Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Lovely piece. The more I learn in Duolingo, the more aware I am of what I’m not going to learn in Duolingo. But I’m keeping with it because I won’t be letting perfection be the enemy of the sufficient (or proficient, in this case). 220
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4083518010589
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We have a 5th floor condo on the beach for the week, and my stepson loaned us binoculars to see out over the ocean. I mostly use them to watch dogs. 100
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation 020
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A penguin at the Greensboro Science Center. I wonder if there’s a raven out there somewhere named Penguin. 020
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tragedies like Walker’s are so unnecessary. Medical professionals shouldn’t be scared to do their jobs. 030
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026First night of this year’s NC Folk Fest. This is Samir LanGus and his band, playing gnawa music. If that’s new to you, join the club! It’s new to me too! 021
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Highlights from Greensboro Pride today: opening the main stage with my vocal ensemble; the guy who went up and down Elm St. leading a “Donald Trump has a small penis” chant; and the drag king who lip synched to Freddy Mercury while dressed as Sonic the Hedgehog. 020
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring.static.klipy.comThe Big Lebowski: The Dude Says Far OutAlt: The Big Lebowski: The Dude Says Far Out 021
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It’s a beautiful night for baseball! Never mind that your team is down 13 to 1 in the ninth. The weather is still perfect, and you’re with your friends, and hey, at least they made the playoffs, and who can complain about extra baseball? 000
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I won a pasta salad/potato salad/cole slaw cookoff today, and I can’t shake the imposter syndrome about it because the recipe was from a cookbook and four of my votes came from my family. 030
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If anyone is a fan of trivia and minor league baseball, you might want to find a Geeks Who Drink quiz in your area for Monday night, August 24. Filter for "GWD Classic" and "Small Batch"; Jeopardy Bar League won't have the round I'm subtly hinting about: www.geekswhodrink.com/venues/geekswhodrink.comFind a GamePub Trivia With Geeks Who Drink 100
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchMinnesota Med Mama @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 20/08/20262 of our 9 Supreme Court justices were credibly accused of sexual harassment and large hearings were held Then it was decided women love to lie about these things and they should really just stay quiet and these men were appointed to Life long positions on the highest court in the land 11930701101
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Well, I know *I* should use the library more than I do. I’m gonna work on that. 021
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead. 531229715362
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The problem with claiming to be “colorblind” is that the act of ignoring race usually also ends up meaning ignoring racism and its consequences as well. Sometimes that’s precisely the intent. 000
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in July. 020
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This is a huge topic for me, too, and there are several stories in the original thread of owners not realizing the cruelty of declawing before they did it. Even in places where it’s not illegal yet, there should be laws requiring vets to disclose a complete explanation of the procedure and risks. 111
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 23/06/2026static.klipy.comSesame Street: The Count LaughsAlt: Sesame Street: The Count Laughs 010
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Immigrants do not have to contribute exceptionally to deserve safety Immigrants do not have to permanently grovel to their new country to justify their existence Immigrants are allowed to be just as mediocre, grumpy or homesick as anyone else 12969641556
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Just an editorial PSA from an editor who’s worked on everything from screenplays to dissertations and now trivia… You don’t necessarily have to avoid contractions in your writing. If you’re writing in a casual voice, *please* don’t avoid them. Repress the tiny English teacher in your brain. 120
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Yup, our MAGA neighbor across the street felt so threatened by the pride flags on our block that he started flying what is apparently a “straight pride” flag all June … which actually resembles the bi flag of you don’t look at it closely, so we were a bit surprised the first time. 060
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 13/05/2026This is our new kitten, Humphrey Cheesecake. We didn’t plan to get a new kitten (we’re actually preparing to get an adult dog), but he landed in our laps, and we weren’t about to push him off! Cat Distribution System at work. 091
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 09/05/2026Something white people really need to learn in this moment is to take a beat and interrogate their own discomfort. 5623139
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 07/05/2026“Avoid highways” and “avoid tolls” are both well and good, but how about “avoid left turns across four lanes of traffic with no light”? 050
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Happened to get this question in a Trivial Pursuit published in 2000 (Genus 5) tonight. 030
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026One of my favorite “history fun facts” I often share in class is that Notre Dame is called “the fighting Irish” because in 1924, UND students beat the shit out of a local Klan that tried to harass them for being Catholic. stories.nd.edu/stories/a-cl...stories.nd.eduA Clash Over CatholicismIt was May 1924, and the Ku Klux Klan wanted to showcase its power and cement its sudden grip on Indiana politics by holding a picnic and parade in South Bend, the most Catholic area in the state. Abo... 231159269
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/04/2026One of the stated goals of the ADF, Heritage, and Family policy council was to drive a wedge between the LGBTQ community to divide and conquer it. This pick me is willingly doing that work for them and is constantly being platformed by major media like the Atlantic and the WSJ. 692140473
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 31/03/2026These days, there are always multiple reasons a decision by or priority of this administration is horrific, and this piece lays out another (or one that was new to me anyway) on birthright citizenship. 040
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 14/02/2026As recently plugged by Jen Giles on #jeopardy! Thrice Game #961 → 10 points! 🎲: 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ thricegame.com 020
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Singers in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina, if you're interested in joining an LGBTQIA+ chorus, Triad Pride Performing Arts has a new season starting up. Open to new members through the dates shown. No auditions to join! Just show up and sing! triadprideperformingarts.org 010
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchHelen 🏳️⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 11/12/2025“Transgender and nonbinary youth (ages 13 to 24) whose pronouns are respected were 31 percent less likely to attempt suicide in the past year than those whose pronouns are not respected, according to a new report from The Trevor Project” www.advocate.com/exclusives/p...advocate.comTransgender and nonbinary youth whose pronouns are respected attempt suicide less: report"It's about effort, and just attempting to be respectful and kind to people," lead author Steven Hobaica tells The Advocate. 3380150
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/12/2025It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies. This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week. This is almost everything the government is doing. 6129921195
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchKathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Interesting. Preliminary research suggests that getting an mRNA covid vaccine makes cancer immunotherapy more effective.nbcnews.comThe next cancer-fighting mRNA vaccine may already be hereEarly-phase research shows Covid mRNA vaccines could give immunotherapies a cancer-fighting boost. 4425124
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 22/09/2025We went to Greensboro Pride this weekend! My vocal group always kicks it off with the National Anthem, and this year we had a short set, too. triadprideperformingarts.org 010
Reposted by Lea, Trivia Wenchemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 16/09/2025hi, cis folks! trans people need your help! the FY26 budget gets a vote by 9/30. GOP wants a ban on funds for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. they're trying for other bans, too. we need you to call senators like chuck who don't get it: reps.fyi info & script in the🧵⬇️ 412461156
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2025wow 164130844633
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 14/09/2025A thread of all the elected Democrats who've put out statements of support for trans people this week as Republicans manufacture a genocide: 🧵 51262469
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The super agent who led the Salt Lake City’s FBI division until Kash Patel fired a month ago in his purge of women from government jobs 8472160
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 10/09/2025#LearnedLeague MD16 was a win! I missed just Unification Church. I knew it was semantically similar to Universal Life because I always mix them up, but I couldn't come up with it and just put Universal Life, which is not a cult but that mail-order ordination thing. I just didn't have a good guess. 110
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Happy Thrice-day! Thrice Game #798 → 12 points! 🎲: 3️⃣1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ thricegame.comthricegame.comThriceDaily trivia game from Geeks Who Drink 120
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I babysat once for $20. I tested video games once (a skateboarding game), and I don't remember how much. My first taxed job was at Blockbuster Video, and I made minimum wage, which I think was $4.75/hour at the time. 100
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchJane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025There's a simple test. Put RFKJr in a room with 100 unlabeled kids. Have him sort the vaccinated from the unvaccinated based on vibes or whatever he's claiming, and see how he does. He should welcome this chance to prove he's right in a scientific way. 481418223
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 30/08/2025#LearnedLeague MD9 was a 9(6)! First one this season. My first-readthrough know-'em answers were Tuesdays, Jung-kook, and Olives. I never read Tuesdays With Morrie, but I've got some environmental awareness of it because it's mentioned in trivia contexts every so often. 270
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 29/08/2025#LearnedLeague MD8 was a win. I put my "drink of the gods" answer down as "nectar" right away and totally forgot to finish reading the question, so I ended up throwing that one away. Hate that! Focused closely on the grammar question and fortunately didn't screw that one up. 110
Reposted by Lea, Trivia WenchAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/08/2025They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own. 22854092862
Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Thrice is Geeks Who Drink's daily trivia game: Thrice Game #791 → 10 points! 🎲: 2️⃣❌2️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ thricegame.com Question discussion with spoilers: paste.plurk.com/show/W0VHXdy... 000