Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
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Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
· Nov 27
Greetings, new people here at House of Copyediting. Besides first-rate, IISSM, prose advice, you'll get:
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
Or, as has been pointed out to me, OBAMA.
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Not allowed to play BARACK on Presidents Day?
Feels a bit too on the nose for me.
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Feels a bit too on the nose for me.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Or, as has been pointed out to me, OBAMA.
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Not allowed to play BARACK on Presidents Day?
Feels a bit too on the nose for me.
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Feels a bit too on the nose for me.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Not allowed to play BARACK on Presidents Day?
Feels a bit too on the nose for me.
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Feels a bit too on the nose for me.
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if Chip Roy forgets his name his vest will help him out
February 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
if Chip Roy forgets his name his vest will help him out
"Maybe after we stop the fascist takeover I’ll have emotional space for that."
If I ever compose and post a sentence like this, I hope that you will all block me.
If I ever compose and post a sentence like this, I hope that you will all block me.
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"Maybe after we stop the fascist takeover I’ll have emotional space for that."
If I ever compose and post a sentence like this, I hope that you will all block me.
If I ever compose and post a sentence like this, I hope that you will all block me.
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Disorderly schoolroom. Somebody's in trouble & everybody else is enjoying it a lot! By Adriaen Brouwer, whose day is today.
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Disorderly schoolroom. Somebody's in trouble & everybody else is enjoying it a lot! By Adriaen Brouwer, whose day is today.
Today is still, officially, Washington's Birthday, but if you're going to call it the other thing I suggest styling it, apostropheless, as Presidents Day—that is, a day of and about presidents, not owned by them.
Also, Washington's Birthday never falls on Washington's birthday.
Also, Washington's Birthday never falls on Washington's birthday.
February 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Today is still, officially, Washington's Birthday, but if you're going to call it the other thing I suggest styling it, apostropheless, as Presidents Day—that is, a day of and about presidents, not owned by them.
Also, Washington's Birthday never falls on Washington's birthday.
Also, Washington's Birthday never falls on Washington's birthday.
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John Schlesinger, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1926, in London
February 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
John Schlesinger, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1926, in London
“Maybe you should go have a listen to
Not even aimed at me. I saw, I gasped, I winced, I blocked.
Not even aimed at me. I saw, I gasped, I winced, I blocked.
February 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“Maybe you should go have a listen to
Not even aimed at me. I saw, I gasped, I winced, I blocked.
Not even aimed at me. I saw, I gasped, I winced, I blocked.
Today might have been Margot Frank's 100th birthday.
February 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Today might have been Margot Frank's 100th birthday.
today's randomish theater photo:
birthday girl Katharine Cornell as GBS's Saint Joan (1936)
birthday girl Katharine Cornell as GBS's Saint Joan (1936)
February 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
today's randomish theater photo:
birthday girl Katharine Cornell as GBS's Saint Joan (1936)
birthday girl Katharine Cornell as GBS's Saint Joan (1936)
Happy Vera-Ellen's birthday!
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Happy Vera-Ellen's birthday!
Is there also a Vehicular?
February 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Is there also a Vehicular?
There’s probably no polite way to say “You’re being a disingenuous brat and it’s boring,” is there.
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
There’s probably no polite way to say “You’re being a disingenuous brat and it’s boring,” is there.
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
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I keep thinking that someday I will become used to the hideousness of cybertrucks and they will finally blend into the background and every time I see one I am struck anew by how awful they are
February 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I keep thinking that someday I will become used to the hideousness of cybertrucks and they will finally blend into the background and every time I see one I am struck anew by how awful they are
Says the person who posts "X *and* Y? In *this* economy?" five times a week easy.
I'm glad that people have stopped saying "It's [Blah Blah]'s world; we're just living in it."
February 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Says the person who posts "X *and* Y? In *this* economy?" five times a week easy.
I'm glad that people have stopped saying "It's [Blah Blah]'s world; we're just living in it."
February 15, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I'm glad that people have stopped saying "It's [Blah Blah]'s world; we're just living in it."
I almost just said “What would happen if you mound your own business?”
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February 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I almost just said “What would happen if you mound your own business?”
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If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
I think most (not all) of the "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" people are communists who are mad that Americans don't like communism and want to destroy the Democratic party out of revenge. They don't care how many elections Republicans win or how many trans people die as long as the Dems fall.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
It irks me no end that that absolute horror has sullied the great name "Bondi."
February 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Is this some sort of bit?
Peter Navarro: "It's the perfect Trump economy in 2026 ... we're seeing stock market over $50,000"
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Is this some sort of bit?
Orignal title:
ENEMY AGENTS MEET ELLERY QUEEN AT "21" FOR COCKTAILS AND PERHAPS A LIGHT SUPPER
ENEMY AGENTS MEET ELLERY QUEEN AT "21" FOR COCKTAILS AND PERHAPS A LIGHT SUPPER
There’s a case to be made that she’s the best opponent Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes ever had.
Also, she was in ENEMY AGENTS MEET ELLERY QUEEN!
Also, she was in ENEMY AGENTS MEET ELLERY QUEEN!
Happy Gale Sondergaard's birthday!
February 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Orignal title:
ENEMY AGENTS MEET ELLERY QUEEN AT "21" FOR COCKTAILS AND PERHAPS A LIGHT SUPPER
ENEMY AGENTS MEET ELLERY QUEEN AT "21" FOR COCKTAILS AND PERHAPS A LIGHT SUPPER
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My phone gets so excited when I type Sond.
Sondheim or Sondergaard, which will it be this time?
Sondheim or Sondergaard, which will it be this time?
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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No better film has ever been made than The Time of Their Lives, and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise.
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Happy Gale Sondergaard's birthday (cont'd)!
"She...gets a chance to show off her best violent spasms when she pleads for help at the Tuileries and frightens the Empress Eugénie (Gale Sondergaard, who doesn't frighten easy)."
—of course it's Pauline
—of course it's Pauline
February 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Happy Gale Sondergaard's birthday (cont'd)!