Leland Lydecker
@lelandlydecker.com
Speculative fiction author & former airline employee. Writer of science fiction & crime stories. He/him.
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Leland Lydecker
@lelandlydecker.com
· Oct 25
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If you've enjoyed my vss365 posts, you might also enjoy my longer fiction! I write #ScienceFiction, #Mystery, and #Crime. I also write about dystopian futures and our dystopian present. Check it out! You might just find your new favorite author. 😃
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The assignment is simple. Can you do it?
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The assignment is simple. Can you do it?
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The aurora got bright last night! I only took about 10,000 photos of it last night. Should I post them 1 at a time?!
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The aurora got bright last night! I only took about 10,000 photos of it last night. Should I post them 1 at a time?!
Nailed it!
And while Kelly was a Navy flyer and Astronaut, Hegseth was someone’s problem who spent most of his time hugging a coffee pot complaining to the other fobbit LTs that the US army doesn’t allow them to use enlisted as their personal servants. There is no comparison.
I'm wondering if Kegseth is hell-bent on going after Mark Kelly because he outranked him. Small men do that kind of thing.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Nailed it!
Skynet
They treat AI like it's the space race. What, then, is the equivalent goal of space flight in the race to "global dominance in AI?"
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Skynet
Not even the least bit surprised. This is exactly the future Musk wanted for the site when he bought it. Sadly for the rest of us...
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Not even the least bit surprised. This is exactly the future Musk wanted for the site when he bought it. Sadly for the rest of us...
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Humans should really do more research. There were operating manuals that would have warned her not to fuck with us.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Humans should really do more research. There were operating manuals that would have warned her not to fuck with us.
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*My gaze seems to have been caught by something in the corner while you're talking. You pause long enough to realize I'm no longer paying attention.
"Ahem!" ya emote, with enough force to snap my head up and look at you. "What?"
I run my thumb across my lips.
"I don't trust that powerstrip."
"Ahem!" ya emote, with enough force to snap my head up and look at you. "What?"
I run my thumb across my lips.
"I don't trust that powerstrip."
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
*My gaze seems to have been caught by something in the corner while you're talking. You pause long enough to realize I'm no longer paying attention.
"Ahem!" ya emote, with enough force to snap my head up and look at you. "What?"
I run my thumb across my lips.
"I don't trust that powerstrip."
"Ahem!" ya emote, with enough force to snap my head up and look at you. "What?"
I run my thumb across my lips.
"I don't trust that powerstrip."
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Considering what this platform would DEFINITELY be used for, and how incredibly fucked up that use is, why did this platform come to exist?
Oh, right. Money. Also, because some people are gross and lack any form of ethical limitations whatsoever.
Oh, right. Money. Also, because some people are gross and lack any form of ethical limitations whatsoever.
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Considering what this platform would DEFINITELY be used for, and how incredibly fucked up that use is, why did this platform come to exist?
Oh, right. Money. Also, because some people are gross and lack any form of ethical limitations whatsoever.
Oh, right. Money. Also, because some people are gross and lack any form of ethical limitations whatsoever.
Yikes!!
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Yikes!!
My average day, to be honest. :(
My performance reliability had leveled out at 89 percent. Not great, but I could work with it.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My average day, to be honest. :(
I have a few #issues as a tiny mustelid:
hounds in the forest and eagles overhead.
Life and death and drawing breath,
and I fear that my traveling companion's undead.
But I have my curiosity, sharp teeth, and lightning quick speed
and those are the only weapons I'll ever need.
#vss365
hounds in the forest and eagles overhead.
Life and death and drawing breath,
and I fear that my traveling companion's undead.
But I have my curiosity, sharp teeth, and lightning quick speed
and those are the only weapons I'll ever need.
#vss365
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I’m gathering data for me and @camhigby.bsky.social about the confrontation that got me fired from Nordstrom, take the poll in the description!
Share to your lib/maga friends! What’s the temperature in these communities? 🤔🤔🤔
youtube.com/shorts/DnUJM...
Share to your lib/maga friends! What’s the temperature in these communities? 🤔🤔🤔
youtube.com/shorts/DnUJM...
I want your feedback on confronting Cam Higby 2 months later
YouTube video by SquidTips
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November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m gathering data for me and @camhigby.bsky.social about the confrontation that got me fired from Nordstrom, take the poll in the description!
Share to your lib/maga friends! What’s the temperature in these communities? 🤔🤔🤔
youtube.com/shorts/DnUJM...
Share to your lib/maga friends! What’s the temperature in these communities? 🤔🤔🤔
youtube.com/shorts/DnUJM...
As a science fiction author that writes (among other things) about dystopian near futures, our present spiral into dystopia is really depressing. Shit's getting worse faster than I can predict it. And it sucks twice as bad because I still have to live here.
Just watched the Black Mirror episode "Common People" for the first time and... I already push for universal basic income and healthcare, but holy shit, people, it is really REALLY fucked up that we don't already have universal basic income and healthcare and that without them, DYSTOPIA IS NORMAL.
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
As a science fiction author that writes (among other things) about dystopian near futures, our present spiral into dystopia is really depressing. Shit's getting worse faster than I can predict it. And it sucks twice as bad because I still have to live here.
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This deserves a Pulitzer.
Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This deserves a Pulitzer.
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'It would be better if they could think of you as a person who is trying to help. Because that’s how I think of you.' My insides melted. That’s the only way I could describe it.
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
'It would be better if they could think of you as a person who is trying to help. Because that’s how I think of you.' My insides melted. That’s the only way I could describe it.
Fuentes is a vile human being, but he is useful for one thing: fracturing the Far Right. Love to see it!
To be antisemitic or to not be antisemitic? That is the question the GOP is struggling with in the wake of Tucker Carlson's interview with Hitler fanboy, Nick Fuentes.
The right can’t decide if it's okay to hate Jews
The fallout from Nick Fuentes's appearance on Tucker Carlson continues.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Fuentes is a vile human being, but he is useful for one thing: fracturing the Far Right. Love to see it!
The system is rigged, and I fear there is no solution but to get out the guillotines.
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The system is rigged, and I fear there is no solution but to get out the guillotines.
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Tiffin, or Dr Evil?
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Tiffin, or Dr Evil?
Bit late in the year for it! It's about time.
The first sub -30F temp of the season in Alaska this morning at Chalkyitsik (CHALL KEET' SICK). @alaskawx.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Bit late in the year for it! It's about time.
Yet another deeply disappointing move by Trump's federal agencies. The bureaucracy that was meant to work for and protect the people is now working for and protecting big money.
The DOT also reportedly plans to rescind requirements that airlines disclose junk fees. It's also planning to redefine what flight cancellations would require refunds for passengers.
Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund.
Everything is for sale.
Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund.
Everything is for sale.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is officially withdrawing a Biden-era plan to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when flight disruptions are caused by the airlines.
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Yet another deeply disappointing move by Trump's federal agencies. The bureaucracy that was meant to work for and protect the people is now working for and protecting big money.
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Here's 1 of 2500+ photos I took last night. My camera is looking south south east. The aurora way brighter and faster last night compared to what I saw the previous night. This is just a teaser, as I have a lot of aurora content that is crunching on my computer now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Here's 1 of 2500+ photos I took last night. My camera is looking south south east. The aurora way brighter and faster last night compared to what I saw the previous night. This is just a teaser, as I have a lot of aurora content that is crunching on my computer now.
My cilantro came with a free ladybug!
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My cilantro came with a free ladybug!
This is possibly the happiest cat with the loudest purr that I've ever seen.
McKenzie is a smol black cat. And she loves attention. I love her so much.
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is possibly the happiest cat with the loudest purr that I've ever seen.
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For those of you who saw the AIDOL event...
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
For those of you who saw the AIDOL event...