Leandra

@leandraus.bsky.social

Florida Democrat, visual artist, entrepreneur, life hacker and cuddly mama bear. Joining the fight to save our democracy. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿค“

For all talk about how tech fascists want to "destroy democracy", people don't have a concrete idea of what comes after, i.e. "neo-feudalism" "monarchy" "patchworks", "fiefdoms", etc Very simple: "democracy" and "government" as such is replaced by massive VC firms operating through startups

#NowWatching: โ€˜Fallenโ€™ (1998) ๐Ÿ’€ ๐Ÿ‘ฅ ๐Ÿ”ฅ โ€œ๐™ต๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ธ'๐š– ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐š๐š’๐š—๐š, ๐š ๐šŽ'๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šœ๐š‘*๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šŠ๐š’๐š—'๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šž๐šŠ๐š•.โ€ #100DaysOfHorror (12/100) ๐Ÿ–ค

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๐ŸŽฌ Total 80s cult Horror gem "The Blob" premiered across US and Canadian theatres 38 years ago today (August 5, 1988)! Directed by Chuck Russell and starring Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch Jr., Jeffrey DeMunn & Candy Clark. Photography by Mark Irwin. TERROR HAS NO SHAPE! #Horror

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On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before itโ€™s too late.๐Ÿ™‚โ€โ†•๏ธ

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๐Ÿ“ ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹: ICE is scouring the internet from FB to IG to X for speech "that could endanger the agency's mission". It has paid millions to uncover potential threats or activities that could "disrupt ICE's operations," signaling increased surveillance. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

wsj.com