K8 Léchler
@katelechler.bsky.social
SFF writer, editor, lecturer living in Chicago. PhD in Brit lit, words in Podcastle, Shimmer, Fireside. 🌈💀 "Just like entropy tends towards chaos, I tend towards silly-little-guy."
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K8 Léchler
@katelechler.bsky.social
· Feb 26
FF#24 has arrived! Stories by J.R. Dewitt, @avramargariti.bsky.social, @ryanelz.bsky.social, @eschwitz.bsky.social, @mruthrobinson.bsky.social, @chubertwrites.bsky.social, @katelechler.bsky.social, and Yasmeen Amro!
Get your copy for free right here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
Get your copy for free right here: www.fusionfragment.com/issue-24/
I have a new story out! "This Great Rumble" is about a friend breakup and a messianic cat colony. Muad'Dib? More like Meow'Dib!
I wish my dog would watch TV with me
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I wish my dog would watch TV with me
hmmm looks like only one school has (count them) one class for me in the spring ... i'm feeling sick to my stomach about this
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
hmmm looks like only one school has (count them) one class for me in the spring ... i'm feeling sick to my stomach about this
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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memebrane
Standing up in a beret and black rollneck at the next local poetry event, reading this and bringing the house down.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
memebrane
chat, i am le sleepy and also le sensitive to caffeine. should i risk it and have a coffee?
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
chat, i am le sleepy and also le sensitive to caffeine. should i risk it and have a coffee?
students are often great, example #6,342: instead of sending the pic of their doctor's note, student accidentally sent me a photo of a cool spider. 😎🕷️
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
students are often great, example #6,342: instead of sending the pic of their doctor's note, student accidentally sent me a photo of a cool spider. 😎🕷️
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We as a nation have really lost the true meaning of Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day
happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We as a nation have really lost the true meaning of Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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it is beyond time to see your own complicity in the present moment: when you only mask at protests & never even consider doing so in the grocery store, pharmacy, on public transit, you contribute to a social climate able to criminalize protective tools. CHOOSE SOLIDARITY, prevent infection, mask up.
resist mainstreaming the far right & their ideals with choices you make every day—an easy one is to wear a respirator in, at the very least, public indoor spaces.
needless spread of novel & thought-to-be-gone pathogens has been key to the eugenicists playbook. prevent it.
tiktok.com/t/ZTFfYpJEC/
needless spread of novel & thought-to-be-gone pathogens has been key to the eugenicists playbook. prevent it.
tiktok.com/t/ZTFfYpJEC/
June 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
it is beyond time to see your own complicity in the present moment: when you only mask at protests & never even consider doing so in the grocery store, pharmacy, on public transit, you contribute to a social climate able to criminalize protective tools. CHOOSE SOLIDARITY, prevent infection, mask up.
i need to find the poly people who aren't into game nights tbh
this feels true!
although i've also had the exact opposite happen! (someone who thought i was available because i was at the game night, poly people are just bad at wiring).
although i've also had the exact opposite happen! (someone who thought i was available because i was at the game night, poly people are just bad at wiring).
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
i need to find the poly people who aren't into game nights tbh
posted a new poem at offering-at-the-crossroads.ghost.io/oak-apples/ ... check it out or sign up for my thoughts on spirituality, change, beauty, and nature! :) (thanks to Klara for pointing out the incorrect link in the previous post)
Oak Apples
Forest shell, what do I hear
when I lift you to my ear?
The hum of stinging things?
Or the great low thrum
of an oak's heartbeat?
offering-at-the-crossroads.ghost.io
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
posted a new poem at offering-at-the-crossroads.ghost.io/oak-apples/ ... check it out or sign up for my thoughts on spirituality, change, beauty, and nature! :) (thanks to Klara for pointing out the incorrect link in the previous post)
i just spent three or four days talking to someone from a dating app who ultimately didn’t want to date but wanted me to join their queer/trans game night and kept presenting it like as a way for me to meet OTHER people to date???????
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i just spent three or four days talking to someone from a dating app who ultimately didn’t want to date but wanted me to join their queer/trans game night and kept presenting it like as a way for me to meet OTHER people to date???????
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It’s my birthday! Follow my bloggy newslettery thing! If you feel like it!!!
Started a new writing venture today: follow me at medium.com/@katelechler... or on ghost.io at offering-at-the-crossroads.ghost.io/ghost/#/site
Offering at the Crossroads – Medium
Read writing from Offering at the Crossroads on Medium. Discovering personal spirituality at the crossroads of nature and change. Nurturing the flames of wonder, curiosity, and connection. Run by @kat...
medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s my birthday! Follow my bloggy newslettery thing! If you feel like it!!!
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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if these men could be taught anything other than what they've already learned we wouldn't be in this position
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
if these men could be taught anything other than what they've already learned we wouldn't be in this position
y'all i'm so tired
physically, mentally, spiritually, existentially
TIRED
physically, mentally, spiritually, existentially
TIRED
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
y'all i'm so tired
physically, mentally, spiritually, existentially
TIRED
physically, mentally, spiritually, existentially
TIRED
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if i hit you with a “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT” it means i have the messiest gossip known to man
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
if i hit you with a “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT” it means i have the messiest gossip known to man
Me with a migraine
if thou could’st, blacksmith, glad enough would I lay my head upon thy anvil, and feel thy heaviest hammer between my eyes
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Me with a migraine
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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Is it just me or is it getting increasingly difficult, in terms of litmag rejections, to distinguish between “we are so grateful for your work it is a gift and an honor though we can’t publish it we are unimaginably fortunate that you sent it our way” and “please try us again”?
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Is it just me or is it getting increasingly difficult, in terms of litmag rejections, to distinguish between “we are so grateful for your work it is a gift and an honor though we can’t publish it we are unimaginably fortunate that you sent it our way” and “please try us again”?
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Was admiring one of those Christmas model villages watching the clockwork townsfolk going about their merry routines when my wife said to me 'What if people's souls are trapped in the figures and this is their hell?' which isn't something I've worried about before but is all I will worry about now.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Was admiring one of those Christmas model villages watching the clockwork townsfolk going about their merry routines when my wife said to me 'What if people's souls are trapped in the figures and this is their hell?' which isn't something I've worried about before but is all I will worry about now.