Patrick Reilly
@reillykp.bsky.social
Dad, husband, diplomat, outdoorsmen, runner.
Arsenal, Bruins, Sox, UVa Hoops, CU football.
Arsenal, Bruins, Sox, UVa Hoops, CU football.
ND would have been in if they had won the ACC championship. Maybe being an independent doesn’t pay?
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
ND would have been in if they had won the ACC championship. Maybe being an independent doesn’t pay?
Outstanding work.
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Outstanding work.
Reposted by Patrick Reilly
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
For your daily nightmare fuel, the trees around Cherynobl are not decaying b/c the microbes, fungi, & bacteria that help them decay are not there. So it’s greatly increasing the fire risk in the no-go zone, which is its own kind of terrible b/c the forest is radioactive.
(I know it’s from 2014).
(I know it’s from 2014).
Chernobyl’s trees are not decaying normally, increasing the risk of a nuclear wildfire – Wildfire Today
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December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For your daily nightmare fuel, the trees around Cherynobl are not decaying b/c the microbes, fungi, & bacteria that help them decay are not there. So it’s greatly increasing the fire risk in the no-go zone, which is its own kind of terrible b/c the forest is radioactive.
(I know it’s from 2014).
(I know it’s from 2014).
Symbolism too on the nose.
'I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,' North Carolina driver tells 911
It’s not clear if the feline slipped from the eagle’s talons near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park or was discarded simply because the big bird didn’t have a taste for it.
www.nbcnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Symbolism too on the nose.
In symbolism a little too on the nose, the venue hosting the UNFCC climate change negotiations in Brazil caught on fire yesterday.
Fire prompts evacuations at U.N. climate talks in Brazil; 13 suffer smoke inhalation
Officials say a fire that spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil has prompted evacuations on the next-to-last day of the conference.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In symbolism a little too on the nose, the venue hosting the UNFCC climate change negotiations in Brazil caught on fire yesterday.
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"Pretend you don’t know how to pitch a tent. When the Alpha moves in to take over, leave and go bang the guy scavenging for root vegetables who’s never questioned your skills."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
How to Get the Alpha Male to Shut the Hell Up So You and the Beta Can Bang
Village dynamics can be complicated. Everyone has to work together to make sure things run smoothly, all while keeping the Alpha’s ego intact. Here...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Pretend you don’t know how to pitch a tent. When the Alpha moves in to take over, leave and go bang the guy scavenging for root vegetables who’s never questioned your skills."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
@paulscheer.com, the monkeys are not getting paid!
These chimpanzees starred in a hockey movie. Their lives are much different now
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
@paulscheer.com, the monkeys are not getting paid!
John Smoltz just said “less than nobody out” so clearly everyone is raising their level for game 7.
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
John Smoltz just said “less than nobody out” so clearly everyone is raising their level for game 7.
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
AI is going to take over the world. Right after we fix the translation part.
October 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
AI is going to take over the world. Right after we fix the translation part.
I hate postseason baseball. My toenails are tense.
Go Sox!
Go Sox!
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I hate postseason baseball. My toenails are tense.
Go Sox!
Go Sox!
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[first day of work]
me: so, when do i get to kick one?
boss: we don't actually-
me: how about that one? that one looks like kind of an asshole
me: so, when do i get to kick one?
boss: we don't actually-
me: how about that one? that one looks like kind of an asshole
September 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
[first day of work]
me: so, when do i get to kick one?
boss: we don't actually-
me: how about that one? that one looks like kind of an asshole
me: so, when do i get to kick one?
boss: we don't actually-
me: how about that one? that one looks like kind of an asshole
My Redford list (in chronological order):
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Downhill Racer
All the Presidents Men
A Bridge Too Far
The Natural
Sneakers
A River Runs Through It
The Last Castle
Spy Games
Old Man and the Gun
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Downhill Racer
All the Presidents Men
A Bridge Too Far
The Natural
Sneakers
A River Runs Through It
The Last Castle
Spy Games
Old Man and the Gun
September 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My Redford list (in chronological order):
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Downhill Racer
All the Presidents Men
A Bridge Too Far
The Natural
Sneakers
A River Runs Through It
The Last Castle
Spy Games
Old Man and the Gun
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Downhill Racer
All the Presidents Men
A Bridge Too Far
The Natural
Sneakers
A River Runs Through It
The Last Castle
Spy Games
Old Man and the Gun
September 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Bonfire and brown liquor.
The burbs.
The burbs.
August 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Bonfire and brown liquor.
The burbs.
The burbs.
Keeping DC safe from crime while eating ice cream at 8am. 🫡
Also, with at all those hands-in-pockets, some sergeant major, somewhere is having a stroke.
Also, with at all those hands-in-pockets, some sergeant major, somewhere is having a stroke.
August 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Keeping DC safe from crime while eating ice cream at 8am. 🫡
Also, with at all those hands-in-pockets, some sergeant major, somewhere is having a stroke.
Also, with at all those hands-in-pockets, some sergeant major, somewhere is having a stroke.
Just two former UVA student-athletes
hanging out.
hanging out.
August 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Just two former UVA student-athletes
hanging out.
hanging out.
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
This is one of these things I do for a living! Try to prevent people from planting trees in deserts and prairies.
Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
I THINK they’re mad because of the hardscaping? Not entirely sure.
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
July 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is one of these things I do for a living! Try to prevent people from planting trees in deserts and prairies.
Like I always say,
July 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Like I always say,
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A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
July 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
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HER: so what do you do in your spare time?
ME: I help blind children
HER: aw that’s so sweet-
ME: oh here comes one. I’ll hold him and you poke him in the eyes.
ME: I help blind children
HER: aw that’s so sweet-
ME: oh here comes one. I’ll hold him and you poke him in the eyes.
July 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
HER: so what do you do in your spare time?
ME: I help blind children
HER: aw that’s so sweet-
ME: oh here comes one. I’ll hold him and you poke him in the eyes.
ME: I help blind children
HER: aw that’s so sweet-
ME: oh here comes one. I’ll hold him and you poke him in the eyes.