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.
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Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
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Phenomenal offering from @appalachianweird.bsky.social with all proceeds going to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. If you're not familiar with this botanical wonder, it is a thermogenic plant which generates its own heat to melt snow around it and get growing early. www.etsy.com/listing/4454...
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Phenomenal offering from @appalachianweird.bsky.social with all proceeds going to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. If you're not familiar with this botanical wonder, it is a thermogenic plant which generates its own heat to melt snow around it and get growing early. www.etsy.com/listing/4454...
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I still haven't forgotten that he voted for the Laken Riley act.
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I still haven't forgotten that he voted for the Laken Riley act.
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Lionel J. Frogby, the 'J' is for 'just a lil guy'
February 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Lionel J. Frogby, the 'J' is for 'just a lil guy'
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The thing about reading is that it’s a habit that has to be cultivated. You have to do it to do it. Make time. I read every night before bed, sometimes when I wake up. Try to occasionally find time during afternoon coffee
I wrote about my project to take back control of my attention span and become a better reader:
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-millen...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-millen...
The Millennial reader to medieval priest pipeline
When reading wins, what does the reader lose?
mattdpearce.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The thing about reading is that it’s a habit that has to be cultivated. You have to do it to do it. Make time. I read every night before bed, sometimes when I wake up. Try to occasionally find time during afternoon coffee
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sorry the song made me think of one of my all time fave tiktoks. I’ll miss this app once they ruin it
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
sorry the song made me think of one of my all time fave tiktoks. I’ll miss this app once they ruin it
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watching LeBron do LeBron bullshit, still, 23 years in
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
watching LeBron do LeBron bullshit, still, 23 years in
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This is good. I got a business travel friend to donate some of his miles. But we should be hounding delta non stop until they do it for free.
DID YOU KNOW?
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home!
They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!
Donate Your Miles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This is good. I got a business travel friend to donate some of his miles. But we should be hounding delta non stop until they do it for free.
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I am so so so happy to see this pictures!!! And I can’t wait until little Diana and Mr Grey Kitten are reunited finally!!!
And we all must keep working hard to make sure all of the families are released for good!!
And we all must keep working hard to make sure all of the families are released for good!!
The Crespo-Gonzalez family is home.
Our community refused to stay silent in the face of such an immoral, unethical detention. Now, we must continue speaking up for the countless other families and children imprisoned by Trump.
Stay loud.
Our community refused to stay silent in the face of such an immoral, unethical detention. Now, we must continue speaking up for the countless other families and children imprisoned by Trump.
Stay loud.
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I am so so so happy to see this pictures!!! And I can’t wait until little Diana and Mr Grey Kitten are reunited finally!!!
And we all must keep working hard to make sure all of the families are released for good!!
And we all must keep working hard to make sure all of the families are released for good!!
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Important point earlier: Sven has introduced an entirely new generation to classic Universal and Hammer horror. I hope #houseofsvengoolie will continue that important mission. #Svengoolie
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Important point earlier: Sven has introduced an entirely new generation to classic Universal and Hammer horror. I hope #houseofsvengoolie will continue that important mission. #Svengoolie
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You will never see me not deeply in the bag for based poaster Ken Jennings
Gentlemen: thank you for your service.
I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
You will never see me not deeply in the bag for based poaster Ken Jennings
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one of my gutters is essentially completely full of ice and causing all sorts of issues but i can’t do anything but wait for God to string together a couple of 40 degree days
February 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
one of my gutters is essentially completely full of ice and causing all sorts of issues but i can’t do anything but wait for God to string together a couple of 40 degree days
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I will write a short tutorial about how I did these analyses...Not the code, just the conceptual aspects.
I agree with you about the tenure issue and some colleagues of my and I are working on a article making this case.
Stay tuned. DM me if you have other questions or if I can help in other ways.
I agree with you about the tenure issue and some colleagues of my and I are working on a article making this case.
Stay tuned. DM me if you have other questions or if I can help in other ways.
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I will write a short tutorial about how I did these analyses...Not the code, just the conceptual aspects.
I agree with you about the tenure issue and some colleagues of my and I are working on a article making this case.
Stay tuned. DM me if you have other questions or if I can help in other ways.
I agree with you about the tenure issue and some colleagues of my and I are working on a article making this case.
Stay tuned. DM me if you have other questions or if I can help in other ways.
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🧵 for #AcademicSky
More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
ALT: a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:25 PM
🧵 for #AcademicSky
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Cannot get over how these two dudebros got so into gardening that they bought a struggling 100-year-old seed company and have brought it back to whole.
Like, seventy different dick jokes in just this one video and they're all WE FUCKIN' LOVE US SOME FRESH VEG YO
Like, seventy different dick jokes in just this one video and they're all WE FUCKIN' LOVE US SOME FRESH VEG YO
24 NEW Seeds We're Growing In 2024!
YouTube video by Epic Gardening
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Cannot get over how these two dudebros got so into gardening that they bought a struggling 100-year-old seed company and have brought it back to whole.
Like, seventy different dick jokes in just this one video and they're all WE FUCKIN' LOVE US SOME FRESH VEG YO
Like, seventy different dick jokes in just this one video and they're all WE FUCKIN' LOVE US SOME FRESH VEG YO
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Now I’ve thought that for a long time. You see it when an employee starts withdrawing or an about-to-be old friend gets distant or nick-picky.
My latest innovation in this theory is that the universe will sometimes soil your nest for you, because it knows you’re stubborn and won’t do it.
My latest innovation in this theory is that the universe will sometimes soil your nest for you, because it knows you’re stubborn and won’t do it.
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Now I’ve thought that for a long time. You see it when an employee starts withdrawing or an about-to-be old friend gets distant or nick-picky.
My latest innovation in this theory is that the universe will sometimes soil your nest for you, because it knows you’re stubborn and won’t do it.
My latest innovation in this theory is that the universe will sometimes soil your nest for you, because it knows you’re stubborn and won’t do it.
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There’s a phenomenon that parent coaches and therapists call “soiling the nest”. That’s when kids are coming of age, about to leave for college or independent living, and they start acting a fool at home. It’s a way of emotionally separating.
I’m here to tell you that adults soil the nest, too.
I’m here to tell you that adults soil the nest, too.
February 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
There’s a phenomenon that parent coaches and therapists call “soiling the nest”. That’s when kids are coming of age, about to leave for college or independent living, and they start acting a fool at home. It’s a way of emotionally separating.
I’m here to tell you that adults soil the nest, too.
I’m here to tell you that adults soil the nest, too.
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America 2026
"this is fine"
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
February 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
America 2026
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The Washington Department of Natural Resources makes a good point.
February 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The Washington Department of Natural Resources makes a good point.
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Misinformation can be unintentional but still damaging.
Basic fact (that this article omits): professors are already required to submit syllabi to their supervisors, have those docs reviewed by admin, and are consistently evaluated by colleagues and students. 1/4
Basic fact (that this article omits): professors are already required to submit syllabi to their supervisors, have those docs reviewed by admin, and are consistently evaluated by colleagues and students. 1/4
College professors once taught free from political interference. Now, they are being watched by state officials, senior administrators and students themselves. The increased oversight comes as conservatives expand their movement to curb what they say is a liberal tilt in university classrooms.
How Universities and States Are Increasing Surveillance of Professors
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Misinformation can be unintentional but still damaging.
Basic fact (that this article omits): professors are already required to submit syllabi to their supervisors, have those docs reviewed by admin, and are consistently evaluated by colleagues and students. 1/4
Basic fact (that this article omits): professors are already required to submit syllabi to their supervisors, have those docs reviewed by admin, and are consistently evaluated by colleagues and students. 1/4
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Also connecting @anthonymoser.com’s “their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again” to this post from @aselrod.bsky.social: “There is a right-wing war on empathy…you can’t decouple this from the war on art and artists.”
What better tool than AI slop for a war on art and human connection?
What better tool than AI slop for a war on art and human connection?
None More Wonderful Than Man: Art, Artists, and MAGA’s Hollow View of Humanity
MAGA sees art as nothing more than a tool of self-aggrandizement, and artists as less than human.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Also connecting @anthonymoser.com’s “their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again” to this post from @aselrod.bsky.social: “There is a right-wing war on empathy…you can’t decouple this from the war on art and artists.”
What better tool than AI slop for a war on art and human connection?
What better tool than AI slop for a war on art and human connection?
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She was then sent back to Dilley from the PICU and denied her prescription medications.
Disease is being weaponized to kill people our government considers undesirable.
I hope you can connect the dots to how they told you to throw off your masks and stop getting vaccinations.
Disease is being weaponized to kill people our government considers undesirable.
I hope you can connect the dots to how they told you to throw off your masks and stop getting vaccinations.
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
She was then sent back to Dilley from the PICU and denied her prescription medications.
Disease is being weaponized to kill people our government considers undesirable.
I hope you can connect the dots to how they told you to throw off your masks and stop getting vaccinations.
Disease is being weaponized to kill people our government considers undesirable.
I hope you can connect the dots to how they told you to throw off your masks and stop getting vaccinations.
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“Amalia had been healthy before immigration officers arrested her family… Amalia’s health quickly deteriorated [in Dilley]. On Jan. 18, she was rushed to a children’s hospital where doctors treated her for pneumonia, Covid-19, RSV and severe respiratory distress.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
“Amalia had been healthy before immigration officers arrested her family… Amalia’s health quickly deteriorated [in Dilley]. On Jan. 18, she was rushed to a children’s hospital where doctors treated her for pneumonia, Covid-19, RSV and severe respiratory distress.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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.