Lev Mirov
@thelionmachine.bsky.social
poet, novelist, graduate student, time traveler. in my sock knitting era. Jewish genderfluid bone wizard writing queer trans speclit in hell. Medievalist inexplicably writing a dissertation about Anna Akhmatova's queerness. no English pronouns, thanks.
I admit I have some weird existential dread of the patterns behind my eyes because my brain tries to tell me they're meaningful but they're not, I see them with my eyes open if I am remotely tired or stressed, I know it's brain tired noise
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I admit I have some weird existential dread of the patterns behind my eyes because my brain tries to tell me they're meaningful but they're not, I see them with my eyes open if I am remotely tired or stressed, I know it's brain tired noise
They'll be here till Mardi Gras is over! They're authorized to check any bag in the French Quarter! Can't have Mardi Gras without performative security theatre!
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
They'll be here till Mardi Gras is over! They're authorized to check any bag in the French Quarter! Can't have Mardi Gras without performative security theatre!
I guess this broke containment. I live in New Orleans and this is about the French Quarter. The Guard and Troop NOLA are supposed to be protecting parade routes from terror attacks. Making Bourbon St permanently closed to most traffic would be much more practical than parking ATVs at cross streets.
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I guess this broke containment. I live in New Orleans and this is about the French Quarter. The Guard and Troop NOLA are supposed to be protecting parade routes from terror attacks. Making Bourbon St permanently closed to most traffic would be much more practical than parking ATVs at cross streets.
Yes. Thanks for asking.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Yes. Thanks for asking.
They're here ostensibly because of the Mardi Gras parades and I get that, I am within walking distance from where people were murdered on New Years in 2025, but I truly do not believe that adding exponentially more firearms to NOLA can help anyone
February 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
They're here ostensibly because of the Mardi Gras parades and I get that, I am within walking distance from where people were murdered on New Years in 2025, but I truly do not believe that adding exponentially more firearms to NOLA can help anyone
Absolutely bonkers to think that this constant surveillance and presence of openly armed officers is being held up as a relatively respectful occupation compared to other US cities.
February 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Absolutely bonkers to think that this constant surveillance and presence of openly armed officers is being held up as a relatively respectful occupation compared to other US cities.
Just let me take my cannabis soda and backpack full of keyboards home, I promise it's not an IED 😭 they weren't rude or pills about it but oyyyy
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Just let me take my cannabis soda and backpack full of keyboards home, I promise it's not an IED 😭 they weren't rude or pills about it but oyyyy
I think this is a huge part of it. I can't opt in or out of a clowning routine, it feels a LOT like socially sanctioned bullying.
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I think this is a huge part of it. I can't opt in or out of a clowning routine, it feels a LOT like socially sanctioned bullying.
I think because clowns are supposed to be upsetting and kind of incomprehensible, completely outside social rules of normal behavior and appearance. Actually the thing that bothers me is the anonymity as an outsider. They're very close to mummers and Bacchic inversion to me.
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I think because clowns are supposed to be upsetting and kind of incomprehensible, completely outside social rules of normal behavior and appearance. Actually the thing that bothers me is the anonymity as an outsider. They're very close to mummers and Bacchic inversion to me.
Flesh and Bone seared itself into my psyche because of what it set up for the New Caprica Starbuck plotline. Absolute nightmare fuel. I was dealing with a stalker at the time.
February 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Flesh and Bone seared itself into my psyche because of what it set up for the New Caprica Starbuck plotline. Absolute nightmare fuel. I was dealing with a stalker at the time.
Dear Grant Fellows, please consider that I am a good poet and a decent scholar and need moneys for groceries and weird books and coffee shop writing dates because my desk is cursed.
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Dear Grant Fellows, please consider that I am a good poet and a decent scholar and need moneys for groceries and weird books and coffee shop writing dates because my desk is cursed.
I know I shouldn't ratio people, sorry. Sorry. But honestly. Honestly!!! This pisses me off so bad! "What if suddenly it started delivering on its marketing promises"
That's a SCAM. That's the logic of someone who has been scammed on fake products.
That's a SCAM. That's the logic of someone who has been scammed on fake products.
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I know I shouldn't ratio people, sorry. Sorry. But honestly. Honestly!!! This pisses me off so bad! "What if suddenly it started delivering on its marketing promises"
That's a SCAM. That's the logic of someone who has been scammed on fake products.
That's a SCAM. That's the logic of someone who has been scammed on fake products.
...insulation? Packing supplies in which something important was shipped?
February 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
...insulation? Packing supplies in which something important was shipped?
I am so fine at math that I enjoy doing knitting math! I'm good at budgeting! I am able to understand if a statistic is telling lies! I can bake by weight! I test okay! I am NOT BAD AT MATH. But because I couldn't learn algebra by osmosis I internalized a lot of shame and fear about numbers.
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I am so fine at math that I enjoy doing knitting math! I'm good at budgeting! I am able to understand if a statistic is telling lies! I can bake by weight! I test okay! I am NOT BAD AT MATH. But because I couldn't learn algebra by osmosis I internalized a lot of shame and fear about numbers.
I cannot emphasize enough how FINE at doing math I am. I got a teacher in college who recognized my problem with math is that sometimes when stressed out I mix up 10 and 100 but I also *can tell I did that* because I understand what types of equations have what types of answers.
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how FINE at doing math I am. I got a teacher in college who recognized my problem with math is that sometimes when stressed out I mix up 10 and 100 but I also *can tell I did that* because I understand what types of equations have what types of answers.
It's pretty but seems overwhelmingly busy if it's going to be a lot of unbroken fabric
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It's pretty but seems overwhelmingly busy if it's going to be a lot of unbroken fabric
I should take a picture of the cursed painting in a hotel lobby I often walk past, it looks like a portrait of Dorian Gray situation but of a woman with black eyes slowly melting
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I should take a picture of the cursed painting in a hotel lobby I often walk past, it looks like a portrait of Dorian Gray situation but of a woman with black eyes slowly melting
What loathesome little beetle eyes that painting has lmao
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
What loathesome little beetle eyes that painting has lmao