Dalton Lyle
@daltonlyle.bsky.social
I write doodads because it’s a doodad kind of world.
My Venezuelan friend points out that Venezuelans know it’s about oil and don’t care because China and Russia have been taking their oil this whole time anyway. I dunno, it’s cold where I am, I’m going back to bed.
Maduro's not a good guy, agreed. But neither is Putin, and Trump rolled out the red fucking carpet for him. It's not about dope, it's about oil (which kinda IS dope).
Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.
Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
My Venezuelan friend points out that Venezuelans know it’s about oil and don’t care because China and Russia have been taking their oil this whole time anyway. I dunno, it’s cold where I am, I’m going back to bed.
The one week I was in French Polynesia was spent mostly in a state of unhealthy paranoia that I was going to step on this
If you accidentally step on the world’s most venomous fish, the stonefish, it will cause intense, agonizing pain, muscle spasms, shock, tissue death, paralysis, and potential cardiac arrest. 🤕
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
The one week I was in French Polynesia was spent mostly in a state of unhealthy paranoia that I was going to step on this
Can my government go twenty years without doing another coup somewhere
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Can my government go twenty years without doing another coup somewhere
God bless this movie for introducing me to the Jesus and Mary Chain
Thinking about the totally relatable John Hughes film SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, in which a teenage boy has to choose between
a) The Hottest Girl On The Planet and
b) The Equally Hottest Girl On The Planet.
a) The Hottest Girl On The Planet and
b) The Equally Hottest Girl On The Planet.
January 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
God bless this movie for introducing me to the Jesus and Mary Chain
My Italian mother-in-law when she sees something wrong with my clothes
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My Italian mother-in-law when she sees something wrong with my clothes
I wish more Americans saw the German movie Mephisto, which shows what happens to an artist who is “above” politics, yet sells his soul to fascism
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I wish more Americans saw the German movie Mephisto, which shows what happens to an artist who is “above” politics, yet sells his soul to fascism
The stern lady at passport control in Germany tried to banter jokingly with me and it came off as absolutely terrifying. Please abandon any hope of becoming a comedian, Fraulein
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The stern lady at passport control in Germany tried to banter jokingly with me and it came off as absolutely terrifying. Please abandon any hope of becoming a comedian, Fraulein
It’s been a catastrophically depressing nightmare of a year, except when I remember that David Corenswet got rich and famous I get SO happy
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s been a catastrophically depressing nightmare of a year, except when I remember that David Corenswet got rich and famous I get SO happy
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
Oh, okay! 🙄
Oh, okay! 🙄
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
Oh, okay! 🙄
Oh, okay! 🙄
Why does the entire world have to suffer a downward trajectory into hell because a bunch of freaky powerful dudes have weird sex fantasies
December 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Why does the entire world have to suffer a downward trajectory into hell because a bunch of freaky powerful dudes have weird sex fantasies
Grim. Everything grim. We live in hell.
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Grim. Everything grim. We live in hell.
Slid into my driveway right as “And Then He Kissed Me” faded out. I am LIVING the opening scene of Adventures in Babysitting, y’all!
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Slid into my driveway right as “And Then He Kissed Me” faded out. I am LIVING the opening scene of Adventures in Babysitting, y’all!
If you’re cold, they’re cold! Bring them inside.
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If you’re cold, they’re cold! Bring them inside.
You can’t spoil Hamnet, right? Thats like saying don’t tell people the ship sinks before they watch Titanic, right?
December 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You can’t spoil Hamnet, right? Thats like saying don’t tell people the ship sinks before they watch Titanic, right?
Going to be chewing lorazepam like candy on my flight home from Germany next month
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Going to be chewing lorazepam like candy on my flight home from Germany next month
I am sweating. It is December. Why is there existence.
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am sweating. It is December. Why is there existence.
Shannon Tweed emotionally hanging on for dear life while being stuck in the same room as Trump is sending me
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Shannon Tweed emotionally hanging on for dear life while being stuck in the same room as Trump is sending me
Going to staple this to the foreheads of everybody who thinks that STEM degrees are God and that the arts and humanities are an afterthought
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Going to staple this to the foreheads of everybody who thinks that STEM degrees are God and that the arts and humanities are an afterthought
My face liquifying during the entire Chair Company season finale
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
My face liquifying during the entire Chair Company season finale
Jessie Buckley in Hamnet reminds me so much of Jane Alexander in Testament: an indomitable mother whose grief is an emotional earthquake, unbearable to watch, done by an actress at the top of her game.
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Jessie Buckley in Hamnet reminds me so much of Jane Alexander in Testament: an indomitable mother whose grief is an emotional earthquake, unbearable to watch, done by an actress at the top of her game.
Thank you to the lady in front of me for narrating Hamnet for all of us. “Hamnet is crossing over now.” I wouldn’t have figured it out without your help!
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Thank you to the lady in front of me for narrating Hamnet for all of us. “Hamnet is crossing over now.” I wouldn’t have figured it out without your help!
Oh my ever loving GOD, y’all
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Oh my ever loving GOD, y’all
Oh man my father in law picked a ripe persimmon off a tree for me in Emilia Romagna and it was like a divine gooey fruit from the heavens. 10/10. Would put on a chocolate cake. The persimmons here in the US are like wooden tomatoes.
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Oh man my father in law picked a ripe persimmon off a tree for me in Emilia Romagna and it was like a divine gooey fruit from the heavens. 10/10. Would put on a chocolate cake. The persimmons here in the US are like wooden tomatoes.
I can’t stop thinking about that part in last night’s episode of The Chair Company in which he reads that guy’s anecdote about the shirt. The best-ever simulation of a Nextdoor post.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I can’t stop thinking about that part in last night’s episode of The Chair Company in which he reads that guy’s anecdote about the shirt. The best-ever simulation of a Nextdoor post.