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· Feb 20
as promised, my personal blog/newsletter, Elena's Take, is now OFF substack and hosted at elenas-take.ghost.io 👻 if you were subscribed there, you are STILL subscribed, since I was able to move the whole shebang over. 💖 love y'all!
this is $8 worth of groceries. lactose intolerant people are the most persecuted class.
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
this is $8 worth of groceries. lactose intolerant people are the most persecuted class.
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That's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.
You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
leavesubstack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 AM
That's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.
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man I can't believe we got football and gun rights in the culture war
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
man I can't believe we got football and gun rights in the culture war
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My "nothing to fear" day i have pencilled in to the calendar has people asking questions already answered by the name of the day
February 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
My "nothing to fear" day i have pencilled in to the calendar has people asking questions already answered by the name of the day
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ai tagline "you can just build things" YOU CAN ALREADY JUST BUILD THINGS!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING WITH A MIND AND A SOUL
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
ai tagline "you can just build things" YOU CAN ALREADY JUST BUILD THINGS!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING WITH A MIND AND A SOUL
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okay I’m gonna post this first to remind everyone that I’m kind of like, cute, okay
February 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
okay I’m gonna post this first to remind everyone that I’m kind of like, cute, okay
picking my skin (to failure)
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 AM
picking my skin (to failure)
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economists ran the numbers and, uh, it's bad!
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
economists ran the numbers and, uh, it's bad!
my PhD advisor keeps talking about how AI is getting “scary good” at coding and how it’s great for him since he knows how to code and can test it out. brother your brain is melting and coming out your ears as we speak!!
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 AM
my PhD advisor keeps talking about how AI is getting “scary good” at coding and how it’s great for him since he knows how to code and can test it out. brother your brain is melting and coming out your ears as we speak!!
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A Warning
Painted with gouache using my own hands and a paintbrush. It took time. I had to make decisions. I painted over and redid several parts. Its not technically perfect. It was fun.
Your generated profile picture makes me vomit #gouache
Painted with gouache using my own hands and a paintbrush. It took time. I had to make decisions. I painted over and redid several parts. Its not technically perfect. It was fun.
Your generated profile picture makes me vomit #gouache
February 5, 2026 at 3:24 AM
A Warning
Painted with gouache using my own hands and a paintbrush. It took time. I had to make decisions. I painted over and redid several parts. Its not technically perfect. It was fun.
Your generated profile picture makes me vomit #gouache
Painted with gouache using my own hands and a paintbrush. It took time. I had to make decisions. I painted over and redid several parts. Its not technically perfect. It was fun.
Your generated profile picture makes me vomit #gouache
this is who runs this account:
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 AM
this is who runs this account:
bring a knife (one boot, the minimum tool) to the knife fight (stomping down the cans)
today in butch excellence: the recycling has been paused bc of ice & it's now piling up in our apartment. El is stomping them flat in the kitchen, wearing one boot, no pants, and a dad-style t-shirt with swordfish on it.
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
bring a knife (one boot, the minimum tool) to the knife fight (stomping down the cans)
got so stressed out re: “do I have adhd?” (almost certainly) “am I doing an okay job of managing it? should I seek out an adult diagnosis?” Snd I became able to take care of a professional email/situation I’d been procrastinating fixing for conservatively 8mo
February 1, 2026 at 2:36 AM
got so stressed out re: “do I have adhd?” (almost certainly) “am I doing an okay job of managing it? should I seek out an adult diagnosis?” Snd I became able to take care of a professional email/situation I’d been procrastinating fixing for conservatively 8mo
I love paying my $30/year student membership for my professional society, with lots of benefits like
![text from an email, which reads:
"We so appreciate the opportunity to have you as a member and look forward to earning your trust in everything we do. As you may know,
members benefit with: [long blank space]... If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bqquohh2zyxtnhrw5g5gievi/bafkreif64lfp5owm55rde5ytjpax4dzd3hov36t4udj5tm4uoh7tz4b7sq@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I love paying my $30/year student membership for my professional society, with lots of benefits like
idk how clear it is in this photo, but there’s an “ice pillar” in the sky in Richmond Virginia rn???
January 31, 2026 at 4:53 AM
idk how clear it is in this photo, but there’s an “ice pillar” in the sky in Richmond Virginia rn???
shoveled ice for three hours in our condo parking lot today, alternating between breaking things up with 1) a hammer and 2) a metal shovel a neighbor loaned us. and it felt great to do something useful! I wish it was as easy to do something for the world
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 AM
shoveled ice for three hours in our condo parking lot today, alternating between breaking things up with 1) a hammer and 2) a metal shovel a neighbor loaned us. and it felt great to do something useful! I wish it was as easy to do something for the world
big ice storm spared us and we kept power throughout, but I am testing out the fireplace cooking setup anyhow… fingers crossed!
January 26, 2026 at 11:45 PM
big ice storm spared us and we kept power throughout, but I am testing out the fireplace cooking setup anyhow… fingers crossed!
forecast for this week: 7 days, all of them equally beautiful days for Pope Leo XIV to excommunicate JD Vance
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM
forecast for this week: 7 days, all of them equally beautiful days for Pope Leo XIV to excommunicate JD Vance
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Friends don't let friends follow AltNPS
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Friends don't let friends follow AltNPS
She Will be hearing from me tonight
January 24, 2026 at 1:51 AM
She Will be hearing from me tonight
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popping my pussy through the collapse of consensus reality
January 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
popping my pussy through the collapse of consensus reality