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Peter Griesar

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Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 11h

This is the kind of malpractice that got Dr Habeas Corpus suspended.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"Baby in her placenta"

RFK Jr. Complains About TikTok Video of Woman Taking Tylenol With a 'Baby in Her Placenta'

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 15h

this feels like internet nostalgia

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

Reposted by Peter Griesar

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

Reposted by Peter Griesar

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 21h

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 16h

Antifa in the Weimar Republic

Antifascist poster from Weimar Germany. Three arrows signifying opposition to monarchism, naziism, and communism.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 18h

Does it count if my cousin’s friend’s balls are Antifa?

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 19h

Good advice

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 19h

It’s a bad song. I would check my phone.

Reposted by Peter Griesar

Centuries of Sound @centuriesofsound.bsky.social · 22h

If there's a heaven then Beckett has this framed on his desk.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in marketing figured they could sell 11 for the price of 12

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

12oz bottles probably cheaper to source in the US market. But who's accurately measuring 30ml?

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

the chart looks like a chart of what happens when sprinklers are mandated in multi-unit housing, which happened around 2000

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

This *should* be a chart of drinking habits by decade with teens being on the right side

Chart of US drinking habits by decile

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

Drinking is for the kids, clearly.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

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Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 5d

Democrats are always willing to clutch pearls with disingenuous Republicans. Works every time.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

Just like local police everywhere will ignore shoplifting of local stores but run a major PR and crime prevention campaign every Christmas against ”porch pirates” to assist Amazon’s killing local retail.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting to see "environmental costs" isn't a popular retort in the mentions

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta enforce "order".

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning

Frog

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 1d

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Archimedes

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 2d

Easy solution would be to ban or restrict private air travel until there's enough capacity to handle it. Commercial travel should be prioritized over private. And I bet our plutocrats would demand solutions quickly.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Whoa! The shutdown’s ripple effect starting to hit.

Burbank Airport in LA County has no air traffic controllers on duty due to sick calls, last-minute day-off requests, and staffing shortages.

If you’re flying anywhere in the country, check for delays.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 2d

And still only 10 pts behind Spanberger.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 3d

The US releases the equivalent of ~1.4 billion cars worth of CO2 per year. So this accounts for 0.036% of that.

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 3d

Didn’t the blockchain already try this pivot?

Is chatNFT next?

Peter Griesar @griesar.bsky.social · 3d

Being universally loathed probably can feel like a conspiracy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Stephen Miller: "If you can't see that since we've taken office, there's been an organized, systemitized campaign to delegitimatize, dehumanize, threaten, impede, obstruct, and physically assault ICE officers in their duties, then I can't persuade you of it."