Taylor Fleet
@leaflottery.bsky.social
Former copyeditor fond of semicolons.
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
—Wallace Stevens
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
—Wallace Stevens
Pinned
Taylor Fleet
@leaflottery.bsky.social
· Jul 5
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” —Hannah Arendt
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
What gives, @kaine.senate.gov? You’d vote to reopen w/o guarantees of healthcare subsidies, etc.? Disappointing.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What gives, @kaine.senate.gov? You’d vote to reopen w/o guarantees of healthcare subsidies, etc.? Disappointing.
Yes.
We need Nuremberg trials for Trump administration officials and ICE/Border Patrol agents.
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Yes.
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That the trailer for “Nuremberg” was immediately preceded by an ad to join ICE is a little too much.
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
That the trailer for “Nuremberg” was immediately preceded by an ad to join ICE is a little too much.
"Scientists’ lucrative careers and tenure-track university positions are elusive for skeptics about a government-subsidized, semi-enforced ‘consensus.’”
You’re so close to getting it, George. Why might tenure-track positions be elusive for “skeptics”?
You’re so close to getting it, George. Why might tenure-track positions be elusive for “skeptics”?
Opinion | Bill Gates’s climate rethinking is a gift to the world
Showing intellectual responsibility, Bill Gates admirably adjusts his stance on climate change.
wapo.st
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Scientists’ lucrative careers and tenure-track university positions are elusive for skeptics about a government-subsidized, semi-enforced ‘consensus.’”
You’re so close to getting it, George. Why might tenure-track positions be elusive for “skeptics”?
You’re so close to getting it, George. Why might tenure-track positions be elusive for “skeptics”?
Love this guy’s work.
The Artist Whose Muse Is the Hardware Store
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Love this guy’s work.
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
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The paperback edition of #OnFreedom is out today. It preserves a positive argument about how to build a better country and has been updated to account for what has happened in 2025.
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The paperback edition of #OnFreedom is out today. It preserves a positive argument about how to build a better country and has been updated to account for what has happened in 2025.
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
Every word of this.
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Every word of this.
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Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
Best sign seen today at the No Kings march in Richmond, Va.
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Best sign seen today at the No Kings march in Richmond, Va.
Republicans not passing by any opportunity for chest-thumping, I see.
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Republicans not passing by any opportunity for chest-thumping, I see.
Good thing he’s still got healthcare.
Senator Mitch McConnell just suffered a fall in Washington.
October 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Good thing he’s still got healthcare.
"Over an intense career, [he] adopted simple yet extreme living conditions in a series of grueling yearlong performances that some might struggle to categorize as art…. [H]is artistic tools were the rules he set for himself, and his medium was his own life."
So glad he’s getting recognition.
So glad he’s getting recognition.
The Artist Who Lived in a Cage For a Year
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Over an intense career, [he] adopted simple yet extreme living conditions in a series of grueling yearlong performances that some might struggle to categorize as art…. [H]is artistic tools were the rules he set for himself, and his medium was his own life."
So glad he’s getting recognition.
So glad he’s getting recognition.
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Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Trump administration makes less sense.
Underwear Must Be Worn On The Outside
YouTube video by John Hawkins
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Trump administration makes less sense.
Thank you, Susan Monarez, for being what we need in a public servant.
September 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you, Susan Monarez, for being what we need in a public servant.
So glad to see the small-government, pro–First Amendment folks hard at work doing their part.
September 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
So glad to see the small-government, pro–First Amendment folks hard at work doing their part.
Slightly diminish a book:
Finite Jest
Finite Jest
September 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Slightly diminish a book:
Finite Jest
Finite Jest
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Some numbers:
-Most Americans are women.
-Via the Census, about 60 million Americans are in a household that includes a daughter.
-Every American, or human being, should be appalled and disgusted by this.
It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country.
-Most Americans are women.
-Via the Census, about 60 million Americans are in a household that includes a daughter.
-Every American, or human being, should be appalled and disgusted by this.
It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country.
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
on.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Some numbers:
-Most Americans are women.
-Via the Census, about 60 million Americans are in a household that includes a daughter.
-Every American, or human being, should be appalled and disgusted by this.
It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country.
-Most Americans are women.
-Via the Census, about 60 million Americans are in a household that includes a daughter.
-Every American, or human being, should be appalled and disgusted by this.
It would take only 4 GOP Senators, or 6 to 7 Representatives, to save the country.