Linda Oakleaf
@lindao.bsky.social
Doctorate in leisure! (She/her)
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It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.
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Study of over twenty five million people over almost four years finds that COVID vaccines reduced COVID deaths by 74% and increased all-cause deaths by zero. I don’t know how much clearer it can get than that.
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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Study of over twenty five million people over almost four years finds that COVID vaccines reduced COVID deaths by 74% and increased all-cause deaths by zero. I don’t know how much clearer it can get than that.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Here is a link that still works!
Bari Weiss just failing upwards in the most ridiculous manner possible
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Bari Weiss just failing upwards in the most ridiculous manner possible
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Inside CECOT | 60 Minutes : CBS News : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Sharyn Alfonsi's Inside CECOT for 60 Minutes, which was censored by Bari Weiss, as it appeared on Canada's Global TV app.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Here is a link that still works!
Bari Weiss just failing upwards in the most ridiculous manner possible
archive.org/details/insi...
Bari Weiss just failing upwards in the most ridiculous manner possible
archive.org/details/insi...
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Betty was one of the most generous people I had the privilege of interviewing. An extraordinary person who lived an extraordinary life.
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, has died. She was 104
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Betty was one of the most generous people I had the privilege of interviewing. An extraordinary person who lived an extraordinary life.
I went all out for work's ugly Xmas sweater contest by adding a squirrel mask to my Xmas squirrel sweater.
December 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I went all out for work's ugly Xmas sweater contest by adding a squirrel mask to my Xmas squirrel sweater.
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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I think that very few people in academia have come to terms with what it means that most schools depend on grad student labor but prepare grad students for a job market that doesn't exist.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I think that very few people in academia have come to terms with what it means that most schools depend on grad student labor but prepare grad students for a job market that doesn't exist.
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deck my body in gay ornaments
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
deck my body in gay ornaments
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't think sociopaths should be running the government.
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think sociopaths should be running the government.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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ICE making community inroads
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ICE making community inroads
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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Thus do all traitors
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Thus do all traitors
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A hearing is underway re: the American Association of University Professors et al v. Trump et al, Motion For Preliminary Injunction.
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A hearing is underway re: the American Association of University Professors et al v. Trump et al, Motion For Preliminary Injunction.
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Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
Now think about how you feel after last night's election.
You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.
You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.
Remember this.
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I don’t know what I was going to tell them, but it was going to involve the words “I can’t do my job if none of you fucking listen to me”
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I don’t know what I was going to tell them, but it was going to involve the words “I can’t do my job if none of you fucking listen to me”
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Think slavery doesn't matter today? Wrong. Current Congress members whose families owned 16+ enslaved people now have 4 million $ more than members who did not own slaves. Slave owning = 2024 money and influence 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Slaveholder ancestry and current net worth of members of the United States Congress
Background Whether and how much past slavery affects contemporary social and economic conditions in the United States is an area of active debate. Newly available data on which members of the United S...
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August 24, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Think slavery doesn't matter today? Wrong. Current Congress members whose families owned 16+ enslaved people now have 4 million $ more than members who did not own slaves. Slave owning = 2024 money and influence 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.
October 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.
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I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email
September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email
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Also, you may have noticed, I don’t care.
September 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Also, you may have noticed, I don’t care.
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Asheville mayor confirms DHS and DOGE are preventing Asheville from getting funding to rebuild after Hurricane Helene
September 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Asheville mayor confirms DHS and DOGE are preventing Asheville from getting funding to rebuild after Hurricane Helene