Hank Stern
@hankstern.bsky.social
Twitter emigre who’s an irrational fan of Oregon football, Georgetown basketball, the SF Giants & Trail Blazers. Also a wanna-be novelist who’s a rational reader of history & politics.
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Hank Stern
@hankstern.bsky.social
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"Have you no sense of decency, Sir?" Joseph Welch to Joe McCarthy
YouTube video by Witnify
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Pinning this for the duration:
The best issue of a magazine I have read in a good while.
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The best issue of a magazine I have read in a good while.
A very happy Felix Unger Day to all who celebrate.
November 13th - Official Odd Couple Day - Felix Gets Kicked Out
YouTube video by Joe Cracco… Everything Else 🤷♂️
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A very happy Felix Unger Day to all who celebrate.
Ducks vs Them | 2025 Oregon Football Game 9 | “The Way of the Warrior"
YouTube video by GoDucks
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November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Put everybody in bubble wrap, get on the plane and have a safe flight home to Eugene. #GoDucks
a duck mascot is standing on a football field with a crowd in the background .
ALT: a duck mascot is standing on a football field with a crowd in the background .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Put everybody in bubble wrap, get on the plane and have a safe flight home to Eugene. #GoDucks
One of the many things I miss about the PAC-12 is the opportunity every two years to lament that “it’s always tough in the Palouse.” #GoDucks
a mascot wearing a red jersey with the number 17 on it
ALT: a mascot wearing a red jersey with the number 17 on it
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
One of the many things I miss about the PAC-12 is the opportunity every two years to lament that “it’s always tough in the Palouse.” #GoDucks
Enough with the panic about what Iowa could do to Oregon.
Here’s what Oregon will do to Iowa — get an early lead and coast to a 28-10 win. #GoDucks
Here’s what Oregon will do to Iowa — get an early lead and coast to a 28-10 win. #GoDucks
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Enough with the panic about what Iowa could do to Oregon.
Here’s what Oregon will do to Iowa — get an early lead and coast to a 28-10 win. #GoDucks
Here’s what Oregon will do to Iowa — get an early lead and coast to a 28-10 win. #GoDucks
No way the Blazers were gonna lose on Bill Walton’s birthday. #RipCity
a man in a grateful dead shirt is dancing in a crowd .
ALT: a man in a grateful dead shirt is dancing in a crowd .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
No way the Blazers were gonna lose on Bill Walton’s birthday. #RipCity
When future historians seek out signs of civilization’s utter collapse, may I humbly suggest the moment that the inexplicably compulsory shots of Jerry Jones in his owner’s box somehow got even more ridiculous with the addition of Stephen A. Smith. #MNF
November 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
When future historians seek out signs of civilization’s utter collapse, may I humbly suggest the moment that the inexplicably compulsory shots of Jerry Jones in his owner’s box somehow got even more ridiculous with the addition of Stephen A. Smith. #MNF
My first “byline” in quite some time in Willamette Week. 😀 #RipCity ⬇️
“Never would’ve imagined until today that for a team that drafted LaRue Martin, Sam Bowie and Greg Oden, and that endured the injuries to Bill Walton and Brandon Roy, there’d be a new leader in the clubhouse for ‘OMG news.’”
Readers Respond to the Arrest of Chauncey Billups
WW Staff
www.wweek.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My first “byline” in quite some time in Willamette Week. 😀 #RipCity ⬇️
Good on Yang Hansen for passing the road test for his Oregon driver’s license.
I failed the first time … with the examiner telling me “what it boils down to, young man, is you’re a danger on the road.” #RipCity
I failed the first time … with the examiner telling me “what it boils down to, young man, is you’re a danger on the road.” #RipCity
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Good on Yang Hansen for passing the road test for his Oregon driver’s license.
I failed the first time … with the examiner telling me “what it boils down to, young man, is you’re a danger on the road.” #RipCity
I failed the first time … with the examiner telling me “what it boils down to, young man, is you’re a danger on the road.” #RipCity
Final thought on this most incredible day in #RipCity:
The way sports is chasing gambling revenues these days, Pete Rose wouldn’t be banned by a commissioner.
He would be the commissioner.
The way sports is chasing gambling revenues these days, Pete Rose wouldn’t be banned by a commissioner.
He would be the commissioner.
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Final thought on this most incredible day in #RipCity:
The way sports is chasing gambling revenues these days, Pete Rose wouldn’t be banned by a commissioner.
He would be the commissioner.
The way sports is chasing gambling revenues these days, Pete Rose wouldn’t be banned by a commissioner.
He would be the commissioner.
FWIW, any probe into whether Blazers coaching decisions were affected should begin with the last five minutes of this “tank game” I witnessed in Texas. ⬇️ #RipCity
www.blazersedge.com/2023/4/6/236...
www.blazersedge.com/2023/4/6/236...
Trail Blazers Narrowly Escape Beating Spurs
San Antonio pulls out the 129-127 victory in a game that went down to the final seconds.
www.blazersedge.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
FWIW, any probe into whether Blazers coaching decisions were affected should begin with the last five minutes of this “tank game” I witnessed in Texas. ⬇️ #RipCity
www.blazersedge.com/2023/4/6/236...
www.blazersedge.com/2023/4/6/236...
Never would’ve imagined until
today that for a team that drafted LaRue Martin, Sam Bowie and Greg Oden; and that endured the injuries to Bill Walton and Brandon Roy there’d be a new leader in the clubhouse for “OMG news.” #RipCity
today that for a team that drafted LaRue Martin, Sam Bowie and Greg Oden; and that endured the injuries to Bill Walton and Brandon Roy there’d be a new leader in the clubhouse for “OMG news.” #RipCity
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Never would’ve imagined until
today that for a team that drafted LaRue Martin, Sam Bowie and Greg Oden; and that endured the injuries to Bill Walton and Brandon Roy there’d be a new leader in the clubhouse for “OMG news.” #RipCity
today that for a team that drafted LaRue Martin, Sam Bowie and Greg Oden; and that endured the injuries to Bill Walton and Brandon Roy there’d be a new leader in the clubhouse for “OMG news.” #RipCity