Christopher Butler
@chrisb6575.bsky.social
Banned books are the best,so read them while you still can! Theatre and opera buff. Certified Mental Health Peer Specialist. He/Him. Opinions are my own and definitely not my employer's.
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It's considered a bigger crime in America to be an intelligent woman of color wanting to be President, than to be a sexual abuser of women and children.
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THE DEAD 🌨️ January 6th.
The IFI has partnered with @screenireland on a unique five-year archiving project to catalogue, digitise and exhibit Ireland's film heritage. We are proud to present this brand-new restoration of John Huston's THE DEAD as part of this initiative.
🎫 https://bit.ly/4oLITAl
The IFI has partnered with @screenireland on a unique five-year archiving project to catalogue, digitise and exhibit Ireland's film heritage. We are proud to present this brand-new restoration of John Huston's THE DEAD as part of this initiative.
🎫 https://bit.ly/4oLITAl
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
THE DEAD 🌨️ January 6th.
The IFI has partnered with @screenireland on a unique five-year archiving project to catalogue, digitise and exhibit Ireland's film heritage. We are proud to present this brand-new restoration of John Huston's THE DEAD as part of this initiative.
🎫 https://bit.ly/4oLITAl
The IFI has partnered with @screenireland on a unique five-year archiving project to catalogue, digitise and exhibit Ireland's film heritage. We are proud to present this brand-new restoration of John Huston's THE DEAD as part of this initiative.
🎫 https://bit.ly/4oLITAl
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Front cover of "Necktie-Tucked-In" magazine.
Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Front cover of "Necktie-Tucked-In" magazine.
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Do you think people like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, Scott Bessent, Scott Duffy and Pam Bondi ever sit in a room together and realize the only reason they have their jobs is because they’re low-competence, low-ethics stooges? These DEI-for-a-dictator hires have to know
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Do you think people like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, Scott Bessent, Scott Duffy and Pam Bondi ever sit in a room together and realize the only reason they have their jobs is because they’re low-competence, low-ethics stooges? These DEI-for-a-dictator hires have to know
After J.C.M.,may I suggest Parker Posey as Mrs. Lincoln.
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
After J.C.M.,may I suggest Parker Posey as Mrs. Lincoln.
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I need a deep dive / oral History of casting Mary Todd Lincoln's in Oh, Mary! because at this point it's completely bonkers how hard each new addition hits
John Cameron Mitchell will take over the role of 'Mary Todd Lincoln' in Oh, Mary! on Broadway!
John Cameron Mitchell Will Lead OH, MARY! on Broadway
Tony and Obie Award-winning actor, writer, and director John Cameron Mitchell will return to Broadway in the hit play Oh, Mary! for a limited 12-week engagement this winter. Learn more here!
www.broadwayworld.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I need a deep dive / oral History of casting Mary Todd Lincoln's in Oh, Mary! because at this point it's completely bonkers how hard each new addition hits
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For the second time in a row, a federal grand jury has rejected the Trump administration’s request to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Justice Department fails to reindict Letitia James for a second time | CNN Politics
A grand jury, for a second time, declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to mult...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
For the second time in a row, a federal grand jury has rejected the Trump administration’s request to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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Tony winner George S. Irving as the Heat Miser and comic genius Dick Shawn as the Snow Miser in Rankin/Bass' THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS, which premiered on ABC #OTD in 1974.
Knowing that the climate is controlled by two bickering Vaudeville hams explains so much. #FilmSky #ChristmasMovies
Knowing that the climate is controlled by two bickering Vaudeville hams explains so much. #FilmSky #ChristmasMovies
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Tony winner George S. Irving as the Heat Miser and comic genius Dick Shawn as the Snow Miser in Rankin/Bass' THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS, which premiered on ABC #OTD in 1974.
Knowing that the climate is controlled by two bickering Vaudeville hams explains so much. #FilmSky #ChristmasMovies
Knowing that the climate is controlled by two bickering Vaudeville hams explains so much. #FilmSky #ChristmasMovies
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The War of 1812 was caused in great part by Great Britain seizing US ships illegally. (Been re-reading Patrick O'Brien for mental health and so it's top of mind.)
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The War of 1812 was caused in great part by Great Britain seizing US ships illegally. (Been re-reading Patrick O'Brien for mental health and so it's top of mind.)
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Something Pamela Jo Bondi has expunged from the Epstein Files: anything to do with Melania Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Melania knew him *before* Trump. Epstein introduced Melania to Donald on Epstein’s plane, where they immediately had sex. I wonder if she was procured for that purpose.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Something Pamela Jo Bondi has expunged from the Epstein Files: anything to do with Melania Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Melania knew him *before* Trump. Epstein introduced Melania to Donald on Epstein’s plane, where they immediately had sex. I wonder if she was procured for that purpose.
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Start spreading the news! I am thrilled to announce the debut of Sitting Ovations, my new YouTube podcast for Time Out. Each week, I will sit down with the creators of current plays and musicals that I've admired to discuss them at greater length and in deeper detail. www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
Time Out's new theater podcast, Sitting Ovations, launches today
Critic Adam Feldman hosts a weekly chat with top Broadway artists
www.timeout.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Start spreading the news! I am thrilled to announce the debut of Sitting Ovations, my new YouTube podcast for Time Out. Each week, I will sit down with the creators of current plays and musicals that I've admired to discuss them at greater length and in deeper detail. www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
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Now go back and get your fuckin' shine box.
Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Now go back and get your fuckin' shine box.
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“He says the racist things all racist people understand.”
Rep. Randy Fine defends Trump's gutter racist rants about Somalis: "Not all cultures are equal ... the president speaks in language that Americans understand."
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“He says the racist things all racist people understand.”
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"You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They don’t need that many. And you don't need 37 gold baby carriages. 2 or 3 is nice. You must go without, even though affordability is a hoax. See? I've fixed the problem!"
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They don’t need that many. And you don't need 37 gold baby carriages. 2 or 3 is nice. You must go without, even though affordability is a hoax. See? I've fixed the problem!"
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Tired: show themed cocktails
Inspired: show themed chocolate bars
Inspired: show themed chocolate bars
December 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tired: show themed cocktails
Inspired: show themed chocolate bars
Inspired: show themed chocolate bars
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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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Are you sitting down?
My friend Kenn shares this excellent photo of two Desirees and two Mme. A's with birthday cake!
(This is either before the national tour started or after it had been playing a few months.)
My friend Kenn shares this excellent photo of two Desirees and two Mme. A's with birthday cake!
(This is either before the national tour started or after it had been playing a few months.)
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Are you sitting down?
My friend Kenn shares this excellent photo of two Desirees and two Mme. A's with birthday cake!
(This is either before the national tour started or after it had been playing a few months.)
My friend Kenn shares this excellent photo of two Desirees and two Mme. A's with birthday cake!
(This is either before the national tour started or after it had been playing a few months.)
Raging Bull.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Raging Bull.
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‘My MAGA started to crack’: How one Christian nationalist Mormon broke free of Trump
‘My MAGA started to crack’: How one Christian nationalist Mormon broke free of Trump
Growing up in an ultraconservative Mormon family, Jennie Gage said, she was primed to become a Christian nationalist and supporter of Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement — or MAGA.But about two years ago, at 49, Gage had a reckoning, realizing she had been “literally a white supremacist...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
‘My MAGA started to crack’: How one Christian nationalist Mormon broke free of Trump
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Those who like Donald are always the last to realize he is a sociopath without any empathy, who has no concern for anyone other than himself.
The rest of us realized that a long time ago.
The rest of us realized that a long time ago.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Those who like Donald are always the last to realize he is a sociopath without any empathy, who has no concern for anyone other than himself.
The rest of us realized that a long time ago.
The rest of us realized that a long time ago.
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A gift for your heart today: Listen to Jennifer Warnes singing Song of Bernadette and Joan of Arc from her Leonard Cohen album Famous Blue Raincoat. Peace!
November 12, 2024 at 2:05 PM
A gift for your heart today: Listen to Jennifer Warnes singing Song of Bernadette and Joan of Arc from her Leonard Cohen album Famous Blue Raincoat. Peace!
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I just want my plane to take off and land relatively on time, and without anyone trying to open an exit door mid-flight.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I just want my plane to take off and land relatively on time, and without anyone trying to open an exit door mid-flight.
Tonight, forget the garbage that's all around, and experience some magic. Happy Holidays!
youtube.com/watch?v=Kuxt... This beauty is for all of you who need a touch of paradise today. Close your eyes and be transported. Enjoy!
Chartres Cathedral Story
YouTube video by Charles Laughton - Topic
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tonight, forget the garbage that's all around, and experience some magic. Happy Holidays!
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Some joy for your evening.
Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville (Live at Austin City Limits)
YouTube video by systematicApparatus
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Some joy for your evening.
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In other words, Trump is planning to provide socialist welfare to people who voted for him after he ruined their businesses with his stupid tariffs.
But you can't have medicine, food, or ACA supplements.
But you can't have medicine, food, or ACA supplements.
President Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war. https://to.pbs.org/4ptNxEm
WATCH LIVE: Trump expected to unveil $12 billion farm aid package as farmers grapple with tariff pains
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit b...
www.pbs.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In other words, Trump is planning to provide socialist welfare to people who voted for him after he ruined their businesses with his stupid tariffs.
But you can't have medicine, food, or ACA supplements.
But you can't have medicine, food, or ACA supplements.
Today in honor of James Thurber's birthday, seek out his short story "The Breaking Up of the Winships". It's a jewel.
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today in honor of James Thurber's birthday, seek out his short story "The Breaking Up of the Winships". It's a jewel.