Elliot
@1t2ls.bsky.social
gym selfies and poetry 🏳️🌈 NYC
same handle on tiktok
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same handle on tiktok
#lunchpoems
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
He’s right, of course, but also: America can mean things other than long the history of atrocities committed by the United States. America can still be the name for a hope that this country will change, that we will become a better people.
This is NOT what America is about. America is about *opens history book*
uh oh
*Frantically starts flipping though pages*
uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
uh oh
*Frantically starts flipping though pages*
uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
He’s right, of course, but also: America can mean things other than long the history of atrocities committed by the United States. America can still be the name for a hope that this country will change, that we will become a better people.
What are the implications of this reasoning for the admin’s interpretation of the 14th amendment?
If non-citizens in foreign countries are now supposedly subject to the jurisdiction of our laws, who *isn’t*?
If non-citizens in foreign countries are now supposedly subject to the jurisdiction of our laws, who *isn’t*?
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
What are the implications of this reasoning for the admin’s interpretation of the 14th amendment?
If non-citizens in foreign countries are now supposedly subject to the jurisdiction of our laws, who *isn’t*?
If non-citizens in foreign countries are now supposedly subject to the jurisdiction of our laws, who *isn’t*?
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
chest / shoulders ✅
(lipsynced to beethoven’s 9th all the way through my workout)
(lipsynced to beethoven’s 9th all the way through my workout)
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
chest / shoulders ✅
(lipsynced to beethoven’s 9th all the way through my workout)
(lipsynced to beethoven’s 9th all the way through my workout)
When I move to Montana and build my cabin, I am going to write such amazing things.
I’m not gonna lie, being in Oklahoma is making me a better, braver writer. like, what are you going to do to me? I’m in the sticks. are you gonna hit me? I’d love the company
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
When I move to Montana and build my cabin, I am going to write such amazing things.
IN:
Many poets, many poems
The choral portion of Beethoven’s 9th
Solidarity
Kindness
Believing in the future, despite it all
OUT:
Despair
Moral binaries
Maroon 5
Cynicism
Procrastination
Many poets, many poems
The choral portion of Beethoven’s 9th
Solidarity
Kindness
Believing in the future, despite it all
OUT:
Despair
Moral binaries
Maroon 5
Cynicism
Procrastination
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
IN:
Many poets, many poems
The choral portion of Beethoven’s 9th
Solidarity
Kindness
Believing in the future, despite it all
OUT:
Despair
Moral binaries
Maroon 5
Cynicism
Procrastination
Many poets, many poems
The choral portion of Beethoven’s 9th
Solidarity
Kindness
Believing in the future, despite it all
OUT:
Despair
Moral binaries
Maroon 5
Cynicism
Procrastination
Idk how many times i’ve listened to Isolde sing herself to death but I’d guess it’s in the four figures.
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Idk how many times i’ve listened to Isolde sing herself to death but I’d guess it’s in the four figures.
“…and only because people said /
that one in fear of death /
has shivers down his back /
was I /
by holding before myself /
for protection /
the things people said /
once more able /
to resist /
the fear of death.”
(Peter Handke, “New Experiences”)
that one in fear of death /
has shivers down his back /
was I /
by holding before myself /
for protection /
the things people said /
once more able /
to resist /
the fear of death.”
(Peter Handke, “New Experiences”)
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
“…and only because people said /
that one in fear of death /
has shivers down his back /
was I /
by holding before myself /
for protection /
the things people said /
once more able /
to resist /
the fear of death.”
(Peter Handke, “New Experiences”)
that one in fear of death /
has shivers down his back /
was I /
by holding before myself /
for protection /
the things people said /
once more able /
to resist /
the fear of death.”
(Peter Handke, “New Experiences”)
I'm continuing with Laura K. Field's "Furious Minds" and we've reached the point where she's talking about Sohrab Ahmari and Gladden Pappin's use of phrases like "the highest good" and "the common good" and I'm grimly chuckling.
Very "do not cite the deep magic" vibes.
Very "do not cite the deep magic" vibes.
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I'm continuing with Laura K. Field's "Furious Minds" and we've reached the point where she's talking about Sohrab Ahmari and Gladden Pappin's use of phrases like "the highest good" and "the common good" and I'm grimly chuckling.
Very "do not cite the deep magic" vibes.
Very "do not cite the deep magic" vibes.
There’s something very similar here to the controversy around Duchamp’s readymade sculptures. The parents still chose the name, they just got it readymade out of a word factory instead of sculpting it personally. And let’s be real, who does that anyway?
“This is my child, Blarfingarr Blarfingarr.”
“This is my child, Blarfingarr Blarfingarr.”
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026
The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.
www.baltimoresun.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
There’s something very similar here to the controversy around Duchamp’s readymade sculptures. The parents still chose the name, they just got it readymade out of a word factory instead of sculpting it personally. And let’s be real, who does that anyway?
“This is my child, Blarfingarr Blarfingarr.”
“This is my child, Blarfingarr Blarfingarr.”
For decades social conservatives have been telling a story that goes like this:
January 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
For decades social conservatives have been telling a story that goes like this:
For halloween 2026 i want to be a tank.
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
For halloween 2026 i want to be a tank.
carrying this wisdom into the new year.
with love for all pigeons.
with love for all pigeons.
2026 do what ya want but just be kind unless you disrespect Pigeons 🐦then go stub your toe
January 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
carrying this wisdom into the new year.
with love for all pigeons.
with love for all pigeons.
Twitter is a nazi propaganda machine that now produces pornographic images of children on demand. Your engagement numbers there cannot be worth continuing to feed this awful machine.
Delete your Twitter account x
January 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Twitter is a nazi propaganda machine that now produces pornographic images of children on demand. Your engagement numbers there cannot be worth continuing to feed this awful machine.
I like this guy’s vibe. The interview doesn’t say much, but I appreciate the realism that the next high impact areas for AI aren’t chatbot/LLM related but in industrial applications. This seems right to me.
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I like this guy’s vibe. The interview doesn’t say much, but I appreciate the realism that the next high impact areas for AI aren’t chatbot/LLM related but in industrial applications. This seems right to me.
The book i treat most like a devotional text is my copy of the norton anthology of poetry.
But if I had to pick two books that get at the deepest problems and highest aspirations in the human quest for justice and meaning in life I’d probably pick Being and Time and Plato’s Republic.
But if I had to pick two books that get at the deepest problems and highest aspirations in the human quest for justice and meaning in life I’d probably pick Being and Time and Plato’s Republic.
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The book i treat most like a devotional text is my copy of the norton anthology of poetry.
But if I had to pick two books that get at the deepest problems and highest aspirations in the human quest for justice and meaning in life I’d probably pick Being and Time and Plato’s Republic.
But if I had to pick two books that get at the deepest problems and highest aspirations in the human quest for justice and meaning in life I’d probably pick Being and Time and Plato’s Republic.
This will be fun.
It’s Monday, March 16th against the LA Kings. And uhhhh. Scott Hunter will be there. Sure.
a man wearing a new york admiral hockey jersey
ALT: a man wearing a new york admiral hockey jersey
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This will be fun.
i love this.
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM
i love this.
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A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
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this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
![How would you describe Mamdani's politics?
He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism.
What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor!
I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left.
There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreic7pxra6vmrjmqo4jmw4vdagiluj6xtkovqb3f4ex7fc55m7pzaxu@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
i don’t understand how these kids keep stopping in the middle of high pressure, life threatening situations, and having long winded conversations about their feelings.
January 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
i don’t understand how these kids keep stopping in the middle of high pressure, life threatening situations, and having long winded conversations about their feelings.
stopped in Barnes and Noble and joined a little cluster of people looking at the “R” section of Romance 😂
January 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
stopped in Barnes and Noble and joined a little cluster of people looking at the “R” section of Romance 😂
i think i like this shirt?
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
i think i like this shirt?
I was listening to “Furious Minds”, Laura K Field’s (excellent) history of the american New Right, and she’s comparing Patrick Deneen to Allan Bloom, and I decided to listen to this critique of Bloom again.
Ethics of Principle vs Sensitivity - Richard Rorty (1990)
YouTube video by Philosophy Overdose
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I was listening to “Furious Minds”, Laura K Field’s (excellent) history of the american New Right, and she’s comparing Patrick Deneen to Allan Bloom, and I decided to listen to this critique of Bloom again.