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Leilani Münter

@leilanimunter.bsky.social
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Small herbivore from America living in New Zealand. Working to save the wild things. Biology graduate, former race car driver. ⓥ

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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Attention to all my fellow Americans living overseas — please help UNFUCK THE WORLD by voting from abroad! @votefromabroad.bsky.social @demsabroad.bsky.social
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think New Zealand has the most beautiful money — both aesthetically & because each note honors a native bird: Hoiho/Yellow-eyed Penguin ($5) Whio/Blue Duck ($10) Kārearea/NZ Falcon ($20) Kōkako ($50) & Mohua/Yellowhead ($100). Are there any other beautiful currencies you think can compete with NZ?
Colorful $5 $10 $20 $50 and $100 notes with paintings of birds on them sit on a wooden table.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Planetary Boundaries are interconnected Earth-system processes that must remain within safe limits to preserve the planet’s stability. Seven of the nine Planetary Boundaries have left the safe zone and all seven are at their highest recorded levels.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Finally going through our photos from our trip to Costa Rica last December. This tiny feathered jewel is a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, photo by @uskiwi13.bsky.social
A tiny iridescent blue and green hummingbird sits in greenery A tiny iridescent blue and green hummingbird with a rust colored tail sits in greenery
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
For those of you old enough to remember Ferdinand the Bull, one of my favorite childhood stories ♥️
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
POV: After the 2024 U.S. election, you decided to sell your house, your car, most of your belongings and move 8000 miles away. You are very happy.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Jump! You could fall. But you might fly, too. 💫
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I’m head over heels in love with my beautiful new country. I left everything I’ve ever known to move to the other side of the world & every day I wake up grateful that I was brave enough to take that leap. I miss good people I left behind, but I do not miss the chaos of America at all, not one bit.
The sun reflects on a turquoise ocean off the coast of a gorgeous pristine island.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
39 days since our arrival and New Zealand just keeps blowin’ my socks off
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The Blue Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand is the most crystal clear blue freshwater I have seen in my entire life. It is comforting to see some of these rare wild places humanity has preserved 🩵
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Paradise on Earth, also known as The Blue Spring in Aotearoa New Zealand. The most crystal clear water I have seen in my entire life. Unreal.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Feeling so grateful to be a new resident of beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand. I feel like I’m in a dreamland, like I’m living inside a screensaver. Surreal beauty that looks fake in photos because it’s *too perfect.* Falling head over heels in love with the country 24 years after falling for the man 💚
A man and woman are smiling in front of a river surrounded by bright green rolling hills and a blue sky and white clouds above.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The Aotearoa New Zealand night sky is ✨ quite spectacular ✨ Goodnight, friends. 💫
A man holds up his cell phone taking a picture of a dark sky with many, many bright stars and a few clouds towards the bottom of the photo.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I made my first forest friend in Aotearoa, New Zealand! We were walking deep in the forest (they say “bush” here) when this adorable, very tiny, very round and friendly Pīwakawaka (New Zealand Fantail) flew right up to us and landed on a fern about 2 feet from my face. Photo by @uskiwi13.bsky.social
A small round bird with a tiny beak sits on a fern. The bird has dark brown feathers, an orange chest and a white eyebrow and throat.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This beautiful place is known by a few different names. Aotearoa. New Zealand. The Land of the Long White Cloud. Middle Earth. But my favorite is: My new home. 🇳🇿
An almost entirely blue globe (view of the Earth from the side they usually don’t show) has a few small islands visible including New Zealand. An arrow points to it and says “I will be here if you need me”
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We did it! We sold our house, our cars, most of our belongings & boarded a one way flight for New Zealand! Longer threads are harder to post here (maybe that’s on me) so I’m sharing by way of screenshots instead. Got attacked by tons of MAGA trolls & bots for this on Threads but I hate them anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a rare visitor to our backyard. We usually only see them briefly for a day or two during the spring and fall migration. This was my only action shot today and sadly I didn’t zoom out in time. The bird arrived here on the *exact same day* it did last year: April 27.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
There is nothing more disappointing than someone you once loved and considered family deciding to change their vote from Bernie (in 2016 and 2020) to a vote for Trump (in 2024) and still (literally today) standing behind that decision. So, anyway, I said goodbye forever to an old friend today.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Hi everyone, I slid on my back across sharp sticks and leaves while barefoot to get this photo of a gorgeous Red-shouldered Hawk that landed in our backyard today, so please look at my picture 😁
A red tailed hawk sits on a branch with greenery behind it with its black and white tail spread like a fan.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches.” — Paul R. Ehrlich I hope you are still chasing the butterflies, wherever you are. 🦋 Rest in peace, Professor.
A man with a white beard smiles in a forest with two binoculars hanging around his neck.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Have you ever seen the movie Contact? The movie was based on the novel by Carl Sagan and the character of Dr. Ellie Arroway (played by Jodie Foster) was based on Carl’s friend, the astronomer Jill Tartar. Jill is famous for her work searching for life beyond Earth with SETI.
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ran⚡ @randall.gobirds.online · 24/02/2026
Leilani Munter, y'all.
Dear Women’s USA Olympic Hockey Team — First, congratulations! Second: I drove race cars for 19 yrs & the amount of misogynistic crap I put up with in the garage was insane. The U.S. Men’s Hockey Team has now shown you their true colors. Believe them. They’re not friends of your team or women in general. I’m so tired of this misogyny in sports & everywhere else in American life, to be honest. The patriarchy sucks. Grow the fuck up or hand the keys over to the ladies. Maybe it’s time we drive.
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Leilani Münter @leilanimunter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Beautiful tribute to Bobby at the Grammys tonight. Husband to Natascha. Father to Monet and Chloe. Guitarist, singer, and songwriter to the soundtrack to the lives of millions of people all over the world. The first Dead show my big sister Natascha brought me to was in 1986,
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Portland has fallen!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
hello world help! thank you The united States
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
SAD!!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2025
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
So not surprising that the people who fetishize assault rifles kill more Americans than those who don't.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2025
You do not in fact have to praise the guy who said homeless people should be murdered with lethal injections and then apologized four days later to save his job. Let's get a grip here.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The creepy pedophile president doing his creepy pedophile shit 


There must be more to life than having everything.
Donald
Yes. there is, but I won't teil you what it is.
Jeffrey
Nor will I, since I also know what it is.
Donald
We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey
Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald
Exigmas never age, have you noticed that?
Jeffrey
As a matter of fact, it was clear to me fie last time i saw you.
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A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and omy every day be another wonderful secret
Donald J. Trump
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years. Meanwhile, the six largest health insurers raked in more than $31 billion in net income last year. Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🔔 🔔 🔔
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/09/2025
🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US. Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.
Map of COVID vaccine availability by state
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Pettiest man alive.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Why, though? 🤡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M See the problem?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I’m not an ornithologist. Can anyone identify the bird in this photo?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31/08/2025
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 SeasonTHIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.
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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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The great dying
The heedless march of man has now laid waste to 60% of the planet’s land surface area, putting humanity’s own future at risk, the latest science reports.
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider : are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No. *but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no. *but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no. maybe you're not being negative *enough*
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
imagine if someone promised human cloning then handed you an animatronic baby, and when you pointed out it was a robot covered in rubber, they told you the technology would improve, while someone from WIRED wrote an article about how they believed it was a baby this is genAI
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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Sending love out to every author who learned that their publisher’s marketing plan for their new book was to have an intern visit a remote woodland in winter, dig a hole in the frozen earth, and whisper their book’s title once, ‘neath the crescent moon.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
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AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
A transcription of a conversation between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and podcast host Theo Von on Von's podcast, in an excerpt from the Atlantic article "AI is a mass-delusion event" by Charlie Warzel: 

"Sam Altman: I do guess that a lot of the world gets covered in data centers over time.

Theo Von: Do you really?

Altman: But I don’t know, because maybe we put them in space. Like, maybe we build a big Dyson sphere around the solar system and say, “Hey, it actually makes no sense to put these on Earth.”

Von: Yeah.

Altman: I wish I had, like, more concrete answers for you, but, like, we’re stumbling through this."
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Wiley Nickel @wileynickel.com · 19/08/2025
Republican gerrymandering in North Carolina handed Donald Trump control of Congress. We can’t let that happen again. Democrats must match Republican gerrymandering - for now, at least. Check out my opinion piece in the Raleigh @newsobserver.com. 👇 www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
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Former US Rep: Democrats must match Republican gerrymandering — for now, at least. | Opinion
While it’s necessary for Democratic states to match the conniving of Republicans for a fair House to remain, this tit-for-tat redistricting must end. | Opinion
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/08/2025
Cool, I've always wanted to obscure my views of natural beauty with meaningless AI drivel techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/h...
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Harvard dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation | TechCrunch
After developing a facial recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microp...
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