Brendan
@brendanbe.bsky.social
I enjoy good books and good shitposts. I don’t post much.
thanks to doordash etc., a pizza delivery now costs double what it used to, and they just leave it on the ground outside your door. enshittification in action
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
thanks to doordash etc., a pizza delivery now costs double what it used to, and they just leave it on the ground outside your door. enshittification in action
In fairness, it's hard to tell all the Mar-a-Lago faces apart
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In fairness, it's hard to tell all the Mar-a-Lago faces apart
you said it — i had no idea how much of a tiresome dweeb he was
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
you said it — i had no idea how much of a tiresome dweeb he was
I came to your show during the pandemic and worked backwards through older episodes. I finally listened to Episode One and read this book, which I'd never heard of, in the summer of ’23 — and it destroyed me. Thank you for ripping my heart out (complimentary)
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I came to your show during the pandemic and worked backwards through older episodes. I finally listened to Episode One and read this book, which I'd never heard of, in the summer of ’23 — and it destroyed me. Thank you for ripping my heart out (complimentary)
As is so often the case, this is a rabbit hole worth exploring!
The European country has promised it will no longer kill Basques on sight
This grudge stems from an incident in 1615, when suspicions between locals and shipwrecked whalers from Spain led to the slaughter of 32 Basques
www.independent.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As is so often the case, this is a rabbit hole worth exploring!
He's also involved in another "Hamnet" adaptation for the stage??
(I read the whole piece, and the headline is a pretty bad representation of it)
(I read the whole piece, and the headline is a pretty bad representation of it)
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He's also involved in another "Hamnet" adaptation for the stage??
(I read the whole piece, and the headline is a pretty bad representation of it)
(I read the whole piece, and the headline is a pretty bad representation of it)
Hear me out: Gail the Snail from Sunny dyed her hair and joined the Trump administration
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hear me out: Gail the Snail from Sunny dyed her hair and joined the Trump administration
Thanks for the reminder that we’re catching up to the future
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Thanks for the reminder that we’re catching up to the future
Looking forward to this making my blood pressure spike during my drive to work tomorrow
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Looking forward to this making my blood pressure spike during my drive to work tomorrow
one thing about living in the twenty-twenties for me is the impossibility of reconciling my revulsion for all things a.i. with my genuine affection for Lt. Cmdr. Data
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
one thing about living in the twenty-twenties for me is the impossibility of reconciling my revulsion for all things a.i. with my genuine affection for Lt. Cmdr. Data
it has a couple of funny moments, but classifying it as a comedy for a list like this is insane
(ftr: i think it’s the Coens’ best movie and one of the great American films of the past 50 years)
(ftr: i think it’s the Coens’ best movie and one of the great American films of the past 50 years)
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
it has a couple of funny moments, but classifying it as a comedy for a list like this is insane
(ftr: i think it’s the Coens’ best movie and one of the great American films of the past 50 years)
(ftr: i think it’s the Coens’ best movie and one of the great American films of the past 50 years)
putting THE GREAT DICTATOR ahead of LITERALLY EVERY OTHER CHAPLIN (not to mention Buster Keaton) MOVIE:
c’mon man
c’mon man
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
putting THE GREAT DICTATOR ahead of LITERALLY EVERY OTHER CHAPLIN (not to mention Buster Keaton) MOVIE:
c’mon man
c’mon man
incredible that this glorious website is free
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
incredible that this glorious website is free
⭐️ to whoever chose this photo to illustrate the story, lmao
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
⭐️ to whoever chose this photo to illustrate the story, lmao
Here’s the original essay: www.theguardian.com/books/2005/a...
The outsider
Novelist Rachel Cusk joined a book group to discuss beauty and truth. Instead she found herself defending Chekhov, and perplexed as to why the English resist stories of everyday life.
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Here’s the original essay: www.theguardian.com/books/2005/a...
@iammilliam.bsky.social ’s anecdote about Cusk’s book club piece in The Guardian left me wanting to dig up the lost response from one of the ladies in said book club ... and I think I found it? It looks like it appeared in the print paper two weeks later! 🔥💅 www.theguardian.com/books/2005/s...
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
@iammilliam.bsky.social ’s anecdote about Cusk’s book club piece in The Guardian left me wanting to dig up the lost response from one of the ladies in said book club ... and I think I found it? It looks like it appeared in the print paper two weeks later! 🔥💅 www.theguardian.com/books/2005/s...
I already knew Epstein was a monster, but can we add to his crimes his use of two commas instead of an ellipsis?
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I already knew Epstein was a monster, but can we add to his crimes his use of two commas instead of an ellipsis?
Andy, if you want your fans to go after your detractors you need to provide a link 🔥⋔
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Andy, if you want your fans to go after your detractors you need to provide a link 🔥⋔
Seeing this just now made me find my copy on my shelf and remember I got it signed after seeing him read at the Dodge Poetry Festival in '04. It's not as lauded as What Work Is or The Simple Truth, but it's one of my favorites anyway
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Seeing this just now made me find my copy on my shelf and remember I got it signed after seeing him read at the Dodge Poetry Festival in '04. It's not as lauded as What Work Is or The Simple Truth, but it's one of my favorites anyway
Excuse me: **MERVYN** Peake.
I cannot be weird enough for the British
I cannot be weird enough for the British
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Excuse me: **MERVYN** Peake.
I cannot be weird enough for the British
I cannot be weird enough for the British
I have just discovered that "Mervin Peake" was in fact *not* a pen name.
England: what a country
England: what a country
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I have just discovered that "Mervin Peake" was in fact *not* a pen name.
England: what a country
England: what a country
q. for lawyers/jurists on here: do judges tend to look favorably on purple prose in legal filings (“MAGA myrmidons” etc.)?
language like that seems meant to be quoted in articles and posts, not the person who'll actually rule on the merits.
just curious whether judges will reward or punish them
language like that seems meant to be quoted in articles and posts, not the person who'll actually rule on the merits.
just curious whether judges will reward or punish them
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
q. for lawyers/jurists on here: do judges tend to look favorably on purple prose in legal filings (“MAGA myrmidons” etc.)?
language like that seems meant to be quoted in articles and posts, not the person who'll actually rule on the merits.
just curious whether judges will reward or punish them
language like that seems meant to be quoted in articles and posts, not the person who'll actually rule on the merits.
just curious whether judges will reward or punish them
I want to say 2008? He spoke to me!
To wit [pushing through the crowd to the back of the bar before the readings started]: “’Scuse me, fellas, I gotta use the john.”
The man was a national treasure.
To wit [pushing through the crowd to the back of the bar before the readings started]: “’Scuse me, fellas, I gotta use the john.”
The man was a national treasure.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I want to say 2008? He spoke to me!
To wit [pushing through the crowd to the back of the bar before the readings started]: “’Scuse me, fellas, I gotta use the john.”
The man was a national treasure.
To wit [pushing through the crowd to the back of the bar before the readings started]: “’Scuse me, fellas, I gotta use the john.”
The man was a national treasure.