John Stange
@stange.shakespeareinthe.pub
Social Justice Artificer, raw-dogging the collapse of civilization.
Occasional paid theatrical word-sayer and body-mover
Token Straight on the producer team of https://shakespeareinthe.pub
he/him/that MFer over there
Occasional paid theatrical word-sayer and body-mover
Token Straight on the producer team of https://shakespeareinthe.pub
he/him/that MFer over there
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John Stange
@stange.shakespeareinthe.pub
· Dec 17
Me and mine like to desecrate classical (read: royalty-free) plays in bar readings. Dildo props, inebriated actors, you get the idea.
We perform at a bar around Capitol Hill, so we, uh, decided on a theme for this year. Our leadoff play is as close to President's Day as we could get it.
We perform at a bar around Capitol Hill, so we, uh, decided on a theme for this year. Our leadoff play is as close to President's Day as we could get it.
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U.S. fury at the ICC for daring accuse Israeli politicians of things they essentially admitted to is really unhinged
Thinking about extricating yourself from Big Tech?
A Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, arrived at her home in The Hague and called out “Alexa”.
“Alexa was dead. She wouldn’t talk to me.”
ICC judges have been forcibly removed from most digital services, credit cards, and banks.
A Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, arrived at her home in The Hague and called out “Alexa”.
“Alexa was dead. She wouldn’t talk to me.”
ICC judges have been forcibly removed from most digital services, credit cards, and banks.
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
U.S. fury at the ICC for daring accuse Israeli politicians of things they essentially admitted to is really unhinged
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Lotta people manifesting “it” today…
I remember when a friends bf hit her and a bunch of her friends were manifesting and that SOB was working on apartment carports when they collapsed under snow weight and killed him.
Just saying.
I remember when a friends bf hit her and a bunch of her friends were manifesting and that SOB was working on apartment carports when they collapsed under snow weight and killed him.
Just saying.
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Lotta people manifesting “it” today…
I remember when a friends bf hit her and a bunch of her friends were manifesting and that SOB was working on apartment carports when they collapsed under snow weight and killed him.
Just saying.
I remember when a friends bf hit her and a bunch of her friends were manifesting and that SOB was working on apartment carports when they collapsed under snow weight and killed him.
Just saying.
The one nice thing to happen this weekend was "rehearsal" for our yearly Carol in the Barrel. We're ruining Dickens this Friday night starting at 7:30, at Barrel in Eastern Market. It'll be a hoot and a half.
Producer duty is turning into a live foley exercise. I need to get some portable speakers.
Producer duty is turning into a live foley exercise. I need to get some portable speakers.
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The one nice thing to happen this weekend was "rehearsal" for our yearly Carol in the Barrel. We're ruining Dickens this Friday night starting at 7:30, at Barrel in Eastern Market. It'll be a hoot and a half.
Producer duty is turning into a live foley exercise. I need to get some portable speakers.
Producer duty is turning into a live foley exercise. I need to get some portable speakers.
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The funniest thing about the 30 posts the CBS News Twitter account made is that most of them have like... a couple hundred likes total.
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The funniest thing about the 30 posts the CBS News Twitter account made is that most of them have like... a couple hundred likes total.
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Consistent with my histrionic-personality-disorder-to-MAGA- pipeline theory:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
The MAGA-fication of Nicki Minaj
Once an advocate for LGBTQ people and immigrants, Nicki Minaj now praises an administration cracking down on the same people.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Consistent with my histrionic-personality-disorder-to-MAGA- pipeline theory:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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go fuck yourself
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
go fuck yourself
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because the New York Times is a right-wing newspaper that skates by under cover of its liberal arts and culture sections
If you look at how, where and when the NYT deliberately obscures facts that are known to the author but would undercut the thrust of an “objective” story (in this case trying to make a college dropout appear to be a graduate) you’ll notice that’s always in service of the conservative agenda
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
because the New York Times is a right-wing newspaper that skates by under cover of its liberal arts and culture sections
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I mean I feel like I understand the reason. It's because they're dumber than shit
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I mean I feel like I understand the reason. It's because they're dumber than shit
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Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Just in case any journalist or editor reading this is tempted to minimize Trump's Reiner post because it's a "showbiz thing" and "real" stories are happening: No. It's a President thing and a decency thing, and if you don't understand that those things are newsworthy, you are failing in your duties.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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An Anti-Defamation League that actually believed in its stated mission would savage Trump for his comments about Rob Reiner and his wife, but they are too busy trying to find out whether an Oberlin student said something critical of Israel.
December 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
An Anti-Defamation League that actually believed in its stated mission would savage Trump for his comments about Rob Reiner and his wife, but they are too busy trying to find out whether an Oberlin student said something critical of Israel.
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I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
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The silver lining to all this is that it’s a straightforward demonstration of what happens when you let reactionary freaks take control of your popular art. They got *everything* they asked for and it resulted in an incoherent disaster that put a franchise worth billions in a terrible position
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The silver lining to all this is that it’s a straightforward demonstration of what happens when you let reactionary freaks take control of your popular art. They got *everything* they asked for and it resulted in an incoherent disaster that put a franchise worth billions in a terrible position
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TRoS was such a brazen act of artistic vandalism, a straightforward signal that “oops, movies that expensive aren’t supposed to mean anything!” that the existence of Andor feels like a quiet apology. It might literally be that, given how fiercely Kathleen Kennedy protected it from interference.
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
TRoS was such a brazen act of artistic vandalism, a straightforward signal that “oops, movies that expensive aren’t supposed to mean anything!” that the existence of Andor feels like a quiet apology. It might literally be that, given how fiercely Kathleen Kennedy protected it from interference.
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“Trump is doing obituaries the right way”
By Ezra Klein
By Ezra Klein
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Trump is doing obituaries the right way”
By Ezra Klein
By Ezra Klein
PS: It's still good that that thing happened
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
PS: It's still good that that thing happened
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen.
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen.
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
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Looking through Rob Reiner’s otherwise amazing filmography, I found this unintentionally funny line.
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Looking through Rob Reiner’s otherwise amazing filmography, I found this unintentionally funny line.
Usually I have to wonder which joints will be randomly hurting on any given day. But now that the temperature has dipped significantly below freezing, I don't have to worry! It's all of them.
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Usually I have to wonder which joints will be randomly hurting on any given day. But now that the temperature has dipped significantly below freezing, I don't have to worry! It's all of them.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!