PJ Elliott
@beowulftx.bsky.social
I teach words, books, plays, and poetry to adolescents. I also raise two of them as a culinary engineer, event planner, and dungeon master.
I also write a newsletter about geek culture, running, and teaching. https://pjelliott.substack.com/
I also write a newsletter about geek culture, running, and teaching. https://pjelliott.substack.com/
Houston, this is us.
My latest investigation: Far from the border, a father and son met Border Patrol tactics. They haven’t seen each other since. www.ms.now/news/border-... Our full @ms.now documentary comes out tonight
A car ramming, a violent arrest and an emboldened immigration agency
Far from the border, a father and son met Border Patrol tactics. They haven’t seen each other since.
www.ms.now
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Houston, this is us.
Just in time for my lesson in satire!
McSweeney's - answering the moment
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"Amanda reported on tactical fashion. It is harder to pull your hair if it is in a neat mom bun. Light layers keep you prepared to flee. She’ll find out where the soccer coaches get their whistles."
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Just in time for my lesson in satire!
Sounds like a great school.
I also send my kid to a school that values social justice and teaches students about current events.
Do I deserve to get shot in the face, too?
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Do I deserve to get shot in the face, too?
bsky.app/profile/nypo...
Renee Good’s 6-year-old attends ‘social justice’ school that teaches about George Floyd, warned staffers to report ICE
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Sounds like a great school.
This decent man would have been a phenomenal Vice-President.
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
This decent man would have been a phenomenal Vice-President.
Reposting to read and properly digest when I have time.
I wasn’t sure they were going to publish this. So good for them.
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposting to read and properly digest when I have time.
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Epstein files got more black boxes than a theater festival
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Epstein files got more black boxes than a theater festival
Valuable reading for all. This is not just a teacher issue—this is about American culture.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Valuable reading for all. This is not just a teacher issue—this is about American culture.
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I wished I lived in a world where I could type “unbelievable!!” And mean it. But no, this is the darkest timeline.
Over on X (and on Facebook) state lawmaker and former Round Rock ISD trustee are targeting trans teachers for existing. You knew it wouldn’t stop with books.
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I wished I lived in a world where I could type “unbelievable!!” And mean it. But no, this is the darkest timeline.
Let’s go TEXAS!!
ICYMI: Jasmine Crockett is running for Senate and she sits down with TJRS to talk strategy And Charles Booker is making a second run for Senate in Kentucky. He joins us to discuss. And we talk Bari’s latest moves at CBS. (Hint: Bibi and Trump will love it…) www.youtube.com/live/JfLMet_...
Jasmine’s Running! And Trump Is Crashing Out | The Joy Reid
YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Let’s go TEXAS!!
For the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social crowd. Happy Thanksgiving!!
"In the last court term, I wrote ten dissenting opinions, more than any other justice. Have you previewed the horror show on the docket for this term? Alito just winked at me and asked if it’s too soon to joke that I don’t have the brain processing power to do this job."
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social crowd. Happy Thanksgiving!!
Fuuuuuuuun.
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Big follow-up to this story coming Monday. Watch this space 👀📚
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fuuuuuuuun.
Going to check this out later.
It is fundamentally perfect and makes me want to run through a wall youtu.be/xPZigWFyK2o?...
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Going to check this out later.
Texas friends, get involved!
It's finally ready! October's most anticipated release, w/ the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl, is The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Elections. If you hate book bans, read this to know who to vote for and who to campaign against! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections
The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Tuesday, November 4...
docs.google.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Texas friends, get involved!
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers. n.pr/4n46GLs
What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you said
More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.
n.pr
August 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers. n.pr/4n46GLs
This is madness.
CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BOOKS.
This is the fruit of SB13. Melissa ISD is forbidding class libraries, book bins, & reading corners after book banners forced the law over objections of Texas parents.
The law doesn’t require it. But we @TXFreedomRead told legislators it would happen.
This is the fruit of SB13. Melissa ISD is forbidding class libraries, book bins, & reading corners after book banners forced the law over objections of Texas parents.
The law doesn’t require it. But we @TXFreedomRead told legislators it would happen.
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is madness.
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Texas ended in-state tuition for undocumented students, reversing a 24-year policy in just six hours in June. The move blocks college access for thousands and may lead to higher tuition for all as enrollment drops. 19thnews.org/2025/07/texa...
Texas was first to expand college access for undocumented students. Now it’s leading the rollback.
After 24 years, the Texas Dream Act was dismantled in just six hours. Advocates warn the move could spread nationally — jeopardizing the future of thousands.
19thnews.org
July 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Texas ended in-state tuition for undocumented students, reversing a 24-year policy in just six hours in June. The move blocks college access for thousands and may lead to higher tuition for all as enrollment drops. 19thnews.org/2025/07/texa...
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State BOE Member Byrd recommended districts skip the review process and go right to removing every title on their shelves that has appeared on the state’s annual removal lists.
Well, it appears Volusia listened. Here are 10 of the disappeared titles we have been monitoring, now banned in Volusia.
Well, it appears Volusia listened. Here are 10 of the disappeared titles we have been monitoring, now banned in Volusia.
July 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
State BOE Member Byrd recommended districts skip the review process and go right to removing every title on their shelves that has appeared on the state’s annual removal lists.
Well, it appears Volusia listened. Here are 10 of the disappeared titles we have been monitoring, now banned in Volusia.
Well, it appears Volusia listened. Here are 10 of the disappeared titles we have been monitoring, now banned in Volusia.
Brilliant satire.
"Children understand the dynamic of a woman who attracts a fairy godmother through her tears. They cannot handle the benign existence of one class mom who attracted the other class mom during their first year at Oberlin."
Why I, Cinderella, Support the Supreme Court’s Book Ban
“Parents with religious objections to storybooks with LGBTQ. themes may withdraw their children from public schools when the books are discussed, t...
buff.ly
July 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Brilliant satire.
@theferocity.bsky.social , I just wanted to alert you that Rihanna is the voice of Smurfette in the new Smurfs moving coming out (new tracks are promised). I hope you can break the news to @samsanders.bsky.social gently. youtu.be/_MQnZgH0ZmQ
Rihanna - Friend Of Mine (from the Smurfs Movie Soundtrack)
YouTube video by RihannaVEVO
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June 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
@theferocity.bsky.social , I just wanted to alert you that Rihanna is the voice of Smurfette in the new Smurfs moving coming out (new tracks are promised). I hope you can break the news to @samsanders.bsky.social gently. youtu.be/_MQnZgH0ZmQ
Time for a salty marg’ @strictscrutiny.bsky.social .
And to think, I didn't even know that Martha-Ann Alito was running the SBA!
NEW: A far-right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag was flown above the Small Business Administration's headquarters in DC.
The flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists, was waved by January 6 rioters and spotted at Justice Samuel Alito's vacation home.
from me and @telliotter.bsky.social:
The flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists, was waved by January 6 rioters and spotted at Justice Samuel Alito's vacation home.
from me and @telliotter.bsky.social:
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Time for a salty marg’ @strictscrutiny.bsky.social .
I look forward to not reading this, but listening to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social hosts rage/rant about this in a brilliant TLDR segment.
On the bench and in her opinions, Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks the language of the law. But she has given numerous speeches and lectures that help illuminate her personal outlook, life experiences and approach to her job. Take a look.
Justice Barrett: In Her Own Words
Off the bench, the Supreme Court justice has discussed her judicial and personal philosophies, having a son with Down syndrome and running away from television trucks in high heels.
trib.al
June 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I look forward to not reading this, but listening to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social hosts rage/rant about this in a brilliant TLDR segment.
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