @soleilho.com wrote this powerful piece in like two hours *with the flu*
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The murder of Alex Pretti got me reflecting back on my experiences with border patrol while living in San Diego for many years. Driving up to L.A. meant going through a bp checkpoint towards the north side of Camp Pendleton on the 5. You never knew of they would pull you over or not.
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Leilani Clark @leilaniclark.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Three pages in & the book proposal chapter from Take it From Me is already so helpful! It’s demystifying the process & providing a clear map. Like I didn’t fully comprehend that a full manuscript is neither “expected or desirable for most nonfiction.” @aliahanna.bsky.social
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
New chant: “Show me who Whittier’s named for”/“This is who Whittier’s named for”
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