Dan Reilly
@danreilly.bsky.social
Journalist and whatnot. Written a lot of things about a lot of things for a lot of places. Also worked in TV (Cold Case Files, Snapped, The Killer Among Us). Pretty confident I can perform an emergency tracheotomy. https://www.clippings.me/danreilly11
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Dan Reilly
@danreilly.bsky.social
· Jun 18
Seven musicians open up about navigating the complications and cruelty of American health care: ‘You realize the whole system is broken, religion is broken, government is fucking broken — you’re on your own.’
‘You Realize the Whole System Is Broken’
Seven musicians open up about navigating the complications and cruelty of American health care: ‘You realize the whole system is broken, religion is broken, government is fucking broken — you’re on your own.’
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My feature on how musicians deal with the American medical system is here, with artists detailing their struggles to get decent care for cancer, gender-affirming care, chronic illnesses, substance abuse, and catastrophic injuries. This one is important to me, so please take a few mins to read it!
I’m rooting for Mikaela Shiffrin to deck the cameraman who’s constantly filming her like a damn creep
February 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I’m rooting for Mikaela Shiffrin to deck the cameraman who’s constantly filming her like a damn creep
I kinda feel like this after that malinin performance
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I kinda feel like this after that malinin performance
Fuuuuck. Or is it feeeeeck?
It gives me no joy to report that on top of Goose and Geese there is now also a Gooooose
Digits 23-25, by GOOOOOSE
10 track album
gooooose.bandcamp.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Fuuuuck. Or is it feeeeeck?
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so sad to hear about James Van Der Beek's passing. He was so kind when I talked to him about the SNL Cats sketch -- he was overjoyed to revisit this silly moment from early in his career and seemed to really cherish all the good fortune he'd had. What a loss. www.vulture.com/2019/12/snls...
‘What the Hell Is Skimbleshanks?’ The Oral History of SNL’s Cats Sketch
James Van Der Beek, Chris Parnell, and Mike Schur revisit a forgotten SNL classic.
www.vulture.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
so sad to hear about James Van Der Beek's passing. He was so kind when I talked to him about the SNL Cats sketch -- he was overjoyed to revisit this silly moment from early in his career and seemed to really cherish all the good fortune he'd had. What a loss. www.vulture.com/2019/12/snls...
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i’m crunching some numbers here and i’m not liking what i’m seeing
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
i’m crunching some numbers here and i’m not liking what i’m seeing
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This is not even the first time a member of ICE has been publicly caught up in a sex trafficking sting in *Bloomington* specifically.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
February 10, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This is not even the first time a member of ICE has been publicly caught up in a sex trafficking sting in *Bloomington* specifically.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I don’t think that’s Liam, guys
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I don’t think that’s Liam, guys
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by the way Ring came up empty trying to find Savannah Guthrie’s mom
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
by the way Ring came up empty trying to find Savannah Guthrie’s mom
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and now back to “this football could’ve been an email”
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
and now back to “this football could’ve been an email”
Holy shit that was just so much fun. Man, who wouldn’t want to be at that party?
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Holy shit that was just so much fun. Man, who wouldn’t want to be at that party?
“Ooh it’s almost time for that Benjamin Button boy! ”
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
“Ooh it’s almost time for that Benjamin Button boy! ”
Ilia Malinin seems like a princeling on his first trip outside the palace who just saw a hot dog for the first time
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Ilia Malinin seems like a princeling on his first trip outside the palace who just saw a hot dog for the first time
officially signed the paperwork to start a new four-week gig tomorrow and I'm beyond excited for both the income and at least a month off from mid-life-crisis career-abandonment ruminating
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
officially signed the paperwork to start a new four-week gig tomorrow and I'm beyond excited for both the income and at least a month off from mid-life-crisis career-abandonment ruminating
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RIP Lynn Blakely
Ah damn
Beloved Indie Rock Musician, Inspiration for the Replacements’ Alt-Rock Anthem ‘Left of the Dial,’ Dies - Parade share.google/44xegqYR4G1U...
Beloved Indie Rock Musician, Inspiration for the Replacements’ Alt-Rock Anthem ‘Left of the Dial,’ Dies - Parade share.google/44xegqYR4G1U...
Beloved Indie Rock Musician, Inspiration for the Replacements’ Alt-Rock Anthem ‘Left of the Dial,’ Dies
Lynn Blakey, who played in the bands Let's Active, Oh-OK and Tres Chicas, has died.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
RIP Lynn Blakely
and they probably hatched a plan to destabilize media with off-putting sexts to status-thirsty journalists
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 3:08 AM
and they probably hatched a plan to destabilize media with off-putting sexts to status-thirsty journalists
Vulture asked me to summarize what’s happened in this case so far and it’s so much more bizarre and frightening than I’d thought. I feel terrible for the family.
The search for Today anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother is still underway, as authorities prepare for another ransom-note deadline.
What We Know About the Nancy Guthrie Missing-Persons Case
The search for Today anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother is still underway, as authorities prepare for another ransom-note deadline.
www.vulture.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Vulture asked me to summarize what’s happened in this case so far and it’s so much more bizarre and frightening than I’d thought. I feel terrible for the family.
wow Aileen Wuornos looks great!
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
wow Aileen Wuornos looks great!
the Olympic announcers explaining the symbolism of the opening ceremony sound like me trying to bluff my way through an oral report on a book I didn’t read
February 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
the Olympic announcers explaining the symbolism of the opening ceremony sound like me trying to bluff my way through an oral report on a book I didn’t read
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great advice for writer-writers as well
Running focus grouped or poll tested language doesn't work and this is a major reason why. Know your values, frame the debate bsky.app/profile/rick...
And paradoxically, why the triangulationist in the Democratic party are such bad speakers. All those third way moderate ghouls cant think on their feet because they're mentally running a focus group on the next word they speak. They aren't basing their speech on core values. See: MGP video last week
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
great advice for writer-writers as well
"Bovino was filmed chugging wine with a group of young men," so you know he tried "I'm just little guy and it's my birthday" on the bouncer.
February 6, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"Bovino was filmed chugging wine with a group of young men," so you know he tried "I'm just little guy and it's my birthday" on the bouncer.
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my chemical weapon
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
my chemical weapon
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"If you don't drop your demands, we'll give you even more than you want"
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"If you don't drop your demands, we'll give you even more than you want"