Brendan Tynan
@akaichar.bsky.social
Brendanesque. Writer, customer service drone, nerd.
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On the eve of the Sandy Hook anniversary, there has been another campus shooting. This time at Brown University.
To the people in power: this is your legacy.
Thirteen years. Thirteen years of dead children, traumatized students, shattered families — while you stall, deflect, and do nothing.
To the people in power: this is your legacy.
Thirteen years. Thirteen years of dead children, traumatized students, shattered families — while you stall, deflect, and do nothing.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
On the eve of the Sandy Hook anniversary, there has been another campus shooting. This time at Brown University.
To the people in power: this is your legacy.
Thirteen years. Thirteen years of dead children, traumatized students, shattered families — while you stall, deflect, and do nothing.
To the people in power: this is your legacy.
Thirteen years. Thirteen years of dead children, traumatized students, shattered families — while you stall, deflect, and do nothing.
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No worries, I asked again
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
No worries, I asked again
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"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
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If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...
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That’s why it’s like dating a republican to me. Sure you might not personally be the one saying the slurs, but it sure as hell isn’t a dealbreaker for you when someone else does it.
over the past like five years, I’ve had to argue with people that there is no longer any plausible deniability when expressing how much you like harry potter shit. so much of her shit is in the public consciousness that continuing to support it just Sends a Message
December 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That’s why it’s like dating a republican to me. Sure you might not personally be the one saying the slurs, but it sure as hell isn’t a dealbreaker for you when someone else does it.
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1. I never want to hear about “we’re protecting the kids” again from people like Riley Gaines.
Nicki Minaj is marred to a registered sex offender who served time in prison for attempted rape of a teenage girl.
Nicki Minaj is marred to a registered sex offender who served time in prison for attempted rape of a teenage girl.
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1. I never want to hear about “we’re protecting the kids” again from people like Riley Gaines.
Nicki Minaj is marred to a registered sex offender who served time in prison for attempted rape of a teenage girl.
Nicki Minaj is marred to a registered sex offender who served time in prison for attempted rape of a teenage girl.
After giving it a rematch, I honestly don't get the folks who disliked season 4 of the Bear.
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
After giving it a rematch, I honestly don't get the folks who disliked season 4 of the Bear.
Gotta love all the "Oh no Gainax is dead" slopposts as if Gainax the studio didn't stop existing like a decade ago and as if their creative staff hadn't moved to Khara and Trigger at the same time.
December 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Gotta love all the "Oh no Gainax is dead" slopposts as if Gainax the studio didn't stop existing like a decade ago and as if their creative staff hadn't moved to Khara and Trigger at the same time.
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Sorry to put this on the TL, but please do not transcribe this as “sycophant.” He audibly says “syncophant” because he does not really know the word or what it means. To pretend he said a word whose meaning he does not know is carrying water for him. “Syncophant [sic]” is how you transcribe this
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sorry to put this on the TL, but please do not transcribe this as “sycophant.” He audibly says “syncophant” because he does not really know the word or what it means. To pretend he said a word whose meaning he does not know is carrying water for him. “Syncophant [sic]” is how you transcribe this
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You’re the most attractive of all my cousins
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You’re the most attractive of all my cousins
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Who could’ve possibly foreseen
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Who could’ve possibly foreseen
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It's incredibly petty of me to say this, but I am delighted and reassured that my worst selling book did better than this one
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's incredibly petty of me to say this, but I am delighted and reassured that my worst selling book did better than this one
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Especially if you are queer, a person of color, or any other group those types are going after. They want us miserable and hating ourselves enough to roll over and die. Don't give them that satisfaction
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Especially if you are queer, a person of color, or any other group those types are going after. They want us miserable and hating ourselves enough to roll over and die. Don't give them that satisfaction
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So many creep-ass Twitter accounts post paintings and photos from like, the 50s and 60s, with captions like “bring back cotillions, bring back balls, bring back house parties“
My guy
Those still happen
It’s just that no one‘s fucking inviting you
You ever wonder why that is
My guy
Those still happen
It’s just that no one‘s fucking inviting you
You ever wonder why that is
December 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So many creep-ass Twitter accounts post paintings and photos from like, the 50s and 60s, with captions like “bring back cotillions, bring back balls, bring back house parties“
My guy
Those still happen
It’s just that no one‘s fucking inviting you
You ever wonder why that is
My guy
Those still happen
It’s just that no one‘s fucking inviting you
You ever wonder why that is
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At this point we have to assume that tech companies watch episodes of Black Mirror together, take notes, and spend hours ideating on how they can make the horrors they witnessed real.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
At this point we have to assume that tech companies watch episodes of Black Mirror together, take notes, and spend hours ideating on how they can make the horrors they witnessed real.
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I think it's time for the @brendelbored.bsky.social post!
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I think it's time for the @brendelbored.bsky.social post!
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Obsessed with the concept of Reiwa Trek
annoying both weebs and trekkies alike by calling tos “showa era star trek”
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Obsessed with the concept of Reiwa Trek
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annoying both weebs and trekkies alike by calling tos “showa era star trek”
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
annoying both weebs and trekkies alike by calling tos “showa era star trek”
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I wrote about this tradition a couple years back www.readtpa.com/p/andrew-bir...
Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Success
There's no magic formula.
www.readtpa.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I wrote about this tradition a couple years back www.readtpa.com/p/andrew-bir...
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this excellent review of oral arguments in trump v. slaughter gets to the profound dishonesty of the conservative majority — the refusal to own the consequences of their actions
SlaughterHouse 9
The Unitary Executive Theory Ascendant – Sort of
harrylitman.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
this excellent review of oral arguments in trump v. slaughter gets to the profound dishonesty of the conservative majority — the refusal to own the consequences of their actions
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citizen you have exceeded your pencil allotment this year. prepare to die
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
citizen you have exceeded your pencil allotment this year. prepare to die
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify