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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 7h

When the Yankees get eliminated

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 10h

One of the reasons they're having trouble concocting a Left Wing Terrorism epidemic is basically nobody in this country has ever met a left wing person. You might as well say we're being invaded by the smurfs

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 8h

When I grow up I want a gang of urchins who will do my bidding boxd.it/bjgiZ3

A ★★★½ review of Oliver! (1968)

Oliver! has some incredible production value. The recreation of Victorian London is genuinely impressive with massive sets, great costumes and huge crowds. It also has some all timer songs that are re...

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 9h

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 8h

The Taino people of the Caribbean islands in 1492

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 8h

Are white Monsters any good?

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 9h

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 12h

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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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11h

There was a joke on the Simpsons about how no one cares about Tron! That was 30 years ago!

Homer 3D

UM... IT'S LIKE, UH...
DID ANYONE SEE THE MOVIE TRON?

Wiggum saying yes but then immediately saying no

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

BEHOLD THE MEGA GLONZO

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Kenn Pike @thutigger.bsky.social · 1d

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h

A really old trick conservatives use is to accuse liberals of supporting an idea that would make sense under liberal values but that liberals don't actually support for tactical reasons. So you face a choice of either accepting the false accusation or you argue against your own values.

Rot Economy Critic @rotonomics.bsky.social · 14h

Saw a CBS ghoul trying to hound Hakeem fucking Jeffries about whether “illegal aliens get the ACA subsidies” by reasking the question multiple times after Jeffries said it wasn’t true. You’d think he was interviewing a Nixon staffer about watergate.

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 10h

These are the factions in the upcoming civil war

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 10h

Absolutely insane choice of cover art here.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 10h

Point Break 1991 Steelbook (4K UHD + Blu-ray) is $22.49 on Amazon Prime buff.ly/vWIoXYf

movies & tv deals buff.ly/Q6vPShh #ad

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 11h

Dolly Parton called a press conference to clarify formally that no weapon formed against her will prosper

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 10h

Bill Burr has thoroughly shown his ass here variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Bill Burr Slams Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash as ‘Bulls—‘ and Roasts Critics: ‘I Don’t Give a F— What These Phony F—ing People Are Saying’

Bill Burr says he does not care if performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival ruins his career and continues to defend performing in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 10h

He’s definitely dying and they are panicking

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

NOTE: Leavitt says Trump will "stop by for his routine yearly check up."

But…Trump had his annual check up already. 5 months ago. On April 11.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

New — White House says Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11h

It’s really funny to have a 50 year old franchise they keep spending hundreds of millions of dollars on where even the first one is mid and no one really cares

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 11h

Rotten Tomatoes scores for the 'Tron' trilogy 🍅

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 12h

I’m torn between wanting a sci fi genre film to do well and wanting a Jared Leto film to fail.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 13h

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 13h

Call of Duty should go back to WWII. We need a new Nazi killing game.

I know they won't, but they should

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

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Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 13h

It would have been a really fun Co-op mode to have one player as Naoe and one Player as Yasuke using their respective abilities to solve puzzles but

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Andy Screamo @colonelnemo.bsky.social · 13h

Ubisoft so spineless now they won’t release a Civil War era AC game with a black protagonist when they literally already did a Revolutionary War era game with a Native American protagonist and a DLC where you play as a former slave who freed other slaves in the Caribbean during the Age of Piracy

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 13h

The ninja Stealth mechanics which Naoe were really good which just made the Bull in a Chinashop combat of Yasuke feel really sluggish in comparison

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