LeighAnn
@earthleighann.bsky.social
Trying to stay human.
Clergy, writer, chronic overthinker.
I make meaning out of chaos, coffee, and communion. Here for the in-between and the ones still standing. Rooted in compassion, leaning toward justice.
Clergy, writer, chronic overthinker.
I make meaning out of chaos, coffee, and communion. Here for the in-between and the ones still standing. Rooted in compassion, leaning toward justice.
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.
May 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths.
In today’s episode, we dig into some viral trends.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Qxzk9y
In today’s episode, we dig into some viral trends.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Qxzk9y
February 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths.
In today’s episode, we dig into some viral trends.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Qxzk9y
In today’s episode, we dig into some viral trends.
Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Qxzk9y
San Diego always beautiful
February 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
San Diego always beautiful
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"Shuttered HIV and TB treatment programs have been told they cannot resume work without written instruction that the waiver applies to them. Few have been able to obtain such clarification because their assigned contacts at USAID have been fired or furloughed..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Shuttered HIV and TB treatment programs have been told they cannot resume work without written instruction that the waiver applies to them. Few have been able to obtain such clarification because their assigned contacts at USAID have been fired or furloughed..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Two-thirds of the staff of the President’s Malaria Initiative, an organization founded by former President George W. Bush, have been fired, including some of the most senior and respected scientists working on malaria control in the world..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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If Senator Bill Cassidy, R.-La., had cast a no vote on RFK Jr., this nightmare nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services would be out of our lives. Now, Kennedy is well on his way to confirmation — and American lives are in truly in danger.
Cassidy, a physician, spoke compellingly…
Cassidy, a physician, spoke compellingly…
February 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If Senator Bill Cassidy, R.-La., had cast a no vote on RFK Jr., this nightmare nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services would be out of our lives. Now, Kennedy is well on his way to confirmation — and American lives are in truly in danger.
Cassidy, a physician, spoke compellingly…
Cassidy, a physician, spoke compellingly…
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FOTUS signed an EO withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council.
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump to order US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, halt UNRWA funding
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council and prohibiting funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
FOTUS signed an EO withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council.
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
One casualty? Funding for Palestinian refugees will be cut off.
So, all of you fucken protest voters who withheld your vote for Kamala over Gaza…how ya’ feeling now?
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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BREAKING: FBI agents and employees sue to stop Justice Department officials from creating and sharing a list of staff involved in the Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago Trump investigations, arguing it could lead to retaliation and threaten their jobs.
FBI Agents Sue to Stop DOJ from Creating List of Staff Involved in Trump Cases
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
BREAKING: FBI agents and employees sue to stop Justice Department officials from creating and sharing a list of staff involved in the Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago Trump investigations, arguing it could lead to retaliation and threaten their jobs.
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A message to Elon Musk’s staffers: Your names are known, and America will ensure you never get another job again.
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A message to Elon Musk’s staffers: Your names are known, and America will ensure you never get another job again.
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The tuberculosis outbreak has expanded from Kansas to Ohio.
The tuberculosis outbreak has expanded from Kansas to Ohio.
February 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The tuberculosis outbreak has expanded from Kansas to Ohio.
The tuberculosis outbreak has expanded from Kansas to Ohio.