@leslieleonetti.bsky.social
Fundraiser at Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Opinions are my own.
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In a new interview, Governor J. B. Pritzker talks about what’s happening in the streets of Chicago—and what he fears might happen to free and fair elections if military troops stay on the ground in American cities.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4a1vEU
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4a1vEU
J. B. Pritzker Sounds the Alarm
The governor of Illinois discusses what ICE is doing in Chicago, how the Trump Administration has created a “secret police,” and what to do when the federal government is breaking the law.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In a new interview, Governor J. B. Pritzker talks about what’s happening in the streets of Chicago—and what he fears might happen to free and fair elections if military troops stay on the ground in American cities.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4a1vEU
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4a1vEU
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
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We could give you a nuanced take on the false and misleading claims and fear mongering design of this crunchy MAHA anti-vax graphic. But instead we’ll just add:
“Rotate baby for maximum stabbage”
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“Rotate baby for maximum stabbage”
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November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We could give you a nuanced take on the false and misleading claims and fear mongering design of this crunchy MAHA anti-vax graphic. But instead we’ll just add:
“Rotate baby for maximum stabbage”
😈
“Rotate baby for maximum stabbage”
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
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New blog post: "On #Chatbot Psychosis and What Might Be Done to Address It": www.scu.edu/ethics/inter... #ethics #law #internet #data #AI #LLMs #health #tech #business #education #research
On Chatbot Psychosis and What Might Be Done to Address It
Do chatbots sometimes lead their users to "break with reality"? And what might be done about it?
www.scu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
![• "We have no inflation." Inflation is at 3%.
• "It's at 2%. It's-- it's the perfect inflation." Inflation is at 3%.
• "Right now [grocery prices are] going down." Grocery prices are up 1.4% since
Trump came to office.
• "A year ago, we were a dead country." Not only did the US have the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in both 2023 and 2024, but the Economist magazine called it "the envy of the world."
• "11,888 murderers were let into our country." Not only is this number inaccurate, but many of the non-citizens convicted of homicide either here or abroad came in during Trump's first term.
• "Washington, DC, was... almost like a crime capital of the world." In 2023, per PolitiFact, "at least 49 other cities in the world had higher homicide rates.
• "[Biden] hardly went anywhere. Guy couldn't leave his bedroom." Not only did Joe Biden visit roughly as many countries in his term of office as Trump did in his first term, but Biden was the first US president to visit an active warzone - Ukraine - not under the control of US forces.
• "I made Middle East peace. For 3,000 years, they couldn't do it." There is no peace in Palestine, no peace deal in place, and it isn't a 3,000-year-old conflict.
• "Communist, not socialist. Communist. He's far worse than a socialist."
Zohran Mamdani is not a communist.
• "I can't give them $1.5 trillion so that they can give welfare to people that came into our country illegally." The Trump/GOP claim that Democrats want to give free healthcare to undocumented immigrants has been repeatedly debunked.
• "They emptied their mental institutions and their insane asylums-- into the United States of America." Asylum seekers don't come from "insane asylums."
Obviously.
• "One thing I can tell you, the 2020 election was rigged." It wasn't. The courts agreed.
• "And a lotta people say when it's rigged you're allowed to do it again." A lot of people don't say this. The US Constitution doesn't, for sure.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreicrg2pdihe5ntgygv6uxk37yldeygsbewwpbsjw7a7xwqjohmap6i@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
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Here's a thought: What if we started electing people who actually know things?
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Here's a thought: What if we started electing people who actually know things?
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Through @caloes.bsky.social, I'm deploying highly trained @lacofd.bsky.social Urban Search and Rescue teams to Jamaica to help reach victims of Hurricane Melissa.
California stands ready to help when disaster strikes — at home or abroad.
California stands ready to help when disaster strikes — at home or abroad.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Through @caloes.bsky.social, I'm deploying highly trained @lacofd.bsky.social Urban Search and Rescue teams to Jamaica to help reach victims of Hurricane Melissa.
California stands ready to help when disaster strikes — at home or abroad.
California stands ready to help when disaster strikes — at home or abroad.
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The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
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City Lights, a San Francisco Institution founded by the late great Beat Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, has banners posted for this time in history
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
City Lights, a San Francisco Institution founded by the late great Beat Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, has banners posted for this time in history
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Cool we can fund SNAP, pay air traffic controllers, ACA subsidies, all kinds of stuff. Right when we really need it. When do we get the cash?
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Cool we can fund SNAP, pay air traffic controllers, ACA subsidies, all kinds of stuff. Right when we really need it. When do we get the cash?
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Must view Shutdown Update
Late last night Dems filed #SNAPBackAct legislation to prevent SNAP funds from being cut during a shutdown & to reimburse states that are trying to reappropriate funds to cover the gap. ~ Rep. Stansbury-
Late last night Dems filed #SNAPBackAct legislation to prevent SNAP funds from being cut during a shutdown & to reimburse states that are trying to reappropriate funds to cover the gap. ~ Rep. Stansbury-
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Must view Shutdown Update
Late last night Dems filed #SNAPBackAct legislation to prevent SNAP funds from being cut during a shutdown & to reimburse states that are trying to reappropriate funds to cover the gap. ~ Rep. Stansbury-
Late last night Dems filed #SNAPBackAct legislation to prevent SNAP funds from being cut during a shutdown & to reimburse states that are trying to reappropriate funds to cover the gap. ~ Rep. Stansbury-
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We’re no longer a nation of laws.
The Treasury Department maintains the “Gifts to the United States,” account and Congress establishes how those funds are used.
The East Wing demolition, acceptance of money from donors and allocation of those funds to the East Wing are all unconstitutional acts.
The Treasury Department maintains the “Gifts to the United States,” account and Congress establishes how those funds are used.
The East Wing demolition, acceptance of money from donors and allocation of those funds to the East Wing are all unconstitutional acts.
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We’re no longer a nation of laws.
The Treasury Department maintains the “Gifts to the United States,” account and Congress establishes how those funds are used.
The East Wing demolition, acceptance of money from donors and allocation of those funds to the East Wing are all unconstitutional acts.
The Treasury Department maintains the “Gifts to the United States,” account and Congress establishes how those funds are used.
The East Wing demolition, acceptance of money from donors and allocation of those funds to the East Wing are all unconstitutional acts.
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It's important to remember three things: one, Tylenol doesn't cause autism; two, autism is not a bad thing, certainly not bad enough to sue anyone over; and three, the only reason they're doing this is so they can avoid doing things that might actually *help* people.
BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Tylenol makers for alleged links to autism. @rosaflores.bsky.social has the latest.
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's important to remember three things: one, Tylenol doesn't cause autism; two, autism is not a bad thing, certainly not bad enough to sue anyone over; and three, the only reason they're doing this is so they can avoid doing things that might actually *help* people.
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“This wasn't normal diplomatic relations—it was an extraordinary security guarantee no American president has ever extended to Qatar.” writes Davina Hurt, Esq., director of government ethics at the Ma...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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"This is America, NYC. Don't let them tell you that we're the exception.
WE are the rule. We are the standard. We are the acceptance. We set the bar for America. I'm talking to you, Donald Trump.
There has been a day before his presidency. And there will be a day after.
And it belongs to us."
WE are the rule. We are the standard. We are the acceptance. We set the bar for America. I'm talking to you, Donald Trump.
There has been a day before his presidency. And there will be a day after.
And it belongs to us."
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"This is America, NYC. Don't let them tell you that we're the exception.
WE are the rule. We are the standard. We are the acceptance. We set the bar for America. I'm talking to you, Donald Trump.
There has been a day before his presidency. And there will be a day after.
And it belongs to us."
WE are the rule. We are the standard. We are the acceptance. We set the bar for America. I'm talking to you, Donald Trump.
There has been a day before his presidency. And there will be a day after.
And it belongs to us."
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"SOUTHCOM was concerned about the operations not being lawful," per CNN reporting.
Not surprised.
I served in Pentagon assessing counterterrorism operations. I explain constitutional and international legal problems with these Caribbean strikes.⤵️
youtu.be/DHXz_y6Updg?...
Not surprised.
I served in Pentagon assessing counterterrorism operations. I explain constitutional and international legal problems with these Caribbean strikes.⤵️
youtu.be/DHXz_y6Updg?...
Illegal Caribbean Boat Strikes
YouTube video by Ryan Goodman
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October 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"SOUTHCOM was concerned about the operations not being lawful," per CNN reporting.
Not surprised.
I served in Pentagon assessing counterterrorism operations. I explain constitutional and international legal problems with these Caribbean strikes.⤵️
youtu.be/DHXz_y6Updg?...
Not surprised.
I served in Pentagon assessing counterterrorism operations. I explain constitutional and international legal problems with these Caribbean strikes.⤵️
youtu.be/DHXz_y6Updg?...
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This indecent, petulant man is unfit to be president.
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This indecent, petulant man is unfit to be president.
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This is disturbing stuff: Reform of the Insurrection Act is clearly needed but, for now, is it too late?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | Here’s What Trump Could Unleash by Invoking the Insurrection Act
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is disturbing stuff: Reform of the Insurrection Act is clearly needed but, for now, is it too late?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
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Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."
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When Republican staffers joke with ease about rape and violence — and hang Swastikas in their offices — that’s not a fluke. It’s the culture Trump and Vance built. It’s the GOP exactly as they want it.
My latest on Endless Urgency 👇
My latest on Endless Urgency 👇
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When Republican staffers joke with ease about rape and violence — and hang Swastikas in their offices — that’s not a fluke. It’s the culture Trump and Vance built. It’s the GOP exactly as they want it.
My latest on Endless Urgency 👇
My latest on Endless Urgency 👇
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Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.