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Van Dennis

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He/his, early 30s, media writer, as seen on @unwinnable.com Talks about movies, videogames, TV, and the Seattle mariners (and also anime, cars & lefty politics)

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 6d

watching Materialists earlier this year got me thinking about some retroactively relevant romcom movies, which I wrote about in this month's issue of Exploits!
Check out my thoughts on the surprising "2013 romances featuring Scarlett Johanson" double-feature: Her, and Don Jon.

Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 11d

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The cover for the October 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring vintage art of a witch looking into a house where children are apple bobbing. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers The Mystery of Mammoth Mansion, Interview with the Vampire, El Vampiro, love, alt metal, and Timeguessr.

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 3h

Random thought I just want to put out there and leave it: Trudeau and Perry gives off Swift and Kelce.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 4h

Don’t all these problems go away if universities stop being businesses?

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4h

'More degree subjects are likely to face extinction unless changes are made to competition laws to allow universities to work together to maintain certain courses, experts have said.' 1/3

Competition law exemption ‘needed to prevent courses dying out’

Attempts to quell universities’ fears about competition laws may actually be heightening anxiety over collaboration in cash-strapped sector

www.timeshighereducation.com

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NPR @npr.org · 6h

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Hustle Chillson @hustle-chillson.bsky.social · 7h

Love to see the TL talking Cal Raleigh dingers

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 7h

Mariners ALCS win and a large mint chip frappuccino, I've been momentarily brought back to life

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 10h

Really hope I get to catch some of the game today, but... well, I got my covid shot yesterday, and it has Gotten To Work all through today 🫠

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 7h

The mariners making Derek Jeter eat his words on the post game broadcast, You, Love, To, See, It.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 7h

3 to go. 🔱

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potatum @pot8um.bsky.social · 8h

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 8h

RANDY A-GOLDGLOVE-ROZARENA

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CB⚾️ Baseball Highlights @badgerbaseball.bsky.social · 8h

….is that

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 8h

2025 Eugenio Suarez: welcome back mariners era Adrian Beltre

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 10h

That's kinda why I wanted to start Hancock this game instead of Miller (sorry big Tex)

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Daniel Carroll @tworsandtwols.bsky.social · 10h

Alex Rodriguez picks the Mariners to win the ALCS and gets a cheer at the watch party, the first time he’s been cheered in Seattle in 25 years.

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 10h

Really hope I get to catch some of the game today, but... well, I got my covid shot yesterday, and it has Gotten To Work all through today 🫠

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 10h

They really don't want to acknowledge that there are now multiple mariners who have more postseason dingers than Mike Trout

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

at long last, @lookoutlanding.bsky.social has written the article I've been low-key dying for: humpy, and the self-awareness of the modern mariners www.lookoutlanding.com/editorial/13...

Humpy and the Seattle Mariners Salmon Run their way into the ALCS

What separates the underdog from the loser? The eventual victory.

www.lookoutlanding.com

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

And I've always loved how addiction is a core theme of midnight mass, but to know not only that unceasing hunger, but that empty pain that's left when you kick the habit... it's definitely a feeling when you understand a character better.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

When you get past the pain of recovery, the emptiness that remains, it's like a black hole. You know something's left, and yet something has taken its place, and it doesn't feel great.
Those highs, those "good feelings", when they're gone, it can feel like nothing is good enough to be worth pursuing

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

Watching midnight mass, and the new perspective I have gained from first watching it in late 2023... that "listlessness" the protagonist has, which previously I thought was from his guilt and having no direction in his life, but now I think another factor is him being a former addict.

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 1d

The downside now is that even if we somehow make it past the blue jays, we'll either have to face the brewers who we've dropped 3 straight series to over the past 3 seasons, or the dodgers who we're currently 0-12 against.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

"we might be fated to lose, but that doesn't mean we can't win this one, right here."
The reward? At least a couple more games in Seattle, some more cards in The Show, and a couple more chances for former mariner greats to throw out first pitches.
All that... I'm good with that.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

BUT, in the preceding 24 hours to that final game, my line of thinking changed: if neither the mariners nor tigers can truly beat Toronto to get to the world series, and if we really are this evenly matched, I wanna win one last time.
I really wanted game 5.

Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

At the start of the mariners tigers series, I had a feeling it was gonna be evenly matched, and the blue jays still look so dominant that I wouldn't have felt too bad if we fell short in the division series.
I honestly wanted at least one home playoff win.

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Van Dennis @vandennis.bsky.social · 2d

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 2d

mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride

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