Le Cagle
@lecagle.bsky.social
Feminist. Rhetoric: science, environment, tech comm, disability. really worried about climate change. she/her. Praxis or GTFO.
Yes, it's Cagle. No, please don't call me Lauren.
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Yes, it's Cagle. No, please don't call me Lauren.
send dog pics (alt text a must)
nothing here reps my employer
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Le Cagle
@lecagle.bsky.social
· Oct 13
The mountains are underwater and fascism is on the rise, so I recommend going ahead and getting that divorce you've been thinking about.
Regular reminder
The mountains are underwater and fascism is on the rise, so I recommend going ahead and getting that divorce you've been thinking about.
February 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Regular reminder
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"In a kind of nihilistic symmetry, their dream of the perfect slave machine drains the life of those who use it as well as those who turn the gears." God this essay is so good. Thank you.
Pitched @anthonymoser.com's Kirby Frame Theory and also his amazing essay "I Am An AI Hater" to a roomful of rhetoric faculty and grad students last night and they ate it up, as is correct
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
share.google
February 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"In a kind of nihilistic symmetry, their dream of the perfect slave machine drains the life of those who use it as well as those who turn the gears." God this essay is so good. Thank you.
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i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
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fellas i am a married woman but im by no means averse to flattery so. keep it coming
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
fellas i am a married woman but im by no means averse to flattery so. keep it coming
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i gotta send bryan quinby a bouquet or something ever since the Bald Guys episode dropped my dm requests look like the audition roster for a guy ritchie movie
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
i gotta send bryan quinby a bouquet or something ever since the Bald Guys episode dropped my dm requests look like the audition roster for a guy ritchie movie
Pitched @anthonymoser.com's Kirby Frame Theory and also his amazing essay "I Am An AI Hater" to a roomful of rhetoric faculty and grad students last night and they ate it up, as is correct
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
share.google
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Pitched @anthonymoser.com's Kirby Frame Theory and also his amazing essay "I Am An AI Hater" to a roomful of rhetoric faculty and grad students last night and they ate it up, as is correct
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PSA: You can opt out of the face screening camera at airport security BUT you have to tell them before they scan your ID. When you walk up say "I'd like to opt out of the facial recognition screening."
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
PSA: You can opt out of the face screening camera at airport security BUT you have to tell them before they scan your ID. When you walk up say "I'd like to opt out of the facial recognition screening."
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄
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Many of the 70 million married women in the U.S. are in for a nasty surprise when they next go to vote, if this bill passes.
It has the potential to swing the U.S. decisively Republican, by disenfranchising so many women voters.
It has the potential to swing the U.S. decisively Republican, by disenfranchising so many women voters.
Republicans are moving quickly to pass a bill requiring voters to show proof of citizenship both to register and at the polls ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — a move that experts warn could disenfranchise millions of Americans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls
In the past few weeks, passing the legislation has been a unifying rally cry for Republicans, a welcome distraction from the party’s cratering public opinion polls.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Many of the 70 million married women in the U.S. are in for a nasty surprise when they next go to vote, if this bill passes.
It has the potential to swing the U.S. decisively Republican, by disenfranchising so many women voters.
It has the potential to swing the U.S. decisively Republican, by disenfranchising so many women voters.
you always remember the first time you read a perfect post
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
you always remember the first time you read a perfect post
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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As a U.S.ian who has enjoyed the television show Severance, every time somebody posts about P.M. Starmer, using just his first name, I hear it in the voice of Patricia Arquette.
Ah here comes big Keir strutting into work, looks like he's brought a packed lunch, very economical
February 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
As a U.S.ian who has enjoyed the television show Severance, every time somebody posts about P.M. Starmer, using just his first name, I hear it in the voice of Patricia Arquette.
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Mongabay grew by filling persistent information gaps around ecosystems and communities far from centers of power, treating those places as inherently consequential. Its legacy is rooted in persistence.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/on-m...
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/on-m...
On Mongabay’s legacy
I am often asked what Mongabay’s legacy is, or what it might turn out to be. The question usually comes with an assumption that a quarter-century of publishing should yield a tidy answer. It does not....
news.mongabay.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Mongabay grew by filling persistent information gaps around ecosystems and communities far from centers of power, treating those places as inherently consequential. Its legacy is rooted in persistence.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/on-m...
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/on-m...
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The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week. n.pr/3Mq3Y6i
The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week. n.pr/3Mq3Y6i
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
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So when they take their cues from Business Leaders re the economy you just get a collapse of "defence of the interests of specific members of the capitalist class" into "good for the economy" meaning the local right wing party has a permanent advantage on this issue, regardless of the facts.
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
So when they take their cues from Business Leaders re the economy you just get a collapse of "defence of the interests of specific members of the capitalist class" into "good for the economy" meaning the local right wing party has a permanent advantage on this issue, regardless of the facts.
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I actually think specifically with this one the issue is that people just identify the interests of specific capitalists with the economy, and of course the people presently rich and powerful are always gonna be for the party that wants less progressive taxation and less anti-trust enforcement.
Economy has always been Republican favored despite all the largest growth periods of the past thirty years being under Democratic administrations. I don’t know if anything could change how the general public views what issues each party is “better” on.
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I actually think specifically with this one the issue is that people just identify the interests of specific capitalists with the economy, and of course the people presently rich and powerful are always gonna be for the party that wants less progressive taxation and less anti-trust enforcement.
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This is STUNNING with the surge in demand since Meghan Kelly denounced whistles as some evil plot... And its really "a thousand trickles make a flood".
We have sent out almost 475,000 whistles for free, and our spreadsheet crew just told me that 80% of them are going out within 4 days of the request being made.
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
7% go out the same day.
98% within a week from this team of entirely volunteers who are just big fuckin' mad & want to help.
💓
February 7, 2026 at 3:23 AM
This is STUNNING with the surge in demand since Meghan Kelly denounced whistles as some evil plot... And its really "a thousand trickles make a flood".
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It's like these feds think they're playing Capture the Flag for "the red team" instead of understanding that these are real human lives they're destroying as part of the fascist apparatus.
The sportsification of U.S. politics has been so fucking damaging.
Federal Agent in Coon Rapids: ‘The more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue.’
unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...
unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal...
February 7, 2026 at 2:47 AM
It's like these feds think they're playing Capture the Flag for "the red team" instead of understanding that these are real human lives they're destroying as part of the fascist apparatus.
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Piers Anthony wrote a book justifying child rape and literally corresponds with convicted child molesters in prison.
There’s separating the art from the artist, but I would never allow any of his books in my house. I will not be sad when he dies.
There’s separating the art from the artist, but I would never allow any of his books in my house. I will not be sad when he dies.
I remember Kilobyte by Pieres Anthony being a big deal because A) cyberpunk
And B) Girl Protagonist that wasn’t a sex object…
And B) Girl Protagonist that wasn’t a sex object…
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Piers Anthony wrote a book justifying child rape and literally corresponds with convicted child molesters in prison.
There’s separating the art from the artist, but I would never allow any of his books in my house. I will not be sad when he dies.
There’s separating the art from the artist, but I would never allow any of his books in my house. I will not be sad when he dies.
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Proud of the US athletes, who represent the best of us, but so ashamed to show our faces on the world stage right now. I hope the Olympic spirit wins out over the stench of US-born Nazism.
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Proud of the US athletes, who represent the best of us, but so ashamed to show our faces on the world stage right now. I hope the Olympic spirit wins out over the stench of US-born Nazism.
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This is exactly how librarians have been blamed for cuts to library budgets for decades. "You didn't do enough to communicate your value." What that really means is "you don't make any profit, and profit is the only legitimate value an organization can produce."
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is exactly how librarians have been blamed for cuts to library budgets for decades. "You didn't do enough to communicate your value." What that really means is "you don't make any profit, and profit is the only legitimate value an organization can produce."
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This was such a gut punch. Brilliant fighter, gone too soon. We disagreed a lot and that didn't matter because we were on the same train to the same place. Like I told Elena, Fobazi touched THOUSANDS of people through her work and that impact will outlive all of us.
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
This was such a gut punch. Brilliant fighter, gone too soon. We disagreed a lot and that didn't matter because we were on the same train to the same place. Like I told Elena, Fobazi touched THOUSANDS of people through her work and that impact will outlive all of us.
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I don’t know, does it feel like every single person on this website has to repost the racist image, like, can we talk about it without sharing it.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I don’t know, does it feel like every single person on this website has to repost the racist image, like, can we talk about it without sharing it.
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And on Xitter, I'm seeing almost no right wingers disseminate it.
Basically Trump has turned you all into his data mules, and made himself the center of attention here, even while mostly blocked.
Basically Trump has turned you all into his data mules, and made himself the center of attention here, even while mostly blocked.
It’s 7:18 am and I’ve seen it 50+ times maybe it’s just disseminating racist propaganda
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
And on Xitter, I'm seeing almost no right wingers disseminate it.
Basically Trump has turned you all into his data mules, and made himself the center of attention here, even while mostly blocked.
Basically Trump has turned you all into his data mules, and made himself the center of attention here, even while mostly blocked.
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we should not refer to federal officials as "czar."
February 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
we should not refer to federal officials as "czar."