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The woods are just trees
The trees are just wood…
the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
That halftime show was an absolute fucking masterpiece. Artists and sociologists should study it for years. And halftime shows are always a technical marvel, this one was relatively low tech (no drones or projections) but achieved incredible visuals nonetheless.
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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In response to President Donald Trump’s public announcement of a planned two-year shutdown of the Kennedy Center, Kennedy Center Arts Workers United — including Equity, AFM, AGMA, IATSE, and SDC — issued the following joint statement:

iatse.net/kennedy-cent...
Kennedy Center Unions Demand Transparency and Worker Protections in the Event of a Temporary Shutdown - IATSE
In response to President Donald Trump’s public announcement of a planned two-year shutdown of the Kennedy Center, Kennedy Center Arts Workers United — consisting of Actors’ Equity Association (Equity)...
iatse.net
February 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I’m going to throw up.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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I'm just so exhausted with how incredibly stupid he is.
Trump: "Coal doesn't mind very cold weather, right? You're not allowed to say the word 'coal' with preceding by saying 'clean, beautiful coal.' It's not affected by bad weather. The windmills are are frozen. You know that, right? They don't turn. The windmills aren't turning."
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.

They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.

They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
ICE Out - Fundraising Nail Polish
**Shipping Update** Shipping will continue once more ingredients have arrived for this polish. Orders should go out in about 2 weeks. Ice Out is a blurple based polish with a blue/aqua shift and pink ...
www.atomicpolish.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
They lost the fucking NEW YORK POST?
NY Post editorial board: "The alacritous and misleading rhetoric coming out of the administration needs to stop ... DHS Secretary Kristi Noem should also take a break from her self-promoting and combative TV hits."

nypost.com/2026/01/25/o...
What Trump’s next move needs to be in Minneapolis
It’s time to de-escalate in Minneapolis, Mr. President.
nypost.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Governor Hochul: Stay home! Do not travel!

Broadway League: fuck that get your ass to work
My first update: Snow has arrived, it's 12 degrees in Times Square.
"Most Broadway shows in New York City are currently scheduled to perform," Broadway League announces in its latest update.
Here is what Times Square looks like 6 a.m. Sunday:
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
This coat is almost identical to our guard coats in Wicked which were specifically designed to recall a certain "WW2 German military"coat iykwim
"In a 2025 document detailing the Border Patrol’s Uniform and Grooming Standards, a greatcoat is not listed as part of any official uniform."
When a Coat Becomes a Symbol of Conflict
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I'm starting a GoFundMe for all the sage we're gonna need to clear out the Kennedy Center in three years.
January 21, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Ten seconds to Google, five seconds for the screen shot.
January 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is, of course, awful and predictable, but wtf are Broadway shows doing still having a Twitter presence? There is literally no benefit to them.
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Who knows if/when this could actually happen but it would make MY life so much easier.
January 13, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I cried three times reading this article.
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Book banning is bad but it is kind of hilarious picturing the looks on people's faces who only know the musical or the movie cracking open the novel.....
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jan 7
Twenty-two books are now banned in Utah K-12 schools. In addition to “Wicked,” the popular young adult novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “Nineteen Minutes” were also added to the ban list. (via @kuer.org)
‘Wicked,’ the novel behind the musical and movies, is now banned in Utah schools
Twenty-two books are now banned in Utah K-12 schools. In addition to “Wicked,” the popular young adult novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “Nineteen Minutes” were also added to the ban list.
n.pr
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
LFG
January 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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how to dress for the trump kennedy center now that the armrests are made from cold hard marble
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’m sorry - marble fucking armrests? Yes, what theatre seating desperately needs is hard, painful elbow torture devices. Maybe there’s a reason they’ve never been done before you absolute pudding brained imbeciles.
I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.
December 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
lol
JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

😬
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
IYKYK
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM