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Brian Polk
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Writer for TV (Bumper in Berlin; Animaniacs; Great News) San Diego boy —> LA dad

(Hey🤫I’m watching Star Trek: TOS with friends and podcasting about it here👇
https://open.spotify.com/show/3mB2zCgsLwCCAwnpM3vS9A?si=XCsXVcGNSvqhEGRVRMUupw )
Me when the server asks ‘is this your first time dining with us?’
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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i am always blown away by just how far ahead of its time DS9 was. really some of the most remarkable feats of writing in TV history. and the kind of show that could only have worked with 30+ episode seasons
July 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
So this pope had probably had an authentic Italian Beef, a real Philly Cheesesteak, AND that Peruvian steak sandwich from Mendocino Farms?? Color me impressed
May 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Emilia Perez
Emili a Perez
Emili a Parez
Emili à Paris
Emily in Paris
March 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
And my silent battle with ‘know your meme’ for credit continues to this day…
February 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The guys who are branded as the bravest, toughest, no-bullshit Democrats always come back to: "we must surrender EVEN MORE to the Republicans"
Very serious Democratic strategists advise the party to allow Trump to illegally dismantle USAID -- a decision that will result in the unnecessary deaths of people around the world.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
February 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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you think elon musk is a nazi for doing the nazi salute? next you’ll tell me he’s a nazi for speaking at a rally for AfD, the modern german nazi party 😂
January 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Having a kid so far has been alternating between feeling we’ve been invaded by an alien and feeling like you would gladly do murder on her behalf as well as on behalf of our four favorite nurses
January 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Do you think Nancy Mace will ever notice that the symbol she’s pointing to is of someone in a dress and not, say, a detailed image of a fallopian tube?
January 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Conclave was excellent. When Isabella Rossellini went on the computer, I was riveted.
December 22, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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The ancient Romans considered having a large follower count to be brutish and uncouth, compared to the scholarly and streamlined lowbies
December 18, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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"As we enter the home stretch of the NFL season, the playoff picture is beginning to take shape. Some teams will be playoff-bound – while others will end up on the outside looking in."

- Jon Bois
December 18, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I have now seen Wicked and Gladiator 2 and can confidently say Wicked was more historically accurate
November 23, 2024 at 5:07 AM
We’re doing the Hadestown wall this time.
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 AM
I’m so excited because I’m gonna go to the High School of Performing Arts. I mean I was dying to be a serious actress. Anyway it’s the first day of acting class and we’re in the auditorium and the teacher Mr. Karp puts us up on the stage with our legs around each other, one in back of the other
November 21, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Jeff. Jeff? Come here I need you.
November 21, 2024 at 3:08 AM