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Leslie Winston

@conditionedsoul.bsky.social

Scholar of Japanese literature and culture. The sexed subject. Nineteenth-century French decadence! DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12532134

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The EPA issued reduction-in-force notices to 22 employees working on environmental justice efforts to address pollution in overburdened and underserved communities.

01.03.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 959    πŸ” 316    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 17
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Tell Ray-Ban: We don't want random people spying on us using smart glasses!

So Meta is apparently putting real-time face recognition into their smart glasses. They think we're too distracted to care, and they're wrong. This is deeply unsettling and a HUGE privacy risk, especially for women & kids. We need to stop this NOW. share.weareultraviolet.org/s/efFLdD7m

03.03.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Devastating.

02.03.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3259    πŸ” 1655    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 198
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Don’t give the Pentagon unrestricted access to AI tech

Defense Secretary Hegseth wants access to AI with no limits to supercharge mass surveillance and war. And he’s threatening to blacklist tech companies that don’t give it to him. To stop Hegseth, we need every tech company to say NO. Our safety & freedom depend on it. app.sosha.ai/s/dWZV4Z5e

02.03.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Trump administration is trying to do everything they can to undermine our freedom to vote, but the ultimate power is with the people.

02.03.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 571    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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Stop Trump's Killer Robots Trump wants to build autonomous killer robots - and OpenAI just volunteered. This is a defining moment: either AI is used to help us, or it’s used to kill us.While OpenAI has jumped in with both feet

Trump wants to build autonomous killer robots - and OpenAI just volunteered.

This is a defining moment: either AI is used to help us, or it’s used to kill us. Stop Trump's killer robots: action.eko.org/a/stop-trump...

01.03.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rep. Massie:Β  β€œI've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”

24.02.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 19627    πŸ” 5929    πŸ’¬ 556    πŸ“Œ 248
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aged poorly

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Susan Rice is right. Now Netflix must choose. The institutions and individuals who betrayed democratic principles will bear that mark of shame well into the future.

Susan Rice saw this moment coming. She described it plainly, and she was right.

Now, Netflix must decide which side of history it wants to be on.

The right choice is obvious. The only question is whether Netflix has the courage to make it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

23.02.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10136    πŸ” 3328    πŸ’¬ 481    πŸ“Œ 223
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Elizabeth Warren: "This one is to me not even open or arguable. How would the US government keep money that the Supreme Court said it did not legally collect from American businesses, that it did not legally take away from American families that ultimately paid this?"

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Someone tell Pam Bondi it's time to talk about the Epstein files. The Dow is under 50,000.

24.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6433    πŸ” 1546    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 50
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MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: First grade girl recounts searching for father after ICE detained him In an MS NOW Exclusive, Antonia Hylton sits down with Annabella, a New Jersey first grader whose life was uprooted when her father, Adonay Rodriguez, stepped outside to pick up a food order and was de...

ICE tackles and arrests New Jersey father outside his home, leaving his 6-year-old first-grade daughter at home alone.

She goes out looking for him.

"I got my boots and changed my clothes. I wanted to find some help to find my dad..."

www.ms.now/the-weekend-...

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β€œI heard the officer say β€˜that ain’t shit’.”

NASHVILLE β€” ICE shatter a car window in front of a newborn, refuse to look at man’s license & work visa… drag him out of his car, hit him, mock him for being Guatemalan (he’s from Mexico), laugh when he begs to say goodbye.

24.02.2026 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11841    πŸ” 6428    πŸ’¬ 589    πŸ“Œ 513

Let's try this again πŸ‘‹

Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA.

I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

21.02.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13761    πŸ” 3505    πŸ’¬ 893    πŸ“Œ 188
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Don’t turn on the State of the Union on Tuesday. Make it the lowest rated in history.

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Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...

www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

18.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Drop Epstein enabler Casey Wasserman

Epstein & Maxwell exploited at least 1,000 young women and girls for 20+ years, enabled by the powerful. The L.A. 2028 Olympics must NOT welcome their enablers! Demand accountability now. share.weareultraviolet.org/s/KCsnzWed

18.02.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seventh Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody This Year Lorth Sim, a Cambodian national, died in ICE custody on Monday according to an announcement sent to Congress today, marking the seventh detained death of 2026 and nearly the 40th since Trump took offi...

Seventh Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody This Year
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California: Tax the Ultra-Rich! Just twelve billionaires hold more wealth than half of humanity combinedβ€”and they’re using it to undermine democracy.Their power funds the politicians and technologies that make authoritarian policies

California: Tax the Ultra-Rich! action.eko.org/a/california...

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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease, doctors and scientists explain. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases the risk.

The Trump administration’s arguments in dismissing the health risks of climate change are not only factually wrong, they’re deeply dangerous to Americans’ health and safety. #MsReads via @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/trumps-epa-d...

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Screenshot of a post from James Talarico claiming Trump didn’t want an interview aired, alongside a still image of Talarico sitting across from Stephen Colbert on a late-night talk show set.

Screenshot of a post from James Talarico claiming Trump didn’t want an interview aired, alongside a still image of Talarico sitting across from Stephen Colbert on a late-night talk show set.

Make sure everyone sees this then. The FCC apparently changed its β€œequal time” rule on talk shows to make it hard for Colbert or The View to air interviews with candidates like Talarico. Video link in comments.

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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Stephen Colbert hosts Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico's campaign for the Democratic nomination for Senate including the… Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

Video: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

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Winning.

13.02.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Internet is undefeated. One of the greatest moments in cinematic history.

15.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 578    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 34

USPS and DHL instead of UPS and FedEx.

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Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

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UK government: Suspend all Palantir contracts Right now, thanks to Keir Starmer, Trump’s digital Trojan horse is 'hoovering up' our data -- including your private patient data.illions of people.Quietly, and without a single vote in Parliament, Ke

UK government: suspend all contracts with Palantir action.eko.org/a/uk-governm...

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Fuckin sick weirdos.

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FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.

NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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