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Anna McDuff @annamcduff.bsky.social · 16m

I really enjoyed watching this: some clips from the play, and an interview with Alex and Keanu at Sardis!

Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 1h

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunite on stage in Broadway's 'Waiting for Godot'

It's a classic of theater that continues to be taken on by top actors and still resonates with audiences. “Waiting for Godot” mixes despair and comedy to raise questions about the meaning of life. Now...

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · Jun 21

Me living in a tropical country as a white guy

"Man, the sun is so hot. A wide-brimmed hat really helps out."

"Loose-fitting clothes are also a must. These light clothes and khakis really breathe."

"This beard is too much here. Better to go clean shaven."

"Oh fuck I've reinvented the outfit"

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h

and the Hamlet cast we see doing their thing in the background should all be other actors super famous for being in other things with Keanu Reeves

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 12h

After Waiting For Godot Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves should remake Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 18h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 12h

After Waiting For Godot Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves should remake Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 17h

a not great aspect of the 2020s is every now and then i'll remember a writer/actor/comedian/musician i haven't heard about in a while and i'll think "oh I wonder how they're doing.... really hope they haven't *directly to camera* TURNED EVIL"

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16h

pixelated boat
@pixelatedboat
Wow, this extract from Wolff's book is a shocking insight into Trump's mind:

On his first night in the White House, President Trump complained that the TV in his bedroom was broken, because it didn't have "the gorilla channel.” Trump seemed to be under the
impression that a TV channel existed that screened nothing but
gorilla-based content, 24 hours a day.
To appease Trump, White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel, broadcast into Trump's bedroom from a hastily-constructed transmission tower on the South Lawn. However, Trump was unhappy with the channel they had created, moaning that it was "boring"
because "the gorillas aren't fighting".
Staff edited out all the parts of the documentaries where gorillas weren't hitting each other, and at last the president was satisfied. "On some days he'll watch the gorilla channel for 17 hours straight," an insider told me. "He kneels in front of the TV, with his face about four inches from the screen, and says encouraging things to the gorillas, like 'the way you hit that other gorilla was good'. I think he thinks the gorillas can hear him."
1/4/18, 9:07 PM

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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fullobacon.bsky.social @fullobacon.bsky.social · 15h

Some people doodle. My mother-in-law sews. Happy world squid and cuttlefish day!

A homemade green squid plushie with orange trim. Probably not anatomically correct. He's more than 2 meters from... um... the top body part to the bottom body part.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17h

when nobody ordered you anything from the ramen place

orange cat staring balefully at the camera

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 19h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 17h

Start your weekend off right by watching a hillbilly make a swirly cake

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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 17h

I just put on some pumpkin spice body lotion so I can attract other middle aged white ladies in the wild.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 21h

Looks like the Qatari Emir has obtained His Own Private Idaho.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Anna McDuff @annamcduff.bsky.social · 16h

Has America ever had a foreign military base in it, I mean since the war of 1812? This is so funny, Trump just looks on America as more real estate, the man has never had a patriotic thought in his life. If this continues just imagine how much land he’ll give the Saudis!

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 17h

Dear Idaho,

You know all of those Red Dawn revivals and cosplays and SovCit impulses you’ve had over the years? Well, do I have a surprise for you!

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a-yin @sugaryin.bsky.social · 19h

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cosmoflash @cosmoflash.bsky.social · 19h

Lecornu II : Matignon Drift
Lecornu 3
Lecornu 4Ever
Lecornu V Infinite
Lecornu Origins
The Lecornu Tales
Legend of Lecornu

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 19h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 20h

The Tennessee military explosives factory explosion was here: www.aesys.biz/products

One of about six buildings / areas at the site, one of three larger ones. Building is gone, unlikely any survivors based on level of devastation. Other areas at complex far enough away for safety, it appears.

Our Products | Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20h

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, authorities said, as secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning field of debris. https://to.pbs.org/3KCzgWu

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

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