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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 14h

Preteen boys should consume a media diet of Crichton and King and nothing else

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 14h

Lucky as hell. I was at game 2 of that ALDS (the Leyritz homer)

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 15h

I'm rereading 'Jurassic Park' for the first time in probably 30 years and it still hits.

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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a hockey preview for you! It's concise, comprehensive, and objectifies a lot of men. defector.com/whos-hot-and...

Who's Hot And Who's Not? A 2025–26 NHL Preview | Defector

[Ear-shaking siren noise] It’s time for the NHL season preview! Drop the needle on Stompin’ Tom. You probably get how most of this works by now, but I’ve got a new method of organizing the teams. I’m ...

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Pau @suzukipc.bsky.social · 1d

I doodled it

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 2d

Having visions of the summer of Drury/Gomez, except, you know, not a total disaster

BK @whitesox.bsky.social · 2d

Now we know what the Hawks are sitting at the salary floor for

Tweet:

Interesting to note that McDavid & Matthews could both be free agents in the summer of 2028

Same agent, too

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 3d

Cobble Hill

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 3d

Overheard, large muscled man to impossibly tiny longhaired dachshund: “Please shit, princess.”

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 4d

I would’ve nailed it

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 4d

We’ve all gotta pretend it makes any sense

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 4d

We kind of take it for granted, but Neil Armstrong fucking up his quote at the big moment is like a top 5 funniest thing to ever happen.

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 5d

This is legal as long as he dies

Defector @defector.com · 5d

Treasury Department has plans to mint dollar coin featuring Donald Trump's likeness: defector.com/treasury-dep...

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 5d

"As you can see, I am not a crank." defector.com/name-a-28-ye...

Name A 28-Year-Old | Defector

Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it. Zendaya? 29. ...

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry but that's clearly a chicken

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 6d

What the hell was my problem

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 6d

The iPhone calculator app lets you see your history and it’s pretty humiliating

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 9d

Baroque, yeah

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 9d

I’m going to disagree with everyone here and say Anathem. It’s self-contained and accessible by comparison to most.

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 9d

I just read 3,000 consecutive Neal Stephenson pages and my brain has that slightly woozy affect that comes from exiting a theater after the sun has gone down.

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 14d

I feel sort of done dirty by Silksong (I was fine with Hollow Knight's difficulty but this is just sadism) but I know my beloved Hades will treat me right.

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 15d

Real Entenmannheads know fall is the best season

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maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 19d

"An astonishing 95 percent of the 7,130 eligible MLB players were remembered at least once. Judging by bWAR accumulated in the 2000s, the most productive MLB player who went unremembered was Reese Olson, who has 4.4 bWAR at time of writing."

Defector @defector.com · 19d

Who gets remembered? Crunching the numbers from 36,000 immaculate grids: defector.com/who-gets-rem...