Tom Breen
@tombreen.bsky.social
UConn news director, former reporter, occasional traveler, very occasional writer
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Like most people, I am watching Rowan and Martin host the Grammy Awards.
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Like most people, I am watching Rowan and Martin host the Grammy Awards.
Guess who’s about to stimulate the economy in a big way
Drain in the basement clogged and backed up, causing an electrical outlet to short out
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Guess who’s about to stimulate the economy in a big way
Drain in the basement clogged and backed up, causing an electrical outlet to short out
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Drain in the basement clogged and backed up, causing an electrical outlet to short out
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This was a hard-fought contract, and for the first time in recent history, we now have an actual system for annual raises at the Daily News.
A monumental win with this ratification vote.
(And Kerry is the best street reporter around, brotha.)
A monumental win with this ratification vote.
(And Kerry is the best street reporter around, brotha.)
May the history of the Daily News, when it is written, reflect that upon unanimous ratification of the first contract in more than three decades, the next words uttered in the Zoom call were those of street reporter Kerry Burke: “Okay, I got a homicide. I gotta go.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This was a hard-fought contract, and for the first time in recent history, we now have an actual system for annual raises at the Daily News.
A monumental win with this ratification vote.
(And Kerry is the best street reporter around, brotha.)
A monumental win with this ratification vote.
(And Kerry is the best street reporter around, brotha.)
The Internet was a mistake
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Internet was a mistake
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Grace Kelly photographed on 4 October 1951 watching the World Series opener between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants at Warner Bros Burbank Studios with the cast and crew of “HIGH NOON” including Otto Kruger, Thomas Mitchell, Gary Cooper and Lon Chaney Jr.
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Grace Kelly photographed on 4 October 1951 watching the World Series opener between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants at Warner Bros Burbank Studios with the cast and crew of “HIGH NOON” including Otto Kruger, Thomas Mitchell, Gary Cooper and Lon Chaney Jr.
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Mr McSweeney, when we gathered in secret in 2018 to scribble down your list of idiotic accusations against your colleagues and then relentlessly stampede every word of your drivel onto front pages as revelations and a terrifying national emergency, we did not expect “a toxic culture of briefing”
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mr McSweeney, when we gathered in secret in 2018 to scribble down your list of idiotic accusations against your colleagues and then relentlessly stampede every word of your drivel onto front pages as revelations and a terrifying national emergency, we did not expect “a toxic culture of briefing”
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Kendrick Lamar ft. Joyce Carol Oates "Not Like Us REMIX"
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kendrick Lamar ft. Joyce Carol Oates "Not Like Us REMIX"
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That unsounded ocean you gasp in, is Life; those sharks, your foes; those spades, your friends
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
That unsounded ocean you gasp in, is Life; those sharks, your foes; those spades, your friends
I’m sensing a strong contender for Worst Movie of the Decade
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’m sensing a strong contender for Worst Movie of the Decade
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Funniest part is that Joyce Carol Oates and Musk couldn't possibly be less in the same circles--I'd bet money he didn't know who she was before--and he's reacting like Truman Capote seething at James Baldwin
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Funniest part is that Joyce Carol Oates and Musk couldn't possibly be less in the same circles--I'd bet money he didn't know who she was before--and he's reacting like Truman Capote seething at James Baldwin
Perusing the sale of Steve Albini’s stuff and thinking about buying the copy of Spin Magazine with Creed on the cover just to have in my possession a physical object that, for however brief a time, compelled Steve Albini to contemplate the band Creed
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Perusing the sale of Steve Albini’s stuff and thinking about buying the copy of Spin Magazine with Creed on the cover just to have in my possession a physical object that, for however brief a time, compelled Steve Albini to contemplate the band Creed
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The @pghguild.com strike paper's top story: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit orders the PG to restore the striking journalists' contract, including its health care plan, and bargain a new one, and strikers are looking forward to returning to work: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/10/t...
Third Circuit Court of Appeals rules for striking Pittsburgh journalists - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday morning ruled for the journalists of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in the federal case behind their more than three-year strike at the Pit...
www.unionprogress.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The @pghguild.com strike paper's top story: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit orders the PG to restore the striking journalists' contract, including its health care plan, and bargain a new one, and strikers are looking forward to returning to work: www.unionprogress.com/2025/11/10/t...
I can’t believe the psychics who told me I was going to be a lawyer were wide of the mark
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I can’t believe the psychics who told me I was going to be a lawyer were wide of the mark
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ELON (typing): whats best movies i like
GROK: Amazing question! Here's a list that fits your smart taste, cool personality and total badassedness!
1. Ohm Krüger (1941)
2. The Rothschilds (1940)
3. The Love Guru (2008)
4. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
5. Triumph of the Will (1935)
6. Baby Ge
GROK: Amazing question! Here's a list that fits your smart taste, cool personality and total badassedness!
1. Ohm Krüger (1941)
2. The Rothschilds (1940)
3. The Love Guru (2008)
4. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
5. Triumph of the Will (1935)
6. Baby Ge
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
ELON (typing): whats best movies i like
GROK: Amazing question! Here's a list that fits your smart taste, cool personality and total badassedness!
1. Ohm Krüger (1941)
2. The Rothschilds (1940)
3. The Love Guru (2008)
4. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
5. Triumph of the Will (1935)
6. Baby Ge
GROK: Amazing question! Here's a list that fits your smart taste, cool personality and total badassedness!
1. Ohm Krüger (1941)
2. The Rothschilds (1940)
3. The Love Guru (2008)
4. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
5. Triumph of the Will (1935)
6. Baby Ge
This might be the only time I’ve seen an AI hallucination that unearths a greater truth about something
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This might be the only time I’ve seen an AI hallucination that unearths a greater truth about something
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
“Harakiri” is my favorite movie of all time (and extremely appropriate viewing on a Veterans Day). RIP to one of the greats
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Harakiri” is my favorite movie of all time (and extremely appropriate viewing on a Veterans Day). RIP to one of the greats
Happy Armistice Day
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Armistice Day
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
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mlb will do anything to ensure you can still thirst on your gambling addiction than outright ban gambling
(this does nothing for the prediction markets, which are quickly overtaking the major partners and cannot be regulated by the states)
(this does nothing for the prediction markets, which are quickly overtaking the major partners and cannot be regulated by the states)
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
mlb will do anything to ensure you can still thirst on your gambling addiction than outright ban gambling
(this does nothing for the prediction markets, which are quickly overtaking the major partners and cannot be regulated by the states)
(this does nothing for the prediction markets, which are quickly overtaking the major partners and cannot be regulated by the states)
The weird reimagining of WWII as a dudes’ adventure story instead of the worst catastrophe in human history is one of the more baffling cultural developments of our age. Also, which side does Scott Galloway think the Russians were fighting on?
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The weird reimagining of WWII as a dudes’ adventure story instead of the worst catastrophe in human history is one of the more baffling cultural developments of our age. Also, which side does Scott Galloway think the Russians were fighting on?
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Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
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Even if the shutdown ends, "5.3 million American families, including 58,000 Connecticut families, will lose at least $25/month in #SNAP benefits due to policy changes in H.R.1. These 58,000 Connecticut families will lose an average of $194 in benefits each month." www.ctdatahaven.org/reports/food...
Food Assistance and Local Economies at Risk: Projected Federal SNAP Cuts by Connecticut Town and District | DataHaven
www.ctdatahaven.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Even if the shutdown ends, "5.3 million American families, including 58,000 Connecticut families, will lose at least $25/month in #SNAP benefits due to policy changes in H.R.1. These 58,000 Connecticut families will lose an average of $194 in benefits each month." www.ctdatahaven.org/reports/food...
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Me: [drinks straight from OJ carton]
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Me: [drinks straight from OJ carton]
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better