Tim Lees
@timlees.bsky.social
Novelist, short story writer. Brit in Chicago. Door-opener and treat-supplier to a small dog. Married to a wonderful woman.
https://timlees.wordpress.com/
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Not a meaning I've ever come across.
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Not a meaning I've ever come across.
I think that's technically called a "shake down".
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I think that's technically called a "shake down".
Thanks for pointing this out. I've recently read a lengthy article on eruditorumpress which ascribes his whole career (and subsequent abuses) to an attempt to escape an abusive youth and childhood at the hands of scientology.
February 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Thanks for pointing this out. I've recently read a lengthy article on eruditorumpress which ascribes his whole career (and subsequent abuses) to an attempt to escape an abusive youth and childhood at the hands of scientology.
I don't know if he's guilty or not (I suspect he is). But the website that brought him down is part run by Boris Johnson's sister, an extreme right-winger & anti-trans campaigner. Looks like they had a chance to get at a prominent liberal.
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I don't know if he's guilty or not (I suspect he is). But the website that brought him down is part run by Boris Johnson's sister, an extreme right-winger & anti-trans campaigner. Looks like they had a chance to get at a prominent liberal.
Anyone wanna buy some snake oil?
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Anyone wanna buy some snake oil?
Reposted by Tim Lees
This is the kind of stuff I wish someone had told me, during many, many low times in my life. So that's what I'm telling all of you.
Good luck, you got this.👍
(7/7)
Good luck, you got this.👍
(7/7)
February 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is the kind of stuff I wish someone had told me, during many, many low times in my life. So that's what I'm telling all of you.
Good luck, you got this.👍
(7/7)
Good luck, you got this.👍
(7/7)
You haven't seen "Candyman", have you?
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 PM
You haven't seen "Candyman", have you?
It's a start. Maybe they're actually waking up.
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM
It's a start. Maybe they're actually waking up.
The future is a place to avoid.
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The future is a place to avoid.
He looks like a deer in the headlights.
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
He looks like a deer in the headlights.
"Communist". He thinks it's still the 1950s.
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Communist". He thinks it's still the 1950s.