Mike Lee
@rocketpatrol.bsky.social
Author (sf/fantasy), video game writer, retro geek. Have raygun, will travel.
It's the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm about to replace the igniter on our gas oven, a thing I've never done before.
What I'm saying is that a report of a dumbass blowing up his house in Nashville in the next few hours is more than likely my fault.
What I'm saying is that a report of a dumbass blowing up his house in Nashville in the next few hours is more than likely my fault.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm about to replace the igniter on our gas oven, a thing I've never done before.
What I'm saying is that a report of a dumbass blowing up his house in Nashville in the next few hours is more than likely my fault.
What I'm saying is that a report of a dumbass blowing up his house in Nashville in the next few hours is more than likely my fault.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Anybody up for a Butlerian Jihad?
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Anybody up for a Butlerian Jihad?
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When the moment comes, be ready to *loudly and unrelentingly* demand:
Investigations.
Charges.
Prosecutions.
Sentences.
Legislation.
Regulation.
Enforcement.
Until there is justice.
Investigations.
Charges.
Prosecutions.
Sentences.
Legislation.
Regulation.
Enforcement.
Until there is justice.
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
When the moment comes, be ready to *loudly and unrelentingly* demand:
Investigations.
Charges.
Prosecutions.
Sentences.
Legislation.
Regulation.
Enforcement.
Until there is justice.
Investigations.
Charges.
Prosecutions.
Sentences.
Legislation.
Regulation.
Enforcement.
Until there is justice.
Oof.
Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Oof.
Can confirm. I’ve tried this and it really works! Highly recommended.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Can confirm. I’ve tried this and it really works! Highly recommended.
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DriveThru's Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale runs from now to the end of Monday. The ARTESIA graphic novels, a comics bundle, the Artesia roleplaying game, the History of the Known World, and The Last Barrow adventure book are all 30% off. Happy Thanksgiving!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
DriveThru's Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale runs from now to the end of Monday. The ARTESIA graphic novels, a comics bundle, the Artesia roleplaying game, the History of the Known World, and The Last Barrow adventure book are all 30% off. Happy Thanksgiving!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
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Our wildlife deserves better.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Our wildlife deserves better.
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We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
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Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
I've read some weird and disturbing Old West stories, but this one... hoo boy.
On May 11, 1950, while working on the Rawlins National Bank in Wyoming, a construction crew unearthed a whiskey barrel that contained a human skeleton with its skull cap sawed off & an odd pair of shoes. Dr. Lillian Heath, now in her 80s, was asked if she knew anything about it...🧵
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I've read some weird and disturbing Old West stories, but this one... hoo boy.
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need-a-penny, take-a-penny
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
need-a-penny, take-a-penny
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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Everybody involved will need to go to prison and if democrats in congress don’t have the stomach for punishing these people they should just resign now.
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Everybody involved will need to go to prison and if democrats in congress don’t have the stomach for punishing these people they should just resign now.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
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We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
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Stop appealing to Republicans. Stop begging them to abandon Trump. It's not happening. Ever. Threaten them with consequences instead.
Mark Kelly: "I would like to see a lot of my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate speak out about this, because this is right after Charlie Kirk's assassination."
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Stop appealing to Republicans. Stop begging them to abandon Trump. It's not happening. Ever. Threaten them with consequences instead.
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It's well known that road to fascism littered with people saying "you're over reacting." Less widely recognized is that road started with allowing billionaires to purchase themselves what ought to be our government. We have been under reacting for generations.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's well known that road to fascism littered with people saying "you're over reacting." Less widely recognized is that road started with allowing billionaires to purchase themselves what ought to be our government. We have been under reacting for generations.
Heads-up for gmail users. Just checked and it was enabled for me too. Fortunately it's easy to turn off.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Heads-up for gmail users. Just checked and it was enabled for me too. Fortunately it's easy to turn off.
This is something I struggle with daily. Don't do it. Creative work is hard enough as it is.
Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is something I struggle with daily. Don't do it. Creative work is hard enough as it is.
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ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.