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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini

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A Garbage Plate™ kid living in a chicken-wing world. Ra Cha Cha is the nickname of my hometown, Rochester. #MassMob co-founder. Writer for Buffalo Rising. Planner. Also: Urbanism, greenways, politics. #BillsMafia

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · Nov 16

When America finished the election & opened its fortune cookie...

Image of a fortune-cookie fortune saying "Your problem just got bigger. Think, what have you done."

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 4h

Fugeta boutit

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 5h

Yep. Opened in the Reagan administration. They let Barbara Bush drive one of the trains on opening day 🙄

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 5h

These are like the Buffalo Metro Rail stations, a mix of cut-and-cover and bored twin-tubed.

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 7h

CLT?

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Lori @lchase.bsky.social · 7h

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

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 11h

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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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 9h

My neighbor is holding a meet & greet for Buffalo mayoral candidate Michael Gainer. This guy isn't letting off the gas with four weeks left until the election.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 12h

Is it good when the commander in chief is untethered to reality?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 18h

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 14h

Congrats!

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 14h

Buffalo Police Department is the “the gold standard of policing in NY State” Didn't Cha Know?

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 14h

Lord, you can take me now.

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 14h

Yowza!!

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 18h

If you had written this as a fake news headline a year ago, you would be called hysterical.

Reuters today. Fascism.

Reuters story headlines:

Trunp calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

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Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 18h

But wait, there's more!

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 18h

Nothing much, just the Erie County GOP chair showing how to win friends and influence people.

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah I don't have an Albanian accent either.

Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini @rachacha.bsky.social · 19h

@erichweyant.bsky.social AMIRITE

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Erich Weyant 🏳️‍🌈 🫏 @erichweyant.bsky.social · Aug 24

I first walked into the Rath Building in the early ’90s, a young gay man unsure if government had room for me. Today I help lead the Legislature that decides how it serves all of us. I shared some of that journey, along with a few behind-the-scenes lessonson the Diamond Jim Radio Hour.