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@mlejnas.bsky.social
Good at books, terrible at the world.
My dark-horse Nobel for literature candidate: Duong Thu Huong.
October 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
My dark-horse Nobel for literature candidate: Duong Thu Huong.
If we don’t shut it down,
he will tear it all down.
he will tear it all down.
August 27, 2026 at 11:25 PM
If we don’t shut it down,
he will tear it all down.
he will tear it all down.
Sartre got it wrong. Hell is not other people, but endless customer service calls staffed by bots.
August 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Sartre got it wrong. Hell is not other people, but endless customer service calls staffed by bots.
I don’t really need to lose weight, but out-of-pocket
Ozempic is now more affordable than groceries, so…
Ozempic is now more affordable than groceries, so…
August 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I don’t really need to lose weight, but out-of-pocket
Ozempic is now more affordable than groceries, so…
Ozempic is now more affordable than groceries, so…
Tyler Austin Harper isn’t critiquing DEI/wokeness, but the cynical, silly ways wokeness is used to deny institutional and earning power to faculty & staff. The chief work of higher ed is growing endowments, not teaching and research. It is part of the neoliberal order.
August 12, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Tyler Austin Harper isn’t critiquing DEI/wokeness, but the cynical, silly ways wokeness is used to deny institutional and earning power to faculty & staff. The chief work of higher ed is growing endowments, not teaching and research. It is part of the neoliberal order.
It makes me tear up every time Mamdani puts out a video telling New Yorkers how to stay safe in a weather event, and what city services are there to help us. Americans have gotten so used to an uncaring government that tells us we’re on our own.
June 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It makes me tear up every time Mamdani puts out a video telling New Yorkers how to stay safe in a weather event, and what city services are there to help us. Americans have gotten so used to an uncaring government that tells us we’re on our own.
Remember the clamoring and pressure for Biden to drop out after a poor showing in a debate? What’s it going to take to stop this madness? We all need to apply the thumbscrews and keep turning.
April 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Remember the clamoring and pressure for Biden to drop out after a poor showing in a debate? What’s it going to take to stop this madness? We all need to apply the thumbscrews and keep turning.
Prior to this, the stupidest reason for making war was to steal back a beautiful woman.
April 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Prior to this, the stupidest reason for making war was to steal back a beautiful woman.
What Egyptologist Barry Crump said about Akhenaten is still relevant: “The danger of being an absolute ruler is that no one dares tell you that what you have just decreed is not a good idea.”
March 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM
What Egyptologist Barry Crump said about Akhenaten is still relevant: “The danger of being an absolute ruler is that no one dares tell you that what you have just decreed is not a good idea.”
As a New Yorker, I have a deep respect for rats. Rats would never get behind an old, diseased, obese rat who had preyed upon females before they were sexually mature and repeatedly starts shit with other rat colonies for personal gain. That rat would have been banished long ago.
March 2, 2026 at 6:57 AM
As a New Yorker, I have a deep respect for rats. Rats would never get behind an old, diseased, obese rat who had preyed upon females before they were sexually mature and repeatedly starts shit with other rat colonies for personal gain. That rat would have been banished long ago.
Kristi, Tulsi, and Bondi are Donald's Demons, with JD Vance as Beelzebub Bosley.
February 14, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Kristi, Tulsi, and Bondi are Donald's Demons, with JD Vance as Beelzebub Bosley.
Pam Bondi acts like she’s part of a 1000-year Reich when she’ll be lucky to last the rest of the year.
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Pam Bondi acts like she’s part of a 1000-year Reich when she’ll be lucky to last the rest of the year.
Refusing to appreciate the best from other cultures while praising the worst from your own culture will not garner you the respect you so obviously crave.
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Refusing to appreciate the best from other cultures while praising the worst from your own culture will not garner you the respect you so obviously crave.
I suppose we should be thankful that Brett Ratner is no Leni Riefenstahl.
January 31, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I suppose we should be thankful that Brett Ratner is no Leni Riefenstahl.
Wondering what kind of monster fills out a brief survey about their coat check experience.
January 27, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Wondering what kind of monster fills out a brief survey about their coat check experience.
So killing an RN who saves lives gets you the full protection of the federal
government, whereas killing a CEO who prevents life-saving care gets you charged by the feds with a capital crime.
government, whereas killing a CEO who prevents life-saving care gets you charged by the feds with a capital crime.
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 PM
So killing an RN who saves lives gets you the full protection of the federal
government, whereas killing a CEO who prevents life-saving care gets you charged by the feds with a capital crime.
government, whereas killing a CEO who prevents life-saving care gets you charged by the feds with a capital crime.
In conversation, a Republican friend imagined and sympathized with Jonathan Ross’s “fear”while failing to ascribe any feelings to Renee Good while he shot her three times in anger and she bled to death. This is how dehumanization works.
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
In conversation, a Republican friend imagined and sympathized with Jonathan Ross’s “fear”while failing to ascribe any feelings to Renee Good while he shot her three times in anger and she bled to death. This is how dehumanization works.
When I was younger, I wished I’d married rich. Now I just regret not having married a Canadian.
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM
When I was younger, I wished I’d married rich. Now I just regret not having married a Canadian.
The barbarians were inside the country.
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The barbarians were inside the country.
It’s a good time to remember John Mueller’s finding that internecine conflicts are driven, not by ethnic and religious hatreds, but by a government’s use of paramilitary thugs.
January 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
It’s a good time to remember John Mueller’s finding that internecine conflicts are driven, not by ethnic and religious hatreds, but by a government’s use of paramilitary thugs.
Major media outlets presenting video of the
murder of Renee Good like it’s the fucking dress.
murder of Renee Good like it’s the fucking dress.
January 11, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Major media outlets presenting video of the
murder of Renee Good like it’s the fucking dress.
murder of Renee Good like it’s the fucking dress.
Apparently the US is as susceptible to a corrupt strongman seizing power as any other country in the Americas.
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Apparently the US is as susceptible to a corrupt strongman seizing power as any other country in the Americas.
I despise Trump with every fiber of my being, but I’d be alarmed and enraged if another country’s military bombed Washington, DC, and kidnapped him.
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I despise Trump with every fiber of my being, but I’d be alarmed and enraged if another country’s military bombed Washington, DC, and kidnapped him.
“The United States appears destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom.” —Simón Bolívar, 1829
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
“The United States appears destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom.” —Simón Bolívar, 1829
Thanks to Ozempic, my fridge is full of neighbors’ pumpkin and pecan pies with tiny wedges carved out.
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Thanks to Ozempic, my fridge is full of neighbors’ pumpkin and pecan pies with tiny wedges carved out.