Tilka
@tilkaiv.bsky.social
Washed up tv sports anchor | Iowa born and raised, Hoosier educated, Illinois resident | the yellow starburst is the most valuable starburst
Favorite Pokémon, in case anyone was curious
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Favorite Pokémon, in case anyone was curious
Sometimes the internet is bad…however…sometimes it is not @drewhamm5.bsky.social @treblaw.bsky.social @veryimportant.lawyer
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Sometimes the internet is bad…however…sometimes it is not @drewhamm5.bsky.social @treblaw.bsky.social @veryimportant.lawyer
Indiana Football anime?
Indiana Football anime.
Indiana Football anime.
January 18, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Indiana Football anime?
Indiana Football anime.
Indiana Football anime.
Last Saturday I got so inspired by
#iufb ‘s Peach Bowl performance (and 2025-26 season) that I started to write about:
-How Cig got things to work so fast
-Adding historical context to just how crazy this all is
-Why this moment feels so special
open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
#iufb ‘s Peach Bowl performance (and 2025-26 season) that I started to write about:
-How Cig got things to work so fast
-Adding historical context to just how crazy this all is
-Why this moment feels so special
open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
The Gosh Darn Hoosiers, Curt Cignetti, and Why This All Works
Miami-oh-my
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Last Saturday I got so inspired by
#iufb ‘s Peach Bowl performance (and 2025-26 season) that I started to write about:
-How Cig got things to work so fast
-Adding historical context to just how crazy this all is
-Why this moment feels so special
open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
#iufb ‘s Peach Bowl performance (and 2025-26 season) that I started to write about:
-How Cig got things to work so fast
-Adding historical context to just how crazy this all is
-Why this moment feels so special
open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
Had to get my eyebrow glued shut because I fell face first into a garage floor after I fell off
*sigh*
A pogo stick
*sigh*
A pogo stick
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Had to get my eyebrow glued shut because I fell face first into a garage floor after I fell off
*sigh*
A pogo stick
*sigh*
A pogo stick
It really is amazing how the Packers amass all these good to great pass catchers (Watson, Doubs, Golden, Kraft) that just never play
As a Bears fan I actually find it delightful
As a Bears fan I actually find it delightful
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It really is amazing how the Packers amass all these good to great pass catchers (Watson, Doubs, Golden, Kraft) that just never play
As a Bears fan I actually find it delightful
As a Bears fan I actually find it delightful
I haven’t been giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to IU (or any money for that matter) but earlier this week I told the Alumni Association that I’m no longer volunteering my time for an institution that is hurting students like this and it feels good not to be alone on this
In the wake of Indiana University's crackdown on student journalism, one alum cancelled $1.5 million in bequests, and another is putting the brakes on a $300k gift.
www.indystar.com/story/news/e...
www.indystar.com/story/news/e...
IU alumni pull $1M-plus in donations amid fight over control of student newspaper
Some Indiana University graduates are finding other ways to support the Indiana Daily Student after Media School's actions.
www.indystar.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I haven’t been giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to IU (or any money for that matter) but earlier this week I told the Alumni Association that I’m no longer volunteering my time for an institution that is hurting students like this and it feels good not to be alone on this
“Everyone counted us out” -UCLA’s HC
For the first time in sports history, he’s actually right
For the first time in sports history, he’s actually right
October 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Everyone counted us out” -UCLA’s HC
For the first time in sports history, he’s actually right
For the first time in sports history, he’s actually right
Reposted by Tilka
my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"
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And yet it is an iconic moment
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
And yet it is an iconic moment
AND I-I HAD A FEELING THAT I BELONGED
I-I HAD A FEELING I COULD BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE
I-I HAD A FEELING I COULD BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE
August 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
AND I-I HAD A FEELING THAT I BELONGED
I-I HAD A FEELING I COULD BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE
I-I HAD A FEELING I COULD BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE, BE SOMEONE
Bare minimum for holding conversation: Mendoza, Rourke, Jackson, Sorsby, Williams, Bazelak, Tuttle, McCulley, Ramsey, Penix, Lagow, and Diamont
going to go out on a limb and imagine this guy's not actually very good at conversations
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Bare minimum for holding conversation: Mendoza, Rourke, Jackson, Sorsby, Williams, Bazelak, Tuttle, McCulley, Ramsey, Penix, Lagow, and Diamont
What if Portland takes Jordan instead of Bowie?
What’s your modern historical hinge point? Nothing political. Just your major cultural What If? For example, I’m a 1994 Expos truther
July 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
What if Portland takes Jordan instead of Bowie?
Oh, it’s absolutely the time I scored a six-run inside the park homerun (it was California Kickball rules, so you you could have as many runners as you wanted on any base) inside a basketball gym during like 4th grade
what is your personal sports highlight?
mine is: down 2 with like 4 seconds left, deflection sends ball into corner
guy throws the ball in to midcourt and i intercept it, and pass to my teammate who gets fouled shooting a 3
2/3 FT, go to OT
they are down 1, i stuff the j at the elbow. win
mine is: down 2 with like 4 seconds left, deflection sends ball into corner
guy throws the ball in to midcourt and i intercept it, and pass to my teammate who gets fouled shooting a 3
2/3 FT, go to OT
they are down 1, i stuff the j at the elbow. win
July 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Oh, it’s absolutely the time I scored a six-run inside the park homerun (it was California Kickball rules, so you you could have as many runners as you wanted on any base) inside a basketball gym during like 4th grade
Since I moved to Indy back in April, I decided to get back into the dating pool, and to be much more intentional by going to singles events.
What I found was that people aren’t dealing with a loneliness epidemic, but something else entirely: open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
What I found was that people aren’t dealing with a loneliness epidemic, but something else entirely: open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
July 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Since I moved to Indy back in April, I decided to get back into the dating pool, and to be much more intentional by going to singles events.
What I found was that people aren’t dealing with a loneliness epidemic, but something else entirely: open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
What I found was that people aren’t dealing with a loneliness epidemic, but something else entirely: open.substack.com/pub/couchsur...
I think I’d really pick anything out of the Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, or Mariah Carey’s discography but I think I’m doing “I have nothing” by Whitney
okay what’s everyone’s most delusionally aspirational karaoke selection
like if you knew you could not fail, what’s the biggest / weirdest swing you would take
mine might be Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand”
like if you knew you could not fail, what’s the biggest / weirdest swing you would take
mine might be Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand”
June 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I think I’d really pick anything out of the Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, or Mariah Carey’s discography but I think I’m doing “I have nothing” by Whitney
I edited my list like five times because I kept seeing other peoples and going “dammit I need to add that”
June 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I edited my list like five times because I kept seeing other peoples and going “dammit I need to add that”
For anyone wondering, the air just got sucked out of the room here in downtown Indy
June 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For anyone wondering, the air just got sucked out of the room here in downtown Indy
But, but, ChatGPT said the sharks are ACTUALLY in the streets of these LA protests!
June 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
But, but, ChatGPT said the sharks are ACTUALLY in the streets of these LA protests!
However, you are still allowed to be A Hater of Smaller, Regional Cities
That means you: Danville, Illinois
That means you: Danville, Illinois
i'll take this a step further and say the smaller and more regionally important the city they're afraid of, the more embarrassed they should be. what do you mean you don't want to get out of your car driving through Tulsa
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
However, you are still allowed to be A Hater of Smaller, Regional Cities
That means you: Danville, Illinois
That means you: Danville, Illinois
FMA: Brotherhood
Dragon Ball Z
My Hero Academia
Wotakoi
Honorable Mention: A Place Further Than The Universe
Dragon Ball Z
My Hero Academia
Wotakoi
Honorable Mention: A Place Further Than The Universe
Unasked for personal anime Mount Rushmore:
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Yu Yu Hakusho
One Piece
Cowboy Bebop
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Yu Yu Hakusho
One Piece
Cowboy Bebop
June 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
FMA: Brotherhood
Dragon Ball Z
My Hero Academia
Wotakoi
Honorable Mention: A Place Further Than The Universe
Dragon Ball Z
My Hero Academia
Wotakoi
Honorable Mention: A Place Further Than The Universe
I think more kids need to be talked to like in that one clip where Bradley Beal is talking to his own AAU team and he’s like “If you wanna make it to the league you gotta guard and score on me, and absolutely none of you can do that”
Starting a SCARED STRAIGHT style program where pro athletes visit high schools across America to make parents realize their kids have no chance
June 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I think more kids need to be talked to like in that one clip where Bradley Beal is talking to his own AAU team and he’s like “If you wanna make it to the league you gotta guard and score on me, and absolutely none of you can do that”
Paul Skenes YOU are the new Tungsten Arm O’Doyle
Skenes tonight: 8 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 8 K
Pirates trail 1-0
Pirates trail 1-0
June 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Paul Skenes YOU are the new Tungsten Arm O’Doyle