Leland Lydecker

Leland Lydecker

@lelandlydecker.com

Roaming Alaskan #ScienceFiction and #SpeculativeFiction author. #vss365. Proudly AI-free. He/him. LGBTQIA ally. You can read more of my work here: lelandlydecker.com patreon.com/Leland_Lydecker

806 followers662 following3.6K posts

Real Alaskans (no special capitalization needed) know that nothing we're hunting cares if we're wearing camo or not, so we wear what's practical instead of buying a whole new wardrobe for hunting like some kind of out-of-state asshat.

This post is unavailable.

Good to know!! I'm not surprised that at least one of them isn't an Alaskan. Share this far and wide-- our community members deserve to know. #Fairbanks #Alaska

Ptarmageddon@ptarmageddon.bsky.social

Shared from an organizer of No Kings in Fairbanks, Alaska. The two Nazis who showed up were Vincent Lawton and Anakin Murphy, Private First Class at Ft. Wainwright. #Alaska #NoKings #AkLeg #AlaskaSky #FuckNazis

Leland Lydecker reposted

I really hope this lights a 🔥 under the ass of non-voters, irregular voters, on-the-fence voters, people who thought Dan S Sullivan was an “old school” Republican v. 1 who approves of stealing elections, etc. For that to happen, AK, it has to be the kind of news that gets EVERYWHERE, word of mouth.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

NOT A DRILL Trump just ordered the DOJ to challenge the Alaska Senate election results before a single vote is counted. Here’s the shady as hell part. Only if the Dem wins. Mary Peltola is challenging Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan & Alaska could determine which party controls the Senate.

I disagree. With enough support, items like making the tax structure in the US more fair and making Social Security solvent again can absolutely be accomplished. Shame on ADN for this pro-Sullivan piece.

If Democrat Mary Peltola defeats GOP U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, she wants to stop the Iran war to help lower prices, and eliminate income taxes for many Alaskans. Elements of her economic plan will be challenging to accomplish, if they can be done at all. www.adn.com/politics/202...

I definitely don't agree with Peltola on everything– for example, I think renewable energy should be a much greater focus than opening more of Alaska for oil and gas development– but this attempted hit piece makes me more supportive of her platform rather than less.

She's actually talking about real, concrete positive changes that will help people. It's not a hard sell opposite Sullivan's "more of the same that's already fvcking us" platform.

The fact that he's this afraid of Peltola beating Sullivan is an even better reason to vote for Peltola. IMO

One Hot Mess AK@libbybakalar.bsky.social

Attention Alaska: Donald Trump is abusing the judicial system in an attempt to personally appoint your next United States Senator. Don't let him.

Leland Lydecker reposted

MAGA is poised to do everything in their power--legal or illegal, frivolous or not--to keep Mary from being seated in the United States Senate. There's going to be litigation, appeals, SCOTUS, election contests. They will spare no expense and allow no law or fact to stop them. Watch this age well.

This sounds like the premise for the latest hot new science fiction horror movie. Terrible idea to do this in real life, though.

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

Leland Lydecker reposted

In less than 2 years America deployed secret police, concentration camps, mass surveillance for local PD's via camera/drone/data brokers, and criminalization of extremely foundational concepts like creating zines We can't afford 2 more years of corruption and liberal fecklessness, we need to fight

Unicorn Riot@unicornriot.bsky.social

In Paris, the uprising continues. On October 18, masses of people once again took to the streets. Crowds gathered at Place de la République and in the surrounding streets, erecting barricades as police deployed large amounts of tear gas. 🧵

Leland Lydecker reposted

Co-signed! That’s what libraries are for, and they do pay us! Never apologize!

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

Leland Lydecker reposted

Replying to @lelandlydecker.com

And here’s the other one. There were three total, with one set up as an “influencer” filming everything.

Face reveal on one of the Nazis who showed up to the #Fairbanks #Alaska #NoKings protest! Hell yeah!

Ptarmageddon@ptarmageddon.bsky.social

These people dressed as chickens with kazoos were the perfect way to chase off nazis without giving them the scary confrontation they were trying to create and film. No notes, thank you chicken kazoo crew 🖤 #NoKings #FuckNazis #Alaska

This guy's out here saving frogs, and that's really cool. You should definitely give this thread a read if you care about your local frogs.

Biollante@bivouacchillin.bsky.social

If you're backyard is close to water, consider building a frog sauna to help treat chytrid!

The officer had let him go, told him to go home. No truancy charges yet. Tommy thought about would, and should, and #must. The musty smell of the basement. Of cigarettes and despair. Of spilled wine. His #sneakers made no sound as he chose to run away instead. #vss365 #vssdaily

Perfect comparison, to be honest. Like meth, once you let yourself rely on AI it becomes nearly impossible to stop using it or accomplish anything without it.

This post is unavailable.

Leland Lydecker reposted

The Eldritch of Hallows www.amazon.ca/dp/B088KQMKWZ #hallows #romantasy #shapeshifters #magic #Spicy #BookSky

Louise@louise747.bsky.social

This series of books is wonderful. Each book is a 'stand alone', but they are all connected to a wonderfully magical town inhabited by citizen with special magical gifts. There's mystery, drama, and lots of sizzling romance. I recommend starting with one novel and reading every book in this series!

Leland Lydecker reposted

In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

jan6memoryproject.orgThe January 6 Memory ProjectA public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"Are you sure?" "Yes. You miscarried. I know this is sad & #unexpected–" Moira feigned grief until she was outside. The sun broke through the clouds, bathing the world in golden light like warm #syrup, and she laughed in relief. She felt like a condemned man who'd just walked free. #vss365 #vssdaily

View full thread

I see you and I support you. Both because I also don't want children, and because I have basic empathy. My voting choices are heavily influenced by making sure my home state doesn't become another with an abortion ban, and by the goal of making abortion fully legal and accessible nation-wide.

"Are you sure?" "Yes. You miscarried. I know this is sad & #unexpected–" Moira feigned grief until she was outside. The sun broke through the clouds, bathing the world in golden light like warm #syrup, and she laughed in relief. She felt like a condemned man who'd just walked free. #vss365 #vssdaily

This very small story is dedicated to all the women in states with abortion bans who dread a positive pregnancy test, who face a lack of reproductive care options, and who have to feign grief when a pregnancy ends.

Wow, apparently we're *that* kind of country now. (Trump and members of his administration have been saying they want to deport their opponents for a while now. This attack on Ilhan Omar should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone.)

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

The goal, per Wall Street Journal reporting, is to construct a case to strip the Minnesota congresswoman of her American citizenship and deport her from the US.

Leland Lydecker reposted

Yo does the @mayor.seattle.gov not have time to stop by and maybe say something positive about a local business that’s being targeted by a buncha racist scammers working for the Feds? Does this business not matter becuase it’s not downtown? Do you not care about racism in your community? 🦗🦗🦗

Goldy@goldy.horsesass.org

Shirley & Kruze and other professional righty liars don't care how many lives they destroy—unless they are non-white lives, in which case it's as many as possible. The only SNAP fraud attempted here was by Shirley. And it failed. Can't wait for my local Lam's to open in Rainier Valley.

If true, I wouldn't even be remotely surprised. They took down a whole bunch of his supporters (the Russian bots), after all.

Unusual Whales@unusualwhales.bsky.social

BREAKING: The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, per Reuters

Leland Lydecker reposted

Replying to @robertbohan.bsky.social

[11] For he comes, the human child, To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, from a world more full of weeping than he can understand.

I have never seen an elected official as confidently incorrect as this guy. I hope his constituents send his smarmy ass packing, since he's more interested in silencing a reporter who didn't have his *personal approval* to record than in answering valid questions!

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

View full thread

I have never seen an elected official as confidently incorrect as this guy. I hope his constituents send his smarmy ass packing, since he's more interested in silencing a reporter who didn't have his *personal approval* to record than in answering valid questions!

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

Definitely watch this with the sound on. Maybe it's just because I've had to deal with a few people like him, but it absolutely raises my hackles. And the sheer nerve to single out one reported and say "YOU don't have permission to record." Who TF do you think you are, buddy?!

Wow, imagine that! Would be very cool to have a birds-eye view of all the topics that suddenly saw a major decrease in activity on social media...

God@thegodshow.com

Mentions of "Fauci" on X have mostly vanished since the data centers in Russia were destroyed by Ukrainian bombs. SMITE!💥