John Stange

@stange.shakespeareinthe.pub

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Social Justice Artificer, raw-dogging the collapse of civilization. Occasional paid theatrical word-sayer and body-mover Token Straight on the producer team of https://shakespeareinthe.pub he/him/that MFer over there

Shakespeare in the Pub RUINS Macbeth https://shakespeareinthe.pub/macbeth-0
Spongebob gesturing to a coffin held open by Patrick. The coffin is labeled "The Hague."
Doctor Who (6th): "what the hell is this bespoke fuckery?"
A play postcard reading: "Shakespeare in the Pub Ruins Macbeth" "FREE Show, Firefly Amphitheater, Friday 7/24 @ 7pm (rain date 7/25)" part of the District Fringe Festival in Washington, DC: https://www.districtfringe.com/ The back of the card is a CDC handwashing public service graphic
A detailed calendar of plays and events happening at District Fringe for this weekend (7/10 - 7/12). It is too much to transcribe, but their ticketing and show browser is here: https://districtfringe.ssboxoffice.com/performances/?
an orange cat, her lil' peets criss-crossed to cover her eyes while she naps
A box labeled "cracker collection"
the Nazi guy in Inglorious Basterds spotting the British spy's incorrect "three glasses" set of fingers, giving away his identity
A genie saying "[REDACTED]" with a neutral expression
The grim reaper operating an abacus
Heartbreaking! Worst person you know just made a great point.
a neon design which repeats the word "YIKES" seven times in various styles
John Belushi in Animal House
A genie saying "[REDACTED]" with a neutral expression
The mom from the second Sony X-Men movie: "Have you tried *not* being a mutant?"
The mom from the second Sony X-Men movie: "Have you tried *not* being a mutant?"
Two women dressed in nearly identical clothing
people on here will tweet anything. "Charlie Brown had hoes." No he didn't. That isn't true.
a bottle of vodka, branded "Fascist Tears"
Batman, snapping a shotgun in half: "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."
General William Tecumseh Sherman, surrounded by flames and laser-eyed
Beavis and Butthead, sitting on the couch. Beavis is holding a can of nuts, and is is grotesquely swollen and red from a violent allergic reaction.
Two young girls smiling in front of a screen, in which the silhouette of an adult woman in an old-fashioned nurse outfit appears. Captioned: "A play to be seen... a brave and ambitious project that demands attention. -- MD Theatre Guide" "The H Twins a new play by Hope Campbell Gundlah Directed by Karen Lange"
Radioactive Man from The Simpsons, awash in a sea of green goo: "MY EYES! The Claritin does nothing!"
Two young women in pajamas, dancing in front of projections of cartoon characters. Poster reads: INDUSTRY NIGHT MARCH 30, 2026 THE H TWINS a new play by Hope Campbell Gundlah Directed by Karen Lange
A woman saying "Fucking Fascist"
Two young women dancing in pajamas; a female figure in an old-fashioned nurse's outfit is silhouetted behind. "Remarkable work of theater and one of the most exciting new productions I have seen in some time." -- DMV Theater
Brad Pitt sitting in a tank, pointing and saying "Hey,"
Two figures in shadow, a man with a clipboard and a woman, view at an expressive young blond woman in the foreground with an air of casual cruelty
A sneering dork, wearing a nametag that says "Martius" and holdng a fez. His tank top says "SAOIRSE DON PHALAISTIN"
A street view of 6th & S NW DC, the Scottish Rite Temple in the background
Screenshot of the quoted tweet, where the @us-gov-funding.bsky.social labeler has applied labels such as "American Israel Public Affairs Cmte" and "Pro-Israel"
Brad Pitt sitting in a tank, from some movie I haven't seen, pointing and saying "Hey"
a painting of the Romeo & Juliet balcony scene with text overlay "Will you come to my cottage this summer? Don't go to Russia. Come to my house. We'll have so much fun. Isso private... we'll be completely alone. Together."
[angry goose meme] Panel 1: "Hey! Were you born in 1988?" Panel 2: "Were you born in 1988 motherfucker?"
a Dr. Seuss creature with a cartoon guillotine "UNLESS someone like you brings out the chippity chop, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
Poster reading: "District Fringe 2026 Applications are Live! Application opens 1/31 Application closes 2/28 Festival in July 2026"
A tortoiseshell cat flopped out on a heating pad, her head torqued upside-down to look at the camera
An orange cat peers into the camera with a solicitous expression.
A series of rancid Facebook comments from a different stream of the quoted protest. Typos and grammatical errors faithfully reproduced: Rick-Trena Causey: "You run around and call yourself Jewish. And you don't even know the bible.. Very sad" Nick Bechard: "Not any of these fucking losers work?" Sue House: "Evil Demons" Keith Castleberry: "Mentally I'll convention no just typicall Democrats"
A cartoon genie saying "[REDACTED]" with a carefully neutral expression
Harry Truman holding up the Chicago Daily Tribune declaring, incorrectly, "Dewey Defeats Truman"
A tortoiseshell cat sitting on a weight-activated heating pad, her paws tucked daintily and her expression one of polite disinterest
Brad Pitt in a tank, from some movie I've never seen, pointing and saying "Hey,"
A cartoon genie saying "[REDACTED]" with a carefully neutral expression
Sandor "The Hound" Clegane from Game of Thrones: "I'm going to have to eat every fucking hot dish in this room"
Three edit stills from Avengers: Age of Ultron QUICKSILVER: "This is Christianity?" CAPTAIN AMERICA: "This is what Christianity's supposed to be." QUICKSILVER: "This is not so bad."
Captain America, punching a heavy bag across the room
Exceprt from the below AP coverage of today's execution of a Minneapolis civilian: "After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them "cowards" and telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: "Boo hoo." Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car." https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-4d1499fc5962ab880f3816259e04bdbf
Garfield looking at a sign, thinking "Huh. I wonder who that's for." The sign contains the full text of MLK's Letter From a Birmingham Jail, excoriating the uselessness of the white moderate
"Dr Aspen" (Jesse James Keitel), from Strange New Worlds. A filthy pirate.
an orange cat, upside down; she has been pulling herself along the hem of the couch by her claws, sliding across the hard wood floor like an empty-headed mop
Jake Lang's Facebook post whining about being "lynched." Below it, the screencap from Reno 911, where two cops console a crying man who's saying "I was murdered"
The Three Stooges, dropping some shovels and bonking into each other
Worf saying "That was not my fault" in Picard S3
A section of the Achewood strip "Ray's Magreaux Dog" (https://www.achewood.com/2006/09/06/title.html) TEODOR: "Look! He's trying to walk!" ROAST BEEF: "Oh man that is a bad sign" DOG: *takes an awkward step, immediately falls over with a WHUMP*
An orange cat draped awkardly over someone's arm
Photo of John Brown, next to a paraphrase of his formal last words: "I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
A series of photos from the FB profile of a "Jon Ross." Various AI-generated profile photos, Q-Anon, pro-ICE, and pro-Israel memes.
A cartoon genie saying "[REDACTED]" with a carefully neutral expression