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Matt D. @tomorroejones.bsky.social · 17h

Let’s go blue jays*

*= pending the out come of every other series

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h

a strong case could also be made that if you were confused by why Bill and Ted would cast themselves in WAITING FOR GODOT, you might also not fully understand Bill and Ted

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h

a strong case could be made that in fact, by selecting this play for themselves to star in, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have demonstrated that they understand WAITING FOR GODOT better than anyone else alive

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18h

No mozzarella sticks at The French Laundry zero stars

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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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1d

Based on the scale of the vandalism, it's clear that many New Yorkers are not on board with the concept of a wearable AI pendant.

Vandals deface ads for AI necklaces that listen to all your conversations

Critics attacked subway ads to defend human friends and broadly criticize AI.

arstechnica.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h

Democrats should go on TV to say they need to impeach Trump because of the cocaine-fueled pedophilia parties that he holds in the East Room of the White House with his friends in MS-13.

I mean, if he gets to lie shamelessly, why not them?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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Matt D. @tomorroejones.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve been using the OLED for about a year and it’s been great. I’ve been using GeForce Now on it for a few months. It’s been great for the titles that overpower the hardware, but I still want to play “on the deck”.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

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Matt D. @tomorroejones.bsky.social · 4d

The Times is incapable of calling liars liars so it follows they are now incapable of calling things “illegal”.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 6d

i think there is this idea that "well at some point we will all have to use the mind poison so we should make sure our children have an advantage and start them on the mind poison early" like did this happen when cigarettes were invented too

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 7d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7d

one reason to insist on historically informed political analysis is to avoid the kind of punditry that takes Atlantic articles to be the only relevant context (or an audience that will fall for that)

Ozma @rowyourbot.bsky.social · 7d

I simply believe we have to read nonsense like 'the right is against free speech now?' They tried to forbid schools from teaching evolution--make them teach creationism. No sex ed! They tried to get all climate change scientists fired. They censored textbooks. This is only PART of what they did.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 8d

The Sora thing is so bleak and shows how far we've come from AI companies pretending they did not train on copyrighted material

www.404media.co/openais-sora...

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus

The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.

www.404media.co

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 7d

They created a highly advanced text-to-video app and this is the logo? This looks like the logo for an app you use to order more toilet paper

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Matt D. @tomorroejones.bsky.social · 7d

Quick question: what the fuck?

Matt D. @tomorroejones.bsky.social · 9d

First, No. Second, Fuck You. Third, Get Fucked.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

It’s time to prepare for AI personhood | Jacy Reese Anthis

Technological advances will bring social upheaval. How will we treat digital minds, and how will they treat us?

www.theguardian.com

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 9d

For context Hegseth was basically fired from every job he had, including resigning from his national guard duty because he had a Deus Vult tattoo. He got fired from all his other jobs for drinking and abusing women on the job.

Heres a letter his own mother wrote to him about his treatment of women