Steven Sean Laing
@pataphysics.bsky.social
(he/him) New York playwright/lyricist, musician, actor. MFA NYU Tisch. Dramatists Guild of America, Actors' Equity. Now an emergency department tech doing a pre-med post-bac.
The new Wuthering Heights movie adaptation, but Heathcliff is an orange cartoon cat.
February 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The new Wuthering Heights movie adaptation, but Heathcliff is an orange cartoon cat.
It's a weird place in life when you go to see a college production of a musical, you have friends who were in the original Broadway cast, and the show is now considered a "classic." Also, my back hurts and being out past 11pm now feels wild and transgressive. (Is this middle-age?)
February 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's a weird place in life when you go to see a college production of a musical, you have friends who were in the original Broadway cast, and the show is now considered a "classic." Also, my back hurts and being out past 11pm now feels wild and transgressive. (Is this middle-age?)
The Winter Olympics is just an ass-beating that Norway gives to the rest of the planet every four years.
February 14, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The Winter Olympics is just an ass-beating that Norway gives to the rest of the planet every four years.
This halftime show is the most genuinely human thing I've seen all evening.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
This halftime show is the most genuinely human thing I've seen all evening.
You want field goals? We got field goals! We've got all the hot field goal action you can handle!
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
You want field goals? We got field goals! We've got all the hot field goal action you can handle!
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Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Minneapolis should press its momentum and demand not only withdrawal but start talking about the need for immediate reparations, loudly, with the total certainty that only winners have. "You have wronged us terribly and must pay recompense" and let them argue the second part.
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Grainger isn’t the store I’d immediately expect to be carrying these. But it has a flared base, have fun.
January 27, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Grainger isn’t the store I’d immediately expect to be carrying these. But it has a flared base, have fun.
Your rights are alienable AF.
January 27, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Your rights are alienable AF.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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I hope Bovino’s neighbors forever shun him. May the local grocery store cashiers turn their back when he tries to buy food. May his house be forever egged. May the Baby Gap where he shops close their doors when they see him coming.
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I hope Bovino’s neighbors forever shun him. May the local grocery store cashiers turn their back when he tries to buy food. May his house be forever egged. May the Baby Gap where he shops close their doors when they see him coming.
Fuck Greg Bovino, his Sam Browne belt, and his mother too.
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Fuck Greg Bovino, his Sam Browne belt, and his mother too.
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I hope Democratic senators and congressmen understand, out of pure lizard-brain self-interest if moral decency happens to be unavailable, what is at stake for them if they don't handle this the right way. This is a true "If not now, when?" moment.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I hope Democratic senators and congressmen understand, out of pure lizard-brain self-interest if moral decency happens to be unavailable, what is at stake for them if they don't handle this the right way. This is a true "If not now, when?" moment.
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ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
MS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters.
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
Democrat leaders: "We need to reach across the aisle to find common ground with the people actively murdering us on national TV."
January 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Democrat leaders: "We need to reach across the aisle to find common ground with the people actively murdering us on national TV."
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The absolute accuracy of this.
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The absolute accuracy of this.
I have no relation to Jake Lang. Fuck that guy and fuck ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I have no relation to Jake Lang. Fuck that guy and fuck ICE.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
Don't have a lot of 2016 pics, which is for the best because I was at the rock-bottom of my addiction. Almost 10 years later, I'm in an indescribably better place, while the world seems to be falling apart. Nonetheless, I'm glad to be clean, sober, and alive.
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Don't have a lot of 2016 pics, which is for the best because I was at the rock-bottom of my addiction. Almost 10 years later, I'm in an indescribably better place, while the world seems to be falling apart. Nonetheless, I'm glad to be clean, sober, and alive.
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They aren't specialists in violence they're just dicks the government gave badges to, don't mythologize being a thug because you're scared of loud noises
It’s worth considering that an overnight dismantling of ICE in 2029 would release into the wild a whole herd of specialists in violence with scant other marketable skills.
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
They aren't specialists in violence they're just dicks the government gave badges to, don't mythologize being a thug because you're scared of loud noises
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Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
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Thank god Chuck Schumer isn’t alive to see this.
January 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Thank god Chuck Schumer isn’t alive to see this.
Saw a woman on TV in a wheelchair. Not an ad about disability, or making the wheelchair the center of the feature; just showing a woman in a wheelchair living her life. My fiancée is trying to reclaim her life after a catastrophic illness, and seeing this makes me happy.
December 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Saw a woman on TV in a wheelchair. Not an ad about disability, or making the wheelchair the center of the feature; just showing a woman in a wheelchair living her life. My fiancée is trying to reclaim her life after a catastrophic illness, and seeing this makes me happy.
Last seen in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Please boost.
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last seen in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Please boost.