David
@crookedknight.bsky.social
Words, both recreationally and professionally. Video games/comics/giant robots nerd, with a side of yelling about sports. Largely boring.
I named my fists Vladimir and Estragon because they never accomplish anything
I named my fists Rosencrantz and Guildenstern cause they're never quite where the action is
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I named my fists Vladimir and Estragon because they never accomplish anything
First sale doctrine!
no take-backs, bitch
Genuinely hilarious. Please send it to China.
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
First sale doctrine!
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Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Stoppard always feels clever in a way that so so many writers mimic, but everyone else copies the surface. the Stoppard magic is that the cleverness is impossibly thin, basically transparent, and there’s this unending well of feeling on the other side
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me before the second Trump admin: Chris Van Hollen seems pretty good, I guess
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) credited for key role in release of US teen from Israeli detention
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
me before the second Trump admin: Chris Van Hollen seems pretty good, I guess
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
me at this point: I will run through a brick wall for Chris Van Hollen
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Uhhh errrm the actual creator was Steve Ditko, and he would’ve been doing some kind of erotic choking thing to himself
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Uhhh errrm the actual creator was Steve Ditko, and he would’ve been doing some kind of erotic choking thing to himself
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Happy Thanksgiving! Let's go to Les Nessman for a man on the scene report from the Pinedale shopping mall:
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! Let's go to Les Nessman for a man on the scene report from the Pinedale shopping mall:
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A post-NYC addendum to this trip: we're in DC for the touring production of the (surprisingly trans-positive!) stage adaptation of SOME LIKE IT HOT, three years after we saw its very first preview on Broadway. Looking forward to seeing the new cast.
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A post-NYC addendum to this trip: we're in DC for the touring production of the (surprisingly trans-positive!) stage adaptation of SOME LIKE IT HOT, three years after we saw its very first preview on Broadway. Looking forward to seeing the new cast.
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Guess I'm just going to sigh wistfully and think "what if they'd finished making Xenogears" for a few hours again
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Guess I'm just going to sigh wistfully and think "what if they'd finished making Xenogears" for a few hours again
Oh no it's the exact intersection of my interests
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Oh no it's the exact intersection of my interests
This is the most Speed Racer thing I've ever seen that isn't just a Mach 5 replica
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is the most Speed Racer thing I've ever seen that isn't just a Mach 5 replica
I said after FOR GOOD that the best-case scenario for both parts being hits is a low-key but sustained movie musical resurgence and the worst case is Schwartz and Holzman chained to a desk trying to write A LION AMONG MEN: PART TWO in 2031
A problem of the 21st century - and I'm truly not entirely sure if it's a problem with studios or with audiences - is that the response to Wicked 1+2 being hits is not "we should make more musicals" but rather "we should make more Wickeds"
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I said after FOR GOOD that the best-case scenario for both parts being hits is a low-key but sustained movie musical resurgence and the worst case is Schwartz and Holzman chained to a desk trying to write A LION AMONG MEN: PART TWO in 2031
Mamdani was at 1% in February, polls this far out mean nothing
New Hampshire - Democratic Presidential Polling:
Buttigieg: 28%
Newsom: 24%
Harris: 6%
Pritzker: 4%
Booker: 4%
Shapiro: 3%
Klobuchar: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Whitmer: 2%
St. Anselm / Nov 19, 2025
Buttigieg: 28%
Newsom: 24%
Harris: 6%
Pritzker: 4%
Booker: 4%
Shapiro: 3%
Klobuchar: 2%
Beshear: 2%
Whitmer: 2%
St. Anselm / Nov 19, 2025
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Mamdani was at 1% in February, polls this far out mean nothing
I feel like every partner of a chronically ill person has lived through this panel
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I feel like every partner of a chronically ill person has lived through this panel
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What if Wicked was released in 1900?
Here is my take on the book cover / movie poster using the designs W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill did for L. Frank Baum's original books.
(I made the Witch green more for colour scheme but also it's fairly significant to Maguire's book)
Here is my take on the book cover / movie poster using the designs W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill did for L. Frank Baum's original books.
(I made the Witch green more for colour scheme but also it's fairly significant to Maguire's book)
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What if Wicked was released in 1900?
Here is my take on the book cover / movie poster using the designs W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill did for L. Frank Baum's original books.
(I made the Witch green more for colour scheme but also it's fairly significant to Maguire's book)
Here is my take on the book cover / movie poster using the designs W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill did for L. Frank Baum's original books.
(I made the Witch green more for colour scheme but also it's fairly significant to Maguire's book)
1) Sometimes the stopped, fascist clock is right, and one of those is when it says not to take off your shoes on a plane, you MONSTERS
2) But: "put your feet on the chair ahead of you"? When was the last time this guy even saw a PICTURE of the inside of a commercial aircraft?
2) But: "put your feet on the chair ahead of you"? When was the last time this guy even saw a PICTURE of the inside of a commercial aircraft?
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1) Sometimes the stopped, fascist clock is right, and one of those is when it says not to take off your shoes on a plane, you MONSTERS
2) But: "put your feet on the chair ahead of you"? When was the last time this guy even saw a PICTURE of the inside of a commercial aircraft?
2) But: "put your feet on the chair ahead of you"? When was the last time this guy even saw a PICTURE of the inside of a commercial aircraft?
GENTLEMEN, START YOUR POPCORN
New filing: "U.S. v. Comey (criminal case)"
Doc #213: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S.…
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Doc #213: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S.…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
GENTLEMEN, START YOUR POPCORN
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Bodied by my eldest , frankly
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Bodied by my eldest , frankly
If Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker DURING 2026 I will laugh for seven thousand years
Then this today in Punchbowl. Republicans are angry that the White House is "treating them like garbage". You can't act like you aren't worthy of any respect and then complain that you don't get respected. They are reaping what they sowed. (2/2)
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker DURING 2026 I will laugh for seven thousand years
Despite living in a major metropolitan area (the nation's capital!) over-the-air broadcasts have been all but useless for me for over a decade. No matter what antenna I use or how I orient it, I can pick up ABC and occasionally NBC. CBS and Fox, no chance.
I’m just thinking of this because I’m watching football while not paying anybody a penny: Do Americans know that you can (still!) watch HD digital broadcasts of all the major networks over the air, for free, complete with programming guide data, just by hooking up an antenna to your TV?
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Despite living in a major metropolitan area (the nation's capital!) over-the-air broadcasts have been all but useless for me for over a decade. No matter what antenna I use or how I orient it, I can pick up ABC and occasionally NBC. CBS and Fox, no chance.
GODZILLA X KONG was a perfectly stupid movie to watch on the train. Not sure whether my favorite part was King Kong using a baby mega-gorilla as a melee weapon or Godzilla going Super Saiyan Rosé
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
GODZILLA X KONG was a perfectly stupid movie to watch on the train. Not sure whether my favorite part was King Kong using a baby mega-gorilla as a melee weapon or Godzilla going Super Saiyan Rosé
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Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
Until a few years ago, ugly holiday sweaters didn’t exist. They’re ugly Christmas sweaters, with some generic Jewish iconography to be “inclusive.” But the truth is, when I have to buy one to wear to a work party, I feel like I’m in another culture’s drag.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.
Oh dang, Wharton Eshrick on the timeline! My mother was a docent at his house-turned-museum for something like 15 years. Amazing sculptor.
Something led me tonight to Wharton Esherick's dictionary stand (via American Craft Council), which reminded me of his library ladder — one of my favorite things digital.craftcouncil.org/digital/coll...
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Oh dang, Wharton Eshrick on the timeline! My mother was a docent at his house-turned-museum for something like 15 years. Amazing sculptor.
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