It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire.
1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
not really the time for this particular discussion, but for the record, this is a stupid idea www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
One of the lessons of the Iran war is that it was a huge mistake not to even try to put any of the Iraq war architects in prison. We shouldn’t make it again.
I'm sorry, it makes me laugh when people argue that nobody who doesn't live in a state can talk about elections in that state. Let me tell you about who felt qualified to weigh in on a recent mayoral election where I live...
I do not think a person can learn these things from the internet. The internet is good for some things, but the theater is about face to face encounters with other people. In fact, I think trying to learn about this career through the cynicism and negativity of the internet is not a good plan. (6/6)
I say this descriptively and not judgmentally! People need to understand the field they want to work in, esp one as specialized as the theater, and need to acquire the knowledge somehow. If not through prior proximity, grad school can be a way to begin that necessary part of one’s education.
(5/6)
Because you have to learn those things somewhere. For all the talk about advantages of certain MFAs, the biggest predictor of success I have found is an undergraduate degree from an elite East Coast college + understanding of how old money/ finance networks in this part of the country operate. (4/6)
And I mean that physically! The question of whether graduates of a selective Northeastern college already living in a major theater city should go to grad school is separate from whether someone elsewhere who has yet to learn important things about the industry should consider it as a pathway. (3/6)
I only know about the theater, so my take is limited to my industry. In addition to other reasons to go, it’s something to consider if you realize *after completing an undergrad degree* that your training and experiences have not moved you anywhere near the industry you’re trying to join. (2/6)
I have thought about this for 25 years and here’s my take. I didn’t go to graduate school in any of the ways that people (including me) now advise people to do it. But I’m thankful every day that I did, for reasons that don’t show up in typical discussions on this topic. (1/6)
“Storytelling requires tension. It often requires an obstacle. But a real, living person is not a narrative device.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
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noticing an uptick in people using microsoft teams. wretched.
I recently learned that while Washington and Adams gave SOTU *speeches*, Jefferson thought it too much like the monarch’s address to Parliament. He therefore sent a written report. That was the tradition until Woodrow Wilson revived the oral address.
mobile rendering of a post for a recipe for chocolate chip cookie dough cake where the author leads with "I want to start off this post with saying how saddening I was to learn of the bombing at the Boston Marathon."
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Somehow this does not seem like it will create … less work for TSA staff
Be the person who doesn't talk about Will Stancil you want to see in the world. (If that's your goal.)
The Gen X Urge Overkill
The Gen X urge to bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party.
Instead it (a) legitimizes the opposition’s viewpoint and (b) emboldens them, demonstrating that concessions can be wrung out of you if people just yell at you enough.
Again and again, over the 25 year period that my book touches on, liberals think that if they give a little bit of ground, it will work like a steam valve, let off the pressure that’s building up in the system, and the issue will die. It never, ever works.
The targeting of trans adults in a new round of state level bills is just driving home the lesson I learned over and over while researching The Perfect Moment: compromising doesn’t really work. Horse trading does.
Been working on this one for a while and excited to announce it. @24hourplays.bsky.social are making it official in Los Angeles and I’ll see you Angelenos in a week and change!
Similarly, here are the results from a relatively recent CNN poll. Way more democratic socialists making less than $50k a year than progressives. Again, if you actually cared about the data you'd know this stuff.
Similarly, while it's "a cliche" among right-wing liberals that DSA members are privileged trust-fund kids, the only hard data we have on this (their membership survey a few years ago) made it clear that DSA members are disproportionately working class.
One of the morals of the Epstein story is that when governments stop funding research, foreign aid, and the arts, the void is filled with billionaires who use nonprofits as vehicles for political intrigue.
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
