Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social
I answer to both first names — what you call me depends on how you know me. Editor, writer, insufferable know-it-all. Natitude, Hoya Saxa, AMDG.
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You must be happy too, deep down, if you only knew it.
—Samuel Beckett
—Samuel Beckett
You must be happy too, deep down, if you only knew it.
—Samuel Beckett
—Samuel Beckett
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You must be happy too, deep down, if you only knew it.
—Samuel Beckett
—Samuel Beckett
10:30 on a Sunday morning is an inappropriate time to be walking through clouds of weed smoke and I will not apologize for this opinion.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
10:30 on a Sunday morning is an inappropriate time to be walking through clouds of weed smoke and I will not apologize for this opinion.
The flip side of this is that ideas and energy can get you a lot farther in LA. Everyone in LA came from somewhere else; they want to know what you can do next.
I like Los Angeles and would live there again but I think it's correct, for better or for worse, that your not-LA credentials do not particularly transfer to it.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The flip side of this is that ideas and energy can get you a lot farther in LA. Everyone in LA came from somewhere else; they want to know what you can do next.
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Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
This is exactly what I said would happen when they legalized sports betting in DC and someone said I was being ridiculous.
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is exactly what I said would happen when they legalized sports betting in DC and someone said I was being ridiculous.
Everything I wanted it to be. Angry, funny, heart-wrenching, timeless. Every production reveals something new in this play.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Everything I wanted it to be. Angry, funny, heart-wrenching, timeless. Every production reveals something new in this play.
15-year-old girls who insist they’re mature for their age are some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
15-year-old girls who insist they’re mature for their age are some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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Due to Congressional action, Federal Government operations resumed on Thursday, November 13. Library of Congress buildings will open at noon to the public and researchers and staff. Visit www.loc.gov for additional information.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Due to Congressional action, Federal Government operations resumed on Thursday, November 13. Library of Congress buildings will open at noon to the public and researchers and staff. Visit www.loc.gov for additional information.
43 days of unread emails. I can’t even. “Select All” + “Delete.” Godspeed, thank you, and sorry.
Today many federal employees will get back to work for the first time since Sept 30. That’s 43 days of unread emails, missed obligations, and extraordinary stress.
If you need something from me, please be patient with as I work through my inbox and sort through shifted priorities/timelines.
If you need something from me, please be patient with as I work through my inbox and sort through shifted priorities/timelines.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
43 days of unread emails. I can’t even. “Select All” + “Delete.” Godspeed, thank you, and sorry.
At least we’re sharing the planet with John Darnielle. www.gq.com/story/john-d...
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
At least we’re sharing the planet with John Darnielle. www.gq.com/story/john-d...
Free will has a lot to answer for.
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Free will has a lot to answer for.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
If you need to clear your brain for a while, may I recommend revisiting the first Fine Young Cannibals album? This is not the version of the song of the album; I’m just sharing it because we all need some Roland Gift. youtu.be/8_IURyb9y1w?...
Fine Young Cannibals - Funny How Love Is (Official Video)
YouTube video by London Records
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If you need to clear your brain for a while, may I recommend revisiting the first Fine Young Cannibals album? This is not the version of the song of the album; I’m just sharing it because we all need some Roland Gift. youtu.be/8_IURyb9y1w?...
They're all such dreadful people. People I'd switch tables or even leave a room to get away from.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
They're all such dreadful people. People I'd switch tables or even leave a room to get away from.
This was my grandfather—any dress without a belted waistline, he’d call a housedress.
My mum, then in late middle age, meeting up with similar ladies in the town we used to live in, wearing what she thought was quite a becoming, semi-formal dress:
"You're very ... comfortable... aren't you?"
"You're very ... comfortable... aren't you?"
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This was my grandfather—any dress without a belted waistline, he’d call a housedress.
I open every new editing project feeling hostile to it and myself. At some point during the first read-through, I see what it’s trying to be and from then on, I will die for it. I pretty much make human friends the same way.
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I open every new editing project feeling hostile to it and myself. At some point during the first read-through, I see what it’s trying to be and from then on, I will die for it. I pretty much make human friends the same way.
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The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C., says it's allotted an extra 1 million meals for November, given the uncertainties about whether and when SNAP recipients will get their full benefits. n.pr/47z75Re
The shutdown could be nearing its end, but high demand for food assistance lingers
The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C., says it's allotted an extra 1 million meals for November, given the uncertainties about whether and when SNAP recipients will get their full benefits.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C., says it's allotted an extra 1 million meals for November, given the uncertainties about whether and when SNAP recipients will get their full benefits. n.pr/47z75Re
I was nine or ten when I read ROSEMARY'S BABY and the Satan stuff didn't bother me half as much as the idea that your own husband could totally sacrifice you for his own ambition. (And I wonder why I never married.)
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I was nine or ten when I read ROSEMARY'S BABY and the Satan stuff didn't bother me half as much as the idea that your own husband could totally sacrifice you for his own ambition. (And I wonder why I never married.)
The lovely woman who cuts my hair has let a couple of her longtime clients who are federal employees owe her for services during the shutdown. "You feel better if you look better," she says, and she trusts them to pay her once they get paid again. ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The lovely woman who cuts my hair has let a couple of her longtime clients who are federal employees owe her for services during the shutdown. "You feel better if you look better," she says, and she trusts them to pay her once they get paid again. ❤️
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HUGE FIRST BSKY POST
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
HUGE FIRST BSKY POST
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Veterans Day 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Veterans Day 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day
Dad's naval service defined him, but he never applied for the veteran's benefits he was entitled to. I didn't know that until after he died. I wish I could ask him why.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Dad's naval service defined him, but he never applied for the veteran's benefits he was entitled to. I didn't know that until after he died. I wish I could ask him why.
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🌬️It's like mid-January out there!
🧣Hope everyone is bundled up. Freezing temps (mid-20s to low 30s) and bitter wind chills -- in the teens and low 20s -- across the D.C. region.
🧣Hope everyone is bundled up. Freezing temps (mid-20s to low 30s) and bitter wind chills -- in the teens and low 20s -- across the D.C. region.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🌬️It's like mid-January out there!
🧣Hope everyone is bundled up. Freezing temps (mid-20s to low 30s) and bitter wind chills -- in the teens and low 20s -- across the D.C. region.
🧣Hope everyone is bundled up. Freezing temps (mid-20s to low 30s) and bitter wind chills -- in the teens and low 20s -- across the D.C. region.
Happy publication day, @sarahweinman.com! www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Without Consent
In December 1978, Greta Rideout bravely testified that her husband, John, whom she still lived with, had raped her. She was the first woman in United States history to do this, at a time when the idea...
www.sarahweinman.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy publication day, @sarahweinman.com! www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...