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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 5h

Yea verily, open up thine pytte.

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 7h

If you know me you know I have two answers to this question (at least since we lost Sondheim)

Partial lyrics from Pills and Soap by Elvis Costello:
They talked to the sister, the father and the mother
With a microphone in one hand and a chequebook in the other
And the camera noses in to the tears on her face
The tears on her face
The tears on her face
You can put them back together with your paper and paste
But you can't put them back together, you can't put them back together

Partial lyrics from The Ballad of the Sin Eater by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists:
And when I say me
I mean my brain
And when I say give me the cure
I mean to kill the pain
And when I say kill the pain
I mean to get the devil out
And when I say devil
I mean the manifestation of doubt, what about?

Partial lyrics from Tramp the Dirt Down by Elvis Costello:
I saw a newspaper picture from the political campaign
A woman was kissing a child, who was obviously in pain
She spills with compassion, as that young child's
Face in her hands she grips
Can you imagine all that greed and avarice
Coming down on that child's lips
Well I hope I don't die too soon
I pray the lord my soul to save
Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave
Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live
Long enough to savor
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down

Partial lyrics from Lonsdale Avenue by Ted Leo:
[Chorus]
Lonsdale Avenue, I'm coming back home
I've been walking, I've been walking many a mile alone
Long long avenue, I'm one of your own
I've been working, I've been working my fingers to the bone

[Verse 2]
I had a selkie child, in troubled times she came
I couldn't protect her from this life and all its pain
We called her many things and those things she'll remain
But she taught me better love that I might love again

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 8h

Urinal molded in the shape of large, cupped hands.

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 8h

Great example of the need to decouple Broadway (the set of midtown theater spaces with 500+ seats) and Broadway (the style of high-budget, mid-brow theatre often staged there) in your mind.

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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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 9h

At a concert where the biggest thing security has to worry about is people arguing over their favorite ghost-type Pokémon.

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WSKRS @wskrs.bsky.social · 9h

Haven’t found a source to be sure, but just looking at planetariums near the studio the closest match is the Orlando Science Center’s

Screen capture of the seaQuest DSV season 2 episode Dream Weaver. Tobias LeConte (Mark Hamill) stands among the stadium seating and domed ceiling of his planetarium-turned-lecture hall.

Photograph of the planetarium at the Orlando Science Center with seats at roughly the same rate of incline, and exterior walls at roughly the same height before meeting the domed ceiling at the seaQuest filming location.

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 10h

Both would have a lot to say about the Russian military.

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WSKRS @wskrs.bsky.social · 13h

HELL YEAH, BROTHER!

grayRazor @grayranger.bsky.social · 24d

Got some real good stuff this birthday.

Halo: Cryptum
SeaQuest DSV
Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2
The Vision of Escaflowne

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SnuggleBeast (Alaina) @snugglebeast.bsky.social · 1d

She is very sleepy from being up all night cause it was raining. I am also very sleepy from being up all night because she was.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · Jul 3

You can PREORDER my book about the Assassin's Creed franchise NOW! Please do that. I think it is both a fun and interesting dive into what Assassin's Creed is, how it develops its ideas, and what it says about the world we live in. TOC attached, preorder at the link! bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry, no. You are not going to get me to believe "Smishing", "Vishing" or "Quishing" are useful and commonly understood names for distinct varieties of attack. No thank you.

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 17h

Company's annual mandatory cybersecurity training starts with stock footage of magic tricks this year, feeling good about this one.

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Montrith @montrith.bsky.social · 17h

Hopefully they'll find this information in time to save her!

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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WSKRS @wskrs.bsky.social · 19h

Tomorrow we leap ahead to 2032. Seems like a perfect day for one last look at New Cape Quest, the setting for almost as much of season 2 as the ship that docked there, as modeled by a fan: youtu.be/Qo8YqqHHNwA

New Cape Quest

YouTube video by Teelana78

youtu.be

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 20h

The Dadification of the Series that Brought the RTS to Consoles by Way of the Innovation of Making the Player Character into the Cursor

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 20h

Close to You (Nintendo) updated video posted on Nintendo Today with Pikmin www.vooks.net/nintendos-se...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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SnuggleBeast (Alaina) @snugglebeast.bsky.social · 2d

Reunited with this perfect angel. We are both pretty pumped.

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 1d

So Dracula, Frankenstein, werewolves, and the Gillman are all sexy. We need to go farther. Hardest will be the invisible man, not a lot to work with.

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WSKRS @wskrs.bsky.social · 1d

Magic Rocks? They finally got Kreiglite into stores!?

monitor-ep.bsky.social @monitor-ep.bsky.social · 28d

So going through the past #SeaQuestDSV merchandise and I do not recall seeing the Craft House Magic Rocks. I would have loved to have the ships of SeaQuest DSV and the Pirate submarine.

SeaQuest DSV Magic Rocks SeaQuest & Pirate submarine

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System Mastery @systemmastery.bsky.social · 1d

Taking a seven year old on any walk is the exact same experience as an old MMO escort quest. They walk painfully slowly and every fifteen seconds you realize you lost sight of them because they pathed into an enemy encampment (stall that sells $27 bubble wands).

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A Mech A Day @dailymecha.bsky.social · 1d

Model: Nanmo
Debut: Dirty Pair
Year: 1985
Designer: Yasushi Ishizu

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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WSKRS @wskrs.bsky.social · 1d

WSKRS returns in two days with seaQuest 2032. In fall 1995, NBC wanted you to know just how new the new season would be: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJdA...

seaQuest 2032 teaser #1

YouTube video by Mike Devereaux

www.youtube.com

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SnuggleBeast (Alaina) @snugglebeast.bsky.social · 2d

She is perfect and I just want to be perfect for her.

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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Quoth the Raven "Well that's enough of that. Good Lordy"

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