Reposted by LeeJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public. 75150985650 0
Reposted by LeeIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14805002011747 1
Reposted by LeeJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care. 36151191275 0
Reposted by LeePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This reminds me of a recent conversation I had with @alexhanna.bsky.social about AI and workers, in which Hanna noted that bosses tend to think most feminized work can be automated because they imagine the work as reduced to the task itself and forget the necessary relational aspects. 10371104 0
Reposted by LeeRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Fuck this. I don’t know what else to say. Prison kills. mississippitoday.org/2026/10/07/c...mississippitoday.orgWrongly imprisoned Curtis Flowers diesAfter Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him. 181111289 0
Reposted by LeeJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026News of the Cornell rape case has fueled a 73% spike in calls to the National Sexual Assault hotline in the last week. "Yesterday alone, they were more than double normal. Many of those contacting the hotline say they were prompted to call as a direct result of reading about Jane Doe," says RAINN. 027385 0
Reposted by LeeKen Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 271591941 0
Reposted by Leenovaphillypt2.bsky.social @novaphillypt2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"unlucky few" According to a recent study, there may be as many as 15 million Americans suffering from some form of Long COVID. Maybe we can start with admitting its an issue and that ignoring a condition that is impacting MILLIONS of Americans? www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...cidrap.umn.eduLong COVID may affect 1 in 6 infected patients 0225 0
Reposted by Leezenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So, this very sympathetic piece where the subject is “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024”. 5 minutes of checking his facebook shows pro Trump posts as far back as 2019, and a post saying that he “stands with Trump” posted just a couple of days after Trumps coup. 271841448 0
Reposted by LeeRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156165205566 0
Reposted by LeeCongresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/10/2026ICE has notified me that another person has died in their custody. This is the 58th death under ICE’s watch since Trump returned to office. That’s 58 too many. We need to dismantle ICE, eliminate private, for-profit detention centers, and reform our broken immigration system. 34566259 0
Reposted by LeeKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist 8952781024 0
Reposted by Leethemboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026i'm just saying that i actually HAVE encountered a bear in the woods while hiking, and it was scary, but i held still and it left me alone because it was just going about its business. and it was far less scary and way cooler of a story than the time a guy chased me to my apartment gate 538462 0
Reposted by LeeJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 542023635 0
Reposted by LeeKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 768286765983 0
Reposted by LeeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2634210055725 0
Reposted by LeeLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12781202011 0
Reposted by LeeSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 38591632863 0
Reposted by LeeKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just a remember of what rape can entail after the fact: permanent psychological damage. Permanent physical damage and disability. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care, relocation fees, lost work, lost educational opportunity. A marred reputation. Broken trust, lost relationships. 21216127 0
Reposted by LeeJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.jessica.substack.comCarrying That Weight—AgainI can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case 131125312 0
Reposted by LeeMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that. 9864691101 0
Reposted by LeeKristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Chris Brown is currently on a US Tour and a sitting US Representative got onstage with him last night to honor his career 251073233 0
Reposted by LeeDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way. 572105072143 0
Reposted by Leetunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 426174273862 0
Reposted by LeeAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Why Is No One Talking About Long COVID Anymore? Attention has waned but patients are still suffering, by Jeffrey D. Klausner, Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... via @medpagetoday.com @longcovidadvoc.commedpagetoday.comOpinion | Why Is No One Talking About Long COVID?Attention has waned but patients are still suffering 619090 0
Reposted by LeeFriendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner. 3520331028 0
Reposted by LeeJill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I think we've identified the root cause of MAGA: erectile dysfunction induced extremism. 33313 0
Reposted by LeeMs. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/08/2026"If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both," wrote Gloria Steinem in 1987.msmagazine.comDolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine) 7433157 0
Reposted by LeeThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 366201429891 0
Reposted by LeeKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved” 20491013161 0
Reposted by LeeAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Remembering Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born in 1915 in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Here she's performing "Didn't It Rain" at a train depot in Manchester, England in 1964. She's often called the "Godmother of Rock & Roll" and influenced future music icons like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Elvis Presley. 14982152043 0
Reposted by LeeJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible 184512287 0
Reposted by LeeJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 118312988377 0
Reposted by LeeNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Two of Miss Piggy's most iconic co-stars gone, this world is trash. 2455771499 0
Reposted by LeeJim Hartley @jhdeer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Wrong 80-year-old Home Alone 2 actor. 37519 0
Reposted by LeeMitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I take Lexapro. I have taken Lexapro for over two decades. The times that I have discontinued taking Lexapro have ended very badly for me. RFKJ is trying to kill millions of Americans like me. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...nytimes.comKennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants 65868161777 0
Reposted by LeeTyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Pretty large and growing memorial to Dolly Parton next to her iconic mural in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. 06116 0
Reposted by LeeKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.nytimes.comDolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.” 247238485773 0
Reposted by LeeAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121505977 0
Reposted by LeeWIRED @wired.com · 25/08/2026Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight. www.wired.com/story/the-co...wired.comThe County Prosecutors Who Became ICE InformantsIllinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight. 6272146 0
Reposted by LeeRuth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I will repeat something that cannot be repeated enough. If you truly care about protecting female athletes focus on what is actually causing them lifelong trauma. It’s not the presence of trans people. It’s the assaults of the adults who are supposed to protect them. 27737 0
Reposted by LeeRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE 343148153446 0
Reposted by LeePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.blockclubchicago.orgGary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can HelpA South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr... 7038462947 0
Lee @wolflikelee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I heard we're celebrating the Voids today. #blackcatappreciationday 000 0
Reposted by LeeDroniela - Mentally the Third @girlrobot.io · 14/08/2026Imagine the sleaziest public figure being like "yeah no that's too much even for me" 15508199 0
Reposted by LeeThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. 7350462752 0