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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

tfw you need an oven mitt to open your car door

from the dashboard of my car "OUT TEMP 110 degrees F"

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

tried to capture some of that sky last night, real quick, from inside the car last night. like a honey ocean up there.

looking up between the square buildings of DTLA art district in los angeles, the sky is glowing at dusk, the clouds and light mingle like spokes on a bicycle. the beams of the bright sun intersect the spokes.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Jenny Holzer from Hurt Earth 2022 Climate Vulnerable Forum Photo Steven Calcote (borrowing from IG)

Night. Crowd in the foreground, palm trees stretch into the sky. A very large screen illuminates the words: "The fate of the most vulnerable will be the fate of the world"

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

from @ezhang77.bsky.social's chapbook, A City Bursts Inside Me, for for @tomsnarsky.bsky.social's #smallpoemsunday

Elevated Tracks

You turn permanent at night.
A number forgets how to modulate fears.
Even then, you hear transit
so reliable and yearning

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

recently saw his cousins in CA

in the woods, a giant sleeping troll carefully crafted from wood.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Matthew Rhys' best undercover look in The Americans (for no reason)

Matthew Rhys with a sweep of blonde hair and glasses, looking shady AF in a phone booth.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Edvard Munch is generally known for The Scream but he painted the significantly less nightmare-inducing The Sun 1911 years later.

a painting of the sun rising (or setting?) over water, it's rays expanding out in yellow and orange dashes. A very geometric feel.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

don't ever forget that the USPS was, not all that long ago, remarkably reliable. the grift is coming out of our wages, our services and our systems...

a sign, hanging titled on a concrete bollard, reads USPS CLOSED. Then, a second sign taped on top of it to elaborate. That one reads: SYSTEM DOWN.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

since I saw Coyote vs. Acme yesterday, I've been thinking about Wile E. Coyote's Reddit AMA again... and specifically how it unexpectedly reminded me of Jenny Holzer.

Wile E. Coyote holds up a sign that reads "WE CANNOT JUDGE OUR WORTH ON THE WORK OF OTHERS"

A Jenny Holzer piece from 1982 (Messages to the Public), a giant LED board in Times Square reads: "IT IS A MAN'S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF"

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

the soup window is brief but real

A screenshot of a weather app showing today, 70F and raining, tomorrow, a high of 92 and partly cloudy

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

for #smallpoemsunday, Ryszard Krynicki translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh

by Ryszard Krynicki

Poor moth, I can’t help you,
I can only turn out the light.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

jumped on the prompt from @zoomburst.substack.com "Write a poem in the form of a recipe" #poetry #OddChallenge #prompt

THIS CAKE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART
1 tablespoon of being
½ cup questions and dirt
2 sticks of education, melted
8 ounces of memories, forgotten

⅔ cup of why did that happen
2 eggs, separated for no good reason
A clove of expectations, minced
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Set the vanilla aside. In a large bowl, mix all of the other ingredients together while laughing. Hold the bowl up to the sun and see note the light warms your cold, cold skin. Do not put this in the oven, do not bake or freeze or eat. This cake is not delicious but a reminder that every good heart holds a recipe that breaks. Now add the vanilla.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

just learned Wendell Berry has passed. #poetry

To Know the Dark

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

it is dangerously hot in Los Angeles and if you want to (and are able to) support a local org that helps helps fight water insecurity on Skid Row and elsewhere, here is Water Drop LA: www.waterdropla.org

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🤔 pretty sure this was it...

The album art for The Cure Disintegration, which includes Robert Smith's ghostly face in a blur of shadows and light

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

LA's Central Library used to have outdoor reading rooms! you didn't even need a library card; you'd just borrow the book and return it before the reading station was packed up at the end of the day. lovely.

A black and white photo shows several men in suits and hats reading under a shady palm tree. There is a table and rolling shelf of books, partially shaded by an umbrella. A sign reads LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY, BORROW A BOOK TO READ IN THE PARK

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

in the dog days of summer with Penny (dog sitting)

a pit bull mix laying down, staring into the camera

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

mmmhmm Jenny Holzer Forty-second Street Art Project 1993 Photo Don Shewey

A marquee in NYC reads SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

oh, nice -- tell your tweens and teens that Vidiots has $2 movie screenings especially for them

In 2025, Vidiots excitedly launched Movie Den, a tween and teen-centric matinee repertory series in our MUBI Microcinema, with programming focused on engaging, delighting, and inspiring the next generation of film lovers.
During spring and summer breaks Movie Den offers curated afternoon screenings every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with tickets priced at $2 (a call-back to the Eagle Theatre’s pricing of yesteryear) and popcorn is on the house!

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

ahhh finished a jigsaw puzzle, one of my favorites. the photo doesn't do the colors justice, tbh

A completed puzzle featuring a large bookcase with book and plants and a fishtank and cats, among other details. Made by lovely puzzle maker Elena Essex (not to be confused with me, who is also Elena)

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

solid advice from Emma Leaphorn of Dark Winds

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

timeline cleanse pastry edition

a tray of pasteis de nata, aka Portuguese custard tarts, next to a tray of mini pasteis de nata

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

tfw "adult" is not specific enough

A tag on a float reads WARNING: USE ONLY UNDER COMPETENT ADULT SUPERVISION

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

life is hard. sometimes you need to just look for a sign...

A sign reads EAT MORE ICE CREAM with a big ol' ice cream cone

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

flew into a heat dome today and took swift cool-down action

looking down on a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream. It's in a cup and resting on a table that's a slightly darker shade of green than the ice cream

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Old enough to recognize this as a data center

A vintage trapper keeper folder, light blue with a rainbow, hearts and a cloud

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

at the reflecting pool and guys this doesn’t look right

A still from the movie 1978 Piranha: A kid is hanging on an upside-down boat and a man is hanging on to the boat with some bloody water splashing up

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

accepting the challenge (if it was a challenge) (i may have imagined the challenge)

did i find a
did i find a meteorite
did i find a shark tooth
did i find a fossil
did i find a diamond
did i find a pearl in my oyster
did i find a bed bug

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elena perez @thisiselena.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

sometimes, when i walked around during covid, i took pics of signs. this was from may 2021, a whole year+ after it started. what a strange time that was