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Eddie ate dynamite, good-bye Eddie
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@mjmoser.bsky.social I presume you’ve already seen this, but it looked relevant to your interests www.milb.com/reading/news...
Reading Iced Coffees Debut at 23rd Annual Morning Game on August 25
The Reading Fightin Phils, Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, are excited to announce they will play as the Reading Iced Coffees for the 23rd Annual Morning Game on Tuesday, August 25. F...
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February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
briench.bsky.social
@callmemrwiggles.bsky.social and @bmorebk.bsky.social - grateful to have you both in my life!
ryanlcooper.com ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3d
watching John Green talk about his buddy from high school who is still his friend and I’m curious, is that common for people on here?
February 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
briench.bsky.social
It's so far away from the most important thing going on at the moment, but the symbolism of presidential inaugurations happening at the Capitol is not an accident! The executive goes to the legislature take office!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump: "Two views of the Great Ballroom being built on the site of our wonderful White House — It is on budget, and ahead of schedule! ... Because of its unprecedented structural, safety, and security features, it will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations."
Trump: "Two views of the Great Ballroom being built on the site of our wonderful White House — It is on budget, and ahead of schedule! When completed, it will be the finest Ballroom ever built anywhere in the World, one that has been sought by Presidents for over 150 years — and now they are getting THE BEST! Because of its unprecedented structural, safety, and security features, it will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP"
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
briench.bsky.social
@briancgrubb.bsky.social I assume you've been sent this a million times already, but it's just perfect.
rodger.bsky.social Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 6d
new greatest underdog story in Olympic history: Germany's Phillipp Raimund, new Olympic gold medalist in ski jumping, WHO IS SCARED OF HEIGHTS
sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d...
Possibly the biggest upset in the Olympics. Raimund had zero wins in 80 career World Cup starts, ranking 30th, 20th, and 24th in the World Cup standings over the last three seasons. And then there’s the fact that … … Raimund actually withdrew from a ski flying event in Slovenia last March citing acrophobia. “As some of you may know, I am scared of heights,” Raimund posted on Instagram. “I usually have it under controll, and it usually isn't a Problem while ski jumping, but from time to time, I have the issue (mainly while ski flying) that my body is reacting without me controlling it.” HE IS SCARED OF HEIGHTS. THE OLYMPIC SKI JUMPING CHAMPION. IS SCARED OF HEIGHTS. The Olympics are so good, man.
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
briench.bsky.social
Oh noooooooo!
tamslick.bsky.social Tamara Keel @tamslick.bsky.social · 7d
Holy shit you guys it’s a real tweet. 😳
February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
beckyhammer.bsky.social Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 7d
First shot: sugarcane

The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times

Still used to make rum of course!
A musician playing a guitar in sugarcane that is somehow in the middle of a football field
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
briench.bsky.social
@zzyzx.bsky.social Phish stat question that’s been on my mind: Harry Hood closed out my first ever show (7/9/1999) and also opened my 2nd show (12/11/1999). How unlikely is it to see Phish play the same song consecutively?
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
briench.bsky.social
My day 1 Olympics hot take: the drone shots are cool, but we need NBC to filter out the high pitched whine they create.
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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sneakinabbey.bsky.social
Fuck Donald Trump Fuck Ice and Long Live the Grateful Dead
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 AM
briench.bsky.social
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:

Wednesday
Waxahatchee
Lucius
Lydia Loveless
Katy Kirby
korbermite.bsky.social the dan who stepped into yesterday @korbermite.bsky.social · 25d
five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:

sharon jones & the dap kings
wolf alice
neko case
phoebe bridgers
the beths
dijcrap.bsky.social sk🍣nk :) @dijcrap.bsky.social · 25d
Now this one I’ll do: five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:

Courtney Barnett
Lizzo
Ani DiFranco
St. Vincent
Hurray for the Riff Raff
January 22, 2026 at 2:00 AM
briench.bsky.social
If you told me this was a Craig Solo lyric from "God in Chicago" I'd have to go look it up to make sure you were telling the truth.
proptermalone.bsky.social post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · Jan 15
"we got deiced in Cleveland" is a plausible Hold Steady lyric
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
briench.bsky.social
I had never heard the Bobby & The Midnites album before, so I was shocked to hear him basically doing an Elvis Costello impression (and it's really good!) youtu.be/s_BaQZt_p0A?...
Bobby & The Midnites – Book Of Rules
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January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
briench.bsky.social
Excuse me, what?
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January 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
briench.bsky.social
Baltimore folks, highly recommend the Amy Sherald exhibit at the BMA.

The Breonna Taylor portrait - whew. What a punch in the gut
January 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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briench.bsky.social
All of the "self-defense" explanations of the Renee Good murder make me think about how prescient this was www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTrM...
South Park - It's coming right for us
YouTube video by South Park
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January 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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briench.bsky.social
This is some bullshit
Image of NY Times Spelling Bee game showing the word abattoir is not in the word list
May 31, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
briench.bsky.social
I’ve tried to explain this to my kids. When my wife and I were dating in college, she went to Cancun with her parents. I called once to talk to her, which involved an international long distance call to the hotel front desk, asking for her room, then asking her dad if I could speak to her!
edburmila.bsky.social Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Dec 17
Tangential, but no one under 40 will ever understand what a big deal long distance phone calls used to be. Expensive in the US and a genuine ordeal for overseas. As late as 1986, ATT could only handle 25 US-UK phone calls simultaneously. 25!
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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tylerhuckabee.bsky.social
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
briench.bsky.social
Rolex marketing department:
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.

Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Nothing was more of a revelation than a recent trip to Ireland, however. Each summer, I do interviews for the Belfast dance music festival AVA, and regularly end up surrounded by beautiful, positive and accomplished twentysomethings. At one point during my last jaunt, just such a room of young people began avidly swapping tales of disastrous Hinge and Tinder dates. I offhandedly mentioned I’d never used a dating app, because my relationship with my wife predates the invention of the smartphone by about six months. Now, I realised, it was me doling out the psychic shocks, as I looked up to find my youthful colleagues were staring at me as if I was a gnarled and toothless corpse they’d just pulled from a bog, one which had now gasped back to life, demanding mutton and hog’s blood. With something like reverent horror, they listened as I went on. Whiskers grew from my cheeks as I informed them that, for many years, text messages didn’t show you when the other person was typing. “You couldn’t even tell if they’d seen or received your message,” I told one, while another cast me a worried look and asked me I’d like someone to fetch me a chair.
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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ouroboreos
toomanymouths.bsky.social lillian @toomanymouths.bsky.social · Nov 13
oh wow that’s crazy

oreos with bits of

of oreos. in them

Real Bits of Oreos
a photo of Oreo Loaded cookies, which promise real oreo cookie crumbs in the filling of the oreo
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
briench.bsky.social
The worst person you know just made a great point
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
briench.bsky.social
@callmemrwiggles.bsky.social this shouldn't be too tough to import to the US, right?
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM