Lenora Roseen
@lroseen.bsky.social
highly curious ~ largely nocturnal
I'm a classically trained musician and educator who became an online English teacher (EFL and ESL) during the pandemic.
Subscribe to More Tortoise, Less Hare (my free Substack newsletter) at https://lroseen.substack.com
I'm a classically trained musician and educator who became an online English teacher (EFL and ESL) during the pandemic.
Subscribe to More Tortoise, Less Hare (my free Substack newsletter) at https://lroseen.substack.com
How's your 2026 starting out?
Letting January Be January
and tortoising onward
lroseen.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
How's your 2026 starting out?
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The current flu out there is seriously brutal. Everybody needs to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 too—no matter what propaganda is being spread by RFK Jr. When the health secretary gives medical advice, get a second opinion.
Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know
Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that after a slow start to flu season in early December, mu...
apnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The current flu out there is seriously brutal. Everybody needs to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 too—no matter what propaganda is being spread by RFK Jr. When the health secretary gives medical advice, get a second opinion.
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"What we are witnessing, day after day, is an utter outrage. It continues to amaze me that so many of our fellow Americans can respond with indifference or a willful commitment to ignore all this."
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This Is What Happens When America Goes Mad
Vote in Donald Trump, surround him with sycophants, expect an insane circus. The lawlessness and chaos was so knowable, alas.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
"What we are witnessing, day after day, is an utter outrage. It continues to amaze me that so many of our fellow Americans can respond with indifference or a willful commitment to ignore all this."
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
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theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
utterly infuriating
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suspending $10 billion intended for child care and poor families in five blue states.
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
Trump administration to freeze billions in childcare funding in five states
The White House is pointing to reports of social services fraud in Minnesota to threaten funding for child care around the country.
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
utterly infuriating
My last Substack post of the year... hope you enjoy it!
Making Hay While the Sun Shines
and words of the year
lroseen.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My last Substack post of the year... hope you enjoy it!
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United Arab Emirates announces it will withdraw its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia launched airstrike on port city of Mukalla. https://cnn.it/3YNllR1
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
United Arab Emirates announces it will withdraw its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia launched airstrike on port city of Mukalla. https://cnn.it/3YNllR1
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The 2026 midterms will be the most important of our lifetimes. These are the races to watch
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-exciting-races-are-underway
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-exciting-races-are-underway
The Most Exciting Races are Underway
These battles will be exciting
contrarian.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The 2026 midterms will be the most important of our lifetimes. These are the races to watch
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-exciting-races-are-underway
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-exciting-races-are-underway
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25 Favorite Moments from this past year. Putting the biscuit in the basket. A setting moon over the Chicago Skyline in September. 11 of 25
December 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
25 Favorite Moments from this past year. Putting the biscuit in the basket. A setting moon over the Chicago Skyline in September. 11 of 25
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The president is eyeing another major project in the nation’s capital, planning to destroy some 13 historic buildings on the grounds of St. Elizabeths in order to expand facilities for the Department of Homeland Security. trib.al/IsC4L17
December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The president is eyeing another major project in the nation’s capital, planning to destroy some 13 historic buildings on the grounds of St. Elizabeths in order to expand facilities for the Department of Homeland Security. trib.al/IsC4L17
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MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
www.ms.now/news/border-...
www.ms.now/news/border-...
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
www.ms.now/news/border-...
www.ms.now/news/border-...
i decided to publish my December roundup a week earlier than usual. Just think of each little treasure listed as a stocking stuffer!
December Treasures
(a week earlier than usual)
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
i decided to publish my December roundup a week earlier than usual. Just think of each little treasure listed as a stocking stuffer!
I never really expected to say this, but I’m learning to love winters.
Mid-Winter Magic
and the coming solstice
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I never really expected to say this, but I’m learning to love winters.
This December, I'm thinking a little smaller than sometimes...
Small Things
(that aren’t so small)
lroseen.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This December, I'm thinking a little smaller than sometimes...
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"Organizers hoped the event would show congregants it’s OK to be near the ICE facility, to stand alongside protestors and bear witness. For many of the vigil attendees, the service was their first time at the facility during active protesting..."
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
Portland faith leaders hold Blue Christmas vigil outside ICE facility
Over 75 clergy and congregants gathered to support detained immigrants and acknowledge community grief during the holiday season.
www.oregonlive.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Organizers hoped the event would show congregants it’s OK to be near the ICE facility, to stand alongside protestors and bear witness. For many of the vigil attendees, the service was their first time at the facility during active protesting..."
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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It's here! "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order"
Episodes 1 and 2 are up today... Eps 3-6 coming from here on out on Mondays.
Free to listen on any podcast app.
(For no ads and early access to all episodes, it's $2.99/month for an MS NOW premium subscription...)
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Episodes 1 and 2 are up today... Eps 3-6 coming from here on out on Mondays.
Free to listen on any podcast app.
(For no ads and early access to all episodes, it's $2.99/month for an MS NOW premium subscription...)
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It's here! "Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order"
Episodes 1 and 2 are up today... Eps 3-6 coming from here on out on Mondays.
Free to listen on any podcast app.
(For no ads and early access to all episodes, it's $2.99/month for an MS NOW premium subscription...)
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Episodes 1 and 2 are up today... Eps 3-6 coming from here on out on Mondays.
Free to listen on any podcast app.
(For no ads and early access to all episodes, it's $2.99/month for an MS NOW premium subscription...)
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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"Widespread job losses, with declines in employment among manufacturers, construction companies and professional services firms. Losses were concentrated among small businesses..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, the Latest Sign of a Slowdown
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Widespread job losses, with declines in employment among manufacturers, construction companies and professional services firms. Losses were concentrated among small businesses..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
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President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Timothy Leiweke, a real estate developer who had been charged by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year with rigging the bidding process for a sports arena.
Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration
This summer, Trump administration officials had lauded the indictment of Timothy J. Leiweke as an effort to root out corruption and unfair business practices.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Timothy Leiweke, a real estate developer who had been charged by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year with rigging the bidding process for a sports arena.
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Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
one.no
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
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This’ll be interesting given the pipe bomber is MAGA and Trump pardoned all the 1/6 MAGA.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This’ll be interesting given the pipe bomber is MAGA and Trump pardoned all the 1/6 MAGA.
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NEW: RFK Jr.’s anti-vax crusade is about to hit a new gear.
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down how Kennedy’s hand-picked committee could undercut decades of proven public health policy, and why scientists warn the goal is to destabilize trust in the vaccine itself.
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down how Kennedy’s hand-picked committee could undercut decades of proven public health policy, and why scientists warn the goal is to destabilize trust in the vaccine itself.
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
NEW: RFK Jr.’s anti-vax crusade is about to hit a new gear.
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down how Kennedy’s hand-picked committee could undercut decades of proven public health policy, and why scientists warn the goal is to destabilize trust in the vaccine itself.
@citizencohn.bsky.social breaks down how Kennedy’s hand-picked committee could undercut decades of proven public health policy, and why scientists warn the goal is to destabilize trust in the vaccine itself.