Lekha Murali
@lmexpressions.bsky.social
Creative writer of poetry, fiction and essay.
Self-publisher of children's book.
Writings range between somewhat bitter mutterings to effervescent musings, with a smattering of sarcasm. Www.Lmexpressions.com
Self-publisher of children's book.
Writings range between somewhat bitter mutterings to effervescent musings, with a smattering of sarcasm. Www.Lmexpressions.com
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MEMPHIS: “Local environmental groups to address a public hearing for xAI’s air pollution permit… Musk installed 35 methane-gas turbines but only submitted permits to operate 15… advocates claim turbines pose a significant health concern for Memphians…” wreg.com/news/local/x...
December 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
MEMPHIS: “Local environmental groups to address a public hearing for xAI’s air pollution permit… Musk installed 35 methane-gas turbines but only submitted permits to operate 15… advocates claim turbines pose a significant health concern for Memphians…” wreg.com/news/local/x...
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Great site to follow @admirablewomen.bsky.social
DYK women used to be prohibited from checking into most US hotels without a male chaperone?
The Hotel Figueroa in LA opened in 1926, built & operated by women for solo women travelers. Maude Bouldin was general manager (the first female hotel manager in the US & loved to fly airplanes). #history
The Hotel Figueroa in LA opened in 1926, built & operated by women for solo women travelers. Maude Bouldin was general manager (the first female hotel manager in the US & loved to fly airplanes). #history
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Great site to follow @admirablewomen.bsky.social
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SNL nails it! Press conference with Kegsbreath and Trump!
Pentagon Press Conference Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
SNL nails it! Press conference with Kegsbreath and Trump!
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America, you are in a world of trouble. Your president is deranged, his sycophants support it and the party won't oppose him. Even though they know they should. As difficult as it must be to live through, watching from the outside is like watching a car crash unfold.
#FuckICE @aclu.org #FuckTrump
#FuckICE @aclu.org #FuckTrump
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
America, you are in a world of trouble. Your president is deranged, his sycophants support it and the party won't oppose him. Even though they know they should. As difficult as it must be to live through, watching from the outside is like watching a car crash unfold.
#FuckICE @aclu.org #FuckTrump
#FuckICE @aclu.org #FuckTrump
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December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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A single brick
Picked up with
An idea, tossed
With the ability lost
To lay down
And take it, make it
One more day
Staying with the
Current authority
Certainly a minority
With a will, and just
A single brick
#SenseWrds 158 #prompt #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry
Picked up with
An idea, tossed
With the ability lost
To lay down
And take it, make it
One more day
Staying with the
Current authority
Certainly a minority
With a will, and just
A single brick
#SenseWrds 158 #prompt #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A single brick
Picked up with
An idea, tossed
With the ability lost
To lay down
And take it, make it
One more day
Staying with the
Current authority
Certainly a minority
With a will, and just
A single brick
#SenseWrds 158 #prompt #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry
Picked up with
An idea, tossed
With the ability lost
To lay down
And take it, make it
One more day
Staying with the
Current authority
Certainly a minority
With a will, and just
A single brick
#SenseWrds 158 #prompt #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry
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No community should be forced to bear the weight of a system that profits from human suffering.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No community should be forced to bear the weight of a system that profits from human suffering.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
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Asia stocks in cautious mood on countdown to Fed reut.rs/3KuidpR
Asia stocks in cautious mood on countdown to Fed
Asian shares dithered on Monday as investors bet the farm on a rate cut from the Federal Reserve this week, yet the meeting could be one of the most fractious in recent memory with some policy makers openly arguing against an easing.
reut.rs
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Asia stocks in cautious mood on countdown to Fed reut.rs/3KuidpR
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At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday. n.pr/4pTPFov
A fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state kills at least 25, officials say
At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday.
n.pr
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday. n.pr/4pTPFov
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Turns out Elon is the one censoring the EU, not the other way around.
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Turns out Elon is the one censoring the EU, not the other way around.
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This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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A Minnesota preacher told sheriff’s detectives that his church made no attempt to “hide” a child abuser and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement.
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
What a Recorded Interview Between Police and Preachers Reveals About How a Minnesota Church Handled Sexual Abuse
A roughly 40-minute conversation shows how leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church kept an open secret quiet for so long.
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A Minnesota preacher told sheriff’s detectives that his church made no attempt to “hide” a child abuser and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement.
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
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36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
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Trump’s DOJ tells federal judge to “F-off” again… Tish James on the verge of taking down yet another Trump-picked US Attorney… fresh Epstein docs ordered released… SCOTUS chaos on maps & birthright citizenship… and more. Watch Legal AF at 8p ET/5p PT:
LIVE: Trump Gets DESTROYED in COURT + BREAKING LEGAL NEWS | Legal AF
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Trump’s DOJ tells federal judge to “F-off” again… Tish James on the verge of taking down yet another Trump-picked US Attorney… fresh Epstein docs ordered released… SCOTUS chaos on maps & birthright citizenship… and more. Watch Legal AF at 8p ET/5p PT:
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"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
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This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This week, a federal judge wrote that federal agents – largely from ICE, but also CBP and other agencies operating in D.C. – had adopted an “arrest first, ask questions later” approach, ignoring legal requirements around when and how immigrants can be detained.
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
@maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
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Basically my entire day on x.🤦♀️
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Basically my entire day on x.🤦♀️
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Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map.
Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistricting
Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Republicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map.
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