Laura Leishman
@lauraleishman.bsky.social
human broadcaster. previously rocked the mic for @radiofrance @radiotelesuisse @ARTEfr and various Corey Hart cover bands. med school drop out.
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Google Veo 3 providing new and exciting ways to do racism.
June 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Google Veo 3 providing new and exciting ways to do racism.
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This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5
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April 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5
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Russians celebrate Palm Sunday by bombing Sumy
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Russian ballistic missile strike kills dozens in Sumy, Zelensky says
Footage shows moment missile lands in Ukrainian city of Sumy
www.bbc.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Russians celebrate Palm Sunday by bombing Sumy
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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One of the co-directors of NO OTHER LAND, Hamdan Ballal was beaten by Israeli settlers and seized by Israeli soldiers from the ambulance Ballal called, per co-director Yuval Abraham. No one knows where Ballal is. (Ballal is second from right in the below photo.)
March 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
One of the co-directors of NO OTHER LAND, Hamdan Ballal was beaten by Israeli settlers and seized by Israeli soldiers from the ambulance Ballal called, per co-director Yuval Abraham. No one knows where Ballal is. (Ballal is second from right in the below photo.)
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
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Literally all he did was quote someone. Defining criticism of the government as treason is what authoritarians do. Turning a publicly funded news outlet into a state media propaganda machine is what authoritarians do.
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Literally all he did was quote someone. Defining criticism of the government as treason is what authoritarians do. Turning a publicly funded news outlet into a state media propaganda machine is what authoritarians do.
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A powerful, beautiful testimony from a week on a @msfsea.bsky.social boat that saves lives in the Mediterranean: hrw.org/feature/2025...
And a reminder of how abhorrent the EU's policies of "deterrence by drowning" (or torture) are. Sign our #WithHumanity petition: hrw.org/WithHumanity
And a reminder of how abhorrent the EU's policies of "deterrence by drowning" (or torture) are. Sign our #WithHumanity petition: hrw.org/WithHumanity
Ship of Humanity
(Milan) –The European Union, its member states, and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex should make saving lives at sea the priority, Human Rights Watch said in a multimedia feature ess...
hrw.org
February 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A powerful, beautiful testimony from a week on a @msfsea.bsky.social boat that saves lives in the Mediterranean: hrw.org/feature/2025...
And a reminder of how abhorrent the EU's policies of "deterrence by drowning" (or torture) are. Sign our #WithHumanity petition: hrw.org/WithHumanity
And a reminder of how abhorrent the EU's policies of "deterrence by drowning" (or torture) are. Sign our #WithHumanity petition: hrw.org/WithHumanity
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“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.
Dear media:
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
February 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.
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UPDATE: Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
February 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
UPDATE: Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
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Hey, remember when a crowd at a Dave Chapelle show booed Elon Musk and Dave chastised the crowd?
February 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Hey, remember when a crowd at a Dave Chapelle show booed Elon Musk and Dave chastised the crowd?
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Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here
February 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here
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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
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#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
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Well, looks like I was pretty on target with this one
When Elon Musk shows up with a 6 inch swastika neck tattoo the headlines are going to say "Musk Sparks Speculation With New Look; Critics Say It Signals Problematic Beliefs"
January 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Well, looks like I was pretty on target with this one
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“.. The president's stash of 800 million $TRUMP coins will start to be unlocked in April, at which point the Trump Organization will be free to sell them to anybody who would like to buy their way into his good graces.”
@axios.com
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Axios Markets
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January 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“.. The president's stash of 800 million $TRUMP coins will start to be unlocked in April, at which point the Trump Organization will be free to sell them to anybody who would like to buy their way into his good graces.”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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You may not have a billion dollars but your dignity is all yours
Getty captures tech titans Zuck, Cook, Sundar and Bezos in church prayer service this morning for Trump's inauguration www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...
January 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You may not have a billion dollars but your dignity is all yours
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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This whole thread is worth a close read.
So I asked why it was even worth engaging with her if the programming was disrespectful and inaccurate.
This was the response.
This was the response.
January 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This whole thread is worth a close read.
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Elon Musk and JD Vance publicly supporting the neo-Nazis of Germany's AfD, just as an AfD supporter/Elon Musk fan kills 5 and injures 100+ in a terrorist attack at a Christmas market in Germany. Vance's pro-AfD statement came *after* the attack.
It's bad. Not sure what else to say. Dark times ahead.
It's bad. Not sure what else to say. Dark times ahead.
December 21, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Elon Musk and JD Vance publicly supporting the neo-Nazis of Germany's AfD, just as an AfD supporter/Elon Musk fan kills 5 and injures 100+ in a terrorist attack at a Christmas market in Germany. Vance's pro-AfD statement came *after* the attack.
It's bad. Not sure what else to say. Dark times ahead.
It's bad. Not sure what else to say. Dark times ahead.
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BREAKING: Renowned former federal prosecutor Harry Litman announces he has resigned from his role as a contributor for the LA Times.
"I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons."
"I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons."
Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times
By Harry Litman
harrylitman.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:23 PM
BREAKING: Renowned former federal prosecutor Harry Litman announces he has resigned from his role as a contributor for the LA Times.
"I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons."
"I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons."
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Trump is about to receive the "Patriot of the Year" award at Fox Nation's 6th annual Patriot Awards telecast. (Hosted by Sean Hannity, who replaced Pete Hegseth, who was supposed to be the host.)
There's definitely something very weird about a TV network giving the president-elect an award. But...
There's definitely something very weird about a TV network giving the president-elect an award. But...
December 6, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Trump is about to receive the "Patriot of the Year" award at Fox Nation's 6th annual Patriot Awards telecast. (Hosted by Sean Hannity, who replaced Pete Hegseth, who was supposed to be the host.)
There's definitely something very weird about a TV network giving the president-elect an award. But...
There's definitely something very weird about a TV network giving the president-elect an award. But...
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DAMASCUS: Assad's forces, members of the 127th Brigade, have withdrawn from the town of Rankous in Qalamoun, which is very close to Saidnaya Prison.
The notorious prison is nicknamed the "Human Slaughterhouse"
These are extraordinary moments.
The notorious prison is nicknamed the "Human Slaughterhouse"
These are extraordinary moments.
December 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
DAMASCUS: Assad's forces, members of the 127th Brigade, have withdrawn from the town of Rankous in Qalamoun, which is very close to Saidnaya Prison.
The notorious prison is nicknamed the "Human Slaughterhouse"
These are extraordinary moments.
The notorious prison is nicknamed the "Human Slaughterhouse"
These are extraordinary moments.