Alison Leiby
@alisonleiby.bsky.social
Comedian. Writer. Abortion haver.
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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"expertly mixing personal reflections into explorations of the major challenges of our time"
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'I Want to Burn This Place Down' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"expertly mixing personal reflections into explorations of the major challenges of our time"
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
time.com/collections/...
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
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When you’re riding public transit you realize that what’s good for everybody is also good for you. If the bus runs faster, if the train is cleaner, if the AC works, we all benefit
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
The Times parsed the vote using similar categories and again found that the single most determinative factor economic-like factor in the election was "commute by transit" vs "commute by car." It edged out renters vs. homeowners. There's still outstanding data but I expect these trends will hold.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When you’re riding public transit you realize that what’s good for everybody is also good for you. If the bus runs faster, if the train is cleaner, if the AC works, we all benefit
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy
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Added to tonight’s already excellent Sup, Bro? lineup at Union Hall in Brooklyn is the great Padma Lakshmi!!! This is how @alisonleiby.bsky.social and I will feel if you don’t make it there!!! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/sup-boo-ti...
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Added to tonight’s already excellent Sup, Bro? lineup at Union Hall in Brooklyn is the great Padma Lakshmi!!! This is how @alisonleiby.bsky.social and I will feel if you don’t make it there!!! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/sup-boo-ti...
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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On Halloween Night (this Friday) Sup, Bro? becomes Sup, Boo? @alisonleiby.bsky.social and I host a lineup of: Isabel Hagen, Michael Cruz Kayne, Natasha Vaynblat, Jenny Tian, and Mark Little! Tickets:
Sup, Boo?
Sup, Boo? - Friday, October 31 - 7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show
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October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On Halloween Night (this Friday) Sup, Bro? becomes Sup, Boo? @alisonleiby.bsky.social and I host a lineup of: Isabel Hagen, Michael Cruz Kayne, Natasha Vaynblat, Jenny Tian, and Mark Little! Tickets:
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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This week's newsletter contains a pep talk for people doing creative work in the age of AI boosterism, and I was once again a generative AI hater. Read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/154-dangelo-...
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This week's newsletter contains a pep talk for people doing creative work in the age of AI boosterism, and I was once again a generative AI hater. Read the whole thing here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/154-dangelo-...
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It can’t be said too many times:
Zohran is running for people who actually live here, who like it here, who want to make it better and believe it can be better
Cuomo is running for suburbanites, billionaires, and reactionaries
It’s not a complicated decision!
Zohran is running for people who actually live here, who like it here, who want to make it better and believe it can be better
Cuomo is running for suburbanites, billionaires, and reactionaries
It’s not a complicated decision!
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It can’t be said too many times:
Zohran is running for people who actually live here, who like it here, who want to make it better and believe it can be better
Cuomo is running for suburbanites, billionaires, and reactionaries
It’s not a complicated decision!
Zohran is running for people who actually live here, who like it here, who want to make it better and believe it can be better
Cuomo is running for suburbanites, billionaires, and reactionaries
It’s not a complicated decision!
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I’d been thinking for a while that it seems like a startling number of rappers have died in their mid-40s to mid-50s from natural causes but it didn’t really feel like an epidemic until I saw this list. 😦
Deaths of Hip-Hop Artists Reveal the Alarming State of Black Men’s Health
Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.
capitalbnews.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’d been thinking for a while that it seems like a startling number of rappers have died in their mid-40s to mid-50s from natural causes but it didn’t really feel like an epidemic until I saw this list. 😦
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Almost sold out! Don't wait to get your tickets for Uptown Showdown: Book Smart Vs. Street Smart. Featuring @arieldumas.bsky.social, @mrdavehill.bsky.social, @samkebede.bsky.social, @alisonleiby.bsky.social, Kate Rigg, and Josh Sharp, with special guest host Negin Farsad. bit.ly/4nSm6mV
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Almost sold out! Don't wait to get your tickets for Uptown Showdown: Book Smart Vs. Street Smart. Featuring @arieldumas.bsky.social, @mrdavehill.bsky.social, @samkebede.bsky.social, @alisonleiby.bsky.social, Kate Rigg, and Josh Sharp, with special guest host Negin Farsad. bit.ly/4nSm6mV
I sneezed loudly, so the cat and I are in a fight.
October 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I sneezed loudly, so the cat and I are in a fight.
The only thing on the planet right now that makes me feel hopeful is the idea of our mayor caring about the people of New York and being excited to make the city better, safer, and more affordable for all of us!!!!!
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The only thing on the planet right now that makes me feel hopeful is the idea of our mayor caring about the people of New York and being excited to make the city better, safer, and more affordable for all of us!!!!!
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the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting
October 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
The rumors are true!!!!!!!
I’m co-hosting Frankenstein’s Baby at Union Hall tonight with @alisonleiby.bsky.social! The lineup is so good and can’t wait!!!
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The rumors are true!!!!!!!
Like REALLY good comics and, I hate to say it, the best hosts. Come out and hang!!!!!!!
Outrageous lineup for tonight's Sup, Bro? show at Union Hall in Brooklyn! It's Friday night! Live a little!
Sup, Bro?
Sup, Bro? - Friday, October 3 - 9:30pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
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October 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Like REALLY good comics and, I hate to say it, the best hosts. Come out and hang!!!!!!!
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On Friday night at 10, @alisonleiby.bsky.social and I are hosting an absolutely phenomenal lineup at Union Hall!
Amy Silverberg!
Blair Socci!
Julia Shiplett!
Brittany Carney!
Sup, bros????
Amy Silverberg!
Blair Socci!
Julia Shiplett!
Brittany Carney!
Sup, bros????
Sup, Bro?
Sup, Bro? - Friday, October 3 - 9:30pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
www.eventbrite.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On Friday night at 10, @alisonleiby.bsky.social and I are hosting an absolutely phenomenal lineup at Union Hall!
Amy Silverberg!
Blair Socci!
Julia Shiplett!
Brittany Carney!
Sup, bros????
Amy Silverberg!
Blair Socci!
Julia Shiplett!
Brittany Carney!
Sup, bros????
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Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
September 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
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Did you know 40% of New York City is covered in greenspace? Those trees need your help; check out City of Forest Day on Saturday to find out how nygroove.nyc/city-of-fore...
City of Forest Day shows how to be a good tree neighbor
Consider this a prime opportunity to get off the internet and touch some actual grass
nygroove.nyc
September 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Did you know 40% of New York City is covered in greenspace? Those trees need your help; check out City of Forest Day on Saturday to find out how nygroove.nyc/city-of-fore...
Well, it’s getting dark earlier, but at least I’m still also running my air conditioning.
September 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Well, it’s getting dark earlier, but at least I’m still also running my air conditioning.
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I was asked by @gqmagazine.bsky.social to write a little bit about just going bald in the age of widespread head-shaving and affordable, believable hair transplants...so I did!
Nothing Looks Cooler Than Not Caring You’re Balding
In a polarized culture that demands balding men pick a side, opting for the follicular middle ground is a refreshing act of honesty.
www.gq.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I was asked by @gqmagazine.bsky.social to write a little bit about just going bald in the age of widespread head-shaving and affordable, believable hair transplants...so I did!