Leslie Talbot
@leslietalbot.bsky.social
Author, consultant, and Oxford Comma enthusiast. I write about writing, politics, and other stuff that annoys me.
I feel bad for the White House ketchup bottles right now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I feel bad for the White House ketchup bottles right now.
Can we normalize not using the word “skeet” to describe posts here? It sounds dumb.
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Can we normalize not using the word “skeet” to describe posts here? It sounds dumb.
I’ll help. They’ve already ruined the em dash; if they come from my Oxford commas I will rain hellfire down upon them the likes of which the world has never seen.
"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’ll help. They’ve already ruined the em dash; if they come from my Oxford commas I will rain hellfire down upon them the likes of which the world has never seen.
This White House is the real-world embodiment of Randall Flagg's Las Vegas in "The Stand." It attracts the worst possible people and encourages them to do the worst possible things in the name of the worst possible leader this nation has ever seen.
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This White House is the real-world embodiment of Randall Flagg's Las Vegas in "The Stand." It attracts the worst possible people and encourages them to do the worst possible things in the name of the worst possible leader this nation has ever seen.
I love this for Republicans. They’ve been out there all week defending this shutdown at his behest, and, because he wants to look like the hero, he just cut them off at the knees.
BREAKING: President Trump directs the Pentagon to use "all available funds" to ensure U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.
Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown
President Donald Trump says he's directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure that U.S. troops are paid on Wednesday despite the government shutdown.
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I love this for Republicans. They’ve been out there all week defending this shutdown at his behest, and, because he wants to look like the hero, he just cut them off at the knees.
Ken Dilanian has learned absolutely nothing since he so badly bungled the initial release of the Mueller report. Still credulously accepting law enforcement spin with absolutely no pushback.
September 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ken Dilanian has learned absolutely nothing since he so badly bungled the initial release of the Mueller report. Still credulously accepting law enforcement spin with absolutely no pushback.
Who is this hack on MSNBC who just claimed, with zero evidence, that it was ICE agents being targeted in the shooting? Investigation? And then decried a “rush to judgment.”?
September 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Who is this hack on MSNBC who just claimed, with zero evidence, that it was ICE agents being targeted in the shooting? Investigation? And then decried a “rush to judgment.”?
Important reminder. I'm seeing posts claiming the shooter is in custody, which have already been debunked.
Some helpful tips for following the awful news out of Minnesota today.
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Important reminder. I'm seeing posts claiming the shooter is in custody, which have already been debunked.
I agree with all of this.
All. Of. This. My former colleague Stuart Stevens knocks it out of the park here. We have to stop being polite. Fight like our lives depend on it because they do. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/my-plea-to...
My Plea to Democrats: Stop Being Polite, Go Nuclear
What the Dems must do if they win back the House next year, including defunding the entire executive branch and nationalizing SpaceX.
www.lincolnsquare.media
September 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I agree with all of this.
Amplifying this for visibility. I haven’t been able to get my appointment yet because my area does not yet have the vaccines in stock, but my experience was similar. And that list of qualifying conditions covers pretty much everyone.
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”
Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.
No questions asked.
No proof required.
Pass it on.
Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.
No questions asked.
No proof required.
Pass it on.
August 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Amplifying this for visibility. I haven’t been able to get my appointment yet because my area does not yet have the vaccines in stock, but my experience was similar. And that list of qualifying conditions covers pretty much everyone.
This headline from NYT is a disgrace. By no stretch of anyone’s imagination can this be “in good fun” or “in dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
All in Good Fun, or a ‘Disgrace’? Names of Detention Centers Divide Americans
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This headline from NYT is a disgrace. By no stretch of anyone’s imagination can this be “in good fun” or “in dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
I’m thinking that if the FBI redacted Trump’s name from the Epstein files and he is *still* scrambling to cover them up, he must be in there so many times in so many identifiable ways that they couldn’t release them even if every word is blackened out.
August 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’m thinking that if the FBI redacted Trump’s name from the Epstein files and he is *still* scrambling to cover them up, he must be in there so many times in so many identifiable ways that they couldn’t release them even if every word is blackened out.
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Culprit identified.
July 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Culprit identified.
If the Clintons and other prominent Democrats were in the Epstein files, why wouldn’t Trump have released that info back in 2019-2020 when he still controlled the justice department? Especially post election, when he was scrambling for anything to help him hold onto power?
July 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If the Clintons and other prominent Democrats were in the Epstein files, why wouldn’t Trump have released that info back in 2019-2020 when he still controlled the justice department? Especially post election, when he was scrambling for anything to help him hold onto power?
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Public Service Announcement: Stop blaming Democrats for shit Republicans do
July 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Public Service Announcement: Stop blaming Democrats for shit Republicans do
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Can we nip this "Alligator Alcatraz" shit in the bud? We don't need to adopt their cutesy marketing when talking about the concentration camp in the Florida Everglades
July 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Can we nip this "Alligator Alcatraz" shit in the bud? We don't need to adopt their cutesy marketing when talking about the concentration camp in the Florida Everglades
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Kamala Harris would not have bombed Iran
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Kamala Harris would not have bombed Iran
No kings on Cape Cod!
June 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
No kings on Cape Cod!
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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If you hate Pope Leo XIV because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.
May 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If you hate Pope Leo XIV because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.
Promise made, promise kept...I guess.
“President Trump has made a strong commitment to protect our country from math, whatever it takes,” she said.
www.borowitzreport.com/p/karoline-l...
www.borowitzreport.com/p/karoline-l...
Karoline Leavitt Warns That Migrants are Smuggling Math into the US
"They are hoping to get America’s children hooked on math,” she said.
www.borowitzreport.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Promise made, promise kept...I guess.
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Make sure to vote. Otherwise, the people who appear in NY Times focus groups of swing voters get to determine our elections.
April 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Make sure to vote. Otherwise, the people who appear in NY Times focus groups of swing voters get to determine our elections.
People need to stop talking about the "deportation" of US citizens like it's a legal thing. Expelling US citizens and calling it "deportation" implies there's some legitimate legal process for doing so. There isn't. What they're doing is blatantly illegal. Get the nomenclature right, people.
April 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
People need to stop talking about the "deportation" of US citizens like it's a legal thing. Expelling US citizens and calling it "deportation" implies there's some legitimate legal process for doing so. There isn't. What they're doing is blatantly illegal. Get the nomenclature right, people.