Leslie Scanlon

Chasing the wind. Writing about faith, ideas & the complexities of life. Dogs, kids & cooking disasters too. Freelance; formerly @courierjournal @pres-outlook.

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Just had a conversation with our accountant. I swear, I understood maybe 1% of what she said. And that part was "I'm leaving now to go have a massage, so you have until Monday to hunt for those documents."

[RL @ky_rtl]

My dad found this in the driveway in Mt. Sterling, KY and said they’re in the driveways throughout their subdivision and in the neighboring subdivision. How unbelievably frightening.

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

@lizpalmer1 FYI: Looks like someone has hacked the (inactive) Manual yearbook twitter account.

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Front and center in this: Fern Creek Baptist Church in #Louisville. That's Linda Barnes Popham, the church's pastor, raising up the Bible and making the case for women in leadership.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Southern Baptists finalized the expulsion of two churches with female pastors, after a dramatic clash at their annual convention over moves by an ultraconservative wing to reverse what it sees as a liberal drift. https://t.co/WDkCyQCC7E

[Jecorey Arthur @jecoreyarthur]

Louisville is losing homes to short term rentals in the middle of a housing crisis. We introduced legislation to put a moratorium on new short term rentals until we can update the ordinance that regulates them. @Airbnb lied to their local hosts saying our legislation takes their properties, funding, and rights away. This article helps explain what we're doing.
https://t.co/B0Iw8pY8hG

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

@CherylSmith_OC Ah, think I misunderstood your tweet of earlier this week. Thought you were replying to something entirely different.

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

@CherylSmith_OC Ummm....I said thanks for their kind words. And wished them a good week.

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

@FCSpencer22 Thanks, @FCSpencer22 and @presoutlook! Also happy Derby Week to you!

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

It's official: #PCUSA stated clerk @jherbertnelson will not seek a third term. "I thank God for the best job I’ve ever had with some of the best people I’ve ever worked with.” https://t.co/tKdSLD7HtA (Photo credit: Rich Copley)

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

@gregorykhillis Good dog, Maggie. Maybe a nap in the sun today?

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Listening to @JemarTisby on #GunViolence: It's not just the mass shootings.
”Low income communities, which tend to have disproportionately high numbers of Black and brown folks deal with gun violence almost constantly." https://t.co/hnszUVjnEc

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Stunned by this statistic. About 1 in 20 American adults - about 16 million people - own at least one AR-15 rifle. #gunviolence

https://t.co/0xWDTOW7Mq

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Vatican formally repudiates Doctrine of Discovery.

https://t.co/TAwoYmcMHG

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Progressives in #Kentucky: "We are hate objects for our state's Republican politicians." @perrybaconjr considers whether to leave an increasingly red state.

https://t.co/VlGowtSCve

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Powerful words from @teri_atthepaper on the Nashville shooting.

At church, "I should have sat by the side door. Because as our pastor reminds us, 'If you ever see me start running down the center aisle, get down or get out.'

This is how we live."
https://t.co/9d4bHIzJKt

[Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com @KYLantern]

.@GovAndyBeshear vetoes anti-trans, "parental rights" bill. https://t.co/EwDWp0LdkZ

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

Ohio had 81 victims killed in #DomesticViolence incidents in the fiscal year that ended June 2022 - including 22 children. The youngest: a one-day old baby.

[PNS-Ohio @PNS_OH]

Amid More Severe Domestic Violence Cases, Ohio Advocates Call for More Funding https://t.co/ZuPoRY2rnJ

[ProPublica @propublica]

“Once we found out it was a rifle he was using, it was a different game plan we would have had to come up with. It wasn’t just going in guns blazing, the Old West style, and take him out.”

via @TexasTribune
https://t.co/CfSEifdnpE

[Kentucky Lantern || bsky @kentuckylantern.com @KYLantern]

Kentuckians will be able to indulge in an odd form of judge shopping, thanks to the Republican supermajority and its aversion to Franklin Circuit Court. https://t.co/uWfjJQ51eo

[Leslie Scanlon @lscanlon]

10/10 for the replies

[Kate Lowrey, PharmD, BCEMP @KLowRx]

My dog went to the vet for a check up. they said they needed to get a pic for her profile.

I log into the portal to get results and THIS is what came up 😂