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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 4h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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H.M. Stiller @hmstiller.bsky.social · 1h

Eh, at least it wasn't Stravinsky. Maybe I am outing myself as a horrible philistine, but for me the Rites of Spring is just....pain.

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H.M. Stiller @hmstiller.bsky.social · 2h

a man in a vest and white shirt is asking what are you saying .

ALT: a man in a vest and white shirt is asking what are you saying .

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H.M. Stiller @hmstiller.bsky.social · 2h

Me, sowing: "Haha, f-uck yeah! Going to see Waiting for Godot tonight!!!"
Me, reaping: "Well, all this waiting for action sucks, what the fuck??"

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 5h

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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H.M. Stiller @hmstiller.bsky.social · 5h

a group of people standing next to each other with the caption if you wanna join the people 's front of judea you have to

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H.M. Stiller @hmstiller.bsky.social · 5h

"Posobiec" sure makes him sound like a Slav. And not one of those "special exception" Slavs like the Croats or the Bulgarians.

H.M. Stiller @hmstiller.bsky.social · 7h

Jesus. Couldn't y'all go back to snorting lines of coke off the backs of your pet alligators?

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Florida man accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Jonathan Rinderknecht accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 13h

What the literal what

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 14h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 13h

This is rad

Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 13h

Goniatite fossils packed throughout this piece of shale. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus must have littered the sea floor that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland