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Was @theresasmets at the X place. Old Brooklyn. Choir conductor, utility soprano; Ph.D./MLIS Musicological wraith; Mets fan. Porch gardener. Birds. Old Hollywood. She/Her. IMPEACH/CONVICT/REMOVE

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · Mar 30

I began at X posting mostly classical music (PhD. musicology/singer/conductor) and baseball (Let's go Mets!), gardening and old movies...Events drove me into anti-Trumpist, Anti-MAGA posting. Will block bots, sea lions, anything that smacks of AI, disinfo, scams, fakery, disingenuous rhetoric, etc.

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 37m

Put this on a pillow.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 3h

Something beautiful for this day: Pansy, Yakima, Washington (October 2025). #flowers

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

Did the Dodgers first base coach play for the Mets, years ago, and have Sultans of Swing as his walk-up music?

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

OMG, they shouldn't, but John Sterling deserves it. 🤦😂😂😂😂

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3h

Vladdy Jr. with his best Big Papi impression DAAAAA YANKEES LOSE

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

Pizza, now, thx

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

The Phillies are doing Clayton Kershaw like a pack of hyenas taking down a lion.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7h

A really old trick conservatives use is to accuse liberals of supporting an idea that would make sense under liberal values but that liberals don't actually support for tactical reasons. So you face a choice of either accepting the false accusation or you argue against your own values.

Rot Economy Critic @rotonomics.bsky.social · 10h

Saw a CBS ghoul trying to hound Hakeem fucking Jeffries about whether “illegal aliens get the ACA subsidies” by reasking the question multiple times after Jeffries said it wasn’t true. You’d think he was interviewing a Nixon staffer about watergate.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2h

Congrats again, everyone. Truly, well done.

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

The Dodger fans doing the mass exodus thing. 😂

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh, the Phillies are beating down the Dodgers in LA.

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

🤦😁

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 8h

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.

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 2h

You know, I don't really believe in disrupting everything, but all these assholes came along and disrupted everything, so now I just have to disrupt all their stupid disruptions.

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 3h

Kiké Hernandez just has rockets up his butt in the postseason. 🤦

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 3h

Bye, Yankees. 👋

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 4h

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Teri Kanefield @terikanefield.bsky.social · 4d

I finished that thing I've been writing. It looks like I've taken on some big questions.

The conclusions are what I’ve been trying to say for several years, but I believe now I've explained it better and with more context.

terikanefield.com/whyextremism...

For a blog post . . .

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Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen (and how to protect democracy in a divided world) - Teri Kanefield

Hello, and welcome. I plan to take on some big questions, including: Why do some people spiral into extremism? Why does democracy seem perpetually on the brink? Why are we so divided? What can we do t...

terikanefield.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5h

“What’s happened to this part of western Wisconsin is part of a much larger crisis. Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade.”

'It can be a loss of life': First responders detail the deadly cost of rural hospital closures

Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.

abcnews.go.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 5h

Chicagoans have arrived at Trump Tower, chanting "all power to the people, no human is illegal!"

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5h

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

www.independent.co.uk

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 4h

I have misplaced Tommy's skull-and-crossbones collar. ☠️ Alas.

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Rep. Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social · 7h

Trump himself signed the bill guaranteeing back pay for federal workers. Now he’s threatening to deny 750,000 federal employees their paychecks.

Nobody is fooled by his hollow and illegal threats, and we won’t be swayed by them.

Instead of threatening us, why don’t you negotiate with us, Donald?

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 7h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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