Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰
@fredkiesche.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Good Cook. Reader. Keeper of abandoned dogs. Does not fit into a neat box or category. "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?”
Grogsquad, MUP Professor, a Good Friend of J.E. and More
Grogsquad, MUP Professor, a Good Friend of J.E. and More
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FINISHED (217 YTD): Neto Wolfe 08–Where There’s a Will (Rex Stout).
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Where There's a Will by Rex Stout
Why did the late multimillionaire Noel Hawthorne leave his sisters, April, May, and June, a peach...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
FINISHED (217 YTD): Neto Wolfe 08–Where There’s a Will (Rex Stout).
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The kid, having seen an YouTube video promoting an RPG he could not remember, told me that it also mentioned another game it him, and asked if I knew about something called “GURPS”.
HE WAS NOT PREPARED.
HE WAS NOT PREPARED.
December 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The kid, having seen an YouTube video promoting an RPG he could not remember, told me that it also mentioned another game it him, and asked if I knew about something called “GURPS”.
HE WAS NOT PREPARED.
HE WAS NOT PREPARED.
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as promised: I'm back and I have Opinions fozmeadows.substack.com/p/against-ai
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
as promised: I'm back and I have Opinions fozmeadows.substack.com/p/against-ai
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If You’re Not Going to Engage with the Problems, Shut Up About GenAI says @shaunduke.net
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If You’re Not Going to Engage with the Problems, Shut Up About GenAI
Yesterday, SF/F fan/YouTuber Erin Underwood posted a “GenAI open letter” on File770. By this point in the “discourse,” you’d have to be living on the Moon without an I…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If You’re Not Going to Engage with the Problems, Shut Up About GenAI says @shaunduke.net
shaunduke.net/2025/12/if-y...
shaunduke.net/2025/12/if-y...
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An Open Letter About the Craft of Writing and AI from @tfrohock.com
www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/12...
www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/12...
An Open Letter About the Craft of Writing and AI — T. Frohock
Creativity is formed, first by understanding techniques, and then by applying those techniques to lived experience, not by stripping other people’s words and rearranging arbitrary phrases into a diffe...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An Open Letter About the Craft of Writing and AI from @tfrohock.com
www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/12...
www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/12...
That’s a fracking Soyuz you moron!
December 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
That’s a fracking Soyuz you moron!
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"All we know is that the vice president met with the pope, and a few hours later, the pope was dead. To draw a line between those two facts would almost definitely be a little bit premature." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Getting Ahead of It: JD Vance Almost Definitely Didn’t Kill the Pope
Our 13th most-read article of 2025. - - -Let’s make one thing very clear: So far, there is almost no proof that JD Vance is directly responsible f...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"All we know is that the vice president met with the pope, and a few hours later, the pope was dead. To draw a line between those two facts would almost definitely be a little bit premature." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
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We’ve completed a full photo gallery showing how we organized one of our biggest counter sets so far.
7 trays, 2 storage options — including our new counter display trays.
See the full gallery! cube4me.com/new-tray-set...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social
7 trays, 2 storage options — including our new counter display trays.
See the full gallery! cube4me.com/new-tray-set...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We’ve completed a full photo gallery showing how we organized one of our biggest counter sets so far.
7 trays, 2 storage options — including our new counter display trays.
See the full gallery! cube4me.com/new-tray-set...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social
7 trays, 2 storage options — including our new counter display trays.
See the full gallery! cube4me.com/new-tray-set...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social
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From the archives:
December 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
From the archives:
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Splurged a little bit and purchased the @cube4me.bsky.social set for my own @gmtgames.bsky.social Hubris: everything fits in very nicely and neatly 😊
December 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Splurged a little bit and purchased the @cube4me.bsky.social set for my own @gmtgames.bsky.social Hubris: everything fits in very nicely and neatly 😊
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Uncle Monty
MR James - Echoes from the Abbey - BBC Sounds
Sheila Hodgson provides MR James with a ghostly encounter at Christmas.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Uncle Monty
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This is only Monday, by Wednesday, every surface within 100 feet of a butcher's shop in Scotland will be occupied by a steak pie
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This is only Monday, by Wednesday, every surface within 100 feet of a butcher's shop in Scotland will be occupied by a steak pie
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IMINT #38695 from SBIRS GEO-5 (USAP)
1. Ziggurat of Glitches
2. Carniverous Sky Cathedral
1. Ziggurat of Glitches
2. Carniverous Sky Cathedral
December 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
IMINT #38695 from SBIRS GEO-5 (USAP)
1. Ziggurat of Glitches
2. Carniverous Sky Cathedral
1. Ziggurat of Glitches
2. Carniverous Sky Cathedral
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'Chutter Manzil Palace, with the King’s Boat in the Shape of a Fish on the Gomti River'
Felice Beato, 1858
Felice Beato, 1858
December 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
'Chutter Manzil Palace, with the King’s Boat in the Shape of a Fish on the Gomti River'
Felice Beato, 1858
Felice Beato, 1858
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Sponge exchange, Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1928
www.loc.gov/item/91793393/
www.loc.gov/item/91793393/
December 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sponge exchange, Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1928
www.loc.gov/item/91793393/
www.loc.gov/item/91793393/
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#apod 2025-12-29
M1: The Crab Nebula
Image Credit:
Alan Chen
Web page: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251229.html
M1: The Crab Nebula
Image Credit:
Alan Chen
Web page: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251229.html
December 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#apod 2025-12-29
M1: The Crab Nebula
Image Credit:
Alan Chen
Web page: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251229.html
M1: The Crab Nebula
Image Credit:
Alan Chen
Web page: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251229.html
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(1) Why must Shampoo & Conditioner bottles be virtually indistingushiable, with tiny fonts, requiring temporary exit from shower for grasses. (2) Why must fruits & veggies have individualized bar codes, requiring surgical removal on tomatoes. I fear for grapes.
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
(1) Why must Shampoo & Conditioner bottles be virtually indistingushiable, with tiny fonts, requiring temporary exit from shower for grasses. (2) Why must fruits & veggies have individualized bar codes, requiring surgical removal on tomatoes. I fear for grapes.
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In my novel MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME there is a world where everyone has an invisible barcode tattoo on their forehead, and the police have guns that don't have triggers, and they just aim their gun at you, and if you're supposed to be dead, the gun shoots you.
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
In my novel MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME there is a world where everyone has an invisible barcode tattoo on their forehead, and the police have guns that don't have triggers, and they just aim their gun at you, and if you're supposed to be dead, the gun shoots you.
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The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a moment.
December 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a moment.
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New birds for the life list in this unlikely place: Gray Catbird, Palm Warbler, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, Scaly-breasted Munia
December 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
New birds for the life list in this unlikely place: Gray Catbird, Palm Warbler, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, Scaly-breasted Munia
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Ruins of the future, hiding in plain sight, as the morning songbirds dial it up and begin to almost overpower the non-stop sound of commercial jets
December 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Ruins of the future, hiding in plain sight, as the morning songbirds dial it up and begin to almost overpower the non-stop sound of commercial jets
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Scenes from an unplanned layover—a morning nature walk in a Miami airport business park
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Scenes from an unplanned layover—a morning nature walk in a Miami airport business park
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If anyone wants to learn Shaker music, this is a great book that uses standard musical notation (even though I love Shaker notation). There will be some pieces from it in my album in tribute to Ann Lee as part of my Exemplars of Faith series, sometime in February.
#exemplarsoffaith
#exemplarsoffaith
December 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If anyone wants to learn Shaker music, this is a great book that uses standard musical notation (even though I love Shaker notation). There will be some pieces from it in my album in tribute to Ann Lee as part of my Exemplars of Faith series, sometime in February.
#exemplarsoffaith
#exemplarsoffaith
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Learning Shaker music also yields useful tips for keeping time.
Tip of the day from Shaker music theory book discussing "speediometers" (metronomes) - and what to do without one:
"A bullet, attached to a smooth string, 39 1-2 inches long, from point of suspension, to the center of the ball, will very nearly vibrate seconds."
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"A bullet, attached to a smooth string, 39 1-2 inches long, from point of suspension, to the center of the ball, will very nearly vibrate seconds."
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A Short Abridgement of the Rules of Music, With Lessons for Exercise, and a Few Observations : for New Beginners - Google Play
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December 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Learning Shaker music also yields useful tips for keeping time.
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All the computer 100w could get you in 2007, and then some.
December 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
All the computer 100w could get you in 2007, and then some.