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Leah Elizabeth

@uberleah.bsky.social
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Pessimist and cat enthusiast. Recovering non-profit professional. Lapsed Quaker. In the wilds of western Mass. 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 5h
Oh. newrepublic.com/post/216331/...
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USPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights Abuse
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6h
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20h
you don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:
science.org
‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
“The case shows how a car app designed to make drivers' lives more convenient can be turned into a tool of abuse. And too often, car manufacturers haven’t built in protections that would prevent their vehicles from enabling harassment.”
forbes.com
How A Man Used A BMW App To Terrorize His Ex-Wife
A domestic abuse survivor’s ex-husband used his access to her BMW’s connected smartphone app to open car doors and windows, start the engine and track her location. She claims BMW didn’t help.
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 06/10/2026
Religious liberty will always be framed as religious people’s right to freely oppress and exclude others
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The defendants union may be the first effort of its kind in the modern history of political protest in the US..." Follow, boost, and support the folks at @nspm7union.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight back
NSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest
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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026
one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026
📮 Your mail ballot could be postmarked too late to count, even if you mailed it on time. New USPS cost-cutting changes put tens of thousands of mail voters at risk of having their mail ballots rejected. Make a plan and check to see if your zip code is affected: demdock.com/4rMi8Ps
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 06/10/2026
An underappreciated part of the two abortion pill cases filed last week: they target not just mifepristone, but also *misoprostol.* That's the second drug in a typical regimen, but it's effective on its own. Louisiana says the cases would prevent mailing "back-up drugs" @autonomynews.co
autonomynews.co
Three States Try Express Lane to Supreme Court Over ‘Shield’ Laws: October 5 News Roundup
Complaints filed last week target access to both mifepristone and misoprostol, a back-up abortion pill method.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Catastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We’re raising money to help volunteers across the country document ICE flights. This helps with accountability, advancing policy, and demostrates to detainees, and their loved ones, that they’re worthy of being counted, and are cared for by their community. Please help: ottergoose.net/ice
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Leah Elizabeth @uberleah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They’ve been sending these faux progressive texts to my phone about Question 3– I feel like the polling trending ‘yes’ is because they’re marketing it like it’s akin to ranked choice voting and most people can’t tell the difference. Trying to scream ‘no on 3’ from the rooftops & people are confused.
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ANSIRH @ansirh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Did you know abortion pills are so safe and effective, they could meet the FDA’s rules for being sold without a prescription? So why aren't they? The short answer: Policy decisions are being shaped by politics, not scientific evidence.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Jasmine Crockett was offering government relations & lobbying services on a campaign-funded website. It was taken down after Zeteo reached out. Experts say they’d never seen something like this before. Rules bar members from lobbying and from using campaign funds for non-campaign purposes.
zeteo.com
Jasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in Office
The offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 01/10/2026
A nest of TERFs in Worcester Massachusetts? Say it ain't so! New original reporting by @valorievandieman.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
assignedmedia.org
Queer Community Raises Alarm as TERF Conference Comes to Worcester, MA - Assigned Media
The conference, arranged by an anti-trans radical feminist with several notable anti-trans speakers, is set to occur in mid October.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
fucking really
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.
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They/Thempress of The Labyrinth @theythem.press · 27/09/2026
consent is impossible when you mix career networking and sex together in a social space. the inherent power differentials extant in such an environment muddies the waters of consent to the point of complete opacity. how do you say "no" to someone who has the power to make or break your career?
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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So YouTube won't platform the Musk documentary trailer but they'll run anti-UN ads?? www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 25/09/2026
America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form
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Leah Elizabeth @uberleah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Love to see NPR following up its interview with Steve Bannon by now platforming Carlson. Carlson’s brand of ‘I’m so reasonable’ is a front for his bigotry & extremism, and yet catnip for liberals due to Democrats’ inaction and collusion.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump's EPA paid staff roughly $200 MILLION to NOT work last year. Trump's Interior Department paid staff $156 MILLION to NOT work last year. So we don't have money for food or health care, but we have enough to stop staff from doing their jobs? Absolutely irresponsible.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
guess god frowns upon genocide apologists
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cute! Hot2Vote is a new voter registration campaign led by workers in the adult entertainment industry, including performers, directors, producers, strippers, online creators, sex educators and advocates, who want “to defend our rights to privacy, free expression, and bodily autonomy.” hot2vote.org
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Hot2Vote — Check Your Voter Status
Use your power. Register to vote, verify your status, and join the Hot2Vote Artist Ambassador Program.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you are champing at the bit for a nice piece of plainly obvious propaganda to come along so you can indulge a weird desire to bash some faction of marginalized people who bother you, consider…not doing that.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Look at how easy it was, to get most of the left to spend two days bashing maskers over a false story that had so many red flags for being false it was practically a Valentine’s Day parade.
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Rebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God this is so smart @sarahkendzior.bsky.social An example of how white supremacy works in such hidden, nefarious ways
One reason Trump’s backers strenuously opposed diversity in newsrooms is because it made the reporter more likely to be removed from elite, nepotistic circles — and potentially harder to control. The demand for insularity is what motivated mass firings of Black journalists prior to and after Trump’s reinstallation. “Access journalism” is not about the journalist having access to the regime, but the regime having longtime access to the journalist. It is a common prerequisite in mafia states.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
And that is why they are dismantling the structures for DEI in the US, particularly in education systems. Because kids were learning ideas that made it harder to turn them into genocidal drones who would look on or actively participate.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
I had a conversation with a DEI professional in another country last week, and y'all know I'm a critic of DEI as a framework, but she said something while discussing where the US is on the path to genocide: The goal of DEI work is to prevent genocidal ideas from taking root.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/05/2026
saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)
THE REPUBLICANS WANT IS DEAD
THE DEMOCRATS DONT CARE
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Administration officials are circulating a list of government sites that could have Trump’s name affixed to them... One landmark that has emerged in the discussions among administration officials has raised eyebrows: Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865."
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The USG crusade to destroy the ICC seems primarily motivated by a desire to shield Israeli officials like Netanyahu and Gallant from accountability. Worth recalling that those two face charges related to using starvation as a method of warfare in Gaza.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
International criminals preparing to punish International Criminal Court
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years.
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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cold-blooded murder. The goal is to get us used to it so they can do it on a larger scale.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m so sick of everybody and the racism and the sexism and how it’s destroying fun deadline.com/2026/09/ride...
deadline.com
'Ride Or Die' Canceled By Prime Video After One Season (Exclusive)
'Ride Or Die' has been canceled By Prime Video after one season. The Octavia Spencer & Hannah Waddingham series is shopped By Paramount TV Studios.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From a former State Dept. lawyer who specialized in the law of armed conflict
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 19/09/2026
This is why I think it's so important to push back against the personification of LLMs. If a person shoots someone while wearing a hand puppet, they can't claim the hand puppet did the murder.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
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