Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit.
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Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
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To call them “badlands” is an injustice to just how good they are.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
To call them “badlands” is an injustice to just how good they are.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
Bison grazing on tableland in the Badlands National Park in South Dakota yesterday.
“It may look confusing to outsiders, but what we’re trying to do is avoid making precedents that a Democratic government could also use.”
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“It may look confusing to outsiders, but what we’re trying to do is avoid making precedents that a Democratic government could also use.”
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The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
This one’s rough. Like Johnny Cash, she was never uncool, just so charming and witty and a complete weirdo (complimentary).
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79.
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ reportedly dies at 79
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” has died. She was 79.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This one’s rough. Like Johnny Cash, she was never uncool, just so charming and witty and a complete weirdo (complimentary).
I can’t say what I’m thinking. But I’m thinking it hard.
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I can’t say what I’m thinking. But I’m thinking it hard.
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Are you fucking kidding me.
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Are you fucking kidding me.
I think the NYT choice-makers don’t like Trump very much, it’s just they have a much more visceral, more emotionally potent dislike of their readership.
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
October 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I think the NYT choice-makers don’t like Trump very much, it’s just they have a much more visceral, more emotionally potent dislike of their readership.
I block very rarely, much less than most of you. But I just instituted a policy of blocking any account that posts AI video as real, and doesn’t take out down several hours after being informed.
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I block very rarely, much less than most of you. But I just instituted a policy of blocking any account that posts AI video as real, and doesn’t take out down several hours after being informed.
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Third Amendment Rights Group Celebrates Another Successful Year https://theonion.com/third-amendment-rights-group-celebrates-another-success-1819569379/
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Third Amendment Rights Group Celebrates Another Successful Year https://theonion.com/third-amendment-rights-group-celebrates-another-success-1819569379/
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Gotta get ready for Halloween *drinks 6 raw Cadbury Creme Eggs Rocky style*
October 31, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Gotta get ready for Halloween *drinks 6 raw Cadbury Creme Eggs Rocky style*
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Would I could find a fine frog!
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Would I could find a fine frog!
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Tragedy is when I am criticized on social media. Comedy is when you are dismembered with a bone saw and die.
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tragedy is when I am criticized on social media. Comedy is when you are dismembered with a bone saw and die.
Blown away by how good an idea the costumes are. More shareable and fun than pics of a regular protest, and it’s immediately clear that the protestors are non-violent.
there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Blown away by how good an idea the costumes are. More shareable and fun than pics of a regular protest, and it’s immediately clear that the protestors are non-violent.
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Theyre just threatening to shoot us now.
But it’s a bluff. Call it.
But it’s a bluff. Call it.
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Theyre just threatening to shoot us now.
But it’s a bluff. Call it.
But it’s a bluff. Call it.
Maybe this isn’t why they chose Machado, but terms of American politics, she’s an ideal choice. Republican petulant spite at the winner will be dampened, but it is also a clear statement for democracy and against dictatorship.
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Maybe this isn’t why they chose Machado, but terms of American politics, she’s an ideal choice. Republican petulant spite at the winner will be dampened, but it is also a clear statement for democracy and against dictatorship.
Listened to a podcast from 2021 and they were discussing a professor who issued a “listening, learning” apology for a statement he made about white scholars writing about Black people, and my God that world is simply gone. Unthinkable now.
October 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Listened to a podcast from 2021 and they were discussing a professor who issued a “listening, learning” apology for a statement he made about white scholars writing about Black people, and my God that world is simply gone. Unthinkable now.
Surprising that more Dems have not said something like this. There are ways to say it without sounding like it’s a direct threat.
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Surprising that more Dems have not said something like this. There are ways to say it without sounding like it’s a direct threat.
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practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest
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Fleabag season 3 writes itself
Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
October 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fleabag season 3 writes itself
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Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...
JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...
He would never declare Norway an enemy, too many people there have blue eyes.
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
He would never declare Norway an enemy, too many people there have blue eyes.
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By the new standard universities are supposed to adopt and some media already uses as a style guide, the term for this is “fighting antisemitism.”
JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
By the new standard universities are supposed to adopt and some media already uses as a style guide, the term for this is “fighting antisemitism.”