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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s really irritating being able to see how American media works now that the Overton window is completely broken/owned If somebody else was president, we’d be hearing about this stuff for months or years— but now they disappear by the end of the week

Soldier’s widow denied benefits because “not a war”

Soldiers’ deaths falsely misclassified because “not a war and also I just called ‘time out’”

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have—and enjoy owning these works! but confess I pick them up and read pages at random—I’m not studied in philosophy, have no other Stoic books, don’t have any context—I just enjoy him! I’ve got a feeling Wilson will tear him down a bit for me, but hoping in a horizon-broadening way 😅

Various Seneca books from the University of Chicago press and Penguin/Folio Society edition

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I enjoyed it—a subject matter *expert* commenting (frankly) on what had been left on the cutting room floor. I haven’t read much of her non-fiction before—after that review, I got her book on Seneca in the hopes she’ll be just as frank and direct.

The Penguin version of Emily Wilson’s Seneca biography

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It almost seems like was generated from this schematic? (i’m just on my phone though, I haven’t done a side-by-side.) From www.reddit.com/r/LegoNewsAn...

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Yes, I think so too, that they think satellites are the new “plastics”

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I agree, but remain frustrated as this perfectly preserved Nintendo Power Glove is either proof that we can make rubber that doesn’t break down—or that Power Gloves are magic

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Saw Primary Trust at the Mark Taper Forum tonight, holy hell, what an amazing play and performance www.centertheatregroup.org/shows-ticket...

Poster art for Primary Trust
By Eboni Booth
Directed by Knud Adams

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

And like some folks suggested in the earlier thread—if you get bike rage, that tells me *you* have other problems that need attention

“Mr Wheeler” and the demonic persona he takes on behind the wheel in Disney’s Motor Mania, 1950

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Hi @kenwhite.bsky.social this is near you, right? Is there any way to know whether the military did the civilian coordination with Pasadena that’s outlined in this document? www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/D...

Tonight, the US military will be conducting a training exercise in northeast Pasadena until 1:00 a.m.
During this time may hear limited helicopter activity, controlled explosions, and simulated weapons fire. Pasadena Police will be assisting with pedestrian and vehicle safety in the immediate area. This event is not open to the public or media.

"This is an important message from the city of Pasadena. Please listen to this message in its entirety and follow the instructions at the end.
Thank you tonight. The US military will be conducting a training exercise in Northeast Pasadena until 1 AM during this time the public may hear, limited helicopter activity controlled explosions and simulated weapons fire. This is a military training with Pasadena police assisting with pedestrian and vehicle safety in the immediate area. This event is not open to the public or media.

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

At a time when the corrupt leaders of the country openly threaten using the US military against civilians in blue cities, I think this kind of “live fire” nonsense should be discouraged by the City of Pasadena

NOTICE OF TRAINING
Tonight, the US military will be conducting a training exercise in northeast Pasadena until 1:00 a.m.
During this time may hear limited helicopter activity, controlled explosions, and simulated weapons fire. Pasadena Police will be assisting with pedestrian and vehicle safety in the immediate area. This event is not open to the public or media. Should you have any concerns during the training please contact (626) 744-4241.

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I’ve long believed the appropriate voice for artificial intelligence is Jack Black from Tenacious D— Absolutely certain about everything in a way that reminds you not to trust a word

Jack Black of Tenacious D excitedly speaking

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Some well-loved copies have arrived at just the right time, appreciate your recommendation!

Copies of the animator‘s survival kit and the animator‘s workbook on a desk

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Introducing the kids to Project Justice/Rival Schools 2. This would make it their first VS. style fighting game, I think

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I have one as well and, considering the amount of plastic and rubber, I’m always amazed it’s still completely clean and flexible, no material breakdown at all, like a thing outside of time

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Same here—I’ve done design-adjacent work with color for much of my professional life and so expected to get 100%, but I missed the same one in the same way

A “missed” result from a colorblindness quiz

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

The War Pig man who ended up on the Black Sabbath Paranoid single

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This was from a recent podcast on how we anthropomorphize humanoid robots—this warning of how comparing machines to humans only brings us *down* to their level struck me techwontsave.us/episode/316_...

I'm one of these people who is very anti-robot rights, as it were, because I believe it's essentially a degradation of human rights. It doesn't elevate robots to the same status as humans, it degrades humans to the same status as robots. I think we should always, when we're looking at these machines, treat them as what they are, which is avatars of capital.

You're not being nice to a conscious being if you help a robot cross the street, you are helping capital in some way. I think we're very susceptible to being manipulated, for the same reason that I've talked about over exaggerations of capability. We see a human form and we start treating it like a human.

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Er, is this just enshittification but with like a top hat and monocle

Winnie the Pooh meme: smug and fancy when he dresses in a tuxedo

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Ah, found it. From September! Quote is from Justin Wolfers. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

There was one recent study of populists, we looked at every populist over the past century around the world, and it found that 15 years after the election of a populist, average income in a country was 10 to
15 percent lower.

In a country like the United States, that means your children will be $15,000 a year worse off because of this president, and they'll be that for the rest of their lives, right? So that, if your children live a long and healthy life, your children will be a million dollars worths of if this president follows the pattern that past populists have.

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Me, I had to put it up next to my monitor a couple weeks ago (to the tune of the Fred Astaire’s song in Santa Claus is coming to town, naturally)

Printout taped to screen says “one foot in from of the other.”

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

One nice thing about being terribly busy for weeks is that, once you’re finally out of it, mundane stuff like going to the grocery store or the dog park feels like a vacation

Cow-spotted dog at a local dog park in East Pasadena with the San Gabriel mountains in the background

Copper-colored dog at a local dog park in East Pasadena with the San Gabriel mountains in the background

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Endlessly frustrated that folks were afraid to take Republicans head-on when it comes to the economy… They’re terrible at it! No long-term vision, cannot *produce value*—only borrow or steal it. “Your children will be $15k a year worse off because of this president… for the rest of their lives…”

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Me, to my friends, over two years ago—and the head of the FCC yesterday It’s depressing how many folks have been content to be treated like—and act like—“mushrooms”, as the saying goes. Hope we snap out of it.

September 2023, saying people don’t talk about it enough “but the project 2025 Shit is some real Nazi shit”

The current head of the FCC gloating (childishly, with a Jack Nicholson meme) that the abusing state power to silence citizens was always part of their Project 2025 plan.

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It may not look like much, but there’s long-term value in turning a hanging shoe organizer into a random shit organizer

Instead of shoes, the transparent pockets of a shoe organizer hanging on the back of a door are filled with office junk (mostly various kinds of short cables and adapters)

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I swear my desk was clean this morning

Desk has two keyboards, two monitors and then a third portable monitor standing vertically, an Intel NUC mini computer, a webcam on a stand flipped onto its side, several mice, and a crap load of cables

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

“Wholesome” crap to share with the kids pile

Old trade paperbacks of Dave Berg cartoons from Mad magazine and Batman comics from the 40s. Some John Stanley (best known for Little Lulu in the 40s and 50s) is poking out from behind the Batman book

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Whee, I think I got a perfect block on my first try #guitar

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Christopher Lepkowski @clepkowski.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Consumers’ ideal voice for AI is Tenacious D Jack Black— Intense, confident delivery of opinions, but given somehow *without* implying or guaranteeing any technical “correctness” or, like, actual “for real, for real” facts