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@leighjack.bsky.social

Star Wars, liberal politics, public health, fantasy and scifi books, travel

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Gag

16.02.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus

15.02.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sickening

15.02.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

14.02.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12724    πŸ” 2952    πŸ’¬ 315    πŸ“Œ 265
Meta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release.

β€œWe will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.

Meta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release. β€œWe will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.

this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where β€” at a bare minimum β€” they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

13.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6566    πŸ” 2231    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 164
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The drama surrounding the Olympic medalist who cheated on his girlfriend is exactly why we need to keep men out of men's sports

12.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 779    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 9

I went back to the article - pulmonary embolism was cause of death related to rectal cancer.

12.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought she had a pulmonary embolism, though. Was it related to a cancer diagnosis somehow?

12.02.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She is in πŸ”₯. Well done!

11.02.2026 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can someone tell the tennessean they don’t have to treat everything Pinocchiogles pukes out like it’s serious?

Also how about mentioning that he demanded investigations into Zohran and Freddie also, and nothing happened?

His lies & impotence is the real story

11.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 487    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 9

In today's The Ethicist: Is it wrong to steal a pet dog from a 4-year-old orphan who's devastated by his parent's murder-suicide, and who lost the dog during Hurricane Katrina, and who begs you to give him back his dog?

11.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Notes on winter When the world turns whimsical

Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter:

"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."

09.02.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 330    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

β€œBy not being honest about the story of David & Bathsheba, Evangelical preachers trained their parishioners to see a violent, sexual predator and say, β€˜This looks like a man after God’s own heart.’” - @libertybeks.bsky.social

Still wondering how white evangelicals can support Trump?

11.02.2026 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

β€œFour of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. β€œI looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

10.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12787    πŸ” 6992    πŸ’¬ 381    πŸ“Œ 865

Gosh he is awful.

10.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is an astounding rhyme of history, the quest of the colonizer to find β€œvirgin” land

space travel in the context of manifest destiny and climate collapse

there exists untouched land, free of history and conflict, where society can be rebornβ€”if only the β€œright” people get there first.

10.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

You are not wrong ...ugh

10.02.2026 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IOC has reviewed request by UA Olympian Heraskevych to wear helmet with photos of UA athletes killed by Russia. IOC has permitted to wear it during training; citing rules that prioritize focusing on games, Committee will make an exception and allow him to wear a black armband during competition.

10.02.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

I have. I will check out your ep. I am moving on to the new Finn book next.

10.02.2026 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you guys read Master of Evil, yet?

10.02.2026 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

06.02.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 27709    πŸ” 8172    πŸ’¬ 434    πŸ“Œ 301

This is why I moved off Substack to Ghost. The Nazis will migrate to any big platform but when a platform actively promotes them, that is a choice

08.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 713    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6

Irony is dead and we know who killed it.

05.02.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"

05.02.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1594    πŸ” 338    πŸ’¬ 359    πŸ“Œ 315
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Our hot new MJ cover story on all the idiotic things Trump is doing to control America's 250 anniversary celebrations and ictate the presentation of US history and culture is online. Read it before the First Amendment gets canceled. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

04.02.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1004    πŸ” 340    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 20
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Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil β€” pen ink freezes β€” by headlamp.

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn Β· Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil β€” pen ink freezes β€” by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

04.02.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 22071    πŸ” 6949    πŸ’¬ 543    πŸ“Œ 414

No! Abolish ICE.

03.02.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought Repubs were supposed to support states rights against the fed.

03.02.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ain't We Women, Too? For many incarcerated women, the state is their abuser, but the gender-based violence we experience behind bars goes ignored.

From @theflytrapmedia.com: "I'm writing this from inside a women's prison, where every single behavior indicating intimate partner violence happens daily. Not from intimate partners, but from the mostly male staff paid by the state to 'supervise' us."

03.02.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Incinerators?

03.02.2026 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2530    πŸ” 1397    πŸ’¬ 287    πŸ“Œ 99

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