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Artistic Director of Elevator Repair Service, director of Gatz, Ulysses, some others. Husband to @lizzieohreally.bsky.social.

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Congrats Paul Weiss. Looks like you made the right call.

03.03.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Chris! So so glad you guys were there.

02.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The overstimulated mom urge to yell at everyone to get their shit together because the cleaners are coming and we can’t let them know we live like this fuck I stepped on a hot wheel

24.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Prospect Park today may as well have been the home of the winter olympics in sledding and snowman-building.

24.02.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

23.02.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 26710 πŸ” 12715 πŸ’¬ 888 πŸ“Œ 957
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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17.02.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson

13.02.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 5259 πŸ” 1433 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 74

I’d like a word with that FitBit!

13.02.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nick and Gatsby back onstage at The Martinson 15 years later, rehearsing for The Adelaide Festival.

11.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ham sandwiches across the country feeling very relaxed with this DOJ in charge…

11.02.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

05.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 15315 πŸ” 4643 πŸ’¬ 445 πŸ“Œ 252

Dear Mr Mayor, can we please get NewsMax out of the cabs?

05.02.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

01.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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the scourge of conference calls and facetimes without headphones continues to ravage the delta lounge

29.01.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ERS’s ULYSSES is on at The Public Theater through March 1st. Not many tickets left! (Photos by Joan Marcus)

29.01.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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34 years ago tonight. First Elevator Repair Service performance. "Mr. Antipyrine, Fire Extinguisher" at Nada, 167 Ludlow St. NYC (with Bradley Glenn, Heidi Becker, Rinne Groff, James Hannaham. In the booth: me, Colleen Werthmann, Katherine Profeta.)

13.12.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Did they get the episode titles/order right yet?

05.12.2025 02:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see my future…

13.11.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More relevant than ever.

11.11.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So glad for you and for US!

05.11.2025 02:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œOld men” have 5-year-olds?

27.10.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The best way to understand a poem is by memorizing it.

(Memorizing a novel is an advanced maneuver best undertaken with professional assistance from @johnboycollins.bsky.social)

13.10.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ME ON A TRAIN: Oh no, I accidentally clicked a video with sound! Oh god, people heard a second of loud sound from my phone. I have torn the social contract.

EVERYBODY ELSE ON TRAIN: Shit yeah, train time, time to watch the loudest TikToks

27.09.2025 12:09 πŸ‘ 3415 πŸ” 289 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 26

YES I’LL JUMP TO RECIPE

21.09.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If a broken clock were president, NYT would have a headline twice a day about how the president "actually has a good point about it being 2:27."

16.09.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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01.08.2025 22:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Brooklyn Dad".

01.08.2025 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

500ft in 30s is 1000fpm. That’s otherwise a pretty normal descent rate on approach. This was dramatic because it was ascending and did that?

26.07.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unless it’s the copyright statute. But it’s in the public domain now so I guess we survived that.

18.07.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Helping your 5yo with a complicated puzzle so he feels you are β€œdoing the puzzle together” but also not doing the parts HE wanted to do should be an Olympic sport.

25.06.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 622 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1