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Claire McNear
@clairemcnear.bsky.social
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feature writer | wrote a book about Jeopardy! | geist that could've been polter along with zeit
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · 13d
a billion years ago I went to a Jane Goodall Institute camp and she announced her arrival by walking into the dining hall and doing a deafening and extremely long chimpanzee HOOT HOOT HOOT as we the starstruck dorks looked on in amazement. RIP to a legend
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · 18d
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
screencap of text: "Jaden Evans, 21, lives in D.C. Credit-risk consultant in financial services. Reading Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” in Dupont Circle. Q: You’re reading “Crime and Punishment.” That’s not exactly light. What made you choose it? A: Well, of course I’d heard of the book and author, but what got me into it was … Tinder. Q: Wow, tell me more. A: There was this guy who I thought was very cute, and his Tinder profile said a goal of his was to read all of Dostoevsky, so I was intrigued. Then months later, I was just walking through Barnes & Noble in Georgetown and I saw “Crime and Punishment” and thought I might as well read it. Q: Amazing, so did you ever connect with this person on Tinder? A: No."
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bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 21d
isaac chotiner and dracula have showed up at your house. you have to let one of them in
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · 25d
🚨 kansascity.craigslist.org/zip/d/kansas...
screencap of craigslist listing with map of coordinates and text that reads "Free raccoons for those of you who like raccoon meat (Argentine ks) - Three raccoons/meat in the Argentine area of KCK, bring your traps there are plenty here to choose from they are in the wooded area between metropolitan avenue and strong avenue between streets 39th and 38th"
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Branson Reese @bransonreese.bsky.social · 28d
Saved you a click: they beheaded a horse
Jeopardy!'s Most Infamous Moment Haunted the Show's Fans, Its Stars, and Even Alex Trebek. It's Clear Why Now. BY CLAIRE MCNEAR
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · 27d
I say “was” because four of them eventually got out and marched away with the neighbor following them still banging the pot. DC’s still got it
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · 27d
an unmarked van full of national guard was just parked on my block, a fact I learned when I heard a neighbor banging a pot and blasting an air horn directly outside their passenger window and shouting GO HOME NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Sep 8
thank you!!!!
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Sep 8
happy Jeopardy! season premiere day to all who celebrate! here’s me in @slate.com on the 2011 battle royale with Watson, with thoughts from Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and many more:
slate.com/culture/2025...
Jeopardy!’s Most Infamous Moment Haunted the Show’s Fans, Its Stars, and Even Alex Trebek. It’s Clear Why Now.
What was Watson?
slate.com
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Sep 8
happy Jeopardy! season premiere day to all who celebrate! here’s me in @slate.com on the 2011 battle royale with Watson, with thoughts from Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and many more:
slate.com/culture/2025...
Jeopardy!’s Most Infamous Moment Haunted the Show’s Fans, Its Stars, and Even Alex Trebek. It’s Clear Why Now.
What was Watson?
slate.com
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Aug 19
the xenomorph is canonically a cat. in this essay I will
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Aug 13
personally I think it’s great to have someone in the emmys mix whose driving energy is “stare blankly into the middle distance”
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Aug 13
(casting one of the most charismatic actors alive) okay so what you’re gonna want to do is not make any facial expressions
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jul 18
are you talking about whimsical murders because if so, in
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jul 18
NO GARDENING MURDERS ONLY
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jul 18
it’s finally time for colbert to realize his full potential: as host of a nouveau PBS Masterpiece style suite that is entirely unspeakably bleak british detective shows
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jul 7
come for David Duchovny's zany bathroom wallpaper; stay for David Duchovny's zany Willie Mays bathroom tribute robbreport.com/shelter/cele...
photo of a small bathroom; the toilet is surrounded by brightly colored cartoon bookshelves. above the sink is a small photo of Willie Mays
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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · Jun 8
Ed, the pet zebra that broke free and was running loose in Tennessee, has been captured and air-lifted to safety. Oh buddy, how you enjoyed it while you could.
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jun 5
cease this
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jun 5
BRIANNNNNNN
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jun 5
thank you ken!!!!!!
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jun 5
❤️
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jun 5
thank you to everyone who read things I worked on, whether it was about Malort (unfortunate), a Property Brothers cruise (also unfortunate), or finding the world’s last original Four Loko cans (this might be a trend)
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jun 5
it also means I am now a free agent! if you’re interested in stories - fun ones, weird ones, complicated ones, culture ones, sports ones, ones with exclamation points at the end of proper nouns, red ones, blue ones, etc. - drop me a line: clairemcnear at gmail
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · Jun 5
time for an unfortunate media rite of passage: after 9 years at The Ringer, I was laid off this week. I’m gutted to leave, but grateful for my time there, the many wonderful folks I worked with over the years, and all the stories I got to tell
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