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John Leavitt

@leavittalone.bsky.social

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@Leavittalone from Twitter . Writer and cartoonist. Seen in The Toast, New Yorker, The Awl, The Nib, Racked, The Rumpus, The Baffler, etc. That guy you met at that party once. http://www.leavittalone.com/

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hello new followers, here is a sadly still relevant presentation I gave about What Is To Be Done www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6GH...

John Leavitt talks ethical consumption under capitalism @ Drunk Educate

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

anyway the cause of labor is the hope of the world

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

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AIR - The Word Hurricane (from The Virgin Suicides OST - Official Audio)

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not going to be swept off my feet but I release the cause of labor id the hope of the world so , trade-off

John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

I have a soft spot for www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oekb... cause Howard actually stopped to give me box-step instruction

Papa Was a Rodeo

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

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Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

anyway www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0...

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (Official Music Video)

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

anyway www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHL1...

Nothing matters when we're dancing

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

I'm better at a box-step dance cause one of Howard Hughes' godchildren taught me how to it

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

what is marriage? Marriage is someone owes me 800 dollars

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

anyway the city made me get married so I told my mom I got married before her in a Starbucks but I did pay a house band to play this as a kind of wedding reception song like week later www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjX...

Magnetic Fields - The Book Of Love

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 3h

on the other side it will drive him insane

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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 4h

agreed, but fwiw boycotting tesla doesn't really matter when it comes to the reasons why Musk is so wealthy – which is less because he sells products and more because he was a winner in the ZIRP economy, which now has to survive in zombie form

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 4h

I am once again begging you to boycott Tesla

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

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Only an Expert

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 14h

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

let a thousand cabaret acts bloom

John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

first project we turn so many empty storefronts on 9th avenue into small theaters for tourism revenue

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

Montage of NYC nightlife groups set to www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Zf...

Tell Him

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

I feel in my bones I would make a great Night Mayor in that I used to be in nightlife and vaudeville and I also have a deep feel for city bureaucracy

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

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Sparkling Diamonds (From "Moulin Rouge" Soundtrack)

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 4h

I went to chat with the good lads of the Napoleonic Wars podcast about the concept of sexual "deviancy" and how it is largely stupid. It was very fun.
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Beyond Marriage: Sex, Desire, and Deviancy in the Napoleonic era

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

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Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

combine it with pedestrianizing central park south and 5th ave

John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 1d

As mentioned, rename Columbus circle Lenape Circle, remove the station and make it a proper pedestrian extension of Central Park being flush with the towers - send the old station to a new park near silvercup studios named Scorsese Square that has regular outdoor film screenings

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

anyway for delayed Columbus Day I'll get the real good chicken parm sandwiches with the rosemary fries

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

I've got so many chores to do tomorrow dog I'm just lousy with tasks

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