Jerry Slaff
@jslaff.bsky.social
Playwright of LIES, GRAND UNION and WHO'S YEHOODI?, O'Neill semifinalist (TWICE!), 2019 Writer's Digest Grand Prize winner, Arsenal supporter, resister when it matters, man about town. Ex-X, but ain't we all?
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Jerry Slaff
@jslaff.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Well, I did it. I'm Ex-X. I'll only miss Danny Baker, aka @prodnose, and the NYT Wirecutter people. Other than that, good riddance to bad rubbish.
@lordshortcake.bsky.social Loud, obnoxious and selfish? Yep, that's my relatives! #CharlieDog
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
@lordshortcake.bsky.social Loud, obnoxious and selfish? Yep, that's my relatives! #CharlieDog
@vanhollen.senate.gov DO NOT CAVE! You know even if they keep their promise and schedule a vote on ACA subsidies, it will lose. You just ran the board in this week's elections. The country is behind us. DO NOT CAVE!
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
@vanhollen.senate.gov DO NOT CAVE! You know even if they keep their promise and schedule a vote on ACA subsidies, it will lose. You just ran the board in this week's elections. The country is behind us. DO NOT CAVE!
@alsobrooks.senate.gov DO NOT CAVE! You know even if they keep their promise and schedule a vote on ACA subsidies, it will lose. You just ran the board in this week's elections. The country is behind us. DO NOT CAVE!
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
@alsobrooks.senate.gov DO NOT CAVE! You know even if they keep their promise and schedule a vote on ACA subsidies, it will lose. You just ran the board in this week's elections. The country is behind us. DO NOT CAVE!
My beautifully mischievous, rare orange female tabby named Zoe, loves to rip and chew paper. I found this last night, tooth marks and all. The dreaded DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG UNDER PENALTY OF LAW under my sofa. The Tag Police will be paying me a visit in very very due course.
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My beautifully mischievous, rare orange female tabby named Zoe, loves to rip and chew paper. I found this last night, tooth marks and all. The dreaded DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG UNDER PENALTY OF LAW under my sofa. The Tag Police will be paying me a visit in very very due course.
Putin takes Trump to dinner at a fancy restaurant in Moscow. He orders a steak, medium rare.
“What about the vegetable?” the waiter asks.
“He can order for himself.”
“What about the vegetable?” the waiter asks.
“He can order for himself.”
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Putin takes Trump to dinner at a fancy restaurant in Moscow. He orders a steak, medium rare.
“What about the vegetable?” the waiter asks.
“He can order for himself.”
“What about the vegetable?” the waiter asks.
“He can order for himself.”
I am greatly indebted to my friend Maya Chupkov for featuring my blatherings about playwriting and stuttering on her Proud Stutter podcast. Listen at your own risk!
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This Playwright Who Stutters Found His Voice on the Page, and the Stage
Podcast Episode · Proud Stutter · S2 Bonus · 40m
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October 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I am greatly indebted to my friend Maya Chupkov for featuring my blatherings about playwriting and stuttering on her Proud Stutter podcast. Listen at your own risk!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Washington was born in ENGLAND. #vagovdebate
October 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Washington was born in ENGLAND. #vagovdebate
ABC is being held hostage by its affiliates. Tell Sinclair and Nextstar to pound sand and withdraw their status and network programming. Tell them to run repeats of The Beverly Hillbillies. I'm sure they could quickly find other stations. #Kimmel
September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ABC is being held hostage by its affiliates. Tell Sinclair and Nextstar to pound sand and withdraw their status and network programming. Tell them to run repeats of The Beverly Hillbillies. I'm sure they could quickly find other stations. #Kimmel
Live so that when you’re gone, quoting you accurately is not a fireable offense.
September 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Live so that when you’re gone, quoting you accurately is not a fireable offense.
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Met some cool teenagers at the Oslo train station, singing at the top of their lungs and absolutely flying. “You missed a great concert, man!” one told me. AC/DC was in town. My old passion from my misspent youth. We clasped hands and bonded. The world is smaller than we can ever imagine.
August 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Met some cool teenagers at the Oslo train station, singing at the top of their lungs and absolutely flying. “You missed a great concert, man!” one told me. AC/DC was in town. My old passion from my misspent youth. We clasped hands and bonded. The world is smaller than we can ever imagine.
It's real, my #California peeps! The West Coast premiere of my award-winning play #LIES opens on August 28 in Santa Barbara's Center Stage Theater. I'll be there for the first weekend of performances. Tickets available soon!
July 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's real, my #California peeps! The West Coast premiere of my award-winning play #LIES opens on August 28 in Santa Barbara's Center Stage Theater. I'll be there for the first weekend of performances. Tickets available soon!
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After Texas failed to pass a bill to improve flood warning systems, a Kerr County lawmaker says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which aimed to establish a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.
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bit.ly/44xMjyr
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year
A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati...
bit.ly
July 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
After Texas failed to pass a bill to improve flood warning systems, a Kerr County lawmaker says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which aimed to establish a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.
bit.ly/44xMjyr
bit.ly/44xMjyr
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The world must be set free.
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The world must be set free.
I subtly nodded hello to the guy who replaced Steve on Blue’s Clues while he was on break from filming outside the Plaza Hotel in NY. He subtly nodded back in true New York fashion.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I subtly nodded hello to the guy who replaced Steve on Blue’s Clues while he was on break from filming outside the Plaza Hotel in NY. He subtly nodded back in true New York fashion.
“So, Your Eminance, Cubs or White Sox?”
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“So, Your Eminance, Cubs or White Sox?”
After nothing for a month, I pecked away today and am 350 words closer to the end of a first draft. It’s tough writing a comic novel in this hellscape, but I press on.
April 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
After nothing for a month, I pecked away today and am 350 words closer to the end of a first draft. It’s tough writing a comic novel in this hellscape, but I press on.
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The Pentagon flagged a photo of the Enola Gay in its DEI purge…
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March 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Pentagon flagged a photo of the Enola Gay in its DEI purge…
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If you're in the DC area tomorrow (Mon., Mar. 3) meet us at The Hand on the NOAA campus on East-West Highway in Silver Spring.
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Save NOAA Stop DOGE · Chesapeake Climate Action Network / Action Fund
The Trump Administration and Elon Musk continue to recklessly demonize dedicated federal workers who provide critical services everyday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) who ...
www.mobilize.us
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If you're in the DC area tomorrow (Mon., Mar. 3) meet us at The Hand on the NOAA campus on East-West Highway in Silver Spring.
www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...
www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
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Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.
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February 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
Well, look at this! My play, Who's Yehoodi?, an O'Neill semifinalist, was the featured play at today's New Play Exchange. Would be nice if someone did it. Any takers?
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Well, look at this! My play, Who's Yehoodi?, an O'Neill semifinalist, was the featured play at today's New Play Exchange. Would be nice if someone did it. Any takers?