Dan Hopper
@danhopp.bsky.social
Writer of comedy & sports stuff.
Host of THRILL OF DEFEAT: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrill-of-defeat/id1816289659
The Only Pittsburgh Sports Page: https://danhopper.substack.com/
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/DanHopp/
Host of THRILL OF DEFEAT: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrill-of-defeat/id1816289659
The Only Pittsburgh Sports Page: https://danhopper.substack.com/
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/DanHopp/
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Dan Hopper
@danhopp.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Indianapolis Colts (with Megan Gailey and Tom Thakkar)
Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 11/25/2025 · 1h 18m
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A joyful episode today talking to Megan Gailey and Tom Thakkar about their beloved Indianapolis Colts, blacking out during the Super Bowl and flipping off a Chicago cop, ending friendships over a Peyton Manning choke-job, and Marvin Harrison sorta killing a guy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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My dentist can do it all, from a simple cleaning to identifying my charred remains
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 AM
My dentist can do it all, from a simple cleaning to identifying my charred remains
There's a commercial on now set to Also Sprach Zarathustra from "2001" and one earlier this year with people running to the Rocky Theme. Can you imagine anything from any movie now being referenced even 2 years later and anyone getting it
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 AM
There's a commercial on now set to Also Sprach Zarathustra from "2001" and one earlier this year with people running to the Rocky Theme. Can you imagine anything from any movie now being referenced even 2 years later and anyone getting it
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hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
Hey the ass truck’s in town
January 17, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Hey the ass truck’s in town
I wouldn’t mind takin Ralph Fiennes to the bone temple 😉
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I wouldn’t mind takin Ralph Fiennes to the bone temple 😉
I think we should sign all our TEACHERS to 4-year $240 million contracts 👏
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I think we should sign all our TEACHERS to 4-year $240 million contracts 👏
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I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on X.com. “Why did yo...
defector.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
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Accidentally gave a "thank you" wave to a car that stopped to let me cross the street before noticing it was a Waymo, and now I feel like THE WORLD'S STUPIDEST DUMBASS.
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Accidentally gave a "thank you" wave to a car that stopped to let me cross the street before noticing it was a Waymo, and now I feel like THE WORLD'S STUPIDEST DUMBASS.
Texts received on my birthday last week: 6
Texts received on Mike Tomlin Fired Day: 148 million
Texts received on Mike Tomlin Fired Day: 148 million
January 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Texts received on my birthday last week: 6
Texts received on Mike Tomlin Fired Day: 148 million
Texts received on Mike Tomlin Fired Day: 148 million
“I LOVE your item”
“Thanks! It was inspired by Episode 3 of The Traitors”
“Thanks! It was inspired by Episode 3 of The Traitors”
January 12, 2026 at 4:08 AM
“I LOVE your item”
“Thanks! It was inspired by Episode 3 of The Traitors”
“Thanks! It was inspired by Episode 3 of The Traitors”
Vance is especially heinous. Laundering the worst fascist propaganda through the voice of one of those guys who's always posting "Make it make sense."
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Vance is especially heinous. Laundering the worst fascist propaganda through the voice of one of those guys who's always posting "Make it make sense."
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in the old PG building on Blvd of the Allies there was a phone that would ring and flash lights in the newsroom when the publisher was calling and the seniormost editor on duty was required to answer it. A good chunk of the time he was complaining about being stuck in traffic
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
in the old PG building on Blvd of the Allies there was a phone that would ring and flash lights in the newsroom when the publisher was calling and the seniormost editor on duty was required to answer it. A good chunk of the time he was complaining about being stuck in traffic
With the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette slated to get shut down by their shitty owners, I'm remembering the time the owner's trash didn't get picked up once and he made the paper write about it
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
With the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette slated to get shut down by their shitty owners, I'm remembering the time the owner's trash didn't get picked up once and he made the paper write about it
A fox was frolicking in broad daylight right outside our door and my daughter napped through it and when she woke up this was all I could think about
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
A fox was frolicking in broad daylight right outside our door and my daughter napped through it and when she woke up this was all I could think about
Steve Zahn isn't holding back
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Steve Zahn isn't holding back
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
Consultant culture is out of control
January 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Consultant culture is out of control
Thinking back to the first year I moved to New York and my roommate decided to go to Times Square for the ball drop and left our apartment to go there at, no joke, 8 pm the night of. Did not get in!
January 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Thinking back to the first year I moved to New York and my roommate decided to go to Times Square for the ball drop and left our apartment to go there at, no joke, 8 pm the night of. Did not get in!
Remember on old twitter when we’d be like GOOD RIDDANCE 2011 you FUCKTRUFFLE because Peter Falk died
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Remember on old twitter when we’d be like GOOD RIDDANCE 2011 you FUCKTRUFFLE because Peter Falk died
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Who can ever forget this banger. We lost a real one.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Who can ever forget this banger. We lost a real one.
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
Special loophole the last week of December: you can eat any leftover desserts the next morning with coffee if they’re even vaguely pastry-like. It’s legal
December 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Special loophole the last week of December: you can eat any leftover desserts the next morning with coffee if they’re even vaguely pastry-like. It’s legal
I’m the guy in charge of watering down the NFL’s social justice slogans a little more each season. For next year I’m thinking either “Inspire good” or “Be the nice”
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I’m the guy in charge of watering down the NFL’s social justice slogans a little more each season. For next year I’m thinking either “Inspire good” or “Be the nice”
I’m so internet-pilled I saw this WaPo headline and thought “what is this foreign policy sanewashing BS” but it’s an article about actual wolves
December 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’m so internet-pilled I saw this WaPo headline and thought “what is this foreign policy sanewashing BS” but it’s an article about actual wolves