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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 15h

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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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 1d

I tell you things are so bad and hopeless right now but I simply can’t get enough of reading other peoples jokes about Taylor swift on the internet

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

every time you read a story about how no-strings-attached direct payments to vulnerable, marginalized or otherwise needy people are a big net profit to the society disbursing them, and you ask "why doesn't america do that?", please know that this is the answer why

mac from always sunny saying "but who versus? who are we doing it versus?" because he cannot understand a plan that does not have a victim

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Katie @katesofheaven.bsky.social · 1d

conservatives like to cite the 99% conviction rate japan has as proof that america is too woke on criminality, but the united states would also have a conviction rate above 99% if it were measured like japan's.

no, the issue is a broader need to leave behind those we deem too unfortunate to save

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

fellas is it gay to live in a city

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 1d

IOWA CITY ~ I'm going to be hosting this allegedly whiskey-soaked evening of filmmaking war stories this Friday as part of the Refocus Film Festival ... stop by! 🤠 tickets.icfilmscene.org/websales/pag...

tickets.icfilmscene.org

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Caroline Framke @carolineframke.bsky.social · 2d

In my bid to rejoin the offline world, I've been teaching myself how to run, and it's been.....great?? Wild! To that end, I'm running a 5k this weekend, and am so close to hitting the goal if any of you would be so kind as to help this worthy cause: getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...

UNRWA fundraiser for outreach in Gaza: currently $1,125 out of my $1500 goal raised

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 4d

"Now that Lana Del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan have had number one songs about being sexy, wearing no clothes, fucking..."

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like we're about 3 days out from Taylor Swift dropping a white-on-white Question For The Culture

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 6d

On balance I am Taylor agnostic — I find her to be objectively talented and insufferable with at least two Great Albums under her belt — but yesterday I was getting my nails done and they played both “Welcome to New York” and “ME!” In the 2 hours I was in the chair and I had to rethink everything

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 6d

Horrifying

Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 7d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 7d

The sound of the saxophones coming in on Dirty Work is one of my favorite sounds/moments in music, and it also always gave me a real “PTA type of feeling” which I guess means something you drive and cry to in the valley at magic hour, anyway when that song hit in OBAA I gasped

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 8d

It’s my last night of my 30s what should I do

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 8d

Being a Lana fan has its ups and downs but this is the petty random shit that makes it worth it

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 8d

what is the point of being rich if you still can be bought

Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 8d

Fuckin yikes, man

Some comics were transparent about their willingness to ignore their moral convictions in order to play at the festival. “So what, they have slaves?” asked Tim Dillon in a podcast segment that led to his firing from the festival. “They’re paying me enough money to look the other way.” Pete Davidson offered a similar take, acknowledging in a chat with Von that people have asked him why, given his father’s death on 9/11, he would take a paycheck from the Saudi government. He did not address the criticism directly, but he did suggest he was happy to forget 9/11 for the right price: “I just know I get the routing, and then I see the number, and I go, ‘I’ll go.’”

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 9d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 9d

It’s not true but it was nice of him to say

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 9d

After the movie I said want to be Sensei Sergio when I grow up and g*d bless my wonderful boyfriend he said “I think you’re well on your way babe”

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to Paul Thomas Anderson for getting the first ever great performance out of Leonardo DiCaprio!!!!!

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 9d

We’re at the 10AM VistaVision screening of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER at the Vista and everyone is in sweats and pajama bottoms like we’re at an evangelical church slumber party lock-in but for Marxism (?)

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 11d

I’m sorry but this is hilarious

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 11d

I think Mr. Big is autistic

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 12d

As a fellow owner of this shirt, long live the king ❤️

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 12d

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think

Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.

thebarbedwire.com

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Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social · 14d

lol I won’t see ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER TIL Monday and I’ll be sad if I don’t like it

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