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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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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Lawsky: who can help with this???
i urgently need a lawyer/group of lawyers who can write up a risk assessment for people of various citizenship/visa/asylum statuses to get on a plane home to minnesota from detention
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Lawsky: who can help with this???
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i am certain some of y'all who follow me are in the middle of this venn diagram
If anyone has a grade 1-5 teacher in your network who is a Luddite or AI Hater and who would be willing to be interviewed for Season 2 of the podcast, please put them in touch! Our DMs are open. The guest can be anonymous, as we know that it can be dangerous to speak out against AI in these times. 😞
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
i am certain some of y'all who follow me are in the middle of this venn diagram
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Gotta be some folks who follow me. I can vouch for the crew at Politechs.
If anyone has a grade 1-5 teacher in your network who is a Luddite or AI Hater and who would be willing to be interviewed for Season 2 of the podcast, please put them in touch! Our DMs are open. The guest can be anonymous, as we know that it can be dangerous to speak out against AI in these times. 😞
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Gotta be some folks who follow me. I can vouch for the crew at Politechs.
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"First Monday will cease publication, after 30 years, with the May 2026 issue, volume 31, number 6, scheduled for release around the first Monday of May, 4 May 2026."
What a loss. Just a groundbreaking platform for weird research about the internet, from back when no one took the internet seriously
What a loss. Just a groundbreaking platform for weird research about the internet, from back when no one took the internet seriously
First Monday @ 30
| First Monday
firstmonday.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"First Monday will cease publication, after 30 years, with the May 2026 issue, volume 31, number 6, scheduled for release around the first Monday of May, 4 May 2026."
What a loss. Just a groundbreaking platform for weird research about the internet, from back when no one took the internet seriously
What a loss. Just a groundbreaking platform for weird research about the internet, from back when no one took the internet seriously
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an angry, exhausted nation turns its unshaded eyes to @dieworkwear.bsky.social, in hopes of a few ideas for sunglasses that can actually replace the Wayfarer as a classic do-it-all set of shades (instead of just knocking it off)
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
an angry, exhausted nation turns its unshaded eyes to @dieworkwear.bsky.social, in hopes of a few ideas for sunglasses that can actually replace the Wayfarer as a classic do-it-all set of shades (instead of just knocking it off)
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A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek for peace from Texas apnews.com/article/budd...
February 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek for peace from Texas apnews.com/article/budd...
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A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
nyti.ms
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
A group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts are now paying off.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
The EPA is expected to revoke the endangerment finding, which has underpinned the government’s ability to fight global warming since 2009.
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I am in a German lost bird (long story) Facebook group that I swear has better numbers than this
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I am in a German lost bird (long story) Facebook group that I swear has better numbers than this
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The attack on climate action in the US continues as efforts to revoke the endangerment finding get close to the finish line. At that point, ALL federal climate policies in the US will basically be cancelled. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The attack on climate action in the US continues as efforts to revoke the endangerment finding get close to the finish line. At that point, ALL federal climate policies in the US will basically be cancelled. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.
February 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.
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Hey boss I need a couple of those little blue work pills
hey quick question how do we fix whatever cultural circumstances made this sentence possible
February 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Hey boss I need a couple of those little blue work pills
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Please recommend your favorite audiobooks to build a reading list for the new year.
I bet we can get to 365 recommendations which would be extremely cool and also would last me several years. ☠️
I bet we can get to 365 recommendations which would be extremely cool and also would last me several years. ☠️
December 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Please recommend your favorite audiobooks to build a reading list for the new year.
I bet we can get to 365 recommendations which would be extremely cool and also would last me several years. ☠️
I bet we can get to 365 recommendations which would be extremely cool and also would last me several years. ☠️
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the bullshit requirement to stand instead of sit because it's "unprofessional" to sit.
I am super glad my nearby grocery store lets their people sit.
jobs are constantly policing bodies for no good reason.
I am super glad my nearby grocery store lets their people sit.
jobs are constantly policing bodies for no good reason.
There’s many sophisticated and unsophisticated ways employers discriminate against disabled people. Getting a job and keeping it while you’re disabled is literally swimming upstream in a society that is designed to exterminate you.
Unsurprisingly, this intersects with every other marginalization.
Unsurprisingly, this intersects with every other marginalization.
February 10, 2026 at 11:44 AM
the bullshit requirement to stand instead of sit because it's "unprofessional" to sit.
I am super glad my nearby grocery store lets their people sit.
jobs are constantly policing bodies for no good reason.
I am super glad my nearby grocery store lets their people sit.
jobs are constantly policing bodies for no good reason.
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New open-access book: 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢: 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki. Download it as PDF or Epub on our Environment & Society Portal. #EnvHum
Rural Transitions in Mongolia and Central Asia: Pastoralism, Wellbeing and Economic Relations
Full open-access volume Rural Transitions in Mongolia and Central Asia: Pastoralism, Wellbeing and Economic Relations (2026), edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki.
www.environmentandsociety.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
New open-access book: 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢: 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki. Download it as PDF or Epub on our Environment & Society Portal. #EnvHum
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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This pattern I'm describing is in no small part linked to the reactions people are having to moral injury, I would guess
bsky.app/profile/what...
bsky.app/profile/what...
I hate to say this but I think things are just going to keep getting increasingly chaotic and morally shocking before this tidal wave of sadism finally recedes
Its important to identify for yourself what moral injury (as witnesses & those coerced) feels like and how to recognize its after effects
Its important to identify for yourself what moral injury (as witnesses & those coerced) feels like and how to recognize its after effects
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
This pattern I'm describing is in no small part linked to the reactions people are having to moral injury, I would guess
bsky.app/profile/what...
bsky.app/profile/what...
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Takes an enormous amount of courage + determination. It is so easy to pretend none of this is possible to change, or that you in particular are not the one to join in to help change it, or that it's 'too late' for you in particular. Just really encouraged by the stories i hear like this.
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Takes an enormous amount of courage + determination. It is so easy to pretend none of this is possible to change, or that you in particular are not the one to join in to help change it, or that it's 'too late' for you in particular. Just really encouraged by the stories i hear like this.
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Valid.
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Valid.
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Gonna tell the children this was a Galentine's tradition.
Seriously considering Topless Tuesday because it's supposed to be 44F out.
February 10, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Gonna tell the children this was a Galentine's tradition.
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The first and only thing he should be known for and remembered for. It should be the only thing he's ever asked about.
This is on Musk and he should be held accountable.
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The first and only thing he should be known for and remembered for. It should be the only thing he's ever asked about.
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Immeasurable contribution to music. Rest easy
Ebo Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history.
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Immeasurable contribution to music. Rest easy
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[leftistly] "trump doesn't care about the law! he can do anything!! we've already lost!!!"
meanwhile
meanwhile
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 AM
[leftistly] "trump doesn't care about the law! he can do anything!! we've already lost!!!"
meanwhile
meanwhile
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Seriously!
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Seriously!