Leslie, the Collab Auntie
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Video + Installation Artist | Bi/Queer | he/they | Public Transit Geek | Subversive | Assistant Professor, Cal State San Marcos | Tongva Land | lesliefoster.art
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Black Cathedral at Howl | Human Resources - Fall 2025
Black Cathedral (or the Nyxontology of Other-Worlds) is a video installation that explores Black, queer futurity through stop-motion animation created with tintype…
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Just deinstalled my last show of the year & wanted share the documentation of my piece Black Cathedral. Everything about making art this year has been a slog but creating Black queer otherworlds and taking up space in this one with my queer and trans sibs has been worth it vimeo.com/1121396204
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Seattle is using stencils when neighbors go missing
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Seattle is using stencils when neighbors go missing
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
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This is bloody shameful. We have historically had lower levels of taxation than these countries and this is the result:
Child Poverty %
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is bloody shameful. We have historically had lower levels of taxation than these countries and this is the result:
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A pair of federal judges on Friday separately blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from unilaterally imposing new conditions on hundreds of millions in US Department of Homeland Security grants to cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.
https://cnn.it/3JNoAnW
https://cnn.it/3JNoAnW
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A pair of federal judges on Friday separately blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from unilaterally imposing new conditions on hundreds of millions in US Department of Homeland Security grants to cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.
https://cnn.it/3JNoAnW
https://cnn.it/3JNoAnW
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Alcohol is legal in every state
Doctors say it's possible to get hooked on pot. There's a widespread misconception that marijuana is not addictive, and it's expanded as a growing number of states legalize pot.
It's possible to get addicted to pot. Here's what to know
Doctors say it's possible to get hooked on pot. There's a widespread misconception that marijuana is not addictive, and it's expanded as a growing number of states legalize pot.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Alcohol is legal in every state
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I know this is rhetorical but my stab at a real answer: because they are trying to get funding from VC people who are ideologues like Peter Thiel and Thiel doesn’t want us to have libraries
Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis”
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I know this is rhetorical but my stab at a real answer: because they are trying to get funding from VC people who are ideologues like Peter Thiel and Thiel doesn’t want us to have libraries
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“It will not succeed in cowing faculty and academic workers, in sowing division, or in keeping us from supporting our neighbors in need,” the professors said in the statement. “We will continue to fight for the colleges, universities, and communities we deserve.” — @ncaaup.bsky.social
On NC State’s campus, hundreds of students protest as fears of ICE persist • NC Newsline
As final exams approach at N.C. State, stress over studies has been overtaken for some by fear of the federal immigration crackdown in Raleigh.
ncnewsline.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“It will not succeed in cowing faculty and academic workers, in sowing division, or in keeping us from supporting our neighbors in need,” the professors said in the statement. “We will continue to fight for the colleges, universities, and communities we deserve.” — @ncaaup.bsky.social
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Huge TW for graphic descriptions of obstructed labor and infant death, but if you can stomach that, this is worth reading. Tells us a lot about where we are as a culture. The rightward heel-turn of the birth influencers in question will surprise no one
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Huge TW for graphic descriptions of obstructed labor and infant death, but if you can stomach that, this is worth reading. Tells us a lot about where we are as a culture. The rightward heel-turn of the birth influencers in question will surprise no one
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I was looking at protest photos from NC and if this isn’t the shadiest, most southern ass sign… I love you, Durham!
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I was looking at protest photos from NC and if this isn’t the shadiest, most southern ass sign… I love you, Durham!
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not defending rfk here but neither am I in a position to critique the leaked erotic missives of anyone else on earth lol
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
not defending rfk here but neither am I in a position to critique the leaked erotic missives of anyone else on earth lol
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“When distributing the whistles, people asked Jackson-Williams for training on how to use them. She held an impromptu training at the farmers market where everyone blew their whistles at the same time.”
Whistles to warn of ICE agents have become a sound of resistance. “In South Seattle, whistles have been distributed at Skyway Farmers Market. Cherryl Jackson-Williams … said whistles brought people who are ‘concerned for the safety of their neighbors’ together. The kits were all taken w/in an hour.”
From Seattle to L.A., Chicago, and now Charlotte, communities are stepping up as Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda grows more violent and indiscriminate.
"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
"The ways that community members are helping their immigrant neighbors truly are ingenious and varied."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“When distributing the whistles, people asked Jackson-Williams for training on how to use them. She held an impromptu training at the farmers market where everyone blew their whistles at the same time.”
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I read a little of this. gotta take a break and come back to it later
but hi
CSA survivor here who had a home birth with a midwife in Boston
I *deeply* get why people get sucked into this world. medical treatment feels like, and sometimes just is, abuse
AND there’s a lotta snake oil out there
but hi
CSA survivor here who had a home birth with a midwife in Boston
I *deeply* get why people get sucked into this world. medical treatment feels like, and sometimes just is, abuse
AND there’s a lotta snake oil out there
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I read a little of this. gotta take a break and come back to it later
but hi
CSA survivor here who had a home birth with a midwife in Boston
I *deeply* get why people get sucked into this world. medical treatment feels like, and sometimes just is, abuse
AND there’s a lotta snake oil out there
but hi
CSA survivor here who had a home birth with a midwife in Boston
I *deeply* get why people get sucked into this world. medical treatment feels like, and sometimes just is, abuse
AND there’s a lotta snake oil out there
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Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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22 Nov 2025 -- Leaked, unpublished guidance from U.K.’s Equality & Human Rights Comsn recommends excluding trans people from restrooms single-sex spaces & encouraging others to question those in spaces suspected of being trans. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Trans people banned from single-sex spaces based on their appearances in leaked UK guidance - LGBTQ Nation
"This is a license to discriminate based on looks, plain and simple."
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
22 Nov 2025 -- Leaked, unpublished guidance from U.K.’s Equality & Human Rights Comsn recommends excluding trans people from restrooms single-sex spaces & encouraging others to question those in spaces suspected of being trans. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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This will impact cis women of color very hard, I guarantee it. The same type of people like to call out people for potentially being trans are the same type of people to be anti-immigrant and anti-Black.
22 Nov 2025 -- Leaked, unpublished guidance from U.K.’s Equality & Human Rights Comsn recommends excluding trans people from restrooms single-sex spaces & encouraging others to question those in spaces suspected of being trans. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Trans people banned from single-sex spaces based on their appearances in leaked UK guidance - LGBTQ Nation
"This is a license to discriminate based on looks, plain and simple."
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This will impact cis women of color very hard, I guarantee it. The same type of people like to call out people for potentially being trans are the same type of people to be anti-immigrant and anti-Black.
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Did you know: Eric Adams could temporarily thwart Zohran's plan to freeze rents by appointing a "tenant member" of the RGB who's willing to raise rents?
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Did you know: Eric Adams could temporarily thwart Zohran's plan to freeze rents by appointing a "tenant member" of the RGB who's willing to raise rents?
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
That's why the Rent Justice Coalition—incl. Crown Heights Tenant Union + Met Council on Housing—is organizing to make that politically untenable.
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How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
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maybe inventing writing was a mistake
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
maybe inventing writing was a mistake
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I'm going to tell my kids this is GWAR.
I just want yall to know, that when I go on my nature walks THIS is always my experience.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I'm going to tell my kids this is GWAR.
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Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
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"there's always a tweet" is starting to get ridiculous now
There is a famous tweet where Nuzzi says "why does Hollywood always depict female reporters as sleeping with their sources"!!
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"there's always a tweet" is starting to get ridiculous now
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Sarah's right here. But also, I would hazard that the UC administration, like most higher-ed administrators, are fucking cowards.
Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Sarah's right here. But also, I would hazard that the UC administration, like most higher-ed administrators, are fucking cowards.
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Have a fucking spine and a memory, please.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Have a fucking spine and a memory, please.