Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)
@thatdale.bsky.social
retired educator, author, composer, director, burner
blogs: dalelyles.com, Lichtenbergianism.com
books: "Lichtenbergianism: procrastination as a creative strategy" and "A Young Person's Guide to Lichtenbergianism," available at your favored book vendor
blogs: dalelyles.com, Lichtenbergianism.com
books: "Lichtenbergianism: procrastination as a creative strategy" and "A Young Person's Guide to Lichtenbergianism," available at your favored book vendor
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Bit of a catch-up post: I was on Xitter as Lichtenbergian for a long time, decamped to Mastodon (still there), and am exploring here. If you think you remember me from the Old Times, you probably do. It's good to see so many of you!
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It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
I don't know about your inbox, but since the elections mine has been flooded with increasingly concerned emails.
www.dalelyles.com/2025/11/29/p...
www.dalelyles.com/2025/11/29/p...
Panic! At the Ballroom – Dale Says
www.dalelyles.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I don't know about your inbox, but since the elections mine has been flooded with increasingly concerned emails.
www.dalelyles.com/2025/11/29/p...
www.dalelyles.com/2025/11/29/p...
I'm loving how an increasing number of Republican officials are shocked — shocked! — to discover that their leader is a corrupt, grifting Russian asset.
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm loving how an increasing number of Republican officials are shocked — shocked! — to discover that their leader is a corrupt, grifting Russian asset.
To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation... — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook D.96 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation... — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook D.96 #Lichtenbergianism #LichtenbergianQuotes
Happy William Blake's Birthday to all who celebrate! Let's go for a walk on the Milky Way...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy William Blake's Birthday to all who celebrate! Let's go for a walk on the Milky Way...
dalelyles.com/williamblake...
dalelyles.com/williamblake...
dalelyles.com/williamblake...
dalelyles.com/williamblake...
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You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You're a high ranking government official and you shouldn't make things up.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
Your 70% number is just a fabrication.
And it's TOTALLY not true that "every single" person you detained is here illegally. For instance, many were allowed in so they could apply for asylum.
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with my apologies, another #BadEtching... badetchings.blogspot.com/2014/10/mean...
Meanwhile, behind the abbey
Father Guillermo knew that one day his taste for rough trade would be his undoing, but he just couldn't help himself.
badetchings.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
with my apologies, another #BadEtching... badetchings.blogspot.com/2014/10/mean...
I went looking for the script of Mae West's "Diamond Lil" and it was nowhere to be found anywhere in my searches, other than some archive records and one auction site. Was it never published?
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I went looking for the script of Mae West's "Diamond Lil" and it was nowhere to be found anywhere in my searches, other than some archive records and one auction site. Was it never published?
I ask yet again, why are there animals in my house? #CatsOfBluesky
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I ask yet again, why are there animals in my house? #CatsOfBluesky
"We are all creative.
Creativity is not genius.
Beware the impostor syndrome.
Make the thing that is not." (p. 8) #Lichtenbergianism
Creativity is not genius.
Beware the impostor syndrome.
Make the thing that is not." (p. 8) #Lichtenbergianism
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"We are all creative.
Creativity is not genius.
Beware the impostor syndrome.
Make the thing that is not." (p. 8) #Lichtenbergianism
Creativity is not genius.
Beware the impostor syndrome.
Make the thing that is not." (p. 8) #Lichtenbergianism
Your void is incomplete. You should fix that. #AbortiveAttempts #MakeTheThingThatIsNot #postcardquotes
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Your void is incomplete. You should fix that. #AbortiveAttempts #MakeTheThingThatIsNot #postcardquotes
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I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
I don't know about you guys, but my spam email is being bombarded with panicked emails from Republicans. They're working overtime to stampede the amydalas. #RepublicanFailure
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I don't know about you guys, but my spam email is being bombarded with panicked emails from Republicans. They're working overtime to stampede the amydalas. #RepublicanFailure
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Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Keep in mind that this serial liar also promised a hundred times during the campaign that he would be able to end the war “in 24 hours” with “one phone call” to Putin because he has “a great relationship” with him, “knows just what to say to him,” & “it won’t even be that hard.”
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November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The only definition of art style that has ever truly resonated with me is that your style is emergent from your accumulation of habitual mistakes and shortcuts.
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The only definition of art style that has ever truly resonated with me is that your style is emergent from your accumulation of habitual mistakes and shortcuts.
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Anyone would think we’re talking about 1000s of children being prevented from going through puberty forever with the use of puberty blockers.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Anyone would think we’re talking about 1000s of children being prevented from going through puberty forever with the use of puberty blockers.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
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You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
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Once again starting to write a book in the only sensible way, viz, by thinking up a title and then working backwards from there to design the cover, construct the page layout, and make some key choices about the typography. Eventually I will begin to fill in the content. I am a very rational person.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Once again starting to write a book in the only sensible way, viz, by thinking up a title and then working backwards from there to design the cover, construct the page layout, and make some key choices about the typography. Eventually I will begin to fill in the content. I am a very rational person.