Brian Shoop
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I once ate a Bible while waterskiing.
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Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
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Hearing that Bessent is up for the National Hockey League-Hellman’s Mayo Prize in Economics.
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hearing that Bessent is up for the National Hockey League-Hellman’s Mayo Prize in Economics.
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
Yes
Because I think we need to ask the important questions, regardless of potential controversy, here is one for you: If you had lived at the time, and in the circumstances, in which it would have been relevant, would you have been a Dapper Dan man?
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Yes
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me waking up and opening this app
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
me waking up and opening this app
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trump asking zohran about universal free childcare
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
trump asking zohran about universal free childcare
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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It was located entirely within my kitchen.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It was located entirely within my kitchen.
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On Halloween, “state-sponsored terror” in Chicago and the north suburbs. A @chicagotribune.com team effort on the feds’ actions on what’s supposed to be a special day for families and children www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
On Halloween, “state-sponsored terror” in Chicago and the north suburbs. A @chicagotribune.com team effort on the feds’ actions on what’s supposed to be a special day for families and children www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
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Oh Bari Weiss is just Ms Rachel’s Wario
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Oh Bari Weiss is just Ms Rachel’s Wario
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“Witnesses say Putnam even performed a brief a cappella version of Hagar’s 1984 hit “I Can’t Drive 55” in an effort to prove his identity.”
[A] bank teller told police [:] “He was wearing red sunglasses and smelled faintly of margarita mix, so I thought it was actually him.”
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[A] bank teller told police [:] “He was wearing red sunglasses and smelled faintly of margarita mix, so I thought it was actually him.”
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Illinois man arrested after pretending to be rocker Sammy Hagar
Ronnie Putnam allegedly tried to open a bank account in the name of rock musician Sammy Hagar. (MOUT VERNON POLICE PHOTO)
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October 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“Witnesses say Putnam even performed a brief a cappella version of Hagar’s 1984 hit “I Can’t Drive 55” in an effort to prove his identity.”
[A] bank teller told police [:] “He was wearing red sunglasses and smelled faintly of margarita mix, so I thought it was actually him.”
tinyurl.com/7s7v2vz5
[A] bank teller told police [:] “He was wearing red sunglasses and smelled faintly of margarita mix, so I thought it was actually him.”
tinyurl.com/7s7v2vz5
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First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.
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I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
October 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
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Getting stabbed and arrested????
October 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Getting stabbed and arrested????
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
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i just looked up the win probability graph from last night's bills-ravens game. granted you don't want to put too much stock into probability models, but it really does put buffalo's comeback into a new perspective
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
i just looked up the win probability graph from last night's bills-ravens game. granted you don't want to put too much stock into probability models, but it really does put buffalo's comeback into a new perspective
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This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This should be the lead story in all major national news outlets. Public health people prefer to stay out of the limelight unless there is no other choice. I can’t overstate how bad things have to be for 9 former CDC directors to band together and pen an op-ed in the NYT warning the entire country.
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John Wall would have been a good name for Bob Vila
August 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
John Wall would have been a good name for Bob Vila
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Nothing but unplanned pregnancies coming from cutwater
August 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Nothing but unplanned pregnancies coming from cutwater
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.001 milliseconds after it dawns on me that I’ve been ignoring/supporting a genocide: most important thing now is no scolding about this
July 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
.001 milliseconds after it dawns on me that I’ve been ignoring/supporting a genocide: most important thing now is no scolding about this
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On the occasion of Ichiro’s induction, here is one of the greatest sports profiles I’ve ever read, by Wright Thompson.
www.espn.com/espn/feature...
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Ichiro's return to Seattle won't resolve the battle raging within him
How five days in February reveal what Seattle's signing of Ichiro cannot. The future Hall of Famer is haunted by the life he can't escape.
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July 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
On the occasion of Ichiro’s induction, here is one of the greatest sports profiles I’ve ever read, by Wright Thompson.
www.espn.com/espn/feature...
www.espn.com/espn/feature...
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MAY EVERY DAY BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SECRET
July 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
MAY EVERY DAY BE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SECRET