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Jed Leonard

@jedleonard.bsky.social

(He/him) Fantasy author and man of many hats. Cofounder of the Oak City Literary Salon. Chronically ill, annoyingly political, occasionally brilliant. WIP: Wonders Never Cease, in which a middle-aged fisherman definitely does not become a god.

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I guess they don't teach you what to do with your hands in the FBI

11.12.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

GLASHEEN: ๐Ÿซฒ๐Ÿซฑ...๐Ÿซฒ๐Ÿซฑ... Uh... ๐Ÿซฒ๐Ÿซฑ

11.12.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."

It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.

11.12.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1809    ๐Ÿ” 709    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

Also, if you're willing to burn a million dollars just to get into the USA right now, you're probably not the best or the brightest.

11.12.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two thoughts:

1) GOOD!

2) I hope the government actually releases him instead of just ignoring yet another court order.

11.12.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not at all surprised to learn that AI-powered NPCs are a shallow, immersion-breaking, bug-ridden mess. Will they ever be anything else? Man, who knows.

11.12.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!

10.12.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25223    ๐Ÿ” 7694    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 653    ๐Ÿ“Œ 287

Edited another passage from my current short story project today. We're making progress!

10.12.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

09.12.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12011    ๐Ÿ” 3459    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 177

Sit with me and have a cup, stranger

09.12.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.

09.12.2025 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 556    ๐Ÿ” 167    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Unhinged to describe the criticism of her journalistic ethics as a "freaksome lynching" when she has not denied any of the allegations and admits to most of them in her book.

08.12.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1491    ๐Ÿ” 139    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
Maple the cat, an orange Siamese, crouches like a gremlin on the sidewalk

Maple the cat, an orange Siamese, crouches like a gremlin on the sidewalk

Caught a picture of the extremely skittish cat that lives in our storm drain. We've been calling her Maple โค๏ธ๐Ÿ

08.12.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't believe society has progressed to the point where I can play Guild Wars on the toilet

08.12.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God, it sucks how much exercise helps with depression

07.12.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That room smells like hot plastic

07.12.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A haggard human man with a full beard in period-accurate hood and jerkin

A haggard human man with a full beard in period-accurate hood and jerkin

Obsessed with the black-and-white drawing tools on my Remarkable tablet. It just feels so GOOD to use.

Here's a quick and dirty portrait I did this morning of my Pathfinder 2e PC, Marlo Hawke the Red Mantis Assassin.

#art #pathfinder #remarkable2

07.12.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didn't know cotton candy came in blocks

06.12.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big 30 Rock Tracy Jordan energy coming off this trophy, honestly.

"No, Liz Lemon, not the Nobel Peace Prize. The FIFA Peace Prize! And all I had to do was nothing!"

05.12.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man, I have THOUGHTS about Wake Up Dead Man.

05.12.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feels more like some real heavy stimulant use, but never having done ket, I don't know enough to say for sure

05.12.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What is it about fascists and stimulant abuse?

The Nazis had Pervitin

Imperial Japan had Philopon

And now every Silicon Valley reactionary seems to be tweaking out 24/7 on *something.* Occam's Razor says cocaine, but who knows?

Sigh. Stick to the fun drugs, kids.

05.12.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That ain't ketamine, bro. That's good old-fashioned cocaine.

05.12.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

05.12.2025 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18967    ๐Ÿ” 4295    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 322    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152

...grunch?

05.12.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm just a little bit too young for mixtapes... but my wife made me a mix CD back when we were in high school that was absolute heat

04.12.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay, I'm a North Carolina boy, but NOTHING hits like a Taylor ham, egg and cheese bagel. Y'all yankees know what's up.

04.12.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the time for speaking out is past. We need to see some action from our leaders.

04.12.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's so slapdash. The "Donald J Trump United States Institute of Peace?" That's too many words, man.

04.12.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The scum rises to the top.

04.12.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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