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bex schwartz
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writer | director | producer | anxious

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The dictionary definition of “damn with faint praise”
The current NYT website with a large headline: “MAMDANI SEALS VICTORY IN IMPROBABLE RUN” (Accompanied by an establishing shot of pro-Mamdani signs at his election returns event)
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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What is going on with his mouth?
Two concurrent posts in the skyline where Trump’s mouth looks twisty and weird
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Kermit scrunch face
September 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Weeping.
A frog playing a banjo
September 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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This event was happening across the street from my house and I cannot believe I missed my chance to see this kitty who drives his own little car (and convince him to come live with me and Snork)
a fluffy kitty wearing a leather jacket drives a cat-sized black car at the Caught Stealing premiere (the kitty's name is Tonic, apparently?)
August 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Hooray for @mrjordankatz.bsky.social and the Middle Aged Dad Jam Band! I have the reverse shot from their NYT profile:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/s...
Ken Marino scales a ladder in the middle of a crowd of Middle Aged Dad Jam Band fans at the start of a show
August 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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In the midst of everything being just awful, there is going to be a professional dungeon master on the upcoming season of Big Brother, and I hope (but am not entirely sure) it's the d&d kind:
a photo of a Big Brother 27 housemate -- Keanu Soto who lists his occupation as a dungeon master
July 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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This is my current favorite:
A Hilda by artist Duane Bryers featuring Hilda reading Animal Stories to a bevy of wildlife
July 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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My dad and I watched and loved @joshgondelman.bsky.social’s new special on YouTube last night and once you’ve seen it, you’ll know why I giggled at this sign:
“Home of the crabster roll”
June 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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(Is this … a thing with feathers?)
A current electoral coverage map of the nyc mayoral candidate primary and zohran bahmani is beating andrew cuomo
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Via a wapo article titled “BILLY BRAGG’S ICONIC LIVING,” 11/15/91

www.washingtonpost.com/archive/life...
@billybragg explains the intention being his song “rumors of war” in 1991 "If you can personalize a political situation like that," he says, "you can make the point much better than if you just say war is stupid. If you can describe the way war sneaks up on you like a mist, and connect it with that terrible feeling of helplessness we all felt during the build-up in the gulf, then you're communicating something. Then you're working in that important area where politics enters all our lives."
June 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Of course I’m watching ny1’s live coverage of the Tonys red carpet
Cole Escola wears a powder blue dress in homage to the gown Bernadette Peters wore when she won the Tony for Annie Get Your Gun
June 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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A chip
June 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I know absolutely nothing about this guy but POPE PIZZABALLA just sounds so rad
Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a contender to be the next pope
April 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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My familiar Snork (a cat) is extremely obsessed with Flow. It is his most favorite thing to watch, even beyond watching me play Skyrim as a khajit. Does your cat also love #Flow? What a gift.
Snork cranes his neck to observe the wonder of Flow even more intensely
March 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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GODDAMN YOUR CONFUSION

(The actual @michaelstipe.bsky.social joined the Michael Shannon / @jasonnarducy.bsky.social / @dagjuhlin.bsky.social R.E.M. tribute band tonight at Brooklyn Steel to sing “Pretty Persuasion” )
Michael Stipe joined Michael Shannon / Jason Narducy / Dag Juhlin and their R.E.M. tribute band to sing “Pretty Persuasion”
March 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Croonchy stars
An iconic cereal box featuring the muppets’ very own Swedish chef and his very first mass marketed sugar cereal, Croonchy Stars
March 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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“Good luck, Marco. We’re all counting on you.”
Marco Rubio is preemptively live shamed for not capturing the Panama Canal
March 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Oooooh, @wired.com's newest 'Tech Support: Dungeons and Dragons' starring @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social is live! Behold my brush with greatness in the credits! SWOON. huge thanks to my pal @lreyperez.bsky.social for the invitation!

Watch here: youtu.be/PgpJWPCwLAI?...
credits for Wired's "Tech Support" about D&D with Brennan Lee Mulligan offers special thanks to little ol' me!
March 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Have you met my cat Snork?
A tuxedo cat with very long white whiskers who is named Snork, like the moomin character
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Important proof of concept even though I got a lyric wrong because it is COLD:
February 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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THEATER KIDS, ASSEMBLE!
Jack Prosobiec is a hateful MAGA bigot
February 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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At 19:30 I sent this photo to my adventuring party friends sans context and my favorite response was “ok”
Surprise! A yoda puppet smoking a joint and holding a pride flag appears if you look in the right spot
February 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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What a truly enchanting experience, watching my one true anti-capitalism world-building hero Brennan Lee Mulligan and the rest of the INTREPID HEROES save all of New York City tonight at a SOLD OUT Madison Square Garden. IN-credible. GAUNTLET AT THE GARDEN!
A giant Bleem and the box of doom lord over a sold out Madison square garden
January 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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HOOT GROWL / QUANGLE
D20’s interactive website invites the attendees at msg to roll together
January 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM