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Scorpius from farscape in his aloha shirt

Scorpius from farscape pulling out his brain coolant

I was asked to review @bleakhousing.bsky.social 's newest horror delight, The Ship of Death and knew just the guy to give it the dignified scrutiny it deserves

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 29/09/2026

Man, AI really can imagine a better future

A slop ad about elon musk fleeing the States after curing Alzheimer's

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 25/09/2026

Gamemasters of bluesky! What game would you run in an abandoned hibachi grill? I'm thinking Shadowrun

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 23/09/2026

The original polycule all others fail to live up to

The cast of deep space nine in a pastel 90s looking promo photo

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 22/09/2026

Eeeeeeeeeeee i completely missed thar Jonathan Strange was Banquo in Joel Coen's Macbeth!

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 21/09/2026

On the one hand AI is dumb On the other hand AI is dumb in all the right ways that matter to me

a google search capturing a tiktok ai summary reading "labor day at Widow's Bay - Leeman Kessler: a name appearing in search queries connected to Widow's Bay; likely a creator cast, or crew member associated with the series

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 20/09/2026

Went digging through old emails and found this awesome t-shirt concept design Leslie Harker came up with using my Lovecraftian version of the serenity prayer. You can find her stuff here: www.linkedin.com/in/lesliehar...

Your mayor as hp lovecraft with the quote
"Oh great cosmic force of indifference, grant me the arrogance to change that which I can, the awestruck horror to accept that which I cannot, and the good breeding to tell the difference"

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 20/09/2026

Your regular reminder that when you're cyber bullying the mayor, this is who you're cyber bullying.

Your mayor with a blue spiky wig he burgled from his children

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 19/09/2026

Hobbit Day was a success in Mount Vernon even if I lost my birthday present

Mike Herbst and your mayor as Bilbo and Gollum doing Riddles in the Dark

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 15/09/2026

My copy of @malcolmcraig.bsky.social 's 2nd edition of Cold City arrived! I have cherished my 1st edition for over a decade and am excited to try this one out!

Your mayor holding a copy of the Cold City RPG

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 14/09/2026

Don't call it a comeback! www.wkco919.org

Your mayor's radio show The Mayor is back today at 1pm at wkco919.org

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 11/09/2026

I am getting a bunch of new followers based on getting added to a West End Star Wars RPG starter pack so consider this my bona fides, chummers!

Your mayor holding up his copy of the Imperial Sourcebook

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 10/09/2026

Sam and Frodo got to Mount Doom but gave in to despair as the Fellowship failed to distract Sauron and his surviving Nazgûl

Fate of the Fellowship board game with a bunch of Nazgûl menacing Sam and Frodo at Mount Doom

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 09/09/2026

Will Ferrell could have been an amazing Palpatine.

Will Ferrell in The Shrink Next Door saying "I promise you, I love democracy."

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 08/09/2026

Kathryn Hahn in The Shrink Next Door is about to be my new default response pic to news

Kathryn Hahn in The Shrink Next Door looking confused and put out

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 06/09/2026

Last 4 characters you saved on your phone are your D&D party: Bill Anderson & Harry Bright from Mamma Mia - ranger and bard Jen and Moss from IT Crowd - rogue and wizard Could be worse.

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 05/09/2026

My eldest wanted me to drive her into town for a street fair but it was made clear I was not needed aside as chauffeur so I've set up camp and had two successful games of Vantage with quality musical accompaniment until such a time as my driving skills are needed to go home.

A game of the Vantage board game set up at a bar in front of live music

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 30/08/2026

"Skynet becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th."

Gandhi from sid meier's civilization threatening the player with nuclear weapons

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 29/08/2026

First time playing Nemesis. It's uhhh not going well.

Nemesis board game with a bunch of aliens threatening my scout

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 26/08/2026

I appreciate that the artist gave Voon my aloha shirt!

Your mayor in cancun in a red aloha shirt

A group shot of the characters from Midnight Burger with Voon wearing an aloha shirt

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 26/08/2026

If anyone needs the mayor, I'm in my second office.

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 22/08/2026

This was my first introduction to the Green Lanterns and it's been downhill ever si lnce

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 21/08/2026

Every time one of @thenerdypriest.bsky.social 's Canva packages arrives I get excited that it might be a giant toblerone and immediately disappointed.

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 18/08/2026

I'm using the final day of summer vacation to catch up on the latest videogames

Tim curry as the evil soviet premier in command and conquer red alert 3

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 18/08/2026

The reason we have a literacy crisis is because not enough writers pose like this

An ad for Roger Zelazny's Frost and Fire where he's dramatically posed hovering over mountains with flames arcing between his hands

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 16/08/2026

Let's get dangerous www.patreon.com/asklovecraft...?

Your mayor's copies of Batman Long Halloween and Dark Victory

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 15/08/2026

Live your life so you have this sort of relationship with your friendly local bookstore.

Your mayor's banged up December 1988 edition of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction magazine

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 15/08/2026

As young Hercules he commandeered Charon's boat if that counts!

Ryan gosling in Young Hercules commandeering Charon's boat

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 09/08/2026

During my Ask Lovecraft web series I introduced an "evil twin" PH Lovecraft. He was a lot of fun.

Your mayor as hp Lovecraft peacefully reading while in a mirror a manic PH Lovecraft threatens to burst out

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 08/08/2026

A cautionary tale on being too precious: when I got business cards for Ask Lovecraft I wanted to sell the bit so had HPL as the name which was ok for cons but in any other scenario where i wanted to give my info I'd have to explain why my name was not actually Howard. The 2nd batch was better.

Your mayor's Ask Lovecraft business cards, one emphasizing Howard and the other emphasizing Leeman

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 08/08/2026

The Economist's transformation into 2013 era Tumblr was slow and unexpected.

Economist article "are the paw patrol enforcers for authoritarian capitalism"

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 08/08/2026

When you show up expecting to meet the singer of Funky Cold Medina/Ace Ventura co-star

your mayor standing in front of a sidewalk labeled "no tone?"

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Leeman Kessler @leemankessler.com · 07/08/2026

Stay tuned for the best of the 80s, 90s, and the new world struggling to be born!

Now that's what I call music font but it says "now is the time of monsters"

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