Mark Armstrong
@markarmstrong4.bsky.social
Artistic Director @24HourPlays.bsky.social / theater director and teacher / ACT-UAW joint council / 🌹/ high-key striver with zero chill
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I'm old enough to remember Paul Wellstone's death, and how Republicans led the dumbest pundit dickheads in a round of schoolmarm scolding after liberals celebrated Paul's life in partisan terms. All I can say is: Get over it. This is how we should pay respects to one of our own: Partisan as fuck.
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I'm old enough to remember Paul Wellstone's death, and how Republicans led the dumbest pundit dickheads in a round of schoolmarm scolding after liberals celebrated Paul's life in partisan terms. All I can say is: Get over it. This is how we should pay respects to one of our own: Partisan as fuck.
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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A Few Good Men. Best in Show. A Mighty Wind. Miss Congeniality. Barcelona. All three movies in Linklater's "Before" trilogy. Music & Lyrics. Michael Clayton. All films that were able to be made because of the production company Reiner co-founded in order to give talented filmmakers creative freedom.
without Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock production company we wouldn’t have:
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise, Dolores Claiborne, Lone Star, Waiting for Guffman, and more - in a six-year period alone
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A Few Good Men. Best in Show. A Mighty Wind. Miss Congeniality. Barcelona. All three movies in Linklater's "Before" trilogy. Music & Lyrics. Michael Clayton. All films that were able to be made because of the production company Reiner co-founded in order to give talented filmmakers creative freedom.
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Writing is (usually poorly paid) labor. Paywalls are part of how that labor gets compensated. online ads and premium subscriptions alone do not create enough revenue to cover the cost of labor. You are not entitled to the fruits of other people’s labor for free!
FYI this is an immediate block. You’re under no obligation to pay for my or anyone else’s work, but you won’t come onto my feed to complain about us earning a living.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Writing is (usually poorly paid) labor. Paywalls are part of how that labor gets compensated. online ads and premium subscriptions alone do not create enough revenue to cover the cost of labor. You are not entitled to the fruits of other people’s labor for free!
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The only conclusion I can draw from this is that there is something physically wrong and cognitively wrong with Trump, he knows it, and he's angry and frightened.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The only conclusion I can draw from this is that there is something physically wrong and cognitively wrong with Trump, he knows it, and he's angry and frightened.
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(3) After the failure of One Eyed Jacks, Brando was pretty open about mostly taking roles for money, and then mostly treating those roles with contempt. You can think that’s cool or not, but it has nothing to do with his training.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
(3) After the failure of One Eyed Jacks, Brando was pretty open about mostly taking roles for money, and then mostly treating those roles with contempt. You can think that’s cool or not, but it has nothing to do with his training.
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(2) Here’s a few female Method actors, off the top of my head: Kim Stanley, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Ellen Burstyn, Marilyn Monroe, Estelle Parsons, Shelly Winters, Anne Bancroft, Julie Harris.
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
(2) Here’s a few female Method actors, off the top of my head: Kim Stanley, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Ellen Burstyn, Marilyn Monroe, Estelle Parsons, Shelly Winters, Anne Bancroft, Julie Harris.
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It has been brought to my attention that Kristen Stewart did a whole thing dunking on the Method and also demonstrating she knows fuck-all about it in an interview with the New York TImes.
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It has been brought to my attention that Kristen Stewart did a whole thing dunking on the Method and also demonstrating she knows fuck-all about it in an interview with the New York TImes.
Can confirm this is a real thing. Every single day.
Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Can confirm this is a real thing. Every single day.
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I hate Twitter but I just still dont consistently get to see delightful little posts like this on here yet & theyre all im really looking for in a microblog website
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I hate Twitter but I just still dont consistently get to see delightful little posts like this on here yet & theyre all im really looking for in a microblog website
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Being annoying on your own timeline is free speech. Being annoying in someone's replies is harassment. Quote posts are a gray area of the law still being developed
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Being annoying on your own timeline is free speech. Being annoying in someone's replies is harassment. Quote posts are a gray area of the law still being developed
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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I haven't seen a single commenter or article point out that Tennessee Representative Aftyn Behn's name is very similar to the 17th century British woman playwright Aphra Behn. Do I have to do everything around here?
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I haven't seen a single commenter or article point out that Tennessee Representative Aftyn Behn's name is very similar to the 17th century British woman playwright Aphra Behn. Do I have to do everything around here?
R.E.M. Green tour
Mike Doughty/Regina Spektor Maxwell’s 2003
Last full Jane’s Addiction show (right before the final one with the fight)
Low at First Ave Xmas 1997
Cheap Trick at Riverfest
Mike Doughty/Regina Spektor Maxwell’s 2003
Last full Jane’s Addiction show (right before the final one with the fight)
Low at First Ave Xmas 1997
Cheap Trick at Riverfest
Phish, morphine, yo la tengo, Steve Reich / Philip glass / Pauline Oliveris, Laurie Anderson all on one bill, Darcy james Argue’s secret society
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Feist
Rough Trade
kd lang (1987)
Laurie Anderson
Doobie Brothers, Massey Hall
Feist
Rough Trade
kd lang (1987)
Laurie Anderson
Doobie Brothers, Massey Hall
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
R.E.M. Green tour
Mike Doughty/Regina Spektor Maxwell’s 2003
Last full Jane’s Addiction show (right before the final one with the fight)
Low at First Ave Xmas 1997
Cheap Trick at Riverfest
Mike Doughty/Regina Spektor Maxwell’s 2003
Last full Jane’s Addiction show (right before the final one with the fight)
Low at First Ave Xmas 1997
Cheap Trick at Riverfest
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like watching a concert pianist play the flight of the bumblebee. Nobody says they're not gonna do shit quite like chuck schumer. watch the master at work:
JAKE TAPPER: You called on Hegseth to release the full tapes of the attack. What sort of action are Democrats prepared to take to make this happen?
CHUCK SCHUMER: We hope that they will release the tapes.
CHUCK SCHUMER: We hope that they will release the tapes.
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
like watching a concert pianist play the flight of the bumblebee. Nobody says they're not gonna do shit quite like chuck schumer. watch the master at work:
I can’t believe I’d never seen this before. Staggeringly good. Check out Flansburgh’s shit-eating grin right before he goes in for his vocal part. They know how good they are and how special this moment is.
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I can’t believe I’d never seen this before. Staggeringly good. Check out Flansburgh’s shit-eating grin right before he goes in for his vocal part. They know how good they are and how special this moment is.
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And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
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It’s a slogan for political operatives who think campaigns are won and lost based on placards and stump speeches.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It’s a slogan for political operatives who think campaigns are won and lost based on placards and stump speeches.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
It tells no story. It has no anchor in the actual world we actually live in. It is a type of politics that eschews being actually political at all.
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
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I named my fists Thorstein and Veblen because you're about to conspicuously consume them
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I named my fists Thorstein and Veblen because you're about to conspicuously consume them
This movie owns. The whole trilogy is great. Kids tell me it’s not MCU canon and that makes sense because it’s so good.
putting on my favorite thanksgiving holiday film — sam raimi's spider-man
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This movie owns. The whole trilogy is great. Kids tell me it’s not MCU canon and that makes sense because it’s so good.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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*chuckling*
why don't you play socialist cards, where everyone gets a hand from a central authority according to rules
why don't you play socialist cards, where everyone gets a hand from a central authority according to rules
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
*chuckling*
why don't you play socialist cards, where everyone gets a hand from a central authority according to rules
why don't you play socialist cards, where everyone gets a hand from a central authority according to rules
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Andrew Royo not taking home any hardware is a travesty
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Andrew Royo not taking home any hardware is a travesty