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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · Nov 28

I was foolishly invited to a swanky business awards dinner Tuesday night where I mingled with the Great and the Good and found myself chatting with a proud Trump voter. Look at me, all patient and understanding of the other side! Here’s a little thread of my adventure in reasoning 👇🏼

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 4h

Good for Vancouver 👍🏼

‘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.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 4h

At least New York is taking it well 😂

Alan the Baltimoron @bmorons.bsky.social · 5h

Dead at 27 image, showing a bunch of musical artists that passed away at the age of 27, and a New York Yankees championship ring.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 5h

Well, well, well. 👀

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 6h

Incredible 🫤

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 10h

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.

Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 7h

Holy shit 😬

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 9h

It’s really funny to have a 50 year old franchise they keep spending hundreds of millions of dollars on where even the first one is mid and no one really cares

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 9h

Rotten Tomatoes scores for the 'Tron' trilogy 🍅

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 9h

Absolute banger of an episode of The Hatchet. @arshy.bsky.social interviews @nolore.bsky.social about the (mostly designed) decline of Canada. If you’re mad as hell, this is likely why: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

The Decline and Fall of the Canadian State (w/ Nora Loreto)

Podcast Episode · The Hatchet · 2025-10-08 · 1h 6m

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 8h

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa”

Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood in INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 8h

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa”

Caroline Munro in STARCRASH in a barely-there black bikini and black thigh-high boots holding a silver laser gun

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 8h

Posted it! Nice to have a bit of good news 👍🏼

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 8h

"This is not the first time that Hamas... agreed to release all Israelis being held captive in Gaza – on 4 previous occasions during the past 2 years, Palestinian negotiators have agreed to all terms of ceasefire agreements... only to have the Israeli... team reject..."

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Hamas Agrees to Release All Captives; Ceasefire Now Up to Israel

Al Jazeera reports that meetings between mediators and the Palestinian delegation have just concluded, with mediators now meeting the Israeli delegation to ...

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 10h

This is really blatant pro-Nazi rhetoric, but also the House Un-American Activities Committee following WWII considered it suspicious for people to have been anti-fascist before Pearl Harbor. So like…not new

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11h

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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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11h

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Sable, Public Universal Momfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 10h

Ubisoft rejecting a game about a formerly enslaved Black man returning to the South to fight for justice during Reconstruction for being "too political" tells you everything you need to know about about the rot at the core of everything.

✨ Erinyes ✨ @erinyes.diy · 11h

i'm upset that ubisoft cancelled reconstruction-era assassin’s creed because i am an avid collector of games where you get to kill the klan and i want a third one

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Nick TP @nixotalkspoli.bsky.social · 10h

so they are stating directly they intend to start bombing American cities?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 11h

This is why I love Chicago so much. Their “we will fuck with you” reserves are BOTTOMLESS.

NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 13h

This is amazing.

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 20h

And THIS is why every person involved in either harry potter films, tv, games or other are chosing to actively be a part in the attack on trans people

Shes openly saying her intentions are to ensure a win for the bigots against scottish government

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"SNP ministers have failed to pay their £250k bill, six months after the Supreme Court ruling. The rumour is that they’re trying to stop ⁦
@ForWomenScot
⁩ taking further action against the government, but that plan has a rather large flaw. Me."
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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 11h

Losing the war on woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 11h

Inside a restaurant? There’s no bigger dog lover but I but that’s a hard pass.

Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 11h

I used to love going to patios with my Jack Russell tied up on the other side of the fence. Waiters would often give her a bowl of water and I’d feed her fries and bits of sandwiches though the bars, she loved it. Never did I even consider bringing her *inside* come on now 😬

Dogs in restaurants? It’s getting hairy

In a city where canines aren’t just pets but children, the opinions over where they belong is fierce.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 12h

On May 17, 1924, the Ku Klux Klan held a rally in South Bend, Indiana, to intimidate Catholics but for the next *three days* they were confronted by students from the University of Notre Dame who called themselves “The Fighting Irish” and drove the KKK out of town ☘️✊🏼

Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 12h

Hating the Klan is not anti-white. Large swaths couldn't even join the Klan until they had to open up to avoid dying off. The Irish, Greeks, Italians, French, etc.? No dice. You could be 100% Nordic and if your ass was Mormon? Bye.

Hating fascists is righteous and pure American brotherhood.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 12h

"Some have said about Assassin's Creed games that "DEI kills art" but this might be a case where "anti-DEI" helped kill art."

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 12h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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