C.M. Bretz
@cmbretz.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Fiction Writer, Home Cook, Read more short stories, Say No to AI “art” (he/him)
Stand and Deliver- every high school math teacher
Gladiator - high school latin teacher
Gladiator - high school latin teacher
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Stand and Deliver- every high school math teacher
Gladiator - high school latin teacher
Gladiator - high school latin teacher
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See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
See the film and my update on the ongoing, pointless, man-made loss of life here: bsky.app/profile/agaw...
Blue Jays fans now know the second most painful feeling in baseball: losing game 7 of the World Series in extras.
The most painful being, of course, doing it twice (*sobs in Cleveland*)
The most painful being, of course, doing it twice (*sobs in Cleveland*)
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Blue Jays fans now know the second most painful feeling in baseball: losing game 7 of the World Series in extras.
The most painful being, of course, doing it twice (*sobs in Cleveland*)
The most painful being, of course, doing it twice (*sobs in Cleveland*)
Haven’t read The Pillars of the Earth, but the others definitely earn the time commitment they demand.
To answer your question, Against the Day. I love Pynchon, I’ve held it in my hands multiple times debating whether to check it out of the library, but have never gone through with it. Someday…
To answer your question, Against the Day. I love Pynchon, I’ve held it in my hands multiple times debating whether to check it out of the library, but have never gone through with it. Someday…
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Haven’t read The Pillars of the Earth, but the others definitely earn the time commitment they demand.
To answer your question, Against the Day. I love Pynchon, I’ve held it in my hands multiple times debating whether to check it out of the library, but have never gone through with it. Someday…
To answer your question, Against the Day. I love Pynchon, I’ve held it in my hands multiple times debating whether to check it out of the library, but have never gone through with it. Someday…
Also, when he joined the Angels, they weren’t a laughingstock. They were one of the best teams of the 00s and had four winning seasons between 2011-2015 (per B/R). They went 80-82 the year before he joined.
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Also, when he joined the Angels, they weren’t a laughingstock. They were one of the best teams of the 00s and had four winning seasons between 2011-2015 (per B/R). They went 80-82 the year before he joined.
It’s more like Hack-a-Shaq than flopping.
It definitely stinks, but I don’t know how MLB would enforce such a rule.
And as a member of the longest suffering fan base, I wouldn’t care what strategy my team uses to win as long as it wins one Series before I die.
It definitely stinks, but I don’t know how MLB would enforce such a rule.
And as a member of the longest suffering fan base, I wouldn’t care what strategy my team uses to win as long as it wins one Series before I die.
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s more like Hack-a-Shaq than flopping.
It definitely stinks, but I don’t know how MLB would enforce such a rule.
And as a member of the longest suffering fan base, I wouldn’t care what strategy my team uses to win as long as it wins one Series before I die.
It definitely stinks, but I don’t know how MLB would enforce such a rule.
And as a member of the longest suffering fan base, I wouldn’t care what strategy my team uses to win as long as it wins one Series before I die.
Tell the French it’s American for penalty shootout where players are now having to kick a second time
October 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Tell the French it’s American for penalty shootout where players are now having to kick a second time
Next year we’re gonna get BetGPT, like BetMGM but something something it’s better because it’s AI
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Next year we’re gonna get BetGPT, like BetMGM but something something it’s better because it’s AI
I’d honestly have been less surprised if you said Kluber was lacing up for game 1 than that bit about DeLauter. Vogt is a wild man.
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I’d honestly have been less surprised if you said Kluber was lacing up for game 1 than that bit about DeLauter. Vogt is a wild man.