Leora
@leorahugs.bsky.social
SFF writer, queer, Jewish, snake parent, book hoarder
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
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SAY MURDER YOU COWARD PRESS ROOMS
"But the trafficking of an illegal consumer product is not a capital offense, and Congress has not authorized armed conflict against cartels.
That raises the question of whether Mr. Trump has legitimate authority to--"
NO IT DOESN'T. IT RAISES NO QUESTION. YOU LITERALLY JUST ANSWERED IT
That raises the question of whether Mr. Trump has legitimate authority to--"
NO IT DOESN'T. IT RAISES NO QUESTION. YOU LITERALLY JUST ANSWERED IT
a white cat is screaming with its mouth open and the words screaming intensifies are visible in the background .
ALT: a white cat is screaming with its mouth open and the words screaming intensifies are visible in the background .
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September 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
SAY MURDER YOU COWARD PRESS ROOMS
Reindeer eyes shift seasonally so their winter vision maximizes the amount of light they take in and their summer vision maximizes color and detail as an adaptation for polar sun.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reindeer eyes shift seasonally so their winter vision maximizes the amount of light they take in and their summer vision maximizes color and detail as an adaptation for polar sun.
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having thought about this for three days, my current status is:
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
this makes me suspect that one of the routes that AI companies are aiming at is targeting young people. anything that existed when you were a kid feels normal and indispensable. especially if you always used AI to write all your essays for you. and to comfort you when your parents were arguing.
August 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
having thought about this for three days, my current status is:
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
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Bottom line is that anti trans politics is part of fascist politics and you can’t fight fascism by taking on and surrendering to its ideas
August 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Bottom line is that anti trans politics is part of fascist politics and you can’t fight fascism by taking on and surrendering to its ideas
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I don’t actually give a shit about polling if the polling says “your friends should die”
August 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I don’t actually give a shit about polling if the polling says “your friends should die”
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the way people were like “the barbie movie is preschool feminism”? the niemöller poem is preschool solidarity.
if “oh, this might hurt me??” is your only way to see other people’s humanity, then congrats, you’re in remedial solidarity 098 at irl greendale community college & no one’s hot or funny.
if “oh, this might hurt me??” is your only way to see other people’s humanity, then congrats, you’re in remedial solidarity 098 at irl greendale community college & no one’s hot or funny.
August 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
the way people were like “the barbie movie is preschool feminism”? the niemöller poem is preschool solidarity.
if “oh, this might hurt me??” is your only way to see other people’s humanity, then congrats, you’re in remedial solidarity 098 at irl greendale community college & no one’s hot or funny.
if “oh, this might hurt me??” is your only way to see other people’s humanity, then congrats, you’re in remedial solidarity 098 at irl greendale community college & no one’s hot or funny.
one like, one book I love
One like, one book I love.
One like, one book I love.
July 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
one like, one book I love
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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🚨NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, sends Congress a whistleblower letter detailing lawlessness at the DOJ around the CECOT deportations.
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, sends Congress a whistleblower letter detailing lawlessness at the DOJ around the CECOT deportations.
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
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to call this a crime against humanity is true but inadequate — it’s a crime against all creation
The Trump administration said that it would open up 58 million acres of back country in national forests to road construction and development, removing protections that had been in place for a quarter century.
Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”
trib.al
June 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
to call this a crime against humanity is true but inadequate — it’s a crime against all creation
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Justice Sotomayor, on the import of what the Supreme Court did today:
"The [Trump administration] thus openly flouted two court orders. ... [E]ach time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for the courts and for the rule of law."
"The [Trump administration] thus openly flouted two court orders. ... [E]ach time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for the courts and for the rule of law."
June 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Justice Sotomayor, on the import of what the Supreme Court did today:
"The [Trump administration] thus openly flouted two court orders. ... [E]ach time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for the courts and for the rule of law."
"The [Trump administration] thus openly flouted two court orders. ... [E]ach time this Court rewards noncompliance with discretionary relief, it further erodes respect for the courts and for the rule of law."
spent a while playing a complicated imagination game led by my niblings in which we were superhero Jedi preventing Darth Vader from robbing a bank. turns out spiderman webs are not as effective as desired against someone wielding a lightsaber. kids are great.
June 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
spent a while playing a complicated imagination game led by my niblings in which we were superhero Jedi preventing Darth Vader from robbing a bank. turns out spiderman webs are not as effective as desired against someone wielding a lightsaber. kids are great.
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It's hard to credit MAGA with ignorance. If they were ignorant they'd sometimes accidentally choose less evil over more evil, but no. No matter where you set them, no matter how many times you spin them around, their moral compasses point with unerring certainty toward maximum atrocity and cruelty.
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's hard to credit MAGA with ignorance. If they were ignorant they'd sometimes accidentally choose less evil over more evil, but no. No matter where you set them, no matter how many times you spin them around, their moral compasses point with unerring certainty toward maximum atrocity and cruelty.
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Happy Pride Month! You know who doesn't change their brand image to rainbow just for June?
Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
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Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
🦑🐙
June 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happy Pride Month! You know who doesn't change their brand image to rainbow just for June?
Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
🦑🐙
Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years.
🦑🐙
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see this is why Paul Tazewell should get to do whatever he wants forever
May 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
see this is why Paul Tazewell should get to do whatever he wants forever
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But I was suspicious! Anything can claim to be freezeproof but most of them aren’t!
ME: So are these really, truly—hang on, why do you have a certificate from the Association of Zoos?
HER: We make all the elephant toys.
ME: …elephant toys?
HER: *points to a photo of an elephant standing on a ball*
ME: So are these really, truly—hang on, why do you have a certificate from the Association of Zoos?
HER: We make all the elephant toys.
ME: …elephant toys?
HER: *points to a photo of an elephant standing on a ball*
April 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
But I was suspicious! Anything can claim to be freezeproof but most of them aren’t!
ME: So are these really, truly—hang on, why do you have a certificate from the Association of Zoos?
HER: We make all the elephant toys.
ME: …elephant toys?
HER: *points to a photo of an elephant standing on a ball*
ME: So are these really, truly—hang on, why do you have a certificate from the Association of Zoos?
HER: We make all the elephant toys.
ME: …elephant toys?
HER: *points to a photo of an elephant standing on a ball*
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One thing I think we really need to drill down on is that these cynical weaponizations of the rhetoric of combating antisemitism and sexual violence *are themselves* antisemitic and misogynist: they mock the suffering and desire for justice of people who have experienced these.
The obscenity (and the menace to Jews) of these officials pretending any of this police state assault on our constitutional order has anything to do with concern about antisemitism is off the charts. Just diabolical.
April 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
One thing I think we really need to drill down on is that these cynical weaponizations of the rhetoric of combating antisemitism and sexual violence *are themselves* antisemitic and misogynist: they mock the suffering and desire for justice of people who have experienced these.
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I have made CHEESE BOYS
April 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I have made CHEESE BOYS
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Strom Thurmond would have cheerfully seen Cory Booker lynched just for thinking he could vote, let alone run for senate, be elected, and take his seat there. Strom couldn't stop the Civil Rights Act, he couldn't stop the Voting Rights Act, and he couldn't stop a Black man from breaking his record
April 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Strom Thurmond would have cheerfully seen Cory Booker lynched just for thinking he could vote, let alone run for senate, be elected, and take his seat there. Strom couldn't stop the Civil Rights Act, he couldn't stop the Voting Rights Act, and he couldn't stop a Black man from breaking his record