Kyle Leach
@kyleleach.bsky.social
PA & NH Artist-Poet, Gardener, Museum Curator, Local Activist http://www.kyleleach.art
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Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
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What could Elon Musk’s $1 trillion compensation package fund if it were returned to the people?
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November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What could Elon Musk’s $1 trillion compensation package fund if it were returned to the people?
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"Like all digital blackface, they implicitly play into racialized stereotypes of Blackness, particularly Black femininity. Digital blackface has evolved, or rather adapted, to the demands of late-as-hell stage capitalism."
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
Digital Blackface Is Back in the Form of Black AI Influencers
It's part of “the fantasy of being able to own, define, and consume Blackness without consequence.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Like all digital blackface, they implicitly play into racialized stereotypes of Blackness, particularly Black femininity. Digital blackface has evolved, or rather adapted, to the demands of late-as-hell stage capitalism."
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations: "A capitulation to Trump sanctions"
Read more in this @theintercept.com story by @jonahmv.bsky.social and Nikita Mazurov:
Read more in this @theintercept.com story by @jonahmv.bsky.social and Nikita Mazurov:
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
YouTube quietly erased more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations: "A capitulation to Trump sanctions"
Read more in this @theintercept.com story by @jonahmv.bsky.social and Nikita Mazurov:
Read more in this @theintercept.com story by @jonahmv.bsky.social and Nikita Mazurov:
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
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There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
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EAT SHIT BOOK BANNERS
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
EAT SHIT BOOK BANNERS
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What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
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If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
Take Back the Classroom
www.takebacktheclassroom.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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Wtf. Apparently we've gone straight from the Holocaust denial to the "it was good actually" and it's being rapidly mainstreamed.
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/11...
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Harrisburg’s Catholic bishop apologizes for ‘notorious symbol of hate’ on Halloween float
The phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" was commonly posted at Wolrd War II-era concentration camps. Thursday, it also landed on a float in the Hanover Halloween parade.
www.pennlive.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wtf. Apparently we've gone straight from the Holocaust denial to the "it was good actually" and it's being rapidly mainstreamed.
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/11...
www.pennlive.com/news/2025/11...
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Just had to check to see if Paul is a bot and he is the CTO of Bluesky
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just had to check to see if Paul is a bot and he is the CTO of Bluesky
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Facial recognition + bad data protection structures + "AI" that regularly gets behavioral prediction very badly wrong + glaring holes in tech regulations & privacy laws + a stunning & nakedly bigoted authoritarian regime= a threat surface, a bottleneck, & an arm of oppressive state control, all in 1
DHS document states ICE will NOT let people decline from being scanned by its new facial recognition app - Mobile Fortify.
It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.
It is used to verify one’s identity and immigration status. However, the face photos taken will be stored for 15 years, regardless of your immigration status.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Facial recognition + bad data protection structures + "AI" that regularly gets behavioral prediction very badly wrong + glaring holes in tech regulations & privacy laws + a stunning & nakedly bigoted authoritarian regime= a threat surface, a bottleneck, & an arm of oppressive state control, all in 1
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“Indigenous people are the stewards of much of the remaining standing forests and contain the hope that these precious places can be preserved.”
Not said in the best way, but it is absolutely right that honoring Indigenous land kinship is the right and necessary thing to do.
Not said in the best way, but it is absolutely right that honoring Indigenous land kinship is the right and necessary thing to do.
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Indigenous people are the stewards of much of the remaining standing forests and contain the hope that these precious places can be preserved.”
Not said in the best way, but it is absolutely right that honoring Indigenous land kinship is the right and necessary thing to do.
Not said in the best way, but it is absolutely right that honoring Indigenous land kinship is the right and necessary thing to do.
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There are few phrases I respect less than when someone says they don't "agree" with research findings. Research doesn't exist for you to agree or disagree. It exists for you to prove or disprove. Come up with a competing hypothesis and TEST IT. Otherwise, I don't give a damn how it makes you feel.
October 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There are few phrases I respect less than when someone says they don't "agree" with research findings. Research doesn't exist for you to agree or disagree. It exists for you to prove or disprove. Come up with a competing hypothesis and TEST IT. Otherwise, I don't give a damn how it makes you feel.
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Some places in Jamaica will receive more rainfall from hurricane Melissa than London or Paris receives in a year!
It’s noteworthy that scientists and technicians from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center who are tracking the storm are not being paid because of the Republican government shutdown.
It’s noteworthy that scientists and technicians from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center who are tracking the storm are not being paid because of the Republican government shutdown.
Jamaica braces for its most powerful hurricane as Melissa nears category 5
Jamaica braces for its most powerful Hurricane as Melissa nears category 5
Record-breaking hurricane expected to make landfall on Tuesday with 160mph winds, while New Zealand reels from storm damage
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Some places in Jamaica will receive more rainfall from hurricane Melissa than London or Paris receives in a year!
It’s noteworthy that scientists and technicians from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center who are tracking the storm are not being paid because of the Republican government shutdown.
It’s noteworthy that scientists and technicians from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center who are tracking the storm are not being paid because of the Republican government shutdown.
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It is a deliberate, conscious choice to not get this distinction & to refuse to learn what Mamdani has actually said, instead of allowing Fox News commentators to determine how this conversation is going.
It’s also a choice to allow the GOP, MTG, etc a pass while worrying about this (Brown Muslim).
It’s also a choice to allow the GOP, MTG, etc a pass while worrying about this (Brown Muslim).
I had a talk with a friend and member of our congregation. So many of the issues stem from the inability to separate being anti-Bibi and anti-current Israeli government (and policy) from Antisemitism.
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It is a deliberate, conscious choice to not get this distinction & to refuse to learn what Mamdani has actually said, instead of allowing Fox News commentators to determine how this conversation is going.
It’s also a choice to allow the GOP, MTG, etc a pass while worrying about this (Brown Muslim).
It’s also a choice to allow the GOP, MTG, etc a pass while worrying about this (Brown Muslim).
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A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
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Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for Unidentified Palestinians Whose Bodies Show Signs of Torture
Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for Unidentified Palestinians Whose Bodies Show Signs of Torture
In Gaza, an Israeli drone killed a Palestinian in Khan Younis earlier today. Officials in Gaza say nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since a U.S.-brokered truce went into effect on October 10.
www.democracynow.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for Unidentified Palestinians Whose Bodies Show Signs of Torture
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They are firing pepper balls into the faces of clergy, again
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October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
They are firing pepper balls into the faces of clergy, again
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Not “ICE” changing license plates in a back lot.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
June 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not “ICE” changing license plates in a back lot.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
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I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
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If you were affected by this, please let me know. I may be able to help you file a discrimination claim with Massachusetts state.
Fenway was under no legal obligation to stop providing care. This was cowardly capitulation.
Fenway was under no legal obligation to stop providing care. This was cowardly capitulation.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you were affected by this, please let me know. I may be able to help you file a discrimination claim with Massachusetts state.
Fenway was under no legal obligation to stop providing care. This was cowardly capitulation.
Fenway was under no legal obligation to stop providing care. This was cowardly capitulation.
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Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.
I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.