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Leofric

@jmshick.bsky.social

Politics nerd, Book-o-phile, coffee enthusiast, and occasional haver of salient thoughts. IT geek by trade, SCAdian by relationship, baker by genetics [He/They]

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this is a great line, I think i'm going to print this out and put it on my wall

26.02.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘Ύ TONIGHT! A new episode of Um, Actually launches on Dropout at 7PM ET / 4PM PT!

Featuring host @ifycomedy.com, fact checker @briamgilbert.bsky.social, and guests:
πŸ€“@persephiroth.bsky.social
πŸ€“Rekha Shankar
πŸ€“Siena East

25.02.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.

They're killing people.
They're killing communities.
They're killing the planet.

So how are these gigantic tanks still allowed on our roads?

04.02.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 607    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 11

Also not pictured:

Kevin Nogilny
Bobson Dugnutt
Willie Dustice
Onson Sweemey
Karl Dandleton

03.02.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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two men are looking at each other and one of them is asking the other if it is though ALT: two men are looking at each other and one of them is asking the other if it is though

oh good eggs are $1 each now

that’s a good price right

28.01.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait I made the meme

03.12.2024 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8380    πŸ” 3495    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 58

- be gay
- do crimes
- DO post about being gay
- DO NOT post about doing crimes

23.01.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gritty holding a pride flag with the message "love is luv"

Gritty holding a pride flag with the message "love is luv"

Gritty continues to be a real one

22.01.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 32203    πŸ” 5529    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 275

I mean, at least they got your name right.
I remember the days of yore when the letters received were not so well informed.

21.01.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Trying to fight my feelings of helplessness. I so appreciate resources like this with actionable steps.

21.01.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.

20.01.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11091    πŸ” 6381    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 73

Firing up the smoker to smoke some brats for dinner tonight.
Put some slaw in a quick pickle this morning to go on top

20.01.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New D&D campaign starting tonight, though the table will be virtual, I'm looking forward to sitting at it with some of my old friends.
I'm planning on rolling a Human Fighter just to be interesting

19.01.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prepping for this weekend's Cooks Guild meeting, I've got veggies pickling and my roast (or GΓΊt Lembratten) marinating.

16.01.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Physical media was better, sounds better and can’t be taken away because someone decided they didn’t want you to have it anymore.

Also, minidiscs were the perfect blend of the audio quality of CDs and the convenience of cassettes, but with even more potential uses.

16.01.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

I see some people are demanding we watch the inauguration and I'm all, motherfucker, I didn't watch his first one and spent four years actively avoiding the sound of his voice, what makes you think I'm going to do any different this time around

15.01.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7463    πŸ” 691    πŸ’¬ 420    πŸ“Œ 120
15.01.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6170    πŸ” 1294    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 15

Post your favourite #DoctorWho. Wrong answers only.

15.01.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For the last 5 years, LAPD has received 3x the budget of LAFD.

The department that coordinates these incredible emergency responses, the Emergency Management Department, gets about $4million - less than .1% of LAPD’s budget.

When you talk to people offline about these fires, drop that in.

09.01.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2737    πŸ” 807    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 27

It’s ok to feel sick over the state of things.

08.01.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 42618    πŸ” 4016    πŸ’¬ 1041    πŸ“Œ 210
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AI doesn’t just require tons of electric power. It also guzzles enormous sums of water. It also guzzles enormous sums of water.

β€œIn order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residentsβ€”16 million peopleβ€”asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”

09.01.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3966    πŸ” 2489    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 352
Gold Banner on Red Background:

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
Nobody Asked For It; Everyone Hates It

Gold Banner on Red Background: Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING! Nobody Asked For It; Everyone Hates It

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

24.12.2024 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 46291    πŸ” 21031    πŸ’¬ 256    πŸ“Œ 379

Amplifying this.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

23.12.2024 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you don’t know what this case is:

Woman gets restraining order against violent ex.

He violates it. She calls cops. They don’t come by.

Repeat several times.

Eventually, he murders her and daughters.

Family sues cops, said had obligation to respond and failed.

SCOTUS? β€œNah, no obligation.”

23.12.2024 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2046    πŸ” 557    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 62
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I think this was my most frequently used image over on the "other place".

Looks like it's time to dust it off again.

23.12.2024 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 396    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Yesterday I had to sit through an hour-long NYS ethics training, where we learned public employees cannot accept "gifts" of food over $15 πŸ˜‚

21.12.2024 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2043    πŸ” 505    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 16
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"I used GenAI to research this topic"

The research:

15.12.2024 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1862    πŸ” 525    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 33
How I defeated Fascism With the Power of Love

by Luigi

Chapter 1: The Power of Love

The first step in my journey was realizing that it is impossible to defeat fascism with the power of love.

Chapter 2: The Power of Incredible Violence

How I defeated Fascism With the Power of Love by Luigi Chapter 1: The Power of Love The first step in my journey was realizing that it is impossible to defeat fascism with the power of love. Chapter 2: The Power of Incredible Violence

Idc if this is a simulation or base reality lol we can have a little fun, for a treat

13.12.2024 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 373    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4