Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit.
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.…
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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!
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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.
So glad to see this! My youngest is doing a months-long school project on Stonewall and was really devastated.
February 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM
So glad to see this! My youngest is doing a months-long school project on Stonewall and was really devastated.
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I also thought about this post again when watching Foy's scenes with the hawk. Some of the bird's movements were presumably scripted, but I'm assuming not all of them were, and that Foy (and others) had to respond in character to her being unpredictable - that was part of what made the film special.
One reason people like to watch Tom Cruise specifically is because he does his own stunts. People like seeing a skill in action. People like seeing actors be good at acting. There might be AI movies but there will be a place for people. There is still live theater more than 100 years after film.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I also thought about this post again when watching Foy's scenes with the hawk. Some of the bird's movements were presumably scripted, but I'm assuming not all of them were, and that Foy (and others) had to respond in character to her being unpredictable - that was part of what made the film special.
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*Huge* update, STP Guy has joined bluesky, everyone follow him
Thanks for the support! and joining us on this important journey. bsky.app/profile/stpg...
I've just reviewed my 51st Sticky Toffee Pudding. But what did it get out of 10?
February 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
*Huge* update, STP Guy has joined bluesky, everyone follow him
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@mixingchris.bsky.social @epicciuto.bsky.social there are so many philosophical questions raised by this video in so many different areas, I don’t even know where to start
This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
@mixingchris.bsky.social @epicciuto.bsky.social there are so many philosophical questions raised by this video in so many different areas, I don’t even know where to start
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Apropos of nothing, I think feminism is a good thing, and we should all be feminists.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Apropos of nothing, I think feminism is a good thing, and we should all be feminists.
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please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™
Wait a minute, I thought it was called frame-mogging because someone in the same picture (within the frame) looked better than you! I am old. The youth are weird.
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Wait a minute, I thought it was called frame-mogging because someone in the same picture (within the frame) looked better than you! I am old. The youth are weird.
I’ve never punched anyone in my life but if a morally dessicated non-Jew like Pam Bondi told me I was being antisemitic, the Capitol police would have to intervene.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I’ve never punched anyone in my life but if a morally dessicated non-Jew like Pam Bondi told me I was being antisemitic, the Capitol police would have to intervene.
One reason people like to watch Tom Cruise specifically is because he does his own stunts. People like seeing a skill in action. People like seeing actors be good at acting. There might be AI movies but there will be a place for people. There is still live theater more than 100 years after film.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 11, 2026 at 11:17 PM
One reason people like to watch Tom Cruise specifically is because he does his own stunts. People like seeing a skill in action. People like seeing actors be good at acting. There might be AI movies but there will be a place for people. There is still live theater more than 100 years after film.
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I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at galluppanel@gallupmail.com to let them know what you think of this.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at galluppanel@gallupmail.com to let them know what you think of this.
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HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd outside ICE headquarters in DC for the largest ever Jewish protest against ICE’s cruelty. #JewsAgainstICE
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
HAPPENING NOW: A massive crowd outside ICE headquarters in DC for the largest ever Jewish protest against ICE’s cruelty. #JewsAgainstICE
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i don’t think i had ever heard a british person say “pecans” before and it’s very upsetting frankly
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
i don’t think i had ever heard a british person say “pecans” before and it’s very upsetting frankly
Anyone who cites rotisserie chickens as an indulgence can be completely disregarded when it comes to grocery budgeting. It’s not even like avocados, “well, expensive for a fruit but they don’t actually add up to that much.” Rotisserie chickens are one of the most cost-effective food purchases.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Anyone who cites rotisserie chickens as an indulgence can be completely disregarded when it comes to grocery budgeting. It’s not even like avocados, “well, expensive for a fruit but they don’t actually add up to that much.” Rotisserie chickens are one of the most cost-effective food purchases.
The grand jury in Texas declined to indict him. So this case is either far far worse or less bad than it appears. Either a significant group of people in Texas thinks it is ok to murder your child for political beliefs, or there are mitigating factors that aren’t clear to us.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sp if you shoot your daughter dead drunkenly in the UK you might get off Scott free
Sp if you shoot your daughter dead drunkenly in the UK you might get off Scott free
British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'
Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The grand jury in Texas declined to indict him. So this case is either far far worse or less bad than it appears. Either a significant group of people in Texas thinks it is ok to murder your child for political beliefs, or there are mitigating factors that aren’t clear to us.
I think I speak for all of us when I say how deeply we wish these assholes never martyred them.
Ron Johnson on Alex Pretti: "They got their martyrs, didn't they? They got their martyrs. I think it's sick."
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I think I speak for all of us when I say how deeply we wish these assholes never martyred them.
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Having seen an uptick in "I love my child but I hate his autism" rhetoric lately...
Having seen an uptick in "I love my child but I hate his autism" rhetoric lately...
Hatred
Some time ago now, a handful of other friends and bloggers and I founded We Are Like Your Child, a group blog in which we wrote realistically and non-tragically about our challenges as autistic and…
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February 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Having seen an uptick in "I love my child but I hate his autism" rhetoric lately...
Having seen an uptick in "I love my child but I hate his autism" rhetoric lately...
I was told that deportations would reduce unemployment.
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I was told that deportations would reduce unemployment.
Confession: I don’t know what songs in English are about maybe 75% of the time.
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Confession: I don’t know what songs in English are about maybe 75% of the time.
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When a headline says it all:
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 AM
When a headline says it all:
My kids mock my husband and me (both former philosophers) by saying in a pretentious voice, “that brings up an interesting question.”
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
My kids mock my husband and me (both former philosophers) by saying in a pretentious voice, “that brings up an interesting question.”