Hank Leukart
@hank.me
Filmmaker. TV producer. Product Manager at Google. Adventure addict. Culture + tech, environmentalism, travel, VR, & breakfast food.
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Alone on the Escalante: Packrafting through America’s Public Lands War
YouTube video by Hank Leukart
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We packrafted 50 miles on the Escalante River, in the shadow of the largest public lands rollback in US history. A landscape millions of years in the making shouldn’t be able to be threatened by a single executive order. youtu.be/Zdd9NgQm3SA
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All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
We packrafted 50 miles on the Escalante River, in the shadow of the largest public lands rollback in US history. A landscape millions of years in the making shouldn’t be able to be threatened by a single executive order. youtu.be/Zdd9NgQm3SA
Alone on the Escalante: Packrafting through America’s Public Lands War
YouTube video by Hank Leukart
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We packrafted 50 miles on the Escalante River, in the shadow of the largest public lands rollback in US history. A landscape millions of years in the making shouldn’t be able to be threatened by a single executive order. youtu.be/Zdd9NgQm3SA
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it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
it is crazy that the president is essentially just the project manager for a medium-sized hotel ballroom who tweets things which would yet someone with that actual job fired instantaneously
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One of the greatest things anyone has ever said to me was to explain that when you randomly decide to pick up a rock it’s because the rock has decided it wants to travel. It gives me joy to ponder.
November 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
One of the greatest things anyone has ever said to me was to explain that when you randomly decide to pick up a rock it’s because the rock has decided it wants to travel. It gives me joy to ponder.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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This may be the best sentence I’ve ever read
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This may be the best sentence I’ve ever read
the dell u4025qw is a truly great product
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
the dell u4025qw is a truly great product
wait, you expect me to believe that the quintessential anthem articulating our human longing for meaning, magic, and hope was originally sung by a muppet in a bog?
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
wait, you expect me to believe that the quintessential anthem articulating our human longing for meaning, magic, and hope was originally sung by a muppet in a bog?
my suggestions to give chatgpt a less shitty name are chatg or chatty
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
my suggestions to give chatgpt a less shitty name are chatg or chatty
in a world of non-linear editing, the whole concept of picture lock before sound lock makes no sense, and in fact it should be reversed
November 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
in a world of non-linear editing, the whole concept of picture lock before sound lock makes no sense, and in fact it should be reversed
the final episode of the twisted tale of amanda knox is a stunner, due in no small part to grace van patten
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
the final episode of the twisted tale of amanda knox is a stunner, due in no small part to grace van patten
feels like it's time to cancel @washingtonpost.com subscriptions. that "the-market-will-fix-plastic-bags" editorial misses that the "market" has failed to fix it in 45 years, and california already has bag fees. did the new republican editorial board talk to a single expert or do any research?
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
feels like it's time to cancel @washingtonpost.com subscriptions. that "the-market-will-fix-plastic-bags" editorial misses that the "market" has failed to fix it in 45 years, and california already has bag fees. did the new republican editorial board talk to a single expert or do any research?
it is so amusing that "family values" politician dudes always have had a minimum of three wives and two divorces
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
it is so amusing that "family values" politician dudes always have had a minimum of three wives and two divorces
younger generations trust real people, not brands. it's astonishing wapo didn't realize that the only way to halt its self-immolation was by giving dave jorgensen all the money. were all our brands and institutions just houses of cards propped up by baby boomers + gen x? gen z saw through all of it.
The Data Is In: The Washington Post Can’t Replace Its "TikTok Guy"
The shocking look at what happened when Dave left WaPo to start Local News International
mkarolian.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
younger generations trust real people, not brands. it's astonishing wapo didn't realize that the only way to halt its self-immolation was by giving dave jorgensen all the money. were all our brands and institutions just houses of cards propped up by baby boomers + gen x? gen z saw through all of it.
maya hawke looks exactly like if ethan hawke and uma thurman were to have a child
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
maya hawke looks exactly like if ethan hawke and uma thurman were to have a child
Successful movements are microcosms of the society they hope to create. [We need] a cross-class movement, one that join[s] members of the educated class with members of the working class, shrinking the social chasms that gave rise to populism in the first place. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
www.theatlantic.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Successful movements are microcosms of the society they hope to create. [We need] a cross-class movement, one that join[s] members of the educated class with members of the working class, shrinking the social chasms that gave rise to populism in the first place. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
you should be able to get credit for a previous flight delay and use the delay for another flight you’re late for
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
you should be able to get credit for a previous flight delay and use the delay for another flight you’re late for
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An ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” has been placed on the National Mall in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder, its creators said, of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.
On the National Mall, ‘Democracy’ drips in daylight
Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s, helped bring a 3,000-pound ice sculpture to the capital as a warning that “democracy is melting away before our very eyes.”
wapo.st
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
An ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” has been placed on the National Mall in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder, its creators said, of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.
regarding the girl who thought steve martin is only a banjo star: i knew both that he’s a comedian and plays banjo, but it wasn’t until i saw her video that i listened to his wonderful banjo albums. i now easily can see why she’d think banjo was his primary contribution to the canon
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
regarding the girl who thought steve martin is only a banjo star: i knew both that he’s a comedian and plays banjo, but it wasn’t until i saw her video that i listened to his wonderful banjo albums. i now easily can see why she’d think banjo was his primary contribution to the canon
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If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.
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My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
"A dominant position in A.I. might be, without exaggeration, the biggest prize in the history of capitalism." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"A dominant position in A.I. might be, without exaggeration, the biggest prize in the history of capitalism." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
"The business that spent a century perfecting illusion is now begging the world to care about what’s real." theankler.com/p/sora-2-and...
Sora 2 and the Day Hollywood Went to War
Forget Tilly Norwood. OpenAI’s new cinematic model can fake anyone and anything — and power players finally draw their line
theankler.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
"The business that spent a century perfecting illusion is now begging the world to care about what’s real." theankler.com/p/sora-2-and...
welcome to our doctor's office. within a single chamber, three oracles await. first the nurse, then the doctor, and finally, the More Important Doctor. speak your riddle of pain thrice, hear it reversed, and end where you began: with the nurse at the gate, who will declare your fate.
October 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
welcome to our doctor's office. within a single chamber, three oracles await. first the nurse, then the doctor, and finally, the More Important Doctor. speak your riddle of pain thrice, hear it reversed, and end where you began: with the nurse at the gate, who will declare your fate.
was harold and the purple crayon just stolen from duck amuck
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
was harold and the purple crayon just stolen from duck amuck