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Carrie Leilani

@rosalei.bsky.social

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Married, pet-owning mom of 4. Writer, reader, & baker. I run a household, study, & contemplate the future of humanity. JewBoo. Social Democrat. #WOKE #ANTIFA #RESISTer We MUST do better than this for our children & the world.🎈💙🌎🌊✡️☯️🪷🐈‍⬛🐕📚🌁🌅🌄🦋🌈 BLM 🇺🇦 🗽🐞🐝🖼️🌻8647

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 14h

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ICE In Chicago, Protests In Portland & The Governors Who Won't Back Down

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 15h

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I Let AI Break Down ICE Raids Chaos. And Here’s What It Said

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 15h

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Why The World IGNORES The Genocide In Sudan

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TOTAL Havoc BREAKS LOOSE as Trump DESTROYS FORECASTS

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Russell Vought Is Boring (And Evil)

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Trump's Portland War Zone Doesn't Exist

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DHS Lied About a Veteran They Wrongfully Arrested (w/ George Retes)

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40milesahead.bsky.social @40milesahead.bsky.social · 17h

The US is for sale, and it’s incredibly cheap. All for the price of one uses aircraft.

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Transitional Fossil @transitfossil.bsky.social · 17h

cutting our own throats.

anti-science eejits.

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 16h

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Enough @enuffsenuff.bsky.social · 17h

It will certainly cut down on flying time for them when they attack the US, being in situ and all.

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Bill Wong @ten24get.bsky.social · 17h

Talking to you @cnn.com @nytimes.com

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation, post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 16h

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Only 20 left alive...

Gaza ceasefire live updates: Israeli hostage release countdown begins as Palestinians return to Gaza's north

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows "Hamas will disarm," easy way or the hard way, as Israel's military says a Gaza ceasefire is in effect.

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 16h

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HOLD THE LINE, YOU GUYS! 💙✊🩵

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

Mass firings of federal workers have begun. That was the announcement Friday from the White House as Republicans worked to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers to end the government shutdown.

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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North American ice sheets drove dramatic sea-level rise at end of last ice age, study finds

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age than scientists had thought, according to a Tulane University-led study pu...

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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US citizen to file suit after targeted ICE arrest in Portland

Milwaukie resident Francisco Miranda, born in California, was arrested outside of his workplace on Oct. 2.

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills set to challenge Susan Collins for US Senate seat | CNN Politics

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is expected to announce her bid for US Senate on Tuesday, becoming the most high-profile Democrat to date to enter the race to challenge GOP Sen. Susan Collins, according to a s...

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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Interior cancels largest solar project in North America

It's the Trump administration's latest move to slow or block major clean energy projects.

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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Who Gets Away With Crimes Against Humanity?

How dictators and Nazis have eluded the international justice system—with help from their friends

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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How Oregonians can help protect nearly endangered Northwestern Pond Turtles

Avoid disturbing turtles found in the wild, and if you need to move it, don’t turn it around or put it in the water because the turtle is on a mission.

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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WHAT???

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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'Not up for discussion': Brussels rejects US pressure on climate rules

In response to US demands to roll back the EU's environmental legislation, the European Commission defended its autonomous power to adopt laws.

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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HELL NO!!!

This experiment could end all life. Or it won’t. Should we try it?

Our reality could have a mirror image — and it has some serious risks and benefits.

Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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YES! 💙😁✊

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Carrie Leilani @rosalei.bsky.social · 17h

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Some good news. Yay!
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Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'

Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.