Karen Leonard
@kleonsky.bsky.social
Writer, mother of two humans and a dog and a cat (and now another cat!).
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
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Late to this, but if you aren't willing to stand up for trans people that puts you on the side of the villains. There is no excuse and no "strategy" that justifies it. Either stand with people under attack from the state or get out of the way so someone with a working moral compass can step up.
gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Late to this, but if you aren't willing to stand up for trans people that puts you on the side of the villains. There is no excuse and no "strategy" that justifies it. Either stand with people under attack from the state or get out of the way so someone with a working moral compass can step up.
Damn, now I want to move to Portland.
September 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Damn, now I want to move to Portland.
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Our greatest strength against authoritarianism is the American multifaith multiracial majority.
Trump knows this, which is why he acts to wedge us against another.
Zohran Mamdani proved he and New Yorkers know this too, which is why we are going to win and show every city how to.
Trump knows this, which is why he acts to wedge us against another.
Zohran Mamdani proved he and New Yorkers know this too, which is why we are going to win and show every city how to.
I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.
“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”
“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”
New year ✨
New mayor ✨
We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.
🧵
New mayor ✨
We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.
🧵
September 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Our greatest strength against authoritarianism is the American multifaith multiracial majority.
Trump knows this, which is why he acts to wedge us against another.
Zohran Mamdani proved he and New Yorkers know this too, which is why we are going to win and show every city how to.
Trump knows this, which is why he acts to wedge us against another.
Zohran Mamdani proved he and New Yorkers know this too, which is why we are going to win and show every city how to.
Seagulls when you perform Tashlich:
a flock of seagulls standing on a wire
Alt: A flock of seagulls standing on a wire while one squawks to the camera
media.tenor.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Seagulls when you perform Tashlich:
To all my fellow Californians, please call!
Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
September 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
To all my fellow Californians, please call!
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the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”
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Kyle’s mom speaks for all the diaspora
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Kyle’s mom speaks for all the diaspora
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just saw Lamar Jackson get tackled for no gain three straight plays, rapture might be tomorrow
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
just saw Lamar Jackson get tackled for no gain three straight plays, rapture might be tomorrow
This is it exactly. Women are supposed to suffer and self-martyr for their offspring. This is the purpose of restricting abortion too.
Tylenol does not cause autism but *not* taking Tylenol can cause women to be truly miserable during pregnancy so you can see why the GOP is so gung-ho about this line of argument.
September 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is it exactly. Women are supposed to suffer and self-martyr for their offspring. This is the purpose of restricting abortion too.
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Let the past year and its curses end, let the new year and it's blessings begin. May 5786 see the end of the genocide in Gaza and the beginning of liberation.
September 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Let the past year and its curses end, let the new year and it's blessings begin. May 5786 see the end of the genocide in Gaza and the beginning of liberation.
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THIS IS IMPORTANT
Louisville gave Pudge his own locker for game day 😭😭😭
Louisville gave Pudge his own locker for game day 😭😭😭
September 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
THIS IS IMPORTANT
Louisville gave Pudge his own locker for game day 😭😭😭
Louisville gave Pudge his own locker for game day 😭😭😭
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Yes, the war in Gaza is a genocide.
I hope you’ll take a moment to read my op-ed here:
I hope you’ll take a moment to read my op-ed here:
It Is Genocide » Senator Bernie Sanders
Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this war with its brutal attack on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages. Israel, as any other country, had a right to defend...
www.sanders.senate.gov
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Yes, the war in Gaza is a genocide.
I hope you’ll take a moment to read my op-ed here:
I hope you’ll take a moment to read my op-ed here:
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
My family too, probably on the same boat from Odessa!
My family escaped Ukraine from the pogroms and were lucky enough to escape to the US.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
They took my family in — we had nothing and offered nothing, but a desire to get ahead and be free while being safe.
This is a country of immigrants, and we should be honoring that history.
September 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My family too, probably on the same boat from Odessa!
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I am now starting to suspect that people doom posting themselves into saying it doesn't matter that Trump is wildly unpopular because he is going to do a dictatorship are themselves an op. Dictatorships aren't stable by magic, they need people to buy in and go along with them. This matters.
Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...
September 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I am now starting to suspect that people doom posting themselves into saying it doesn't matter that Trump is wildly unpopular because he is going to do a dictatorship are themselves an op. Dictatorships aren't stable by magic, they need people to buy in and go along with them. This matters.
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The ONLY reason that this regime is dismantling cancer research is to destroy our country & people from the inside. Our experts, knowledge, progress - shredded.
Like the National parks - why destroy them?
It’s painful to live sitting this soul crushing stupid time.
Like the National parks - why destroy them?
It’s painful to live sitting this soul crushing stupid time.
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The ONLY reason that this regime is dismantling cancer research is to destroy our country & people from the inside. Our experts, knowledge, progress - shredded.
Like the National parks - why destroy them?
It’s painful to live sitting this soul crushing stupid time.
Like the National parks - why destroy them?
It’s painful to live sitting this soul crushing stupid time.
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Vance really out here performing his version of scary Evita.
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Vance really out here performing his version of scary Evita.
Really recommend reading the responses to this if you need a little pick-me-up.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Really recommend reading the responses to this if you need a little pick-me-up.
I love Josh Johnson
Florida's surgeon general is ending vaccine mandates in schools, and he isn't stopping there
September 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I love Josh Johnson
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Sharing with ALT text for those who aren't aware of the ongoing real world implications for trans people in the U.S.
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
March 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sharing with ALT text for those who aren't aware of the ongoing real world implications for trans people in the U.S.
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."
Bought $14 worth of berries from the farmers market this morning, and they’re already gone. These kids, man. These kids.
September 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Bought $14 worth of berries from the farmers market this morning, and they’re already gone. These kids, man. These kids.