LeeMacL 📎
@leemacl8.bsky.social
born and bred noo yawker so what about it?
gregarious hermit.
consume less, conserve more. repurpose, reuse, recycle.
Allez VGFC!
TG22110 ♾️ in our 🫶🏼
💚 🌱🪴 zone 4b
📎 resist!
gregarious hermit.
consume less, conserve more. repurpose, reuse, recycle.
Allez VGFC!
TG22110 ♾️ in our 🫶🏼
💚 🌱🪴 zone 4b
📎 resist!
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LeeMacL 📎
@leemacl8.bsky.social
· Sep 15
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.”
Eisenhower, 1961
Eisenhower, 1961
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Should have stayed that way ...
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Should have stayed that way ...
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Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
James Van Der Beek selling ‘Dawson’s Creek’ merch to help pay for cancer costs
The “Varsity Blues” star was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer last year.
nypost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Everyone thinks they will be the exception.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it.
The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.
Patrons, like the pope or the Medicis.
Rich people used to pay creatives to just create ya know?
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Patrons, like the pope or the Medicis.
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Important to remember!!!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Important to remember!!!
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I would vote for him if I still lived in nyc!
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I would vote for him if I still lived in nyc!
Ummm, I think drowning is their preferred option for the boat-less!
Let the water rise over our heads!
Let the water rise over our heads!
"A rising tide lifts all boats" LMFAO
This mantra is merely capitalism sold to us by billionaires...when some people don't even have boats how does this work????
This mantra is merely capitalism sold to us by billionaires...when some people don't even have boats how does this work????
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ummm, I think drowning is their preferred option for the boat-less!
Let the water rise over our heads!
Let the water rise over our heads!
Gotta respect a man who puts his money where his mouth is.
🇨🇦 Neil Young is turning 80 — and these Canadian musicians are throwing him a party at Massey Hall in Toronto.
#NeilYoung🇨🇦
#CanadaSky🍁
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
#NeilYoung🇨🇦
#CanadaSky🍁
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Neil Young is about to turn 80 — and these Canadian musicians are throwing him a party at Massey Hall
"NY80: A Celebration of Neil Young and His Music,” hosted by CBC’s Tom Power, will take place Nov. 12.
www.thestar.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Gotta respect a man who puts his money where his mouth is.
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Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
But vulnerable to natural disasters especially earthquakes. The plates are grinding.
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
But vulnerable to natural disasters especially earthquakes. The plates are grinding.
If some think folks are living high off that pittance, try it.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If some think folks are living high off that pittance, try it.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Schumer was always seeking attention. A couple of decades ago, I used to field calls from his office weekly, asking about events my boss (elected official) was attending.
Always looking to be on the news, in the papers. Never about issues.
Always looking to be on the news, in the papers. Never about issues.
Nancy Pelosi would have held the line.
B*itch McConnell would have as held his as well.
Chuck Schumer needs to shoved out of office or at least his position with a strongly worded letter.
B*itch McConnell would have as held his as well.
Chuck Schumer needs to shoved out of office or at least his position with a strongly worded letter.
As I said last night on MSNBC as the news broke that eight Senate Democrats were joining the GOP: This must be the end for Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Schumer was always seeking attention. A couple of decades ago, I used to field calls from his office weekly, asking about events my boss (elected official) was attending.
Always looking to be on the news, in the papers. Never about issues.
Always looking to be on the news, in the papers. Never about issues.
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You ever call a senator's office and ask the staffer who picks up what it's like to work for someone without a spine?
10/10 recommend.
10/10 recommend.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
You ever call a senator's office and ask the staffer who picks up what it's like to work for someone without a spine?
10/10 recommend.
10/10 recommend.
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This is courage. Her face belies the pain and sorrow I have seen in other women too many times.
She says she is doing it for the women of Mexico.
I feel that she does this in service to end assaults against women everywhere. She is heroic, like so many survivors I have been privileged to know.
She says she is doing it for the women of Mexico.
I feel that she does this in service to end assaults against women everywhere. She is heroic, like so many survivors I have been privileged to know.
‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This is courage. Her face belies the pain and sorrow I have seen in other women too many times.
She says she is doing it for the women of Mexico.
I feel that she does this in service to end assaults against women everywhere. She is heroic, like so many survivors I have been privileged to know.
She says she is doing it for the women of Mexico.
I feel that she does this in service to end assaults against women everywhere. She is heroic, like so many survivors I have been privileged to know.
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I'll never forget that this shutdown was about confirming a Congresswoman who would have been THE vote for the Epstein files and they gaslit our asses into a national debate about food assistance
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'll never forget that this shutdown was about confirming a Congresswoman who would have been THE vote for the Epstein files and they gaslit our asses into a national debate about food assistance
First real snow of the season! Gorgeous but dangerous. People are just on getting their “snow driving” together.
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
First real snow of the season! Gorgeous but dangerous. People are just on getting their “snow driving” together.
Grateful for little things, at this point!
Pardoning your co-conspirators to own the libs!
Most of their charges are state charges, so this doesn’t actually help them. It’s gross, but it doesn’t really move the needle.
Most of their charges are state charges, so this doesn’t actually help them. It’s gross, but it doesn’t really move the needle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Grateful for little things, at this point!
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The site I get most of my cookie recipes from adds the amount of the ingredient in the steps portion. I wish all recipes did this. It’s so nice not having to scroll up
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The site I get most of my cookie recipes from adds the amount of the ingredient in the steps portion. I wish all recipes did this. It’s so nice not having to scroll up
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Shouldn’t we be asking “where is all that money DOGE saved us?” Billions slashed from agency budgets, but that funding was already appropriated. Where’s the billions in funding congress directed under the bipartisan infrastructure bill? Where’s that? It’s all papering accounts, but where is it?
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Shouldn’t we be asking “where is all that money DOGE saved us?” Billions slashed from agency budgets, but that funding was already appropriated. Where’s the billions in funding congress directed under the bipartisan infrastructure bill? Where’s that? It’s all papering accounts, but where is it?
Hard to believe this is where we are now.
We took the wrong fork in the road. 😞
We took the wrong fork in the road. 😞
This week:
•FAA orders ground stop at JFK & O’Hare due to staff shortages
•USA has now lost 1M jobs under Trump—most since 2003
•US Army told soldiers to go to German food banks
•History's longest Govt Shutdown persists
•House in session only 12 of last 105 days
•Trump blocks SNAP to 42M Americans
•FAA orders ground stop at JFK & O’Hare due to staff shortages
•USA has now lost 1M jobs under Trump—most since 2003
•US Army told soldiers to go to German food banks
•History's longest Govt Shutdown persists
•House in session only 12 of last 105 days
•Trump blocks SNAP to 42M Americans
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Hard to believe this is where we are now.
We took the wrong fork in the road. 😞
We took the wrong fork in the road. 😞
I could see it and smell it! 😆🤣😋
WNYC excitedly reporting the Rockefeller Center xmas tree has arrived. I love knowing it is surrounded by Halal Guys food trucks.
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I could see it and smell it! 😆🤣😋
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Bernie Sanders: We need universal healthcare, and we must pass a Medicare for All, single-payer program to provide comprehensive coverage to all with zero out-of-pocket expenses, and full freedom of choice regarding healthcare providers.
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Bernie Sanders: We need universal healthcare, and we must pass a Medicare for All, single-payer program to provide comprehensive coverage to all with zero out-of-pocket expenses, and full freedom of choice regarding healthcare providers.
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