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Jesse Keller

@jessekeller.bsky.social

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Writer, filmmaker, storyteller. Proud California Community College alum & professor. Host / producer of Keeping the Bones - season one now bingeable at https://keepingthebones.com or wherever podcasts are found.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 1d

Land. Redistribution. It has been done before. It could be done again.

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 1d

Somewhere in the afterlife Sam Beckett is smiling with satisfaction.

Or perhaps not perhaps its all a meaningless void of non-existence 🤷

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

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.

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 3d

based on the headline they appear to have had differing opinions re: chicken sandwiches & he got cancelled for it #wokeism

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 9d

Silent movie edition!

THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE CINEMATOGRAPH (1901) was a joke that was taken seriously by later generations. "Look at this smock-wearing country dolt, I bet he thinks movie trains will hit him!" quickly became a much-repeated "fact" about early cinema.

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 14d

Lindisfarne Monastery better watch out. Hegseth’s war band is comin for you.

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 19d

Sinners (2025)

tru @thetrudz.photo · 19d

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

Photograph of John Lee Hooker with diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

Black and white photograph. He’s wearing a suit and sitting at a table with a mug in front of him and notepad etc on table. Behind him is a chart diagram of the evolution of the Blues, connecting genres over time.

Photograph by Clemens Kalischer, 1951.

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 19d

“Yeah for sure, looks like AI is a bubble that will ruin countless lives. But I think I, Zuck, will be fine & may actually make a killing!”

Heartening stuff.

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 26d

The inability to distinguish "within or against the rules" from "good or bad" is a major political problem for liberals today, and this is just another example.

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 27d

If kissing up & kicking down is not appealing to you, it can be hard to realize some people really get off on it.

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · 27d

Yes! Not “let’s debate bad-faith jerks” but rather “ignore those creepy, losers & check out this much cooler shit!” That way lies victory.

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you for your service

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 7

Genuinely wondering if there historical analogues of a state whose primary “warrior spirit” involved elite assassination squads sent after foes who posed relatively little real threat…

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 6

If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.

Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 6

As a rule the Hollywood trade press is EXTREMELY politically illiterate

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is key. Yes the want to dominate others. But they also genuinely think the Big Man‘s boots taste quite nice, actually

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 4

Smug contarianism made flesh

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 4

Opting to roll my eyes so hard they do donuts in my skull

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 3

Do you like our great Nation? Feelin some Nationalism? The National Anthem? Well good news, youre gonna love Nationalizing Amazon, Tesla, the Internet etc

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 2

Patreon bonus episodes of @fivefourpod.bsky.social are all good, but that tear was worth a year of subscribing alone

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 2

Did not realize how much I needed @aywarhiannon.bsky.social's absolute banger of a rant on the new @fivefourpod.bsky.social. Suck it up buttercups, and get yourself some dialectical materialism! History is contingent! We make our own but not in circumstances of our choosing.

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is the one.

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 2

Or terrified of assault with a deadly hoagie

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Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 1

And those bougie pr*cks are also the ones rounding up construction workers and disappearing them to torture prisons for purely identitarian reasons.

Jesse Keller @jessekeller.bsky.social · Sep 1

Uh one word, comrades: DIALECTEIC