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Ed Thorndike
@weswingsguy.bsky.social
Owner of WesWings and The Red & Black Cafe @ Wesleyan. Came to Wes in ‘85, graduated in ‘89, and never left.
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A year ago I got the call from hospice (they always know) and made the 6 hour drive to Rochester to say goodbye to the smartest person I’ve ever known.
Edward Thorndike, physicist who found ‘beauty’ in b quarks, remembered
Edward Thorndike, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of Rochester, made pathbreaking contributions to the study of matter.
www.rochester.edu
A lot of my friends are questioning the wisdom of attending today’s Pats/Bills game in Foxboro. I’m from Rochester damn it, I was born for days like this.
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
He was not invited for today’s game. Brought my wife instead. Go pats
December 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“Don’t look back, you can never look back”🎶
Saw a cybertruck with both “No Kings” and anti-Elon bumper stickers and honestly have so many questions.
December 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re so back
Flex: The NFL has moved Patriots vs. Ravens for Week 16 to Sunday Night Football on NBC, while Bengals vs. Dolphins will be played on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on CBS.

The full, adjusted slate:
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Omfg
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This Bills Bengals game in Orchard Park has got to be so triggering for @dennycarter.bsky.social Just look at that snow covered stadium.
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Cinema will find a way. 💕
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Does anyone know who won the FIFA prize for chemistry or physics? Or do they announce those after the peace prize?
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Ironically, there is an NFL laureate in physics.
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
GoWes
I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One of best things about owning a longstanding college restaurant is getting to meet and talk with alums who make the trek back to their alma mater and want to go to that "one spot"
I got to hang out with David last night for a few hours over wings and the conversation was awesome. #GoWes
I hope it has a happy ending
DID YOU KNOW that me and @lollardfish.bsky.social's book "Oathbreakers" comes out in paperback next week??? It's make a great gift for friends, family, or enemies. Or for siblings (which can be all 3...)

#medievalsky

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December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some of us never left
Also I don’t even know who is at Wesleyan anymore other than my host but if I’ll have some time so … let me know?
I’m giving a talk at Wesleyan tomorrow and I’ve written it, but I didn’t understand the structure. It said what I wanted to say but I didn’t have my sign posts connecting the three parts. My subconscious figured it out last night, which is very kind of it.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
MARCUS JONES
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Watching the Macy’s parade Stranger Things float.

Mother-in-law “what’s that?”
Me “well first of all that’s not Lou Graham singing”
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“As God is my witness”
"Oh, the humanity!"

Best ever television turkey episode. WKRP in Cincinnati, such a great show.

Of course, this skit is even funnier if you know what happened in 1937.

Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🙁The Harder They Come is one the all time greatest soundtracks.
Breaking News: Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae artist known for songs including “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” has died. He was 81.
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
The Grammy Award-winning singer and star of the movie “The Harder They Come” died of pneumonia, his wife said.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Complaints in the comments section about so called missed PI calls. We are so back.
For all the deserved talk of Drake Maye and the Patriots’ dominant offense, New England’s defense just slammed the door in a comeback bid to seal the win.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“He’s So Fine”
George Harrison releases “My Sweet Lord” 55 years ago today.

“I’ve met so many listeners across the years who said it made them feel peaceful for 3 minutes,” he said. “It made spirituality feel like something you could sing along to while driving a car or washing dishes. That’s all I ever wanted.”
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love?
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“That game — which seems like a candidate to be flexed out of its 1 p.m. ET slot”
I’ve been waiting all season for Sunday Night! (Booked a hotel room weeks ago)
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Uhhhhhhhh is the New England Patriots team plane doing an ICE flight right now?

It just took off out of ICE detention hub airport. Military charter flights go out of there occasionally too, but with a different callsign. Not certain but very weird! 🤔
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
👀
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Gentlemen!"
Nov 15th 1962 - A disciplinary hearing was held against Delta Fraternity. Otter led the fraternity out of the hearing after giving a rousing speech.

📽️📅 Animal House (1978)
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM