LesleyGrace ☕️ 📚 🥾
@leslielenee.bsky.social
“…for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill…is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
George Eliot, Middlemarch
George Eliot, Middlemarch
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In a world filled with bad news, remember today that good happens unseen every day everywhere.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In a world filled with bad news, remember today that good happens unseen every day everywhere.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
For instance, each Thanksgiving morning, this group of local families comes to the green in Hartford near our house to serve breakfast to the needy. No publicity. No hype. Just good.
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My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
June 12, 2023 at 7:21 PM
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
I’m disturbed to learn the author has, apparently, been in my home.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I’m disturbed to learn the author has, apparently, been in my home.
I use the Brave browser and have AI deselected.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
And also besides being totally useless, AI is also really bad for the environment but besides that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I use the Brave browser and have AI deselected.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
Trust me, it’s the least I can do since my computer tools have AI default on and turning them off is not an option.
Oh for a pen as incisive as his!
The internet allowed every village idiot to find each other online, instead of being siloed into obscurity
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Oh for a pen as incisive as his!
Best wishes to all the caregivers out there — remember, it’s your responsibility to find and pay for respite care (daily, of course) so you can go exercise and “be healthy!” (Also, you don’t get paid to take care of your disabled spouse or child.) MAHA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Best wishes to all the caregivers out there — remember, it’s your responsibility to find and pay for respite care (daily, of course) so you can go exercise and “be healthy!” (Also, you don’t get paid to take care of your disabled spouse or child.) MAHA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
“Perhaps you have figured it out by now, but little girls don’t stay little forever. They grow into strong women who return to destroy your world.” – Kyle Stephens at Larry Nassar’s sentencing
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Perhaps you have figured it out by now, but little girls don’t stay little forever. They grow into strong women who return to destroy your world.” – Kyle Stephens at Larry Nassar’s sentencing
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Gary Larson created the term Thagomizer in 1982.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Gary Larson created the term Thagomizer in 1982.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
In 1993, paleontologist Ken Carpenter was the first to use the term in a scientific context.
It is now widely accepted and used to describe the spikes on a stegosaur's tail.
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I’m sharing this video from around 2015 from the US Embassy, The Hague youtube channel. If current attempts to erase the historic record of black American GIs in the anti-DEI climate of the Trump administration, it may not be available much longer. youtu.be/QE0QszXRg3k?...
Alabama to Margraten
YouTube video by U.S. Embassy The Hague
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’m sharing this video from around 2015 from the US Embassy, The Hague youtube channel. If current attempts to erase the historic record of black American GIs in the anti-DEI climate of the Trump administration, it may not be available much longer. youtu.be/QE0QszXRg3k?...
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We are complicit with ungodliness when we turn a blind eye, support, and protect existing perversions in the name of success or anything else. Examine the longings of the systems you belong to because they make you vulnerable to fulfillment in once unthinkable places.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We are complicit with ungodliness when we turn a blind eye, support, and protect existing perversions in the name of success or anything else. Examine the longings of the systems you belong to because they make you vulnerable to fulfillment in once unthinkable places.
Just a reminder, everyone.
Also, let’s stop finding ways to blame the mothers for their children’s autism. They have enough on their plates.
Also, let’s stop finding ways to blame the mothers for their children’s autism. They have enough on their plates.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism @jama.com @ki.se
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Just a reminder, everyone.
Also, let’s stop finding ways to blame the mothers for their children’s autism. They have enough on their plates.
Also, let’s stop finding ways to blame the mothers for their children’s autism. They have enough on their plates.
This is where I wish Ents were real.
Well that definitely scratched the itch to “know,” while also sinking my heart as to the total loss.
Eisenhower’s northern red oak definitely destroyed 😭
17 inventoried trees destroyed, just in section 10 of the 2013 - 2016 inventory:
pubs.nps.gov/eTIC/WEPO-WI...
Great tip, thank you.
Eisenhower’s northern red oak definitely destroyed 😭
17 inventoried trees destroyed, just in section 10 of the 2013 - 2016 inventory:
pubs.nps.gov/eTIC/WEPO-WI...
Great tip, thank you.
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is where I wish Ents were real.
This is my favorite!
Could be my ultimate favorite No Kings video! Alaska!!!!! 🦄✊🏻
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is my favorite!
Let’s all agree to choose leaders with integrity next time?
It’s a simple plan, but I bet it will work.
It’s a simple plan, but I bet it will work.
October 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Let’s all agree to choose leaders with integrity next time?
It’s a simple plan, but I bet it will work.
It’s a simple plan, but I bet it will work.
I wish I had something profound to say about the times, but I don’t.
It is a good time to care about your neighbors though.
It is a good time to care about your neighbors though.
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I wish I had something profound to say about the times, but I don’t.
It is a good time to care about your neighbors though.
It is a good time to care about your neighbors though.
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Also, which religion, which god, which denomination should be in charge?
The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Also, which religion, which god, which denomination should be in charge?
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Some people might want to read this again
Leviticus 19:33-34
Leviticus 19:33-34
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Some people might want to read this again
Leviticus 19:33-34
Leviticus 19:33-34
Perfect!
October 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Perfect!
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If you've been thinking of reading Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir, please read this first, by @kayaoakes.bsky.social.
And even if you don't care one bit about Gilbert, this is an excellent, helpful read about cancer, love, ego, and so much else.
open.substack.com/pub/kayaoake...
And even if you don't care one bit about Gilbert, this is an excellent, helpful read about cancer, love, ego, and so much else.
open.substack.com/pub/kayaoake...
Not your inspiration porn
Elizabeth Gilbert and the problem of cancer
open.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you've been thinking of reading Elizabeth Gilbert's new memoir, please read this first, by @kayaoakes.bsky.social.
And even if you don't care one bit about Gilbert, this is an excellent, helpful read about cancer, love, ego, and so much else.
open.substack.com/pub/kayaoake...
And even if you don't care one bit about Gilbert, this is an excellent, helpful read about cancer, love, ego, and so much else.
open.substack.com/pub/kayaoake...
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Let’s talk about what real strength looks like—and how Trump’s MAGA “alpha male” act is the opposite of it. 🧵
September 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Let’s talk about what real strength looks like—and how Trump’s MAGA “alpha male” act is the opposite of it. 🧵
Watch the video.
You can see how hard her head hit the floor.
That was utterly vile and there was no one to comfort her children.
You can see how hard her head hit the floor.
That was utterly vile and there was no one to comfort her children.
NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman. It Felt Like the New Normal.
I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
www.propublica.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Watch the video.
You can see how hard her head hit the floor.
That was utterly vile and there was no one to comfort her children.
You can see how hard her head hit the floor.
That was utterly vile and there was no one to comfort her children.
Yes, they found a way to deal with the autism epidemic: blame the pregnant mothers for taking Tylenol for high fevers and then following their pediatrician’s advice and vaccinating their children.
“Who sinned and caused this man to be born blind — him or his parents?”
Nothing new under the sun.
“Who sinned and caused this man to be born blind — him or his parents?”
Nothing new under the sun.
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes, they found a way to deal with the autism epidemic: blame the pregnant mothers for taking Tylenol for high fevers and then following their pediatrician’s advice and vaccinating their children.
“Who sinned and caused this man to be born blind — him or his parents?”
Nothing new under the sun.
“Who sinned and caused this man to be born blind — him or his parents?”
Nothing new under the sun.
Kimmel talking about Jesus and forgiveness with a tear-strained voice
Was not expecting that
He’s right
Was not expecting that
He’s right
September 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Kimmel talking about Jesus and forgiveness with a tear-strained voice
Was not expecting that
He’s right
Was not expecting that
He’s right
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"There are no proven therapies or drugs that ‘cure’ autism. Most autistic people and families want research to focus on better understanding and support."
Joint statement from the major UK autism charities: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/about-us/med...
Joint statement from the major UK autism charities: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/about-us/med...
Our joint statement on the US government’s autism announcement
Ambitious about Autism is the national charity for autistic children and young people. We stand with autistic children, young people and their families to champion rights, campaign for change and crea...
www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"There are no proven therapies or drugs that ‘cure’ autism. Most autistic people and families want research to focus on better understanding and support."
Joint statement from the major UK autism charities: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/about-us/med...
Joint statement from the major UK autism charities: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/about-us/med...