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I know Macbeth is shaking rn
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I know Macbeth is shaking rn
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Brett Goldstein.
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Brett Goldstein.
Not to make everything about gender, but it really feels like the only way you come to this conclusion is if you think meal planning, grocery shopping, and cooking are all menial tasks that should be done by your mother or wife, rather than basic life skills that you practice and improve.
Treatler-Stalinism is a real ideology and an actual, tenured crackpot historian (who used to be a quite good historian) is a true believer in it.
We live in some goddamn interesting times.
We live in some goddamn interesting times.
February 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Not to make everything about gender, but it really feels like the only way you come to this conclusion is if you think meal planning, grocery shopping, and cooking are all menial tasks that should be done by your mother or wife, rather than basic life skills that you practice and improve.
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
This is a poem.
In Norway that thing is so common it has it's own name: Skare. Wet snow that's frozen so you can walk on it. When I was a kid our moms used to sew footwear for it; reinforced woolen socks. They weigh nothing, and you can run on top of the snow. Feels like flying.
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is a poem.
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jesse singal figured it out???
January 25, 2026 at 3:05 AM
jesse singal figured it out???
I heard the protesters flipped tables and one even had a really big whip
jesus christ would never support the violent disruption of a religious service
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 AM
I heard the protesters flipped tables and one even had a really big whip
held at the HARVEST CHURCH???
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 AM
held at the HARVEST CHURCH???
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one thing i wish i could impress on a lot of you is that trump et al are not the only people with agency
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
one thing i wish i could impress on a lot of you is that trump et al are not the only people with agency
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this is literally the plot of Don Quixote
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
this is literally the plot of Don Quixote
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This is also why I find it so maddening when reactionary centrists spend their time debating what trans people "did" to draw the ire of the right. It's completely backwards from reality. The right latched onto the issue because it's a gateway drug to every other form of bigotry!
Graham Linehan made a willing place in his heart for evil, and once you open that door wide all the horrors come in.
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This is also why I find it so maddening when reactionary centrists spend their time debating what trans people "did" to draw the ire of the right. It's completely backwards from reality. The right latched onto the issue because it's a gateway drug to every other form of bigotry!
I actually really like that we all try out little new habits and rhythms at the beginning of the year. Even if most of them don't stick, I really like being able to try on a different version of myself and see if I like anything about it.
January 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I actually really like that we all try out little new habits and rhythms at the beginning of the year. Even if most of them don't stick, I really like being able to try on a different version of myself and see if I like anything about it.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
many reasons this take is bad, but DC has one of the best theater scenes in the country. People aren't going to forget how to go to a show because one specific theater implodes its reputation
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
many reasons this take is bad, but DC has one of the best theater scenes in the country. People aren't going to forget how to go to a show because one specific theater implodes its reputation
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This part of the last chapter in Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” always brings tears to my eyes. Scrooge goes from fearing, resenting and isolating himself from humanity, to finding the joy of immersing himself in it. A reminder so potent today it makes my heart ache.
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This part of the last chapter in Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” always brings tears to my eyes. Scrooge goes from fearing, resenting and isolating himself from humanity, to finding the joy of immersing himself in it. A reminder so potent today it makes my heart ache.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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Bari Weiss is a reminder that most white supremacists are very stupid, because you have to be very stupid to adhere to white supremacy.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Bari Weiss is a reminder that most white supremacists are very stupid, because you have to be very stupid to adhere to white supremacy.
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New publication out: "Weathering the Rhetorical Climates of AI." I'm really excited that it's open access!
publicationsncte.org/content/jour...
publicationsncte.org/content/jour...
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New publication out: "Weathering the Rhetorical Climates of AI." I'm really excited that it's open access!
publicationsncte.org/content/jour...
publicationsncte.org/content/jour...
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[gonzo voice] and the Grink, who was NOT there,
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
[gonzo voice] and the Grink, who was NOT there,
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normal people: this is insane
academics: ah yes the search committee was deadlocked on a successor so they are asking the beloved emeritus prof to lecture a bit
academics: ah yes the search committee was deadlocked on a successor so they are asking the beloved emeritus prof to lecture a bit
Philip Rivers to start for the Colts on Sunday.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Philip Rivers to start for the Colts on Sunday
Rivers came out of retirement this week and is set to make his first NFL appearance since 2020.
www.nbcsports.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
normal people: this is insane
academics: ah yes the search committee was deadlocked on a successor so they are asking the beloved emeritus prof to lecture a bit
academics: ah yes the search committee was deadlocked on a successor so they are asking the beloved emeritus prof to lecture a bit
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I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated: