Leila
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Leila
@uptownslacker.bsky.social
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Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?

If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur

Pic of the day

#photography
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act is a necessary step to ban Members of Congress and their families from engaging in insider trading.

It is time to pass this bill and make it clear to the American people that their elected officials put them first.
September 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Being a tomato dumper is hard work. This crew of 28 pickers harvests thousands of 24lb buckets a day. That makes for a lot of work for the two dumpers. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The way I just screamed. They thought @katiehonan.bsky.social would go for this???????
"A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday."
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Bronx earthquake?
August 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Finally someone said it!!! Wes kept it 💯
This interview is so good and we all know who was or wasn’t helping Kamala in 2024. “And we see you”

youtu.be/7SmvPPi5LsA?...
Wes Moore kept it 💯 on @AtOurTablePodcast
YouTube video by Candidly Tiff
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Rodney: Unions are about freedom, fairness, and security. I’m an ironworker apprentice instructor. You’ve got the freedom to travel if you want. You’ve got the freedom to take time off if you need to. They’re fair with wages across the board…
July 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Yesterday we posted about the Trump administration shutting down the LGBTQ+ youth crisis line, the “press 3” option on 988 is officially gone. The Trevor Project is stepping up to help fill the gap, and they could really use some support right now. If you’re able, please consider donating! 🏳️‍🌈 💛
July 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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I wish them both the worst.
June 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
They rolled back DEI policy and I rolled back on shopping there 🎯⛔
NEW YORK (AP) — Target sales fall sharply in the first quarter and the retailer warns they will slip for all of 2025.
May 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Did you develop resilience naturally or did you just listen to this album a lot when you were young
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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an executive order is not a law
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an executive order is not a law
an executive order is not a law
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March 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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You have a right to call any senator not just your own.

Use this intro:
Senator you were elected to a national level office and your votes impact every person in the country. I am calling you as one of those citizens.

202.224.####
Use the last 4 digits in PHONE column

Call every day
Blow up VM
March 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.
Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager
THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...
gay.submittable.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My biggest social media regret is that I didn't make sure I had my follow list entirely together before I deleted my 🐦 account.
January 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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FUCK. YEAH. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 16, 2024 at 3:53 PM