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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 4h

I will be SO pissed. Which movie did that again? Was it literally called The Boy? Lmao anyway, it sucked

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 4h

In my restless dreams, I see that town

A black and white photo of Halle-Neustadt

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 4h

Last night I dreamt I wouldn't shut up about Halle-Neustadt, which is no different to me when I'm awake.

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Mik Must Be Destroyed. @mikduffy.bsky.social · 4h

Ian Hubert's VFX workflows and YouTube tutorials are a joy to behold. Which makes newsthat the IDF's video propaganda wing have been using assets created by him and others so dispiriting.

It's a reminder that authoritarians are bad at actual creation and invariably steal from actual artists.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 5h

We've been watching the first season of Servant and I am enjoying it so much. I never have any idea where it's going and it is so good at teasing its audience.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 10h

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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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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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 5h

5,000 words on masculinities in Lady Chatterley's Lover. Started four hours before deadline, submitted with an hour to spare. Aced. Fuck AI, git gud!

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 7h

Yes!

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 17h

Can't believe I missed this the first time around!

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 18h

since i have a couple new pieces premiering in two separate venues over the next month, i wanted to share my most recent piece again -- an experimental erotic horror retelling of oscar wilde's salome

ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am a girl in a woman’s body, I am a woman in a girl's body, I am thirteen and three thousand years old. My Mother tells me a story about a princess who was turned to cinders.

Today on ergot.: 'The Daughter of Abomination' by Sasha Ravitch @sasharavitch.bsky.social

www.ergot.press/authors/Sash...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 17h

It really fucks! I've always been fond of them but this new direction is more my shit than any previous record.

Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 19h

God, that's terrible. I couldn't stand the constant nausea of even just the first trimester of pregnancy, I wouldn't wish that discomfort on anyone. I'm so sorry you've been dealing with that.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah like if I could make a living writing fiction (in my dreams)? Then sure. My current line of work? Nope.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 19h

Please continue to help my friend Kazem and his family. Last I heard from him, they were still living on the street after their new tent was destroyed. They still desperately need shelter. Donate if you can

chuffed.org/project/1307...

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 19h

Jesus, that's awful!

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LC von Hessen 𓆙 💀 @lcvonhessen.bsky.social · 1d

"Thornback Hall" was written after re-reading one of my favorite Shirley Jackson stories, "A Visit," and hopefully reflects her acid humor. "Thornback Hall" contains social awkwardness, anxieties of encroaching middle age, etymology, and a bawdy Restoration-style poem written by yrs truly.

The first page of "Thornback Hall" by LC von Hessen in Cosmic Horror Monthly. A curious kitten stands in the background

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 19h

So hyped to write search engine optimised content until the day I die in a swivel chair.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 19h

I have to get out of here

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

Turns out having a welfare state and a hoarding capitalist class isn’t actually sustainable

unusual whales @unusual_whales
X.com
Germany has proposed raising the retirement age to 73 to prevent the collapse of the pension system, per Reuters

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VOIDCON @voidcon.bsky.social · 19h

VOID
TOMORROW

SEE YOU SOON

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 20h

If being unwilling to throw anyone to the wolves is a "purity test" to you, your party deserves to keep losing.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 21h

Well that sucks for you. I guess your party is going to keep losing then

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 22h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 20h

Yes! Johnny Kyunghwo is my latest find though haha

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 20h

I love Tasting History! But this was prompted by this guy in Korea first making his own fish sauce with anchovies, and now he's making garum.

Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 21h

This is what the Internet is for, I swear.

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