Leek
@leektrill.bsky.social
Dark humor enthusiast, gamer, finance analyst, and tech pro with a foot in cybersecurity. Lover of logical debates (and the occasional illogical conversation). Here for the vibes, the laughs, and a bit of wisdom.
Government is full of people asking the wrong questions
April 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Government is full of people asking the wrong questions
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
“I know #Avowed just dropped, but it’s so good. I have some feedback—like character hair options and a few small bugs—but overall, solid 8.5/10! 🔥
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“I know #Avowed just dropped, but it’s so good. I have some feedback—like character hair options and a few small bugs—but overall, solid 8.5/10! 🔥
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#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria – Sanaria
sanaria.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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The Wayans Family will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards’ Hall of Fame
Wayans Family To Be Inducted Into NAACP Image Awards’ Hall Of Fame
The NAACP said Thursday that the Wayans family will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame.
deadline.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Wayans Family will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards’ Hall of Fame
Yasss Beyonce and Doechii
February 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Yasss Beyonce and Doechii
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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We are ready to help pave a path for lower medication and healthcare costs for taxpayers
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journals.lww.com/fpmrs/fullte...
The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Effect on... : Urogynecology
imated $1.29 billion reduction in 2020 costs if they replaced the Medicare prices.
Objectives
We sought to investigate the savings for all drugs commonly used in urogynecology.
Study Design
We r...
journals.lww.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We are ready to help pave a path for lower medication and healthcare costs for taxpayers
journals.lww.com/fpmrs/fullte...
journals.lww.com/fpmrs/fullte...
Federal Judges about to be working OT the next 4 years
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Federal Judges about to be working OT the next 4 years
Time to catch up with #RHOP & #MarriedToMedkcine 🌸👩🏾⚕️
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Time to catch up with #RHOP & #MarriedToMedkcine 🌸👩🏾⚕️
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TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
Work pulling me left and right cannot wait for my week off next week
a cartoon of spongebob and patrick standing next to each other on a wooden floor
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob and patrick standing next to each other on a wooden floor
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Work pulling me left and right cannot wait for my week off next week
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New EOs today re: the military
- Reinstate a ban on transgender service members (15-16K)
- Reinstate those who refused to take the COVID vaccine (FYI, they were already reinstated)
- Gut DEI programs
- Implement a missile defense system for America (The Iron Dumb)
- Reinstate a ban on transgender service members (15-16K)
- Reinstate those who refused to take the COVID vaccine (FYI, they were already reinstated)
- Gut DEI programs
- Implement a missile defense system for America (The Iron Dumb)
January 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New EOs today re: the military
- Reinstate a ban on transgender service members (15-16K)
- Reinstate those who refused to take the COVID vaccine (FYI, they were already reinstated)
- Gut DEI programs
- Implement a missile defense system for America (The Iron Dumb)
- Reinstate a ban on transgender service members (15-16K)
- Reinstate those who refused to take the COVID vaccine (FYI, they were already reinstated)
- Gut DEI programs
- Implement a missile defense system for America (The Iron Dumb)
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Tuskegee Airmen Legacy
By the time the 332nd flew its last combat mission on April 26, 1945, two weeks before the German surrender, the Tuskegee Airmen had flown more than 15,000 individual sorties over two years in combat.
(Them white men could never have won without them)
By the time the 332nd flew its last combat mission on April 26, 1945, two weeks before the German surrender, the Tuskegee Airmen had flown more than 15,000 individual sorties over two years in combat.
(Them white men could never have won without them)
The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
January 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Tuskegee Airmen Legacy
By the time the 332nd flew its last combat mission on April 26, 1945, two weeks before the German surrender, the Tuskegee Airmen had flown more than 15,000 individual sorties over two years in combat.
(Them white men could never have won without them)
By the time the 332nd flew its last combat mission on April 26, 1945, two weeks before the German surrender, the Tuskegee Airmen had flown more than 15,000 individual sorties over two years in combat.
(Them white men could never have won without them)
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The reality is that these positions are more important than Sec of Defense because they will do all the work and define all strategies. He won't freelance decisions.
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
What do you have planned ?
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
What do you have planned ?
January 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The reality is that these positions are more important than Sec of Defense because they will do all the work and define all strategies. He won't freelance decisions.
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
What do you have planned ?
@schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
What do you have planned ?
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If you work in the federal government (particularly civil rights at DOJ) or state or local agencies that get federal funding, and have info about new anti-DEI and anti-civil rights mandates, please reach out to me on signal at nhannahjones.67.
January 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you work in the federal government (particularly civil rights at DOJ) or state or local agencies that get federal funding, and have info about new anti-DEI and anti-civil rights mandates, please reach out to me on signal at nhannahjones.67.
Well…this is a thing now
“An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States”
Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
www.cjonline.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Well…this is a thing now
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“An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States”
Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
www.cjonline.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States”
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
It’s a wrap for Target and Walmart. Costco was always better anyway 🤷🏾♂️
January 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It’s a wrap for Target and Walmart. Costco was always better anyway 🤷🏾♂️
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This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Far-right pundit rails against women in law enforcement: ‘It’s an absurdity!’
‘If we’re being honest, female cops are absurd. It’s an absurdity. I’m sorry. It’s just ridiculous. It’s cartoonish,’ Matt Walsh ranted on his podcast this week
www.independent.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This entire project is *very expliclty* about fully purging black people and women from huge swaths of public life, employment and education.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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"Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar"
Exclusive | Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans
Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar.
www.wsj.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar"