Duke of Saxe Meiningen
@directorduke.bsky.social
💙 Director. Mother. Professor. Anti-theist. Animal Rescuer. Gen-X. Punk Rock Grrrl. Bleeding heart. Voter. Happily married in Oklahoma. 🌪️ I invented rehearsals. 💙 This account reflects my personal opinions and not those of my employer or any organization.
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I teach theatre at a public liberal arts college. I also teach interdisciplinary studies: social sciences, world thought and culture, and research writing. Critical thinking is our last, best hope!
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When he kept gushing over the Big Beautiful Bill, I honestly thought it was about the budget.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
When he kept gushing over the Big Beautiful Bill, I honestly thought it was about the budget.
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Peter Hujar's Day opens in NYC today and I hope some of you will treat yourselves to this beautiful, thoughtful escape into a vanished world. It's a small-scale, large-brained movie that blooms beautifully on a big screen. One of my favorites this year.
I saw a special film at the #NYFF: Peter Hujar's Day, Ira Sachs's meditative recreation of a 1974 interview with the photographer. Vividly evocative of a lost gay New York, and Ben Whishaw, using only a transcript, goes so deep; he does the kind of work that should be up for awards but rarely is.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Peter Hujar's Day opens in NYC today and I hope some of you will treat yourselves to this beautiful, thoughtful escape into a vanished world. It's a small-scale, large-brained movie that blooms beautifully on a big screen. One of my favorites this year.
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Nobody needs a FIFA Peace Price. Nobody asked for a FIFA Peace Prize. Your last two Men's World Cup hosts were Russia and Qatar. Your next Men's World Cup finals host is blowing up boats in the Caribbean right now. Shut the fuqq up, FIFA.
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nobody needs a FIFA Peace Price. Nobody asked for a FIFA Peace Prize. Your last two Men's World Cup hosts were Russia and Qatar. Your next Men's World Cup finals host is blowing up boats in the Caribbean right now. Shut the fuqq up, FIFA.
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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Starting today there will be a Republican Imposed 10% reduction in air traffic to ensure that the Epstein Files are not made public. The Trump Epstein Government Shutdown continues.
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Starting today there will be a Republican Imposed 10% reduction in air traffic to ensure that the Epstein Files are not made public. The Trump Epstein Government Shutdown continues.
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October hit a 20-YEAR RECORD for layoffs under Trump as aviation is collapsing, airlines told to cut 10% of flights. Even after 9/11, aviation wasn’t this hollowed out for this long. This is an embarrassment.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
October hit a 20-YEAR RECORD for layoffs under Trump as aviation is collapsing, airlines told to cut 10% of flights. Even after 9/11, aviation wasn’t this hollowed out for this long. This is an embarrassment.
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
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Last night's biggest loser may be Greg Abbott. Seeing Latino voters in NJ swinging left by huge margins — plus a Democrat taking the lead for a Texas state senate seat in Fort Worth that Trump won by +18 — you have to imagine Abbott is waking up to the nightmare that his new map may be a dummymander
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last night's biggest loser may be Greg Abbott. Seeing Latino voters in NJ swinging left by huge margins — plus a Democrat taking the lead for a Texas state senate seat in Fort Worth that Trump won by +18 — you have to imagine Abbott is waking up to the nightmare that his new map may be a dummymander
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The American people have resoundingly rejected Donald Trump and MAGA tonight. And this is just the beginning.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The American people have resoundingly rejected Donald Trump and MAGA tonight. And this is just the beginning.
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Trump illegally withheld $5.5 billion in SNAP funds, defying Congress & the courts.
He’d rather let 16 million kids go hungry than obey the law.
After threats & delays, the WH now says it will “comply" w/ a court order to fund SNAP.
This is chaos. No way to run the government.
He’d rather let 16 million kids go hungry than obey the law.
After threats & delays, the WH now says it will “comply" w/ a court order to fund SNAP.
This is chaos. No way to run the government.
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump illegally withheld $5.5 billion in SNAP funds, defying Congress & the courts.
He’d rather let 16 million kids go hungry than obey the law.
After threats & delays, the WH now says it will “comply" w/ a court order to fund SNAP.
This is chaos. No way to run the government.
He’d rather let 16 million kids go hungry than obey the law.
After threats & delays, the WH now says it will “comply" w/ a court order to fund SNAP.
This is chaos. No way to run the government.
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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In case you need a summary of what’s happening, Republicans are unnecessarily making 40 million people go hungry to blackmail Democrats into making your grandma’s health insurance premiums double.
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
In case you need a summary of what’s happening, Republicans are unnecessarily making 40 million people go hungry to blackmail Democrats into making your grandma’s health insurance premiums double.
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SHUTDOWN 2025
Dems: We'll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor.
Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we'll take food away from poor families.
Dems: We'll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor.
Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we'll take food away from poor families.
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
SHUTDOWN 2025
Dems: We'll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor.
Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we'll take food away from poor families.
Dems: We'll vote for a budget if you let sick people go to the doctor.
Republicans: Let us take doctors away from sick people or we'll take food away from poor families.
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
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In the future, everyone will pitch in this game.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
In the future, everyone will pitch in this game.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but don’t take medical advice from someone who can’t spell hepatitis.
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but don’t take medical advice from someone who can’t spell hepatitis.
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This guy is a progressive running for the Senate in Maine. He has a tattoo, too. But it's an Obama one, not a Nazi one.
I've been getting a lot of questions about tattoos, so time to fess up — I have one.
I got this tattoo a few years ago as a reminder of what hope and a positive vision can do in our politics. And yes, I knew what it was when I got it.
I got this tattoo a few years ago as a reminder of what hope and a positive vision can do in our politics. And yes, I knew what it was when I got it.
October 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This guy is a progressive running for the Senate in Maine. He has a tattoo, too. But it's an Obama one, not a Nazi one.
I love it when my old friends are successful! Hooray for the inimitable Kevin Webb!!
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October 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I love it when my old friends are successful! Hooray for the inimitable Kevin Webb!!