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Elizabeth Picciuto

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Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit.

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I wish I’d been taking it all along, so it would explain my fondness for Phillipa Gregory novels.

04.03.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I just saw a commercial for some drug where one of the side effects was β€œbad taste.”

04.03.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s awful though I’m dying at the air quotes for Lewandowski.

04.03.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right? Like this is the time you believe what this lying administration says? Especially when 16,000 other things point otherwise?

04.03.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But that was my point too

03.03.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Daniel Webster: [quickly blinking away tears, looking down, mumbling]: yeah, well, maybe you’re the dumbass, did you ever think of that?

03.03.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Related: if you are a heterosexual woman in your late 30s who has lately grown irrationally disgusted by your well-meaning husband, and can no longer stand the way he chews, you must wait until the split actually occurs to write the 3000+ word dissection of your vague marital malaise.

03.03.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just Claude’s type!

03.03.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought I guessed quite generously, and it was more than three times more than I guessed.

03.03.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a β€œsexist attitude”

Many of the scientists Jeffrey Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. So why didn’t they all just say no? Science talked with three who did just that.

Here’s how Epstein approached them, and why they refused to have anything to do with him. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/40qbXnv

03.03.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 43

Read the first point as β€œmuch easier for me to never listen to again” lol

03.03.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve always thought that framing trans youth health care issues as β€œshould doctors and parents be free to determine what’s best for their patients/kids” would be a much more appealing way to say it. (didn’t read Morris yet)

03.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not as uniquely talented. Possibly not as interpersonally awful??

03.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I apologize; this could have been phrased more politely.

03.03.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How the fuck is a war of choice noble?

03.03.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would watch this musical

03.03.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok this justification, which I’m going to out on a limb and say is also not true, is so much worse. bsky.app/profile/dore...

03.03.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think another reason is the pre-emptive war thing, bc it makes this much less a war crime.

03.03.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is absolutely going to be what sticks. Meanwhile none of them behaved in any way like they were dragged unwillingly. Or even said this until today. And for maybe the 378th time, the admin that purports to fight antisemitism will increase it. bsky.app/profile/pear...

03.03.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

At least seven of these are major red flags

03.03.2026 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Arrested development β€œbut it might work for us” meme

Arrested development β€œbut it might work for us” meme

Oh I know!

03.03.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is!

03.03.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I never got that far in the books, but iirc it’s not an immediate success in the show either.

03.03.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Handwashing, pasteurization.

The show Outlander, which involves a time traveler who isa doctor from mid-20th century to mid-18th century, has a few good ones of these. Three I remember are a syringe with needle (using a snake’s tooth), penicillin, and peanut butter.

03.03.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

03.03.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could be!

03.03.2026 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love your mom

03.03.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly

03.03.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While Bibi can and does jerk Trump around, I don’t believe for a second the Trump admin was an unwilling rube here. I assume Rubio and Johnson are saying this so that they can pretend it was a preemptive attack and save a tiny bit of face internationally.

03.03.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 5

What do we think of the show Industry?

03.03.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0