David Rheinstrom
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David Rheinstrom
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English Language Arts video-maker at @KhanAcademy.org.
Children's book author, bean evangelist, wife guy, bon vivant, bon-bon vivant.
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This one is my unabashed love letter to @gamechangershow.bsky.social, continuing the tradition of videos in which a man in a suit bursts out of nowhere to spring a gameshow on unwitting contestants. I play Kevin; Felipe plays Bobby; Iman plays Maria, Bobby's mom.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwWi...
Real world: SMART goals | Teacher resources | Financial Literacy | Khan Academy
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Criminalmeeeente 😉
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I successfully named FOUR Canadian premiers today while chatting with a colleague, after he, a Canadian, identified a congresswoman I spoke of as member of the House Progressive Caucus. My colleague was pleased and flabbergasted; my fellow Americans, the bar is in hell!
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A) this is horrific
B) this feels like something that could have happened on DETROITERS
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
What are other movies you'd like to see *in space*?

Star Wars is already at that sweet spot of war movie/western/samurai picture; I feel like YOJIMBO in space would be a helluva good time.
i would welcome however another attempt to do THE DIRTY DOZEN in space.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I showed this to my wife and she said "go to jail"
Um it's pronounced çranbüriye
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
tonight, our friend group convenes for our That Guy Bracket final four championship. We debate! We discuss! We prepare for our next bracket in December, which will be about which baked goods we think are the best.

Anyway my money's on Stephen Root
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hey have any of y'all ever started a listserv or whatsapp community for their block?

What should I include in this thing?
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
a story about taxes and donkeys
A friend I've known for many years, long before moving to DC, works for the US Treasury. Major Crimes and Fraud, SDNY. His job is to take billionaires to court on behalf of taxpayers. Add him to my short but growing list of People For Whom I Feel Patriotism.
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I am sure a million people have made this connection before but I hadn't seen AVATAR since it was in theaters in 2009.

But damn me if James Cameron hasn't read FOREIGNER, because COME ON
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Listening to the PLURIBUS tie-in podcast, I'm realizing for the first time that Vince Gilligan has an extremely plummy, cheery sounding timbre, with an accent that reminds me of nothing so much as Goofy, the Disney character.

An American treasure, this man! I'd never heard his voice before now.
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
My wonderful friend Jules worked on this game, but I would have picked it up regardless. It's so eerie and beautiful and FUN, and yet it makes room for softness and grief.

Hard recommend; can't wait to dive into what's beyond the demo tonight.
Drive back a hostile alien fungus with a spray cleaner as you traverse your childhood home with grappling tethers & gravity tools.. but is your first love among the dead?

"System shock meets Powerwash Simulator" - @pcgamer.com
"beautiful, intimate, deeply affecting" - @ign.com

Available now!
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Some personal news: I have darned my first sock!

Is it beautiful? GOD no

Am I inordinately proud? Yes.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Say, that reminds me
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Why am I just learning now that Brad Lander's given name is BRADFORD
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reposted by David Rheinstrom
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR

supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ok now I can explain it

youtube.com/shorts/AEwzL...
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you had a 50-gallon cauldron, what would you cook in it? What sort of parties would you throw as an excuse to haul this thing out?
By the end of the afternoon, this is how full it got. Ruth and Avi purchased *15 bushels of apples*.

I don't think I've done anything quite so autumnal in a really long time.
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Letter of recommendation: get you a friend who has a 50-gallon cauldron and spend the weekend making an UNSPEAKABLE quantity of apple butter. My old college friend Ruth invited us out to her place for an apple butter shindig, and we're already scheming about more ways to use that magnificent kettle.
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"We shall bring you a treat. Something NICE of Washington to ease the sting of this wretched place!"
lol we’re both guilty
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Icarus: Oh, so we're only allowed to fail UP now?

Tantalus: I'm sorry, I thought you said you were *hungry*
Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would. I’ll start.

Oedipus: Like you’ve never had sex with someone and regretted it later
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I received exactly one real phone call today. Everything else has been spam. I used to enjoy getting phone calls! Now, my default assumption is that a robot or a recording is lying to me about a parking ticket in a place I've never lived.
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
hey did you know other people are also running for senate in Maine

www.costelloforsenate.com
www.tuckerforcongress.com/about
www.danformaine.com
www.dairaformaine.com
electjordan.com

tell me anything about ANY OF THESE PEOPLE
Home | Costello For Senate
www.costelloforsenate.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Great news out of my alma mater! Thanks, y'all. Thanks for not knuckling under.
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
he's running
ed3d.net Ed @ed3d.net · Oct 21
I have one kettlebell, a modest twenty-pounder, left behind by a former roommate

Might be too many
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I think my big takeaway from yesterday's protests is that we should be teaching people all the lyrics to the battle hymn of the republic. Someone brought a little flute and piped little martial tunes and it was honestly wonderful
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM