William Leisner
@wleisner.bsky.social
I've written some stuff. I'm bound to write some more. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/william%20leisner
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catholics every friday during lent
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
catholics every friday during lent
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"A consumer is a person whose preëxisting tastes you strive to satisfy over and over; a reader is someone you hope to change, convince, and surprise."
“Publics are made and maintained, not discovered preformed, like rock formations. It is a sign of a fatally limited imagination to assume that we can only ever desire the pittance to which we are currently reconciled.”
ily Becca Rothfeld
ily Becca Rothfeld
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"A consumer is a person whose preëxisting tastes you strive to satisfy over and over; a reader is someone you hope to change, convince, and surprise."
Can't, I can see no reasons, for there are no reasons; what reason do you need to be shown?
Can’t, I’ve written I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK on a pink official form.
Can't, I've found myself in a dark wood, for I have strayed from the straight pathway to this tangled ground.
February 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Can't, I can see no reasons, for there are no reasons; what reason do you need to be shown?
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I was thinking about the Taiwan arms deal, Trump’s pardons, AI data centers, and MD redistricting over the past hour.
But MAGA has other obsessions they can’t stop thinking about 24/7.
But MAGA has other obsessions they can’t stop thinking about 24/7.
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I was thinking about the Taiwan arms deal, Trump’s pardons, AI data centers, and MD redistricting over the past hour.
But MAGA has other obsessions they can’t stop thinking about 24/7.
But MAGA has other obsessions they can’t stop thinking about 24/7.
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"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
February 17, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
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CoPilot interrupting my web-wandering with this corker:
"If you’d like, I can create an original, Heaney-inspired poem that captures the same spirit of hope meeting history. Would you like me to do that?"
I cannot think of anything that I would like you do less.
"If you’d like, I can create an original, Heaney-inspired poem that captures the same spirit of hope meeting history. Would you like me to do that?"
I cannot think of anything that I would like you do less.
February 18, 2026 at 9:45 AM
CoPilot interrupting my web-wandering with this corker:
"If you’d like, I can create an original, Heaney-inspired poem that captures the same spirit of hope meeting history. Would you like me to do that?"
I cannot think of anything that I would like you do less.
"If you’d like, I can create an original, Heaney-inspired poem that captures the same spirit of hope meeting history. Would you like me to do that?"
I cannot think of anything that I would like you do less.
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Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
"You will all go directly to your respective Valhallahs
Go directly, do not pass GO, do not collect 200 dollahs"
Go directly, do not pass GO, do not collect 200 dollahs"
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 18, 2026 at 12:51 AM
"You will all go directly to your respective Valhallahs
Go directly, do not pass GO, do not collect 200 dollahs"
Go directly, do not pass GO, do not collect 200 dollahs"
Yo' Tuesday is so fat...
February 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Yo' Tuesday is so fat...
It's Taco Tuesday, the rest is just minutia
Happy Fire Horse New Year and/or Mardi Gras and/or Tuesday, depending
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
It's Taco Tuesday, the rest is just minutia
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I've been saying it for almost 6 months now, but the Democratic should have a standing daily press conference where they bring forth yesterday's victims of ice.
Every single day we aren't putting a victim of ice in front of the media. We're losing a day
Every single day we aren't putting a victim of ice in front of the media. We're losing a day
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I've been saying it for almost 6 months now, but the Democratic should have a standing daily press conference where they bring forth yesterday's victims of ice.
Every single day we aren't putting a victim of ice in front of the media. We're losing a day
Every single day we aren't putting a victim of ice in front of the media. We're losing a day
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imagining the room full of MBAs that decided each individual ferrero rocher should have a QR code on it
February 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
imagining the room full of MBAs that decided each individual ferrero rocher should have a QR code on it
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JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
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The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.
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Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is an anti-ICE account.
I am an anti-ICE individual.
I am an anti-ICE individual.
Also, here's a gift link to the article about the administration's social media investigations, and the image with alt text included.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This is an anti-ICE account.
I am an anti-ICE individual.
I am an anti-ICE individual.
That'll fix things
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
That'll fix things
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The FCC has given the gift of incredibly good free PR to the Talarico campaign
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The FCC has given the gift of incredibly good free PR to the Talarico campaign
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Can we please stop fat shaming Tuesday?
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Can we please stop fat shaming Tuesday?
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More info, from the instagram account that posted the video
February 17, 2026 at 7:29 AM
More info, from the instagram account that posted the video
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Naturally, Trump is going to try to cash in on this. Every t-shirt, coffee cup, everything with the airport’s name on it means Trump will make money off it.
February 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Naturally, Trump is going to try to cash in on this. Every t-shirt, coffee cup, everything with the airport’s name on it means Trump will make money off it.
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