Leina
@bowsette.bsky.social
41 y/o. Northern English idiot. Wannabe streamer and writer. She/He/They/Her/Him/Them. Monster fanatic. Genderfluid. Big wah girl!
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Leina
@bowsette.bsky.social
· Dec 10
A proper pinned skeet is in order, methinks.
I'm most known as Leina, aka The North-East Recluse. I pretend to be a red panda online and blather on about videogames, mostly, but also other nerd stuff, furry stuff, and also the odd serious topic like UK politics, mental health and gender identity.
I'm most known as Leina, aka The North-East Recluse. I pretend to be a red panda online and blather on about videogames, mostly, but also other nerd stuff, furry stuff, and also the odd serious topic like UK politics, mental health and gender identity.
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You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...
February 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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The Left/Right "Which is better' debate confuses me.
I think the worst thing you get on the left is an eco-terrorist, and those...rarely accomplish much or believe me you'd hear about it.
The right literally wants human lives to be worse because desperation makes labor cheap.
I think the worst thing you get on the left is an eco-terrorist, and those...rarely accomplish much or believe me you'd hear about it.
The right literally wants human lives to be worse because desperation makes labor cheap.
February 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Left/Right "Which is better' debate confuses me.
I think the worst thing you get on the left is an eco-terrorist, and those...rarely accomplish much or believe me you'd hear about it.
The right literally wants human lives to be worse because desperation makes labor cheap.
I think the worst thing you get on the left is an eco-terrorist, and those...rarely accomplish much or believe me you'd hear about it.
The right literally wants human lives to be worse because desperation makes labor cheap.
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Suggested new standard answer when media ask you about the furry fandom and sex:
"The fandom is people and people have sex. And the specifics of how they go on about it isn't any of your business, just like I wouldn't ask you how you prefer to get off"
"The fandom is people and people have sex. And the specifics of how they go on about it isn't any of your business, just like I wouldn't ask you how you prefer to get off"
February 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Suggested new standard answer when media ask you about the furry fandom and sex:
"The fandom is people and people have sex. And the specifics of how they go on about it isn't any of your business, just like I wouldn't ask you how you prefer to get off"
"The fandom is people and people have sex. And the specifics of how they go on about it isn't any of your business, just like I wouldn't ask you how you prefer to get off"
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Sometimes I think about the infrastructure that could've been built, and all of the public good that could've been done with all the money being set on fire for the plagiarism machines.
February 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I think about the infrastructure that could've been built, and all of the public good that could've been done with all the money being set on fire for the plagiarism machines.
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My family just never understood me ;_;
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My family just never understood me ;_;
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FromBBC: To be clear, it's not lower prices, but lower speed of price increases.
It's not prices coming down, they're just not going up as quickly. It's all still really expensive.
It's not prices coming down, they're just not going up as quickly. It's all still really expensive.
February 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
FromBBC: To be clear, it's not lower prices, but lower speed of price increases.
It's not prices coming down, they're just not going up as quickly. It's all still really expensive.
It's not prices coming down, they're just not going up as quickly. It's all still really expensive.
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Spending my entire life watching the Right screeching at the top of their lungs to kill technologies that make our lives meaningfully better (hybrid cars and EVs, light bulbs, stoves, solar and wind, etc) and then seeing WheN wILl tHe LeFt sTOp HaTiNg tEcHnOloGy AnD eMbRaCe AI
February 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Spending my entire life watching the Right screeching at the top of their lungs to kill technologies that make our lives meaningfully better (hybrid cars and EVs, light bulbs, stoves, solar and wind, etc) and then seeing WheN wILl tHe LeFt sTOp HaTiNg tEcHnOloGy AnD eMbRaCe AI
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You would think that smart and serious thinkers would be wise to this game, after republicans spent decades making trans rights, gun violence, the environment, vaccines etc into issues "too divisive" to disagree with them about
the problem with giving in on things that don't poll well is that as soon as the right wins on the the things that don't poll well, they move on and start lying about more popular things to manipulate public opinion, starting the cycle again.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 4:11 PM
You would think that smart and serious thinkers would be wise to this game, after republicans spent decades making trans rights, gun violence, the environment, vaccines etc into issues "too divisive" to disagree with them about
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There is a world changing technological leap happening right now, and it's happening in green energy, and the right is desperately (and unsuccessfully) trying to stop it. But I guess that doesn't count
every leftist i know is very excited about technology but unfortunately they want tech that improves society and makes people's lives easier and that's harder for wealthy prdophiles to build a trillion dollar industry bubble around
February 18, 2026 at 4:16 PM
There is a world changing technological leap happening right now, and it's happening in green energy, and the right is desperately (and unsuccessfully) trying to stop it. But I guess that doesn't count
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and also @terfwatchbtn.bsky.social! ✊️🏳️⚧️
🚨 @afinfo.bsky.social have been added to my UK antifa starter pack!
February 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
and also @terfwatchbtn.bsky.social! ✊️🏳️⚧️
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Allison Mick: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the humboldt cut
Mick: it's about this woman who returns to the forests of humboldt county for the funeral of her godmother
Mick: but discovers a terrible secret in the forest
Brian Keene: is it bigfoot
Mick: it's about this woman who returns to the forests of humboldt county for the funeral of her godmother
Mick: but discovers a terrible secret in the forest
Brian Keene: is it bigfoot
February 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Allison Mick: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the humboldt cut
Mick: it's about this woman who returns to the forests of humboldt county for the funeral of her godmother
Mick: but discovers a terrible secret in the forest
Brian Keene: is it bigfoot
Mick: it's about this woman who returns to the forests of humboldt county for the funeral of her godmother
Mick: but discovers a terrible secret in the forest
Brian Keene: is it bigfoot
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We used to have
- Arcade Car Game (Burnout)
- Motorsport Simulator (Gran Turismo)
- Car Crimes Game (Midnight Club)
but we've been strained down to "Arcadey Simulator Car Game" and I feel like *everyone lost*
- Arcade Car Game (Burnout)
- Motorsport Simulator (Gran Turismo)
- Car Crimes Game (Midnight Club)
but we've been strained down to "Arcadey Simulator Car Game" and I feel like *everyone lost*
Burnout 3 is underrated as one of the very, very best games of all time because you can show Burnout 3 footage to people two decades later and their reaction will still be "hell yeah, this rules. I wanna play this right now."
February 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
We used to have
- Arcade Car Game (Burnout)
- Motorsport Simulator (Gran Turismo)
- Car Crimes Game (Midnight Club)
but we've been strained down to "Arcadey Simulator Car Game" and I feel like *everyone lost*
- Arcade Car Game (Burnout)
- Motorsport Simulator (Gran Turismo)
- Car Crimes Game (Midnight Club)
but we've been strained down to "Arcadey Simulator Car Game" and I feel like *everyone lost*
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God I hate that man.
And I hate the idea that education should only serve economic interests.
GOD FORBID SOMEONE SHOULD WANT TO LEARN AN ART FORM JUST FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL CULTURE
And I hate the idea that education should only serve economic interests.
GOD FORBID SOMEONE SHOULD WANT TO LEARN AN ART FORM JUST FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL CULTURE
February 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
God I hate that man.
And I hate the idea that education should only serve economic interests.
GOD FORBID SOMEONE SHOULD WANT TO LEARN AN ART FORM JUST FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL CULTURE
And I hate the idea that education should only serve economic interests.
GOD FORBID SOMEONE SHOULD WANT TO LEARN AN ART FORM JUST FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL CULTURE
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But yeah, more arcade type games definitely needed. Something that's silly, not following actual real life physics and all, story that is so out there, etc.
Simulations need to reel back a bit.
Simulations need to reel back a bit.
Wipeout, F-Zero (Think Nintendo has just stopped caring about this IP), Outrun, Chase HQ, Burnout and Burnout Paradise (Still enjoy playing that open world game), Sega Rally (Arcade), Daytona USA (Arcade)
No one makes arcade type racers anymore just for fun.
No one makes arcade type racers anymore just for fun.
February 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
But yeah, more arcade type games definitely needed. Something that's silly, not following actual real life physics and all, story that is so out there, etc.
Simulations need to reel back a bit.
Simulations need to reel back a bit.
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Open borders create more safety than closed ones, and most of the benefits of safety are downriver from being the sort of people who keep their borders open, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who would keep their borders closed.
The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.
February 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Open borders create more safety than closed ones, and most of the benefits of safety are downriver from being the sort of people who keep their borders open, thereby avoiding the terrible dangers inherent to being the sort of people who would keep their borders closed.
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I can never understand the thought process that these people go through. Farage was the biggest Brexit cheerleader. Brexit impoverished these communities even further than they already were. Yet the residents see Farage as the one to improve things? How? Are they really so angry at the mainstream/1
One of the strongest reasons to regret the decline of the left is that it has led victims of political and economic failure to believe that Reform is a solution to their problems. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inside Horden, the County Durham town failed by politics
In Horden, County Durham, Westminster slogans have long been left unmet as the population has plummeted.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I can never understand the thought process that these people go through. Farage was the biggest Brexit cheerleader. Brexit impoverished these communities even further than they already were. Yet the residents see Farage as the one to improve things? How? Are they really so angry at the mainstream/1
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It's worrying that Reforms pledge to cut 5p off the price of a pint will likely garner them more votes than their plans to reduce minimum wage and cut child benefit will cost them.
February 18, 2026 at 10:24 AM
It's worrying that Reforms pledge to cut 5p off the price of a pint will likely garner them more votes than their plans to reduce minimum wage and cut child benefit will cost them.
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"This article is more than 5 years old"
At least I know it's not slop, then.
That's where I'm at, at this point.
At least I know it's not slop, then.
That's where I'm at, at this point.
February 18, 2026 at 10:50 AM
"This article is more than 5 years old"
At least I know it's not slop, then.
That's where I'm at, at this point.
At least I know it's not slop, then.
That's where I'm at, at this point.
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smaller impacts of AI: an involuntary eye twitch at anyone using the phrase "You're so right."
February 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM
smaller impacts of AI: an involuntary eye twitch at anyone using the phrase "You're so right."
Oh hey, it's an in-depth analysis of one of my favourite horror games and its source material. :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6oF...
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream... is a Joke.
YouTube video by RagnarRox
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Oh hey, it's an in-depth analysis of one of my favourite horror games and its source material. :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6oF...
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I am all about other creators making their own websites to showcase their stuff, but please do not then just populate that website with a bunch of AI generated text. I get so excited and then immediately so disappointed. A website is hardly a representation of you if it's all generated by a machine.
February 18, 2026 at 7:56 AM
I am all about other creators making their own websites to showcase their stuff, but please do not then just populate that website with a bunch of AI generated text. I get so excited and then immediately so disappointed. A website is hardly a representation of you if it's all generated by a machine.
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I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume yelling at clouds is not allowed here.
Also, not going out again today because my leg's decided to go daffy.
Some holiday this is.
Also, not going out again today because my leg's decided to go daffy.
Some holiday this is.
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume yelling at clouds is not allowed here.
Also, not going out again today because my leg's decided to go daffy.
Some holiday this is.
Also, not going out again today because my leg's decided to go daffy.
Some holiday this is.