eileen
@espiegler.bsky.social
Former journalist who still writes, edits, designs. Geek who loves art, music, words, what you do with them. I'm on Threads too @_eileenie_ for now.
“It feels like something that was put together by a small number of people for Donald Trump.
It's not a strategy, it's like a vision. It reminds me of, you know, in like influencing, they do mood boards. It's like a Christmas list of we want this.”
It's not a strategy, it's like a vision. It reminds me of, you know, in like influencing, they do mood boards. It's like a Christmas list of we want this.”
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“It feels like something that was put together by a small number of people for Donald Trump.
It's not a strategy, it's like a vision. It reminds me of, you know, in like influencing, they do mood boards. It's like a Christmas list of we want this.”
It's not a strategy, it's like a vision. It reminds me of, you know, in like influencing, they do mood boards. It's like a Christmas list of we want this.”
Nick Cave writes in the Red Hand Files about hope.
If you missed it, here's his lovely conversation with Stephen Colbert last year when Wild God was released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qm...
If you missed it, here's his lovely conversation with Stephen Colbert last year when Wild God was released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qm...
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Nick Cave writes in the Red Hand Files about hope.
If you missed it, here's his lovely conversation with Stephen Colbert last year when Wild God was released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qm...
If you missed it, here's his lovely conversation with Stephen Colbert last year when Wild God was released. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qm...
Just gonna enjoy this for a minute.
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Just gonna enjoy this for a minute.
I had not seen this when I posted the above: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I had not seen this when I posted the above: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Wonder if CNN-Kalshi will take wagers on when the US will get to public executions.
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wonder if CNN-Kalshi will take wagers on when the US will get to public executions.
He wore that Frodo & Sam for President t-shirt on Colbert, and I just wanted to hug him.
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
He wore that Frodo & Sam for President t-shirt on Colbert, and I just wanted to hug him.
I was lucky enough to work in news at a time when getting the facts right was paramount, and be taught by journalists with so much integrity. Maybe that's why I feel such heartache over all of this. We descendants of shtetl dwellers aren't exactly known for our optimism! Anyway! Seen on IG:
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I was lucky enough to work in news at a time when getting the facts right was paramount, and be taught by journalists with so much integrity. Maybe that's why I feel such heartache over all of this. We descendants of shtetl dwellers aren't exactly known for our optimism! Anyway! Seen on IG:
When Erik Prince again oozes out of the sewer, you know scum and villainy are afoot.
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When Erik Prince again oozes out of the sewer, you know scum and villainy are afoot.
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
Good morning from Nick Cave's Red Hand Files
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Good morning from Nick Cave's Red Hand Files
"What Timbaland says he wants to do is create 'a new genre of music,' A-pop, artificial pop. It sounds like a bunch of bullshit. ... I'd say to a young person, if they want to hear a female voice shouting invective, check out the new Cardi B. It's pretty good." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"What Timbaland says he wants to do is create 'a new genre of music,' A-pop, artificial pop. It sounds like a bunch of bullshit. ... I'd say to a young person, if they want to hear a female voice shouting invective, check out the new Cardi B. It's pretty good." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
I often dream of Heaven, and I know that Prince and D'Angelo are there. ☔ www.facebook.com/watch/?v=101...
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I often dream of Heaven, and I know that Prince and D'Angelo are there. ☔ www.facebook.com/watch/?v=101...
I feel a bit more like
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I feel a bit more like
"You'll always be my favourite ghost."
- Florence + The Machine
- Florence + The Machine
October 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"You'll always be my favourite ghost."
- Florence + The Machine
- Florence + The Machine
These shitheads absolutely cannot stand being left alone with each other. www.thedailybeast.com/white-houses...
October 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
These shitheads absolutely cannot stand being left alone with each other. www.thedailybeast.com/white-houses...
It's hard to imagine that nothing at all
Could be so exciting, could be this much fun
Oh, Heaven
Heaven is a place
A place where nothing
Nothing ever happens
– David Byrne, "Heaven"
Could be so exciting, could be this much fun
Oh, Heaven
Heaven is a place
A place where nothing
Nothing ever happens
– David Byrne, "Heaven"
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's hard to imagine that nothing at all
Could be so exciting, could be this much fun
Oh, Heaven
Heaven is a place
A place where nothing
Nothing ever happens
– David Byrne, "Heaven"
Could be so exciting, could be this much fun
Oh, Heaven
Heaven is a place
A place where nothing
Nothing ever happens
– David Byrne, "Heaven"
I'll just post my fallback quote from the great Israeli writer Amos Oz:
October 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I'll just post my fallback quote from the great Israeli writer Amos Oz:
"Barrett’s academic insistence that a shadow docket ruling needs no explanation because “in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue,“ requires a response."
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"Barrett’s academic insistence that a shadow docket ruling needs no explanation because “in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue,“ requires a response."
LOL. I realize this is a woman's fantasy fictional man, but you reminded me dreamboat Conrad in The Summer I Turned Pretty collected stamps, had "an obsession with vintage encyclopedias," & was moderator for a Ring-bearer subreddit.
October 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
LOL. I realize this is a woman's fantasy fictional man, but you reminded me dreamboat Conrad in The Summer I Turned Pretty collected stamps, had "an obsession with vintage encyclopedias," & was moderator for a Ring-bearer subreddit.