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bradley babendir

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writer (the baffler, the boston globe, bright wall dark room, etc) & photographer

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the venezuela - dominican republic game is so good

12.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i've used one and it still seems totally fake to me

12.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

wait parking on the street in new york is mostly free? what? this whole time i thought it was a real city. wow!

11.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Grogu: [inquisitive trilling]
Mandalorian: [gruffly] Yes, that's Douglas MacArthur.

11.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it’s wild how every scene and every shot in ”all the presidentβ€˜s men” is perfect

11.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they're truly awful lol

10.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

hoppers…finally pixar tackles the difficult subject matter of the CIA, Cuba, and the JFK assassination.

09.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's really insulting when the website makes you do the captcha test and *then* tells you that your password was incorrect. fuck you.

09.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

still thinking about this. imagine being this much of a spineless pathetic loser. saying in the newspaper "i'm a spineless pathetic loser." working your whole life to become the CCO of pixar so you can tell the wall street journal "i'm a spinelss pathetic loser."

08.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i continue to be an easy mark for novelty minor league baseball merchandise

08.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

writer & director of β€œinside out,” if you can believe it lol

08.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the roles maggie gyllenhaal gives to peter sarsgaard…very funny spouse casting

07.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI this last week I wrote about Minneapolis again

07.03.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
06.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 507 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

the bride! is…quite bad. but you can really tell maggie gyllenhaal spent a lot of time in brooklyn bookstores.

06.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

::Ryen Russillo voice:: Wait, what

05.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

sure, we stole a bunch of copyrighted material and are offering advice from dead people but at least our new products are terrible and for some reason even the old stuff is unusable now too

05.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is a Newsletter #74 Newsletter recipients,

new newsletter! subjects include: wuthering heights, how to make a killing, mood machine, the pitt, fear factor, and more!

thisisanewsletter.substack.com/p/this-is-a-...

04.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some really cool bookmarks arrived all the way from the UK.

04.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm running for State Rep! β€” Ben Ewen-Campen for ward 3 Somerville Somerville City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen launches campaign for State Representative in the 27th Middlesex District Five-term Councilor cites Somerville's progressive track record as model for Bea...

πŸ”” I’m thrilled to announce that I’m running for State Rep! We have accomplished an enormous amount of progressive change in Somerville over the past eight years, and I am fired up to bring this work to the State House. I’m so excited to start knocking doors and earning your votes.

Press release πŸ‘‡

04.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

imaging a world where the vikings become the first nfl team with a dedicated LAN center and instantly become a top free agent destination

04.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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His mother is dying. Will she finally stop yelling at him? - The Boston Globe Mothers who just don’t understand have been a fixture in literature since literature was invented. After all, Hamlet’s mom marries the man who murdered his dad.

i reviewed β€œnight night fawn” by jordy rosenberg for @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/03/a...

03.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a black and white cat on the arm of a couch and a grey and white cat on the floor looking up at her

a black and white cat on the arm of a couch and a grey and white cat on the floor looking up at her

the dinner wanters

03.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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His mother is dying. Will she finally stop yelling at him? - The Boston Globe Mothers who just don’t understand have been a fixture in literature since literature was invented. After all, Hamlet’s mom marries the man who murdered his dad.

i reviewed β€œnight night fawn” by jordy rosenberg for @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/03/a...

03.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are the consequences We, collectively, are the condition that makes their defeat inevitable.

I have a new essay out today. For Welcome To Hellworld I wrote about my home, Minneapolis, again; I worked through some thoughts on why the concept of "victory" feels so hollow right now but why it might signal something far more important in the future.
www.welcometohellworld.com/we-are-the-c...

03.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

haha. ha ha. ha. ha. uhhhhhh.

03.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a progressive income tax? sorry kiddo, that betrays a "utopian" desire that can only ever end in tragedy. but a relentless program of constant wars, occupations, and genocides fast and slow, for oil, land, and fulfilling the commands of a blood-hungry god? thats just Adults in the Room doing Policy

28.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 691 πŸ” 205 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

propaganda coup for antisemitism

28.02.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Claims of 40 dead after an Israeli airstrike on a elementary girl’s school in Iran
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

28.02.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 2003 πŸ” 939 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 235

i think it’s really bad that the united states consistently demonstrates that diplomacy gets you nothing and the only thing that can actually protect you is having nuclear weapons

28.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0