Keith Brake
@brakedown.bsky.social
Broadcaster/entertainer. Sports, comics, TTRPGs, weird music rabbit holes.
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I’m starting to think Matt Rhule is only at the Las Vegas Bowl for the zip line.
December 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I’m starting to think Matt Rhule is only at the Las Vegas Bowl for the zip line.
I survived it
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I survived it
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Deep Dish Nine
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek Themed Restaurant.
What are you calling it?
What are you calling it?
ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
ALT: ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Deep Dish Nine
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
I never thought I would need a PACER account to write about cricket, but as USA Cricket goes through a bankruptcy and suspension, it has really come in handy! Also, the ICC is tired of waiting for them to get their act together:
The ICC Cuts Out The Middle Man
As USA Cricket bleeds itself white, cricket's foremost authority is opening up the toolbox to keep the domestic game on the rails, with or without the suspended board
stumpsandstripes.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I never thought I would need a PACER account to write about cricket, but as USA Cricket goes through a bankruptcy and suspension, it has really come in handy! Also, the ICC is tired of waiting for them to get their act together:
Guess I'm a cricketer now.
December 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Guess I'm a cricketer now.
Anything really IS possible
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Anything really IS possible
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nothing makes me feel more out of touch with how people consume media than "these video podcasts signed a deal with Netflix"
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
nothing makes me feel more out of touch with how people consume media than "these video podcasts signed a deal with Netflix"
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Love the instant apology
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Love the instant apology
Enuf is Enough
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Enuf is Enough
I knew he LIKED country but also thought he was like a Bakersfield Sound guy and not whatever this is
I don't follow popular music at all wasn't Post Malone a rapper what the hell is this
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I knew he LIKED country but also thought he was like a Bakersfield Sound guy and not whatever this is
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I don't follow popular music at all wasn't Post Malone a rapper what the hell is this
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don't follow popular music at all wasn't Post Malone a rapper what the hell is this
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The campaign against Group of 5 schools is one of the worst things about college football.
awfulannouncing.com/college-foot...
awfulannouncing.com/college-foot...
Stop telling half of college football they don't belong
Paul Finebaum, Taylor Lewan and others say the Group of Five doesn’t belong in the playoff. Here’s the case for why they’re wrong.
awfulannouncing.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The campaign against Group of 5 schools is one of the worst things about college football.
awfulannouncing.com/college-foot...
awfulannouncing.com/college-foot...
We got a wild start to #TheAshes last night. Are you an American watching your first one? Not sure what you're looking at? It's not that different from a sport we all know and love.
Cricket Is Just College Football With Bats
From personalities to politics to lifestyles, cricket isn't that different from a sport we know and love in the United States
stumpsandstripes.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We got a wild start to #TheAshes last night. Are you an American watching your first one? Not sure what you're looking at? It's not that different from a sport we all know and love.
I have tried to take a "don't post while you're depressed" mindset but that's also when I have the most to say.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I have tried to take a "don't post while you're depressed" mindset but that's also when I have the most to say.
I went to the CCL's Atlantic Regional outside DC and met its founders as well as leaders from tradition rich clubs at Virginia Tech and @sickoscommittee.org favorite West Virginia. It turned into 4300 words on a crucial theatre for the game in the US.
stumpsandstripes.substack.com/p/frontiers-...
stumpsandstripes.substack.com/p/frontiers-...
Frontiers, Pioneers, Community: The Path to Growth in the Young World of College Cricket
Stories from a day spent on the bleeding edge of one of cricket's biggest upside plays in the US, from the people who play it to the people trying to make it all work
stumpsandstripes.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I went to the CCL's Atlantic Regional outside DC and met its founders as well as leaders from tradition rich clubs at Virginia Tech and @sickoscommittee.org favorite West Virginia. It turned into 4300 words on a crucial theatre for the game in the US.
stumpsandstripes.substack.com/p/frontiers-...
stumpsandstripes.substack.com/p/frontiers-...
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if a machine ever told me I was 'goated with the sauce' I would start the Butlerian Jihad.
November 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
if a machine ever told me I was 'goated with the sauce' I would start the Butlerian Jihad.
See, if we couch "needing multiple jobs to support yourself" in a cutesy little buzzword, people will think it's actually fun and desirable!
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
See, if we couch "needing multiple jobs to support yourself" in a cutesy little buzzword, people will think it's actually fun and desirable!
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I held out hope that the Times might be redeemed in the future, that its credibility could be rebuilt. That this got published is a stake in the heart of that hope.
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I held out hope that the Times might be redeemed in the future, that its credibility could be rebuilt. That this got published is a stake in the heart of that hope.
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Millennials haven’t had easy lives but at least we’ll always have this beat drop at 3:07
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Millennials haven’t had easy lives but at least we’ll always have this beat drop at 3:07