Clifton Lee
@cliftonlee.bsky.social
Ted Scripps Fellow, CU-Boulder 23-24 https://www.colorado.edu/cej/2024/03/18/five-questions-fellows-clifton-wiens Formerly Nat Geo. Introvert but know many. Sorry I missed your party.
This one's for Dr. @kkdumez.bsky.social. I'm in Montana, and this afternoon I pulled up behind this truck and my jaw actually dropped. If you haven't read her book with both of these personages on the two bumper stickers in the title, you must! (The blurred vehicle tag is not Montana.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This one's for Dr. @kkdumez.bsky.social. I'm in Montana, and this afternoon I pulled up behind this truck and my jaw actually dropped. If you haven't read her book with both of these personages on the two bumper stickers in the title, you must! (The blurred vehicle tag is not Montana.)
"Elle est retrouvée. Quoi? - L'Eternité. C'est la mer allée Avec le soleil..." - Rimbaud
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"Elle est retrouvée. Quoi? - L'Eternité. C'est la mer allée Avec le soleil..." - Rimbaud
How do you know when you've crossed from Colorado into Wyoming? The fireworks for sale billboards begin immediately.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How do you know when you've crossed from Colorado into Wyoming? The fireworks for sale billboards begin immediately.
Not the Northern Lights. Boulder, Colorado, earlier today.
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Not the Northern Lights. Boulder, Colorado, earlier today.
'Half asleep 'neath the stars with a medium-sized dog licking your face ... " IYKYK
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
'Half asleep 'neath the stars with a medium-sized dog licking your face ... " IYKYK
This one from Oklahoma is emblazoned with bullshit in its heading. Peace on the Plains (1834). Note the 1st Lt. mentioned. One Jefferson Davis.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This one from Oklahoma is emblazoned with bullshit in its heading. Peace on the Plains (1834). Note the 1st Lt. mentioned. One Jefferson Davis.
And here's one from the Texas panhandle that pits African-Americans against Native Americans. First line of last paragraph is the key sentence.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And here's one from the Texas panhandle that pits African-Americans against Native Americans. First line of last paragraph is the key sentence.
The unwritten subtext of historical markers screams volumes.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The unwritten subtext of historical markers screams volumes.
But the sunrise was sublime.
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
But the sunrise was sublime.
Lost in Las Vegas. (New Mexico).
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Lost in Las Vegas. (New Mexico).
The case against socializing.
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The case against socializing.
The sun never rises, the sun never sets.
The Earth simply turns.
In our language and our perception, the Copernican revolution never occurred.
There are other modern paradigm shifts which passed the majority of humanity by, such as the split between religion, politics, and the secular.
The Earth simply turns.
In our language and our perception, the Copernican revolution never occurred.
There are other modern paradigm shifts which passed the majority of humanity by, such as the split between religion, politics, and the secular.
October 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The sun never rises, the sun never sets.
The Earth simply turns.
In our language and our perception, the Copernican revolution never occurred.
There are other modern paradigm shifts which passed the majority of humanity by, such as the split between religion, politics, and the secular.
The Earth simply turns.
In our language and our perception, the Copernican revolution never occurred.
There are other modern paradigm shifts which passed the majority of humanity by, such as the split between religion, politics, and the secular.
A very good friend is someone who brings you a new tire two and half hours outside of Santa Fe instead of watching the World Series game they were planning on before they got your call.
Cue Brokedown Palace.
Cue Brokedown Palace.
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A very good friend is someone who brings you a new tire two and half hours outside of Santa Fe instead of watching the World Series game they were planning on before they got your call.
Cue Brokedown Palace.
Cue Brokedown Palace.
They are frightened of the time before time, and so create a world that never existed. They fear the time after their time and so lash out like Leviathan cornered, and then claim only they can kill the beast. #chaosksmpf #apocalyptic #mythic #fascism #deeplies
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
They are frightened of the time before time, and so create a world that never existed. They fear the time after their time and so lash out like Leviathan cornered, and then claim only they can kill the beast. #chaosksmpf #apocalyptic #mythic #fascism #deeplies
Exhausted. Discouraged. Good night. Peace.
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Exhausted. Discouraged. Good night. Peace.
High Plains Drifter
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
High Plains Drifter
Bedroom, last night.
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bedroom, last night.
Tonight I am in a high place of darkness and light.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Tonight I am in a high place of darkness and light.
Fascists movements must create fictional existential enemies, project their actions onto others, gaslight, and blame the victim.
There has never been a fascist regime that has not engaged in all of these strategies.
There is no 'Radical Left' of significance or weight in the United States.
There has never been a fascist regime that has not engaged in all of these strategies.
There is no 'Radical Left' of significance or weight in the United States.
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fascists movements must create fictional existential enemies, project their actions onto others, gaslight, and blame the victim.
There has never been a fascist regime that has not engaged in all of these strategies.
There is no 'Radical Left' of significance or weight in the United States.
There has never been a fascist regime that has not engaged in all of these strategies.
There is no 'Radical Left' of significance or weight in the United States.
And here is a photo of Albert Camus dancing. Because if Sisyphus can push a rock up a hill for eternity, why the fuck not?
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
And here is a photo of Albert Camus dancing. Because if Sisyphus can push a rock up a hill for eternity, why the fuck not?
