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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 5h

Gave myself a headache laughing at the “wash our baby” bit in this week’s Taskmaster

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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.

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 9h

good turtle!!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 2d

It’s “start a company” money!

Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 2d

Could someone cool please start a press. There are so many great hires rattling around out there right now. I KNOW some of you are out here having secret money

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 2d

This may sound extreme but I am getting tired of watching white men dismantle things that are important to me for no clear reason besides that they can

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 2d

Is the entire creation of Lapine just a mechanism for Bigwig to be able to tell Woundwort to eat shit in a children’s book: maybe

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 2d

Rereading childhood megafave Watership Down and man, if there’s any constant love in my life it’s non-high-fantasy books with a made up language

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 3d

If you have any Thoughts about this they are probably correct

Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 3d

After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/quir...

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 3d

You COULD NOT DO BETTER than Gaby for your publicity needs!!

gaby iori @gabyiori.bsky.social · 3d

...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!

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Jhanteigh Kupihea @jhanteigh.bsky.social · 3d

Quirk authors, if you’re finding out about this news on social media and are feeling distressed about where this leaves you, I wouldn’t hesitate to email Dave since it sounds like he‘s the only person he saved in the sale of the company.

Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 3d

After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/quir...

Quirk Books Is Sold to Andrews McMeel - Publishers Lunch

Quirk Productions, which has been on an acquisitions pause since early this summer after “facing marketplace and operational challenges for the past few years,” has been acquired by Andrews McMeel Pub...

lunch.publishersmarketplace.com

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 3d

Yikes! at the Publishing

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 3d

so much I could say, and technically I never signed anything saying I wouldn’t

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 3d

If you have any Thoughts about this they are probably correct

Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 3d

After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/quir...

Quirk Books Is Sold to Andrews McMeel - Publishers Lunch

Quirk Productions, which has been on an acquisitions pause since early this summer after “facing marketplace and operational challenges for the past few years,” has been acquired by Andrews McMeel Pub...

lunch.publishersmarketplace.com

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 3d

thing is, I had a great publishing experience with Quirk up until he took over! and now my editor, marketer, and publicist are all out of a job but hey, at least Dave's getting paid

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 3d

would you like to take a guess as to whether I, as a Quirk author, have received any communication whatsoever about this? because lol guess what

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 3d

Why it’s almost as if it was a condition of the sale

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 3d

and yet the guy who gutted it and laid off half the staff as they were unionizing keeps his job, huh. crazy how that works.

Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 3d

After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/quir...

Quirk Books Is Sold to Andrews McMeel - Publishers Lunch

Quirk Productions, which has been on an acquisitions pause since early this summer after “facing marketplace and operational challenges for the past few years,” has been acquired by Andrews McMeel Pub...

lunch.publishersmarketplace.com

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 8d

Anyone freaking out about how holy water shouldn’t exist is definitely not a Catholic so the only other explanation is that they’re a vampire

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 8d

now where i am from when someone in your office has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in editing spreadsheets we call them "fired"

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 8d

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 8d

ha yes it was after, nobody is psychic here! I don’t know how long after

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 8d

Can’t believe I’m doing a “this blew up” and I’m sorry but if you liked or reposted this please make sure you have actual Deaf people on your timeline! I’m just a hearing person who’s taken classes. I’m biased but I recommend @rossshowalter.com and @novicsara.bsky.social

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