Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social
I answer to both first names — what you call me depends on how you know me. Editor, writer, insufferable know-it-all. Natitude, Hoya Saxa, AMDG.
Pinned
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.
—Rainer Maria Rilke
Just keep going. No feeling is final.
—Rainer Maria Rilke
Everything about this article is appalling. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/i...
Why I Cold-Called President Trump at 4:30 in the Morning
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Everything about this article is appalling. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/i...
I'm not the only person who gets Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett mixed up, am I?
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I'm not the only person who gets Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett mixed up, am I?
Finally watched the American Masters episode about Dick Van Dyke — it's life-giving — and realized that Woody from "Toy Story" looks just like Dick Van Dyke in the last episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Finally watched the American Masters episode about Dick Van Dyke — it's life-giving — and realized that Woody from "Toy Story" looks just like Dick Van Dyke in the last episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
I want to see hearings about this, @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social.
Very important signal here. You can say it's abt oil. And part of it is. But the White House is actually being forced to strongarm the oil companies to get involved. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I want to see hearings about this, @kaine.senate.gov and @markwarner.bsky.social.
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There are a lot of MLB players and prospects from Venezuela. Been texting with people in several front offices and nobody knows how this is going to impact players and their families’ ability to get out. A total clusterfuck.
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
There are a lot of MLB players and prospects from Venezuela. Been texting with people in several front offices and nobody knows how this is going to impact players and their families’ ability to get out. A total clusterfuck.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Unbelievable. Primary him. Primary all of them.
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Unbelievable. Primary him. Primary all of them.
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is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events
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My statement on Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela. Swipe for full statement:
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
My statement on Trump’s unauthorized military attack on Venezuela. Swipe for full statement:
I appreciate this. It's worth reading the whole thing.
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I appreciate this. It's worth reading the whole thing.
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“We are going to run the country”
Jfc
Jfc
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“We are going to run the country”
Jfc
Jfc
"Mr. Trump has not even a fig leaf of legal authority for his attacks on Venezuela." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"Mr. Trump has not even a fig leaf of legal authority for his attacks on Venezuela." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
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I dunno world leaders like what are you telling folks about how to deal with disagreeing with you if your position is that a violent kidnapping constitutes democractic transition
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I dunno world leaders like what are you telling folks about how to deal with disagreeing with you if your position is that a violent kidnapping constitutes democractic transition
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Always remember, Republicans in Congress could stop this at precisely any moment they choose.
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Always remember, Republicans in Congress could stop this at precisely any moment they choose.
They are counting on us being too shocked and exhausted to push back. We cannot be.
January 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
They are counting on us being too shocked and exhausted to push back. We cannot be.
Should we be preparing for some other country to come in and seize *our* lawless dictator? Is that how this works?
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Should we be preparing for some other country to come in and seize *our* lawless dictator? Is that how this works?
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
It’s awful to wake up to these fresh horrors.
January 3, 2026 at 11:43 AM
It’s awful to wake up to these fresh horrors.
When Citizen Kane first came out, did people understand that Jed Leland was in love with Charlie?
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM
When Citizen Kane first came out, did people understand that Jed Leland was in love with Charlie?
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Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.
Is it wrong that I love this?
January 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Is it wrong that I love this?
Happy new year. youtu.be/R398YOIyqp8?...
Carole King - Beautiful (from Welcome To My Living Room)
YouTube video by CaroleKingVEVO
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Happy new year. youtu.be/R398YOIyqp8?...
I’m glad I’ve done New Year’s Eve in New York City, and I’m glad I’m not there tonight. Happy 2026, and may we all take care of each other.
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I’m glad I’ve done New Year’s Eve in New York City, and I’m glad I’m not there tonight. Happy 2026, and may we all take care of each other.
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snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it
Wait — is that a pride flag at the top?
January 1, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Wait — is that a pride flag at the top?