Leena Kassak
@leenakassak.bsky.social
a human practicing being
&
tree,book,butterfly,moth,moss,music loving gen x earthling...
imagining how fucking awesome it could be here on this precious planet~
&
tree,book,butterfly,moth,moss,music loving gen x earthling...
imagining how fucking awesome it could be here on this precious planet~
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If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
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"So when I say the real poverty line is $140,000, I’m being conservative."
in which the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management discovers how anachronistic & damaging “the poverty line” metric is in the USA— www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"So when I say the real poverty line is $140,000, I’m being conservative."
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Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
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the videos starting to trickle out of the ongoig fascist terror raids in st Paul are unbelievable and it looks as if kore peope are showing up
Minnesota needs to start building quick responder networks that are public facing in anticipation of future raids and increased brutality
Minnesota needs to start building quick responder networks that are public facing in anticipation of future raids and increased brutality
WATCH St. Paul police, aiding ICE, restrain a man and spray him full in the face. They are not and have never been on our side.
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
Credit: @reportermark.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the videos starting to trickle out of the ongoig fascist terror raids in st Paul are unbelievable and it looks as if kore peope are showing up
Minnesota needs to start building quick responder networks that are public facing in anticipation of future raids and increased brutality
Minnesota needs to start building quick responder networks that are public facing in anticipation of future raids and increased brutality
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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Key:
- the posts that don’t make any sense, are from Piggy
- the posts that don’t make any sense AND sound homicidal, are from Stephen Miller
- the posts that don’t make any sense, are from Piggy
- the posts that don’t make any sense AND sound homicidal, are from Stephen Miller
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Key:
- the posts that don’t make any sense, are from Piggy
- the posts that don’t make any sense AND sound homicidal, are from Stephen Miller
- the posts that don’t make any sense, are from Piggy
- the posts that don’t make any sense AND sound homicidal, are from Stephen Miller
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Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4i5WPn4
Zelenskyy asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of Ukrainians taken by Russia
Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war.
www.pbs.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4i5WPn4
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sen. warnock gave a very good speech yesterday at georgetown and it was a reminder that this guy is, i think, a presidential caliber talent whether or not he wants the prize www.youtube.com/live/xty8iKG...
Higher Calling with Sen Warnock
YouTube video by Center on Faith and Justice
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
sen. warnock gave a very good speech yesterday at georgetown and it was a reminder that this guy is, i think, a presidential caliber talent whether or not he wants the prize www.youtube.com/live/xty8iKG...
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New York is not for sale.
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New York is not for sale.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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“If you can beat the oligarchs here…that will send a message to every community in America that real change is possible.”
More of my conversation with Bernie Sanders on democracy, oligarchy and his time as Mayor.
More of my conversation with Bernie Sanders on democracy, oligarchy and his time as Mayor.
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“If you can beat the oligarchs here…that will send a message to every community in America that real change is possible.”
More of my conversation with Bernie Sanders on democracy, oligarchy and his time as Mayor.
More of my conversation with Bernie Sanders on democracy, oligarchy and his time as Mayor.
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Stephen Colbert's Emmys acceptance speech: "I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor."
September 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Stephen Colbert's Emmys acceptance speech: "I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor."
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Einbinder on saying 'free Palestine' during her Emmys speech:
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
Hannah Einbinder ends her Emmys acceptance speech: "Go Birds, fuck ICE, and free Palestine."
September 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Einbinder on saying 'free Palestine' during her Emmys speech:
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
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September 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The planet is burning and the arsonists in charge want to pour gasoline all over it.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air Act
The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which says that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The planet is burning and the arsonists in charge want to pour gasoline all over it.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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South Park skewered President Trump. Stephen Colbert isn't holding back. This week, comedians on Paramount-owned shows aired their grievances against both their parent company and Trump.
This was the week that comedy pushed back
South Park skewered President Trump. Stephen Colbert isn't holding back. This week, comedians on Paramount-owned shows aired their grievances against both their parent company and Trump.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
South Park skewered President Trump. Stephen Colbert isn't holding back. This week, comedians on Paramount-owned shows aired their grievances against both their parent company and Trump.
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Tom Lehrer died today. He was one of the great comedians our culture ever produced. Without Tom, there's no Weird Al, probably no that entire branch of comedy.
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Tom Lehrer died today. He was one of the great comedians our culture ever produced. Without Tom, there's no Weird Al, probably no that entire branch of comedy.
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
He went alone and beat the odds.
youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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If you could hear what moths hear, you too might know the ultrasonic stressed-out sounds of a dehydrated tomato plant. My latest for @cnn.com is about the 1st evidence that insects eavesdrop on plants, with moths using acoustic signals to decide which plants will be the nummiest treats for larvae 🧪
Breakthrough discovery shows that moths listen to plants — and avoid the noisy ones | CNN
Researchers have documented for the first time that insects can hear and react to plants’ acoustic distress signals, which are inaudible to human ears.
www.cnn.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you could hear what moths hear, you too might know the ultrasonic stressed-out sounds of a dehydrated tomato plant. My latest for @cnn.com is about the 1st evidence that insects eavesdrop on plants, with moths using acoustic signals to decide which plants will be the nummiest treats for larvae 🧪
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Remember when I was talking about the fact that once fascist secret police are disappearing people they will not stop only expand their actions?
This is a clear example of that. The executive order is the construction of a system to remove those seen as a drag on society to camps.
This is a clear example of that. The executive order is the construction of a system to remove those seen as a drag on society to camps.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Remember when I was talking about the fact that once fascist secret police are disappearing people they will not stop only expand their actions?
This is a clear example of that. The executive order is the construction of a system to remove those seen as a drag on society to camps.
This is a clear example of that. The executive order is the construction of a system to remove those seen as a drag on society to camps.
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BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.
July 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.