Tom Breen
@tombreen.bsky.social
UConn news director, former reporter, occasional traveler, very occasional writer
A beautiful exhibition at the Ballard Institute in Storrs, check it out if you’re in the area
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A beautiful exhibition at the Ballard Institute in Storrs, check it out if you’re in the area
Distilled essence of Reddit
December 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Distilled essence of Reddit
This book is great, but it’s weird for me to think of a scene I remember very well as the equivalent of Teddy Boys in the 1970s or something. We should have dressed more distinctively
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This book is great, but it’s weird for me to think of a scene I remember very well as the equivalent of Teddy Boys in the 1970s or something. We should have dressed more distinctively
Young people may not realize that once upon a time, you bought software on a physical disc and just owned it without having to pay rent on it
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Young people may not realize that once upon a time, you bought software on a physical disc and just owned it without having to pay rent on it
Wikipedia really holding nothing back in this entry
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wikipedia really holding nothing back in this entry
The latest additions to the Shelf of Champions. They’re really starting to phone it in with the national championship bobbleheads
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The latest additions to the Shelf of Champions. They’re really starting to phone it in with the national championship bobbleheads
While I don’t doubt his chart success, today is the day I learned of this man’s existence. You couldn’t have done that with chart-bestriding giants in previous decades. Fame has become one of the most devalued commodities of the 21st century, probably for the best
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
While I don’t doubt his chart success, today is the day I learned of this man’s existence. You couldn’t have done that with chart-bestriding giants in previous decades. Fame has become one of the most devalued commodities of the 21st century, probably for the best
🎶 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, evvvvvverywhere you go 🎶
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🎶 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, evvvvvverywhere you go 🎶
Why don’t they make wholesome toys like this anymore?? Paper cutouts of famous characters like Moon Mullins and “Lillums,” and a paper mask you put over your mouth to crudely conceal your lips moving as you enact a grotesque parody of ventriloquism! I suppose this would be a VIDEO GAME today!!!
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why don’t they make wholesome toys like this anymore?? Paper cutouts of famous characters like Moon Mullins and “Lillums,” and a paper mask you put over your mouth to crudely conceal your lips moving as you enact a grotesque parody of ventriloquism! I suppose this would be a VIDEO GAME today!!!
Whichever weird trad staffer they got to write this statement managed to mischaracterize the doctrine of the Incarnation and contradict the Catholic Church’s teaching on abortion in the same sentence, very impressive
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Whichever weird trad staffer they got to write this statement managed to mischaracterize the doctrine of the Incarnation and contradict the Catholic Church’s teaching on abortion in the same sentence, very impressive
The Gen X subreddit is pretty much what you’d expect
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Gen X subreddit is pretty much what you’d expect
An SSD shirt in a Wall Street Journal article popping out like a jump scare
(I think Matt Pincus is cool and doing a cool thing, don’t get mad at me)
(I think Matt Pincus is cool and doing a cool thing, don’t get mad at me)
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
An SSD shirt in a Wall Street Journal article popping out like a jump scare
(I think Matt Pincus is cool and doing a cool thing, don’t get mad at me)
(I think Matt Pincus is cool and doing a cool thing, don’t get mad at me)
I could never pull this shirt off, but it’s so good looking
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I could never pull this shirt off, but it’s so good looking
Eggnog ice cream at Shady Glen
December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Eggnog ice cream at Shady Glen
Every successive sentence in this reply to a “hey did anyone see this thing on the highway?” post is progressively unhinged
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Every successive sentence in this reply to a “hey did anyone see this thing on the highway?” post is progressively unhinged
We’re getting Unhinged Mone
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We’re getting Unhinged Mone
From the back of a Famous Monsters of Filmland published in 1962. Prank? Assault? That’s for YOU to decide!
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
From the back of a Famous Monsters of Filmland published in 1962. Prank? Assault? That’s for YOU to decide!
Yeah, some of it’s nice, it’s just funny how understated a lot of it is. I used to live in West Virginia, and it’s a different vibe entirely in their official merch store
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Yeah, some of it’s nice, it’s just funny how understated a lot of it is. I used to live in West Virginia, and it’s a different vibe entirely in their official merch store
The state of Connecticut now has an official merch store, and this made me laugh out loud. This is just about as flashy and showy as most Nutmeggers are willing to be when it comes to state pride
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The state of Connecticut now has an official merch store, and this made me laugh out loud. This is just about as flashy and showy as most Nutmeggers are willing to be when it comes to state pride
Great reaction image on Ring of Honor tonight
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Great reaction image on Ring of Honor tonight
Lon Chaney was 39 years old here
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Lon Chaney was 39 years old here
Eat your heart out, Olivia Nuzzi!
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Eat your heart out, Olivia Nuzzi!
The No Sleep sub really seems to be running low on spooky stories
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The No Sleep sub really seems to be running low on spooky stories
I haven’t been able to go to a flea market or junk shop since I broke my foot, so here’s a weird flea market find from the summer: a signed photo of Jinx Falkenburg: supermodel before that was a thing, newspaper columnist, radio star, and co-inventor of the morning TV talk show*
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I haven’t been able to go to a flea market or junk shop since I broke my foot, so here’s a weird flea market find from the summer: a signed photo of Jinx Falkenburg: supermodel before that was a thing, newspaper columnist, radio star, and co-inventor of the morning TV talk show*
So glad Google’s getting into the holiday movie game. I bet this is going to produce a whole raft of modern classics
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So glad Google’s getting into the holiday movie game. I bet this is going to produce a whole raft of modern classics