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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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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 9h

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 11h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 9h

It's like that dude doesn't even know the famous opening line of the second half, "GoDOT NO HE DI'N'T!"

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 10h

Mikhail is gonna be PISSED when he finds out the second act opens with Godot driving a car in through the actual physical wall of the theatre and the play ends with that big banana cream pie fight.

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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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 11h

[Butthole Surfers thru a megaphone voice]

RFK, lying on the topic of disease,
Jarod gettin’ money from the Saudis and Chinese.
Kristi hates the NFL, prez’s brains are fog…

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

trumps nazi goons trying to pepper ball a frog

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 11h

RT if you, too, are older than this mythological creature: www.oafe.net/blog/?p=45392

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 13h

Plus Schuylkill, DuBois, and Wilkes-Barre.

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 13h

Sure, the guy talking about the earthquake in Chile is wrong, but the one in Indiana *is* "valp-a-RAISE-oh". In that case you can tell the tourists because they don't say Valpo.

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 13h

Maybe you're just a growing boy!

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 15h

Tom Scot in the fastest car in the world.

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 15h

Know those Target #Madballs that are gone now? www.oafe.net/blog/2025/09... Five Below has all the same ones, plus three others.

A box of knock off Madballs on the shelf at Five Below. There are six designs, so two of each in the box. In addition to Slobulus, Repville, and the facehugger one, there are also legally iffy versions of Slobbernaut, the Taiwanese version of Bash Brain/Crackhead, and what appears to be an original snake(?) design.

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 15h

a man in a tie stands in front of a table filled with balls

ALT: a man in a tie stands in front of a table filled with balls

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 15h

"high school bully > joined the army > became a gym teacher" is to boys as "high school bully > joined a pyramid scheme > became a nurse" is to girls.

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 16h

Damn, Flash Thompson, didn't know that was the kind of thing you were into. No wonder you liked bullying kids so much!

FakeEyes @fakeeyes.bsky.social · 19h

You can wrap the same type of white craft wire that you can use to make Spider-Man webs around Agent Anti-Venoms testicles to help with aiming.

You won’t have full control, but you’ll be an assistant manager and be able to get them pointing in the same direction at least.

Yeah, I know I said testicles out there. You were ready with some joke and now? Now you just have to sit on it, Potsie.

Remember Happy Days?? Were our days happier when there was just one Venom and we knew who it was at any given time? Did you know that Peter Parker is currently a Guardian of the Galaxy? That would be insane if his high school bully from the 60s hadn’t beaten him in joining and leaving the team by like a DECADE. Comics are so crazy now, with every new creative team really swinging for the fences with some severe landmark change that will make a good trade paperback. And yeah, that sort of thing is what makes up the weird and exciting events we remember. Gosh a costume change used to be a big deal. Now it’s every 6 months. This is some Old Man Yelling at Cloud nonsense, I know. It’s not a complaint so much as me saying I don’t really even read comics now since the minute a big thing happens I wonder how the next writer is going to undo it and take the character “back to basics” followed by the next writer saying “yeah but what if Silver Surfer was Ghost Rider and had a bicycle that killed every Magneto in the Multiverse?” And you’re like I dunno, I guess it would be crazy, man. Hope that got the USA Today article you wanted, and I for real hope you get paid if a movie uses one of your dumb ideas even if they are dumb. Bye!

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OAFEnet @oafe.net · 16h

Hasbro's big "the price things should have been to begin with" sale.

William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 17h

For anyone interested, Hasbro Pulse is having a Flash Sale on all the shit you can surely find cheaper at local big box stores. However, there IS a great deal on Mutt & Junkyard, who are 40% off for some reason!

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 22h

tothechaos on tumblr: "going into a bougie supermarket makes me feel like that one painting of the bolshevik standing in the russian palace"

self-replies with the soldier shopped into the produce section of a very bougie supermarket: "$12.95 for 8.50z of Jelly are You Fucking Kidding Me"

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Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social · 22h

Sebastian Druid: Whatchu up to, Ghost Rider?
Ghost Rider: Burning sinners with my Hellfire.
Sebastian Druid: What’s the difference between Hellfire and regular fire?
Ghost Rider: Hellfire is fire from Hell.
Sebastian Druid: So when you use Hellfire does that mean there is less fire in Hell?
Ghost Rider: If it ends this conversation, yes.
Blackheart: Why is this room always so cold?
Mephisto: Don’t touch the thermostat.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 1d

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 1d

Photo of a vintage book cover featuring a linen closet with the door opening slightly revealing a smiling skeleton inside. Copy and title read:

When lonely nights turn bonely

Secret Sex Skeleton

PORRIDGE FIRM

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Camarade Romain @redblueblur25.bsky.social · 1d

For your personal use : THE GUY

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Oct 1

Text message screenshot:

Hey can I have the guy
I'm mad at someone

Yes hold on

Image of a dude made out of emojis jacking off and presenting a middle finger

here you go

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Boss Fight Studio @bossfightstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Join our very own Design Director, Chris Oliveri, as he goes live with Walmart at NYCC on 10/9 @4pm EST to talk about our Immortal Champions Spectral Guardian, launching exclusively on Walmart....oh yeah and it glows in the dark!! ☠️

Pre-order will follow the livestream

tinyurl.com/3jjb76xx

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FakeEyes @fakeeyes.bsky.social · 1d

Bed news for my enemies: I’ve got a salad from Domino’s, so I’m probably going to live forever.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, I love traditions, but it ain't "Monopoly at McDonalds" on an app. If I'm not struggling against condensation to peel off that little ticket to tell me I won a Sausage Biscuit, it ain't right.

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