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Leland Lydecker
@lelandlydecker.com
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I've held many jobs, from slinging newspapers to loading cargo planes to working for the Feds. Speculative fiction author. He/him. LGBTQIA ally. AI-free.
You can read more of my work here:
https://lelandlydecker.com/
https://www.patreon.com/Leland_Lydecker
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The news is extra grim today, so here's #Caturday throwback photo of an adorable calico I encountered while delivering for FedEx. Getting to make friends with random cats and dogs was probably the best perk of that job.
January 24, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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As requested, more Luna being Luna! Happy #Caturday, everyone!
A silver tabby with a white chest and socks sitting on top of the backrest of a computer chair. There is a computer desk in the background.
January 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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As promised: a Luna timeline cleanser photo! She loves to sit on books.
A photo of a silver tabby with a white chest and paws and green eyes, sitting on a cookbook on a kitchen table. There is a window in the background looking out into a very snowy forest.
January 11, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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To sweeten the deal, I promise to do a better job of posting pictures of Luna, and will post one for each new subscriber I get on Patreon. Please help Luna and I out, if you can afford to?
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Wishing everyone a happy Turkey Day!
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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My cilantro came with a free ladybug!
A tiny red and black insect on a stem of cilantro.
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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It snowed overnight. When I got home, Luna urgently wanted to investigate the porch. This is about as far as she made it (about a foot and a half), before deciding that warm toes are better than cold toes. #Caturday
Cat's paw prints in fresh snow on a wooden deck show that cat was only outside briefly.
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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The bots on Twitter are having a typical day...

According to some reports, more than half the accounts on that platform are bots. And it's run by a fascist. Very little of the speech that originates on that platform can be trusted.
A screenshot from Twitter/X showing multiple blue check accounts tweeting identical tweets saying "As a lifelong Democrat, I didn't know what to make of Charlie Kirk. I've since spent several lunch breaks watching his debates (FULL videos) and have come away with the impression that we got him all wrong. The reaction from those on my side of the aisle have really made me..."
September 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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"Don't struggle," said the #spider to the fly.
"But I have children!" cries the fly. "Who will look after them?"
"Not my problem," says the spider.
The bird #laughs, eats both of them, and flies away. #vss365
A very small greenish-white spider on gray metal.
August 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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This. Also, Happy Pride Month!
A meme. Humans: homosexuality is unnatural! Penguins: A snippet from an article titled Penguins and sexuality: Homosexuality is common in penguins. They often from same-sex pairs and raise eggs that have been left behind by straight couples. Gay penguins love to snuggle throughout the day and don't face any discrimination from the colony. Below, two penguins look at an abandoned egg. One asks the other, "Wanna start a family, bro?" The other says, "Yeah, bro."
June 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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I'm a published science fiction author and I have a Patreon, and I don't talk about it nearly often enough. For the low, low price of as little as $3/month, you can read a bunch of my stories all in one place!
www.patreon.com/Leland_Lydec...
A screenshot of Leland Lydecker's Patreon landing page, showing the first three membership tiers. At the Citizen/$3 Tier, patrons gain access to: One brand-new piece of flash fiction per month. Blog posts a week early! A monthly Ask-Me-Anything thread! At the Synthetic/$5 Tier: All the rewards of the previous tier! A second brand-new piece of fiction per month! At the Hacker/$10 Tier: All the rewards of the previous tiers! Behind the scenes content, Easter Eggs, and other extras!
May 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I'm rarely surprised, but this is a new low in ethical conduct and I new high for being blatant AF about it. This is really, really bad-- even for a shitty company like Tesla.
April 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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We always knew they were hypocrites. It was never about the emails, or any of their other excuses.
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Meanwhile, on Facebook:
A Facebook comment from someone calling themselves "Gen. Paul LaCamera." It reads, "Can you please add me as your friend (flower emoji) or click the message there on my profile and send me a direct text message (flower emoji) if you don't mind? Your publications are interesting... I see them every day... I hope there are no problems being part of your friends. (Heart emoji, loving face emoji.)
January 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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They tell on themselves every time.
Two birds having a conversation. The first bird says "a neo-nazi shot and killed 8 people!" The second bird says "it's a false flag to make us look bad." The first bird, frowning suspiciously, says "Us?!"
December 11, 2024 at 3:48 AM
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I don't know if Eisenhower actually said this, but I support this sentiment either way!
"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal fault by concealing the evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go into your library and read every book." -Dwight D Eisenhower
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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Going to have to add this to my books going forward!
A headline reading: Penguin Random House books now explicitly say 'no' to AI training. The copyright page on new books and reprints now says they can't be used or reproduced 'for the purpose or training artificial intelligence.'
October 21, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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This is all fine until the people you've blocked screenshot your tweets and post them on their social media to send harassment your way. Yes, there are also ways to get around the current block-- but Musk's Twitter shouldn't be making harassment easier.
(Context: Musk is making Twitter worse again.)
A Twitter system message saying: Block is changing soon. If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked will be able to view them, but they will not be able to engage. For more control over who can see your posts, you can still protect your account.
October 17, 2024 at 5:41 AM
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Happy Indigenous People's Day!
Indigenous People's Day Oct 14, 2024
October 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #564,101!
September 19, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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Fun story this image reminds me of: when I was in my teens living in Portland I went through a goth phase. My mom, having zero knowledge of the goth subculture and being a huge history nerd, was really excited that I was interested in the Visigoths that sacked Rome... I had to explain the difference
Goths sacking Rome
September 15, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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This is pure genius.
July 31, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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I'm not big on flags, but I'd definitely fly this one.
A flag with a yellow background depicting a black cat with a snake in its mouth, walking on green grass, in the style of the Gadsden flag. Beneath the grass are the words, "I'll tread wherever I want."
July 31, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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I give it five stars, not four. They were warned.
July 26, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Hey Newsweek, the concept that a good role model 'gets married and makes lots of babies' is about 75 years out of date. Please stop publishing opinion pieces from incel creeps and do better.

If anyone's interested, here's the full opinion piece:
www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift...
June 30, 2024 at 8:03 PM