Elliot
@1t2ls.bsky.social
gym selfies and poetry 🏳️🌈 NYC
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more experiments in lighting
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
more experiments in lighting
there are a whole lot of intelligent, engaged, responsible, and morally decent people out there.
February 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
there are a whole lot of intelligent, engaged, responsible, and morally decent people out there.
reciting this at the gym between sets. don’t care if people think I’m nuts.
Today's poem: Rainer Maria Rilke, "Archaischer Torso Apollos"
#lunchpoems
#lunchpoems
February 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
reciting this at the gym between sets. don’t care if people think I’m nuts.
my jasmine plant grew too close to the heater
February 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
my jasmine plant grew too close to the heater
we have another entrant in my “record yourself reciting a poem” challenge for 2026!
February 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
we have another entrant in my “record yourself reciting a poem” challenge for 2026!
having trouble escaping my bed.
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
having trouble escaping my bed.
youtube shorts is the worst version of a tiktok clone. it’s astonishingly bad. i keep getting served educational videos about how to do different kinds of wound suturing. horrifying and not aligned with my interests!
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
youtube shorts is the worst version of a tiktok clone. it’s astonishingly bad. i keep getting served educational videos about how to do different kinds of wound suturing. horrifying and not aligned with my interests!
These shoes squeak so i occasionally put 3 in 1 oil into the soles.
February 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
These shoes squeak so i occasionally put 3 in 1 oil into the soles.
i wish my brain didn’t turn everything i do into a logistics problem that needs to be optimized. it makes life kind of exhausting.
February 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
i wish my brain didn’t turn everything i do into a logistics problem that needs to be optimized. it makes life kind of exhausting.
when i was at Yale someone in my history of philosophy discussion section once said “well, we’re the smartest people in our generation, surely one of us will become the next Plato”.
Token Anxiety
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
when i was at Yale someone in my history of philosophy discussion section once said “well, we’re the smartest people in our generation, surely one of us will become the next Plato”.
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
This Criterion streaming collection is so clearly a response to the hockey show. Solid viewing:
(I've been watching Criterion Closet videos, thus all the Criterion posting lately.)
(I've been watching Criterion Closet videos, thus all the Criterion posting lately.)
February 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
This Criterion streaming collection is so clearly a response to the hockey show. Solid viewing:
(I've been watching Criterion Closet videos, thus all the Criterion posting lately.)
(I've been watching Criterion Closet videos, thus all the Criterion posting lately.)
Pamela Anderson's career was (obviously) not for me, but I really enjoy seeing her like this, it's lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyo_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyo_...
Pamela Anderson’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Pamela Anderson's career was (obviously) not for me, but I really enjoy seeing her like this, it's lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyo_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyo_...
some kind of celestial event is underway.
February 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
some kind of celestial event is underway.
still messing with lighting / exposure. is this one good?
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
still messing with lighting / exposure. is this one good?
he’s back, with gf again. sigh.
he took over the incline machine press from me and immediately put an extra plate on each side.
he took over the incline machine press from me and immediately put an extra plate on each side.
oh no, there’s a hot guy at the gym.
from yearning glances, preserve me, oh lord.
from yearning glances, preserve me, oh lord.
February 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
he’s back, with gf again. sigh.
he took over the incline machine press from me and immediately put an extra plate on each side.
he took over the incline machine press from me and immediately put an extra plate on each side.
the part of “In the Next Life” when kim petras starts singing in german is such a little treat.
February 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
the part of “In the Next Life” when kim petras starts singing in german is such a little treat.
while i was getting my haircut i was sort of half dozing off and thinking about building a castle of words to wander around in. fun times.
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
while i was getting my haircut i was sort of half dozing off and thinking about building a castle of words to wander around in. fun times.
Somewhere out there a deeply closeted catholic priest who has built a compensatory identity around powerlifting is posting about how St Valentine was a Manly Man who was beaten to death because he loved Jesus so much.
February 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Somewhere out there a deeply closeted catholic priest who has built a compensatory identity around powerlifting is posting about how St Valentine was a Manly Man who was beaten to death because he loved Jesus so much.
Reposted by Elliot
New book day. Picked up Furious Minds on the recommendation of @mattpolprof.bsky.social or @1t2ls.bsky.social (maybe both).
(And no points for noticing the irony of posting an attention manifesto on social media.)
(And no points for noticing the irony of posting an attention manifesto on social media.)
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
New book day. Picked up Furious Minds on the recommendation of @mattpolprof.bsky.social or @1t2ls.bsky.social (maybe both).
(And no points for noticing the irony of posting an attention manifesto on social media.)
(And no points for noticing the irony of posting an attention manifesto on social media.)
no more wolverine look for a while
February 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
no more wolverine look for a while