Carol LeBlanc
@spunkycarol.bsky.social
Climate leader, mentor, and chapter leadership for The Climate Reality Project @climateva.bsky.social
Retired U.S. government technology manager.
Retired U.S. government technology manager.
“One of your colleagues, a career diplomat, was given just six hours to clear out his office. “When I was expelled from Russia,” he said, “at least Putin gave me six days to leave.””
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
You all deserved better.
www.theatlantic.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“One of your colleagues, a career diplomat, was given just six hours to clear out his office. “When I was expelled from Russia,” he said, “at least Putin gave me six days to leave.””
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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We are closing in our goal of 10K followers, and need your help! Please share the Starter Pack below (which includes The Steady State) far and wide!
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August 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We are closing in our goal of 10K followers, and need your help! Please share the Starter Pack below (which includes The Steady State) far and wide!
go.bsky.app/RXFLYri
go.bsky.app/RXFLYri
Real impact of tariffs! Small businesses shutting down.
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Fredericksburg school supply shop closing in wake of Trump’s tariffs
Chalk N More had to raise prices and saw shrinking margins after President Donald Trump placed tariffs on nearly all imported goods.
virginiaindependentnews.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Real impact of tariffs! Small businesses shutting down.
virginiaindependentnews.com/economy/fred...
virginiaindependentnews.com/economy/fred...
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Our next meeting will be August 20, 1-2 PM, Pacific Time. We'll talk about what everyone is doing in their city and I'll discuss the vulnerable state of urban agriculture in the USDA. You're welcome to join us. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Our next meeting will be August 20, 1-2 PM, Pacific Time. We'll talk about what everyone is doing in their city and I'll discuss the vulnerable state of urban agriculture in the USDA. You're welcome to join us. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Join Old Town Books on Friday June 6, 2025 for an evening of discussion about local activism & how to organize in your community with Denali Nalamalapu, author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance.
This event is free to attend.
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This event is free to attend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/denali-nal...
May 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Join Old Town Books on Friday June 6, 2025 for an evening of discussion about local activism & how to organize in your community with Denali Nalamalapu, author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance.
This event is free to attend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/denali-nal...
This event is free to attend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/denali-nal...
Join Old Town Books on Friday June 6, 2025 for an evening of discussion about local activism & how to organize in your community with Denali Nalamalapu, author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance.
This event is free to attend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/denali-nal...
This event is free to attend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/denali-nal...
May 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Join Old Town Books on Friday June 6, 2025 for an evening of discussion about local activism & how to organize in your community with Denali Nalamalapu, author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance.
This event is free to attend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/denali-nal...
This event is free to attend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/denali-nal...
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Elon Musk calling government social services a “Ponzi scheme” is peak right-wing projection. He’s made billions of dollars thanks to government contracts paid for with OUR tax dollars — from NASA + Pentagon contracts to subsidies for his companies AND cleaning up his companies’ environmental messes.
April 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Elon Musk calling government social services a “Ponzi scheme” is peak right-wing projection. He’s made billions of dollars thanks to government contracts paid for with OUR tax dollars — from NASA + Pentagon contracts to subsidies for his companies AND cleaning up his companies’ environmental messes.
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DeBriefed 4 April 2025: Scientists issue Trump ‘SOS’; EU climate goal in jeopardy; Deep-sea mining talks - Carbon Brief climaterealitynova.com/2025/04/04/d...
DeBriefed 4 April 2025: Scientists issue Trump ‘SOS’; EU climate goal in jeopardy; Deep-sea mining talks – Carbon Brief
A “sense of chaos has gripped” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after Trump-sanctioned layoffs have affected 20% of staff. — Read on www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-4-april-…
climaterealitynova.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
DeBriefed 4 April 2025: Scientists issue Trump ‘SOS’; EU climate goal in jeopardy; Deep-sea mining talks - Carbon Brief climaterealitynova.com/2025/04/04/d...
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.
April 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.
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Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people.
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
April 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people.
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
Blazing your own path for the W
👏👏👏👏👏
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We also didn't have: electricity, indoor plumbing, sanitation, science-based medicine, radio, TV, cars, roads, libraries, hospitals.
So yeah, why not go back to the mid-18th century so Musk can serve as King George III!
So yeah, why not go back to the mid-18th century so Musk can serve as King George III!
March 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We also didn't have: electricity, indoor plumbing, sanitation, science-based medicine, radio, TV, cars, roads, libraries, hospitals.
So yeah, why not go back to the mid-18th century so Musk can serve as King George III!
So yeah, why not go back to the mid-18th century so Musk can serve as King George III!
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I do not think the co-President or President would have 500,000 people watching them speak after 19 hours...the numbers are growing--thank @booker.senate.gov for taking a stand against business (corruption in this case) as usual!!!
April 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I do not think the co-President or President would have 500,000 people watching them speak after 19 hours...the numbers are growing--thank @booker.senate.gov for taking a stand against business (corruption in this case) as usual!!!
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Booker is a damn machine.
April 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Booker is a damn machine.
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The Resistance is alive and well and angry: Reports of our demise might have been premature
The Resistance is alive and well and angry
Reports of our demise might have been premature
www.thealtmedia.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Resistance is alive and well and angry: Reports of our demise might have been premature
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This is the Dem leadership we need at this moment! Thank you @corybooker.com and @chrismurphyct.bsky.social 🫶🏼
Let's see more @senatedemocrats.bsky.social join, please!
Let's see more @senatedemocrats.bsky.social join, please!
Chris Murphy has confirmed he’s joining Cory Booker in solidarity on the Senate floor all night to protest Trump’s lawlessness and corruption.
April 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is the Dem leadership we need at this moment! Thank you @corybooker.com and @chrismurphyct.bsky.social 🫶🏼
Let's see more @senatedemocrats.bsky.social join, please!
Let's see more @senatedemocrats.bsky.social join, please!
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This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
April 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
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Here’s your chance to do something. Click here and send the link to all your friends, and urge them to come out too.
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here’s your chance to do something. Click here and send the link to all your friends, and urge them to come out too.