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Lea, Trivia Wench

@leapop.bsky.social
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Managing editor at Geeks Who Drink, cat lover, fan of Minor League Baseball's Greensboro Grasshoppers, member of Triad Pride Performing Arts, C/D rundler, one-time earner of an unused PhD and its very-much-used education.

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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Lovely 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).
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Laura 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
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation
A mural depicting Dolly Parton, with the words “Here you come again” above her picture and a separate panel of plants and flowers spelling out “Dolly” below.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A penguin at the Greensboro Science Center. I wonder if there’s a raven out there somewhere named Penguin.
A Magellanic penguin in a zoo enclosure with a yellow wing tag reading “Raven.”
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tragedies like Walker’s are so unnecessary. Medical professionals shouldn’t be scared to do their jobs.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
First 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!
A band wearing African clothing performing on stage. The backdrop reads “NC Folk Fest.”A band wearing African clothing performing on stage. The backdrop reads “NC Folk Fest.”A band wearing African clothing performing on stage. The backdrop reads “NC Folk Fest.”
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Highlights 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring.
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The Big Lebowski: The Dude Says Far Out
Alt: The Big Lebowski: The Dude Says Far Out
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’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?
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If 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/
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Find a Game
Pub Trivia With Geeks Who Drink
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Minnesota Med Mama @dremilybrunner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
2 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
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Well, I know *I* should use the library more than I do. I’m gonna work on that.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Imagine 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in July.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This 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.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/06/2026
Black text on a white page that reads:

Today marks 11 years since Obergefell v. Hodges affirmed a simple, profound truth: everyone has the right to marry the person they love.

It's a day to celebrate the generations of LGBTQ+ people and organizers who fought to make that promise a reality. When so many protections are being challenged, we should remember what it looks like when the Supreme Court expands freedoms instead of revoking them.

Love is always worth defending. Happy Pride.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Sesame Street: The Count Laughs
Alt: Sesame Street: The Count Laughs
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Immigrants 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
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Just 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Yup, 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This 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.
Orange tabby kitten sitting next to window.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 09/05/2026
Something white people really need to learn in this moment is to take a beat and interrogate their own discomfort.
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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”?
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Happened to get this question in a Trivial Pursuit published in 2000 (Genus 5) tonight.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
One 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...
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A Clash Over Catholicism
It 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...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/04/2026
One 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.
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Ben Appel (@benappel) with a verified blue checkmark.
​The text of the post reads: "'I was gay, I had faced discrimination, and I had fought for my rights. But now that gay rights had become “LGBTQ” rights, I found myself force-teamed with a lot of people whose values were nothing like mine.' My latest op-ed for The Wall Street Journal:"
​Below the text is a link preview for an article from wsj.com. The image in the preview shows a large rainbow pride flag waving prominently in the sun, with a crowd and other flags, including a transgender pride flag, slightly visible in the background under bare trees. Text superimposed over the bottom of the preview image reads, "Opinion | I’m Gay, but That Doesn’t Make Me ‘Queer’".
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
These 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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
As recently plugged by Jen Giles on #jeopardy! Thrice Game #961 → 10 points! 🎲: 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ thricegame.com
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Singers 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
Open rehearsals / Upper voices (soprano/alto): Sunday, February 15th and 22nd, 6:30-8:00pm; Congregational UCC, 400 W Radiance Dr., Greensboro / Lower voices (tenor/bass): Tuesday, February 17th and 24th, 7:30-9:30pm; Greensboro Cultural Center, Rm 121, 200 N Davie St., Greensboro
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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @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...
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Transgender 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.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/12/2025
It'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.
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Interesting. Preliminary research suggests that getting an mRNA covid vaccine makes cancer immunotherapy more effective.
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The next cancer-fighting mRNA vaccine may already be here
Early-phase research shows Covid mRNA vaccines could give immunotherapies a cancer-fighting boost.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We 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
Two women pose with a sign reading “Queer power is my power for good!”A woman prepares a card next to a small tree bearing other hanging cards and a sign that says “Wishing Tree.”Drag queen Trinity K. Bonet performing on a festival stage.Drag queen Yvie Oddly performing on a festival stage.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 16/09/2025
hi, 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🧵⬇️
SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).

SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral,or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in16 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
wow
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
A thread of all the elected Democrats who've put out statements of support for trans people this week as Republicans manufacture a genocide: 🧵
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The 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
The special agent in charge in Salt Lake City, Mehtab Syed, is being forced out just six months after being appointed in February, for reasons that are not clear, the sources said. Associate Deputy Director J. William Rivers, who works for Bongino and Patel, told Syed she wasn't a good fit for the office, which covers Utah, Idaho and Montana, the sources said. He offered her a lower-level job in the FBI's Huntsville, Alabama, facility, but she has decided to retire, the sources said. She did not respond to a request for comment.
"She's absolutely the best - truly a humble servant leader who treats co-workers like family," said former FBI agent Christopher O'Leary, an MSNBC national security
contributor who worked with Syed. "And she's a legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades."
Syed has served in a variety of consequential FBI jobs, including head of cyberterrorism and counterterrorism in the Los Angeles field office, a section chief in the counterintelligence section at FBI headquarters, and assistant legal attaché in Pakistan during the height of the U.S. war against Al Qaeda in that region. She also workedin Pakistan during the height of the U.S. war against Al Qaeda in that region. She also worked in counterterrorism in the New York field office and served in Amman, Jordan, during the U.S. fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, or ISIS.
Born in Pakistan, Syed moved to the United States at age 17, and joined the FBI after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
«You feel shame first because you're Muslim, you see someone doing something so bad, and it kind of reflects who you are," she told KSL.com, a local television station in Utah, in a May interview. "But then I got angry, and I was like,
'Uh-uh, that's not happening."
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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.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Happy Thrice-day! Thrice Game #798 → 12 points! 🎲: 3️⃣1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ thricegame.com
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Thrice
Daily trivia game from Geeks Who Drink
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I 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.
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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
There'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.
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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.
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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.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/08/2025
They'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.
Alt text: A tweet from Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) dated August 27, 2025. The tweet calls for Health and Human Services to violate HIPAA laws and forward information about every transgender and transgender-questioning person to law enforcement for immediate detainment, claiming they are killing children in schools. It describes this as a matter of national security, says transgender people should be locked away and studied, calls for medical professionals who enable transitions to be expelled from the profession, and demands that the federal government treat transgender people as if they were terrorist organizations. The tweet shows it was last edited at 1:11 PM and has 5,049 views.
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Lea, Trivia Wench @leapop.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Thrice 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...
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