Lesli
@lesli1217.bsky.social
An avid yogi, bassist, bookworm, creative director, hiker, and dog mom.
Michigan
RYT-200 🧘♀️
Michigan
RYT-200 🧘♀️
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Big win for stopping book bans:
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
“None Of These Books Are Obscene.”
#booksky
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
“None Of These Books Are Obscene.”
#booksky
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Big win for stopping book bans:
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
“None Of These Books Are Obscene.”
#booksky
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
“None Of These Books Are Obscene.”
#booksky
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
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We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We shouldn't need a Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, but here we are. Still underpaid. Still undervalued.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
66 cents on the dollar means we lose thousands every year, for doing the same job.
Over a lifetime? That’s hundreds of thousands gone.
Pay Black women. Period.
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NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
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'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NEW: Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
Unpaywalled from @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social:
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I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.
June 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.
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Republicans are not “pro-life.”
They’re pushing an anti-woman agenda.
They’re pushing an anti-woman agenda.
June 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Republicans are not “pro-life.”
They’re pushing an anti-woman agenda.
They’re pushing an anti-woman agenda.
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Michael J. Fox and Stephen King want you to READ!
June 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Michael J. Fox and Stephen King want you to READ!
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Trump wasn’t complaining about too many holidays on President’s Day.
June 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trump wasn’t complaining about too many holidays on President’s Day.
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Juneteenth is a powerful reminder of how far we’ve come—and how much further we still have to go.
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
June 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Juneteenth is a powerful reminder of how far we’ve come—and how much further we still have to go.
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
It marks the moment freedom finally reached our people right here in Texas. Our people took what was withheld and built something powerful: resilience, pride, and a legacy we carry to this day. (1/2)
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Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
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On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.
~ George Orwell
~ George Orwell
June 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.
~ George Orwell
~ George Orwell
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Kristi Noem was hospitalized for an allergic reaction.
Guess who identified root cause, pathology, & treatments for allergies?
Scientists & physicians with research funding.
If MAHA & Trump admin get their way (she’s part of), say bye to innovation, discoveries & scientists who drive them.
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Guess who identified root cause, pathology, & treatments for allergies?
Scientists & physicians with research funding.
If MAHA & Trump admin get their way (she’s part of), say bye to innovation, discoveries & scientists who drive them.
1/
June 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Kristi Noem was hospitalized for an allergic reaction.
Guess who identified root cause, pathology, & treatments for allergies?
Scientists & physicians with research funding.
If MAHA & Trump admin get their way (she’s part of), say bye to innovation, discoveries & scientists who drive them.
1/
Guess who identified root cause, pathology, & treatments for allergies?
Scientists & physicians with research funding.
If MAHA & Trump admin get their way (she’s part of), say bye to innovation, discoveries & scientists who drive them.
1/
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Congress should pass the bipartisan BARK Act, my bill to save millions of pounds of perfectly good pet food from the trash and get it to the growing population of hungry shelter dogs and cats.
We can do this. Let’s get it done.
We can do this. Let’s get it done.
June 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Congress should pass the bipartisan BARK Act, my bill to save millions of pounds of perfectly good pet food from the trash and get it to the growing population of hungry shelter dogs and cats.
We can do this. Let’s get it done.
We can do this. Let’s get it done.
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I think a lot of the terror of the modern age can be understood by the fact that the Internet accelerated the development of the worst type of person, the "Anti-Intellectual Nerd."
June 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I think a lot of the terror of the modern age can be understood by the fact that the Internet accelerated the development of the worst type of person, the "Anti-Intellectual Nerd."
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June 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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The disturbing reality is that human trafficking continues to exploit vulnerable people throughout our state.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/detroit/...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/detroit/...
Chinese national heads to trial as part of human trafficking ring bust in Michigan
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said several women of Chinese and Korean origin were rescued from the alleged trafficking ring.
www.cbsnews.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The disturbing reality is that human trafficking continues to exploit vulnerable people throughout our state.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/detroit/...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/detroit/...
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Happy Obama Appreciation Day.
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Happy Obama Appreciation Day.
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Obama is the best of ‘em!
June 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Obama is the best of ‘em!
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I would just like to go on record as saying:
the fuck
the fuck
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I would just like to go on record as saying:
the fuck
the fuck