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Elliot

@1t2ls.bsky.social

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gym selfies and poetry 🏳️‍🌈 NYC same handle on tiktok #lunchpoems

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Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today's poem: Heather Christle, "Perfect Song"
#lunchpoems

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

youtube told me this one weird trick for eliminating chronic pain, and you’ll never guess what the third step is!

(but seriously, i’m so sorry you’re dealing with this. may the good vibrations of those EM oscillators bring you healing and relief)

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

this bit in the rorty book i just read made me laugh:

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

i had a couple pair of their jeans a while back. shockingly good.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

i was so bummed that they closed their little pop up store downtown

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

what if this is the year i finally read shelby foote’s civil war trilogy

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

alt text has the deets

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

“damn the torpedos… full speed ahead”

the dark silhouette of Augustus St. Gaudens monument to David Glasgow Farragut at the north end of madison square park in new york city.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 10h

arms ✅

also i’m soliciting sweatpants recommendations if people are willing to give them

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 11h

❤️❤️❤️

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 11h

it’s me!

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 11h

wow, your ability to not read is impressive! congrats on the well earned block.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

you may already know this but i’m also a PK.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

shouldn’t be too cold but prep for rain

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

time for the gym. and omg it’s jacket season 🎉

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

I was just thinking "i wish i had more billy bird pics in my feed"

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

A big part of my experience as a Christian was the feeling that I was always failing. I was never good enough. And it is really unpleasant the extent to which I have carried that mental habit into this totally separate recreational pursuit.

And it's not even helpful.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

This is to an extent a "me" thing (i.e. my coach is a very nice and sane guy and does not use guilt or shame at all, ever), but it's something I'm trying to come to grips with explicitly instead of just feeling queasy about it.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

The extent to which my mental preparation for bi-weekly checkins with my coach resembles the examination of conscience I would do before my weekly confession... again, not great!

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

Like I have to fight myself internally to make sure that "failing" to adhere to my diet doesn't cause feelings of guilt.

You should not feel guilt about non-adherence to an externally imposed eating plan. This is disordered!

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 12h

There is an aspect of the whole bodybuilding thing that feels way too psychologically close to high-control religious membership, and I really don't like it.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 17h

people consumed with resentment because they live in underfunded rural areas with short staffed hospitals and want to blame brown people for overcrowding instead of blaming republicans.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 18h

It's crazy how lean people's faces get. You look like a totally different person.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 18h

I'm sorry, they expurgated passages from a book out of fear? That's insane.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 18h

There's that BBC interview he did (after the Gilbert Pinfold book iirc) where he seems like he wants to throttle the interviewer.

Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 18h

I didn't realize there was this massive trove of recordings of Leo Strauss's lectures. His voice is somehow not at all what I imagined.
leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu/audio-transc...

Courses: Audio & Transcripts | The Leo Strauss Center

leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu