Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit.
If you ask people what is American culture, you’ll get a long (and I think impressive!) list, and almost none of it will be solely Scots-Irish-English in origin.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If you ask people what is American culture, you’ll get a long (and I think impressive!) list, and almost none of it will be solely Scots-Irish-English in origin.
This is what the right wants to take from you.
Stepkid just toasted some naan and slathered it with French Onion dip.
ME: …is that…good?
KID: It seemed like a good idea so I tried it. It’s heaven.
ME: …
*Five Minutes Later*
ME: Oh shit, this is kind of amazing.
KID: I KNOW RIGHT?!
ME: …is that…good?
KID: It seemed like a good idea so I tried it. It’s heaven.
ME: …
*Five Minutes Later*
ME: Oh shit, this is kind of amazing.
KID: I KNOW RIGHT?!
February 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is what the right wants to take from you.
Reposted by Elizabeth Picciuto
The thing that makes this extra funny to me is that I think the cat is about to say this is all moving too fast…
February 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
The thing that makes this extra funny to me is that I think the cat is about to say this is all moving too fast…
Reposted by Elizabeth Picciuto
Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility, The Hunger Games, Jurassic Park, Silence of the Lambs, North and South (the British miniseries based on Elizabeth Gaskill’s book), Stand By Me, Big Little Lies (HBO show, season 1)…
Ok, let’s hear your favorite cinematic or televisual adaptations of books!
February 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility, The Hunger Games, Jurassic Park, Silence of the Lambs, North and South (the British miniseries based on Elizabeth Gaskill’s book), Stand By Me, Big Little Lies (HBO show, season 1)…
Ok, let’s hear your favorite cinematic or televisual adaptations of books!
Little Women (2019), Blade Runner (1982) and more favorites from NPR staff.
What makes a good book-to-film adaptation? We have thoughts (and favorites)
Little Women (2019), Blade Runner (1982) and more favorites from NPR staff.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Ok, let’s hear your favorite cinematic or televisual adaptations of books!
I’ve been laughing at her face for a solid minute. Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I’ve been laughing at her face for a solid minute. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Well, this is one way to sow distrust about pro-vax.
I was so impressed with this story about measles in the Atlantic -- the depth of reporting it would take to weave in all these details so fluidly.
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Well, this is one way to sow distrust about pro-vax.
I think this is curtains for Zoosha.
Guys, I’m hearing 6'5 Australian TERA-CHAD Androgenic has flown to U.S and BONESMASHMAXXED in order to HUNT down the ASU frat leader and engage in a MOG-OFF to avenge Clavicular after the
BRUTAL frame mog incident that took place last week.
BRUTAL frame mog incident that took place last week.
February 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I think this is curtains for Zoosha.
Reposted by Elizabeth Picciuto
The right wants you to kill your empathetic instincts. The right wants you to turn on your neighbors and turn away the stranger. The right wants you to reject the Founding five words "All men are created equal" in favor of their fourteen words.
Quite a difference between what it takes for this guy to come out for our side and the right wing talking itself into believing empathy is toxic so they get people angry enough to be out for their side. I don’t know if it means we win, but I know it feels better and is better to be us.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The right wants you to kill your empathetic instincts. The right wants you to turn on your neighbors and turn away the stranger. The right wants you to reject the Founding five words "All men are created equal" in favor of their fourteen words.
Quite a difference between what it takes for this guy to come out for our side and the right wing talking itself into believing empathy is toxic so they get people angry enough to be out for their side. I don’t know if it means we win, but I know it feels better and is better to be us.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Quite a difference between what it takes for this guy to come out for our side and the right wing talking itself into believing empathy is toxic so they get people angry enough to be out for their side. I don’t know if it means we win, but I know it feels better and is better to be us.
Reposted by Elizabeth Picciuto
Did it, though?
Feb 14th 2016 - Despite Elaine's prediction on Peter Venkman's show "The World of the Psychic", about the world ending after her alleged encounter with an alien at the Paramus Holiday Inn, life continued as usual.
📽️📅 Ghostbusters II (1989)
📽️📅 Ghostbusters II (1989)
February 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Did it, though?
My favorite book cover genre is Hot Philosophy. This one has real “use me as a mere means, daddy” energy
February 14, 2026 at 12:47 PM
My favorite book cover genre is Hot Philosophy. This one has real “use me as a mere means, daddy” energy
February 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This was very good
ICYMI: I wrote this past week about what it means that American Jews are now more likely to believe the state of Israel is guilty of genocide than they are to identify as Zionists. www.jta.org/2026/02/09/i...
Gut Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom, everyone.
Gut Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom, everyone.
Zionism was never a single concept. We should be grateful to JFNA’s survey for the reminder. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A Jew can believe in a Jewish, democratic state and still doubt whether contemporary Zionism advances both of those commitments, writes a scholar of European Jewish intellectual history.
www.jta.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This was very good
Reposted by Elizabeth Picciuto
Netanyahu is evil; he's not in the epstein files. saying he is in the epstein files to claim a Jewish conspiracy is antisemitic. it is also imo wildly misogynist and cruel to treat the epstein files as an all purpose gotcha in this way. there are actual victims and survivors here. it's not a game.
This is not a serious person. This is not someone millions of young people should be getting their politics from.
And liberals and progressives should absolutely not be collaborating with him.
And liberals and progressives should absolutely not be collaborating with him.
February 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Netanyahu is evil; he's not in the epstein files. saying he is in the epstein files to claim a Jewish conspiracy is antisemitic. it is also imo wildly misogynist and cruel to treat the epstein files as an all purpose gotcha in this way. there are actual victims and survivors here. it's not a game.
Reposted by Elizabeth Picciuto
Gotta distinguish "Long Island" (region made up of Nassau and Suffolk counties) from the landmass of "Paumanok" (includes most of Brooklyn and Queens)
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Gotta distinguish "Long Island" (region made up of Nassau and Suffolk counties) from the landmass of "Paumanok" (includes most of Brooklyn and Queens)
Prudence dictates that I don’t say what I think should happen to these people.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Prudence dictates that I don’t say what I think should happen to these people.
I’d be interested to know what some of your favorite newsletters are.
February 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I’d be interested to know what some of your favorite newsletters are.
I wish we had a trustworthy, reliable way to communicate to the antisemites that “a goyim” is incorrect.
February 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I wish we had a trustworthy, reliable way to communicate to the antisemites that “a goyim” is incorrect.
Okay we can worry too much about opsec but we can also worry too little.
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Okay we can worry too much about opsec but we can also worry too little.
At no point in this reading this headline would I have correctly guessed what the next word would be.
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
At no point in this reading this headline would I have correctly guessed what the next word would be.
I know I have some followers who study disability; throwing this out there!
Hi #skystorians! A freshman in my History of Animals course wants to do research on the history of service animals. I would love some recommendations for secondary sources to get her started. Anybody working at the intersection of disability history and animal history?
🗃️#animalhistory
🗃️#animalhistory
February 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I know I have some followers who study disability; throwing this out there!
Reposted by Elizabeth Picciuto
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
I’m terrified I just saw myself 15 years in the future.
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I’m terrified I just saw myself 15 years in the future.
What’s funny is that this is not one of the 3497 things he’s done that are disqualifying for his job.
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
What’s funny is that this is not one of the 3497 things he’s done that are disqualifying for his job.