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Leigh Kunkel

@leighkunkel.bsky.social

I'm a journalist in Chicago But you're probably here for Birdie

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first 20 ppl to reply with a pic of yourself at the march in mpls and your venmo handle will receive 5 dollars for a hot chocolate from me

23.01.2026 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kath my envy right now knows no bounds

23.01.2026 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How did you know??

23.01.2026 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Raja is a Spanish word โ€” maybe it did some weird auto-detection thing?

23.01.2026 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hahaha this always happens to me with people's height. Everyone on the internet is obviously exactly my size!

23.01.2026 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She has SUCH a weird bark! Like she smokes a pack a day haha

23.01.2026 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My velociraptor is displeased

23.01.2026 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know it's been said but the dissonance between this and "how am I supposed to explain a Target commercial with two moms in it to My Children" is just incomprehensible

23.01.2026 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's never lupus

22.01.2026 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm pretty sure that this season of The Pitt is going to have a storyline featuring my favorite prestige medical drama trope: necrotizing fasciitis

22.01.2026 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I love an elder statesman ๐Ÿฅน

22.01.2026 03:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You were obviously in the wrong because Moshe was clearly perfect

22.01.2026 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
People making huge spirals of churros

People making huge spirals of churros

An ornate iron screen and doorway on a bright pink building

An ornate iron screen and doorway on a bright pink building

Me sipping a VERY large margarita

Me sipping a VERY large margarita

The best!

22.01.2026 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

THIS IS THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN STRATEGY

22.01.2026 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Murderers

22.01.2026 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's devastating to feel like everyone who isn't in power is putting their literal lives on the line and it's still not enough to prevent this. How do we keep going?

22.01.2026 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need to ensure that their cruelty haunts them every single moment for the rest of their sad little lives. They should never, ever be free from it.

22.01.2026 00:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Dumbasses

21.01.2026 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe it's secretly a freegan thing...

21.01.2026 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For when you're on the go!

21.01.2026 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A weird cartoon of Jesus talking to modern day people reading 

EAT LIKE THE APOSTLESยฎ
DON'T EAT FOR PLEASURE, TAME THE PLATE
40 days
12 ingredients
1 transformation
PRINTABLE MEAL PLAN

A weird cartoon of Jesus talking to modern day people reading EAT LIKE THE APOSTLESยฎ DON'T EAT FOR PLEASURE, TAME THE PLATE 40 days 12 ingredients 1 transformation PRINTABLE MEAL PLAN

What

21.01.2026 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Birdie the pitbull sitting on the floor of a coffee shop in a pink sweater and cream puffy coat

Birdie the pitbull sitting on the floor of a coffee shop in a pink sweater and cream puffy coat

Birdie is basically bald, so she gets a sweater AND a coat

21.01.2026 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I am introducing the Melt ICE Act to end funding for immigrant detention and monitoring.

We have seen the danger in infusing resources into DHSโ€™s abuses of power. Funding for ICE is fuel for human suffering.

Itโ€™s time to start melting ICE.

21.01.2026 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3909    ๐Ÿ” 947    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75

Oh it's beautiful

21.01.2026 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
20.01.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I even did a keyboard shortcut that if I ever type "thy" to change it to "the" and nevertheless it persists!

20.01.2026 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why does it always think I want to type "thy"??

20.01.2026 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/

YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT [a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision] "In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors! See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/ https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/

jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.

19.01.2026 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11844    ๐Ÿ” 7378    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 149

It HAD to have been eyebrow related

20.01.2026 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I love this poem so much!

19.01.2026 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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