Russ Epp-Leppel 💜💀
@leppeppel.bsky.social
Author. Engineer. Armchair polymath. (formerly @purpleskull14 and @leppeppel on the bird app)
SFFH or STFU | ADHD, Kinsey 2 | Memento Mori
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Russ Epp-Leppel 💜💀
@leppeppel.bsky.social
· Nov 15
When a detective's search for his missing love interest in a city of magic uncovers a plot to trigger Ragnarök, it entangles him in a web of crime and intrigue. Will he risk his career to become the last mensch standing in the path of oblivion?
#amquerying #UrbanFantasy
#amquerying #UrbanFantasy
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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He’s letting white collar criminals walk free:
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
He’s letting white collar criminals walk free:
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
More than 1,000 people submitted statements attesting to their losses…‘hardworking, everyday people,’ including small business owners, farmers, veterans, teachers and nurses.
“I lost my whole life savings,” one wrote, “I am living from check to check.”
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And when you ask MAGA supporters about it, they brush it off as “trolling” or “just having fun.” It’s gotten so bad that some schools are now banning government websites as acceptable sources for research.
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
And when you ask MAGA supporters about it, they brush it off as “trolling” or “just having fun.” It’s gotten so bad that some schools are now banning government websites as acceptable sources for research.
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We’ve had people from the U.S. and abroad asking whether the information on the White House website is even accurate anymore. The site has become unreliable, filled with blatantly false and deliberately misleading content.
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We’ve had people from the U.S. and abroad asking whether the information on the White House website is even accurate anymore. The site has become unreliable, filled with blatantly false and deliberately misleading content.
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I’ll level with y’all, I wasn’t sure I was gonna even do Moevember this year. It’s been a tricky year personally and time is tight. I wasn’t sure it was worth spending so much time on something so silly and unprofitable.
Then I remembered: it’s ALWAYS worth spending your time on something so silly.
Then I remembered: it’s ALWAYS worth spending your time on something so silly.
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I’ll level with y’all, I wasn’t sure I was gonna even do Moevember this year. It’s been a tricky year personally and time is tight. I wasn’t sure it was worth spending so much time on something so silly and unprofitable.
Then I remembered: it’s ALWAYS worth spending your time on something so silly.
Then I remembered: it’s ALWAYS worth spending your time on something so silly.
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In short, a president can pause or limit certain categories of entry at the border, but he cannot use this law to rewrite immigration policy, eliminate statutory protections, or impose sweeping bans that conflict with other federal laws or the Constitution.
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In short, a president can pause or limit certain categories of entry at the border, but he cannot use this law to rewrite immigration policy, eliminate statutory protections, or impose sweeping bans that conflict with other federal laws or the Constitution.
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Mods are asleep; we're isoposting!
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Mods are asleep; we're isoposting!
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The danger is not just for Venezuelans, it sets a precedent that any administration can engineer a foreign confrontation to justify suspending civil liberties, accelerating mass deportations, or targeting immigrant communities under the guise of “national security.” This all sounding familiar?
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The danger is not just for Venezuelans, it sets a precedent that any administration can engineer a foreign confrontation to justify suspending civil liberties, accelerating mass deportations, or targeting immigrant communities under the guise of “national security.” This all sounding familiar?
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Lets explain how escalating/manufacturing a military confrontation with Venezuela gives the administration a legal “hook” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, one of the oldest national-security laws still on the books. This statute allows a president to detain, restrict, or deport non-citizens
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Lets explain how escalating/manufacturing a military confrontation with Venezuela gives the administration a legal “hook” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, one of the oldest national-security laws still on the books. This statute allows a president to detain, restrict, or deport non-citizens
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There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
Calling Smilodon a "saber-toothed tiger" is a surefire way to annoy paleontologists, but consider the Tasmanian tiger. Other organisms to have "tiger" in their common names include salamanders, sharks, moths, and lilies. Suddenly, just being a felid seems close enough.
#BigCats #Caturday
#BigCats #Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Why aren’t the Epstein files released yet? Still being doctored up with black Sharpies?
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why aren’t the Epstein files released yet? Still being doctored up with black Sharpies?
I made a video last month.
Now I've made another, and this one's about the works Ray Harryhausen!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlM...
Now I've made another, and this one's about the works Ray Harryhausen!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlM...
The Works of Ray Harryhausen (RGM pt. 20B)
YouTube video by Russ Epp-Leppel
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I made a video last month.
Now I've made another, and this one's about the works Ray Harryhausen!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlM...
Now I've made another, and this one's about the works Ray Harryhausen!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlM...
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There’s an important election happening this week in Tennessee. MAGA is fearful that flipping the 7th District seat could shrink their House majority to a zero-vote margin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There’s an important election happening this week in Tennessee. MAGA is fearful that flipping the 7th District seat could shrink their House majority to a zero-vote margin.
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Now seems a very good time to remind Americans that the Queer Liberation Library exists, and its online.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Now seems a very good time to remind Americans that the Queer Liberation Library exists, and its online.
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In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
#FunFactFriday: Cacti are endemic to the Americas, where camels went extinct ~13kya. They were reintroduced to the region in 1856 by the U.S. Army Camel Corps for use as pack animals in the deserts of the south-west, and some went feral. 🌵🐪
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#FunFactFriday: Cacti are endemic to the Americas, where camels went extinct ~13kya. They were reintroduced to the region in 1856 by the U.S. Army Camel Corps for use as pack animals in the deserts of the south-west, and some went feral. 🌵🐪
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This is one of those why!? moments. The Trump administration abruptly halted an FDA effort that was designed to keep asbestos out of talc-based cosmetics.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is one of those why!? moments. The Trump administration abruptly halted an FDA effort that was designed to keep asbestos out of talc-based cosmetics.
A dragon with one head is just a dragon. Dragons with three or more heads is often called hydras (especially if the heads can regenerate), but is there a term for a two-headed dragon? 🤔🐲
(I'm going with "bidra" until further notice. 😉)
#FantasyFriday
(I'm going with "bidra" until further notice. 😉)
#FantasyFriday
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A dragon with one head is just a dragon. Dragons with three or more heads is often called hydras (especially if the heads can regenerate), but is there a term for a two-headed dragon? 🤔🐲
(I'm going with "bidra" until further notice. 😉)
#FantasyFriday
(I'm going with "bidra" until further notice. 😉)
#FantasyFriday
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Trump has decided to exempt coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rules for the next two years. He issued a proclamation allowing coke oven facilities to sidestep existing limits on toxic emissions including mercury, formaldehyde, soot, and dioxins.
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump has decided to exempt coal used in steelmaking from Clean Air Act rules for the next two years. He issued a proclamation allowing coke oven facilities to sidestep existing limits on toxic emissions including mercury, formaldehyde, soot, and dioxins.
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Trump says US will "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries".
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump says US will "permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries".
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The homunculus from Dungeons & Dragons looks far more like a miniature gargoyle than a miniature human.
#FantasyFriday
#FantasyFriday
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The homunculus from Dungeons & Dragons looks far more like a miniature gargoyle than a miniature human.
#FantasyFriday
#FantasyFriday