steven monacelli
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Fiancee said we can watch There Will Be Blood
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Fiancee said we can watch There Will Be Blood
Lebensraum for the late American Century
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Lebensraum for the late American Century
Pick-me anti-feminism is when women argue that other women are the problem because they have different political views, that they're one of the cool girls who doesn't even want the right to vote, and they're willing to take it away from other women because they have different political views.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Pick-me anti-feminism is when women argue that other women are the problem because they have different political views, that they're one of the cool girls who doesn't even want the right to vote, and they're willing to take it away from other women because they have different political views.
You're the one who made a statement with a question mark at the end pal
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
You're the one who made a statement with a question mark at the end pal
Leftists in red states looking at election results
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Leftists in red states looking at election results
A socialist has won the mayoral election in the financial capital of the world running as a Democrat. It's a remarkable achievement and will almost certainly be the bellwether for Democratic party politics in the foreseeable future.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A socialist has won the mayoral election in the financial capital of the world running as a Democrat. It's a remarkable achievement and will almost certainly be the bellwether for Democratic party politics in the foreseeable future.
Ticketmaster is going to give me a damn refund
“I planned to show up toward the end of the opener because I’m a typical over-thirty concert goer who gets grumpy in crowds...I don’t know who was responsible for this, but it was a huge disappointment,” said Monacelli of the soured concert experience.
“I planned to show up toward the end of the opener because I’m a typical over-thirty concert goer who gets grumpy in crowds...I don’t know who was responsible for this, but it was a huge disappointment,” said Monacelli of the soured concert experience.
![Former Observer contributor Steven Monacelli of the Oak Cliff non-profit Apprentice Creative Space had been looking forward to seeing Viagra Boys for a while.
"I planned to show up toward the end of the opener because I'm a typical over- thirty concert goer who gets grumpy in crowds," he says. "I bought my ticket on Ticketmaster... every source I checked on the day of told me that doors opened at 8 p.m. and the show started at 9 p.m. When my fiancee checked the House of Blues Instagram around 9 p.m., she saw [a video post that showed] Viagra Boys already started playing their set. So we had to immediately rush out the door and we ended up only catching about half of the Viagra Boys set.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ut42x3b636n2pedgpa6swasb/bafkreifuxcnqibudnwt7a55x6vfn5itc6xf5ea54gklc27vp3pfaowdxlm@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Ticketmaster is going to give me a damn refund
“I planned to show up toward the end of the opener because I’m a typical over-thirty concert goer who gets grumpy in crowds...I don’t know who was responsible for this, but it was a huge disappointment,” said Monacelli of the soured concert experience.
“I planned to show up toward the end of the opener because I’m a typical over-thirty concert goer who gets grumpy in crowds...I don’t know who was responsible for this, but it was a huge disappointment,” said Monacelli of the soured concert experience.
When the initial draft was less than 5k words but the editor wanted more and now the draft is over 6k words but the word maximum is 5k
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When the initial draft was less than 5k words but the editor wanted more and now the draft is over 6k words but the word maximum is 5k
I'm wheezing at this
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'm wheezing at this
Happy Halloween
October 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Happy Halloween
Living in Texas in the year of our Lord
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Living in Texas in the year of our Lord
I have so many questions
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I have so many questions
Over on the bad site, the House Homeland Security Committee Democrats account said "If you praise Adolf Hitler you shouldn’t be allowed to work in the federal government" in response to my latest story about an ICE prosecutor who runs a white supremacist X account—and may still work for the agency
October 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Over on the bad site, the House Homeland Security Committee Democrats account said "If you praise Adolf Hitler you shouldn’t be allowed to work in the federal government" in response to my latest story about an ICE prosecutor who runs a white supremacist X account—and may still work for the agency
Words, how do they work
October 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Words, how do they work
Two professors at the University of Texas at Dallas are suing the institution, as well as Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, over their arrest at a pro-Palestinian protest. Included in the lawsuit is a photo I took of one of the professors before they were arrested.
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Two professors at the University of Texas at Dallas are suing the institution, as well as Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, over their arrest at a pro-Palestinian protest. Included in the lawsuit is a photo I took of one of the professors before they were arrested.
The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram both reported in Congressman Marc Veasey's attempted inspection of a Dallas ICE facility today. The Star Telegram mentioned that one of the reasons was the white supremacist ICE prosecutor I exposed. The Dallas Morning News did not.
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram both reported in Congressman Marc Veasey's attempted inspection of a Dallas ICE facility today. The Star Telegram mentioned that one of the reasons was the white supremacist ICE prosecutor I exposed. The Dallas Morning News did not.