Paige Leitman
@paigeleitman.bsky.social
Marine biologist, ecological risk assessor, D&D player & Ennie-award/Adamantine best-selling author, anti-racist, anti-fascist, pro-union, pro-LGBTQIA+, pro-BLM, pro-women's rights, protect trans kids, she/her
This ad has been bothering me A LOT and now I realize why.
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This ad has been bothering me A LOT and now I realize why.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
Let me assure you, noting good ever starts with handing over a list of Jews.
Employees Rally Around Penn’s Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #edusky
Penn Refuses to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Let me assure you, noting good ever starts with handing over a list of Jews.
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Twitter's new geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
“It is clear that information operations and coordinated inauthentic behavior will not cease.”
“It is clear that information operations and coordinated inauthentic behavior will not cease.”
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Twitter's new geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
“It is clear that information operations and coordinated inauthentic behavior will not cease.”
“It is clear that information operations and coordinated inauthentic behavior will not cease.”
So like maybe we should protect them.
Good morning! Science time!
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer
Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale.
radio.wpsu.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
So like maybe we should protect them.
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It's time for "How to Avoid Creating a Non-Melanated Gaming Group" @cypheroftyr.bsky.social @urbanbohemian.com @critbard.com @intersectionscch.bsky.social @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social & @quincystavern.bsky.social at #paxu!
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's time for "How to Avoid Creating a Non-Melanated Gaming Group" @cypheroftyr.bsky.social @urbanbohemian.com @critbard.com @intersectionscch.bsky.social @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social & @quincystavern.bsky.social at #paxu!
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Here’s what the dice look like (2d10 on a d20 body, 1d3 on d6 body). Close up on the swirly (ombré?) brown/gold d10.
Ignore my way overdue nail polish situation.
Ignore my way overdue nail polish situation.
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Here’s what the dice look like (2d10 on a d20 body, 1d3 on d6 body). Close up on the swirly (ombré?) brown/gold d10.
Ignore my way overdue nail polish situation.
Ignore my way overdue nail polish situation.
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I have a webcomic!
Demonstrative is an autobio fiction with pirates and monsters, growing up in abuse, and celebrating survival skills and helpful friends.
Read the prologue! maatcrook.com/demons...
And sign up for my monthly newsletter to keep up with the next chapter (coming Jan 7th, 2026)!
Demonstrative is an autobio fiction with pirates and monsters, growing up in abuse, and celebrating survival skills and helpful friends.
Read the prologue! maatcrook.com/demons...
And sign up for my monthly newsletter to keep up with the next chapter (coming Jan 7th, 2026)!
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I have a webcomic!
Demonstrative is an autobio fiction with pirates and monsters, growing up in abuse, and celebrating survival skills and helpful friends.
Read the prologue! maatcrook.com/demons...
And sign up for my monthly newsletter to keep up with the next chapter (coming Jan 7th, 2026)!
Demonstrative is an autobio fiction with pirates and monsters, growing up in abuse, and celebrating survival skills and helpful friends.
Read the prologue! maatcrook.com/demons...
And sign up for my monthly newsletter to keep up with the next chapter (coming Jan 7th, 2026)!
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
"how did you get into ttrpgs”
I have always loved the monsters
I have always loved the monsters
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"how did you get into ttrpgs”
I have always loved the monsters
I have always loved the monsters
Welcome to the new CDC.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Welcome to the new CDC.
Today is international Men’s Day.
My Kings, my Darling Dudes, my Bros,
You are in a really tough place right now.
I will always work and advocate for you to be your best selves, I will celebrate your victories over the vast forces out there trying to dehumanize you.
Big hug, my brothers.
My Kings, my Darling Dudes, my Bros,
You are in a really tough place right now.
I will always work and advocate for you to be your best selves, I will celebrate your victories over the vast forces out there trying to dehumanize you.
Big hug, my brothers.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today is international Men’s Day.
My Kings, my Darling Dudes, my Bros,
You are in a really tough place right now.
I will always work and advocate for you to be your best selves, I will celebrate your victories over the vast forces out there trying to dehumanize you.
Big hug, my brothers.
My Kings, my Darling Dudes, my Bros,
You are in a really tough place right now.
I will always work and advocate for you to be your best selves, I will celebrate your victories over the vast forces out there trying to dehumanize you.
Big hug, my brothers.
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Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --
Today is the transgender day of remembrance.
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today is the transgender day of remembrance.
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
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This is me.
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is me.
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TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!!! 🏳️⚧️✨
June 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!!! 🏳️⚧️✨
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Nothing pisses off men more, it seems, than reminding them that as the ones who benefit from misogyny, they have an obligation to speak up. When women speak up, they are labeled difficult shrews, easily dismissed. With unjust power comes additional responsibility.
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Nothing pisses off men more, it seems, than reminding them that as the ones who benefit from misogyny, they have an obligation to speak up. When women speak up, they are labeled difficult shrews, easily dismissed. With unjust power comes additional responsibility.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I LOVE Elle Cordova!
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I LOVE Elle Cordova!
Fucking this.
I keep seeing calls to respond to maggots with, "quiet piggy!" Please do not. Responding to fatphobia with more of the same just reinforces the message.
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Fucking this.