Ellis Weiner
ellisw.bsky.social
Ellis Weiner
@ellisw.bsky.social
Humorist, novelist, ghost writer, drummer, maker of self-descriptive lists.
Actually they probably did, and I forgot. It happens.
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Wait--you mean they're not the same person? Why was I not informed?
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
He does. And he flaunts it.
December 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of Donald J. Trump and the Marquis de Sade
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
And here's the NY Times' teaser hed. Note the crime-washing:

The Justice Department is releasing a trove of Jeffrey Epstein files
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is perfect. We knew conservatives can't create good art or entertainment, because they're hostile to self-knowledge, have no interest in the truth about human nature, and think all art must be propaganda. So it's fitting that this jerk's favorite "actress" is entirely synthetic.
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Promise?
December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And on time!
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
He created, or stole, a site to rate the hotness of Harvard girls. It ballooned into a major platform. There's no reason to suppose he's unusually smart or decent, let alone capable of managing so huge a platform wisely. He's a dweeb whom the internet transformed into an emperor.
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Especially those. In that order, in fact.
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
She ignores the cult-like aspect of MAGA. It's not a political movement. It's a religious movement, and there is no one--not Carlson, not Rubio, and certainly not Vance--who can replace Trump. No, they won't vote for Dems. They just won't vote at all. Her parents won't change, but so what?
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Good point! A crescendo is a process, not a destination.
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
How much do you think HE thinks it will distract from Friday's Epstein Files release?
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
And after he settles down, leave him there.
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
There is also zero sense that they have any notion of noblesse oblige. We can (and should) sneer at it as vainglory and reputation laundering, but at least it left us SOMETHING.
Zuckerberg isn't founding a hospital or a university. He's raising Wagyu beef cattle on Kauai and feeding them beer.
December 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM