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Eliot Landrum
@eliotlandrum.com
· Jan 7
Howdy to yet another platform. Wonder how many this makes sense I started tinkering with computers in the BBS and dial-up days.
I work with Industrial IoT and am into skiing, bicycling, concerts, walking, backpacking, kettlebells, cooking, and good urban planning.
I work with Industrial IoT and am into skiing, bicycling, concerts, walking, backpacking, kettlebells, cooking, and good urban planning.
The narrator on the current season of Hell’s Kitchen keeps mispronouncing Nevada. How’d they mess that up?
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The narrator on the current season of Hell’s Kitchen keeps mispronouncing Nevada. How’d they mess that up?
And, now, for some professional news. I'll be off to the newly formed company. www.ptc.com/en/news/2025...
www.ptc.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And, now, for some professional news. I'll be off to the newly formed company. www.ptc.com/en/news/2025...
"The issues that the entrepreneurial community has identified as its most important requirements, like ensuring access to housing, transportation, education and other foundational services, are exactly the ones being addressed by the Mamdani platform." @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2025/08/20/z...
Zohran Mamdani is the leader NYC needs for innovation and entrepreneurship - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The issues that the entrepreneurial community has identified as its most important requirements, like ensuring access to housing, transportation, education and other foundational services, are exactly the ones being addressed by the Mamdani platform." @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2025/08/20/z...
Got some great neighbors out here in the West!
New Mexico is now officially the first state to offer free child care to all residents.
Under the program all families, regardless of income, can get their child care fees covered.
Proponents say the program will help the economy, improve education, and boost child welfare.
Under the program all families, regardless of income, can get their child care fees covered.
Proponents say the program will help the economy, improve education, and boost child welfare.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Got some great neighbors out here in the West!
Congrats to The Flytrap for their successful first membership drive a year after the Kickstarter. Love to see and support it! More journalist-owned-things, please!
The Flytrap is a worker-owned, community-focused feminist media group founded by journalists, writers, and artists. Our motto is "fuck the algorithm." Because fuck the algorithm.
About The Flytrap
The Flytrap is bringing principled and diverse cultural criticism from a feminist perspective back to the internet.
f.mtr.cool
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Congrats to The Flytrap for their successful first membership drive a year after the Kickstarter. Love to see and support it! More journalist-owned-things, please!
I get so grossed out by the sheer volume of money spent on campaigns and how it could be used for better things in the world.
New: Mike Bloomberg didn't just give $1.5M to the pro-Cuomo Fix the City super PAC this week.
He also made an even larger $3.5M contribution to an anti-Mamdani super PAC called For Our City, making him the general election cycle's largest single donor. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/b...
He also made an even larger $3.5M contribution to an anti-Mamdani super PAC called For Our City, making him the general election cycle's largest single donor. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/31/b...
Bloomberg pumped $5M into anti-Mamdani super PACs this week, making him the cycle’s largest donor
Michael Bloomberg donated a combined $5 million to a couple of anti-Zohran Mamdani super PACs earlier this week, making the billionaire ex-mayor the general election cycle’s single largest po…
www.nydailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I get so grossed out by the sheer volume of money spent on campaigns and how it could be used for better things in the world.
I, for one, welcome our new monkey overlords.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I, for one, welcome our new monkey overlords.
I picked up a used Concept2 rower after trying a Peloton row class at a hotel at a work conference...what a blast! This week I'm enjoying technique classes but going to start regular classes + Power Zone rides next week to get me through to Mid South Gravel in March.
October 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I picked up a used Concept2 rower after trying a Peloton row class at a hotel at a work conference...what a blast! This week I'm enjoying technique classes but going to start regular classes + Power Zone rides next week to get me through to Mid South Gravel in March.
"I find [exvangelicals] tend either to love all things spooky and embrace supernatural horror, or to be simply incapable of handling horror." 👋 hello anxiety level 1000. Never thought about the connection to my evangelical past. @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social the-flytrap.ghost.io/how-i-learne...
How I Learned to Love Supernatural Horror
The story of how one exvangelical trans girl found herself marathoning episodes of Supernatural.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
October 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"I find [exvangelicals] tend either to love all things spooky and embrace supernatural horror, or to be simply incapable of handling horror." 👋 hello anxiety level 1000. Never thought about the connection to my evangelical past. @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social the-flytrap.ghost.io/how-i-learne...
Just renewed my membership to @theflytrapmedia.com after reading this piece in my email this morning. More journalism like this needs to exist in the world.
And to entice you even more, here's this week's Flytrap Tuesday post, @freeblackgirl.bsky.social's review of Netflix's "The Perfect Neighbor" and how it subverts state surveillance: the-flytrap.ghost.io/no-perfect-n...
No Perfect Neighbors in White Supremacy
A new film that subverts the gaze of the surveillance state asks how we can build a better world for all children.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just renewed my membership to @theflytrapmedia.com after reading this piece in my email this morning. More journalism like this needs to exist in the world.
Trolli worms aren't even on the list and Nerd Clusters are where it's at now. But #1 is accurate.
"This isn't about me; it's about you. You need to know what the best candy is for Halloween. Even though you're 33. With no kids. And totally into Keto."
Please Help Save My Writing Career by Clicking to Read This Ranking of Halloween Candy
This article contains a ranking of candy because it’s Halloween and someone out there is searching “Halloween candy” right now. Seasonal events mak...
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trolli worms aren't even on the list and Nerd Clusters are where it's at now. But #1 is accurate.
One of my favorite artists, @sweetcowboyblues.bsky.social, has some cute 2026 calendars up. I have multiple of their cheery prints around my house. Will love looking at fresh pieces every month next year. www.sweetcowboyblues.com/products/202...
2026 Calendar
A4 size calendar 12 colour illustrations inside
www.sweetcowboyblues.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of my favorite artists, @sweetcowboyblues.bsky.social, has some cute 2026 calendars up. I have multiple of their cheery prints around my house. Will love looking at fresh pieces every month next year. www.sweetcowboyblues.com/products/202...
Just got my pre-order e-book delivered! Can’t wait to dive in.
It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable!
www.lifeaftercars.com
www.lifeaftercars.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just got my pre-order e-book delivered! Can’t wait to dive in.
Devoured the latest Denverse magazine on my flight. Between a cute poem about my neighborhood, a lovely piece on birding, thoughts on local art, an insightful article on AI in local schools, and a chat about San Pedro cacti… hope Denver folks are enjoying this new magazine as much as I am.
Denverse Magazine - The Local Magazine Dedicated to Denver
Local magazine in Denver dedicated to showcasing arts and culture. Longform journalism, music coverage, poetry, and comics. Print and online.
denversemagazine.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Devoured the latest Denverse magazine on my flight. Between a cute poem about my neighborhood, a lovely piece on birding, thoughts on local art, an insightful article on AI in local schools, and a chat about San Pedro cacti… hope Denver folks are enjoying this new magazine as much as I am.
Reposted by Eliot Landrum
What's on your minds?
As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.
B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.
The latest Bugbear Dispatch:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...
As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.
B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.
The latest Bugbear Dispatch:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...
Some Thoughts about Fear, Death, and Christianity
In his Society without God (NYU Press, 2008), sociologist Phil Zuckerman documented the many ways in which the Scandinavian countries--some of the least religious on earth--put highly religious countr...
www.bugbeardispatch.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What's on your minds?
As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.
B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.
The latest Bugbear Dispatch:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...
As is seasonally appropriate, I've been thinking about death.
B/c I can't help myself I've also been thinking about Christianity's fucked up relationship to death, and the toxic dynamics of hardline faith.
The latest Bugbear Dispatch:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/some-thought...
Reposted by Eliot Landrum
ICYMI I’m moving my whole giant newsletter from Substack to Patreon I’m doing it for a ton of reasons, one of which is that Substack is not a place I want to be anymore. No consumption is truly really ethical in this America but I’m doing my best. www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-...
Why I am leaving Substack | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ICYMI I’m moving my whole giant newsletter from Substack to Patreon I’m doing it for a ton of reasons, one of which is that Substack is not a place I want to be anymore. No consumption is truly really ethical in this America but I’m doing my best. www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-...
@lyz.bsky.social has made the big move from Substack to Patreon for “Men Yell at Me” and rolling out a lot of neat features with the Patreon team. Give her latest a read and try out a free subscription to support her new home! www.patreon.com/posts/141235...
The best way to counter Trump’s lies? Frogs 🐸 | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@lyz.bsky.social has made the big move from Substack to Patreon for “Men Yell at Me” and rolling out a lot of neat features with the Patreon team. Give her latest a read and try out a free subscription to support her new home! www.patreon.com/posts/141235...
"Mamdani’s unapologetic embrace of marginalized communities shows what real leadership looks like: a politics that doesn’t ask whom to abandon to win, but whom to lift up to build something worth winning for."
SO REFRESHING. Colorado leaders... uh.. take some notes.
SO REFRESHING. Colorado leaders... uh.. take some notes.
1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups.
The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.
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The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support
The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Mamdani’s unapologetic embrace of marginalized communities shows what real leadership looks like: a politics that doesn’t ask whom to abandon to win, but whom to lift up to build something worth winning for."
SO REFRESHING. Colorado leaders... uh.. take some notes.
SO REFRESHING. Colorado leaders... uh.. take some notes.
That's gonna be good.
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
That's gonna be good.
This guy looks like he planted an Acts 29 church in the 2000s.
(I was an eager part of that movement, unfortunately. Glad I'm out now.)
(I was an eager part of that movement, unfortunately. Glad I'm out now.)
A White Christian nationalist pastor argued recently on a right-wing podcast that the Bible--specifically Deuteronomy 21, about how a father must bring his rebellious son to the town square to be stoned--justifies state violence against Black boys and young men.
www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...
www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This guy looks like he planted an Acts 29 church in the 2000s.
(I was an eager part of that movement, unfortunately. Glad I'm out now.)
(I was an eager part of that movement, unfortunately. Glad I'm out now.)
Seriously, what is up with @wired.com shilling for Amazon?
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Seriously, what is up with @wired.com shilling for Amazon?
I’m not sure that Denver’s mayor has ever even ridden a bus at all.
I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m not sure that Denver’s mayor has ever even ridden a bus at all.
Bookshop is the way to go for physical books!
bookshop is doing free shipping today, and all my books are available over there. support indie bookstores and get yourself some laughs, win win.
these are my children. they are all beautiful to me. a good mother does not have a favorite child. my favorite child is friends to keep in art and life.
October 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bookshop is the way to go for physical books!
"Men Yell At Me", my favorite newsletter that I obsessively read every single issue, is celebrating 5 years today. @lyz.bsky.social thoughtful takes on whatever is going on in a broader systematic view are always worth my time. Congrats and hope for 5 more, Lyz! lyz.substack.com/p/you-dont-w...
They want to replace women with AI
The 5-year anniversary of MYAM
lyz.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Men Yell At Me", my favorite newsletter that I obsessively read every single issue, is celebrating 5 years today. @lyz.bsky.social thoughtful takes on whatever is going on in a broader systematic view are always worth my time. Congrats and hope for 5 more, Lyz! lyz.substack.com/p/you-dont-w...
So gross. Really wish @wired.com was better than this -- but no, they sent me a glowing email this morning about all the deals. Maybe tomorrow they'll send out some indie recommendations? Doubtful.
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So gross. Really wish @wired.com was better than this -- but no, they sent me a glowing email this morning about all the deals. Maybe tomorrow they'll send out some indie recommendations? Doubtful.