Leon Elcock
@leonelcock3.bsky.social
Solidarity Bioeconomy and thoughts about books.
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ICE just showed up at our house for the second day in a row. Four cars yesterday, today five. They rolled up slow, then got out to taunt us, and take pictures of the house. They want fear to overwhelm us, to project a fantasy of power meant to intimidate, isolate, produce obedience—not happening.
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
ICE just showed up at our house for the second day in a row. Four cars yesterday, today five. They rolled up slow, then got out to taunt us, and take pictures of the house. They want fear to overwhelm us, to project a fantasy of power meant to intimidate, isolate, produce obedience—not happening.
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We have an extreme political education drought in the USA.
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We have an extreme political education drought in the USA.
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"Action is a practice of hope. Put another way, hope is generated through action."
A powerful letter to young organizers from abolitionist organizer @prisonculture.bsky.social on practicing hope amid collapse—and choosing to act anyway.
A powerful letter to young organizers from abolitionist organizer @prisonculture.bsky.social on practicing hope amid collapse—and choosing to act anyway.
Read This If You're New and Trying to Find Your Way
Abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba offers youth living through the current crises a renewed perspective on how to move forward.
inthesetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"Action is a practice of hope. Put another way, hope is generated through action."
A powerful letter to young organizers from abolitionist organizer @prisonculture.bsky.social on practicing hope amid collapse—and choosing to act anyway.
A powerful letter to young organizers from abolitionist organizer @prisonculture.bsky.social on practicing hope amid collapse—and choosing to act anyway.
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Death is always a tragedy; death at the hands of law enforcement is a policy choice single every time.
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Death is always a tragedy; death at the hands of law enforcement is a policy choice single every time.
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A general strike against fascist terror makes this one of the most politically important days in the lives of everyone reading this.
January 24, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A general strike against fascist terror makes this one of the most politically important days in the lives of everyone reading this.
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I don't like the way that history is popularly narrated in this country. At all.
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I don't like the way that history is popularly narrated in this country. At all.
Being born in ‘96, I can’t help but feel like I’m in a movie whenever ‘80 music is on
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Being born in ‘96, I can’t help but feel like I’m in a movie whenever ‘80 music is on
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the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
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they do this all of the time. They beat people and arrest them for celebrating.
Anyone who celebrates the release of a prisoner will be considered a target for "punishment and arrest" by Israel. Are you fucking kidding me?
Israel warns West Bank Palestinians against celebrating prisoners’ releases
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www.timesofisrael.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
they do this all of the time. They beat people and arrest them for celebrating.
If things go right, maybe in a century there could potentially be a new medicine that helps some people with something, that’s why we need to do all the most predictable things and never be brave.
Living on the copium of future fame and breakthroughs. Hubris-maxxing, if you will.
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If things go right, maybe in a century there could potentially be a new medicine that helps some people with something, that’s why we need to do all the most predictable things and never be brave.
What jobs can molecular biologists do that give a feeling of pride?
This start-up shit is cooked. This certain social milieu of actors just continually moves in ways I personally find disgusting and despicable.
This start-up shit is cooked. This certain social milieu of actors just continually moves in ways I personally find disgusting and despicable.
October 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What jobs can molecular biologists do that give a feeling of pride?
This start-up shit is cooked. This certain social milieu of actors just continually moves in ways I personally find disgusting and despicable.
This start-up shit is cooked. This certain social milieu of actors just continually moves in ways I personally find disgusting and despicable.
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It's core to the entire tech project to believe that technical solutions will fix social problems.
This. Absolutely this. They believed their technical solution would solve a social problem. It’s the same ideology that drives Mastodon albeit repackaged in a less “open source” centric shell.
I think they genuinely thought all they needed to build a successful community was a protocol. It's a depressingly recurrent theme in tech, really, to get excited about the technical achievements and not care or maybe not even know about the people-oriented work that's also needed.
October 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's core to the entire tech project to believe that technical solutions will fix social problems.
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And now for today's good news ... a wonderful librarian now has a full time job getting people excited about books. All kinds of books. Even the diverse ones that the government doesn't want you to read.
OMG! Mychal did it. Anyone who first caught this wonderful human gaining an audience on TikTok knew there was something special happening. What an incredible journey and story. Promoting reading and libraries is so damn important right now, and I can't think of a better ambassador.
Reading Rainbow Returns With New Host and Celebrity Guest Stars
Reading Rainbow is back after almost 20 years! The beloved children's TV program — which ran for 26 years before wrapping in 2006 — is celebrated for fostering childhood reading and literacy.
people.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
And now for today's good news ... a wonderful librarian now has a full time job getting people excited about books. All kinds of books. Even the diverse ones that the government doesn't want you to read.
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same along racial lines.
One of the big asymmetries in US politics is how Republicans getting more votes from men is a major crisis for the Democratic party that must be addressed, perhaps by abandoning some values, while Democrats getting more votes from women is a nonissue for the Republican Party, not worth discussing.
September 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
same along racial lines.
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One of the big asymmetries in US politics is how Republicans getting more votes from men is a major crisis for the Democratic party that must be addressed, perhaps by abandoning some values, while Democrats getting more votes from women is a nonissue for the Republican Party, not worth discussing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
One of the big asymmetries in US politics is how Republicans getting more votes from men is a major crisis for the Democratic party that must be addressed, perhaps by abandoning some values, while Democrats getting more votes from women is a nonissue for the Republican Party, not worth discussing.
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Absolutely this! Work is the *primary form of discipline* in our society, y’all. Notice the first thing the regime did was to fire, defund, or “investigate” workers & workplaces they viewed hostile, both in private & public sector spaces.
People don’t like it when I say it, but the main place you’ll be pressured to participate in fascism is work. Especially if you work in a battleground space like government or academia.
None of your weekend organizing can ever make up for active participation in the fascist project at your day job.
None of your weekend organizing can ever make up for active participation in the fascist project at your day job.
September 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Absolutely this! Work is the *primary form of discipline* in our society, y’all. Notice the first thing the regime did was to fire, defund, or “investigate” workers & workplaces they viewed hostile, both in private & public sector spaces.
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I think this is why unions can be so important. With a union at your back, you feel a lot better about saying no
People don’t like it when I say it, but the main place you’ll be pressured to participate in fascism is work. Especially if you work in a battleground space like government or academia.
None of your weekend organizing can ever make up for active participation in the fascist project at your day job.
None of your weekend organizing can ever make up for active participation in the fascist project at your day job.
September 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I think this is why unions can be so important. With a union at your back, you feel a lot better about saying no
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Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.
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When I say Steven Miller will face no tribunals etc, many people are furious at me. But I am correct because the current system would have to evaporate for this to happen and there's little evidence that people want to fully destroy the system. They want to tweak it.
September 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
When I say Steven Miller will face no tribunals etc, many people are furious at me. But I am correct because the current system would have to evaporate for this to happen and there's little evidence that people want to fully destroy the system. They want to tweak it.
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TRANS PEOPLE ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE
We're non negotiable, dicks
July 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
TRANS PEOPLE ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE
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Meanwhile, the Israeli army is now destroying the aid they refuse to allow to be distributed to people they are deliberately starving to death.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
July 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is now destroying the aid they refuse to allow to be distributed to people they are deliberately starving to death.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...