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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2h

Will do!

Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2h

Just saying, there's a young guy at my gym whose face looks exactly like this guy's.

Haven't seen him in a while because we don't go at the same time anymore, but when I saw him there, he used to dance to the music in his headphones between sets, which was tbh uplifting for everyone at the gym

Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 2h

if you look like this DM me

close up of the face of a Black bodybuilder. he has a chiseled face and a short afro.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 11h

I'm still waiting on my checks for 2017! What the hell?

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 13h

HE DID HE DID AND I SHOULD'VE CHECKED BEFORE POSTING BUT YAY🎉

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

🙌🙌

Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 13h

Was he able to leave btw? Last I checked yesterday afternoon, their tickets were cancelled last minute

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 13h

Ah, Turning point, that famed supporter of free speech, harassing yet another person, this time for being an imaginary expert on a non-existent org.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 14h

Best healthcare in the world, y'all.

PS. the Dr my PTs tried to get me to was actually in my network. But the building he works out of isn't, so visits wouldn't be covered. Like I said. Best healthcare in the world amirite

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 14h

I scheduled for 7/30 was moved several times and is now set for 11/11.

I even asked on reddit and got a DM asking for more foot pics 😬

I've gotten used to having one poofy foot, but now it's cold and only pair of fall shoes I have that fit it is size 11 boots (I'm 9.5) that look like clown shoes😭

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 14h

In late April, my one foot and ankle swelled up and wouldn't go down. The foot Dr I saw for the plantar fasciitis I also had, said it was normal and to leave her alone. The PTs didn't know what it was and were worried. The Dr the PTs tried to send me to was out of network for me. The 2nd opinion 1/2

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 14h

My sons were 4 and 6 when he was born, so the last sentence really speaks to me.

It also stood out to me how a CHICKEN comes across as better educated and better with words than all the RW podcasters combined. And, unlike them, whose knowledge of the left comes from..? their🍑?, he read most of P25

What motivates you to protest?

I think, at some point, I just I tied my own fate into that of the movement. Because I was someone who read most of [the 2023 conservative playbook by the Heritage Foundation] Project 2025, and this is where it’s looked like we’ve been leading for a while. The place this is going to go is such a departure from the world I thought I would have as a kid and I would much rather do anything that I can to prevent that world from happening rather than just sit around selfishly and do nothing.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Not even 50k in a paper bag smh

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

My senior cat gets a physical every six months and it's been six months

Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Last point

- next time you have a Russian-speaking immigrant tell you how they are more cultured than "the Americans" and def more than brown-skinned Americans (which I heard more times than I can count) show them this. Ffs Mikhail, I read Godot when I was 20, where were you

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

Had a good laugh about this review last night, today on second look I'm seeing two things that make me go 😬

- his name indicates he's probably from the same culture as I am
- he seems to be in healthcare? A PT? I would simply be afraid to be treated by this guy, who knows what else he doesn't get

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.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how his companion felt. I mean, there were two seats. Someone was in 104. Did they stay? Did they enjoy the play?Were they also confused? He never says. Maybe, not unlike Godot, his date never showed up.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

(philosophically) that second paragraph is a work of art in itself and I want it in its entirety on my tombstone. What a perfect description of life.

(realistically) I looked up Shea performing arts and this person 1000% thought they were going to see a musical lmao I'm dead

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

My antifa grandfather. Fought in WW2 in 41-45, died in military hospital in '46. One of the letters he wrote to grandma from the front lines has the words "and as long as my hand can hold a pistol, I will not stop killing fascists." Very Antifa.

A 1940s photo of my grandfather, in his 30s, in a military uniform.

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 1d

First accurate statement out of that class of especially gifted children. I'm shocked.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

I hear you. Don't pass out, but I don't look and brace myself when they are about to stick a needle in my vein. I've gotten comments on that!

But, like you, I have all my vaccinations, because we're not 12!

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

While we're on the subject, I'm also fearful of needles

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

An ex used to greet me with "babe, I've got terrible news" (followed by neutral or good, definitely not terrible, news).

I got into the habit of doing it too, after two years together. My family was not amused.

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JP @wisakedjak.bsky.social · 2d

Omg it's the four Antifa mascots of the apocalypse 😱

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, we have a unicorn in Cleveland too! Typically seen during winter, snow-blowing sidewalks in Lakewood, hopefully can come to protests too if (hope not!) it's ever needed here.

Video proof of Lakewood unicorn existing: youtu.be/agh4sESTWVQ?...

Unicorn spotted clearing Lakewood sidewalks

YouTube video by News 5 Cleveland

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Aunt "Baba Yaga" Masha @mashamasha.bsky.social · 2d

Article dated May 26. Is it dead yet or have they decided they didn't need to ask for permissions

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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