Larry Vela
@laurovela.bsky.social
I run Belloflostsouls.net, Lexicanum.com, d20SRD.org, DnD-Wiki.org Tabletop gamer, politico, pilot, cinema, southpaw, "The perfect is the enemy of the good" Support Independent Media! Slava Ukraini
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The Real Epstein List: A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
Redacted: The Real Epstein List
A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
gregolear.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Real Epstein List: A survey of the rich & powerful individuals who elevated Jeffrey Epstein, hired him, funded him, enabled him, befriended him, and/or partook of his services.
Alien:Earth is SO good. I'm loving the xenos creatures with ominously intelligent behavior, who seem to be aware of each other's species. Wondering if all this monster cargo was from the same planet, a kind of suicidal safari planet where everything will kill you. #teameyeballguy
September 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Alien:Earth is SO good. I'm loving the xenos creatures with ominously intelligent behavior, who seem to be aware of each other's species. Wondering if all this monster cargo was from the same planet, a kind of suicidal safari planet where everything will kill you. #teameyeballguy
The ATX mass shooting was at our Target on 183 / Ohlen… so like 1000 ft from my house. Everyone here is fine.
Yay TX and absolutely no gun control laws.
Yay TX and absolutely no gun control laws.
August 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The ATX mass shooting was at our Target on 183 / Ohlen… so like 1000 ft from my house. Everyone here is fine.
Yay TX and absolutely no gun control laws.
Yay TX and absolutely no gun control laws.
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"Just because I’m not on the keyboard—and you have to add two extra steps for me to appear correctly—I’m suddenly the product of some soulless technology?"
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
buff.ly
July 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Just because I’m not on the keyboard—and you have to add two extra steps for me to appear correctly—I’m suddenly the product of some soulless technology?"
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Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
July 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
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This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
OH SNAP! Cloudflare unveils program to block/charge AI scrapers to access publisher sites. About time!!!
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
Introducing Pay per crawl- enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access
Pay per crawl is a new feature to allow content creators to charge AI crawlers for access to their content.
blog.cloudflare.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
OH SNAP! Cloudflare unveils program to block/charge AI scrapers to access publisher sites. About time!!!
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
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"The final humiliation of the extravagant, out of touch, and empathy-deficient Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was that the chronicle of their bloody, awful deaths was distilled into a nursery rhyme that’s been merrily recited by little children the world over for 21 decades and counting."
Sunday Pages: "Jack and Jill"
A nursery rhyme by Mother Goose
gregolear.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"The final humiliation of the extravagant, out of touch, and empathy-deficient Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was that the chronicle of their bloody, awful deaths was distilled into a nursery rhyme that’s been merrily recited by little children the world over for 21 decades and counting."
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With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
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<thread>
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
<thread>
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
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The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
June 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem.
Right fucking now.
Right fucking now.
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House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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Senate Democrats should be looking to file amendments to this big ugly bill that should propose massive cuts targeting Elon's companies. There will never be better opportunity to open up this divide among the worst people.
And the breakup continues
June 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
👇
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“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
I was showing my kids some glimpses of what the old school internet was like when it was still positive, weird, and not 110% monetized.
Who remembers these:
Strongbad (2001)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZw...
Who remembers these:
Strongbad (2001)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZw...
Strong Bad Email #45 - Techno
YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I was showing my kids some glimpses of what the old school internet was like when it was still positive, weird, and not 110% monetized.
Who remembers these:
Strongbad (2001)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZw...
Who remembers these:
Strongbad (2001)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZw...
C’mon Pittsburgh, we gotta get more unlimited chips & salsa in all the Mexican restaurants, like you see down south… I have faith!
May 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
C’mon Pittsburgh, we gotta get more unlimited chips & salsa in all the Mexican restaurants, like you see down south… I have faith!
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Small businesses (250 employees or less) account for 80% of all US job openings. 🙄
Q: "Are you considering tariff relief for small businesses?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
May 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Small businesses (250 employees or less) account for 80% of all US job openings. 🙄
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Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men.
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men.
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?
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Jamie Dimon says the *best case* scenario for the US is now a recession.
Cool, cool. From the best economy in the world to a self-inflicted recession in 4 months.
Gotta be some kind of record.
Cool, cool. From the best economy in the world to a self-inflicted recession in 4 months.
Gotta be some kind of record.
April 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jamie Dimon says the *best case* scenario for the US is now a recession.
Cool, cool. From the best economy in the world to a self-inflicted recession in 4 months.
Gotta be some kind of record.
Cool, cool. From the best economy in the world to a self-inflicted recession in 4 months.
Gotta be some kind of record.
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TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
April 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%
* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%
* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%
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People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
April 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
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Beyond parody
Schumer on the Democratic response to Trump's shakedown of Harvard: "We sent him a very strong letter just the other day asking eight very strong questions."
April 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Beyond parody
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Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.
ACLU says another three US citizen children were disappeared from their own country today: www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.