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Eric Lahti

@ericlahti.bsky.social

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#author, shenaniganizer, martial artist. Generally good guy. Still woke. Still supports DEI. Curses a lot. No longer looks good even in black and white photos. Get books! https://www.amazon.com/stores/Eric-Lahti/author/B00HUWZM2M

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Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · Jul 13

Sci-Fi meets Now
Desert
Dystopia
Destiny🚀
In the near future, two scientists make a breakthrough that will either free humanity or forever enslave it.
A breathtaking romp through pre-dystopian times.
#BluePit #Q #A #SF

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 16m

sell both sides weapons
pad the family coffers
job as old as time
#scifaikusaturday

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 18m

snuck in our networks
invaded social spaces
won the war with lies
#scifaikusaturday

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 21h

I'm now having flashbacks to that scene in Blazing Saddles...

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 1d

"I mean, sure, it's got #verve, but can we really say it has brio, zing, beans, or gusto? I mean, where's the moxie? How can we sell it if it doesn't have adequate levels of zing and moxie?"
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 1d

I would like to point out that my books have twice the #verve of the leading competitor. They also have dangerously high levels of both vim *and* vigor.
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 1d

Once again we see the biggest barrier to Christianity is Christians.

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you random stranger.

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, plenty of them are found in the GOP, too, although there is a lot of crossover between those groups.

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 2d

he most dangerous person to the status quo is the freethinker who rejects tradition. #Libertines don't crush oppression with guns or bombs, they do it with open, in your face freedom of thought.
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 2d

We need more #libertines, those freethinkers who will openly challenge the outdated notions of sex and religion. People who will pluck out the Puritanical guilt and toss it aside.
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 3d

"Our revenge was thorough. A total purge of them and everything they held dear. We burned their lives to the ground and pissed on the #ashes."
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 3d

It may seem like everything is burnt and gone, but remember the phoenix rose from the #ashes.
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 3d

Just remember, whoever controls the Spice Channel controls the universe.

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 3d

Wasn't Argentina where the Nazis took off to after WWII? Asking for about 20 billion reasons...

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 4d

In the #clash of good and evil, it appears the insipid and whingeing have the upper hand. All we need to do is ride it out, minimize the damage, and then hunt them down like rabid dogs when the time comes.
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 4d

This Xmas, thrill to the disco stylings of The #Clash as they unleash an all new sound to bring all the milkshakes to your yard.
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 5d

I guess "Sales #Associate" sounds better than "Guy who fills out the paperwork to let you buy a car".
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 5d

You can tell a lot about a person by who they #associate with. If it's dogs, you're all good. If it's red hats, run the hell away.
#vss365

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 5d

You know, if we ditched the Electoral College and individual votes counted, gerrymandering would be useless.

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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 6d

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 6d

Since he's pissing off all the right people, it looks like I need to buy some Bad Bunny music.

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 6d

I don't care what your god wants.

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 7d

we called them the storm
interstellar locust swarm
ravaged our planet

#scifaikusaturday

Eric Lahti @ericlahti.bsky.social · 7d

a space weather storm
energetic particles
all the lines are down
#scifaikusaturday

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Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 7d

The 04 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#STORM

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

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