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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 8m

has a real Adam Curtis feel to it

Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 11m

seriously if you can afford to spend 4 figures on tix for a play that you know nothing about, that is also one of the most famous theatrical pieces of all time, you should have to give up 100% of your wealth to the homeless

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 13m

maybe this guy shoulda saved his cash for the musical version, “Oh! Godot!” the big showstopper “Waiting For My Dream” always chokes me up

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 16m

and this Godot character never even showed up!

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3h

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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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 19m

that’s my feeling about doomsday prepping in general. total societal collapse? sorry I ain’t sticking around for that

Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 26m

🎶girlfriend in antifa I know, I know, it’s really serious🎶

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 32m

how has Justin Turner never
played for the Phillies? just seems like a guy who would’ve played for them. the beard alone shoulda done it

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Not the Guy @notnotnuanced.bsky.social · 36m

Joe Davis: 2-0 to Ohtani
John Smoltz: and now that right there, when you’re looking at let’s say 2-6 whatever it is let’s 5 inches of straight drop. When you’re mechanically when you’re trying to time that pitch let’s say 3-2 full count with that amount of break right across the

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 6h

it’s so wild to me that so many colleges and networks are bowing and scraping and kowtowing to Trump thinking he is unstoppable meanwhile in real life his personal gestapo is being thwarted by Dig’Em

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 6h

this poor old woman was beveled to death😔

K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 6h

This is the aesthetic of the future

Kyle wolf
@CRXSSF4DE
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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 8h

I agree with this, with the caveat that Romero’s films— which assert that, even in the face of armageddon, reactionary capitalism will find a way to cling to wormy power— have only become more essential.

"fart" @jonhendren.com · 15h

in retrospect i think the "zombie" tv/movie craze that encouraged everyone to fantasize about how theyd murk all their neighbors, hole up in their house and eventually run into the woods , was a mistake

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 9h

there’s long been an assumption that if Sliwa dropped out those voters would migrate to Cuomo but imo those voters could probably stomach a vote for Cuomo far less than they could a vote for Mamdani, they absolutely loathe him

Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 9h

saw this during Yankees-Blue Jays last night immediately after Cuomo’s shitty AI slop ad (first Cuomo ad I’ve seen since the primary btw) and it reminded me that his active role in killing 100s of senior citizens is not at all forgotten or forgoven among Sliwa-inclined voters

Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 9h

Curtis Sliwa (the GOP nominee for NYC mayor) has launched a devastating ad against Andrew Cuomo (still running as an independent) featuring Donna Johnson, who claims that Cuomo's COVID policies regarding nursing homes killed both of her parents.

This hits home with Cuomo's prime demographic.

Andrew Cuomo’s Deadly Leadership: Meet Donna Johnson

YouTube video by M. Sliwa Public Relations

www.youtube.com

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 1d

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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phylan @phylan.website · 11h

[national guardsman smashing a protestor's face with the butt of his rifle] I hate doing this. I could be running a food bank rn 😔😔

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11h

I say this with love, some of you are going to lose your life savings to a man who says you have parking tickets that can only be paid in Target gift cards

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

👀👀👀👀

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

starting to think much of the “how democracies end”/“how autocracies are born” literature could benefit from considering the actual existence of American law enforcement

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.