Writer, theater historian, intellectual. I believe in equality for all; in the scientific method; in the power of the arts to connect us across all boundaries created by accidents of birth (race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, eye color, eg.). https://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3me4qwm23d22cWaPo has died, not in darkness but under bright light. We all see it. Democracy is dying in front of our eyes.05 Feb 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4qwm23d22chttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3m2k5uxp6vk2mThey are actually paying Bari Weiss to further fuck up CBS?? #BariWeiss #CBS06 Oct 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2k5uxp6vk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lzkkp4rso22vLet's take Jimmy off the air and put him in the White House. Kimmel for President! Let the campaign start now! #JimmyKimmel #freespeech #KimmelForPresident24 Sep 2025 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzkkp4rso22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lzgqtvx22c2zWhether Kirk's killer is a right wing or left wing nut, the guilt lies with the Republican right that insists any nutcase can buy a gun, even an assault weapon. Every gun murder in this country, no matter what the motive, is the fault of the Republican right. #CharlieKirk #guncontrol #Robinson22 Sep 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgqtvx22c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lz7sm6ppuk2wSupporters of the 2nd amendment argue they need guns to fight tyranny should the government overstep. (Classic conservatives believe in limited government.) Now that the government has overstepped & many gun owners seem OK with tyranny, what is the rational for the 2nd amendment? #tyranny #guns19 Sep 2025 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7sm6ppuk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lz4htzdbz22dTrump threatened to revoke ABC's FCC license, and ABC caved. ABC could win in against this abuse of presidential power in a lower court, but if it reached the corrupt SCOTUS, who knows. Fascism in full swing. #@JimmyKimmel.com #censorship18 Sep 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4htzdbz22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lyso7zz4s22kPanic and cowardice at 30 Rock https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/panic-and-cowardice-at-30-rock?r=9zm1v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false14 Sep 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyso7zz4s22khttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lyocwgu4yk2rI've long watched @msnbc.com, even after it replaced some top hosts. I'll miss @chrislhayes.bsky.social & others, but how can I trust a network that censors political analysts? Who needs Fox when MSNBC does MAGA's bidding? #MatthewDowd https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/matthew-dowd-charlie-kirk-msnbc-fired.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawMwMQ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpBOsNH1FVK0jHqactE_YY_LxwD58cwVY4_qOs0xWDmHhfchBhZZvN4nDW3w_aem_fNK4Axc_dFpus6IPpcRnCQ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u..12 Sep 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyocwgu4yk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lynqbtuutk2mCharlie Kirk called for the release of the Epstein files. In honor of his memory, let's make sure they're all released pronto. #CharlieKirk #EpsteinFiles12 Sep 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynqbtuutk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3luao2qibsc22My late night go-to is Jimmy Kimmel, whose monologues are sharper & funnier than Colbert's. But the Colbert cancellation should disturb anyone, fans or not. It comes after Colbert criticized CBS/Paramount for caving to Trump. When we censor our comics, it's all over. #Colbert #censorship #CBS18 Jul 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3luao2qibsc22https://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3ltk4gktkds2hIf the floods are an act of God, shouldn't God be tried for mass murder? If they aren't, shouldn't we do something to stem the progression of climate change? Shouldn't we fund the National Weather Service so we are informed and warned?09 Jul 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltk4gktkds2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lsbvduztk22yIt would be nice to have regime change in Iran--and even nicer to have it here.23 Jun 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbvduztk22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3ls55i3sgpk2eExplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/arts/music/brahms-romance-piano.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk8.MUEB.kvUg1J_t0Cuk&smid=bs-share21 Jun 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls55i3sgpk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lrj6u7prsc2gSenator Padilla of California was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed today for doing his job: Asking a question of Kristi Noem, the Trump administration's Secretary of Homeland Security. https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/thank-you-senator-padilla?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=7b6301a2-762c-4d68-a256-84fb96086ec913 Jun 2025 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrj6u7prsc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lrdv5ybdok2hI like the idea of Bluesky, but so far, it isn't working for me. People comment on and share my Facebook posts, but nobody seems to see my posts here. Any ideas on how to better connect? #Bluesky11 Jun 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdv5ybdok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lr7q7syj322eDarren Criss thanked his teachers at the American Conservatory Theater but not at Michigan. I'm a UM alum who once was proud of that. Now that UM caved and dismantled DEI, I'm ashamed. I wonder if Criss feels the same. #DarrenCriss #UniversityofMichigan10 Jun 2025 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7q7syj322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lqwwvwhfrc2dYou gotta feel sorry for Musk. He bought a presidency, and it was defective.06 Jun 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqwwvwhfrc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lqs2lkhy422iI'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Ann Arbor to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/U720tBnj https://app.sosha.ai/s/U720tBnj04 Jun 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs2lkhy422ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lorlybyvlk2tGrosse Pointe Garden Society is an entirely original mystery. Others make us wonder who done it, how it was done, or how a detective will catch the culprit. In GPGS, we wonder who the victim is through most of the season. Great story & terrific acting ensemble. Too good to last--cancelled.09 May 2025 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lorlybyvlk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3ln4ij4vvac24Until this administration, even the worst criminals have been given due process--the really really worst ones, like Trump.18 Apr 2025 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln4ij4vvac24https://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lmx5tfkyyk2cMy latest from Live Design Magazine: https://www.livedesignonline.com/news/improvising-robin-hood-opera16 Apr 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmx5tfkyyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lm4edndn4s2tBooker, Wisconsin, Hands Off: It's been a good week.06 Apr 2025 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm4edndn4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lltt4l66h22gTwo of my mom's paintings are now part of the MSU Broad Art Museum: https://collections.broadmuseum.msu.edu/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=31446;type=101 https://collections.broadmuseum.msu.edu/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=31447;type=101 https://collections.broadmuseum.msu.edu/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=advanced;_tkeyword=fay%20kleinman#02 Apr 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltt4l66h22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lla2t4idwk2eToday I am more proud of shopping at Costco than I am of graduating from Michigan.25 Mar 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lla2t4idwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lkr2jqy2722fAt first, I was furious at the Schumer 10, who voted to keep the government open. Last night, @chrislhayes.bsky.social asked Schumer tough questions, and he acquitted himself well. I'm now convinced a shutdown would have given Trump more powers, and we're fortunate enough senators voted to avert it.19 Mar 2025 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkr2jqy2722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lkontidugk2qIf impeaching judges catches on, there will be changes at the SCOTUS. Roberts can't take Trump's side this time.18 Mar 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkontidugk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lknws4ltm223NY Times headline: "Trump Says Biden’s Pardons are 'Void’ and ‘Vacant’ Because of Autopen Um, as long as we're undoing pardons...18 Mar 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknws4ltm223https://bsky.app/profile/davinapo.bsky.social/post/3lkdyhf7auk27Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/free-mahmoud-khalil-and-protect-students-exercising-their-first-amendment-rights?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=4998bd98-d54c-47f6-876c-ee108c2c77da14 Mar 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:a5x6gndzw4e6ui235olyfb7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdyhf7auk27