Tom Breen
@tombreen.bsky.social
UConn news director, former reporter, occasional traveler, very occasional writer
This is the only Gen X you’ll catch me celebrating
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is the only Gen X you’ll catch me celebrating
Fellow “Gen X” people: please stop this. Everyone does this now, because of the Internet. Basically every young person today has a broader and richer spectrum of popular music they like than we did at their age. Commercial radio was fragmented and segregated by the end of the 70s.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fellow “Gen X” people: please stop this. Everyone does this now, because of the Internet. Basically every young person today has a broader and richer spectrum of popular music they like than we did at their age. Commercial radio was fragmented and segregated by the end of the 70s.
There aren’t many of us, but we know such wonders
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There aren’t many of us, but we know such wonders
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
The Internet was a mistake
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Internet was a mistake
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
Steve Albini furrowing his brow as he inspects this cover, turning over in his mind the most devastating possible way to describe it
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Steve Albini furrowing his brow as he inspects this cover, turning over in his mind the most devastating possible way to describe it
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
Happy Armistice Day
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Armistice Day
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?
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!
It’s Midcentury Monday
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s Midcentury Monday
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?
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
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”
Started physical therapy today
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Started physical therapy today
For the Huntington Quality Guarantee, look for the man with the barrel with the man with the barrel!
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For the Huntington Quality Guarantee, look for the man with the barrel with the man with the barrel!
Oh, you don’t think a big glop of instant pudding mixed with frozen orange juice makes a pie? TOUGH!
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh, you don’t think a big glop of instant pudding mixed with frozen orange juice makes a pie? TOUGH!
I don’t believe that Olivia de Havilland and Dick Powell organized a doughnut party. I don’t believe it for one second
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I don’t believe that Olivia de Havilland and Dick Powell organized a doughnut party. I don’t believe it for one second
No red flags that I can see! He seems like a really well-rounded person
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
No red flags that I can see! He seems like a really well-rounded person
They just kind of guessed with Adams
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
They just kind of guessed with Adams