Nicole Leapley
nl4nh.bsky.social
Nicole Leapley
@nl4nh.bsky.social
Nebraska-born, public-school educated mom of 2 public-school kids. Penn PhD. 20+ years in education. #MHT since 2005. NH State House, Manchester Ward 11.
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Happy Sunday! ☀️☕️🍁🍂💙
30 Days!
#Vote
October 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries”

WTF 🤬

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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We’ve paid down more than $12 billion in debt, eliminated the old bill backlog, and grown our Rainy Day Fund from near zero to more than $2.5 billion.

We have given Illinois a stronger financial cushion to protect taxpayers, invest, and grow even during hard times.
September 26, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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They are playing in our faces
September 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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"My hope is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here."

Jim Henson (1936-1990) was born on this date.
September 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I yearn to be understood like this man understands his son.
This is the most wholesome, funny father/son moment you'll see on the Internet. I love it.
September 23, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history.

This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
September 22, 2026 at 6:46 PM
“President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations”

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
Trump Threatens Annihilation in Iran in UN Speech and Lays Out Winner-Takes-All Vision
President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
September 20, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna say they have now secured commitments for all 218 signatures needed to force a House vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act II.
Massie, Khanna Say They Have Secured 218 Signatures for New Epstein Files Vote
The announcement comes hours after MeidasTouch reported the discharge petition was just two signatures short of the threshold needed to force a House vote.
meidasnews.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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Since 2025, Trump Made More Stock Trades Than All 535 Congress Members Combined truthout.org/articles/sin...
Since 2025, Trump Made More Stock Trades Than All 535 Congress Members Combined
This amounts to more than 80 trades per market day for the president in his first 17 months back in office.
truthout.org
September 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The Real Victim of Trump’s War on Numbers Is You www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | The Real Victim of Trump’s War on Numbers Is You
Authoritarians go after data. The president has already started.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM
“Slowdown fully addressing the risks requires…not just investing in risk prevention, but pacing the rate of capabilities advancement so risk prevention has time to keep up.”

Let’s stop moving fast and breaking things.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t...
Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown
In a 3,800-word essay, Dario Amodei laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
After OpenAI’s Bots Went Rogue, Watchdogs Were Kept on a Short Leash www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
How OpenAI Limited the Probe of Its Bots’ Hack of Hugging Face
A nonprofit’s study of how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure wasn’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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We’re not changing it.
August 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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Holy shit, they hope to use this in the midterms: “The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by 1/3 of all voters, according to a whistleblower…” 9/1/26 share.google/hDbTZDK74GrF...
Whistleblower raises concerns about untested USPS election technology
New USPS rules tied to Trump executive order could threaten timely delivery of mail ballots, whistleblower claims.
share.google
September 1, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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“Yale should not engage in any kind of legal settlement with the Trump Department of Justice … there is no legal basis for this."

@aaupyale.org
#academicsky
Students, faculty and alumni hold protest condemning Yale's talks with Trump administration
More than 100 students, faculty and alumni called on Yale to defend itself against the Trump administration.
www.ctinsider.com
September 1, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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Take a stroll in Henri Matisse’s “The Luxembourg Gardens” (1902).
August 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states.

The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination.

Screwworm cases continue to rise.

And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high.

“Make America Healthy Again.”
August 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Not yet registered to vote in NH? You can do it ahead of Election Day or at the polls on Election Day. Here is a link to what documents you need.
www.sos.nh.gov/elections/re...
www.sos.nh.gov
August 29, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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The future we want must be invented, otherwise we will get one that we don't want.
Joseph Beuys
August 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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I hope everyone finds a moment of true happiness wherever you are today.

“The Real World” oil painting
by Colorado artist Gregory Packard.
August 29, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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Two Girls on a Cliff (Cornwall), c.1920 by English painter Laura Knight #WomensArt #Summer
August 29, 2026 at 5:57 AM