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Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

@gaelfc.bsky.social

Seattle by way of Twin Cities. Journalist and pop-culture junkie. Co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?” and “The Totally Sweet ‘90s.”

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When your team wins the Super Bowl, these turn up at the checkouts. As a Vikings fan, I might never have known this.

26.02.2026 06:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am at my cat-allergy shot and they decorated the waiting room with ALLERGY-THEMED construction paper hearts. “Worth a shot.” “Wheezy 4U.” “Nut free cutie.” “Breathe easy.” “Lungs and kisses.” One just says: “Take a Zyrtec.”

20.02.2026 22:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Devon Witherspoon revealed in a radio interview that Mike Macdonald identified from film study that the Patriots offensive linemen were effectively tipping their pitches with their stances.

Put that in the pantheon of Super Bowl coaching contributions.

09.02.2026 22:46 — 👍 681    🔁 84    💬 16    📌 72
Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle

Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle

Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle

09.02.2026 03:24 — 👍 4831    🔁 675    💬 68    📌 54

Big congrats to the Pats and Seahawks, but mostly to the Seahawks

26.01.2026 02:53 — 👍 544    🔁 17    💬 18    📌 0

You are not!

13.01.2026 00:05 — 👍 29    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Bears were smart to choose the first half to collapse unlike the packers who chose the second half.. seems like a bad call by them

11.01.2026 04:24 — 👍 55    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Excerpt from an Atlantic article on rudeness in the job market

Excerpt from an Atlantic article on rudeness in the job market

Pretty decent Atlantic article about how rude the job market has become. But look closely. Is any generation, I don’t know, Xed out of their survey summary?

12.12.2025 18:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
Browns getting ready to run a rd zone play with nothing happening in 3 other games including two that have not even kicked off yet

Browns getting ready to run a rd zone play with nothing happening in 3 other games including two that have not even kicked off yet

WHY ARE YOU QUADBOXING A RED ZONE PLAY WITH NOTHING

07.12.2025 21:27 — 👍 140    🔁 8    💬 6    📌 4
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I want this woman thrown in prison for at least a decade.

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Who needs the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when you have the fever dream of Fun In Balloonland? Please enjoy about ~1 minute of the most insane yet somehow real footage you will ever see.

27.11.2025 16:40 — 👍 320    🔁 131    💬 18    📌 26
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11/24/1988

25.11.2025 00:12 — 👍 427    🔁 110    💬 5    📌 3
A small tabby kitten clings to the bars of her crate, showing off her incredible spotty belly. She is screaming and I'm almost sure you can hear it through the photo.

A small tabby kitten clings to the bars of her crate, showing off her incredible spotty belly. She is screaming and I'm almost sure you can hear it through the photo.

RELEASE ME.

AM NOT CRIMBINAL.

DO NOT DESERVE JAIL.

25.11.2025 00:13 — 👍 541    🔁 87    💬 25    📌 3

narrator: 50 years ago...

me: [nods] in 1945

narrator: in 1975...

me: what

25.11.2025 02:11 — 👍 7204    🔁 1620    💬 118    📌 108

I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion

17.11.2025 04:35 — 👍 3426    🔁 527    💬 23    📌 10
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A&M what in the world...

15.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 64    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 5

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

05.11.2025 02:47 — 👍 61760    🔁 11148    💬 1183    📌 516
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POSTGAME: JJ McCarthy clutch as Vikings defeat Lions Podcast Episode · Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast · 11/03/2025 · 55m

If you’re a Vikes fan this postgame episode from @matthewcoller.bsky.social and @danemizutani.bsky.social is an all timer. Suddenly I don’t want to murder this team.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

04.11.2025 00:31 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

03.11.2025 23:50 — 👍 6512    🔁 1256    💬 42    📌 37

My god, the Dodgers are putting Sandy Koufax in

28.10.2025 05:36 — 👍 440    🔁 61    💬 10    📌 3

They look like they’re cosplaying as Century 21 Realtors from the 80s.

27.10.2025 01:20 — 👍 36    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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A ★★★★ review of The Goodbye Girl (1977) A truly sparky, amiable, chemistry-filled and charismatic romcom with three terrific performances from Richard Dreyfuss and Martha Mason, as an actor and a dancer forced to share an apartment, and Qui...

The Goodbye Girl is a beautifully-made, sparky romcom. There’s just one problem: the 1970s. boxd.it/boD68x

17.10.2025 14:37 — 👍 51    🔁 4    💬 8    📌 1

Then stop calling him Prince Andrew.

17.10.2025 18:23 — 👍 342    🔁 60    💬 21    📌 3
2025 ALCS presented by loanDepot
SEA leads series 3-2
Blue Jays 2, Mariners 6
Pictured: Eugenio Suárez shows emotion after hitting a go-ahead grand slam. He is wearing a white Mariners uniform with teal outline.

2025 ALCS presented by loanDepot SEA leads series 3-2 Blue Jays 2, Mariners 6 Pictured: Eugenio Suárez shows emotion after hitting a go-ahead grand slam. He is wearing a white Mariners uniform with teal outline.

THE @MARINERS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST-EVER WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE 😮

18.10.2025 01:11 — 👍 135    🔁 30    💬 2    📌 7

Me: This must be such a stressful moment for Cal Raleigh. I can't imagine the pressure.

Cal Raleigh: [doink]

18.10.2025 00:50 — 👍 27    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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The Cal Raleigh homer got 155 feet off the ground and was picked up by the radar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. 😮

18.10.2025 00:57 — 👍 304    🔁 53    💬 9    📌 7

You’ve gotta imagine Seattle native Sir Mix-A-Lot is having the time of his life watching Cal Raleigh

18.10.2025 00:52 — 👍 587    🔁 77    💬 15    📌 5
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83yo Paul McCartney with *significantly* more pyro than any of us expected.

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