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Louise Schwarz

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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Louise Schwarz @louisenyc.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Good news: my short play A New Kind of Candidate was just selected by SCRIPTWRITERS & CO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL via FilmFreeway.com!
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Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
If you have not yet read @adamserwer.bsky.social on Minnesotans' heroics, you are going to feel way better when you do. He went there. He talked to the people doing the work. Then he thought about it and produced something rare. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... [gift link]
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Louise Schwarz @louisenyc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Best 10-Minute Plays 2025 anthology from Smith & Kraus is out and available for purchase now! The book includes my short play Can I Go Now? 🎭 ✒️ Available at: www.amazon.com/dp/157525983...
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Lots of Trump’s remarks are what I think of as “threesome jokes.” As in “Ha ha, of course I wasn’t serious about having a threesome with your friend. Unless you’re into it, in which case, how about Saturday?”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/12/2025
It’s hard to imagine Sen. Tuberville offering a clearer or more direct condemnation of the world’s second-largest religion. It certainly goes beyond anything he’s said before.
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A Green Light for Anti-Islam Bigotry for Trump’s GOP
Congressional Republicans are openly attacking Muslim Americans.
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demon core vidal @regretagarbo.rip · 25/12/2025
NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO SPACE TO WORK FOR BILLIONAIRES. ALIEN IS NOT ASPIRATIONAL.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
What the holy hell is this
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✨Franky✨ @franky.franklinstower.online · 17/09/2025
timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies. They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube. Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people
@Sec_Noem on X: The Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente entered the United States through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program (DV1) in 2017 and was granted a green card. This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country. 

In 2017, President Trump fought to end this program, following the devastating NYC truck ramming by an ISIS terrorist, who entered under the DV1 program, and murdered eight people. 

At President Trump’s direction, I am immediately directing USCIS to pause the DV1 program to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program.
18 Dec 25@Southcom on X: On Dec. 18, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of five male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions - three in the first vessel and two in the second vessel. No U.S. military forces were harmed. #OpSouthernSpear
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/12/2025
Thrillers should be on UK school curriculum to boost reading, says Lee Child
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Thrillers should be on UK school curriculum to boost reading, says Lee Child
Bestselling author says focus on ‘masterpieces’ puts children off as he promotes prison literacy scheme Too much of the literature taught in UK schools is putting children off reading and thrillers should become part of the curriculum, one of the world’s biggest selling authors has argued. Lee Child, the British writer of Jack Reacher novels, which have sold more than 100m copies worldwide, said: “I can totally understand why, if you’re an English teacher and you’ve read all your life and you love this stuff and you’ve been to university, then you want to introduce the big, major masterpieces. But that’s too much for kids.” Continue reading...
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New Play Exchange @newplayexchange.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We’re delighted to feature Great Plains Theatre Commons, an NNPN Associate Member in Omaha dedicated to strengthening community by supporting the creation & sharing of diverse new stories🪡🧵
The exterior of the old school that houses GPTC against blue sky. Text reads “NNPN featured member Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, NE, Associate Member Theater”
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Louise Schwarz @louisenyc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Beautiful. (I will hereby commence my unrealistic fantasizing that this could happen here in NYC)
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 16/12/2025
I love this, especially after Barbie. Dear Simu, please keep doing hilarious gay shit
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Simu Liu to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Oh, Mary!’
The Marvel star will play the role of Mary's Teacher in Cole Escola's hit comedy.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 15/12/2025
This is Deejay. He wanted to offer you a big nose and tiny tongue during this trying time. 14/10 (IG: deejayelgolden)
 a 0.5x angle photo of a golden retriever named Deejay. he is very close to the camera, making his snout look slightly larger than average, and his tongue is poked out slightly to reveal the perfect mlem.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
"There is no man smaller than a coward at a hero's wake." Irish proverb
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Serial Drama @serialdrama.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I thought we'd get a breather from tragic news for a minute. We did not. Anthony Geary has passed. www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gene...
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General Hospital Legend Anthony Geary, Who Played Luke Spencer, Dies At 78 - Soap Opera Digest
General Hospital superstar Anthony Geary, beloved to fans for his run as Luke Spencer, has passed away at the age of 78.
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UNICEF USA @unicefusa.org · 15/12/2025
Every child, every student and every person deserves to feel safe in their community — no matter who they are, or where they are in the world. For parents and caregivers navigating difficult conversations with children about this weekend’s events, these resources may help guide your discussions:
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How to Talk to Your Children About Gun Violence
Children always look to their parents for a sense of safety and security — even more so when violence strikes.
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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This entire weekend
in the pit
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Think it's about time we take 2025 out back and put it out of its misery
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Louise Schwarz @louisenyc.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Watched one of Reiner's episodes of The Bear earlier today and was about to start the Spinal Tap sequel to mitigate the Sunday scaries when I saw the news. Horrifying.
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Tonight, as I lit the first candle of Hanukkah along with Jews around the world, I mourned the deadly antisemitic attack in Sydney. To my fellow Jews holding grief, fear, love, and joy at the same time: this is why we light the candles, a reminder that our resilience and continued presence matter.💙
Tonight, as I lit the first candle of Hanukkah along with Jews around the world, I mourned the deadly antisemitic attack in Sydney.

To my fellow Jews holding grief, fear, love, and joy at the same time: this is why we light the candles, a reminder that our resilience and continued presence matter. 💙
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/12/2025
'Hero' who disarmed Bondi gunman recovering after surgery, family says reut.rs/4pCTaAb
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'Hero' who disarmed Bondi gunman recovering after surgery, family says
A Sydney fruit shop owner who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at Bondi Beach is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family said.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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Louise Schwarz @louisenyc.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
This cast did some GLORIOUS work tonight. Glorious. One of those evenings that made me proud to work at AADA. (Also great to see Luna Gale, a Rebecca Gilman play I DIDN'T know before!) #TheatreSky
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
A year ago, our lawsuits helped make sure congestion pricing would go into effect on January 1, 2025. Now, the results are clear:  Congestion pricing has resulted in a marked drop in air pollution – not just in Lower Manhattan, but throughout the metro region.
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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Someone recently asked what wealth inequality and oligarchy has to do with fascism and why we should focus on regulating billionaires and balancing the wealth inequality and not fascism. So I’m going to create a thread explaining how wealth inequality helps drive the fascism. It’s connected. 🧵
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Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Seen on CMU campus ❤️
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 04/12/2025
New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
Name:
Jeff

Email:
jeffersonzonon@proton.me

Subject:
Found your work on file sharing channels

Message:
Hey Michelle, how are you? 
So here’s something interesting—I found your work floating around online. Full PDFs. Multiple sites. No paywall, no control, no credit. Just… there. And it hit me: if it’s already leaking like that, your value is slipping faster than you think.

And then I realized something else. I can push it even further. I can run your entire catalog through my translation app—takes about thirty minutes per language—and release your work across ten different markets without breaking a sweat. No permission, no courtesy, just pure distribution. Imagine your creations scattered everywhere, read by thousands… yet worth absolutely nothing to you.

And honestly? I don’t want that. I’d rather not be the reason your career drops through the floor. That doesn’t help either of us. So here’s my offer: get in touch with me. Talk to me. Stop me from releasing these translations before they hit every file-sharing site and social feed out there.

It’s simple. Reach out. Have 500$ —yes, that’s all. A small price to keep the value of your life’s work from dissolving overnight. But don’t wait too long. Silence from you just means I keep translating. And once they’re out, they’re out forever.

You have 5 days. Your move
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/12/2025
Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
A new study finds that when people feel distant from politics, conspiracy beliefs rise. And when researchers reduced that distance, conspiracy thinking fell. Making politics more accessible and relatable may help reduce conspiratorial beliefs. matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/please-red...
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Please Reduce the Gap: How Feeling Distant From Politics Fuels Conspiracy Thinking
What a new study reveals about psychological distance, conspiratorial thinking, and why connection, not just correction, matters.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/11/2025
For years, plant-based offerings have been mimicking burgers, chicken, and fish. Mission Barns is one of a handful of startups taking the next step: growing real animal fat outside the animal, then marrying it with plants to create hybrids that look, cook, and taste more like the real thing.
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This pig’s bacon was delicious—and she’s alive and well
Mission Barns cultivates pork fat in bioreactors for meatballs and more. Honestly, they're pretty darn good.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/11/2025
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
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Frazz @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The earnings test is SINISTER. It’s in the Big Beautiful Bill…but they don’t want us to know.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
So, special election next year for MTG seat. Here's the Democrat already in the race. 40-year military vet, retired as an Army Brigadier General. 5 children, 4 grandchildren. Wife Karla works as a family doctor. Plus, they run their grass-fed cattle farm. www.shawnforgeorgia.com/meet-the-can...
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Meet Shawn - Shawn Harris for Georgia
Kick-Off Speech. Shawn grew up in Blakely, Georgia, on his family’s farm. After high school, Shawn enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising to the rank of Sergeant. Later he got his B.A. in Agribusi...
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 18/11/2025
A short thread to plug my Highline custom feeds and why I built them! 1/7
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
As you’ve likely heard, Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced her resignation effective January 5, 2026. Get ready Georgia! Teachers, farmers, veterans, EVERYONE, I need your support. Let’s show everyone NWGA knows Leadership Matters!! More details to follow soon.
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Help Defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene
Chip in $3 to support Shawn Harris for Georgia!
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/11/2025
Big reminder, NYC! @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing know-your-rights and ICE watch trainings in every borough - 11/22 in Manhattan, 11/23 in Staten Island, 12/6 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and 12/13 in Queens! Sign up today! We protect each other! www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action
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Take Action — Hands Off NYC
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