Todd Brakke
@toddsfoolery.bsky.social
Publishing junkie, movie nerd, Detroit and MI sports fan, former games writer and caster of pods, and all-around curmudgeon. Default state ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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My first call is to Jesse Minter.
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My first call is to Jesse Minter.
Moore is one of those guys that, as a fan, you look at and want to believe is a dude you can root for and the right fit for the job. And then you watch the actions and nervously tug on your collar a bit. Then he gets fired for *this*, and you're not happy he's out, but you're not not-happy about it.
BREAKING: Michigan fired head football coach Sherrone Moore due to violation of university policy, the school announced.
An investigation found Moore had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, Michigan AD Warde Manuel said in a statement.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
An investigation found Moore had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, Michigan AD Warde Manuel said in a statement.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Moore is one of those guys that, as a fan, you look at and want to believe is a dude you can root for and the right fit for the job. And then you watch the actions and nervously tug on your collar a bit. Then he gets fired for *this*, and you're not happy he's out, but you're not not-happy about it.
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Measles is one example of a virus that can linger in the body after an individual recovers from an initial infection. It can then re-emerge years later potentially fatal consequences.
@viraldrmaggie.bsky.social explains why and how this happens on Public Health On Call.
🔗 youtu.be/n0M3B2iP5Ug
@viraldrmaggie.bsky.social explains why and how this happens on Public Health On Call.
🔗 youtu.be/n0M3B2iP5Ug
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Measles is one example of a virus that can linger in the body after an individual recovers from an initial infection. It can then re-emerge years later potentially fatal consequences.
@viraldrmaggie.bsky.social explains why and how this happens on Public Health On Call.
🔗 youtu.be/n0M3B2iP5Ug
@viraldrmaggie.bsky.social explains why and how this happens on Public Health On Call.
🔗 youtu.be/n0M3B2iP5Ug
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"I'm way past that now. I've seen the light. You can trust me." -- the Scorpion
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos now says they will keep Warner Bros’ theatrical model largely the same once they buy the studio.
“When this deal closes, we are in [the theatrical] business, and we’re going to do it… We didn’t buy this company to destroy that value”
“When this deal closes, we are in [the theatrical] business, and we’re going to do it… We didn’t buy this company to destroy that value”
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"I'm way past that now. I've seen the light. You can trust me." -- the Scorpion
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
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The Detroit Lions,
an elderly woman behind bars with the words mostly dead is slightly alive
Alt: an elderly woman behind bars with the words mostly dead is slightly alive
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The Detroit Lions,
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Speaking of House GOP conference, when a group is in danger they pull together. But at a certain point the Titanic isn't "in danger"; it's sinking. And at that moment, one person looks at another and says, "I never liked you, BITCH!" and throws a punch. This seems like where we are in the House.
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Speaking of House GOP conference, when a group is in danger they pull together. But at a certain point the Titanic isn't "in danger"; it's sinking. And at that moment, one person looks at another and says, "I never liked you, BITCH!" and throws a punch. This seems like where we are in the House.
Some people doomsday prep by stocking up on canned goods. It's become clear to me this year (and as I click Buy on a used collection of OG Star Trek soundtrack CDs), that my version is acquiring all the physical media I can and backing up the shit out of it.
a man wearing a green shirt is making a sad face .
Alt: a man wearing a green shirt is making a sad face .
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Some people doomsday prep by stocking up on canned goods. It's become clear to me this year (and as I click Buy on a used collection of OG Star Trek soundtrack CDs), that my version is acquiring all the physical media I can and backing up the shit out of it.
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"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build."
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build."
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Not my hometown, but not far off. And GPB still an all-time top 5-10 movie for me that came out just a few years before my 10-year reunion. Love everything about it.
Not my hometown, but not far off. And GPB still an all-time top 5-10 movie for me that came out just a few years before my 10-year reunion. Love everything about it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Not my hometown, but not far off. And GPB still an all-time top 5-10 movie for me that came out just a few years before my 10-year reunion. Love everything about it.
Not my hometown, but not far off. And GPB still an all-time top 5-10 movie for me that came out just a few years before my 10-year reunion. Love everything about it.
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Literacy is quickly becoming a tool only the rich will possess through private education. Without literacy, developing critical thinking skills is more difficult, especially in a world where most people get information, factual or not, from easily manipulated video.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Literacy is quickly becoming a tool only the rich will possess through private education. Without literacy, developing critical thinking skills is more difficult, especially in a world where most people get information, factual or not, from easily manipulated video.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
I really don't even know what reality is anymore, but this part of it, at least, I can get behind.
The Pistons are 13-2, have won 11-straight and are the NBA's second-best team. Here's a thread of some of my work this past week:
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I really don't even know what reality is anymore, but this part of it, at least, I can get behind.
Legend.
RIP @burgerbecky.bsky.social Rebecca Heineman and thanks for all the wonderful games 😢
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Legend.
Thinking about the Lions game last night, and Goff increasingly makes me think of the Two Bartlets episode of West Wing, in which the president has two distinct personas: the lethal intellect and the bumbling grandpa. That's the Goff experience in a nutshell.
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Thinking about the Lions game last night, and Goff increasingly makes me think of the Two Bartlets episode of West Wing, in which the president has two distinct personas: the lethal intellect and the bumbling grandpa. That's the Goff experience in a nutshell.
"It is a far better . . . butt kicking I give, than I have ever butt kicked."
Classic.
Classic.
In the same vein, Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane reading an increasingly less faithful retelling of Dickens' ~A Tale of Two Cities~ to the regulars at Cheers.
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"It is a far better . . . butt kicking I give, than I have ever butt kicked."
Classic.
Classic.
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It may not be much of a line for the Supreme Court to draw, but it is nice to know they might actually have one.
The Court is once again upholding Article VIII of the Constitution, which clearly states that the president is allowed to do whatever he wants except break the economy.
Betting market odds for SCOTUS letting Trump keep his tariffs have tanked
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It may not be much of a line for the Supreme Court to draw, but it is nice to know they might actually have one.
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My daughter informs the Lions secondary is getting tagged as the Legion of Whom? after a crew of backups and off-the-street guys held up against the Bucs, and it's the best and funniest bit I've seen all week.
(Granted, the state of my feeds is generally and justifiably awful these days.)
(Granted, the state of my feeds is generally and justifiably awful these days.)
a close up of a man 's face with the words who written on it
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words who written on it
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My daughter informs the Lions secondary is getting tagged as the Legion of Whom? after a crew of backups and off-the-street guys held up against the Bucs, and it's the best and funniest bit I've seen all week.
(Granted, the state of my feeds is generally and justifiably awful these days.)
(Granted, the state of my feeds is generally and justifiably awful these days.)
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Trump’s EPA: where chemtrails are real and climate change isn’t.
EPA Commissioner Lee Zeldin announces his agency is launching a major investigation into the right-wing conspiracies about chemtrails and weather manipulation to get to the bottom of it.
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Trump’s EPA: where chemtrails are real and climate change isn’t.
Rare trifecta of potentially life-saving, a bit gross, and kinda hilarous, all at the same time.
October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Rare trifecta of potentially life-saving, a bit gross, and kinda hilarous, all at the same time.
There should be a federal law that if you send somone an email and then a Zoom message about the *exact same thing*, the recipient gets slap you. Just once, but hard and right across the face.
a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in a black coat .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in a black coat .
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There should be a federal law that if you send somone an email and then a Zoom message about the *exact same thing*, the recipient gets slap you. Just once, but hard and right across the face.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
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[deflating sigh]
I miss the old days when Michigan could tell TV to GFI to night games in November.
I miss the old days when Michigan could tell TV to GFI to night games in November.
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
[deflating sigh]
I miss the old days when Michigan could tell TV to GFI to night games in November.
I miss the old days when Michigan could tell TV to GFI to night games in November.