Tim Brunelle
@tbrunelle.bsky.social
Generalist. Minnesotan. Dad. Occasionally successful at curing hiccups.
If “6-7” confuses you, here’s a thorough explainer on our long history of linguistic memes. Nice effort @gregswan.bsky.social
gregswan.substack.com/p/eat-my-sho...
gregswan.substack.com/p/eat-my-sho...
Eat My Shorts! What can we learn from the viral sayings of our childhood to understand 6-7?
Down, down, baby. Down by the rollercoaster. Sweet sweet baby, I'll never let you go. Shimmy shimmy coco pop. Shimmy shimmy pow. Shimmy shimmy coco pop. Shimmy shimmy pow!
gregswan.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If “6-7” confuses you, here’s a thorough explainer on our long history of linguistic memes. Nice effort @gregswan.bsky.social
gregswan.substack.com/p/eat-my-sho...
gregswan.substack.com/p/eat-my-sho...
RIP Jack DeJohnette - one of the most artful and propulsive drummers ever. This duet with Michael Brecker is etched in my brain.
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Syzygy
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October 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
RIP Jack DeJohnette - one of the most artful and propulsive drummers ever. This duet with Michael Brecker is etched in my brain.
open.spotify.com/track/3mewo7...
open.spotify.com/track/3mewo7...
I think the rule is all calliopes must be mildly out of tune.
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I think the rule is all calliopes must be mildly out of tune.
When someone is presenting and using a browser I am much more curious about all their bookmarks and tab titles than the actual slides.
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
When someone is presenting and using a browser I am much more curious about all their bookmarks and tab titles than the actual slides.
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“Assault rifles turn survivable injuries into fatal ones. They turn small tragedies into mass tragedies.”
It’s that simple.
www.startribune.com/several-annu...
It’s that simple.
www.startribune.com/several-annu...
Annunciation parents call on state lawmakers to ban assault weapons
Republicans are pushing to increase funding for mental health treatment beds and school security measures, while Gov. Tim Walz pushes for limits on assault weapons. At a statehouse meeting, parents of...
www.startribune.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Assault rifles turn survivable injuries into fatal ones. They turn small tragedies into mass tragedies.”
It’s that simple.
www.startribune.com/several-annu...
It’s that simple.
www.startribune.com/several-annu...
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These guys are simply not smart.
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
These guys are simply not smart.
This is how normal people stir their coffee, right?
August 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is how normal people stir their coffee, right?
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Every single object in the frame is important to this story.
August 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Every single object in the frame is important to this story.
A Gentle Reminder is an awesome name for a metal band album title
July 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A Gentle Reminder is an awesome name for a metal band album title
Techno Viking (Unedited Original Video)
YouTube video by Quantum Digital Official
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June 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social writes especially well in this tragic moment.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/we-dont-re...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/we-dont-re...
June 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
@charlotteclymer.bsky.social writes especially well in this tragic moment.
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/we-dont-re...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/we-dont-re...
T-Mellon Events has it going on. 😆
June 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
T-Mellon Events has it going on. 😆
A scintillating user experience! One could draft an opus to desktop printing, regulations, culture, bad habit, and adhesives. Also, fonts.
June 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A scintillating user experience! One could draft an opus to desktop printing, regulations, culture, bad habit, and adhesives. Also, fonts.
I think my favorite thing about @microsoft.com PowerPoint is its ability to absolutely mess up any and all typography - desktop app or online, it’s sure to fail you 100%.
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I think my favorite thing about @microsoft.com PowerPoint is its ability to absolutely mess up any and all typography - desktop app or online, it’s sure to fail you 100%.
Money quote: “As ever, this speaks to the discomfort financial executives have with the very idea of creatively leveraged alpha (above market returns).” @farisyakob.com
In other words, creativity works, but how is an adamant mystery for some.
www.warc.com/newsandopini...
In other words, creativity works, but how is an adamant mystery for some.
www.warc.com/newsandopini...
Artisanal advertising | WARC
In an age of average, the handmade, bespoke creativity and execution will become the preserve of fewer and fewer brands, Faris Yakob observes, but that means artisanal - handmade - advertising will be...
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May 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Money quote: “As ever, this speaks to the discomfort financial executives have with the very idea of creatively leveraged alpha (above market returns).” @farisyakob.com
In other words, creativity works, but how is an adamant mystery for some.
www.warc.com/newsandopini...
In other words, creativity works, but how is an adamant mystery for some.
www.warc.com/newsandopini...
If you like John Mayer, the Roots, and jazz-infused harmonies, you might dig my 18 year old’s latest release. Eli Brunelle: April
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April
Eli Brunelle · Album · 2025 · 7 songs
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April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you like John Mayer, the Roots, and jazz-infused harmonies, you might dig my 18 year old’s latest release. Eli Brunelle: April
open.spotify.com/album/2hsdue...
open.spotify.com/album/2hsdue...
“Solidarity and advocacy across generations are not just an exercise of empathy, it’s a means of future survival.”
Kudos to @teenvogue.com for continuing to shine a light on complex topics, like aging.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Kudos to @teenvogue.com for continuing to shine a light on complex topics, like aging.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
The Trump Administration Is Going After Your Grandma
When older adults lose access to vital services, their entire families face the consequences.
www.teenvogue.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Solidarity and advocacy across generations are not just an exercise of empathy, it’s a means of future survival.”
Kudos to @teenvogue.com for continuing to shine a light on complex topics, like aging.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Kudos to @teenvogue.com for continuing to shine a light on complex topics, like aging.
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Thank you, Mike Monteiro, for articulating the curse of addiction to certainty:
“They want order. They want sameness. But the only sameness they want is for you to be as miserable as they are.“
“They want order. They want sameness. But the only sameness they want is for you to be as miserable as they are.“
This week’s newsletter is about the joy that comes from being different than miserable people: buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to write with the Devil’s hand
Detail from a painting I finished a few week’s ago. This week’s question comes to us from Jonathan Stephens: You recently wrote, “...since my brain and your...
buttondown.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Thank you, Mike Monteiro, for articulating the curse of addiction to certainty:
“They want order. They want sameness. But the only sameness they want is for you to be as miserable as they are.“
“They want order. They want sameness. But the only sameness they want is for you to be as miserable as they are.“
Hats off to @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social for scientifically describing Trump and team, as “committing economic suicide to chase the ghosts of an imagined past while promising an impossible future.” We’ve seen this not work at all, before!
April 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hats off to @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social for scientifically describing Trump and team, as “committing economic suicide to chase the ghosts of an imagined past while promising an impossible future.” We’ve seen this not work at all, before!
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I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
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Walz: It's like trump is stuck in the 80s. His music, his clothing, his thinking. I think the biggest myth perpetuated on this country that Donald Trump understands anything about business. He's bankrupted every single one he's been into, and now he's bankrupting this country
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Walz: It's like trump is stuck in the 80s. His music, his clothing, his thinking. I think the biggest myth perpetuated on this country that Donald Trump understands anything about business. He's bankrupted every single one he's been into, and now he's bankrupting this country