Brendan Leonard
semi-rad.com
Brendan Leonard
@semi-rad.com
insomniac, writer, artist, dadthlete
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work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
solid financial tactic here
Stopped into the bookstore today and saved $1.75 by only getting a medium coffee abd then I spent that extra $97.42 on books instead
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Answer: No, this has not happened before.

(I checked the list of all World Series match-ups)
Has there been a Job Title v Job Title World Series before? Guessing Mariners v Brewers would be the first??
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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As usual, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social captures it.

"America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years."
Getting Yelled at By Dumbasses
The defining experience of fascism.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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An international incident
December 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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September 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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RIP Sisyphus you would have loved Chumbawamba
December 22, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Most of my experiences with AI thus far are like sitting next to an enthusiastic kid in a high school algebra class who never does the math correctly but won’t stop shouting answers, like, “X equals 37!” No, Richie, it’s 6, please stop interrupting
July 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Order by June 30 or live a life of regret: store.dftba.com/products/wha...
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New York Times, 2025: "The unlikely alliance of two mercurial billionaires deteriorated in remarkably swift and public fashion over the course of a few hours on Thursday, as Elon Musk and President Trump sniped at each other from their own social media platforms"
June 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
please someone tell me how to disable Gemini
June 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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CORMAC MCCARTHY: He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that
December 18, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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Yeah I love creatine! creatine problems for everyone
May 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Every book contains a secret and it’s your job to torture this information out of them
May 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is not professional advice, or non-professional advice, or advice, just some stuff that's worked for me
A Regular Person's Guide To Surviving An Ultramarathon
I'm not a coach, or an expert—just a guy who has survived a few ultramarathon races
semirad.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
what a fucking dumb shit
April 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
perfect, no notes
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I mean ...
Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"
April 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
kinda seems like the leopard’s eating everyone’s face then
April 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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April 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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so many of val kilmer’s movies also describe him as an actor

Real Genius
Top Gun
The Saint
Heat
True Romance
April 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I cleaned my laptop screen and, just, wow
April 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM