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@leons1701.bsky.social
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Play games, read books, watch movies, overthrow the oligarchy, ride bikes, hike, sleep. The usual.

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leons1701.bsky.social @leons1701.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let's not be afraid to name names. Amy Acton has spent the last few months making many wonder just how much better than a Republican she really is. I have no doubt she's better, I know where my vote is going, but I'm wondering just how much time we're going to have to waste fighting her.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 18/09/2026
Husted political committee got nearly $500K from a bank he worked for while in office ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/14/h...
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Husted political committee got nearly $500K from a bank he worked for while in office • Ohio Capital Journal
Then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said he was joining a bank's board for the experience, not money. It gave his political committee nearly $500,000.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Libraries being bad for capitalism is good for society, actually. #SorryNotSorry 📚 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
publishersweekly.com
Study Says Library E-book Lending Hurts Industry Sales
Amid new attempts by states to legislate e-book agreements between publishers and libraries, a new report from the AAP and Authors Guild found that increased e-book lending at libraries is threatening...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/08/2026
Column: Aiding and abetting foodborne illness may be lettuce’s biggest offense. But it doesn’t have much else going for it, either, and there’s a reasonably strong case that we would be better off without it.
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Column | Why we should stop eating lettuce, cyclospora or not
Lettuce makes us sick, wastes resources and has minimal nutritional value. Why are we still consuming it?
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Jim Gaines @jim-g.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A store owner with whom I was acquainted golfed with Rush Limbaugh, and she told me that he was really OK because he didn't believe any of the stuff he spouted on TV. I told her that made him even worse.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
(Going from war to not-war is good. Yes, it’s under circumstances likely to be humiliating and ruinous to the U.S., and it represents billions in squandered money and many squandered lives, but it’s better than the war continuing and ALSO those things.)
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 31/05/2026
A fair amount of this conversation is not about how men can improve their abusive behaviors But rather how women can improve their response to abusive behaviors
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Toddler-in-Chief big mad. Boo. Hoo.
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I see no lies here
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leons1701.bsky.social @leons1701.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I didn't realize I was pitching for the Guardians tonight.
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leons1701.bsky.social @leons1701.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Well damn. The more things change ... Forcibly experimenting on prison populations. Where have I heard that one before?
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“I am the son of the guy whose secret police force used to terrorize you, please install me or my friends, for democracy” is an amazing pitch from the shah’s son
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littlestormcloud.bsky.social @littlestormcloud.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Masterful Troll, TCM.
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM:

MSNOW - State of the union
TCM East- Gaslight
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/02/2026
It's everywhere, man youtu.be/mEVl0NS0vu8 (via @metafilter.bsky.social) (Also the filmmakers say no "AI" was actually used in the short)
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That's AI (2026) - Short Film
YouTube video by maximise
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/02/2026
one thing that will always be a mystery to me is the number of trump voters who basically thought they were electing george bush again reut.rs/3Mc4h4H
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As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns
Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, a...
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Nerd #7132 @nerd7132.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/the-...
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The far right thinks kids are property, not people. This is the heart of the anti-trans moral panic. - LGBTQ Nation
If kids are property, like domesticated animals, then the parents have the right to train them to be what they want.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/02/2026
When scientists discover new dangerous diseases & pathogens, they make vaccines for them. But in RFK Jr.'s America, vaccine research and mass layoffs mean less research and less solutions, which endangers lives. Help #RemoveRFKJr by visiting this link standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr (1/3🧵)
​OVER 90% OF THE POPULATION WORLDWIDE HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS. RESEARCHERS FIND THAT EBV SURVIVORS ARE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING LYMPHOMA OR OTHER CANCERS. BUT WILL MAHA POLITICS PREVENT SCIENTISTS FROM FINDING A VACCINE? STAND UP FOR SCIENCE.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 25/01/2026
This administration is alienating our nation from the global health-science community further and further every week. Stopping this snowball starts with removing RFK Jr., use this link to learn how! : www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
US officially leaves World Health Organization
Trump ordered the withdrawal a year ago, accusing the UN agency of failing to adopt reforms and mishandling the pandemic.
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SaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
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Patrick Hruby @patrickhruby.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Stephen Miller is to blame for the evil ICE is doing. Trump is to blame for listening to Miller. The Republican party is to blame for supporting Trump. MAGA voters are to blame for re-electing Trump. There's enough blame for all of them to share.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Dubbing with genAI: ‘It's not saving time, it's not saving money, and it could hurt our brand if it damages the quality too much.’
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leons1701.bsky.social @leons1701.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I hate how accurate this is.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The range increments of a full subway sandwich are only 10/20 so you have disadvantage on your throw more than a few paces away. You can double the range with a half-sandwich wrapped tightly and druis have a fifth-level subclass feature that removes disadvantage if the sandwich has sprouts
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Shannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
What makes me saddest about autism grievance parents is why can't they just be kind about their autistic kids. Why can't they center their humanity. Why can't they focus on how unfair it is that there are so few & good supports for our kids to live good lives. Our kids deserve better—so much better.
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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 18/10/2025
We did it, people.
Lot's of gov agencies in top 20 blocked accounts
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leons1701.bsky.social @leons1701.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 14/10/2025
To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.* You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
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Debbie N. @beatlesfandeb.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Bill Wolkoff @billwearsties.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 28/09/2025
The Right is nakedly trying to make it illegal to call them fascists which is about the most obviously fascist thing you could come up with.
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roslynn.bsky.social @roslynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
RFK, RFK, how many folks did you kill today?
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
They have moms of autistic kids at this presser and not autistic adults speaking. Very unsurprising.
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Bea @autiebea.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
my heart is breaking for that poor boy they hauled into the oval office as a prop. forcing him to stand there while one person after another comes up and says no one like him should exist. this is child abuse.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
imo "violence aimed at elites from non-elites" is the category of violence most disfavored in elite discourse. and violence that flows from elites to non-elites is not conceived of as violence at all. and these ideas frame the entire elite conception of who charlie kirk was and what his murder means
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
One crucial front in the war against fascism will be the right to photograph police. The cops have always hated that right and they and their various lickspittles will push back at it at every turn.
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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑🐈🐈‍⬛ @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.
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Mike of the Living Dead 🧟‍♂️ @mikecook82.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
They keep asserting they're going to put AI in everything, including critical, dangerous systems. Meanwhile, AI is like, "sure, eat those yard mushrooms, the word strawberry has 88 Rs, I'm Mecha Hitler, here's Taylor Swift naked when you didn't even ask for it and she has eleven fingers lol"
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Leora @leorahugs.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
23) Carpe Juguluum by Terry Pratchett. Hard as it is to pick just one Discworld book, this won wins out because of the clarity of its moral message (evil is when you treat people as things), plus Mightily Oats' character arc and the vampire family drama. It is deeply satisfying and also hilarious.
Image is the cover of Carpe Jugulum, showing a horse-drawn carriage flying past a full moon on a silver cloud.
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roslynn.bsky.social @roslynn.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
RFK, RFK, how many folks did you kill today?
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We’re seeing reports of Feds raiding farms in Oxnard and Camarillo today. This just happened in Camarillo.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Yesterday, the LAPD released a statement calling the protests peaceful. They had no reason to do that, except that it’s true. Meanwhile, the administration is planting instigators and inflaming tensions to justify its own lawless actions. No one, not even Trump, gets to trample the Constitution.
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