Leah
@llax-nyc.bsky.social
Ager/Dyer (breakdown artist) (and occasional costumer) for film, tv, theater and cosplay, PADI Divemaster, forever curious, love traveling, good food, good music, good books, good stories and good people. Yes, and…
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When asked who holds him to account, Phoebe CEO Scott Steiner said, “I hope that our consumers do, right? ... They can do that by electing to get care elsewhere.”
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 5: Too Big to Fight
When a well-off, widely respected pillar of the community and member of the hospital’s board can’t get the care he needed at Phoebe, it raises the question: Who can?
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December 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
When asked who holds him to account, Phoebe CEO Scott Steiner said, “I hope that our consumers do, right? ... They can do that by electing to get care elsewhere.”
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
I’m so sick of these fucking establishment losers forcing us to lose with them. Primary every fucking one
Unfortunately, the leverage Democrats had to extract real policy changes was squandered under Schumer’s failed leadership. Instead of holding the line to force negotiations on a real solution, he allowed a surrender that Republicans seized as fuel for the fire for their extremist healthcare agenda.
Obamacare costs look set to spike for millions of Americans as Senate votes fail - BBC News
The issue has caused a rift among Republicans, with healthcare set to be a campaign issue in next year's midterm elections.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I’m so sick of these fucking establishment losers forcing us to lose with them. Primary every fucking one
There are certainly going to be many that they attempt to not tell us about now, for sure.
Does anyone else wonder how may second strikes there were we just don't know about?
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
There are certainly going to be many that they attempt to not tell us about now, for sure.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Pause and pay attention to the weight of this moment - its fear, its injustice, its danger. This is “American” fascism in its infancy. Still in diapers. Imagine what it becomes as it matures.
They won’t stop unless they’re stopped.
Do something today, do anything today, to push against them.
They won’t stop unless they’re stopped.
Do something today, do anything today, to push against them.
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pause and pay attention to the weight of this moment - its fear, its injustice, its danger. This is “American” fascism in its infancy. Still in diapers. Imagine what it becomes as it matures.
They won’t stop unless they’re stopped.
Do something today, do anything today, to push against them.
They won’t stop unless they’re stopped.
Do something today, do anything today, to push against them.
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The story of Albany, Georgia, is the story of American health care.
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
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Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://propub.li/4avwBsi
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The story of Albany, Georgia, is the story of American health care.
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://propub.li/4avwBsi
Sick in a Hospital Town, a new series from ProPublica, debuts Sunday, Dec. 7.
Sign up to get it in your inbox: https://propub.li/4avwBsi
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If you're looking for something fun to do in NYC on Sunday, join me and @connorratliff.bsky.social as we explain how exactly The Star Wars Holiday Special happened. But first, at 1, see the Holiday Special the way it was (not) meant to be seen: in a packed theater www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you're looking for something fun to do in NYC on Sunday, join me and @connorratliff.bsky.social as we explain how exactly The Star Wars Holiday Special happened. But first, at 1, see the Holiday Special the way it was (not) meant to be seen: in a packed theater www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...
So then, Dems can do it too…game on.
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Texas use Trump-backed gerrymandered maps in 2026
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
So then, Dems can do it too…game on.
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Finland is the latest example of a right-wing government that can talk tough but can’t govern once they achieve power. Great at fearmongering, weak at everything else.
Whee! The most right wing government in the history of #Finland is set to break one more record. This time, our unemployment numbers are climbing to become highest in the EU and surpass Spain’s!
Just recently our stable geniuses guided Finland to be the *only* developed economy without growth.
Just recently our stable geniuses guided Finland to be the *only* developed economy without growth.
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Finland is the latest example of a right-wing government that can talk tough but can’t govern once they achieve power. Great at fearmongering, weak at everything else.
*sigh* yeah. Let’s go over the notes of how this happens: 1. Male 2. White. 3. Angry 4. Not actually sorry for any of what he did 5. Lots of whining and looking punished 6. Demands career back because accountability/consequences are too hard 7. Finds like-minded apologists
Yeahhh…there it is.
Yeahhh…there it is.
Some thoughts on The New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman calling Louis CK’s recent work “underexamined”.👀😬
Hey, New York Times, Louis C.K. Doesn’t Need Your Help!
When a newspaper has only one stand-up comedy critic, they actually have none.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
*sigh* yeah. Let’s go over the notes of how this happens: 1. Male 2. White. 3. Angry 4. Not actually sorry for any of what he did 5. Lots of whining and looking punished 6. Demands career back because accountability/consequences are too hard 7. Finds like-minded apologists
Yeahhh…there it is.
Yeahhh…there it is.
You should see this for what it is. It’s not just a criminal protecting their own and pissing in the face of the law to further undermine enforcement. He’s attempting to build a safety net of people who owe him favors if he gets removed from office - either by losing or force.
This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You should see this for what it is. It’s not just a criminal protecting their own and pissing in the face of the law to further undermine enforcement. He’s attempting to build a safety net of people who owe him favors if he gets removed from office - either by losing or force.
I feel seen
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I feel seen
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Imagine if other countries now see fit to blow up airliners, cars, buses and cruise ships based on suspicion (and uncorroborated evidence) of the presence of US drug dealers on them. As a retaliatory move. Fucking hell.
Trump threatens attacks on any country transporting illegal drugs into the U.S. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump threatens strikes on any country he claims makes drugs for US
Trump signals imminent land strikes in Venezuela, blaming a navy admiral for a deadly September attack
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Imagine if other countries now see fit to blow up airliners, cars, buses and cruise ships based on suspicion (and uncorroborated evidence) of the presence of US drug dealers on them. As a retaliatory move. Fucking hell.
Yeah that seems like it’s kinda important. Especially if the argument is that really old people shouldn’t be leading government because of this stuff.
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Yeah that seems like it’s kinda important. Especially if the argument is that really old people shouldn’t be leading government because of this stuff.
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If you look below the fold at some additional December 2 elections around the country, you see that Tennessee wasn't an outlier.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
New mayor in Roswell: Mary Robichaux defeats Kemp-endorsed incumbent Kurt Wilson in runoff
Mary Robichaux, a former state representative, told 11Alive that her experience in health care and her ties to the community will ensure she listens to the people.
www.11alive.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If you look below the fold at some additional December 2 elections around the country, you see that Tennessee wasn't an outlier.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
In Roswell, a city of 100,000 people in battleground-state Georgia, a Democrat just comfortably defeated the incumbent Republican mayor in a runoff.
Yup
they're all still on his nazi propaganda website
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yup
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Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
Nope. Nobody is “owed” a career, let alone a second chance when they’re not at all sorry. He can fuck off forever, and so can @newyorker.com for this bullshit apologist piece.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Nope. Nobody is “owed” a career, let alone a second chance when they’re not at all sorry. He can fuck off forever, and so can @newyorker.com for this bullshit apologist piece.
FFS, the world can come get the war criminal already. I know we don’t do the ICC, but I’d love for another country to arrest his ass when he sets foot anywhere outside of the US. An international warrant would be a great start.
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
FFS, the world can come get the war criminal already. I know we don’t do the ICC, but I’d love for another country to arrest his ass when he sets foot anywhere outside of the US. An international warrant would be a great start.
Yep.
There's no legal ambiguity. An there's no legal yoga which can get around it. By American law, Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
youtube.com/shorts/rwicI...
youtube.com/shorts/rwicI...
Peter Hegseth Ordered War Crimes: Here's the Law
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yep.
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It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
War crime.
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
War crime.