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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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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 15h

And you can listen to the full song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqAC...

[Lyrics] 水火 (Shuǐhuǒ) - 树林座 (The Sleuth Of Ming Dynasty)

YouTube video by Kim Nayun

www.youtube.com

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 15h

Okay, so the best TV show theme song ever is ST:TNG, but I won't share that one, I'll share one which is both an excellent song AND has amazing graphics to go with it: "Fire and Water" (水火), the main title of Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMo...

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 15h

#Inktober2025

Day 9: heavy

Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 1d

Is there no ScrewFix near you?

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up in Waukesha, which is near Oconomowoc, Mukwonago, and New Berlin.

Yeaaahhhh.

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 1d

REVIEW: “A Touch of the Wild” by Anne Wilkins

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REVIEW: “A Touch of the Wild” by Anne Wilkins

Review of Anne Wilkins, “A Touch of the Wild,” Flash Fiction Online 145 (October 2025): 11-14 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman. This story had a real “classic h…

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a post on FB when Notre Dame burned that went viral enough that I ended up doing radio interviews in Canada and France and a live TV interview outside of York Minster.

Terrifying, but also pretty awesome.

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 1d

#Inktober2025

Day 8: reckless

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 1d

#Inktober2025

Day 7: starfish

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Markus Mindrebø @markusmindrebo.bsky.social · 7d

Medieval techniques to preserve mental health? Sage advice here (and a wonderfully written post).

"Tao seemed forever struggling with the dilemma between living freely but poorly and working in the government but unhappily. Besides resorting to alcohol, Tao dealt with such struggles with poetry."

The Rise of Poetry Therapy in Eleventh Century China

How did literati manage their mental health in middle period China? Melancholy, depression, and down moods were as common among them as among us today. In the absence of antidepressants and therapists...

www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

Also, I teach a rather definition-heavy subject, and if I have to *write* the definition on the board, this slows me down in places where slides would actually speed me up, which is SO important, because it gives the students time to think, take notes, get lost, zone out, ask questions, etc.

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

I like having slides for talks, but I have avoided teaching with slides as much as possible. It makes it SO much easier to engage with students when I'm not wedded to a single trajectory through the material as determined by slides.

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Greg Restall @consequently.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Pablo Rivas-Robledo, a PhD student in Amsterdam, interviewed me for his video podcast, Ping Pong Philosophy. The first series has launched today, and my interview is the first up. For a quick 12 minute back and forth about philosophy, logic, and academia, check it out here… […]

Original post on hcommons.social

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like fun!

Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

I had about two years of this, but since it generally happened while we were out playing PokémonGo together, I found it useful!

Nowadays, I get regaled with k-pop trivia....

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 14d

The year is 2053, Britain is a dystopian hellhole. But Northern Ireland is doing just fine because everyone was too scared to restart The Troubles so they got exempted from all the dystopia laws.

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

@davidpetts1.bsky.social , when I saw this, I thought of you, given your post on FB earlier today!

Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 2d

Dmitri Shostakovich saw Jesus Christ Superstar! He also liked it so much he considered writing a rock music themed suite (like his earlier Jazz suites) but died soon after.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

It just makes me so incredibly sad, that we can't even use lmgtfy as an insult any more...

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

Of course incoming uni students don't immediately go to google, because for the vast majority of their googling life, google has been shit. Why would they go there to actually search the internet for a piece of information?

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when lmgtfy was a thing?

Lately, whenever I find myself thinking "did it even occur to you to just type the keyword into a search engine?!?!" before posting a link to a website that answers someone's question, I remind myself that "just put the keywords into google" is no longer reliable.

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 3d

It's like they've gone on a scavenger hunt and found all sorts of treasures and they've boxed them up and given them to me as a present. What fun!

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 3d

Reading my Master of Data Science students' final reports is a real treat this year. I had invested, excited students working on projects dear to my own heart, and even though we met regularly throughout the summer, so I knew roughly what they were doing, this is my first time seeing their results.

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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats! I look forward to seeing more of the outcomes from this.

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