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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 13h

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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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 9h

OK
BLUE JAYS

LET'S
PLAY
BALL!!

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 10h

"Where the hell are the singing cats?!??"

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 14h

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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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 16h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 19h

If we want something "All-American," why would we want the guy who sang this??

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf3e...

God Bless You Canada - Lee Greenwood

YouTube video by Canadian Blue Jay

www.youtube.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23h

Once upon a time, the social media accounts of federal agencies weren't a stream of fascist, white nationalist garbage interlaced with whiny culture-war posts. Earlier this year, even!

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

I agree, a defining moment of our era. What is ICE? This is ICE.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 4d

Not even Medium Game James today. Leave him in California.

Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 4d

#WeAre currently getting curbstomped by an 0-4 team.

LOL. Is it wrestling season yet?

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4d

UCLA to Oregon.

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 4d

#WeAre currently getting curbstomped by an 0-4 team.

LOL. Is it wrestling season yet?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump in 2011: "If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the only who has to get people together!"

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 7d

So we're not Great Again yet?

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7d

THE TRUMP ECONOMY: US private sector businesses LOST 32,000 jobs in September, far below the expected gain of 51,000, per payroll processor ADP.

August has been revised DOWN by 57,000, to -3,000.

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WIRED @wired.com · 8d

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.

Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9d

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Jon Adams. #NewYorkerCartoons

Sign up for our humor newsletter to get the Daily Cartoon right in your inbox: nyer.cm/niP6eXi

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 11d

BigGameJames

Josh Dubow @joshdubowap.bsky.social · 11d

James Franklin fell to 0-4 in home matchups involving 2 top 10 teams. That's most losses for any coach since at least 2000 in top 10 matchups at home

Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 11d

welp.

Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 11d

"one of the best o-lines in the country"
"first-round pick at QB"

Hope they prove me wrong, but right now, Big Game James and crew are melting down faster than a cup of Peachy Paterno on an 80-degree day. Again.

Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 11d

"one of the best o-lines in the country"
"first-round pick at QB"

Hope they prove me wrong, but right now, Big Game James and crew are melting down faster than a cup of Peachy Paterno on an 80-degree day. Again.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14d

Yep, this is exactly what I'd have expected. Great article from Ken.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

Mission accomplished, time to cash in

Oklahoma schools rank 50th in the nation in latest education quality study

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Semi-regular reminder that a sane country would have already impeached and removed. But then again a sane country wouldn’t have elected a maniac criminal twice in the first place.

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 14d

Welcome to the oligarchy.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14d

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16d

Fun fact: Doctor Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, close friend of Trump and RFK Jr., and self-admitted fraudulent supplement huckster, sells multiple forms of leucovorin through his supplement company, iHerb, which he didn’t divest when taking his federal gov role.

james @james.claims · 16d

Anyway watch the stocks of whoever has the patent of leucovorin go up after the announcement. That’s all this is. Promoting Leucovorin so adults force their kids to ingest it to “cure their autism”.

But what is Leucovorin and why are they claiming it cures autism? 👇

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