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Leon English

@leonenglish.bsky.social

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Detroit area lawyer. Michigan stan. Personally (as opposed to professionally) interested in China. Open borders YIMBY.

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wife no longer a fed.

I mute my threads when they hit the discover feed.

I do a lot of stream of conscious posting.

Fuck Sam Alito.

Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · Nov 13

Intro post.

I'm a lawyer. My areas of law are not super interesting to a general audience so I don't post about them much. This is not my real name, anymore, because my wife is a fed and I don't want her to be purged. I am a lifelong metro Detroiter. Michigan is great, hands off our lakes.

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 35m

If I had a frog costume I was going to go with a "honk if you hope he croaks" sign next weekend, feel free to use that one

Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 37m

So do we think the CDC thing was an actual mistake or did Kennedy get out over his skis and whoever has influence with this admin screamed at people over the weekend?

Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 40m

*tapping the sign*

Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · Aug 21

I will give you my free, on the record lecture on the antichrist right now: Donald Trump is the antichrist.

Promise you that's a better bet than whatever the fuck Peter Thiel, an agent of the antichrist, will tell ya.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

yes. reward those district judges that have defended the republic. and also use this as an opportunity for general court expansion

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 1h

No, they absolutely cannot

Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 2h

If you see this, quote with a game that released the year you were born.

The Royal Game of Ur

Ancient Mesopotamian board game with dotted playing pieces

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 2h

AI is going to be the thing that makes me hate the youth in my old age.

The Verge @theverge.com · 3h

Police are asking kids to stop pulling AI homeless man prank

The AI #homelessmanprank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement.

buff.ly

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17h

It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 3h

everything is so stupid

Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 3h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 3h

Nice

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 19h

I'm just going to assume all the accounts with bad history takes are doms engaged in advertising

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 19h

She was not aware. I told her I was trying to spice things up.

Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not sure if my wife is aware of the Portland Frog and, if not, she is probably going to have some questions for me when she sees my latest amazon order

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Rhonda Henry @rhonda234567.bsky.social · 1d

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

Only thing tethering some of us (me) to sanity

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not sure if my wife is aware of the Portland Frog and, if not, she is probably going to have some questions for me when she sees my latest amazon order

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

The frog costume is sold out on amazon, BUT they do have an axolotl costume if you anyone wants to keep the amphibian theme going

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

Two reasons internet faux leftists shit talk peaceful protest, imho:

1. It's what people they consider cringe do

2. Acknowledging its usefulness would require them to actually get off their ass and do something other than poasting

Anyway, see y'all at No Kings next weekend.

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

My wild eyed* conspiracy theory is they know/suspect he isn't long for this world and are just waiting him out, content to let him shoot his own country in the dick over and over again while he's still around.

*I mean, it's not THAT wild eyed.

Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Foreign intelligence agencies almost certainly have a much clearer picture of Trump's health than the American public.

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 20h

Like people have been trying to explain the last 60 years, committing to nonviolence and nonaggression at protests isn’t for the protestors it’s for the audience. It has no relation to ‘fairness’.

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

I am once again asking why China would agree to it when (a) Trump continues to shit on their economy at random intervals and (b) he has shown an extreme disinterest in becoming the guy that bans TikTok, as evidenced by his never ending (illegal!) enforcement "waivers."

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

AFAIK we still have zero confirmation from the Chinese side that there is any deal beyond an "agreement to negotiate in good faith" or w/e, which, as I tell my clients in less flowery language, means you ain't got jack shit

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

*whispers*

the tiktok deal isn't real

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah this was a dig at SCOTUS the founders were very loud about not having a king. Or enabling someone like Trump.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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