Tim Renneberg
@timrenneberg.bsky.social
Well, actually.
Politico. Habs fan. Marathoner X 22. Boston finisher. Occasional baker.
Seek Justice. Love Mercy. Walk Humbly.
Politico. Habs fan. Marathoner X 22. Boston finisher. Occasional baker.
Seek Justice. Love Mercy. Walk Humbly.
Pinned
As a hard core lefty, I long for the return of sensible, small government, anti-interventionist conservatives. Today’s right wing seems to consist largely of vandals bent on tearing shit apart.
My take on pie is I will take all the pie
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My take on pie is I will take all the pie
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Starbucks workers in the US are on strike. Think twice before you pop in to grab a peppermint mocha. Respect the picket line and help workers secure a fair deal.
Worker rights anywhere are worker rights everywhere.
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Worker rights anywhere are worker rights everywhere.
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Unionized Starbucks Workers Are on Strike Across the US
Starbucks workers at 65 stores in 40 cities across the US walked out Thursday, striking against what they describe as unfair labor practices and the company’s stonewalling at the bargaining table. The...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Starbucks workers in the US are on strike. Think twice before you pop in to grab a peppermint mocha. Respect the picket line and help workers secure a fair deal.
Worker rights anywhere are worker rights everywhere.
jacobin.com/2025/11/star...
Worker rights anywhere are worker rights everywhere.
jacobin.com/2025/11/star...
Had serious #NewYorkMarathon FOMO today. Had a spot in the race but withdrew because I just can’t travel to that country. Did my long run thinking about my other favourite marathon major, especially after hearing the Illinois governor’s comments to the teachers.
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Had serious #NewYorkMarathon FOMO today. Had a spot in the race but withdrew because I just can’t travel to that country. Did my long run thinking about my other favourite marathon major, especially after hearing the Illinois governor’s comments to the teachers.
Put it in the Munch Museum!
November 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Put it in the Munch Museum!
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Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.
What the hell is happening?
A group of Yankees hasn’t been beaten in Canada that bad since 1812.
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What the hell is happening?
It’s marathon Sunday in Portland, BTW
Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.
October 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s marathon Sunday in Portland, BTW
Expos now and forever but any team based in Canada beating a team based in the US has the capacity to make Donald Trump sad.
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Expos now and forever but any team based in Canada beating a team based in the US has the capacity to make Donald Trump sad.
Don’t ask why I look like a rabid armadillo. Donation 132.
October 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Don’t ask why I look like a rabid armadillo. Donation 132.
Charlie Pierce remains a gift to sports writing, and so here is a gift link to that gift.
(Red Sox suck, because it needs to be said.)
(Red Sox suck, because it needs to be said.)
A Million Lives Lead Back To Worcester | Defector
You can’t understand this story unless you understand Kelley Square, and you can’t understand Kelley Square until you have had the near-death experience of trying to drive through it. Technically, it ...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Charlie Pierce remains a gift to sports writing, and so here is a gift link to that gift.
(Red Sox suck, because it needs to be said.)
(Red Sox suck, because it needs to be said.)
Dan Quayle lied to me!
September 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Dan Quayle lied to me!
Even Duolingo is doom scrolling.
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Even Duolingo is doom scrolling.
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My column.
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Todd: Ken Dryden an icon among Canadiens’ unmatched pantheon of superb goalies
At the most important position on the ice, the Habs have been blessed with more than a century of netminding greatness.
www.montrealgazette.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My column.
www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
Irony: that bollocks isn’t in the list
September 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Irony: that bollocks isn’t in the list
The choice to not dance on graves looks better on the dancer than the grave.
August 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The choice to not dance on graves looks better on the dancer than the grave.
Slightly diminish a band:
The Reasonably Satisfied Dead
The Reasonably Satisfied Dead
Slightly diminish a band: Yeah
Slightly diminish a band: planks of Canada.
August 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
The Reasonably Satisfied Dead
The Reasonably Satisfied Dead
If I read the tone on Xitter correctly, we’re about three days away from some guys driving trucks all the way to Nova Scotia to go for a walk in the woods.
August 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If I read the tone on Xitter correctly, we’re about three days away from some guys driving trucks all the way to Nova Scotia to go for a walk in the woods.
Heard at a local Dairy Queen:
“What do you have that’s dairy-free?”
“What do you have that’s dairy-free?”
August 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Heard at a local Dairy Queen:
“What do you have that’s dairy-free?”
“What do you have that’s dairy-free?”
The best thing about expecting nothing is you always get what you expect
August 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The best thing about expecting nothing is you always get what you expect
It will never stop surprising me to know that Mary Walsh was in Mad Men.
July 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It will never stop surprising me to know that Mary Walsh was in Mad Men.
I’ve had a spiritual awakening, by which I mean my dog’s farts - which are evidence that Satan exists - woke me up.
July 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’ve had a spiritual awakening, by which I mean my dog’s farts - which are evidence that Satan exists - woke me up.
Today I learned there is a town in Quebec called St. Louis de Ha! Ha!.
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today I learned there is a town in Quebec called St. Louis de Ha! Ha!.