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therealbradbabs.bsky.social
writer (the baffler, the boston globe, bright wall dark room, etc) & photographer
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Here’s a new project we’ve been cooking for the last few months! So proud to stand with the brilliant, dedicated, passionate workers of Quirk Books. We’re not on Bluesky yet but you can follow us on Insta at @quirkbooksunion

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really excited to have contributed some writing and photography to this report on somerville's 2025 porchfest: www.thesomepublication.com/post/porchfe...

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instagram making any noise at me

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Jason Kelce really pulled a Mr Smith goes to Washington goddamn lol

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posts like this are the left’s brain rot content

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derek thompson would get tricked by someone playing peekaboo i swear

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“comemadre” rocks, jeremy is correct

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ha ha ha we’re doomed ha ha ha

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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

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Serious answer: No, I don't believe I have

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been developing my own film for over four years and finally had my first catastrophic failure. when opened the tank, the sheets had come off their holder and were stuck to the walls

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Hardcovers have crash landed in a bookstore near you!

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the mavs winning the lottery is so fucking funny

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Over at @phillymag.com we have an excerpt from @tmcallister.bsky.social's great new book, out this week:

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everybody wants to make fun of this. i guess that’s their right. but it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to mold your brain into whatever shape makes thinking this possible. i think you have to respect the effort and commitment.

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the first four episodes of daredevil: born again are unbelievably bad but they do reward you for being a mindless idiot freak willing to watch anything because the rest of the reason is actually pretty good

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My latest is also my first byline at @thebulwark.com - a look at Murray Kempton and a new anthology of his work by @sevenstories.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/the-late-g...

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newsletter #63: a minecraft movie, a note from rachel on the haters and losers, the sinners soundtrack, the chicago bulls, and more:

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prime athletic specimen

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I appreciate that the Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences has this prominently placed at the top of their main webpage right now. as.tufts.edu

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hallelujah!

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man, there is some serious egg on my face right now

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The only Pope commentary I care about

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Also Midwest Futures, page 76 of which says, in its entirety, “By the way, in 2025 there will be a pope from Chicago.“ At the time people were like “Phil what’s up with this bizarre digression” and several reviewers were like “I think this man may have a mental illness“ but now who’s laughing

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hello mr pope uh your holiness sir can you please tell the cubs to extend kyle tucker thank you uh your holiness sir

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michael mann makes “ferrari” and then the next pope is from chicago……..makes u think

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boy does this fucking suck

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i lost faith in okc’s ability to beat denver i saw a commercial for the series from the nba which included a shot of sga squatting like 185lbs. those aren’t “beating jokic” weights

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FT EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

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