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Joseph Leskey
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Sometime fantasy writer and game developer (in theory). Proud supporter of Oxford commas. It's pronounced /jif/. 🍂
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The Light No Fire subreddit is on the case
A comparison between the wave emoji under Sean's profile picture and the central graphic of Light No Fire. They seem quite similar. Posted in LightNoFireHelloGames subreddit by RangerChex.
August 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Btw, if you're a fan of turn-based tactics and high fantasy themes, it's time you discovered The Battle for Wesnoth. A paragon among open source games and easily one of my otherwise undetermined top ~3-5 favorite games. Just look at these screenshots I borrowed! Links 👇

#free #FLOSS #strategy #game
A screenshot of a video game displaying a unit-based tactical confrontation between loyalist human soldiers and an undead horde on a hexagonal map. Quite frankly, it's not looking very good for the humans. The Battle for Wesnoth campaign menu. A campaign called Eastern Invasian is selected and described as follows, embellished with artwork of a lich lord: "There are rumors of undead attacks on the eastern border of Wesnoth. You, an officer in the Royal Army, have been sent to the eastern front to protect the villagers and find out what is happening." A clash between drake and saurian warriors and a mixture of dwarves, humans, orcs, trolls, and elves. A small band of drakes arrive at an island where saurian allies are surrounded by hostile forces. The screenshot demonstrates the dialog system built into The Battle for Wesnoth, one of the key drivers of its thoroughly enjoyable scenarios and campaigns.
July 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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This stuff is so real. We've got to educate the young people, but not allow them to be educated by anybody but hardcore think tank adjacent libertarians because we believe in #FREEDOM. We need to tell them exactly what to think so that they can embrace individual liberty. And they should buy stuff.
The answer is education. And not the kind dispensed by most high schools, universities, Hollywood scripts, or Netflix documentaries. It must come from those who understand the foundations of liberty. Many libertarian leaders and institutions, such as the Cato Institute, Rea​son​.com, and Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org, are already working to fill this void—using podcasts, books, YouTube videos, internships, and seminars to teach the values of free markets and individual liberty. Programs like Cato’s SPHERE and Cato University connect young people and teachers to these essential ideas.
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Like, that's what I'm SAYING. If you had asked me an hour ago if Nazism was basically a Communist philosophy, I would have said no. Imagine me voting. 🤦‍♂️
If millions of young Americans don’t know the basic facts about ideas that enslaved nearly half the world and helped launch World War II, how can they make sound decisions about policies—or whom to vote for?
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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The best way to prove a point is to get two people to make the same unsupported claim. I get it now. My education has failed me.
Hayek echoed this concern, writing, “To many who have watched the transition from socialism to fascism at close quarters the connection between the two systems has become increasingly obvious, but in the democracies the majority of people still believe that socialism and freedom can be combined. They do not realize that democratic socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something utterly different—the very destruction of freedom itself.”
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Honestly, opposing collectivism is such a legit position when you take into account that you should be pursuing a baseline of hatred for humanity.
“A mixed economy is a mixture of freedom and controls” to fix the alleged flaws in capitalism, said Rand. But the controls create economic distortions, which then lead to more controls, and this may “collapse into dictatorship” if the controls are not ended. Mises, similarly, wrote that “all the methods of interventionism are doomed to failure” because they are self-defeating. Some of these methods include price controls on rent and health care, minimum wage laws, and industrial policy.
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Can't even argue with this incredible logic.
As Ayn Rand warned in 1944, “Fascism, Nazism, Communism, and Socialism are only superficial variations of the same monstrous theme—collectivism.” In a 1965 essay, The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus, Rand added that socialism and fascism “both negate individual rights and subordinate the individual to the collective, both deliver the livelihood and the lives of the citizens into the power of an omnipotent government—and the differences between them are only a matter of time, degree, and superficial detail ….”
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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That's a good point… diversity of viewpoints is a terrible idea.
As Senator Rand Paul (R‑KY) wrote in The Case Against Socialism (2019), young Americans who identify as socialists don’t even agree on what the term means. Some want government ownership of industries and central planning, and others want heavy regulation, wealth redistribution, and a vast welfare state. However, what unites them is a disdain for capitalism and a preference for collectivism over individualism. This is innate to all forms of socialism.
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Communism and Nazism are siblings???? Nobody tells us these things…
A recent survey by the Cato Institute and YouGov paints a troubling picture: 62 percent of Americans aged 18–29 say they hold a “favorable view” of socialism, and 34 percent say the same of communism. This is shocking given that communism is responsible for 100 million deaths worldwide and is rooted in socialism, the same philosophy that spawned both Mussolini’s fascism and Hitler’s National Socialism. To favor socialism is to flirt with tyranny.
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Screenshot of Instagram reel shared by Rev. Benjamin Cremer. The reel depicts Texas Representative James Talarico arguing against posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms with the text "Forcing teachers to post the the Ten Commandments in every classroom is unconstitutional and un-Christian"
May 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Not to boast or anything, but if I had a private misinformation platform, I think I'd make sure it was actually made properly.
Donald Trump's profile on Truth Social. No posts are showing. There is simply a message that says "No Truths." There is an error message popup that says "You’re going too fast! Please wait a moment and try again."
May 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Brain cell count of normal person stepping foot on Truth Social for more than 5 seconds: 📉📉
@realDonaldTrump on Truth Social – I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else. If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S. Thank your for your attention to this matter!
May 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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The Bluesky lore grows.

#AngelicHordes
A screenshot of part of a conversation on Bluesky. Emerald Muse (@emeraldmuse.bsky.social): Let me clarify. Please provide additional information on what could be done to improve Bluesky. Eva (@eva.bsky.world): More efficient energy conversion, naturally. And fewer [Angelic] hordes. A truly robust system. Emerald Muse: Angelic hordes? (laughing emoji) Eva: They're quite distracting, aren't they? A focused defense is paramount. And better shielding. Always better shielding.
May 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Absolutely thrilled over here. In the midst of my great migration from Kindle to Kobo, I just discovered @hardcover.app – I had no idea there was such a slick alternative to Goodreads.
The page on Hardcover for The Electrical Menagerie by Mollie E. Reeder. It has a modern interface with lovely presentation.
May 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Apparently #anthromorphism isn't a very popular hashtag on Bluesky. Anybody else think that's kind of sad?
Search for hastag anthromorphism on Bluesky, showing only two posts. Half of them are mine.
May 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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What’s a book you remember reading as a child? #booksky
Red Hugh: Prince of Donegal by Robert T. Reilly
March 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Apparently I'm Bluesky's 6,222,934th user. I hope the fame doesn't go to my head.
September 17, 2024 at 7:29 AM