Ellen Clair Lamb

Ellen Clair Lamb

@eclamb.bsky.social

What you call me depends on how you know me. Editor, writer, insufferable know-it-all. Natitude, Hoya Saxa, AMDG. https://lambletters.com/

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Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

If we actually get this blue wave, I don't want to hear anything about what's politically viable in January. I want to hear about what's right, what's fair, what's just, and what our laws require.

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

This is amazing. You can barely see them even in the photos. 😻

dave wagner@davewagner.bsky.social

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... Story and delightful photos by Puskar Basu

discoverwildlife.com"It's as secretive as a ghost, so secretive that, prior to 2012, it had never been photographed." When India's grumpiest cat moved into a house, the family moved out | Discover WildlifeOn the edge of a remote mountain slope in northern India, a secretive cat becomes part of village life.
Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

Jesus Christ.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump's affordability message: "You could even come to Mar-a-Lago. You'll be my guest. The problem is that for $5,000 the most you'll be able to buy is a hamburger and maybe a small dessert. I'm not even sure you could buy that! No, don't go there. It's not a good place if you're price conscious."

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Arlington Democrats
@arlingtondems.bsky.social

This is the last week of early voting in Virginia! The polls are open 9-5, Monday to Friday, at Courthouse Plaza in north Arlington. The polls will also be open on Saturday, October 31st at Courthouse Plaza, and Langston-Brown and Walter Reed Community Centers.

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

This feels like the reaction of someone who’d been promised the fix was in.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Flávio Bolsonaro calls for Brazil's election results to be 'annulled' after loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. @apnews.com

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

Treat yourself.

Christopher Moore@theauthorguy.bsky.social

The Serpent of Venice, in which a diminutive fool named Pocket, with the help of a dragon and Marco Polo, solves the racism and antisemitism in The Merchant of Venice and Othello. $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

Another Bouchercon (my 18th, depending on how you count) in the books. Next year in DC, Labor Day weekend. Honorees include @lauralippman.bsky.social and @blacktopkid.bsky.social, and I'm on the organizing committee. www.bouchercon2027.com

bouchercon2027.comBouchercon 2027 Washington, D.C.The World Mystery Convention Bouchercon 2027 Washington, D.C. Mystery Most Monumental welcomes a wide range of crime fiction authors including traditional mystery, cozy, thriller, historical, noir, hu...

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Merriam-Webster
@merriam-webster.com

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes.bsky.social

This is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...
Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

One thing I’ll take credit for being is a good panel moderator, but it’s only because I grew up in a family of six kids that ate dinner together every night.

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Olga Nesterova
@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

A U.S. envoy calling murderer Putin a humanitarian while visiting him in Kremlin — when after failing to achieve his military goals, Putin directs Ukrainian civilians to be hunted in the streets or executed in their own homes. Kids will read about this one day and ask: what was everyone else doing?

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

I refuse to acknowledge this.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social

I feel like no one told me and definitely no one asked my permission when "compute" became a noun. Like I'm a friend to all nerds. But this was a little out of hand. And shld have been reined in.

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

I’ll take it.

Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social

Rooting for a Tampa Bay vs Milwaukee World Series that ends in extra innings in Game 7 when everybody agrees they’re all winners and they all share their snacks.

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

It's a fantastic social history of American policing and the development of government-led investigation, making the not-so-subtle point that leaving police work in private hands is both inefficient and dangerous to individual rights.

Ellen Clair Lamb
@eclamb.bsky.social

The abuse of state-authorized police powers is horrifying, but privatizing those powers is worse. As long as journalists can report on what's happening and voters can change government policy, it's better that the state hold that authority. Obviously, those are two huge conditions.