Tom Breen
@tombreen.bsky.social
UConn news director, former reporter, occasional traveler, very occasional writer
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All it takes is one bad gig.
December 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
All it takes is one bad gig.
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Outlook for the new year ...
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Outlook for the new year ...
Making my predictions for 2026
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Making my predictions for 2026
They’re starting to wise up
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They’re starting to wise up
I once sold a vintage mystery novel to Paul Giamatti on eBay
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I once sold a vintage mystery novel to Paul Giamatti on eBay
Personal fashion concept for 2026: background bait shop customer during an interview segment in a documentary about how Sasquatch is real
December 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Personal fashion concept for 2026: background bait shop customer during an interview segment in a documentary about how Sasquatch is real
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Just watched Weapons. Like all good horror, comes with comedy moments. Excellent story telling, lets the viewer work it all out without clunkingly obvious plot devices.
Weapons (2025 film) - Wikipedia
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December 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just watched Weapons. Like all good horror, comes with comedy moments. Excellent story telling, lets the viewer work it all out without clunkingly obvious plot devices.
Mere hours away from 2026, and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: will this be the year I finally read Anthony Powell’s “A Dance to the Music of Time”?
December 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Mere hours away from 2026, and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: will this be the year I finally read Anthony Powell’s “A Dance to the Music of Time”?
Today’s Thing That Unexpectedly Made Me Feel Old: Hearing a podcaster pronounce Ed Koch’s surname as “coke”
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Today’s Thing That Unexpectedly Made Me Feel Old: Hearing a podcaster pronounce Ed Koch’s surname as “coke”
We’re losing the battle to keep the definition of “liminal space” as “a space that facilitates a transition from one place to another” and not “empty playground at night.”
December 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We’re losing the battle to keep the definition of “liminal space” as “a space that facilitates a transition from one place to another” and not “empty playground at night.”
New addition to the Bobblehead lineup
December 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New addition to the Bobblehead lineup
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"Creepy, crawly, and host to macabre beings, with the old school flair of a late-night stroll through the video store, Notes from Underground sits squarely in the upper echelons of world-building horror."
Some kind words about my latest in a far-ranging roundup at Heavy Feather Review!
Some kind words about my latest in a far-ranging roundup at Heavy Feather Review!
“Cheers to the Weirdos!”: Jesi Bender Presents a Heavy Feather Favorites List for 2025
Here we go again! Putting together this year brings me such joy and I hope you find something beautiful here, too. Sometimes, it can seem as if no one reads anymore but making this list reassures m…
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December 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Creepy, crawly, and host to macabre beings, with the old school flair of a late-night stroll through the video store, Notes from Underground sits squarely in the upper echelons of world-building horror."
Some kind words about my latest in a far-ranging roundup at Heavy Feather Review!
Some kind words about my latest in a far-ranging roundup at Heavy Feather Review!
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well this is certainly something
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
well this is certainly something
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i think the internet has given every human being on earth irreversible brain damage
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
i think the internet has given every human being on earth irreversible brain damage
I agree with this (I have read 115 books this year)
December 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I agree with this (I have read 115 books this year)
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Funny/depressing @toddintheshadows.bsky.social recap of the year’s worst pop. I’d forgotten TS’s execrable Charli diss track youtu.be/41A5knAYlaE?...
The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2025
YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows
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December 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Funny/depressing @toddintheshadows.bsky.social recap of the year’s worst pop. I’d forgotten TS’s execrable Charli diss track youtu.be/41A5knAYlaE?...
It’s time
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s time
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My favorite factoid is that the average Brit outside of London makes less than the average West Virginian but has to deal with a housing market comparable to California.
America is a country of extreme wealth and extreme inequality, both things can be true at once
America is a country of extreme wealth and extreme inequality, both things can be true at once
I think that this belief is more common than any of us would like to admit and it is also extremely fucking wrong. This is why it’s important to learn about the rest of the world.
all of america is "extremely poor" you dipshit, it's trying to persuade the bulk of this country. You're so detached from reality
December 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My favorite factoid is that the average Brit outside of London makes less than the average West Virginian but has to deal with a housing market comparable to California.
America is a country of extreme wealth and extreme inequality, both things can be true at once
America is a country of extreme wealth and extreme inequality, both things can be true at once
I thought this was maybe a joke or a disturbed person posting it, but immediately the comments were full of people relating anecdotes about this group and saying stuff like “Oh believe me, the Waltham Pokémon community is well aware of Jeszar.”
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I thought this was maybe a joke or a disturbed person posting it, but immediately the comments were full of people relating anecdotes about this group and saying stuff like “Oh believe me, the Waltham Pokémon community is well aware of Jeszar.”
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A type of practice that I find interesting historically is the rigorously untrue. Astrology, for instance, was often a very tightly defined practice with a seriously requirement of learning: it just wasn’t actually real.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A type of practice that I find interesting historically is the rigorously untrue. Astrology, for instance, was often a very tightly defined practice with a seriously requirement of learning: it just wasn’t actually real.
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jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
jeremy strong in the springsteen movie looks like they made an oscar bait minions adaptation
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‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
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December 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
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[doing backing vocals for Sam Cooke] Science Book
December 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
[doing backing vocals for Sam Cooke] Science Book