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Elizabeth Picciuto

@epicciuto.bsky.social

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

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The word gaslighting gets thrown around a lot these days, but I gotta say that the neo-Nazi party claiming to be so concerned about antisemitism that they have to destroy American higher education is a profoundly weird experience.

04.08.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 689    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4

My husband’s family absolutely does this. But it’s mootzadell

03.08.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a convection toaster oven, and I just purchased a basket for it. that way it’s just one appliance. Does almost the same thing as air frying.

03.08.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what I do on the plane when I realize I forgot to pack the comfortable walking shoes.

03.08.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They never seem to think a penis gets smaller and smaller as men have more and more sex.

03.08.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

One effect of this is that American students who require scholarships/financial aid will have an even greater disadvantage. International student tuition helps subsidize American students.

03.08.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

cannot speak to the veracity since this isn't how I get my tirz but this is a very legible guide to gray-market GLP-1 drugs.

03.08.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

But my writing did come before AI!

03.08.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the obvious response is, β€œand what would it look like if you were devoted to ensuring that no children were starving?”

03.08.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would like to be clear. My writing doesn’t have em dashes because I use AI. AI uses em dashes because stunningly effective writers like me use them.

03.08.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 221    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

Great piece. Sent it to several relatives.

03.08.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The way I look like a raccoon the next day no matter how much I try to scrub it off

03.08.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Find someone who loves you like Apple speech-to-text loves commas. It’s like: The quick, brown, fox, jumped over, the lazy, black, dogs

03.08.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who does any kind of β€œyou gotta hand it to RFK” share some responsibility in the inevitable illness and death he will cause.

03.08.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Truly bizarre to me, I had initially thought he was kind of a likable/level-headed guy. Nope!

03.08.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

These remind me of Gorey illustrations

03.08.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love how much stamina that guy had. Truly a beautiful moment.

03.08.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jewish people constituted 0.75% of the German population in 1933.

03.08.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2426    πŸ” 390    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 28

That’s probably true, but Polis also seems like a general weirdo on this kind of thing.

03.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Advertise your account with a gif

03.08.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6

I’m so sorry. That’s heartbreaking. He looks like the sweetest dog.

03.08.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That doesn’t sound awful, and I’m looking forward!

03.08.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

making fun of people who say it? Or calling someone that? (don’t feel like you have to reply, I’m just curious!)

03.08.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh really? I was going to. Back to it?

03.08.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A Serious Man (2009)

02.08.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMy propositions serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical, when he has used them - as steps - to climb beyond them. He must, so to speak, throw away the ladder after he has climbed up it.”

02.08.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lol when I read that, I said there’s no way that guy is not on Bluesky

02.08.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

!!!!!

02.08.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would love a prairie style pollinator garden with natives, for example!

02.08.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

what did you do, place?

02.08.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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