Taylor Fleet
@leaflottery.bsky.social
Former copyeditor fond of semicolons.
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
—Wallace Stevens
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
—Wallace Stevens
Pinned
Taylor Fleet
@leaflottery.bsky.social
· Jul 5
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” —Hannah Arendt
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Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman
Truly one of the more vile members of the administration, to judge from her past statements. In a just world, she’d be reduced to selling pencils from a tin cup on a street corner.
One of the most brainwashed rats is leaving the sinking DHS ship: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration
The move comes as public opinion has turned on the administration’s hardline immigration policies.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Truly one of the more vile members of the administration, to judge from her past statements. In a just world, she’d be reduced to selling pencils from a tin cup on a street corner.
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A Presidents’ Day poem from me, at Michigan City Review of Books. Enjoy. mcrb.neocities.org/timetraveler
February 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A Presidents’ Day poem from me, at Michigan City Review of Books. Enjoy. mcrb.neocities.org/timetraveler
Robert Duvall in “Tender Mercies” is some fine, fine acting.
February 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Robert Duvall in “Tender Mercies” is some fine, fine acting.
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I watched a video of a wine mom in Kansas City casually torching a proposed ICE facility with lighter fluid in broad fucking daylight, and then saw a tweet from Amy Klobuchar about grocery prices and, Jesus, please try to keep up
February 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I watched a video of a wine mom in Kansas City casually torching a proposed ICE facility with lighter fluid in broad fucking daylight, and then saw a tweet from Amy Klobuchar about grocery prices and, Jesus, please try to keep up
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We. Are. The. Shithole. Nation.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
We. Are. The. Shithole. Nation.
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You can't revoke a scientific finding. You can stop talking about it, pretend it doesn't exist, register your disapproval, disagree with it due to your own ideological biases, but you can't "revoke" it. That's nonsense.
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
You can't revoke a scientific finding. You can stop talking about it, pretend it doesn't exist, register your disapproval, disagree with it due to your own ideological biases, but you can't "revoke" it. That's nonsense.
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
“If making America great again means turning it into a giant protection racket, then this form of greatness does indeed beckon. It is a plausible future.”
Whose Hemisphere? | Fintan O’Toole
The US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro reinforces the Trump administration’s capacity to invent any pretext to justify the use of armed force.
www.nybooks.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
“If making America great again means turning it into a giant protection racket, then this form of greatness does indeed beckon. It is a plausible future.”
Good evening. A poem by Kathleen Ossip:
Childhood | Kathleen Ossip
I did die. Dying was a venetian blind, all parts working together but not in the same direction.Like a succulent, an aloe leaf—break it and it heals.I
www.nybooks.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Good evening. A poem by Kathleen Ossip:
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Remember when we thought Sarah Palin was the dumbest person in politics
Good times.
Good times.
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Remember when we thought Sarah Palin was the dumbest person in politics
Good times.
Good times.
Our race to the bottom picks up speed:
“‘If you hide that there’s A.I., it sells just fine,’ she said.
“But she believes that in time, A.I. generated fiction will become widespread and popular.
“‘Eventually’ Ms. West said, ‘readers will not care.’”
“‘If you hide that there’s A.I., it sells just fine,’ she said.
“But she believes that in time, A.I. generated fiction will become widespread and popular.
“‘Eventually’ Ms. West said, ‘readers will not care.’”
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Our race to the bottom picks up speed:
“‘If you hide that there’s A.I., it sells just fine,’ she said.
“But she believes that in time, A.I. generated fiction will become widespread and popular.
“‘Eventually’ Ms. West said, ‘readers will not care.’”
“‘If you hide that there’s A.I., it sells just fine,’ she said.
“But she believes that in time, A.I. generated fiction will become widespread and popular.
“‘Eventually’ Ms. West said, ‘readers will not care.’”
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
“One answer to a big lie, to a Nazi alternative reality, are the small truths.”
Essential reading.
Essential reading.
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
“One answer to a big lie, to a Nazi alternative reality, are the small truths.”
Essential reading.
Essential reading.
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Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
A tiny ray of sunshine.
Educator Who Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Students Wins Job Back in Court
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
A tiny ray of sunshine.
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Journalism! The way you always wanted it to be.
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
www.instagram.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Journalism! The way you always wanted it to be.
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
“Kicking off the meeting to the tune of ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams….”
Every clueless boss who tries to paper over tension with something “fun” but ends up further alienating staff.
Every clueless boss who tries to paper over tension with something “fun” but ends up further alienating staff.
Weiss tells CBS staff to love it or leave it as Gayle King passionately defends her
‘She seems very small,’ a network employee reacted to Weiss’ remarks at Tuesday’s all-hands meeting. ‘She can read talking points off the teleprompter, but it doesn't really connect to what's happenin...
www.independent.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:42 PM
“Kicking off the meeting to the tune of ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams….”
Every clueless boss who tries to paper over tension with something “fun” but ends up further alienating staff.
Every clueless boss who tries to paper over tension with something “fun” but ends up further alienating staff.
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It's Miller. Miller has to go.
Miller time.
Miller time.
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 AM
It's Miller. Miller has to go.
Miller time.
Miller time.
“ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. The other agencies within it should be redistributed across other departments. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.”
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
“ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. The other agencies within it should be redistributed across other departments. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.”
“It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror.”
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 AM
“It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror.”
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Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Abolish ICE, abolish DHS, redistribute the other agencies, prosecute actual criminals, such as people who commit execution-style murders of Americans in broad daylight.
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Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
