Dan Hopper
@danhopp.bsky.social
Writer of comedy & sports stuff.
Host of THRILL OF DEFEAT: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrill-of-defeat/id1816289659
The Only Pittsburgh Sports Page: https://danhopper.substack.com/
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/DanHopp/
Host of THRILL OF DEFEAT: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrill-of-defeat/id1816289659
The Only Pittsburgh Sports Page: https://danhopper.substack.com/
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/DanHopp/
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Indianapolis Colts (with Megan Gailey and Tom Thakkar)
Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 11/25/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
A joyful episode today talking to Megan Gailey and Tom Thakkar about their beloved Indianapolis Colts, blacking out during the Super Bowl and flipping off a Chicago cop, ending friendships over a Peyton Manning choke-job, and Marvin Harrison sorta killing a guy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
(Justifying why it's still ok to play Rock n Roll Part 2 at sporting events) Sometimes you have to separate the jock from the jam
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
(Justifying why it's still ok to play Rock n Roll Part 2 at sporting events) Sometimes you have to separate the jock from the jam
Big day for sportswriters who exclusively report sports news 24/7 to do one tweet that’s like “Hot take: potatoes are elite”
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Big day for sportswriters who exclusively report sports news 24/7 to do one tweet that’s like “Hot take: potatoes are elite”
When you think of sex crimes, think of Starbucks!!! (stopping them we mean!!)
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When you think of sex crimes, think of Starbucks!!! (stopping them we mean!!)
Reposted by Dan Hopper
The last of the original Garbage Pail Kids has died in custody
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The last of the original Garbage Pail Kids has died in custody
Reposted by Dan Hopper
Stranger Things Season 5
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Stranger Things Season 5
Wasn’t that sold on AI til I saw that commercial where Pete Davidson talks to his Alexa and decides to continue being named “Pete”
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Wasn’t that sold on AI til I saw that commercial where Pete Davidson talks to his Alexa and decides to continue being named “Pete”
“It’s not something you can teach… you just have to make a snap decision in the moment with your gut and never look back…” - Me deciding whether or not something is recyclable
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“It’s not something you can teach… you just have to make a snap decision in the moment with your gut and never look back…” - Me deciding whether or not something is recyclable
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Rod Stewart. Weird haircut raspy little elf man. But he's horny as all get out and it kind of works. Like if you walked in on him jacking off while flicking his tongue you wouldn't be surprised you'd just be like yeah thats about right. Not sure what this post was going to be about originally
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Rod Stewart. Weird haircut raspy little elf man. But he's horny as all get out and it kind of works. Like if you walked in on him jacking off while flicking his tongue you wouldn't be surprised you'd just be like yeah thats about right. Not sure what this post was going to be about originally
A joyful episode today talking to Megan Gailey and Tom Thakkar about their beloved Indianapolis Colts, blacking out during the Super Bowl and flipping off a Chicago cop, ending friendships over a Peyton Manning choke-job, and Marvin Harrison sorta killing a guy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Indianapolis Colts (with Megan Gailey and Tom Thakkar)
Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 11/25/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A joyful episode today talking to Megan Gailey and Tom Thakkar about their beloved Indianapolis Colts, blacking out during the Super Bowl and flipping off a Chicago cop, ending friendships over a Peyton Manning choke-job, and Marvin Harrison sorta killing a guy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Immaculate Grid ass wine
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Immaculate Grid ass wine
Trump 1 cabinet member: Chief Corruption Consultant at Billowing Smokestack Corp
Trump 2 cabinet member: 26 year old Groyper radicalized by racist Frodo YTMND
Trump 2 cabinet member: 26 year old Groyper radicalized by racist Frodo YTMND
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump 1 cabinet member: Chief Corruption Consultant at Billowing Smokestack Corp
Trump 2 cabinet member: 26 year old Groyper radicalized by racist Frodo YTMND
Trump 2 cabinet member: 26 year old Groyper radicalized by racist Frodo YTMND
My dad is texting on a level that the deepest irony posters spend a lifetime chasing
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My dad is texting on a level that the deepest irony posters spend a lifetime chasing
Punk bands were like “we reject all notions of what bands ‘HAVE’ to be in favor of raw emotion and direct expression that challenges authority and SHOCKS the status quo. Also we literally all covered Surfin Bird”
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Punk bands were like “we reject all notions of what bands ‘HAVE’ to be in favor of raw emotion and direct expression that challenges authority and SHOCKS the status quo. Also we literally all covered Surfin Bird”
Reposted by Dan Hopper
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
Never forget: it was the fiery, divisive rhetoric of Joe Biden that brought us here….
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Never forget: it was the fiery, divisive rhetoric of Joe Biden that brought us here….
Someone would’ve gone mega viral (13 faves) on Old Twitter posting “here’s MY take on the Olivia Nuzzi scandal” and it actually links to charity dot com
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Someone would’ve gone mega viral (13 faves) on Old Twitter posting “here’s MY take on the Olivia Nuzzi scandal” and it actually links to charity dot com
Reposted by Dan Hopper
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
When everyone else leaves the zoom so it's just you for a second
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
When everyone else leaves the zoom so it's just you for a second
When I read the Running Man novel, there was a preface from Stephen King where he says “using a pen name let me write some of my CRAZIEST stuff, like the end of The Running Man where [etc]” and I was like, there’s no way he just spoiled the book IN the book, right??” then read it & he totally did
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
When I read the Running Man novel, there was a preface from Stephen King where he says “using a pen name let me write some of my CRAZIEST stuff, like the end of The Running Man where [etc]” and I was like, there’s no way he just spoiled the book IN the book, right??” then read it & he totally did
Our plan to whip our voters into a perpetual, frothing paranoid rage that children are being groomed by like the Best Buy Geek Squad SHOULD work as long as our leader doesn’t turn out to be the closest of chums with King Pedophile
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Our plan to whip our voters into a perpetual, frothing paranoid rage that children are being groomed by like the Best Buy Geek Squad SHOULD work as long as our leader doesn’t turn out to be the closest of chums with King Pedophile
We recorded this episode on September 25th when the Patriots were 1-2. Since then, they’re 8-0. What hath podcasters wrought
Listen to me and @joshgondelman.bsky.social talk about how hard it is being the only good and cool Boston sports fans alive on @danhopp.bsky.social's Thrill of Defeat pod.
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New England Patriots (with Josh Gondelman and Luke O'Neil)
Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 09/30/2025 · 1h 15m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We recorded this episode on September 25th when the Patriots were 1-2. Since then, they’re 8-0. What hath podcasters wrought
Not one of Bart’s funnier ones tbh
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Not one of Bart’s funnier ones tbh
Reposted by Dan Hopper
if everything is going to be this bleak and sad it's nice to see the news peppered with little slices of life like jeffrey epstein emailing himself a file called "genuiis_____ideas (3).txt" that just says stuff like "microchup. = brain ? "
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
if everything is going to be this bleak and sad it's nice to see the news peppered with little slices of life like jeffrey epstein emailing himself a file called "genuiis_____ideas (3).txt" that just says stuff like "microchup. = brain ? "
If no one tells me to go into a movie "knowing nothing about it" I make sure to download and rigorously study the entire script
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
If no one tells me to go into a movie "knowing nothing about it" I make sure to download and rigorously study the entire script