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Still wouldn't make me vote for him, but this would be the right and moral thing to do, and he should do it. And then he should go find some career that isn't politics.

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 21h

they look like they were both arrested after a Thelma & Louise-style crime spree

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 14h

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Rest in peace, lovely Eva Marie Saint. As we pay tribute, let us remember how she once reacted to a bunch of compliments she thought went overboard. She was as down-to-earth as stars ever get. (Louella Parsons sternly told Saint to apologize; as far as I know, she never did.)

AP story, 1/26/1960: Actress Says Four-Letter Word Not Slip of Tongue
HOLLYWOOD (AP)-"I'm embarrassed only because of all the fuss," Eva Marie Saint said Monday.
The blonde actress said it wasn't a slip of the tongue Sunday night when she shocked a fancy, black-tie banquet of the movie industry's biggest names by using a four-letter word.
"The dinner was a private af-fair, and if I had thought for a moment that the newspapers would have reported the incident, I wouldn't have said it," said Miss Saint, one of the screen's favorite nice girls.
After a flowery introduction by Jack Benny at the annual Screen Producers Guild dinner, Miss Saint stepped daintily to the mi-crophone, smiled sweetly and said: "Aw, ----!"

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bring back engraved invitation tickets to university lectures! Look at this beauty from 1798: an invitation to a lecture on "Dramatic Literature" at the School of Eloquence on 3rd May 1798. #academicchatter

a paper invitation ticket to Professor Nogo's Lecture on Dramatic Literature. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1983-U-1926

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I knew most of this but not that last clause....!

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Joshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In case it happens to come up, remember that the libretto for Strauss’s opera Salome is a German translation of Oscar Wilde’s French, done by Mike Nichols’ grandmother.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

my new system for deciding who’s a reasonable adult is to put people through the Nine Rigors, or nine tasks that i think you should need to be able to accomplish in order to occupy public sidewalks www.patreon.com/posts/158364...

2) Navigate your way to a place you’ve never been
I know we all have phones that do this for us. I’ve grown way too reliant on mine, and it’s not like I had a particularly sharp sense of direction to begin with. If I forget which turn to take to get to some place I’ve been before, I don’t try to puzzle it out based on what I might know about the neighborhood or whatever—I look at my phone. I suppose you could argue that all that puzzling was a waste of time, that I should be glad to own this device which allows me to sidestep it, but is it not my sovereign right as a human being to waste a little time now and then? Do I really not have thirty seconds to stand at a corner, squinting down side streets, looking for some familiar landmark?

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

my play goes in a doppelganger-farce direction that Pullman never did, though, and THAT probably traces back to my seeing 3 different productions of "The Comedy of Errors" (acting in 1 of them) over an 18-month period when I was in junior high formative childhood experiences!!!

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

there’s too much likability in this photo, you can’t look directly at it

Yo-yo ma being embraced by Zohran Mamdani

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 01/10/2026

I Went to the One-Night-Only "Industrial Musical" Staged on Broadway by a Thiel-Backed Fintech Company and All I Got Was a Lot of Free Merch and Snacks As Well As Some Thoughts on How the Future of Corporate Virtue-Signaling May Look a Lot Like Its Past: slate.com/technology/2...

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A Peter Thiel–Backed Company Put On a Broadway Musical. I Went—and Was Stunned by What I Saw.

The vibes felt pure Obama-era.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

people have asked me if the play I'm writing this fall, which involves multiverse shenanigans, is inspired by "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and I'm like "maybe a bit, but the little girl who stayed up past her bedtime reading Philip Pullman was always gonna write a multiverse story someday"

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’ve seen reviews linking the “North by Northwest” stage adaptation to the “39 Steps” stage adaptation from the late 2000s, but when I saw it last night (it’s in its US premiere at ACT in SF) I got a strong hunch that actually Emma Rice was riding the more recent coattails of “Operation Mincemeat”

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

hear that? that’s the sound of dozens of playwrights & screenwriters rolling up their sleeves & getting to work on a script in the venerable Dinner Party from Hell genre about AI execs wining & dining Catholic theologians

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

1943: UK intelligence conducts Operation Mincemeat, involving a fake spy persona 1959: Hitchcock's "North by Northwest," inspired by Operation Mincemeat, premieres 2023: A musical comedy about Operation Mincemeat is a West End hit 2025: A stage adaptation of "N by NW," w/ music & comedy, premieres

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026

Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...

Screenshot of Merriam Webster etymology note for cockamamie:
By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled "cockamamy") could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes. But in fact, cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. (The word referring to the picture or design itself, decal, is a shortening of decalcomania.) The word decalcomania comes from French, with décalcomanie combining the verb décalquer, meaning "to trace" or "to transfer by tracing," and -manie, meaning "-mania." Starting in the 1930s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or—in children's slang—cockamamies. Those familiar with today's temporary tattoos will understand quickly that these were regarded by many as silly novelties, lending the word cockamamie the necessary leeway for application to anything ridiculous.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

…but I feel like some people would say that this doesn't 'count' or isn't the 'optimal' kind of socializing for the Greater Good of Society, because I am sticking with people I already know, like, and trust rather than broadening my social circle.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

also I hate how, for single people, this often gets reduced to a binary of "either you're going out & looking for love, or you're a shut-in." Tomorrow I'm seeing a play w/ 2 platonic friends (1 M, 1 F). I'm looking forward to it, it'll be fun! I'll be socializing in a way that doesn't feel fraught…

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

…and therefore I feel like the act of Putting Myself Out There and Talking to Strangers is more fraught & exhausting (& has more potential dangers) than it would be for a man, even an introverted man.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve been thinking about this a lot in the context of all the talk about the loneliness crisis & data showing that people spend too much time at home. Such talk always makes me feel guilty, like I’m not doing enough! I’m not antisocial or misanthropic, but I am an introvert, and I am a woman…

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

many books are terrible and formulaic and could be replicated by AI, but there is no genre that is *inherently* terrible and formulaic and could be replicated by AI. there is terrible and formulaic 'literary' fiction.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maria Mitchell was teaching astronomy to young women at Vassar College starting in 1865! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_M...

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Maria Mitchell - Wikipedia

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Jane Austen First Drafts @austen1stdrafts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a novelty popcorn bucket that I can really love… spoke too soon.

The Sense and Sensibility book stack popcorn tin

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was also surprised by how interesting, lucid, and easy to listen to I found it; fortunately he couldn’t stop himself from going on a couple of bitter rants against “rich girls” that snapped me back to the reality that he probably hates me and I shouldn’t trust him

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.

There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it.

There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it.

There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it.

A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every French presidential poll LADY HITLER - 35% JEAN D'AUSTÉRITÉ - 18% CHUD COMMUNISTE - 17%

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sept. 28, 1926: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," a play adapted by Anita Loos and her husband John Emerson from her bestselling novel, premieres on Broadway. The sharp social satire centers on not-so-dumb blonde Lorelei Lee (June Walker) and her success at manipulating the wealthy male elite.

Walker (second from left) and Frank Morgan (second from right) in the 1926 production

The New Yorker caricatures Walker as Lorelei

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Micaela Baranello @micaelab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

retvrn (to characters making their entrance via helicopter)

Th is was in the days when you could really think big in the
park—Raúl Juliá made his entrance as Prospero in Th e Tempest around
that time descending in a harness from a helicopter. He had to go out to
New Jersey before the show, and the stage manager in the park had to call the cue from the Delacorte booth by dialing the New Jersey heliport on a landline (called a telephone back then) for them to take off ten minutes before “beginners.”

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should do a large scale in-person arts subsidy. Even AI disruption aside, it’d be worth it just to get people to touch grass more.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was born when Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" was #1 (it only had a 2-week run there!) and I will not shut up about that fact, esp. whenever the DJ puts it on at a wedding

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

honestly the worst thing about Ella Langley's stranglehold on the Billboard #1 slot (and the overall 2020s trend of super-long-running #1 songs, to be fair) is that future generations won't get to enjoy the What Was The #1 Song The Day You Were Born game

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Feels like Raye is auditioning to be the next James Bond theme song singer #vmas

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

I do not want disgusting weirdos like these people - with wildly sexist cultural values - taking over big tech, philanthropy, and responsible tech policy anymore than they already have (and they are rich and ascendant, which means they have already taken over FAR too much).

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Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm not an expert and not systematically crunching numbers, but the Billboard chart measurements have changed so much in the age of streaming that being #1 doesn't mean the same thing it used to. "Choosin' Texas" is #1 this week with 22m streams, 58m radio plays, and 6,000 sales. By comparison...

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't know enough about Hieronymus Bosch to decide whether he'd have been more "ooh, let me see what horrendous monstrosities I can get the AI to hallucinate" or more "I can hallucinate my own monstrosities, thank you very much"

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

also the Muses are supposed to be elegant and slightly intimidating women in chitons, not a noseless, genderless baby Yeti

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I had a moment of wondering if factionalist fisticuffs were going to break out in the opera house aisles as though we were in the 18th century 😅 Again, lovely to meet you in person!

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i don't care what the official unemployment rate is, no one has viral discussions about "what totally innocuous thing at a job interview will cause the hirer to irrationally reject your candidacy" in a strong labor market

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I honestly think Sabrina Carpenter as Ginger Rogers is genius

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think the most “adult who was in a gifted and talented program as a kid” thing I could have done to myself was become an author. Just giving myself endless homework and a need for people to be proud of me forever.

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Of course the iced coffee thing is Gender; if E.M. Forster's "A Room with a View" (1908) is anything to go by, middle-aged men have been using their love of iced coffee to dismiss young women as basic & shallow & conformist for over 100 years

When he was introduced he understood why, for Miss Honeychurch, disjoined from her music stool, was only a young lady with a quantity of dark hair and a very pretty, pale, undeveloped face. She loved going to concerts, she loved stopping with her cousin, she loved iced coffee and meringues. He did not doubt that she loved his sermon also. But before he left Tunbridge Wells he made a remark to the vicar, which he now made to Lucy herself when she closed the little piano and moved dreamily towards him:

“If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her.”

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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"One must imagine Sisyphus naked." — Albert Camus, giving advice on how to overcome stage fright

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Audrey Hepburn married Mel Ferrer in Switzerland #OnThisDay in 1954. Hepburn wore a Pierre Balmain tea-length gown of white organdie with a satin sash, that she accessorized with gloves and a floral crown. The dress was displayed in the Intimate Audrey exhibition. #fashionhistory #audreyhepburn

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Marissa Skull-Yorick 💀 @marissaskud.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m not exactly proud to know this, but if they actually want the item back they will just send you an “overdue notice” in three more days!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ATTENTION BLUESKY! Annie says they are really hoping to boost the number of artists (crew, performers, creative teams, anyone) outside New York who are filling this out to get a broader sampling. If you are in the arts please take a second and fill this out!

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dr worldwide™️ @imanimosley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

this will do more for opera than anything that any artistic director or general manager has ever done or thought to do. it’s literally just this simple. (@mayor.nyc.gov, call me, Brooklyn-born opera scholar, will travel!)

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prop @jailrespecter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

one of the original sins of anglo culture is how henry viii executed more people per capita than the french reign of terror and then a generation later shakespeare is writing plays like "italy, what an unimaginably violent place..." while they're tearing the guts out of living jesuits in public

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