Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her)
@kleonardphd.bsky.social
Librettist, lyricist, poet, scholar, teacher. Writing operas abt the Jane Collective, ending rape culture, & climate change. Runs the Silent Film Sound & Music Archive (sfsma.org). Autistic. Disabled. kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org
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Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …
terribleminds.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
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⏳A gentle reminder that our special offer ends on 10 Feb.
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
⏳A gentle reminder that our special offer ends on 10 Feb.
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
The newest figure is inspired by a Late Bronze Age terracotta from Cyprus. Learn more about her mystery, and every order of a goddess figure currently includes a FREE Miniature Palaeolithic Figurine.
potted-history.co.uk
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for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
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Boosting #LatinBooksky for your February TBR!
Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Boosting #LatinBooksky for your February TBR!
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Petra and Vanessa are back today with a guide to last night's show in @rollingstone.com! Read this, then grab their book from @dukepress.bsky.social!
"But Bad Bunny always finds a way to get many complex messages in his performances, just as he does with his songs."
"But Bad Bunny always finds a way to get many complex messages in his performances, just as he does with his songs."
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Petra and Vanessa are back today with a guide to last night's show in @rollingstone.com! Read this, then grab their book from @dukepress.bsky.social!
"But Bad Bunny always finds a way to get many complex messages in his performances, just as he does with his songs."
"But Bad Bunny always finds a way to get many complex messages in his performances, just as he does with his songs."
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The robots are literally killing us. Not because of hyper intelligence, but because they're shit
“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The robots are literally killing us. Not because of hyper intelligence, but because they're shit
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CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
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Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
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good time to bring back this all timer:
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
good time to bring back this all timer:
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February 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Reckoning reopened to submissions on February 1st! We pay @sfwa.org pro rates, we never charge fees, AND we're piloting a new/improved process for reviewing and publishing submissions, which shows every sign of making our response times MUCH faster. Please submit? Guidelines: reckoning.press/submit/
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Reckoning reopened to submissions on February 1st! We pay @sfwa.org pro rates, we never charge fees, AND we're piloting a new/improved process for reviewing and publishing submissions, which shows every sign of making our response times MUCH faster. Please submit? Guidelines: reckoning.press/submit/
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A ‘shadow CDC’ is scrambling to fill gaps in public health data
Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stat...
Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stat...
A ‘shadow CDC’ is scrambling to fill gaps in public health data
Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health
www.scientificamerican.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
A ‘shadow CDC’ is scrambling to fill gaps in public health data
Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stat...
Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health
www.scientificamerican.com/article/stat...
Let’s all go to the Caramel Corgi Club
Don’t know who needs to hear this but one of the puppies on the Puppy Bowl this year is named Chappell Bone
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Let’s all go to the Caramel Corgi Club
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Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
grateful to work at a place that always lets me write about how much i love gay women
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Amber Glenn, a queer icon from Texas, is about to make Olympic history
The American figure skater's unapologetic queerness feels more important than ever.
www.chron.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
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Just a note that Bad Bunny could run for president in 2028, but JD Vance can't go to the Super Bowl without getting booed.
February 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Just a note that Bad Bunny could run for president in 2028, but JD Vance can't go to the Super Bowl without getting booed.
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
Heading to Houston Grand Opera for Silent Night this afternoon and my petty complaint is that since I always have to mask I miss wearing lipstick.
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Heading to Houston Grand Opera for Silent Night this afternoon and my petty complaint is that since I always have to mask I miss wearing lipstick.
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The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
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This is a Super Bowl. My favorite of many Superb Owls this year is Baubo, who I got to see in person at a local exhibit this summer!
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is a Super Bowl. My favorite of many Superb Owls this year is Baubo, who I got to see in person at a local exhibit this summer!
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this new & final(?) album by late pedal steel hero susan alcorn playing with an improvising metal band is just so cool & startling & bittersweet, like she was just getting started. nomadwarmachineandsusanalcorn.bandcamp.com/album/contra...
Contra Madre, by Nomad War Machine and Susan Alcorn
7 track album
nomadwarmachineandsusanalcorn.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
this new & final(?) album by late pedal steel hero susan alcorn playing with an improvising metal band is just so cool & startling & bittersweet, like she was just getting started. nomadwarmachineandsusanalcorn.bandcamp.com/album/contra...
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
Good news’
Victory! An Arizona judge has struck down several abortion laws as unconstitutional. Patients no longer have to wait 24 hours for care and make 2 separate trips to the clinic. Also gone are the bans on abortion via telemedicine and abortion for reasons of fetal anomaly.
Judge: Arizona abortion laws are unconstitutional after 2024 amendment
Arizona judge permanently blocks abortion restrictions violating constitutional amendment voters adopted in 2024
azmirror.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Good news’
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It was clever of the dressmaker responsible for this early #1850s ensemble to choose green silk fringe as a trim. The shot silk, a warp and weft of different colours, shimmers between green and purple with some hazy shape shifting, @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
February 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM
It was clever of the dressmaker responsible for this early #1850s ensemble to choose green silk fringe as a trim. The shot silk, a warp and weft of different colours, shimmers between green and purple with some hazy shape shifting, @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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A dress for a diva with a gorgeously pearl encrusted costume made in the #1880s for the Spanish Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. It was created by Parisian firm Morin Blossier, a team of sisters designing costume and couture for many famous clients #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
A dress for a diva with a gorgeously pearl encrusted costume made in the #1880s for the Spanish Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. It was created by Parisian firm Morin Blossier, a team of sisters designing costume and couture for many famous clients #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
I am reading this right now and it is a delight!
Less than a year in print and this bad girl already has 1000 ratings on Goodreads! #books #janeausten
"After procuring several fervent assurances that his wife would apologize sincerely and deeply for his absence from Rosings that evening, Mr Collins reluctantly died."
"After procuring several fervent assurances that his wife would apologize sincerely and deeply for his absence from Rosings that evening, Mr Collins reluctantly died."
February 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I am reading this right now and it is a delight!