GribWrites
@gribwrites.bsky.social
Food, beer, and travel writer. Connecticut Magazine, CTBites, Fodor's Travel, and anywhere else they'll let me.
Connecticut-based, but I eat it all. What's on tap?
Connecticut-based, but I eat it all. What's on tap?
Pinned
Ok that was awesome U-S-A U-S-A et c.
I’m going to dinner
I’m going to dinner
February 14, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Ok that was awesome U-S-A U-S-A et c.
I’m going to dinner
I’m going to dinner
OLYMPIC GAL DARN HOCKEY! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
OLYMPIC HAWKEY
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
OLYMPIC GAL DARN HOCKEY! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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I REPEAT!
OLYMPIC HAWKEY
February 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I REPEAT!
Oh Bluesky do I have a tune for you
I see myself listening to a lot of Triptides this year
youtu.be/7CLqAng6j4U?...
I see myself listening to a lot of Triptides this year
youtu.be/7CLqAng6j4U?...
Triptides - Unwound [Official Video]
YouTube video by Curation Records
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February 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Oh Bluesky do I have a tune for you
I see myself listening to a lot of Triptides this year
youtu.be/7CLqAng6j4U?...
I see myself listening to a lot of Triptides this year
youtu.be/7CLqAng6j4U?...
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In any random town in CT you can find 10 houses like this every few blocks #whyilikeit
February 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
In any random town in CT you can find 10 houses like this every few blocks #whyilikeit
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Watch this.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Watch this.
GOOD LUCK AND GODSPEED to all the homies in the restaurant industry as we reach The Brunching Hour
a baby with a fist in the air on a purple background
ALT: a baby with a fist in the air on a purple background
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
GOOD LUCK AND GODSPEED to all the homies in the restaurant industry as we reach The Brunching Hour
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“Many circumstances hath, and will arise, which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all Lovers of Mankind are affected, and in the Event of which, their Affections are interested," writes Paine, who is still going anonymously. 2/4
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Many circumstances hath, and will arise, which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all Lovers of Mankind are affected, and in the Event of which, their Affections are interested," writes Paine, who is still going anonymously. 2/4
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Feb. 14, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes a new edition in Philadelphia of his pamphlet “Common Sense,” which has become a best-seller in a little over month with its argument for independence. ”The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind,” he writes in the introduction. 1/4
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Feb. 14, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes a new edition in Philadelphia of his pamphlet “Common Sense,” which has become a best-seller in a little over month with its argument for independence. ”The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind,” he writes in the introduction. 1/4
That had to best the best dual moguls - men’s or women’s - I’ve ever seen.
Jaelin coming back from a wipeout to take a perfect 35 point race was unreal.
Jaelin coming back from a wipeout to take a perfect 35 point race was unreal.
The first ever South American Winter Olympics gold medalist, that absolutely rules.
February 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
That had to best the best dual moguls - men’s or women’s - I’ve ever seen.
Jaelin coming back from a wipeout to take a perfect 35 point race was unreal.
Jaelin coming back from a wipeout to take a perfect 35 point race was unreal.
My dating strategy
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My dating strategy
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Happy Valentine's Day to all the spouses and partners who are spending today alone in a tent in east Tenneessee waiting 12 hours for their partner to show up smelly and gross and see them for 3 minutes #BM100
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Happy Valentine's Day to all the spouses and partners who are spending today alone in a tent in east Tenneessee waiting 12 hours for their partner to show up smelly and gross and see them for 3 minutes #BM100
WHOMST else took their lady to a Vala-ween haunted house last night???
February 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
WHOMST else took their lady to a Vala-ween haunted house last night???
The first ever South American Winter Olympics gold medalist, that absolutely rules.
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The first ever South American Winter Olympics gold medalist, that absolutely rules.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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This delicate yet defiant object is a medieval gold annular brooch, inscribed with the timeless Latin phrase OMNIA VINCIT AMOR: “Love conquers all.” Worn as both a fastener and a statement of sentiment, this type of brooch was often exchanged as a love token.
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
This delicate yet defiant object is a medieval gold annular brooch, inscribed with the timeless Latin phrase OMNIA VINCIT AMOR: “Love conquers all.” Worn as both a fastener and a statement of sentiment, this type of brooch was often exchanged as a love token.
It’s Oliver Reed’s birthday and I once again cannot emphasize enough how much you need to read this book
February 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
It’s Oliver Reed’s birthday and I once again cannot emphasize enough how much you need to read this book
This is why they’re trying to end electoral democracy in America.
New AP-NORC poll:
Trump job approval - 36%
Economy is good - 34%
Country heading in right direction - 29%
Vance approval - 32%
Trump job approval - 36%
Economy is good - 34%
Country heading in right direction - 29%
Vance approval - 32%
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This is why they’re trying to end electoral democracy in America.
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I spent the last three years loudly trying to point out that this entire thing was a con. And as it related to big tech, they were more interested in forcing "big tech" away from moderating right wing racist agitprop than they were "antitrust reform"
quite successfully, as it turned out
quite successfully, as it turned out
One More Time With Feeling: The GOP Never Seriously Supported ‘Antitrust Reform’ Or Monopoly Busting
For the last few years, press and policy circles were absolutely dominated by talk about how there was an amazing “new, bipartisan coalition” of folks interested in “reining in ‘Big Tech̵…
www.techdirt.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I spent the last three years loudly trying to point out that this entire thing was a con. And as it related to big tech, they were more interested in forcing "big tech" away from moderating right wing racist agitprop than they were "antitrust reform"
quite successfully, as it turned out
quite successfully, as it turned out
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I can't overstate how central outlets like Politico were in propping up the MAGA fake-populist election season lie that Trumpism cared about unchecked corporate predation (usually with helpful quotes by Matt Stoller).
February 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I can't overstate how central outlets like Politico were in propping up the MAGA fake-populist election season lie that Trumpism cared about unchecked corporate predation (usually with helpful quotes by Matt Stoller).
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Democracy Docket=Started in 2020 to inform you about democracy and the courts.
The Docket=started yesterday by NYT.
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The Docket=started yesterday by NYT.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
February 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Democracy Docket=Started in 2020 to inform you about democracy and the courts.
The Docket=started yesterday by NYT.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The Docket=started yesterday by NYT.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0