Steve Leatherman
@slleather.bsky.social
Retired software engineer from a Chicago area government R&D lab.
Married for many years. Live in central Illinois with wife, three daughters and more cats than kids.
Married for many years. Live in central Illinois with wife, three daughters and more cats than kids.
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- Shrink from learning new tech tools ( #AI) - check
- constantly checking 401(k) - check
- achy knees - check
Hey, it sounds like I need to retire this year!
Oh wait I’m 40 (granted, 41 in a few weeks). Crap.
- constantly checking 401(k) - check
- achy knees - check
Hey, it sounds like I need to retire this year!
Oh wait I’m 40 (granted, 41 in a few weeks). Crap.
10 Subtle Signs That You Are Ready to Retire — The Wall Street Journal
Too often, we expect clear indications that it is time to leave the workplace. But maybe we’re looking for the wrong things.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
- Shrink from learning new tech tools ( #AI) - check
- constantly checking 401(k) - check
- achy knees - check
Hey, it sounds like I need to retire this year!
Oh wait I’m 40 (granted, 41 in a few weeks). Crap.
- constantly checking 401(k) - check
- achy knees - check
Hey, it sounds like I need to retire this year!
Oh wait I’m 40 (granted, 41 in a few weeks). Crap.
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I can't put into the words the visceral hatred I feel towards the administration in the US. The pain their behaviour is causing to Ukrainians is unforgivable.
Ukrainians have russians terrorising them with missiles & drones. Now the US is terrorising them with russian demands for capitulation.
Ukrainians have russians terrorising them with missiles & drones. Now the US is terrorising them with russian demands for capitulation.
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I can't put into the words the visceral hatred I feel towards the administration in the US. The pain their behaviour is causing to Ukrainians is unforgivable.
Ukrainians have russians terrorising them with missiles & drones. Now the US is terrorising them with russian demands for capitulation.
Ukrainians have russians terrorising them with missiles & drones. Now the US is terrorising them with russian demands for capitulation.
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A Robin perched in a woodland area enjoying the late afternoon sunshine.
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A Robin perched in a woodland area enjoying the late afternoon sunshine.
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The “Public Lands in Public Hands Act” would prevent the Interior & Agriculture secretaries from selling or transferring federal public lands.
"Public Lands in Public Hands Act" Receives Formal Endorsement From the House Public Lands Caucus
The bill would prevent the Interior and Agriculture secretaries from selling or transferring federal public lands
thenationalparksexperience.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The “Public Lands in Public Hands Act” would prevent the Interior & Agriculture secretaries from selling or transferring federal public lands.
Youngest daughter is an undergrad who had a chance to work on a research project at Los Alamos. Sadly, she got caught up in the fouled up air transport delays and cancellations today. She's sleeping in an airport tonight and will be on the first flight back to school tomorrow. Very disappointed girl
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Youngest daughter is an undergrad who had a chance to work on a research project at Los Alamos. Sadly, she got caught up in the fouled up air transport delays and cancellations today. She's sleeping in an airport tonight and will be on the first flight back to school tomorrow. Very disappointed girl
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African Olive Pigeon is a large, dark pigeon found in eastern and southern Africa, mainly in montane forests. Dark maroon-brown plumage, yellow eyes, and yellow legs. The species feeds on fruits and wild olive trees often forages high in the canopy. markscheflen.com #bwindiimpenetrableforest #Uganda
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
African Olive Pigeon is a large, dark pigeon found in eastern and southern Africa, mainly in montane forests. Dark maroon-brown plumage, yellow eyes, and yellow legs. The species feeds on fruits and wild olive trees often forages high in the canopy. markscheflen.com #bwindiimpenetrableforest #Uganda
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What type of President has his mugshot as an official portrait in the W.H.?
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What type of President has his mugshot as an official portrait in the W.H.?
Yep. He is just giving cover to House Republicans for the mid terms, knowing that the content will never be released. It will take a Daniel Ellsberg to release the files
He and his party have spent a year relentlessly opposing the release of the Epstein files.
Now, suddenly, he's demanding their release.
The fix is in...
Now, suddenly, he's demanding their release.
The fix is in...
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Yep. He is just giving cover to House Republicans for the mid terms, knowing that the content will never be released. It will take a Daniel Ellsberg to release the files
We shouldn't loose track of looting: Trump demanding $230million, Senators demanding thousands, Flynn negotiating for $50million. Not to mention insider trading, corrupt contracts and general grift. These collective acts need to be the top story on any TV program, newspaper, social media site.
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We shouldn't loose track of looting: Trump demanding $230million, Senators demanding thousands, Flynn negotiating for $50million. Not to mention insider trading, corrupt contracts and general grift. These collective acts need to be the top story on any TV program, newspaper, social media site.
I was not too much older than her. I was moved by the television images and still am. She is an impressive person.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I was not too much older than her. I was moved by the television images and still am. She is an impressive person.
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Why does israel have any say at all in providing necessities for the people of Palestine? It's like liberating the nazi death camps and still allowing nazis to control the needs of the people they were committing genocide on.
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Why does israel have any say at all in providing necessities for the people of Palestine? It's like liberating the nazi death camps and still allowing nazis to control the needs of the people they were committing genocide on.
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From Bronze Age Wales, the spectacular Mold Cape! 🤩
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From Bronze Age Wales, the spectacular Mold Cape! 🤩
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Good move. Always use open source whenever possible. Never become dependent on commercial software.
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Good move. Always use open source whenever possible. Never become dependent on commercial software.
I don't get to see them very often. But I never tire of seeing them
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I don't get to see them very often. But I never tire of seeing them
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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NEW — Columnist Bella BAHHS is back with a message for everyone joining the resistance in Chicago and beyond.
What some non-Black Chicagoans are now experiencing is what Black folks have faced for generations: policing as a tool to protect power and profit.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
What some non-Black Chicagoans are now experiencing is what Black folks have faced for generations: policing as a tool to protect power and profit.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
THE REVOLUTIONARY COLUMN: Racist police violence is always the common denominator • The TRiiBE
ICE violence does not exist within a vacuum. It didn’t come out of nowhere. This is how it feels to be Black and policed in this country.
thetriibe.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
NEW — Columnist Bella BAHHS is back with a message for everyone joining the resistance in Chicago and beyond.
What some non-Black Chicagoans are now experiencing is what Black folks have faced for generations: policing as a tool to protect power and profit.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
What some non-Black Chicagoans are now experiencing is what Black folks have faced for generations: policing as a tool to protect power and profit.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
What's with these people? Wonder if they can be identified.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What's with these people? Wonder if they can be identified.
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Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, anyone of these cringey fucks will do.
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, anyone of these cringey fucks will do.
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Can someone explain to me why we’re paying House Republicans to stay at home and do nothing? SMDH
If our air traffic controllers and TSA, as well as, other essential workers have to go to work without pay, then why in the hell are all these lazy, do-nothing Republicans getting paychecks?!
If our air traffic controllers and TSA, as well as, other essential workers have to go to work without pay, then why in the hell are all these lazy, do-nothing Republicans getting paychecks?!
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Can someone explain to me why we’re paying House Republicans to stay at home and do nothing? SMDH
If our air traffic controllers and TSA, as well as, other essential workers have to go to work without pay, then why in the hell are all these lazy, do-nothing Republicans getting paychecks?!
If our air traffic controllers and TSA, as well as, other essential workers have to go to work without pay, then why in the hell are all these lazy, do-nothing Republicans getting paychecks?!
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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May the gates of Hell swing open and divine justice sweep away him and his entire administration, in the name of Christ, Amen.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
May the gates of Hell swing open and divine justice sweep away him and his entire administration, in the name of Christ, Amen.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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A Saturday #AMomentofJoy for you, Young Commuter Edition.
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A Saturday #AMomentofJoy for you, Young Commuter Edition.
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When y’all moving? I want your apartment!
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
When y’all moving? I want your apartment!