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Daniel B. Thompson
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dead inside, queer, pedantic, Utahn
yes, I'm great at parties
US-based performing arts production director & consultant; expert in nonprofit venue & repertory stage operations (cool story bro)
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Someone at Hyrum City in Utah took away the wrong message from Footloose (1984).
"Can't you save us, [Kevin Bacon]? Can we be saved?"
Photo of a printed handout, black text on white paper. The paper is creased in a way that indicates it has been folded and then unfolded. At the top of the document is the logo of Hyrum City, Utah: a black silhouette of an elk against a conifer, adjacent to large text "Hyrum City" The visible text below lists general building rental user rules for the Hyrum City Civic Center, which are largely generic with the exception of rule #5, which reads: "NO - These activities, beverages, and items are NOT permitted in or on the grounds of the Civic Center:" (The words NO and NOT are in bold, all-caps type.) A two column list of banned items and activities then follows, including the usual suspects like not allowing smoking, alcohol, flame, animals, etc. The first item on the list, however, is "Dancing", with no other information provided. In the image, the text of rule #5 has been digitally highlighted in yellow. The first bullet point that follows is also digitally highlighted in yellow, as well as digital stickers of a white arrow pointing to the bullet point, a red line drawn under the text of the bullet point, and a red question mark at the end of the bullet point. The highlights and stickers were added for this post for emphasis and were not in the original document or photo.
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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HRH Little Cat, the Grouchy Lady of House Thompson
An older, short-hair cat with stripey black, gray, and white markings sitting löaf-syle on a red mat with an orange border, on a cement pad in front of a wire mesh fence looking out over a rock-covered yard toward the street. She is looking at the paparazzi snapping this photo with a look of mild annoyance, especially due to the lack of tribute offered. "The disrespect continues," she thinks.
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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her poofiness
A young long-haired calico cat on a cement pad outside in the sun; fences visible behind her and to her left side.
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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@abc4utah.bsky.social following be a lil spicy, we stan
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December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Re: Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter
Image of a letter from Harold Pinter to Tom Stoppard, reading: 05 November 2001 Sir Tom Stoppard C/o The Development Dept Royal National Theatre South Bank London SE1 9PX Dear Tom, Thank you for your invitation to host a fundraising dinner in the private room of a top London restaurant. I would rather die. All the best, Yours, [Signature: hand-signed "Harold"] Harold Pinter
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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More like Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17, eh?
An image of Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17, the 4,000 year-old character from Dr. Who, depicted as a large piece of skin with a face, stretched on a frame.
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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In which my niece aptly expresses how I feel about enforced family photos at holiday gatherings.
A image cropped from a larger family portrait, depicting a young girl with a fixed, fake smile and eyes open as far as she can: the result of being repeatedly told to "open your eyes and smile with your teeth."
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Put my tea in a clear mug and now the neighbors probably think I'm out here drinking a beer in the garden at 11 AM.
Tall glass mug filled with an amber color tea, resting on a bench in an outdoor garden. The shape of the mug and the color of the tea resembles a mug of light beer.
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Cat in a box
Photograph of a calico cat sitting in a white "cat house" box. The front of the box has a cutout in the shape of a cat's head. The cat is sitting in the box, facing toward the camera through the cutout, positioned on such a way that her ears and face perfectly align with the cutout shapes, creating a humorous illusion.
October 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The grouchy non-cuddler mentioned above, HRH Little Cat
A gray, white, and black striped older female shorthair cat sits outside by a cement porch and glares at the camera.
September 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Fluffy baby demands love
Picture of a long-hair calico cat cuddled up to a man in a reddish hoodie. Text overlaid on the photo reads, "This fluffy lil Potato will come and get right in your face and demand cuddles. Total opposite of the Little Cat."
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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This Cat Is On Drugs
A striped gray and white house cat on a weathered outdoor bench, staring into space. A small sprig of partially chewed catnip is on the bench to her right.
September 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The fam: wow, the cats really like you
Me: I'm just their drug dealer
Photo of a calico cat on a bench with a sprig of catnip
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Photo of a young long-haired calico cat outdoors, looking up at the sky with a bewildered expression. The caption reads: "The face of a kitty who can hear an owl and does not know what the fuck it is"
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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2018? Maybe? I don't remember exactly.
today I feel like the sound of leather soles tapping on linoleum tiles: tuneless, like raindrops on a lake and wind in the bristles of the pines and sibilant esses slipping into speech (the soft voices of silent things) Can you hear the beating of my heart? Does it speak to you in words of blood and lust, inflamed with passion? Can you hear the breath in my lungs, heavy with words unspoken? (there are no words in our speech and we speak only of nothing) tomorrow I shall feel like a ticking clock in the wee hours of morning, like the clicking of door-latches and footsteps in the snow and the breaking of glass (ripples in the stillness of my soul)
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I shared this image back in June 2020 and mocked their sloppy mall cop fascist aesthetic: there's literally lines on the ground and they're still not in straight lines and a friend responded and said "Don't wanna look choreographed. Too gay," and she ain't wrong.
August 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Hermandad, Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo por Octavio Paz, traducido del español por Eliot Weinberger

Brotherhood, Homage to Claudius Ptolemy by Octavio Paz, translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger
Black text on a white background, reading: Hermandad Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche. Pero miro hacia arriba: las estrellas escriben. Sin entender comprendo: también soy escritura y en este mismo instante alguien me deletrea. Brotherhood Homage to Claudius Ptolemy I am a man: little do I last and the night is enormous. But I look up: the stars write. Unknowing I understand: I too am written, and at this very moment someone spells me out.
August 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Spoken by Macbeth, King of Scotland in "The Tragedie of Macbeth" by William Shakespeare - (Act V, Scene V, lines 19–28)

apropos of nothing
Black text on a white background. The text is a quote from the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. The text reads: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."
August 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Can't you save us, Britney Spears?
Can we be saved?

God!

Why is Satan controlling the universe?

!

- Juliette Lewis (2018)

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August 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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when the blackberry bramble is doing it this summer
Photo of blackberry crumble with vanilla ice cream and fresh blackberries, garnished with mint.
August 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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"Silent Things" (2018)
Image of a poem by Daniel B. Thompson. White text on a black background reads "Silent Things today I feel like the sound of leather soles tapping on linoleum tiles: tuneless, like raindrops on a lake and wind in the bristles of the pines and sibilant esses slipping into speech (the soft voices of silent things) Can you hear the beating of my heart? Does it speak to you in words of blood and lust, inflamed with passion? Can you hear the breath in my lungs, heavy with words unspoken? (there are no words in our speech and we only speak of nothing) tomorrow I shall feel like a ticking clock in the wee hours of the morning, like the clicking of door-latches and footsteps in snow and the breaking of glass (ripples in the stillness of my soul)"
August 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM