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Stretch Ledford
@stretchledford.bsky.social
Multimedia Journalism prof, UIUC. Currently collaborating w students & faculty at Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone & the University of Birmingham in the UK, investigating grassroots solutions to global issues of women's health. #periodpoverty
What is the world coming to? 😕
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You know what sends a chill down my spine? Recalling that there’s no good reason to imagine that the people who are, idaknow, say, keeping watch on our & the other guys’ nukes are any more competent than the rest of these clowns.
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Increasing political pressure on the Fed by half as much as Nixon did, for six months, raises the price level by 7% over the next decade.
econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Even the High Church of Skokie ACLU had its limits
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Because we all want to sit for hours in a poorly ventilated space elbow to ass with someone sweating through their clothes after a workout.
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Who’s the dude at the far right hand side of the stage in what looks to me like a jacket and bow tie?
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Except Cartier-Bresson. And Capa. And Erwitt. And Parks. And Friedlander. And Smith. And Singh. And Maeir. And Webb. And Reed. And Davidson. And Koudelka. And Lyon. And Gatewood. And…
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Can we get mythbusters to prove if two likely injured people can flip a boat with...

How many pounds of drugs in a boat that likely isn't even buoyant anymore due to the... Missile
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I’m not a writer, so I shouldn’t talk, but: Was there an editor involved in this book? They/they/manta rays/wut?
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Because teens' suicidal ideations are comical? I think not.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Public speaking 101. “Phonetics are your phriend.”
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM