Dale (aka Lichtenbergian)
@thatdale.bsky.social
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
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
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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!
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Does anybody else keep a pile of half-read books on their end table as a form of hairshirt?
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Does anybody else keep a pile of half-read books on their end table as a form of hairshirt?
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Show us again on the little doll where the socialists hurt you.
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Show us again on the little doll where the socialists hurt you.
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I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine
coward, this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker,
this huge hill of flesh,--
coward, this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker,
this huge hill of flesh,--
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine
coward, this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker,
this huge hill of flesh,--
coward, this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker,
this huge hill of flesh,--
with my apologies, another #BadEtching... badetchings.blogspot.com/2014/10/what...
What, and quit show biz?
He should have listened to his old acting teacher's advice, Robert ruminated ruefully: never to appear on stage with dogs or c...
badetchings.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
with my apologies, another #BadEtching... badetchings.blogspot.com/2014/10/what...
“Better as a T-Shirt Rule”: don’t commit to permanence when there’s still #SuccessiveApproximation to be done. (p. 13) #TaskAvoidance
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Better as a T-Shirt Rule”: don’t commit to permanence when there’s still #SuccessiveApproximation to be done. (p. 13) #TaskAvoidance
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Thank you for coming to my TED Rant.
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thank you for coming to my TED Rant.
If you make enough little things, at some point you will have big things to deal with. #WasteBooks #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you make enough little things, at some point you will have big things to deal with. #WasteBooks #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes
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Hmm. It’s really *interesting * that ICE are behaving similarly to the people who terrorized the twin cities during the George Floyd uprisings. Wonder what that’s about
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hmm. It’s really *interesting * that ICE are behaving similarly to the people who terrorized the twin cities during the George Floyd uprisings. Wonder what that’s about
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy Melvil Dewey's birthday to all who 394.26!
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy Melvil Dewey's birthday to all who 394.26!
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Me listening to economists talk about the economy as if it’s a weather phenomenon and not a system controlled by a few powerful men.
a man in a plaid shirt is making a funny face and looking at the camera .
Alt: a man in a plaid shirt is making a funny face and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Me listening to economists talk about the economy as if it’s a weather phenomenon and not a system controlled by a few powerful men.
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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i8122many.bsky.social block and mute this stupid fucking troll too
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i8122many.bsky.social block and mute this stupid fucking troll too
Do I think less of you if you don't put the little divider bar behind your groceries on the conveyor belt so I can begin placing my groceries? Yes, yes I do.
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Do I think less of you if you don't put the little divider bar behind your groceries on the conveyor belt so I can begin placing my groceries? Yes, yes I do.
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I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
“It goes without saying that we never finished the project.” (p. 30) #Abandonment
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“It goes without saying that we never finished the project.” (p. 30) #Abandonment
In Beethoven’s #WasteBooks we can see eight different beginnings to his Symphony No. 5. With each iteration, he listened and found that it was not quite right. (p. 69) #SuccessiveApproximation
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In Beethoven’s #WasteBooks we can see eight different beginnings to his Symphony No. 5. With each iteration, he listened and found that it was not quite right. (p. 69) #SuccessiveApproximation
Starting to see some scum showing up over here. Block!
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Starting to see some scum showing up over here. Block!
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I hear people on all sides of the issue say “ #Healthcare in America is “broken”
It’s not “broken” if has never worked.
Better terms might be:
Flawed
disfunctional
predatory
corrupt
cruel
It’s not “broken” if has never worked.
Better terms might be:
Flawed
disfunctional
predatory
corrupt
cruel
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I hear people on all sides of the issue say “ #Healthcare in America is “broken”
It’s not “broken” if has never worked.
Better terms might be:
Flawed
disfunctional
predatory
corrupt
cruel
It’s not “broken” if has never worked.
Better terms might be:
Flawed
disfunctional
predatory
corrupt
cruel
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Some say it is illegal to arrest a sitting president. It is not. The president is subject to the law like everyone. That none have been arrested in the U.S. is only a policy internal to the DOJ based on the need for continuity of government operations--a policy that never imagined a criminal POTUS.
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Some say it is illegal to arrest a sitting president. It is not. The president is subject to the law like everyone. That none have been arrested in the U.S. is only a policy internal to the DOJ based on the need for continuity of government operations--a policy that never imagined a criminal POTUS.
There are so many fabulous artists in my feed that if I won the lottery, I'd buy from all of them. #BlueskyArt
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
There are so many fabulous artists in my feed that if I won the lottery, I'd buy from all of them. #BlueskyArt