Stephanie Leary
@sleary.bsky.social
Front End Developer doing UI and accessibility work on open source library software. Previously: MLIS @ UW iSchool; tag wrangling; wrote some tech books a while back. Pretty young for an Old Internet Person.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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"you absolutely should not watch if you won't have access to help" is a good rule.
I went in *knowing* what I was doing - it was not my first exposure to traumatic imagery, I had been trained previously - and it still something I'm not going to get over.
so yeah: you do not have to watch the video. and you absolutely should not watch if you won't have access to help.
so yeah: you do not have to watch the video. and you absolutely should not watch if you won't have access to help.
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
"you absolutely should not watch if you won't have access to help" is a good rule.
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In short, every shithead you don't ban costs you ten other customers.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
In short, every shithead you don't ban costs you ten other customers.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
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Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
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I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
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"Many colleges now make policies, syllabi...with an eye on what congressional committees may think...I warn you gentlemen, there are some shocking things in Plato and the Bible." -- Prof. Oscar Schaftel (Queens College), 1952, before the McCarran Committee
January 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
"Many colleges now make policies, syllabi...with an eye on what congressional committees may think...I warn you gentlemen, there are some shocking things in Plato and the Bible." -- Prof. Oscar Schaftel (Queens College), 1952, before the McCarran Committee
I am YOUNG LADY, WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS years old.
Congratulations to Kristen Stewart, who may have managed to already wear the worst outfit we're going to see all year. You are not prepared for the scrolldown:
tomandlorenzo.com/2026/01/kris...
tomandlorenzo.com/2026/01/kris...
Kristen Stewart Promotes THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS - Tom + Lorenzo
We can say with utter certainty that, despite her many years of wearing fucked-up fashion and our many years of lovingly (or not) documenting her choices,
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January 7, 2026 at 4:01 AM
I am YOUNG LADY, WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS years old.
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My latest book The Starseekers is out today! And in a twist it’s oddly topical despite being set in the 1960s.
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
My latest book The Starseekers is out today! And in a twist it’s oddly topical despite being set in the 1960s.
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
NASA, student protests, humans vs computers, education, PBS, and museum heist are a few themes I can easily match to current headlines.
Which makes it’s fun and very interesting 😅!
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Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
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Hey, if you're looking for a new hobby -- especially one that's analog -- my brilliant friend @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social is hosting a learn to embroider on Zoom this weekend www.eventbrite.com/e/1977418083...
Intro to Embroidery with Badass Cross Stitch
Learn to embroider, stitch something brilliant, have a laugh, try something new! Just in time to make all your holiday gifts!
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January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Hey, if you're looking for a new hobby -- especially one that's analog -- my brilliant friend @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social is hosting a learn to embroider on Zoom this weekend www.eventbrite.com/e/1977418083...
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This is truth.
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
January 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
This is truth.
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this is a crucial survival skill Online
People need to learn to go block shopping when they see a post getting a bunch of insane replies and quotes
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 AM
this is a crucial survival skill Online
It is the antithesis of “everyone is beautiful and no one is horny.”
I keep thinking about how Heated Rivalry has captured a level of male sex appeal that the MCU still hasn’t figured out.
January 5, 2026 at 3:33 AM
It is the antithesis of “everyone is beautiful and no one is horny.”
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So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.
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This worked on me like an emergency braking system. Needed it.
When you’re doom posting about how everything is inevitable and no one can stop them, you’re doing their work for them. Stop that
January 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This worked on me like an emergency braking system. Needed it.
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Ask not what your representative will do for you (nothing), ask how you can make your representative so miserable they quit their job
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Ask not what your representative will do for you (nothing), ask how you can make your representative so miserable they quit their job
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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The whole "Grok admits" "Grok apologizes" thing reminds me of the famous IBM presentation quote that evidently everyone has forgotten. And I do think representing your brand on social media counts as a "management decision".
January 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The whole "Grok admits" "Grok apologizes" thing reminds me of the famous IBM presentation quote that evidently everyone has forgotten. And I do think representing your brand on social media counts as a "management decision".
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Baby this is it - this is the frame -Mamdani: “These policies are not simply about the costs we make free but *the lives we fill with freedom.*” Not worrying about the cost of childcare and whether the bus will come makes you more free. Not worrying whether you can pay your rent makes you more free.
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Baby this is it - this is the frame -Mamdani: “These policies are not simply about the costs we make free but *the lives we fill with freedom.*” Not worrying about the cost of childcare and whether the bus will come makes you more free. Not worrying whether you can pay your rent makes you more free.
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This also holds if you swap out urban America with people of color, I think
I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
January 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This also holds if you swap out urban America with people of color, I think
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how I'm heading into 2026
January 1, 2026 at 4:22 AM
how I'm heading into 2026
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If you are new to following, every two years I become possessed by the spirit of voting rights and with @totallydonna.kitrocha.com and @courtneymilan.com and a team of volunteers with all the ADHD and none of the self-control, we raise money for voting rights orgs.
We hit $1 million total in 2024!
We hit $1 million total in 2024!
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If you are new to following, every two years I become possessed by the spirit of voting rights and with @totallydonna.kitrocha.com and @courtneymilan.com and a team of volunteers with all the ADHD and none of the self-control, we raise money for voting rights orgs.
We hit $1 million total in 2024!
We hit $1 million total in 2024!