Dana Stevens: “Who Was Shakespeare?”
Dana Stevens on the distance between Hamlet and Hamnet—and the distance between art and life.
Shakespeare is infamously unknowable—that hasn't stopped biographers and filmmakers from trying. @thehighsign.bsky.social on what Chloé Zhao's HAMNET gets right, where it falls short, and why the gaps might be the point. yalereview.org/article/dana...
10.03.2026 12:59
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The way it goes is you look at your to-do list and then close your computer and walk away, saying, “see you tomorrow,” with a dashing wink.
09.03.2026 18:01
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I wish to spread the word about the healing restorative value of a spontaneous unplanned day off.
09.03.2026 18:00
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SPLASH (1984) not only deserves its place in the National Film Registry but *also* a Criterion edition, so my campaign to write the essay for the latter starts NOW ✨🧜♀️
This film is vitally important for the oeuvre of Howard/Hanks, Canadian comedians, and great monster romances:
09.03.2026 17:33
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Dom and his girlfriend have been dealt a really shitty hand, please donate if you can to save them from losing their stuff, including family heirlooms
09.03.2026 16:21
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I think this is a post that a lot of people can understand and relate to.
08.03.2026 21:11
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If I were a member of the Green Lantern Corps, I would simply not hang out with Larfleeze.
08.03.2026 21:11
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Beto sounds like he could be a Democrat. But what do I know?
08.03.2026 20:55
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"I don't want to have to explain to my kids what gay people are" is ridiculous. You have to explain everything to them! They've never seen anything before! What else are you doing this about? You don't like broccoli so you just refuse to ever let your child know about what broccoli is? Okay man
08.03.2026 01:52
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Ginger bear posing on a log
Ginger bear dressed in the sleepy time tea thirst trap outfit
Yaya bear looking skeptical
Ranger Eggs on the phone arguing about cut funding to national parks
Getting a proof of my book, That sexy bear! soon~
07.03.2026 19:27
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I started the press campaign yesterday! 🙌
07.03.2026 19:36
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Hot chocolate season is almost over. Drink up, people!
07.03.2026 02:01
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It’s absolutely insane that we have chosen to use our human ingenuity in 2026 to make the environment *worse*
06.03.2026 14:27
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"THE DALEKS by TERRY NATION as featured in the BBC TV series "DR. WHO"" ("TV21" issue 59 (dated 05/03/66)). #DoctorWho
05.03.2026 17:28
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I drew some rocks.
05.03.2026 18:54
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i don't know how to teach people to be more curious but i think that's what we desperately need
05.03.2026 16:31
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I'm so glad I can draw and function without using AI. I'm so glad I can do basic things like jobs without needing it at all
05.03.2026 18:18
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Love this! Also, the comic we worked on together is coming out soon!!!
05.03.2026 02:20
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“At the end of the day, she didn’t sound any better than some of these ultra-conservative people who were demeaning Black and Brown folk on a regular basis,” said Rev. Rodney Sadler, a Bible scholar and longtime community activist in Charlotte. “It felt like a betrayal of the utmost.”
Cunningham’s comments proved so problematic for Sadler that he said he realized that she was “no longer worthy of being our representative” and he had to run against her. “It drove me to a point of saying, ‘She needs to go, and she needs to go now,’” the 58-year-old pastor, who works at Charlotte’s Union Presbyterian Seminary, told Bolts.
this guy challenged a sitting Democratic lawmaker in yesterday's primary, angered by her pro-ICE vote, and he ousted her 70% to 22%.
boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
04.03.2026 19:08
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Every time I want to give up I put my clothes in the trash like Spider-Man.
05.03.2026 01:38
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AI is incapable of understanding the human emotion of art. It cannot understand how words impact these human emotions.
When I was translating Showa: A History of Japan, there were MANY times I was crying at my keyboard. My job was to make you cry at the same time.
AI cannot cry. It cannot do this.
02.03.2026 08:08
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In the story of Humpty Dumpty it is never said that he is an egg. However, it is never said that he is NOT an egg. This means that any character in ANY story could be an egg unless explicitly stated otherwise. Keep that in mind when you read a Jack Reacher novel
27.02.2026 23:22
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a loose sketch on cream background with blue color of a girl in a raincoat looking out at a cloudy beach scene with seagulls flying overhead.
gulls
26.02.2026 18:22
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I go back to sixties illustration all the time, such a fertile period. Maybe when technical proficiency met 'pissing about'
26.02.2026 09:27
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A real book heavy page of HEARTACHE, my graphic novel.
My toxic trait is stubbornly hand drawing every single book.
26.02.2026 01:03
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Reminder that nothing or no one is stopping US from having a great day today. ✊🏾
25.02.2026 15:12
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kara
25.02.2026 01:15
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I was mad so I ate a kale salad and now I’m even more mad.
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