Tom Breen
@tombreen.bsky.social
UConn news director, former reporter, occasional traveler, very occasional writer
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
This holiday season, there’s only ONE toy that all the kids will want!
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This holiday season, there’s only ONE toy that all the kids will want!
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Mel Ville Devoe: what if "Poison" but Ahab?
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Mel Ville Devoe: what if "Poison" but Ahab?
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barry jackson art -- a nice Ligottian neighborhood
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
barry jackson art -- a nice Ligottian neighborhood
It’s Midcentury Monday
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s Midcentury Monday
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I remember it blowing my mind when I learned that Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sounds for all the world like a baleful 19th-century shanty at least tonally and lyrically, was about something that happened the year before
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I remember it blowing my mind when I learned that Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sounds for all the world like a baleful 19th-century shanty at least tonally and lyrically, was about something that happened the year before
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There’s usually at least one baseball at the grave of Ernie Banks in Graceland Cemetery. This is the first time I’ve noticed a baseball bat.
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There’s usually at least one baseball at the grave of Ernie Banks in Graceland Cemetery. This is the first time I’ve noticed a baseball bat.
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Hang it in the Louvre!
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hang it in the Louvre!
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Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
I just finished volume 3 of the incredible Scarred for Life trilogy and can’t recommend it enough. A catalog of the alarming, inappropriate, and disturbing popular culture of the 1980s, with a special focus on the nuclear dread that characterized the first half of that decade
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I just finished volume 3 of the incredible Scarred for Life trilogy and can’t recommend it enough. A catalog of the alarming, inappropriate, and disturbing popular culture of the 1980s, with a special focus on the nuclear dread that characterized the first half of that decade
A friend who was just in London dropped these off. Not sure that PUDS would take off in the US under that name
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A friend who was just in London dropped these off. Not sure that PUDS would take off in the US under that name
There used to be a mini-genre of fruitcake jokes around the holidays, the gist of which was that fruitcake is terrible. But … what if fruitcake is actually good?
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There used to be a mini-genre of fruitcake jokes around the holidays, the gist of which was that fruitcake is terrible. But … what if fruitcake is actually good?
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I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
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YOU
DON’T
JUST
WALK
INTO
THE
RENT
UCONN BEATS DUKE
DON’T
JUST
WALK
INTO
THE
RENT
UCONN BEATS DUKE
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
YOU
DON’T
JUST
WALK
INTO
THE
RENT
UCONN BEATS DUKE
DON’T
JUST
WALK
INTO
THE
RENT
UCONN BEATS DUKE
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UConn, like we've always said, incredible football program
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
UConn, like we've always said, incredible football program
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This is a perfect encapsulation of Texas HS football, especially out west.
Coaches meeting at a gas station to do a coin flip to see who makes the playoffs.
(via @lancelahnert on Twitter)
Coaches meeting at a gas station to do a coin flip to see who makes the playoffs.
(via @lancelahnert on Twitter)
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is a perfect encapsulation of Texas HS football, especially out west.
Coaches meeting at a gas station to do a coin flip to see who makes the playoffs.
(via @lancelahnert on Twitter)
Coaches meeting at a gas station to do a coin flip to see who makes the playoffs.
(via @lancelahnert on Twitter)
The economy may be tanking, but I’m not worried: I’ve just discovered the investment opportunity of a lifetime
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The economy may be tanking, but I’m not worried: I’ve just discovered the investment opportunity of a lifetime
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November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
No point in writing horror stories
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
No point in writing horror stories
When the only David Lynch movie you’ve seen is “The Straight Story”
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When the only David Lynch movie you’ve seen is “The Straight Story”