Leslie
@tsundokuenthusiast.bsky.social
Researching power dynamics, resistance, adaptation, identity, communication in digital age 🏳️🌈 auDHD 🎓PhD candidate 🍉 Psyber.Space for the pod🎙️ [insert upside down US flag here]
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Leslie
@tsundokuenthusiast.bsky.social
· Jan 21
I have been doing my podcast since April 2024. I started it as a way to share my thoughts on organizational psychology, applied psychology for media and technology, etc. to help people understand their world. Some episodes were intentionally very relevant to this moment. I’m resharing them today 🧵
I'm surprised the bidding isn't higher for this early Tupac recording. waxpoetics.com/collections/...
Tupac Shakur – Earliest Original Recording with 'Born Busy' (1988)
This cassette represents an extraordinary and irreplaceable opportunity to acquire one of the earliest original recordings of Tupac Shakur from his pre-fame rap group, Born Busy, captured years before...
waxpoetics.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I'm surprised the bidding isn't higher for this early Tupac recording. waxpoetics.com/collections/...
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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And that’s why they’re banning books, suing schools, capturing popular entertainment production and distribution, dismantling journalism, and replacing it all with MechaHitler. To sum up.
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 AM
And that’s why they’re banning books, suing schools, capturing popular entertainment production and distribution, dismantling journalism, and replacing it all with MechaHitler. To sum up.
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DHS says that if you’re struggling to afford a house you should report undocumented immigrants.
The Nazis blamed immigrants for their economic crisis too.
Immigrants are not to blame.
Billionaires are. The ruling class wants you to blame others so they can keep power & wealth.
The Nazis blamed immigrants for their economic crisis too.
Immigrants are not to blame.
Billionaires are. The ruling class wants you to blame others so they can keep power & wealth.
February 1, 2026 at 8:18 AM
DHS says that if you’re struggling to afford a house you should report undocumented immigrants.
The Nazis blamed immigrants for their economic crisis too.
Immigrants are not to blame.
Billionaires are. The ruling class wants you to blame others so they can keep power & wealth.
The Nazis blamed immigrants for their economic crisis too.
Immigrants are not to blame.
Billionaires are. The ruling class wants you to blame others so they can keep power & wealth.
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DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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I don't know if this has been reported on yet but the idea that ICE bought an enormous facility in my state for holding victims of their campaign of terror and it's literally got train tracks running past the facility within summer walking distance is so deeply fucking unsettling.
February 1, 2026 at 8:04 AM
I don't know if this has been reported on yet but the idea that ICE bought an enormous facility in my state for holding victims of their campaign of terror and it's literally got train tracks running past the facility within summer walking distance is so deeply fucking unsettling.
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"A man is easy to control when you give him someone else to control" — Inspired.
So I looked into this. The suggestion is:
- $5K given to unmarried couples who complete a marriage bootcamp that will indoctrinate them on the benefits of having kids & marriage
It’s an easy way to get women alone w/ their abusers. A man is easy to control when you give him someone else to control
- $5K given to unmarried couples who complete a marriage bootcamp that will indoctrinate them on the benefits of having kids & marriage
It’s an easy way to get women alone w/ their abusers. A man is easy to control when you give him someone else to control
January 31, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"A man is easy to control when you give him someone else to control" — Inspired.
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Parents are working 3 jobs, drowning in childcare costs, have no support network, then get told their kid's anxiety is because of social media. That's not analysis, that's scapegoating. New PsyberSpace episode on why we keep choosing surveillance over actual solutions. psyber.space/episode...
PsyberSpace: Understand Your World | Your Data Is Already Breached: Why Age Verification Makes It Worse
The Illusion of Digital Safety: How Age Gates and Digital IDs Miss the MarkIn this episode of PsyberSpace, host Leslie Poston digs into the ineffectiveness and risks of age gates and digital ID ver...
psyber.space
January 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Parents are working 3 jobs, drowning in childcare costs, have no support network, then get told their kid's anxiety is because of social media. That's not analysis, that's scapegoating. New PsyberSpace episode on why we keep choosing surveillance over actual solutions. psyber.space/episode...
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We need to shut down the word "performative" until we can figure out what the hell is going on. Of course adopting symbols of protest and resistance is performative! Performance is a core strategy for mass movements!! That's why the call them demonstrations!!!
"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
January 31, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We need to shut down the word "performative" until we can figure out what the hell is going on. Of course adopting symbols of protest and resistance is performative! Performance is a core strategy for mass movements!! That's why the call them demonstrations!!!
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Not “warehouses.” Concentration camps. Here, in America.👇
January 31, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Not “warehouses.” Concentration camps. Here, in America.👇
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one thing you never want to have to realize is that you were really underestimating the number of pedophiles
January 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM
one thing you never want to have to realize is that you were really underestimating the number of pedophiles
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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Handle change - no funny 'RBFchampion' anymore because the news cycle stole my RBF trophy and now everyday my face says a lot
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Handle change - no funny 'RBFchampion' anymore because the news cycle stole my RBF trophy and now everyday my face says a lot
I’ve disliked the misuse(s) of the word elites for a while now and think “the 1%” is too softening for the harm pale rich people cause.
Petition to call the world’s powerful monsters and the people who enable them “the Epstein Class”
Petition to call the world’s powerful monsters and the people who enable them “the Epstein Class”
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I’ve disliked the misuse(s) of the word elites for a while now and think “the 1%” is too softening for the harm pale rich people cause.
Petition to call the world’s powerful monsters and the people who enable them “the Epstein Class”
Petition to call the world’s powerful monsters and the people who enable them “the Epstein Class”
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If anyone in Alabama who both protests and takes Covid seriously wants to talk to me about your problems with the bill, my email is jmetraux@motherjones.com (reposts appreciated) www.alreporter.com/2026/01/28/d...
House passes bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor's note
Anti-masking laws have never been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court and have had mixed results in lower courts.
www.alreporter.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
If anyone in Alabama who both protests and takes Covid seriously wants to talk to me about your problems with the bill, my email is jmetraux@motherjones.com (reposts appreciated) www.alreporter.com/2026/01/28/d...
Handle change - no funny 'RBFchampion' anymore because the news cycle stole my RBF trophy and now everyday my face says a lot
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Handle change - no funny 'RBFchampion' anymore because the news cycle stole my RBF trophy and now everyday my face says a lot
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
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Opposition party doing so good that they’re gonna pass a law that exists already and tell us it’s a win 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Opposition party doing so good that they’re gonna pass a law that exists already and tell us it’s a win 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
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And we have to remember their punishment is always the thriving of the people they’ve harmed
It’s repair
Its vision it’s not being slightly less comfortable
Their greatest punishment is always the birth of the world they are trying to deny
It’s repair
Its vision it’s not being slightly less comfortable
Their greatest punishment is always the birth of the world they are trying to deny
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
January 29, 2026 at 11:50 PM
And we have to remember their punishment is always the thriving of the people they’ve harmed
It’s repair
Its vision it’s not being slightly less comfortable
Their greatest punishment is always the birth of the world they are trying to deny
It’s repair
Its vision it’s not being slightly less comfortable
Their greatest punishment is always the birth of the world they are trying to deny
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Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Correct. Homan saying “in theater” says it all — they view themselves as at war with other Americans
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“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Independent” is doing too much work in this first wave. They are arresting journalists and just like everything else they’ve done, they’re testing the limits of our resistance by starting wt vulnerable margins.
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Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.
January 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.
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Fascism is here 🇺🇸
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Fascism is here 🇺🇸