Christie LeBlanc

People standing around a conference table room.

It’s been a long day of bargaining with Vox Media, fighting hard to get a fair contract with better salaries, AI protections, the inclusion of the Dodo in our union, and much more. Come tomorrow, there’s only two days left in our contract — Vox Media, stop dragging your feet.

The relevance of this quote from almost 20 years ago, played as warning and cautionary tale (on one of the best TV shows most of you probably never saw) has felt more and more relevant these last few years and today more than ever.

So say we all. #iykyk

Writing:
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
This sucks
Oh man this slaps. I’ve never felt more high on life
This sucks.

And that’s why we masochists do it

I'm saving this.

Yep

Our response to the U.S. tariffs is to fight, protect, and to build. That means building the infrastructure to help diversify our trade partners, create good jobs, and grow our economy.

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently.

I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

please don’t text me war plans, because I’m actually at capacity right now and I don’t think I can hold appropriate space for you. do you have someone else you could reach out to?

hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd . ALT: hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.

Books

Would you want to adapt it yourself or would you be cool with a screenwriter championing it? Years ago, I read HIT and desperately wanted to pitch it around Hollywood. My reps said the rights were tied up so I moved onto something else, but I love your work.

why is everyone picking on just Biden and Obama for not speaking out right now when literally ANYONE from EVERY prior administration should be raising the alarm about how improper all this is? Cabinet, Joint Chiefs, etc... they're all not meeting this moment.

Seriously.

The fascism we are experiencing is an EMERGENCY. It needs to be responded to with lightening speed.

The courts are helping, but lightening speed is not their thing. They weren't designed for that.

So we all need to do more to respond. Get angry. Get organized. Get creative. Get vocal.

Canada, please save us! Save yourselves.

America could be executing people live on TV for the crime of criticizing Trump and all of the country would still say it’s “approaching fascism” and “dangerously close to a constitutional crisis.”

Kudos Mark Carney 🇨🇦 👍👍👍
Canada issues new 5 year Canadian bonds $3.5 billion, but sold the bonds in US dollars. The bonds were 4 times oversubscribed, so there appears to be no lack of confidence in the Canadian economy.
That’s just the beginning.

The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.

I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE.
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”

@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains

Democrats you cannot scream “fire!” (fascism), do nothing and then expect people to trust you

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This is the law “best known for its role in Japanese internment” per the Brennan Center.

It just gets worse and worse, day by day.

Send an email to a writer or leave a comment on something of theirs you've read this week that's touched you in some way or made the weight of your world a little easier to bear. It's always worth doing, and makes both of your day a little better.

I was recently floored by a line of dialogue in a children’s book—“We don’t ignore bigotry, Jack. That’s how cowardly bigots turn into brave bigots”—if you were wondering why children’s books are important, and why there has been so much concerted effort to ban them.

This is an accurate representation of how Canadians view American beer. "Bottled piss" is how you'll most often hear the flavour of American beers described.

We've spent TRILLIONS on defense in the past 10 years, and Russia just quietly invaded us from within without firing a single shot.

'Did you even say thank you?'

A race see which happens first: hurting so many people including their own voters that there’s a massive public backlash or dismantling democratic institutions to the point they can keep power despite public discontent.