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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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."
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It’s like the months of protest around Tesla shops didn’t happen. But I gotta tell you that happened.
It is true that right now a lot of that energy is being spent on quietly bringing food to neighbors, well less quietly trying to make it more difficult for the federal government to abduct them
It is true that right now a lot of that energy is being spent on quietly bringing food to neighbors, well less quietly trying to make it more difficult for the federal government to abduct them
It’s always Europeans who have the guts to do things like this. I never see this in the U.S., where it’s needed most.
February 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
It’s like the months of protest around Tesla shops didn’t happen. But I gotta tell you that happened.
It is true that right now a lot of that energy is being spent on quietly bringing food to neighbors, well less quietly trying to make it more difficult for the federal government to abduct them
It is true that right now a lot of that energy is being spent on quietly bringing food to neighbors, well less quietly trying to make it more difficult for the federal government to abduct them
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Many assume that “job insecurity incentivizes productivity [but] we know from studies that tenure does not measurably impact productivity, at least as far as publication and research is concerned.” - Tenure researcher Deepa Das Acevedo
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges
Regional and community college professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions.
www.insidehighered.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Many assume that “job insecurity incentivizes productivity [but] we know from studies that tenure does not measurably impact productivity, at least as far as publication and research is concerned.” - Tenure researcher Deepa Das Acevedo
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Winter Santos
Hardy Agriscientist
he/him
robust arms
always orders pizza with feta and tomatoes
eats every meal in the exact same order
Hardy Agriscientist
he/him
robust arms
always orders pizza with feta and tomatoes
eats every meal in the exact same order
February 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Winter Santos
Hardy Agriscientist
he/him
robust arms
always orders pizza with feta and tomatoes
eats every meal in the exact same order
Hardy Agriscientist
he/him
robust arms
always orders pizza with feta and tomatoes
eats every meal in the exact same order
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isn’t it funny how we ‘recognise’ academic achievements and contributions to the field by giving people more work
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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This is from a column explaining the concepts of macros and templates that makes an interesting time capsule read about automation in personal computing
illustration, personal computing, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/pers...
February 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This is from a column explaining the concepts of macros and templates that makes an interesting time capsule read about automation in personal computing
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I just think it’s neat that a city can have both asshole drivers AND asshole pedestrians.
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I just think it’s neat that a city can have both asshole drivers AND asshole pedestrians.
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Inside me there are two wolves
One is the roboticist longing for infrastructural changes to make my job easier
The other is the Boston pedestrian who thinks those roboticists should WORK HARDER it is my RIGHT to cross the street wherever is most convenient to me
One is the roboticist longing for infrastructural changes to make my job easier
The other is the Boston pedestrian who thinks those roboticists should WORK HARDER it is my RIGHT to cross the street wherever is most convenient to me
After the article the other day about the UK uninterested in making jaywalking illegal to accommodate Waymos, I truly want to see the aggressive defiance of jaywalking laws in Boston win out here
If you don’t want to get murdered by a Waymo car that ignores Boston’s long and proud tradition of pedestrian first street culture, call your reps and senators and say no thanks to this bullshit www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/m...
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Inside me there are two wolves
One is the roboticist longing for infrastructural changes to make my job easier
The other is the Boston pedestrian who thinks those roboticists should WORK HARDER it is my RIGHT to cross the street wherever is most convenient to me
One is the roboticist longing for infrastructural changes to make my job easier
The other is the Boston pedestrian who thinks those roboticists should WORK HARDER it is my RIGHT to cross the street wherever is most convenient to me
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I'm pointing this out because I get how hard it is to see people who have done horrible things not be held to account. But I worry if we think nobody ever is that just weakens our resolve to hold people accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I'm pointing this out because I get how hard it is to see people who have done horrible things not be held to account. But I worry if we think nobody ever is that just weakens our resolve to hold people accountable.
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interesting that you’re so misinformed! no, it’s actually very normal and youthful and cool.
i feel like being into watches is such a dad thing i didn’t even know anyone younger than 60 cared about those anymore
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
interesting that you’re so misinformed! no, it’s actually very normal and youthful and cool.
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I’m telling you. We’re the final boss for self driving cars.
After the article the other day about the UK uninterested in making jaywalking illegal to accommodate Waymos, I truly want to see the aggressive defiance of jaywalking laws in Boston win out here
If you don’t want to get murdered by a Waymo car that ignores Boston’s long and proud tradition of pedestrian first street culture, call your reps and senators and say no thanks to this bullshit www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/m...
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I’m telling you. We’re the final boss for self driving cars.
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We wrote a whole paper on this in 2017, on the women who often leave the field sciences as their only route to get away from harassment
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
We wrote a whole paper on this in 2017, on the women who often leave the field sciences as their only route to get away from harassment
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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As obvious as the misogyny is, the mechanism here is interesting: being unsmiling isn't just a facet of who she is, it robs of her of the moral standing to criticize katemanne.substack.com/p/smile-pigg...
Smile Piggy
Trump’s misogyny toward a female reporter reveals a common and overlooked gender dynamic
katemanne.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
As obvious as the misogyny is, the mechanism here is interesting: being unsmiling isn't just a facet of who she is, it robs of her of the moral standing to criticize katemanne.substack.com/p/smile-pigg...
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all of us consistently pointing out the deep and urgent need to end the cruel and violent practice of utility shutoffs have been proven right since 2020 and i'm feeling like i'm grieving in advance about the needless deaths we will see this hot, fashy summer.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
all of us consistently pointing out the deep and urgent need to end the cruel and violent practice of utility shutoffs have been proven right since 2020 and i'm feeling like i'm grieving in advance about the needless deaths we will see this hot, fashy summer.
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"The PRFB is finally back and it's just AI" is the most depressing thing that I think has happened to federal funding so far
February 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
"The PRFB is finally back and it's just AI" is the most depressing thing that I think has happened to federal funding so far
Correct!!!!
Every fucking government research grant is going to be about shoving AI into places it shouldn't be.
Attended an EPA webinar about the environmental education grant program this morning and proposals must address *both* the educational and environmental priority areas of AI and...drum roll please...water quality
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Correct!!!!
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Dawg are you fucking kidding me bsky.app/profile/horm...
February 5, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Dawg are you fucking kidding me bsky.app/profile/horm...