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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 6h

A meme featuring a picture of Martin Scorsese looking askance with his palm up and the (clearly not original) subtitle "Girl what the fuck"

Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 1d

It was a thrill for this still-pretty-green PR pro to lead the 2014 opening night announcement of SIFF's lease of the Egyptian. So many backstage and movie-going memories. We can't do without these movie temples. It will be heartbreaking if this building gets repurposed. 📽️

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The SIFF Egyptian, the historic and beloved Capitol Hill movie theater, will not be reopening. After decades of bringing movie magic to Seattle audiences, the space will now permanently conclude operations under SIFF 📽️

My story for @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

A person walks in front of the exterior of the building that was formerly the home for the SIFF Cinema Egyptian which will now be closing on a beautiful day in Seattle. Photo by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 1d

Perfection

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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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 2d

wow they got mary magdalene

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 5d

Chicken in the background giving the thumbs-up to resistance 👍

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 6d

The prosecution rests

The cover art for "Nina Simone Sings the Blues," the artist's 12th studio album

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 6d

Imma need to see a "Simply Untethered to the Facts" drink special at Portland bars STAT 🍸

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Shaker Samman @shaker.bsky.social · 11d

this is basically the aim of every AI company

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 14d

Impossibly perfect film; shout-out to my favorite line delivery: Paddy Considine's "I know" youtu.be/-ilS41UjtBw?...

Hot Fuzz "You Got A Moustache" Paddy Considine Before Game Of Thrones House of the Dragon

YouTube video by Boxxsie

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 23d

THIIIISSS. My twenty-something self is REELING

Micah @rincewind.run · 23d

I came of political age hating the Bush guys and now I have to get in the trenches with them against the guy from the apprentice

I would like to file several complaints

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 23d

1 for 2! Confession: I have never seen THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR (!!) I will remedy that soon.

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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 23d

The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas

Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…

The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas

Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23d

what ezra doesn't seem willing to accept is that charlie kirk was part of a political movement that does not think that "we are going to have to live here with each other" and is fact very interested in the elimination and/or subjugation of many, many people

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 23d

"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 24d

And the congregation says "when you've lost John Yoo..."

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24d

“.. There has to be a line between crime and war,” said John Yoo, a former deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 24d

Where my fellow SNEAKERheads at? Who else will be watching their copy tonight?

(Took stock and realized this is the only movie featuring Robert Redford that I own. I'll send a pizza to whoever correctly guesses which two films he directed that I own.)

A posed photo of the cast of SNEAKERS (1992): Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn and Robert Redford.

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 24d

WUT

Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 25d

@karenattiah.bsky.social did not disparage CK *based on his race.* She used the phrase “a white man who espoused violence” to make a broader (fact-based) point about how violence operates in America.

It seems for the WA Post, the violence of whiteness is a protected characteristic.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25d

Oliver Darcy has obtained the termination letter sent to Karen Attiah by the Washington Posts’s HR chief.

The letter specifically mentions her postings about “white men” violating Washington Post policy.

Oliver’s Newsletter: bit.ly/4me42St

Karen’s Substack Statement: bit.ly/3VOZTcO

The Washington post
September 11, 2025
Karen,
I am writing to inform you that The Post is terminating your employment effective immediately for gross misconduct. Your public comments on social media regarding the death of Charlie Kirk violate The Post's social media policies, harm the integrity of our organization, and potentially endanger the physical safety of our staff.
Among other requirements, the Company-wide social media policy mandates that all employee social media postings be respectful and prohibits postings that disparage people based on their race, gender or other protected characteristics. The policy also reminds employees that everything they post is a reflection on the Company and should not affect the integrity of The Post's journalism. Your postings on Bluesky (which clearly identifies you as a Post Columnist) about white men in response to the killing of Charlie Kirk do not comply with our policy. For example, you posted: "Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is.... not the same as violence" and "Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence."
In addition, just last year, Opinions leadership asked everyone in the Opinions Department to review the newsroom social media guidelines, attached those guidelines to an email to the Department for review, and reiterated in that email the "bedrock principle that our use of social media must never harm the journalistic integrity or reputation of The Post".
The poor judgment exhibited by your public comments regarding Charlie Kirk arise against the backdrop of documented performance concerns, which have been raised with you.
Given these concerns, and in light of your recent unacceptable Bluesky posts, we cannot tolerate the risk your performance poses to The Post.

Please remove any reference to your affiliation with The Washington Post on any public-facing profiles immediately.
You will receive a separate letter from The Post's Benefits Department concerning your eligibility for any other Post benefits upon termination.
In the event that you have left any personal items on the premises, we will make arrangements to return them to you and for you to return any Post equipment you have in your possession.
Sincerely,
h. Wayne Connell
Wayne Connell
Chief HR Officer
The Washington Post

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 27d

Wait. Clipse is playing the Vatican and it's live streaming on Hulu? A bewildering collection of words and I *will* be watching 😇

Oh hey Chels! @chelsisright.bsky.social · 27d

Am I to understand that two former dope boys from Virginia who are now doing the work of the Lord and keeping real rap alive are performing in St Peter’s Square ?

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 28d

"The speed with which 'enlightened' liberals are willing to abandon the oppressed for being 'unreasonable' or unwilling to further accommodate white society’s narcissistic abuse was on full display in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination."

H. E. Bibbs @wordsbybibbs.bsky.social · 28d

When intelligent public thinkers, such as Ezra Klein, valorize “Kirk as an example of, “practicing politics in exactly the right way,” . . .we are reminded that the blind spot many white liberals have when it comes to overlooking racism can never be overstated.”
open.substack.com/pub/wordsbyb...

'No Humans Involved': Ezra Klein and the Logic of White Liberal Sympathy

The Charlie Kirk Debate — A Requiem for America’s Beloved Preachers of Hate.

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 29d

Chopped and screwed version of "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire for the trailer. 🎶dO yOu ReMeMbaaaHh🎶

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Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · 29d

Me, today

A man completely covered in a light purple hoodie and wearing glasses, undercover-style, amid a crowd in a high school gym in a scene from MEAN GIRLS. The caption reads, "She doesn't even go here!" in a meme that expresses distress at bad-faith incongruity between behavior and reality.

Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎶 I WAS BORRRRNNN BY THE RIVER...🎶

Sarah Connor in Terminator 2 on a hot one

Rachel Eggers @racheleggers.bsky.social · Sep 9

"school shooting industry" = failed country

NPR @npr.org · Sep 9

The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing

The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · Sep 8

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:

link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

"Just the other day, I was in the audience at Lincoln Center when Justice Amy Coney Barrett said, while promoting a new book, that she doesn't think the United States is in a constitutional crisis," Farias told us. "Today, the Supreme Court, without offering a single line of reasoning, more or less declared that the Fourth Amendment, which protects everyone from unreasonable searches and seizures, nonetheless allows the Trump Administration to arrest and detain anyone who looks Latino, citizen or not, on account of the language that they speak or the kind of jobs they do. The ruling putatively covers the Los Angeles area, but the effect could be national," he continued.
"If that's not a constitutional crisis, then what is?"

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