Timothy Braun (a.k.a. The Braunologue)
@timothybraun.bsky.social
Writer for @nytimes @huffingtonpost @AmericanTheatre @AustinChronicle @Austin_Monthly @TexasStandard and some sad plays and operas. RT not a endorsement.
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MAGA Who Only Look at My Bio: NY Times is lies & fake news!
Me: I write about my dog.
MAGA Who Only Look at My Bio: LIES!
Me: DOG!
Me: I write about my dog.
MAGA Who Only Look at My Bio: LIES!
Me: DOG!
I can’t believe I’m going to root for Michigan today. This just feels wrong, like eating BBQ at a petting zoo.
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I can’t believe I’m going to root for Michigan today. This just feels wrong, like eating BBQ at a petting zoo.
I asked ChatGPT how to talk to children about what Indiana University's football team did to Purdue tonight. This was the response.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I asked ChatGPT how to talk to children about what Indiana University's football team did to Purdue tonight. This was the response.
If Purdue ruins our perfect season (Indiana University football) I will be drinking bleach in the bathtub tonight.
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If Purdue ruins our perfect season (Indiana University football) I will be drinking bleach in the bathtub tonight.
The fact that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is being cohosted by the guy who interviews celebrated while eating hot wings feels like peek Vonnegut to me.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The fact that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is being cohosted by the guy who interviews celebrated while eating hot wings feels like peek Vonnegut to me.
Remember, your Thanksgiving turkey is bird murder, delicious bird murder.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Remember, your Thanksgiving turkey is bird murder, delicious bird murder.
I want tio see Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of "Caddyshack."
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I want tio see Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of "Caddyshack."
I'm Mr. Mean Professor because I'm holding class on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Look, whippersnappers, when I was your age, we had playwriting class on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and we had to walk through snow, up hill to get there, and we liked it!
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm Mr. Mean Professor because I'm holding class on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Look, whippersnappers, when I was your age, we had playwriting class on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and we had to walk through snow, up hill to get there, and we liked it!
Waiting for Godot but with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Waiting for Godot but with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross.
Football is a fickle mistress
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Football is a fickle mistress
One magician...?
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
One magician...?
Developing a theory that ChatGPT gets its answers from Gemini, Gemini gets its answers from Claude, and Claude gets its answers from ChatGPT. Tis a snake eating its own tail.
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Developing a theory that ChatGPT gets its answers from Gemini, Gemini gets its answers from Claude, and Claude gets its answers from ChatGPT. Tis a snake eating its own tail.
An adaptation of Fight Club, but we replace the humans with Waymo cars.
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
An adaptation of Fight Club, but we replace the humans with Waymo cars.
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Just read the intro.
Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system.
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Just read the intro.
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Sen. John Kennedy on Epstein: "I just don't think this issue is gonna go away until it's addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a Sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it."
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sen. John Kennedy on Epstein: "I just don't think this issue is gonna go away until it's addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a Sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it."
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Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Whole bunch of stuff beginning to make a lot of sense.
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The Immaculate Grid GOAT
The Spain game will be OG QB2 Josh Johnson’s 10th international NFL game. He’s played in all 3 London stadiums & said he told his less traveled teammates to try the local food (he’s had oxtail lasagna and a carrot soup, and to beware the slick pitch “gotta have your feet underneath you more”
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Immaculate Grid GOAT
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...is there a lord marmalade?
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
...is there a lord marmalade?
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
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This fresh hell tastes like they used margarine
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This fresh hell tastes like they used margarine
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Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Joyce Carol Oates said what everyone’s been thinking and did it with elegance.
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Darth Vader has assured Lando Calrissian that Princess Liea and Chewbacca will be left under his supervision in Cloud City and that's good enough for Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Darth Vader has assured Lando Calrissian that Princess Liea and Chewbacca will be left under his supervision in Cloud City and that's good enough for Chuck Schumer.