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any/all pronouns, japanese-american, one of my ears doesn't work well discord mod, unemployed housewife, writer, local goth married to @froondingloom.bsky.social 🖤 📽️ letterboxd: https://boxd.it/JmFL

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · Jul 29

I have a feeling this review may be a bit contentious or provocative, but I kept it as respectful (and private) as I possibly could. Enjoy!

A ★★★★★ review of Babygirl (2024)

I really don't know what to say about this film. Some of my co-workers wanted me to watch this and give an opinion on it, and I've agonized for a couple weeks over how frank and evocative I really wan...

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 5h

late night catposting

two stupid, silly cats. orange and white cat in a tube, black cat in a bed below it. I love them very much

Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 7h

I have actually seen a good handful of movies in person the past few months. I have started a handful of reviews, more than a handful, for these films and have not finished them. I am remiss. I will do better.

Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 7h

making this post to force myself to write a f*cking movie review tomorrow. hello accountability, it's me, holding myself.

Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 11h

I sort of wish I'd kept it to crop and show but it was so terrifying that I deleted it. phone haunted

Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 11h

if you saw the first version of this post, no you didn't, but also uhhh. I lazily used an image editor to clean up the color (bar bathroom lighting) and the editor for the second image decided to weirdly-- eat my tattoo and also put a disembodied floating head of hair in the background ??? lmfao

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 11h

it is october, which is my favorite month because I get to wear my own spooky clothes and nobody says sh*t to me. selfies from the bar bathroom at karaoke last night

it is me, possibly the best straight hair day in recent memory

please don't tell anyone that I know how to smile

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 11h

oh I love this!!! lmao

Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 13h

anyway this is the only version of Waiting for Godot that deserves $1400

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Waiting for Elmo"

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 13h

tl;dr letterboxd-esque two sentence review that says "hey man, still waiting for godot. who was supposed to play godot"

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 13h

I do think it's terribly funny in a post-ironic sense that the viewer managed to, accidentally, self-insert themselves into the work and experience the themes firsthand. you couldn't pay for that level of metatextual immersion in a semiotics course

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 17h

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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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 14h

you are being subjected to targeted violence. class action lawyers will be contacting you soon about your well-deserved settlement

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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 1d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 17h

Asking Nick Clegg and his peers for permission to remove valuables from their homes would kill my burglary company

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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Drew @4484.cool · 1d

My kid's school had put up a wishlist. This isn't a rich area, lots of families here rely on WIC and jobs at the Navy shipyard, which means the government shutdown is really going to hurt. These snacks are easy to hand to kids at the end of the day or before a weekend www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Check out my list on Amazon

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 2d

big, stupid buffoon. no thoughts, head empty, just truffle

black cat, yellow eyes, it's truffle, happy spooky season

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 2d

ohhhhhh!!!! I bet they were amazing

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

It appears that the federal agents occupying Portland have people embedded with them charged with the task of producing stories presenting the government’s version of events. Ironically, this was the sort of work JD Vance did in Iraq before he decided he was against that war.

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Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests.
They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 4d

it is on a bunch of tree-lined streets with shade. I will endeavor to find a vendor selling fantastical musical instruments that will change the trajectory of my life

Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 4d

taking my wife to an art fair today, possibly one of the most pleasant autumn-coded activities I can think of. autumn art fair > summer art fair (hot). I enjoy staring at ostentatiously beautiful paintings with my wife and pretending we have lives where we Entertain and Receive Guests

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undeadeleine 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @webway.bsky.social · 5d

repeatedly opening and collapsing a slinky between my palms like a card sharp

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 5d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d

NEW: In newly unsealed testimony, a SpaceX insider revealed that Elon Musk’s company had directly received money from Chinese investors, raising questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most important military contractors.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 6d

I may have one of the strongest resting b*tch faces in the known universe

why do I look so angry. I just had a headache. anyway it's me

Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 6d

that has to be why you bought everything from the charity auction. but I heard your company's stock was ruined ??

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