Breneke
@breneke.bsky.social
Kansas to Belgium with stops along the way. More likely to reply/like than skeet, since most of you say it better/funnier than I can. True blue, both politics and baseball. I confess to being earnest - I think it's important.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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We’re proud to share that #HeroRATs are featured in Ep6 of "My Best Friend’s an Animal". Produced by Big Wave TV for Love Nature, the series highlights the unique bond between dedicated trainers and African giant pouched rats, and how that partnership helps save lives. #APOPO
February 16, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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I was born too late in the last century.
February 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I was born too late in the last century.
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“Peace.It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”
Sometimes life feels relentless and our minds race. Not everything needs solving today.🧡
#kindness #belief
Art by anxiety positive
Sometimes life feels relentless and our minds race. Not everything needs solving today.🧡
#kindness #belief
Art by anxiety positive
February 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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Brilliant analysis of an iconic scene from CASABLANCA with too much contemporary relevance. “The Germans are but one small enclave, finding themselves within a community that’s filled with less traditional power but greater numbers and far superior zeal.”
Do I ever *stop thinking about it*? Yes, but never for that long.
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Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’
Casablanca is widely remembered as one of the greatest films of all time, coming in at #2 on the AFI’s top 100 list and similarly regarded by many other critics. You can quibble with its exac…
seveninchesofyourtime.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Brilliant analysis of an iconic scene from CASABLANCA with too much contemporary relevance. “The Germans are but one small enclave, finding themselves within a community that’s filled with less traditional power but greater numbers and far superior zeal.”
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‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:27 AM
‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
Wishing you all a happy Valentine's Day!
February 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Wishing you all a happy Valentine's Day!
It's not Caturday yet, but here's an article about cats going to college (kind of). www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g...
In Beirut, Lebanon's cats of war find peace on university campus
The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the feline population has grown dramatically.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
It's not Caturday yet, but here's an article about cats going to college (kind of). www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g...
I'd never heard of The Daily Scar, but it seems legit.
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I'd never heard of The Daily Scar, but it seems legit.
This is great news, if they can accomplish it!
🚨🚨Welcome news: The #EU is hatching an unprecedented plan that could give #Ukraine partial #membership in the bloc as early as next year, as Brussels tries to shore up the country’s position in Europe and away from #Moscow. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
5 steps to get Ukraine into the EU in 2027
Plans to bring Kyiv into the tent before it has completed all reforms and to remove Hungary’s veto signal a sense of urgency in Brussels.
www.politico.eu
February 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This is great news, if they can accomplish it!
If you grew up reading Life magazine like I did, this is a fun look back. Even if you didn't, it's still fun!
That’s Life! The magazine that shaped America – in pictures
That’s Life! The magazine that shaped America – in pictures
From grown men eating ice cream – gasp! – to Noël Coward sweating in the desert and a baseball team without pants – a new exhibition celebrates images from the era-defining magazine
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:32 AM
If you grew up reading Life magazine like I did, this is a fun look back. Even if you didn't, it's still fun!
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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We made good progress with the construction of our temporary #peregrine falcon nest box on Derby Cathedral today.
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
We made good progress with the construction of our temporary #peregrine falcon nest box on Derby Cathedral today.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Some amazing wildlife photos here. Photographer/info if you click on the pic (and then it's larger and viewable as a slide show). www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-...
Nuveen People’s Choice Award | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum
Explore the world's best nature photography. See galleries of images, find out more about the competition and about how to visit this year's exhibition.
www.nhm.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Some amazing wildlife photos here. Photographer/info if you click on the pic (and then it's larger and viewable as a slide show). www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-...
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I haven't seen an angry, furious man lose his shit over a bunny like this since Yosemite Sam.
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM
I haven't seen an angry, furious man lose his shit over a bunny like this since Yosemite Sam.
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I told the neighbor
Things looked suspicious outside
She shared the news
I kept watch
Ever vigilant
Another neighbor weighed in
We worked together
To protect
Mom told me to settle down
But those squirrels
Could be dangerous
You don't know for sure
What is this neighborhood coming to
If we don't?
Things looked suspicious outside
She shared the news
I kept watch
Ever vigilant
Another neighbor weighed in
We worked together
To protect
Mom told me to settle down
But those squirrels
Could be dangerous
You don't know for sure
What is this neighborhood coming to
If we don't?
February 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I told the neighbor
Things looked suspicious outside
She shared the news
I kept watch
Ever vigilant
Another neighbor weighed in
We worked together
To protect
Mom told me to settle down
But those squirrels
Could be dangerous
You don't know for sure
What is this neighborhood coming to
If we don't?
Things looked suspicious outside
She shared the news
I kept watch
Ever vigilant
Another neighbor weighed in
We worked together
To protect
Mom told me to settle down
But those squirrels
Could be dangerous
You don't know for sure
What is this neighborhood coming to
If we don't?
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A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
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Bravo.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Bravo.
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OMG. 😣
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
OMG. 😣
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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All this Epstein stuff got me feelin insane over here
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
All this Epstein stuff got me feelin insane over here