Author | Lightnews

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)

@thatdale.bsky.social

530 followers 440 following 3K posts

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

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · Jan 16

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!

An etching of 18th-c. physics professor Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: a man in a periwig and full coat and cravat smiles slightly and knowingly at the audience

2 1 10

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 5m

It gets worse.

A popular meme depicting the White House with the East Wing destroyed. In its place, the Death Star is being built, and TRUMP is displayed on its side in big, gaudy letters.

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 3h

We believe in you.

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 3h

(I mean, technically he's correct: Republicans can't govern because they have no concept of the common welfare.)

1 1

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 3h

A burrowing owl stands facing the camera, its head rotated nearly 180° upside down

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 3h

Nope. Never have, and I never will.

Reposted by Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4h

Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 8h

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

9 160 480

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 4h

#Lichtenbergianism

A quote from William Blake: “There are things known and things unknown: in between are the doors.”

Reposted by Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 6h

I continue to sincerely want the term “Kavanaugh Stop” to be a badge of shame for the rest of Brett Kavanaugh’s days; the only bit of writing he’s known or remembered for; his sole contribution to the Law; for him to perceive, in little stabs of self-awareness, that this will be his rancid legacy.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 3d

What a sick world.

150 1.4K 4.3K

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 4h

www.lichtenbergianism.com/blog/2025/10...

Man, if this isn't a metaphor... — Lichtenbergianism

In which I return to Default World with a simple project…

www.lichtenbergianism.com

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 15h

www.dalelyles.com/be-bes-initi...

Be Bes – Dale Says

www.dalelyles.com

Reposted by Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 16h

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

790 10K 31K

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 22h

Does that work?

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 22h

I updated the photo to be a little more accurate...

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 22h

...without the integrity of Oliver Douglas, of course.

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 22h

I always sought to make my school library a cool — and safe — place to be, both at the secondary and elementary levels. I am proud to say that I have been told that I did so and that it made a difference.

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 22h

I saw this photo earlier and felt something was missing, so I fixed it. You're welcome. #EastWing

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 1d

WHY IS THIS ANIMAL LYING ON MY KEYBOARD WHEN HE HAS A PERFECTLY GOOD CAT BED RIGHT THERE??? #CatsOfBluesky

A blob of a tuxedo cat has once again decided to blob out on his father's keyboard, triggering various function keys to open apps unexpectedly.

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 1d

The past is there for the taking — disassemble your idols and use the parts to #MakeTheThingThatIsNot. #StealFromTheBest. #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

A collage with an 18th-century man holding a carriage above his head. Johann Sebastian Bach is in the carriage, and a slogan says “Steal like a boss.”

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 1d

DRAWING THE CIRCLE: Arrange your desk, set out your drawing materials, sharpen your pencils, set your word count. Do some practice scales, review yesterday’s orchestration, proofread yesterday’s chapter. Ask your big question, set your sights, gird your loins. (p. 77) #Ritual

Reposted by Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so,
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!

1 59 320

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 2d

If I were of an entrepreneurial mind, I'd have turned my Be Bes initiative into a nationwide rallying cry. But I'm not, so y'all will just have to run with the concept: Everyone deserves life, and if you don't believe that, you're on Team Evil. dalelyles.com/be-bes-initi...

A grotesque little statuette of the ancient Egyptian god Bes, pictured as a bowlegged little man with cat ears, protruding tongue, and an erect phallus. He protected households, particularly mothers, children, and childbirth. He came to be regarded as the defender of everything good and the enemy of all that is bad, and since he drove off evil, Bes also came to symbolize the good things in life– music, dance, and sexual pleasure. Below the statuette, the words ‘Be Bes.’ https://www.dalelyles.com/be-bes-initiative

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 2d

thanks for the correction — I'll have to check him out... some day! (that's the fun of being retired...)

Reposted by Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.

I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.

260 3.8K 14K

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 2d

feels like a very Henry Ford way to look at education: "Speed up the belt, Sam, speed up the belt..." As a retired elementary librarian, I often pushed back against the idea of school as an assembly line, because it isn't.

1 1

Dale (aka Lichtenbergian) @thatdale.bsky.social · 2d

with my apologies, another #BadEtching... badetchings.blogspot.com/2014/09/all-...

Meanwhile, inside Ambrose's head...

"All right, I have the chain, I killed my pet deer, and I've shaved all my body hair. Tell me what to do next," Ambrose asked ...

badetchings.blogspot.com