Leslie Root
@lesja.bsky.social
reproductive justice for all, solidarity forever. demographer, asst prof of research at CU Boulder, inveterate and not particularly professional poster. на носу очки, а в душе осень
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Leslie Root
@lesja.bsky.social
· Apr 12
"shouldn't the left be engaging with pronatalism" comes up constantly. yeah I'm engaging with it. engaging by saying it sucks!!
hold Republicans fiercely accountable
fiercely accountable
fiercely accountable
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
hold Republicans fiercely accountable
fiercely accountable
fiercely accountable
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they should make a folk art version of warhammer. i want to paint tiny frogs and birds and stuff
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
they should make a folk art version of warhammer. i want to paint tiny frogs and birds and stuff
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I am thinking Unpostable Thoughts
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I am thinking Unpostable Thoughts
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Winter is upon us once again, so I'm going to get out ahead of the Siberia misinformation this year: this dude is not "Russian Santa" Ded Moroz, this is Chysh Khan, the Bull of Winter, in Sakha tradition. He rises from the Arctic seas and spreads winter with his breath.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Winter is upon us once again, so I'm going to get out ahead of the Siberia misinformation this year: this dude is not "Russian Santa" Ded Moroz, this is Chysh Khan, the Bull of Winter, in Sakha tradition. He rises from the Arctic seas and spreads winter with his breath.
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50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
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“the stuff people buy now is better than your grandparents wildest dreams” -guy who has never heard of shein
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“the stuff people buy now is better than your grandparents wildest dreams” -guy who has never heard of shein
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@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
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maybe now is the time to try taking the train from Denver to Sandusky, Ohio for New Year's
Air traffic controllers are resigning due to the stress inflicted by the government shutdown, a union president warned
Air Traffic Controllers Union Head Gives Dire Warning About How This Shutdown's Different
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said workers have gone too long without paychecks to work safely.
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
maybe now is the time to try taking the train from Denver to Sandusky, Ohio for New Year's
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Average NYT headline
Is It True That Most Big Tits Women Are Stupid Sluts? 4 Hours
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Average NYT headline
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Theory: the appearance of a furry little guy with a strangely nude face is a herald of the waning of empire
July 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Theory: the appearance of a furry little guy with a strangely nude face is a herald of the waning of empire
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
Bro what 😭 aren't you a historian of communism 😭 how do you not know what it is
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bro what 😭 aren't you a historian of communism 😭 how do you not know what it is
i've always wondered about the gender of mcarthyism, glad that's settled
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
i've always wondered about the gender of mcarthyism, glad that's settled
"my guests this week, Helen Andrews and Leah Libresco Sargent-"
I am once again, albeit not without some personal regret, calling for the full abolition of Yale University
I am once again, albeit not without some personal regret, calling for the full abolition of Yale University
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"my guests this week, Helen Andrews and Leah Libresco Sargent-"
I am once again, albeit not without some personal regret, calling for the full abolition of Yale University
I am once again, albeit not without some personal regret, calling for the full abolition of Yale University
wild to contemplate how the exact same people can believe liberals need to take falling birth rates seriously and also think that their own city/neighborhood should maintain the exact same "character" and population size it had the moment they moved there
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
wild to contemplate how the exact same people can believe liberals need to take falling birth rates seriously and also think that their own city/neighborhood should maintain the exact same "character" and population size it had the moment they moved there
this post autoplays out loud in my head at random intervals
ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER IN LINE AT VILLABATE: i no trust-ah Zorhan Mamdani.... he-ah too skinny
*phone beeps*
ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER: ohhhh... he looka so good now! *suspiciously* now it Antonio Cuomo who look too skinny
*phone beeps*
ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER: ohhhh... he looka so good now! *suspiciously* now it Antonio Cuomo who look too skinny
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
this post autoplays out loud in my head at random intervals
I doubt there's a single Louisville (CO) resident reading this, but just in case: please vote no on 300 and 301. They're pure NIMBYism and 301 hurts facilities like the library
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I doubt there's a single Louisville (CO) resident reading this, but just in case: please vote no on 300 and 301. They're pure NIMBYism and 301 hurts facilities like the library
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pretty funny how Eric Adams name remained on the ballots but I had no idea there even was a Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOs̱mānīye Party
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
pretty funny how Eric Adams name remained on the ballots but I had no idea there even was a Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOs̱mānīye Party
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
What if the kid at the Ohio Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership conference I went to in 10th grade who completely ruined an improv game/icebreaker by doing a Hitler dance... was JD Vance...
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
What if the kid at the Ohio Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership conference I went to in 10th grade who completely ruined an improv game/icebreaker by doing a Hitler dance... was JD Vance...
Does anyone understand the purple Connections
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Does anyone understand the purple Connections