Leigh K. Hoopes
@grrleigh.bsky.social
Writer, reader, strategist, enthusiast!
Also: Queer neurodivergent Libra, cat lady, bibliophile, music lover, stargazer.
Kentucky based, born & raised (for better or worse, but always aiming for better).
Also: Queer neurodivergent Libra, cat lady, bibliophile, music lover, stargazer.
Kentucky based, born & raised (for better or worse, but always aiming for better).
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Leigh K. Hoopes
@grrleigh.bsky.social
· Mar 4
Why am I already exhausted by a work trip coming up next week: a memoir
idk where these chuckleheads get off expecting us to listen to single podcast episodes 2+ hrs long!
I can’t deal with work meetings that go longer than like 45 min;
I’m can’t listen random blather about ANY topic for that long in one sitting.
Who has time/attention span for this??
Under 30 min, plz!
I can’t deal with work meetings that go longer than like 45 min;
I’m can’t listen random blather about ANY topic for that long in one sitting.
Who has time/attention span for this??
Under 30 min, plz!
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
idk where these chuckleheads get off expecting us to listen to single podcast episodes 2+ hrs long!
I can’t deal with work meetings that go longer than like 45 min;
I’m can’t listen random blather about ANY topic for that long in one sitting.
Who has time/attention span for this??
Under 30 min, plz!
I can’t deal with work meetings that go longer than like 45 min;
I’m can’t listen random blather about ANY topic for that long in one sitting.
Who has time/attention span for this??
Under 30 min, plz!
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
Kicking off our sorta-annual New Year movie marathon, celebrating the one & only @realgdt.bsky.social, starting with his 1992 debut CRONOS: a little rough around the edges (mostly due to age) but still so fully realized & lovingly crafted it could only be a GDT joint 🎬 #moviesky #filmsky
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Kicking off our sorta-annual New Year movie marathon, celebrating the one & only @realgdt.bsky.social, starting with his 1992 debut CRONOS: a little rough around the edges (mostly due to age) but still so fully realized & lovingly crafted it could only be a GDT joint 🎬 #moviesky #filmsky
I still read and this is absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 from @sarahjeong.bsky.social at @theverge.com.
“Post-literate” is the most accurate term for our society and “wordcel” is the best descriptor of Ezra Klein et. al. ever coined.
This passage is especially, and terrifyingly, accurate:
“Post-literate” is the most accurate term for our society and “wordcel” is the best descriptor of Ezra Klein et. al. ever coined.
This passage is especially, and terrifyingly, accurate:
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I still read and this is absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 from @sarahjeong.bsky.social at @theverge.com.
“Post-literate” is the most accurate term for our society and “wordcel” is the best descriptor of Ezra Klein et. al. ever coined.
This passage is especially, and terrifyingly, accurate:
“Post-literate” is the most accurate term for our society and “wordcel” is the best descriptor of Ezra Klein et. al. ever coined.
This passage is especially, and terrifyingly, accurate:
Deep Elder Millennial cut here, but first to mind is Ludacris’s “Get Back” video, directed by Spike Jonze:
💪🏾 Giant Popeye Arms
😂 Actually funny but also v dumb
💖 Thicc babes in pink tweed suits yeeting dudes & riding ATVs
🎤 An undeniable jam for the past 16 YEARS JFC
youtu.be/5yt849wJyVk?...
💪🏾 Giant Popeye Arms
😂 Actually funny but also v dumb
💖 Thicc babes in pink tweed suits yeeting dudes & riding ATVs
🎤 An undeniable jam for the past 16 YEARS JFC
youtu.be/5yt849wJyVk?...
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Deep Elder Millennial cut here, but first to mind is Ludacris’s “Get Back” video, directed by Spike Jonze:
💪🏾 Giant Popeye Arms
😂 Actually funny but also v dumb
💖 Thicc babes in pink tweed suits yeeting dudes & riding ATVs
🎤 An undeniable jam for the past 16 YEARS JFC
youtu.be/5yt849wJyVk?...
💪🏾 Giant Popeye Arms
😂 Actually funny but also v dumb
💖 Thicc babes in pink tweed suits yeeting dudes & riding ATVs
🎤 An undeniable jam for the past 16 YEARS JFC
youtu.be/5yt849wJyVk?...
Another recently-finished read: Brutalist Berlin by Dr Felix Torkar. It’s a quick & snappy guide to the most important brutalist/brutalism-adjacent structures still standing in Berlin.
Selfishly, I read it because my novel takes place in a brutalist structure in 1990s Berlin. 🤗
#booksky
Selfishly, I read it because my novel takes place in a brutalist structure in 1990s Berlin. 🤗
#booksky
December 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Another recently-finished read: Brutalist Berlin by Dr Felix Torkar. It’s a quick & snappy guide to the most important brutalist/brutalism-adjacent structures still standing in Berlin.
Selfishly, I read it because my novel takes place in a brutalist structure in 1990s Berlin. 🤗
#booksky
Selfishly, I read it because my novel takes place in a brutalist structure in 1990s Berlin. 🤗
#booksky
Being called “Lardass Leigh” in the 7th grade because I had a big ass & wide hips before they were mainstream “popular”, along with audible beeping noises whenever I had move backwards/turn sideways between desks/tables due to my big ass & wide hips.
I was 12 years old.
Fuck them kids.
I was 12 years old.
Fuck them kids.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Being called “Lardass Leigh” in the 7th grade because I had a big ass & wide hips before they were mainstream “popular”, along with audible beeping noises whenever I had move backwards/turn sideways between desks/tables due to my big ass & wide hips.
I was 12 years old.
Fuck them kids.
I was 12 years old.
Fuck them kids.
I ate lunch adjacent to Eric Andre at DV8 Kitchen in Lexington KY before seeing him perform a couple hours later and he drank a bunch of ranch dressing and I learned I am decidedly not quite his target audience
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I ate lunch adjacent to Eric Andre at DV8 Kitchen in Lexington KY before seeing him perform a couple hours later and he drank a bunch of ranch dressing and I learned I am decidedly not quite his target audience
Okay y’all—who’s on @thestorygraph.com? I switched from the bad app last year and kind of fell off my reading goals this year, so I need some people over there for inspo! Same user name there:
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/grrl...
#booksky #writesky
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/grrl...
#booksky #writesky
Sign In | The StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Okay y’all—who’s on @thestorygraph.com? I switched from the bad app last year and kind of fell off my reading goals this year, so I need some people over there for inspo! Same user name there:
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/grrl...
#booksky #writesky
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/grrl...
#booksky #writesky
How I’m walking out of 2025:
December 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
How I’m walking out of 2025:
“Formidable” is now my ultimate 2026 power word, both in English as well as French—sums up pretty much everything I aim to be, in the next year, and beyond! 😎
My new year's resolution this year, as every year, is to be a more available, supportive friend as well as an increasingly looming, formidable enemy.
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Formidable” is now my ultimate 2026 power word, both in English as well as French—sums up pretty much everything I aim to be, in the next year, and beyond! 😎
Another fine stack for my 2025 #bookmas! Two new novels from two of my favorite contemporary authors, Lily King and Sarah Perry, plus Josephine Baker’s newly-translated memoir and the art history book I’ve been DYING to read for ages.
Gotta get back on track with my reading in 2026!
#booksky #tbr
Gotta get back on track with my reading in 2026!
#booksky #tbr
December 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today I learned that in Germany Santa Claus is called “Weihnachtsmann” which literally translates to Christmas Night Man, and I love that. 🎅🏼
December 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today I learned that in Germany Santa Claus is called “Weihnachtsmann” which literally translates to Christmas Night Man, and I love that. 🎅🏼
Just finished @judedoyle.bsky.social’s fantastic DILF in a single afternoon & I might just read it again tomorrow or the day after. I’m not trans or nonbinary, but I am a gender-nonconforming feminist & I feel more seen/hopeful than I have in a while. However you identify, you should read it.
#books
#books
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just finished @judedoyle.bsky.social’s fantastic DILF in a single afternoon & I might just read it again tomorrow or the day after. I’m not trans or nonbinary, but I am a gender-nonconforming feminist & I feel more seen/hopeful than I have in a while. However you identify, you should read it.
#books
#books
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF; no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney (animated or otherwise), or Pixar:
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF; no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney (animated or otherwise), or Pixar:
Me whenever Ace Austin shows up on #aewdynamite or #aewcollision
(IYKYK… them pants ain’t ever gonna be ready 😉)
#quads #legdayeveryday
(IYKYK… them pants ain’t ever gonna be ready 😉)
#quads #legdayeveryday
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Me whenever Ace Austin shows up on #aewdynamite or #aewcollision
(IYKYK… them pants ain’t ever gonna be ready 😉)
#quads #legdayeveryday
(IYKYK… them pants ain’t ever gonna be ready 😉)
#quads #legdayeveryday
There have been SO many in my life as an unrepentant hater, but at this moment it’s my current HR nemesis who I know loathes me just as much as I do her, much as she pretends otherwise.
Maybe she’ll do one on me and we can have dueling series…
(mine will be 100x better, obvs)
Maybe she’ll do one on me and we can have dueling series…
(mine will be 100x better, obvs)
That’s a new dinner party conversation: Who is someone that you hate so much that, if given the time, energy, and crew, you’d produce a 4-part documentary on them?
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There have been SO many in my life as an unrepentant hater, but at this moment it’s my current HR nemesis who I know loathes me just as much as I do her, much as she pretends otherwise.
Maybe she’ll do one on me and we can have dueling series…
(mine will be 100x better, obvs)
Maybe she’ll do one on me and we can have dueling series…
(mine will be 100x better, obvs)
Coming in for a landing in an old colleague’s hobby plane after he did a g2 barrel roll—literally the only time I’ve ever used a barf bag in flight, and I still got it mostly on myself and his headset microphone 🤢
what's the most exotic place you've ever puked? mine's not exactly exotic but i did once have a hangover at the nyc facebook office and barfed in their very nice bathroom
Got food poisoning from Fogo De Chao. Puked out the side of a moving cab along beautiful Copacabana Beach. The most exotic place I'll probably ever puke!
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Coming in for a landing in an old colleague’s hobby plane after he did a g2 barrel roll—literally the only time I’ve ever used a barf bag in flight, and I still got it mostly on myself and his headset microphone 🤢
Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
The only thing new about this is the use of AI—at my last agency we had to create dozens of different combos of headlines, body copy, graphics, CTAs for a single banner ad, and then those would be configured and displayed based on the user data. 1/
Why are we all seeing more AI ads on social media?
"You can simply publish tons of different versions of low-effort bullshit, and largely people will only see the ones that perform well," @jasonkoebler.bsky.social writes.
Let's get into it:
"You can simply publish tons of different versions of low-effort bullshit, and largely people will only see the ones that perform well," @jasonkoebler.bsky.social writes.
Let's get into it:
The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI system basically figure out everything else."
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The only thing new about this is the use of AI—at my last agency we had to create dozens of different combos of headlines, body copy, graphics, CTAs for a single banner ad, and then those would be configured and displayed based on the user data. 1/
Welp, just had my first instance of having to fix (aka completely redo) someone else’s workslop
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October 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Welp, just had my first instance of having to fix (aka completely redo) someone else’s workslop
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When did it become required for me to give a single solitary fuck about EBITDA?
Is it a function of working for a public company that I have to hear this stupid fucking term every other day?
Is it really just a fancy financial term to justify future enshittification?
Is it a function of working for a public company that I have to hear this stupid fucking term every other day?
Is it really just a fancy financial term to justify future enshittification?
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When did it become required for me to give a single solitary fuck about EBITDA?
Is it a function of working for a public company that I have to hear this stupid fucking term every other day?
Is it really just a fancy financial term to justify future enshittification?
Is it a function of working for a public company that I have to hear this stupid fucking term every other day?
Is it really just a fancy financial term to justify future enshittification?
Nothing but respect for MY CEO
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Nothing but respect for MY CEO
🔥🔥🔥
Extremely hot take:
Airplane seats shouldn’t recline!
🔥🔥🔥
Extremely hot take:
Airplane seats shouldn’t recline!
🔥🔥🔥
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🔥🔥🔥
Extremely hot take:
Airplane seats shouldn’t recline!
🔥🔥🔥
Extremely hot take:
Airplane seats shouldn’t recline!
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s this:
Always—always always always ALWAYS—pee before you leave the brewery!
#craftbeer
Always—always always always ALWAYS—pee before you leave the brewery!
#craftbeer
October 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s this:
Always—always always always ALWAYS—pee before you leave the brewery!
#craftbeer
Always—always always always ALWAYS—pee before you leave the brewery!
#craftbeer