Yesterday, in just one day, I am told that the Ukrainians killed or critically wounded 900 Russians. In one day. All for the imperial dreams of a tyrant

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

How long are we as a civil society going to let ICE do what they are doing.?

Or any college student.

Boy, he's really hiding that right hand, huh?

Remembering John Cassavetes, born on this day 1929. Circa 1983 I had the good fortune, via Meade Roberts, to spend a day and a half watching John direct. It was the honor of a lifetime. The lessons of craft, and of the heart, linger still. May he rest in peace and glory, reunited with Gena...

I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends. It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Like a lot of people, I learned about Lennon's death while watching a football game. I was in Chicago. The next morning I got on the first plane to NYC and went to join the crowd at the Dakota, because I didn't know what else in the whole wide world to do. Wandered around the city for days.

supreme court to decide whether part of constitution is part of constitution

President Trump's "Errors Tour" is an ongoing stream of mistakes that continues to sap his popularity. We discuss the unlikely hero that could save our democracy, his administration's incompetence. Tune in starting 10 a.m. EST #Velshi

NY Artists: You are invited to raise your voices at We the People: An Assembly of New York Artists on Jan 26 to share ideas about how the NY arts world could be more vibrant and equitable.

What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

All the gold in "the Golden age" is going right here.

During #WWI, medics applied 1.5 million splints, fitted over 20,000 artificial eyes & used 7,250 tons of cotton wool while applying 108 million bandages to injured soldiers. More than 6,000 medics died & over 17,000 were wounded in the British Army alone.

Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...

Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data. Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points. The cruelty is endless.

Bring back the Andre Gregory version!

Between the two of them, they make a lot less than a lot of single US artistic directors. That ain't the problem.

Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community? You’re not making anyone safer.🧵

And as the legend goes, he'll be sleeping for the next 20 years -which is probably the greatest Christmas gift any of us has ever, and will ever receive. #DonaldTrump

Proposed fist question for Senate/House Armed Services Committee: Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true? We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.

Trump's eyes are closing and he's dozing off. But he still has enough in the tank to jerk awake every few seconds.

But if the cause be not good, the King himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs, and arms, and heads, chopp’d off in a battle, shall join together at the latter day and cry all, “We died at such a place”

Pentagon abruptly calls a press conference for 11 am. Or, since hard-pass holders are now right-wing orgs & influencers, something orchestrated but flavored like a press conference: "For in-person attendance, this briefing is limited to invited press only. There is no Zoom call dial-in available."

Pete Hegseth needs to resign or be fired. Now. He’s a walking, talking national security embarrassment. The disastrous and illegal Venezuela strikes - and his refusal to accept responsibility - should be the last straw.

wild that this guy still has a job

"Suggest"? "Could be?" Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

Well quoted.

Farewell to Tom Stoppard, who as a playwright made words dance, explode, soar to the heavens and acknowledge their own limitations as they did so. And always glowing within the cerebral fireworks was a questing, rueful, empathic wonder. He took us to Arcadia and Utopia and back.

Both Nunn's and Nichols's productions of The Real Thing were so good. Very moving, as they must be. Good work from the bounced Czech.

#Stoppard was asked an interview when R&G was premiering in NYC, "What's your play about?" He said, "It's about to make me very rich."

I asked #Stoppard if it was true he wrote a certain scene in Schindler's List. He said, "Sort of. I said to take out her lines." Which of course made the scene terrifying. (He really liked Zaillian's script.)

The summer after my freshman year I bought a $3.25 ticket in the mezz for R&G Are Dead, and when it was over I thought, yeah, this theater thing can be cool, and I should maybe try it. RIP Tom #Stoppard.

One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.

GOP and Independent support dropping: news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...

Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing "Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions." Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social

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I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face

Hear, hear! Susan Feldman's' place is one of the few where I think, "If she programs it, I'm going." Congrats on 45 years. 45 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll Theater at St. Ann’s Warehouse www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/t...

Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life, Charlie Brown.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers, Charlie Brown.

Shut up and deal, Charlie Brown.

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

"Very heavy bombs. And they go boom."

A NYC not-for-profit theater is doing a family holiday show in a 299-seat theater. Running time is "45 minutes, no intermission." Tickets range $140-$180. What world are we living in?

Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house

Honestly, I hope Karoline Leavitt enjoys this week. She's earned it.