Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit.
So we don’t tax them but that’s ok because they employ people and give to charity, except they’re locked in on ways to avoid employing people and they don’t give to charity.
February 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
So we don’t tax them but that’s ok because they employ people and give to charity, except they’re locked in on ways to avoid employing people and they don’t give to charity.
If conservatives are upset with coverage, one must re-configure the paper so they never for a second feel like they are condescended to. If libs are upset with coverage, they’re stupid and can’t read.
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
If conservatives are upset with coverage, one must re-configure the paper so they never for a second feel like they are condescended to. If libs are upset with coverage, they’re stupid and can’t read.
You know, it’s funny, the reason we know about Sparta is primarily what outsiders, like the Athenians, wrote down. Because the Athenians are the ones with the indelible impact on centuries of Western civilization, which I gather we are supposed to kill to preserve.
February 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
You know, it’s funny, the reason we know about Sparta is primarily what outsiders, like the Athenians, wrote down. Because the Athenians are the ones with the indelible impact on centuries of Western civilization, which I gather we are supposed to kill to preserve.
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i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
i‘m using it for a column but i want to share here this line from lincoln on jefferson because it is applies to our situation as well. you can find it in his april 6, 1859 letter to henry l. pierce.
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This USA women’s hockey team is possibly the most dominant Olympic hockey team ever. And every player is a product of the United States’s NCAA hockey programs. Canada—the second best team competing? Every single player ALSO attended an American university’s hockey program. All thanks to Title IX.
February 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This USA women’s hockey team is possibly the most dominant Olympic hockey team ever. And every player is a product of the United States’s NCAA hockey programs. Canada—the second best team competing? Every single player ALSO attended an American university’s hockey program. All thanks to Title IX.
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 16 Page6:
Actor Ted Levine has denounced his role of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs in which he played a serial killer who murdered women to sew their skin into a female suit. The movie declared he wasn't trans but was universally understood as such.
Actor Ted Levine has denounced his role of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs in which he played a serial killer who murdered women to sew their skin into a female suit. The movie declared he wasn't trans but was universally understood as such.
‘Silence of the Lambs’ star Ted Levine denounces his legendary villain role after transgender criticism
Actor acknowledges ‘unfortunate’ lines in script and says film ‘vilified’ transgender community.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 16 Page6:
Actor Ted Levine has denounced his role of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs in which he played a serial killer who murdered women to sew their skin into a female suit. The movie declared he wasn't trans but was universally understood as such.
Actor Ted Levine has denounced his role of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs in which he played a serial killer who murdered women to sew their skin into a female suit. The movie declared he wasn't trans but was universally understood as such.
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Did you know that strawberries are not berries, and are actually mammals?
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Did you know that strawberries are not berries, and are actually mammals?
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who's up corioling their a- [gets tackled and dragged off stage]
Who's up titusing their andronicus?
Who up comedying they errors
February 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
who's up corioling their a- [gets tackled and dragged off stage]
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Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0...
Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.
arstechnica.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations arstechnica.com/staff/2026/0...
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I sometimes worry our advertising material isn’t as welcoming as it might be
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I sometimes worry our advertising material isn’t as welcoming as it might be
So this fella has been occasionally visiting our yard, so you can imagine how calm, rational, and discreet our dogs’ reactions have been.
February 16, 2026 at 1:20 AM
So this fella has been occasionally visiting our yard, so you can imagine how calm, rational, and discreet our dogs’ reactions have been.
Somehow Musk was in the Epstein files talking about attending wild parties at the island, and is now still head of his companies and posting on Twitter that people investigate the Epstein files and that white people are the superior race.
February 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Somehow Musk was in the Epstein files talking about attending wild parties at the island, and is now still head of his companies and posting on Twitter that people investigate the Epstein files and that white people are the superior race.
I always forget that Pete Hegseth has like a super-elite education, mostly because he acts like Pete Hegseth.
February 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I always forget that Pete Hegseth has like a super-elite education, mostly because he acts like Pete Hegseth.
Look I just also want to shout out Francesca Lollobrigida and Elias Sirja for having unfathomably cool names
There can only be one
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Look I just also want to shout out Francesca Lollobrigida and Elias Sirja for having unfathomably cool names
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I mean obviously the American free speech regime right now isn’t in great shape itself but the UK‘s system which seems to be 50% “you can get hounded to the ends of the earth lmao” and 50% “it’s libel to say someone is a bit daft online” confuses me.
This is now literally the lead story on BBC News Scotland. The employment situation of a private individual harassed via lawfare is deemed the main headline for national news. This is genuinely sickening. The media is a cancer upon this country.
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I mean obviously the American free speech regime right now isn’t in great shape itself but the UK‘s system which seems to be 50% “you can get hounded to the ends of the earth lmao” and 50% “it’s libel to say someone is a bit daft online” confuses me.
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mostly I am tired of people with 3 passports and 6 multinational conglomerates lecturing me on the virtues of ethnic nationalism
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
mostly I am tired of people with 3 passports and 6 multinational conglomerates lecturing me on the virtues of ethnic nationalism
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.
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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…
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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.
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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.