Elissa Schappell
@elissaschappell.bsky.social
I’ve published two books of fiction, Use Me and Blueprints for Building Better Girls, and other stuff and had jobs and even if I could capture lightning in a bottle I wouldn’t because lightning should be free.
You are so beautiful when you’re angry.
You are so beautiful when you’re angry.
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I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.
July 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.
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The Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History (formerly the Brooklyn Historical Society) can help with this
House and Building History | Brooklyn Public Library
[Clinton Street houses], 1946, gelatin silver print, NEIG_0136; Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History. IntroductionThe Center for Brooklyn History pro...
www.bklynlibrary.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History (formerly the Brooklyn Historical Society) can help with this
When the government comes for your rights claw its eyes out.
July 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When the government comes for your rights claw its eyes out.
Keep it simple stupid! I didn’t know they knew so many nasty words.
“Black, Gender, Female, Historically, Victim, Sense of belonging, Breastfeed…” (shivers) Missing: Asshat, Baby hands, Taco…
“Black, Gender, Female, Historically, Victim, Sense of belonging, Breastfeed…” (shivers) Missing: Asshat, Baby hands, Taco…
These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Keep it simple stupid! I didn’t know they knew so many nasty words.
“Black, Gender, Female, Historically, Victim, Sense of belonging, Breastfeed…” (shivers) Missing: Asshat, Baby hands, Taco…
“Black, Gender, Female, Historically, Victim, Sense of belonging, Breastfeed…” (shivers) Missing: Asshat, Baby hands, Taco…
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This message brought to you by Harriet Tubman, an actual person who actually lived.
June 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This message brought to you by Harriet Tubman, an actual person who actually lived.
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I often give MSM headline-writers/editors a hard time on framing of political news.
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
April 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I often give MSM headline-writers/editors a hard time on framing of political news.
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
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Just reading about the 1940-41 Blitz, learned the Nazis dropped 13,000 tons of bombs on 8.5 million Londoners, killing 30,000, or one in 280 of them.
Israel in 2023-24 dropped 6 times the bomb tonnage for twice as long on an area a fifth as big with 1/4 as many people, killing 47,000––one in 45.
Israel in 2023-24 dropped 6 times the bomb tonnage for twice as long on an area a fifth as big with 1/4 as many people, killing 47,000––one in 45.
March 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just reading about the 1940-41 Blitz, learned the Nazis dropped 13,000 tons of bombs on 8.5 million Londoners, killing 30,000, or one in 280 of them.
Israel in 2023-24 dropped 6 times the bomb tonnage for twice as long on an area a fifth as big with 1/4 as many people, killing 47,000––one in 45.
Israel in 2023-24 dropped 6 times the bomb tonnage for twice as long on an area a fifth as big with 1/4 as many people, killing 47,000––one in 45.
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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl
x.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
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From 100 YEARS OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “New cast member Zeppo Marx walked out in protest, but Lorne Michaels defended his choice of host for the 1933 Christmas episode. ‘You can’t deny Adolph Hitler is an interesting figure, and that’s what we do here — the new, the interesting.”
March 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
From 100 YEARS OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “New cast member Zeppo Marx walked out in protest, but Lorne Michaels defended his choice of host for the 1933 Christmas episode. ‘You can’t deny Adolph Hitler is an interesting figure, and that’s what we do here — the new, the interesting.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Remember: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-meaning-of-tyranny
February 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Remember: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-meaning-of-tyranny
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Democracy dies in bright light.
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Democracy dies in bright light.
What if we all started wearing black sunglasses and black baseball hats with fun logos like, Nazis Suck, or I ❤️ Everybody!
What a kooky mix up that could cause. #Branding
What a kooky mix up that could cause. #Branding
February 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
What if we all started wearing black sunglasses and black baseball hats with fun logos like, Nazis Suck, or I ❤️ Everybody!
What a kooky mix up that could cause. #Branding
What a kooky mix up that could cause. #Branding