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Vanessa Wyeth

@vwyeth.bsky.social

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NYC mom with opinions: UN peacebuilding, parenthood, sportsball, politics, educational equity, feminism. Probably thinking about S̶w̶e̶e̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶T̶o̶d̶d̶ Sunset Blvd (jk it’s always Sweeney Todd). Personal views. She/her.

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · Nov 12

I doubt I was known for anything but I did create this meme which went mildly viral and I remain very proud of it to this day.

Photo of the giant ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal in March 2021, next to a relatively tiny excavator trying to dig it out. Text over the ship says “structural problem” and text over the digger says “making different personal choices.”

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 1h

Cause of death: Nicholas Christopher’s “Anthem” and Aaron Tveit’s “Pity the Child”

Hand holding a playbill of Chess (the musical) on Broadway.

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 11d

I saw two people do rock, paper, scissors for the last citibike dock in front of NY Comic Con and that is the essence of New York.

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 1d

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 4d

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 4d

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 4d

I actually can’t believe Chess is back on Broadway and I actually saw it. Feels like a fever dream. It needs some tightening up but overall a huge success. I loved it and can’t wait for the rest of the theatre world to wake up to the supernova talent of Nicholas Christopher!

Photo of a hand holding up a playbill for Chess on Broadway in front of a scrim with design of stylized US & USSR flags.

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 5d

One of my all-time favorite scores and back on Broadway starting tonight!!

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 5d

Seconding the Hadestown recommendation and even though it's been running for 6y, the current cast on Broadway is the best I've ever seen.

Other reccs for a non-musical lover: Ragtime (currently back on Broadway!); Sweeney Todd; Next to Normal (proshot of the recent UK production on PBS!)

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 5d

Drew Struzan has passed.

His oil paintings defined pop culture for many of us.

Rest well, Sir.

A collage of movie posters Struzan painted.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 5d

It’s the best cast I’ve ever seen & the one that made me finally fall in love with the show. I was at their first performance and saw them again last week and they are even better.

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 6d

Look at those Hadestown grosses... Jack Wolfe, you absolute star!

Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 6d

Really leaning into the “humorless scold” stereotype

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 10d

Real finger on the pulse

Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 10d

Who did Air France get to write this copy, Bart Simpson?

Air France marketing email featuring a stock image of île de Gorée, with copy:

“Travel through West Africa

West Africa is a land of contrast and colors, with many hidden treasures”

Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 10d

I thought this was funny at first but the more I thought about it the more disturbed I was that Shapiro would actually genuinely think this.

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 13d

If I have learned one thing and nothing else from this era, it’s that shameless is a superpower

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 14d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 14d

I want this for me

Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 14d

All hail a true hero. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

www.theguardian.com

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Cornstalk Goddess Gigi @irackbrains.bsky.social · 17d

The drama, the emotions, this is ACTING!

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 17d

At the rate he’s going, Pope Leo might turn me Catholic again

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 17d

"Someone who says 'I'm against abortion but says I am in favor of the death penalty' is not really pro-life. Someone who says that 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the [US],' I don't know if that's pro-life."

www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-le...

Pope Leo XIV says those against abortion but in favor of death penalty are "not really pro-life"

Pope Leo XIV has for the first time waded into an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church.

www.cbsnews.com

Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 17d

Please tell me The Cure did not sign on to this bc if they did I’m going to walk off a building.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 17d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 17d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 18d

Come for the legal analysis, stay for the impeccable theatre taste. I saw the new Hadestown cast last night and they were impeccable. Are we sure Jack Wolfe *isn’t* the son of a muse?

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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 18d

Two other tips!

1. If you’re describing a photo, turn on the speech to text and tell me about the photo. It will be much quicker than typing a long description.

2. If you have a block of text, hit that little 3-line icon. It will allow you to copy text to paste it into the Alt Text block.

Screenshot shows an image of the Alt Text function on Bluesky. I have circled in red an icon that is three short lines surrounded by four corners.

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