Carrie Leonard, PhD
@carrieleonard.bsky.social
Earth Scientist, questioner of the status quo, spouse, mom, friend, neighbor. Yoga, hiking, bike rides, knitting, & all the Very Good Dogs.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Follow-up to my complaint post yesterday, I do have to say that thanks to advocates first & @pbotinfo.bsky.social the trip from inner SE to Burnside Powell's is amazingly better from when I moved to Portland 10+ years ago. Better Naito + Kermit lanes on Oak & Harvey Milk are so intuitive.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Follow-up to my complaint post yesterday, I do have to say that thanks to advocates first & @pbotinfo.bsky.social the trip from inner SE to Burnside Powell's is amazingly better from when I moved to Portland 10+ years ago. Better Naito + Kermit lanes on Oak & Harvey Milk are so intuitive.
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Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
Oh the irony of nearly getting left hooked riding the new SW 4th bike lane on the way to this author event (& then 2 blocks later have someone tell me I should be wearing brighter clothes).
But I'm here, out of the house.
@bikeportland.org @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
But I'm here, out of the house.
@bikeportland.org @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Oh the irony of nearly getting left hooked riding the new SW 4th bike lane on the way to this author event (& then 2 blocks later have someone tell me I should be wearing brighter clothes).
But I'm here, out of the house.
@bikeportland.org @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
But I'm here, out of the house.
@bikeportland.org @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
All I’ve got is observation, and I feel like I’ve observed MORE unhoused folks in inner SE in the past 2 months than I did this summer. I don’t know exactly what that means, but it’s definitely Not Good.
“Portland’s homelessness crisis is a direct result of an inadequate housing supply and siloed single-focus thinking...With the rapidly eroding social safety net, Portland’s homelessness crisis is likely to worsen.”
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Portland housing director resigns after being placed on leave by mayor
Helmi Hisserich, the head of Portland’s housing department, has resigned after abruptly being placed on leave by Mayor Keith Wilson.
www.opb.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
All I’ve got is observation, and I feel like I’ve observed MORE unhoused folks in inner SE in the past 2 months than I did this summer. I don’t know exactly what that means, but it’s definitely Not Good.
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Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
I can't even keep up anymore
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I can't even keep up anymore
Somehow spinning this as some sort of tech advancement makes it even worse. You can quote me, the mom of one of these new kids out of college.
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Somehow spinning this as some sort of tech advancement makes it even worse. You can quote me, the mom of one of these new kids out of college.
Admittedly I don't get all the soccer rules, but it sure seems like a lot of push downs that stop forward progress are NOT getting called in this game. #nwsl
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Admittedly I don't get all the soccer rules, but it sure seems like a lot of push downs that stop forward progress are NOT getting called in this game. #nwsl
Bike rides in misty rain can't solve our problems, but damn they sure do help make them feel a lot smaller.
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bike rides in misty rain can't solve our problems, but damn they sure do help make them feel a lot smaller.
Gosh this is bringing up really bad feelings about meetings I had decades ago with men in power in my profession (earth science) where I thought we were there to talk about my work & suddenly realize they didn’t give a fuck about my work, only about fucking. So much self doubt & confusion & anger.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Gosh this is bringing up really bad feelings about meetings I had decades ago with men in power in my profession (earth science) where I thought we were there to talk about my work & suddenly realize they didn’t give a fuck about my work, only about fucking. So much self doubt & confusion & anger.
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indeed, for every academic abuser and enabler: i promise there’s an amazing grad student out there who is doing work that’s as good or better.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
I refuse to believe that Larry Summers' expertise and skills are indispensable in any way. Please find another economist and policy expert, @americanprogress.bsky.social. There are loads out there.
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
indeed, for every academic abuser and enabler: i promise there’s an amazing grad student out there who is doing work that’s as good or better.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
So many things to pick apart here, but I’m stuck on “houses that ought by right go to…”. And while I most definitely agree that housing is a basic need and should be a ‘right’ of every human, it isn’t and it doesn’t practically everywhere.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So many things to pick apart here, but I’m stuck on “houses that ought by right go to…”. And while I most definitely agree that housing is a basic need and should be a ‘right’ of every human, it isn’t and it doesn’t practically everywhere.
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(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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Sadistic. Cruel. Despicable. There aren’t enough words.
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sadistic. Cruel. Despicable. There aren’t enough words.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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I saw someone post on here earlier today about why is it that only AI luminaries consistently turn out to be horrible people but it doesn’t happen in fields like biology, and that just isn’t true.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I saw someone post on here earlier today about why is it that only AI luminaries consistently turn out to be horrible people but it doesn’t happen in fields like biology, and that just isn’t true.
Anyone know what happened at SE 11th & the train tracks? PPD has 11th closed South of Division & I'm nosy/curious.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Anyone know what happened at SE 11th & the train tracks? PPD has 11th closed South of Division & I'm nosy/curious.
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Both are valid now through election day.
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Look what happens when you give full criminal immunity to someone who didn't believe the rules apply to them anyway. Sometimes imagining the worse case scenario is appropriate basis for judicial decision making.
Because how do you hold people to the law when you actually can't?
Because how do you hold people to the law when you actually can't?
Trump announces he will refuse to follow the court order to provide SNAP benefits to needy families.
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Look what happens when you give full criminal immunity to someone who didn't believe the rules apply to them anyway. Sometimes imagining the worse case scenario is appropriate basis for judicial decision making.
Because how do you hold people to the law when you actually can't?
Because how do you hold people to the law when you actually can't?
Lentil soup. Saute onion, carrot, garlic, celery if you have it. Add in 1 c. lentils, 3-4 c broth, 2 c water, canned tomatoes of you have them. Can also add spinach or kale. Cumin, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes. Simmer covered 30 minutes. Add lemon juice. Eat.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Lentil soup. Saute onion, carrot, garlic, celery if you have it. Add in 1 c. lentils, 3-4 c broth, 2 c water, canned tomatoes of you have them. Can also add spinach or kale. Cumin, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes. Simmer covered 30 minutes. Add lemon juice. Eat.
Sam can't take it
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Sam can't take it