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Tom Breen

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UConn news director, former reporter, occasional traveler, very occasional writer

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You: I prefer plays that are firmly grounded in real life, like intense and insightful family dramas

Me:

12.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The pride of Manchester, CT! This is awesome

11.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
bartleby looking out the window, the words i would prefer not to wrapped around him

bartleby looking out the window, the words i would prefer not to wrapped around him

art by roberto ricci -- bartleby

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There is a man at the ACC tournament screaming Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls while Stanford tries to shoot free throws

10.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1577 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 187

This might be the greatest lede I've ever seen

10.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 399 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1
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Inside the numbers: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ties Wilt Chamberlain's 20-point streak record Wilt Chamberlain has some NBA records that might never get touched, like the 100-point game, 4,000 points in a season and a 50-point-per-game scoring average.

Wilt Chamberlain has some NBA records that might never get touched, like the 100-point game, 4,000 points in a season and a 50-point-per-game scoring average.

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rfk standing very normally in a steak and shake

rfk standing very normally in a steak and shake

leland palmer in the black lodge

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Fire department turns down $250,000 Google donation amid data center fight An Oklahoma fire department turned down a significant donation from Google.

I follow the news around local data center resistance fairly closely. This one stands out.

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Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paed...

We are just begin to get an inkling of how deeply embedded Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair were/are with the sinister rich. Every time you think you've seen the worst of it, something else emerges.
www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...

10.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 986 πŸ” 421 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 18

Every great general since antiquity has known that the ideal war is one where the objective constantly changes, often multiple times in one day. It imparts a powerful teaching about the impermanence of things

09.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a New York Times email that says β€œThe Evening: Trump Sends conflicting signals”

a New York Times email that says β€œThe Evening: Trump Sends conflicting signals”

evergreen headline

09.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 517 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

It’s really interesting! Kind of surprising to see a lot of ads from businesses that are still going 53 years later

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The highlight, apart from the Nixon letter, is this bizarre, unexplained list of folk maxims and home cures. Come for the beard-judging contest, stay for the REMEDY FOR PAINFUL WOUNDS

09.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Not only did the beard-judging contest require a planning committee, but the committee had eight (!) members and two co-chairmen

09.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Events for the townsfolk included a beard judging contest, β€œyouth concert” (the imagination soars), and the mysterious promise of β€œMELODRAMA”

09.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I got this β€œsesquicentennial” program off eBay, and was delighted to open it and immediately encounter a congratulatory letter from Richard Nixon

09.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know if boxing is the best counterpoint here …

deadspin.com/why-i-fixed-...

09.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean Harlem globetrotters and Savannah bananas are pretty big as other "fake" sports

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Trump Open to Khamenei Being Killed if Iran’s Leader Doesn’t Cede to U.S. Demands
Hits on critical infrastructure were exchanged, with Israeli strikes on Iranian fuel-storage complexes lighting up the Tehran skyline.

Trump Open to Khamenei Being Killed if Iran’s Leader Doesn’t Cede to U.S. Demands Hits on critical infrastructure were exchanged, with Israeli strikes on Iranian fuel-storage complexes lighting up the Tehran skyline.

What a wild headline.

"Trump open to Khamenei being killed if he doesn't cede to U.S. demands"

Who's ordering the killing? And we just do assassinations bow?

This reads like a Mafia hit. Gross, embarrassing, and, ofc, dangerous.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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Behold NYC's First-Ever Trumpeter Swan A member of the once-near-extinct species has taken up residence in the East River. But why?

Brooklyn has been graced with the appearance of a swan so rare that experts say there have been no recorded sightings of the bird in New York Cityβ€”until now.

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An ice cream sandwich that looks like the roof of the Tokyo Dome

An ice cream sandwich that looks like the roof of the Tokyo Dome

I yearn for this ice cream sandwich

I yearn for this ice cream sandwich

Constantly thinking about the huge Tokyo Dome ice cream sandwich that looks like the roof of the Tokyo Dome

09.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week is what I call β€œFool’s Spring”

09.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey, this song rules. Seventies blue-eyed soul, kind of like early Hall and Oates. And newly topical!

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The King of Spring: my loyal subjects! you shall all come to love Spring. After all, don’t you hate how early it gets dark in the winter? In Spring the days naturally become longer!

*whispers to treacherous advisors*
while everyone is asleep take an hour from them, the fools will never know hahaha

09.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 334 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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So much of the contemporary reactionary mentality boils down to β€œI wish I were still a child.”

09.03.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:

08.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 5431 πŸ” 937 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember all that snow that fell from the Carolinas to Boston? I bet you assume this has been quite a snow season overall. Well, for the Lower 48, this is the least snowy season (through February) for any year since at least 1940-41 when looking at all years through February. Thanks humans!

09.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Someone who is good at the economy tell me if this is awesome news

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