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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 1h

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 5h

(Just so it's clear, this skeet was posted **three days** before László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize for Literature)

Klaproth @klaproth.bsky.social · 4d

SWIFT: Trav, honey?
KELCE: (looks up from first edition Krazsnahorkai in original Hungarian) (pauses rare Steve Reich LP, Japanese pressing) Yes?
SWIFT: What rhymes with "thighs"?
KELCE: Hmm. "Belies," perhaps?
SWIFT: (under her breath) Oh for fuck's sake

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 2h

Me and @markkrotov.bsky.social wrote about Laszlo Krasznahorkai and the Nobel Prize in Literature newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Boring Now

László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the Prize on Thursday, is a brilliant novelist and consummate laureate. But has the Swedish Academy lost its sense of fun?

newrepublic.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3h

under most circumstances Portlanders would be very annoyed if you called them normal, but this is an exception

Bear Wilner-Nugent @saltlick.bsky.social · 5h

One thing you can do as a patriot to expose the regime’s lies is to take reporters to all of the 99.99% of Portland that is peaceful and normal.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 5h

Amanda! Good to find you here, but kinda funny to see this post, b/c as a teen, I assumed my teachers were duty-bound to point out every mistake, no matter how small. Then in my 20s I dated a teacher & he was like “if I did that for every student I’d have no time for anything except grading papers.”

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Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 6h

they're gonna be so mad we have a better frog

escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 17h

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 16h

I support free speech, but I also think Bluesky should ban anyone that says eating the lower half of a mermaid is not cannibalism

I don’t care if genetically it’s fish flesh not human, in my book it still counts as cannibalism and I expect this platform to uphold that fact

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 23h

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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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 17h

I watched it & I liked it, but I thought Macfadyen was too young & charismatic! He is only 7 years older than Atwell, but canonically the age gap should be much bigger and the other characters should find their romance kind of baffling.

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Call me Trick-or-Tracy. 👻🎃 @peakingsassy.bsky.social · 18h

The girlfriend of TWO of the founders of antifa!

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 19h

It's delightful. Great soundtrack and knitwear!

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 20h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Amberley Museum @amberleymuseum.bsky.social · 1d

This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 1d

You might be an English major if you see this person's name and are like "Aphra Behn?"

Democrats @democrats.org · 1d

Aftyn Behn will fight to lower costs for working Tennessee families and stand up for the people of the 7th congressional district.

Onward to the special election on December 2!

Graphic featuring Democrat Aftyn Behn with the following text:

BREAKING

Aftyn Behn wins Democratic nomination for Tennessee's 7th congressional district

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 3d

I finally got a chance to write one of my dream assignments, an in depth evaluation of Daniel Day-Lewis, an actor whose achievements and methods cast a long shadow over the field, and whose work is often misunderstood.

slate.com/culture/2025...

Only One Performer Has Won Three Best Actor Oscars. Is It Fair That He’s Also a Joke?

He might be the greatest actor of all time—and the most misunderstood.

slate.com

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 2d

Last month I got to tell a beloved, retired professor how much her class had meant to me—and then I just politely smiled and nodded as she told me I "must do everything possible to make sure your California governor is the next president"

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 2d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 6d

Nobody else is writing about this, so please re-post my two-part series about the imminent sale of what one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.” Preservationists need to move fast.

Part one:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Part two:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

newrepublic.com

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe I need to reread “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”… a book club discussion about “The Great Gatsby” this morning made me realize they are both great American novels about naive Midwesterners learning that the awe-inspiring man in the glittering mansion is really just a self-made impostor

Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 5d

At the bus stop, wearing my silver rhinestone boots because I went to the Taylor Swift screening, and a possibly vagrant passerby asks “Hey, do you have the time, Dorothy?”

And I was kind of impressed, because not enough people know her slippers were originally silver not ruby!

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 5d

you know, this is the same corner where, during the pandemic, I passed by wearing a white linen dress and carrying a parasol, and a possibly-vagrant man yelled at me "Have fun going lawn bowling!"

maybe I should hang out there & get eloquently roasted every weekend

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 5d

At the bus stop, wearing my silver rhinestone boots because I went to the Taylor Swift screening, and a possibly vagrant passerby asks “Hey, do you have the time, Dorothy?”

And I was kind of impressed, because not enough people know her slippers were originally silver not ruby!

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 6d

Let molten coin be thy damnation

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 6d

probably the most fun i've had reading something online in weeks

defector.com/name-a-28-ye...

Name A 28-Year-Old | Defector

Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it. Zendaya? 29. ...

defector.com

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 6d

almost since the album was announced I’ve been threatening to write a blog post comparing every “Showgirl” song to a Sondheim “Follies” song, and it turns out there aren’t a lot of obvious comparisons on first listen, but the title track has all the “Lucy & Jessie” vintage glam vibes

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Luke Tsai @theluketsai.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote about Club Waziema, an Ethiopian dive bar that serves really good sega wot and an all-you-can-eat veggie combo. www.kqed.org/arts/1398209...

This Ethiopian Dive Bar’s Most Surprising Hit Is Its All-You-Can-Eat Veggie Combo

Club Waziema is one of SF’s classic neighborhood dives — and serves great misir wat and beef stew too.

www.kqed.org

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