Laura
@lauraleonard.bsky.social
Professional Photo Manager, photography-loving sustainable gardener 🌻 happily married to my amazing wife, Stephanie 🏳️🌈
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I 📸 Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/LauraLeonard
I use @pinksky.app to view my Bluesky photo feeds 🦩
One of my favorite #podcasts ❤️
Annual reminder of my factually accurate, 0% romantic account of who St Valentine was theallusionist.org/valentine. Hope you enjoy celebrating the patron saint of epilepsy and beekeepers
Allusionist 130. Valentine — The Allusionist
St Valentine's name may nowadays be all over the romance-related merch for 14 February, but he was also the patron saint of beekeepers, epilepsy and plagues. Let's get to know this multi-hyphenate sai...
theallusionist.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:40 AM
One of my favorite #podcasts ❤️
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All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
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🌌🌟 UPCOMING 🌟🌌
Thursday, February 26th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET]
Join us VIRTUALLY for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, & @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social)
Thursday, February 26th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET]
Join us VIRTUALLY for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, & @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social)
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
🌌🌟 UPCOMING 🌟🌌
Thursday, February 26th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET]
Join us VIRTUALLY for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, & @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social)
Thursday, February 26th at 4:00 - 5:30 PM [ET]
Join us VIRTUALLY for "Content Creation and the End of Social Media" featuring Crystal Abidin, @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social, & @kelechnekoff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @steelecat717.bsky.social (Director, @bcatlab.bsky.social)
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I just backed @burnitalldownpod.com, the feminist sports podcast you need on Kickstarter. The hosts are so sharp and we need their perspectives in the world of sports now more than ever. I missed this podcast so much and am thrilled they are coming back!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need
A new season of what haters have called a "capitalist-hating, Trump-hating, NFL protest-loving group of far-Left women."
www.kickstarter.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I just backed @burnitalldownpod.com, the feminist sports podcast you need on Kickstarter. The hosts are so sharp and we need their perspectives in the world of sports now more than ever. I missed this podcast so much and am thrilled they are coming back!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
The graphic is disturbing but the article is worthwhile read. I appreciate IPM sharing the various student views. Gives me some hope.
An Instagram post made by the Illini Republicans depicting the recent federal agent shooting and killing of Alex Pretti has garnered negative feedback towards the group. U of I officials say the post has been reported to the Title VI Office.
U of I students react to Illini Republicans controversial ICE social media post - IPM Newsroom
An Instagram post made by the Illini Republicans depicting the recent federal agent shooting and killing of Alex Pretti has garnered negative feedback towards the group. U of I officials say the post ...
ipmnewsroom.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The graphic is disturbing but the article is worthwhile read. I appreciate IPM sharing the various student views. Gives me some hope.
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
Really good reads for this moment ✌🏼
Fugitive Slave Act forced question: "Were Northerners prepared to watch their neighbors, many of whom had lived in their communities for years, be violently removed from their homes or grabbed off the streets? For many, answer was no." - @jelaniya.bsky.social Read ⬇️
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act
Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Really good reads for this moment ✌🏼
I’m not watching the #Grammys but I love #OliviaDean, her album, and this clip ❤️
Olivia Dean during her #GRAMMYs acceptance speech for Best New Artist:
“I’m up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant, I’m a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated.”
“I’m up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant, I’m a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I’m not watching the #Grammys but I love #OliviaDean, her album, and this clip ❤️
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Man, it’s wild that normal people just go to work every day while the people who run everything meticulously document their sex crimes
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Man, it’s wild that normal people just go to work every day while the people who run everything meticulously document their sex crimes
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January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere, officials from the Trump administration today tried to shift the public narrativ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 AM
January 30, 2026
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While working at Toronto’s Second City Theater, Catherine O’Hara was made Gilda Radner’s understudy.
When Radner left in 1974, O’Hara became a member of the company, and her ability to imbue her comedic characters with depth and humanity launched a decades-long career.
When Radner left in 1974, O’Hara became a member of the company, and her ability to imbue her comedic characters with depth and humanity launched a decades-long career.
January 30, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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"We are supposed to have our constitutional right of the freedom to film, to be a member of the press. I don’t feel like I have my First Amendment right as a member of the press," Georgia Fort said.
https://bit.ly/4qcOQHt
https://bit.ly/4qcOQHt
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
"We are supposed to have our constitutional right of the freedom to film, to be a member of the press. I don’t feel like I have my First Amendment right as a member of the press," Georgia Fort said.
https://bit.ly/4qcOQHt
https://bit.ly/4qcOQHt
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"We want to bring it to the national stage and see it happen all over the country. We want everyone to feel that solidarity that we felt last week."
We went to the University of Minnesota to speak to the students behind today's National General Strike campaign.
We went to the University of Minnesota to speak to the students behind today's National General Strike campaign.
January 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"We want to bring it to the national stage and see it happen all over the country. We want everyone to feel that solidarity that we felt last week."
We went to the University of Minnesota to speak to the students behind today's National General Strike campaign.
We went to the University of Minnesota to speak to the students behind today's National General Strike campaign.
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
January 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
- Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
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Directed By: BRITTANY SHYNE
Executive Produced By: TESSA THOMPSON
Directed By: BRITTANY SHYNE
Executive Produced By: TESSA THOMPSON
SEEDS Trailer
YouTube video by Film Forum
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Directed By: BRITTANY SHYNE
Executive Produced By: TESSA THOMPSON
Directed By: BRITTANY SHYNE
Executive Produced By: TESSA THOMPSON
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It’s ok be be frightened by all that’s happening. It’s not ok to be scared into fatalism and inertia.
In other words let’s start acting like the majority we actually are. Stand up.
In other words let’s start acting like the majority we actually are. Stand up.
Regarding threats to the midterms, there are two most plausible things they'll try, and neither will work. The first is deploying ICE to intimidate people outside polling places, which will if anything backfire on dissuading people from voting, and also they can only do on a paltry scale anyway. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It’s ok be be frightened by all that’s happening. It’s not ok to be scared into fatalism and inertia.
In other words let’s start acting like the majority we actually are. Stand up.
In other words let’s start acting like the majority we actually are. Stand up.
I ❤️ MN
🚨 BREAKING: Over 100 clergy at Target HQ in Downtown Minneapolis demanding justice #ICEOutOfMN #ICEOutForGood #ReneeGood
🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”
🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
🎶 “We can stay here all day, we shall not be moved. We are shopping elsewhere, we shall not be moved.”
🔗 Watch live: www.facebook.com/share/v/1ALf...
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I ❤️ MN
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A week after an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, half of American women are in favor of abolishing the law enforcement agency altogether, according to one new poll.
Half of American women support abolishing ICE, polling shows
In Congress, progressive Democratic women are taking the lead in calling for dismantling the agency.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A week after an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, half of American women are in favor of abolishing the law enforcement agency altogether, according to one new poll.
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“I think this is part of an attempted federal takeover, federal incursion into the running of our elections,” Eileen O'Connor said.
Labor, voting rights groups intervene in Illinois voter data lawsuit - IPM Newsroom
Illinois is one of 23 states and Washington, D.C., that are being sued by the Trump administration for access to their unredacted voter rolls.
ipmnewsroom.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
“I think this is part of an attempted federal takeover, federal incursion into the running of our elections,” Eileen O'Connor said.
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Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
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Eric-Paul Riege (Dine) create this striking woven piece from wool and guided by Diné philosophy, this sculptural work embodies Hózhó—beauty, balance, and harmony in all things. Riege’s practice bridges sculpture, wearable art, and performance, inviting touch, movement, and shared presence.
January 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Eric-Paul Riege (Dine) create this striking woven piece from wool and guided by Diné philosophy, this sculptural work embodies Hózhó—beauty, balance, and harmony in all things. Riege’s practice bridges sculpture, wearable art, and performance, inviting touch, movement, and shared presence.