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Steve Leatherman

@slleather.bsky.social
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Retired software engineer from a Chicago area government R&D lab. Married for many years. Live in central Illinois with wife, three daughters and more cats than kids.

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So, a Trump supporter told me that, “nobody gives a sh*t” about Indigenous Peoples Day. Please, tell me, do you care about Indigenous Peoples Day?
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Saneman @saneman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy genocide in the name of Christianity day! (Tomorrow.)
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Texas Tech’s censorship policy does not just affect the humanities. According to the AAUP lawsuit, medical students at the campus in El Paso are no longer permitted to learn about racial disparities in medical care or how to treat underserved populations.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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SI: Museum of African American History (Bot) @simuseumafro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Photographic postcard of James J. Jeffries staggering away from Jack Johnson nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2010.36…
Photographic postcard of James J. Jeffries staggering away from Jack Johnson
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silverbeard2026 @silverbeard2026.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FYI
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
don't know how to tell you this but yes we are the bad guys
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is very good (although I've been told by a researcher in this area that National Panhellenic Conference sororities overturning their alcohol ban is "never gonna happen" for insurance reasons)
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Finding New Ideas for Campus Sexual Assault Prevention
Learn from schools with better climates.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here is what you can do to help me: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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finstersghost.bsky.social @finstersghost.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
deport musk
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chonkdog.bsky.social @chonkdog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The French are fighting harder for an education than Americans are against outright tyranny. We have become a nation of subservient men.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Some 3,400 years ago, an Egyptian artisan captured a sense of speed and elegance in this beautifully carved handle in the shape of a horse! 🐴 ❤️ New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows an ivory handle of a light whip or fly whisk carved in the shape of a horse. The ivory body of the horse is stained reddish-brown, and the mane and tail are black. The horse is seen in profile facing left. Its legs are outstretched in front and at the back in what scholars refer to as a ‘flying gallop' position, with a gracefully arched back. The eyes are inlaid with garnet, one of which is missing (not seen in my photo). It  is displayed on a vertical, thin metal stand in a museum display case. This beautiful object is dated to the New Kingdom period, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep IlI, c. 1390-1352 BC. Dimensions: L: 14.7 cm × H: 5.5 cm × W: 2 cm
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’d love a president who didn’t openly call people slurs on a regular basis 🫠
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As a longtime Chicago journalist I want to say that if you fail to put Hastert's serial CHILD SEX ABUSE in the headlines about his death, you are doing it wrong. So far, this is the only headline I've seen that has been crystal clear about what the Illinois pol did to kids. Credit @reuters.com.
Dennis Hastert, former US House speaker and admitted child molester, dies at 84
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I just want to live in a stable country where everyone is safe and their rights are protected and we all have housing and food and healthcare. I’m really sick and tired of this shit.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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DanSkinnerArt @danskinnerart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Someone pointed out that any time a Republican accuses Dems of sexual deviancy, you know what they’re going to get caught doing themselves, which makes me think people should keep Tuberville away from any college football mascots. And just to be safe, Gritty.
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Flyers Gritty
Alt: Flyers mascot Gritty
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mood.. 😅
A panther is lying with its legs draped over a log on both sides.
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IL Politihub @ilpolitihub.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Legislation proposed to dismantle DHS, divert funding
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Legislation proposed to dismantle DHS, divert funding
(The Center Square) – An Illinois congresswoman says new legislation to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection will pour $150 billion into communities around...
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William R Knecht @williamrknecht.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE = a jobs program for thugs.
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CMA: Islamic Art @cmaislamic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Minai Beaker with Seated Princes clevelandart.org/art/1917.977
Minai enamel painting created true polychrome ceramic for the first time, combining blues, green, and purples with sharp black and red--the most difficult ceramic color of all--with precise control.
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One of the biggest mistakes of Unionism was to shift health care costs to employers. Now employers control workers with that leverage.
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 18/09/2026
“If you’re a US citizen you have no reason to fear” – Markwayne Mullin, responding to a video of a teenage US citizen being repeatedly punched in the face by ICE.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You think this regime can't get any more cartoonishly evil, but then it finds a way. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Guardian is doing a terrific job covering both politics and culture.
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‘He was making history, not copying it’: the greatest Gordon Parks photographs
As a new exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Gordon Parks Foundation, those who knew him discuss his most powerful images
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Jeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If your business requires me to create an account, verify my email, accept seventeen cookies, download an app, and solve a captcha just to buy one thing, I no longer want the thing.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 16/09/2026
Get this - a guy at my college reunion has no social media presence. None. No BSKY, insta, twitter, not even LinkedIn. He's completely off the grid. I asked him how people would know what he's up to and he said they could call him and talk. As if.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Promoting a Fox and Friends weekend host to lead the Pentagon was not a good idea.
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Steve Leatherman @slleather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Erroneous charge to my bank account from "X Money", Twitter. Haven't been there in years. Beware of scams going around.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Facts. 💯
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This one’s a keeper.
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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 12/09/2026
I don't fuckin know; sometimes you just need to look at a jellyfish.
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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I dunno man, it's almost like if you spend decades bombing children, they grow up to not like you
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 11/09/2026
In the coming weeks, millions of migratory birds will pass through Chicago. Let's try to make life easier for them.
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Chicago can fly high, lead the way in protecting migratory birds
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Danleofer @danleofer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#LaVideoDuJour La célèbre fontaine Prima Ballerina, dont voici une partie se situe sur la place Kościuszki dans la ville de Poddębice en Pologne. L’auteur Matgorzata Chodakowska a sculpté un ensemble de 3 ballerines en bronze
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 09/09/2026
This is correct, and the US Administration has created an “Office of Remigration” within our State Department —> www.wired.com/story/the-st...
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God @thegodshow.com · 07/09/2026
MAHA = Measles Are Here Again
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sundene 🇳🇴 📎 @sundene.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It still sickens me this bigot mocked a disabled reporter and millions of Americans said, “No big deal. That’s who I want as president.”
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luq73.bsky.social @luq73.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Arrest his henchmen. They may talk if they know the rest of their lives could be spent in prison.
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🫶🏻Layla🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
JD Vance’s public position, core to his vision for the country, is that JD Vance’s wife and kids aren’t real Americans, that they are by definition lesser than any white “heritage American,” and the govt should treat them and anyone like them as second class. Why wouldn’t that be a campaign issue?
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Betty Kraken of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is the fucking way.
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Mick Pic @mickpic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#TheCampfire I have posted this picture of Mr. Phuzz and Calvin, before. But one of the prompts said, "beach dogs" and it took me back to many of these great memories. I'll see if I can do it justice it the alt text.
Two dogs racing along Cannon Beach, Oregon, Haystack Rock rising in the distant background. Mr, Phuzz is the black long-haired Irish/Gorden setter mix out in front, and Calvin is the Labrador/Belgian mix close behind. Both dogs loved the beach, and they cut loose with joyful energy. Mr. Phuzz was a foster for nine months, and last we heard is still with the world. Calvin was with us for 14 years and crossed over this last April. But I look at the absolute endless beauty he added to our lives and I cannot be sad. I believe that life is a circle and a cycle and we all return to Nature. And from Her we shall return. -mick
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