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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 3h

"Sat through the whole gat dang thing and John Wick just talked. Gal Gadot never showed up either. One star"

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 8h

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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Derek @derek.glidden.life · 1d

Can't wait until you're ON that board to tell speakers that they are being racist.

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lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 1d

"'The more we try to understand what's going on in the world around us—the more we don't just withdraw into a hermitude of my family and I as a nuclear unit, the more we try to understand our society—I think the more these kinds of games speak to us,' Short said."

Founder of Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud publisher Kitfox Games says its procgen sims for sickos are 'giving storytelling tools back to the people when games and passive media took them away'

Streets of Fortuna, Kitfox's own in-development "megasim," is chasing that same systems-driven storytelling.

pcgamer.com

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Derek @derek.glidden.life · 1d

An author I have read for years @fatsam.bsky.social sort-of-predicted another US Revolution where the UN, via the leadership of France, stepped in and took control of the States. He was prescient on so many other facts about 21st century, I can't help but wonder if this will end up being the same.

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Derek @derek.glidden.life · 1d

@drewmagary.bsky.social After reading a recent Funbag, I have to disagree with something you said regarding rope. If there's anything D&D has taught me, 50' of rope is something you ALWAYS have handy. Don't ask why, because it will never be for what you thought it would be for.

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Kruggsmash @kruggsmash.bsky.social · 4d

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The 24 hour(?) Bastardween Stream!
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Going to attempt a 24 hour long spoOOoky livestream on Youtube starting at 10PM EST on 10/10!

Doing this as a final push in a fundraiser for a friend of ours who's been having a terrible year.

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Derek @derek.glidden.life · 2d

I spotted this fairy sort-of-triangular-blobby-shaped "ring" at #UniversityOfCentralFlorida today while visiting my son. "They are learning the Pythagorean Theorem to fit in at school" says his clever sibling. I expect next they'll work on human-contagious #Cordyceps. #MushroomMonday #apocalyptic

A patch of yellowish-brown mushrooms growing in the shape of a somewhat blobby triangle outline, growing in lovely soft green grass, casting doubt on whether these fairies know what a "ring" is.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Sharon🇺🇦Johnston @sharonjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Laws no longer apply. Nor does the Constitution. We have witnessed a regime change & are now a dictatorship. Our Republic won’t hold until 11/2026. Look at all that’s been normalized in less than 9mos.

This doc is from the POV of the Germans who were there as it happened. Looks just like US now.

Third Reich: The Rise & Fall (FULL DOCUMENTARY) [HD]

YouTube video by Sypos

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Defector @defector.com · 5d

Treasury Department has plans to mint dollar coin featuring Donald Trump's likeness: defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

defector.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 5d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 5d

The ICE coward who said this after invading a home and marching children outside at 2AM, naked and zip-tied, just perfectly articulated the MAGA mantra: “Fuck them kids”.
Make them wear this slogan like a tribal tattoo for the rest of their dumb days

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

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Derek @derek.glidden.life · 7d

I'm pretty sure this was also the plot of the Telltale "Star Trek: Resurgence" game. Alien technology is used to transplant alien consciousnesses into everyone else by use of a massively boosted transporter beam. Or something. It was very very silly. Kind of glad I quit Star Trek after TNG.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 7d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 7d

Fun With Peter Hegseth! www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Pete Hegseth is f—king embarrassing

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary on America's secretary of war.

www.sfgate.com

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 7d

The driest desert on Earth (non-polar category) is blooming in a gorgeous phenomenon called El Desierto Florido. [instagram.com]

“Chile’s Atacama Desert, the driest non-polar desert in the world, has burst into bloom this year. It’s a phenomenon known as “El Desierto Florido,” or the flowering desert.”

www.instagram.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7d

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. https://to.pbs.org/4mIl8Ig

Conservationist Jane Goodall, renowned for chimpanzee research, dies at 91

While living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, Goodall documented the animals using tools and doing other activities previously believed to be exclusive to humans.

to.pbs.org

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 8d

Tubby told the brass he's going to use the military against American citizens and this is the best the Prestige Press can do.

New York Times:

Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders
The U.S. generals and admirals summoned from around the world had been given little information about the planned event.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 8d

its hard to imagine a more embarrassing unforced error for the Dems than the "ban TikTok" fiasco.

Not only did they alienate youth voters, openly waffle on the First Amendment and let Trump claim to be the defender of "free speech," now they've literally handed the platform to Trump to control

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Derek @derek.glidden.life · 9d

I can't recommend Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud enough. Both are truly efforts of people who love games and it shows.

Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 9d

The Steam Autumn Sale is here! 🍂

We put ALL our games on sale so stock up for the season with your new favourite.

▶ Sale page

Kitfox Steam Autumn Sale. Sept 29th- October 6th

Lucifer Within Us- 80% off
Six Ages 1- 50% off
Six Ages 2- 30% off
Shattered Planet - 90% off
Shrouded Isle - 85% off
Boyfriend Dungeon - 65% off
Dwarf Fortress - 20% off
Caves of Qud - 15% off
Ostranauts - 20% off

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10d

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

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Ian Peters @petersracing.bsky.social · 10d

Worth reposting

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