Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit.
She was the only candidate who would be seen as a rebuke to Trump but also write this.
October 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
She was the only candidate who would be seen as a rebuke to Trump but also write this.
My fellow Long Islanders: you know.
October 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My fellow Long Islanders: you know.
So sick of this. Why do people have to post to demonstrate they’re smarter and deeper than everyone else? I’m not a huge TS fan, lots of people love her and I’m glad they have music they enjoy. It really doesn’t have to be an intellectuality and sophistication contest.
October 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
So sick of this. Why do people have to post to demonstrate they’re smarter and deeper than everyone else? I’m not a huge TS fan, lots of people love her and I’m glad they have music they enjoy. It really doesn’t have to be an intellectuality and sophistication contest.
When I say “I don’t know,” I often say it in the tone Homer Simpson uses when he’s pretending to be Mr. Burns and the post office dude asks him his first name. Once someone got the reference!
October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When I say “I don’t know,” I often say it in the tone Homer Simpson uses when he’s pretending to be Mr. Burns and the post office dude asks him his first name. Once someone got the reference!
tfw you’re not sure whether you’re being called a racist or a fascist
September 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
tfw you’re not sure whether you’re being called a racist or a fascist
One of my fall blooms: toad lilies! Much beloved by bees of the gentle and fuzzy-butted varieties.
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One of my fall blooms: toad lilies! Much beloved by bees of the gentle and fuzzy-butted varieties.
As a reminder:
September 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As a reminder:
I don’t understand these kinds of questions. What difference does it make? Does everyone on the right who ends up voting for the Republican all think everyone else belongs and isn’t a sellout or an embarrassment?
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I don’t understand these kinds of questions. What difference does it make? Does everyone on the right who ends up voting for the Republican all think everyone else belongs and isn’t a sellout or an embarrassment?
My autistic kid is awesome.
September 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My autistic kid is awesome.
This was the absolute norm for any US politician until, well, Trump. Even Mike Pence said it when he was booed at a staging of Hamilton just after they won in 2016.
September 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This was the absolute norm for any US politician until, well, Trump. Even Mike Pence said it when he was booed at a staging of Hamilton just after they won in 2016.
Several things about Kirk and the killer. And stuff like this. No Dems voted for it, it was by unanimous consent. It’s also non-binding.
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Several things about Kirk and the killer. And stuff like this. No Dems voted for it, it was by unanimous consent. It’s also non-binding.
It is, of course, working out very well for Keir Starmer. *listens to earpiece* this just is, it is perhaps not working out very well for Kier Starmer
September 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It is, of course, working out very well for Keir Starmer. *listens to earpiece* this just is, it is perhaps not working out very well for Kier Starmer
I’ll show you who has no life
September 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I’ll show you who has no life
(Great Neck is the red, much more Jewish orthodox peninsula in this pic, Port Washington is the blue, still quite Jewish, but Conservative/reform/reconstructionist peninsula)
September 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
(Great Neck is the red, much more Jewish orthodox peninsula in this pic, Port Washington is the blue, still quite Jewish, but Conservative/reform/reconstructionist peninsula)
Loved this from @jamellebouie.net this weekend (gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...)
September 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Loved this from @jamellebouie.net this weekend (gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...)
And Nancy Mace told a Jewish House rep to get a nose job, and that sort of floated by everyone.
September 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
And Nancy Mace told a Jewish House rep to get a nose job, and that sort of floated by everyone.
tfw you could probably stand to learn a hair more about American politics before commenting
September 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
tfw you could probably stand to learn a hair more about American politics before commenting
I choose to believe it was Muller Lyer arrows
September 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I choose to believe it was Muller Lyer arrows
This is morally repulsive, and actually more laudatory of violence.
September 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This is morally repulsive, and actually more laudatory of violence.
