A visibly tired woman opens her door to find a Marine in full dress. "No," she says through tears.
"Ma'am..."
"No... is it my son? Is it my boy??"
He removes his hat.
"There will likely be more. That's the way it is," he says as he draws air through his teeth. "Likely be more."
01.03.2026 21:45 β
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Becoming a drag king called Gary Bussy
01.03.2026 17:19 β
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Just remembered I got really stoned and made exactly one TikTok video over a year ago and then never logged in again lol
24.02.2026 03:16 β
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This clip of the lad Josh Rocks throwing a piping hot 9-darter on his premiere league debut in front of an absolute raving mad home town Belfast crowd goes so hard. My wife asked if I was okay after I watched this
28.02.2026 02:40 β
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you cannot expect me to take any story about Anthropic seriously when this man is clearly Phil Jennings running some sort of covert russian op
27.02.2026 20:45 β
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"Ooh honey it says we're staying in the 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' suite... why are you making that face?"
27.02.2026 19:48 β
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in video game parlance we'd call this a re-spec. hell i'd do it. hell you'd do it too
27.02.2026 15:01 β
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90s nba pencils. Each is round and glossy with the teamβs name, colors and logo
thinkin about thos pencils
27.02.2026 12:20 β
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'Yo Donnie thanks for doing that. Random thought: if you're ever thirsty you should try having a couple of those caffeinated Panera lemonades. Trust me'
26.02.2026 21:06 β
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We tried pitching that but Sales told us nobody eats those anymore π€·ββοΈ
26.02.2026 13:48 β
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βSo when youβre planning the work trip to the Maury taping, what youβre gonna wanna do isβ¦β
25.02.2026 18:28 β
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*being tortured. like you, reading my posts!
25.02.2026 16:50 β
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with all respect to anyone who died on one, i believe the very first few seconds of beyond tortured on a rack would feel pretty good! again, with all respect
25.02.2026 16:47 β
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Lots of good options - gotta go with βLet me grab my toolbox - AKA WALLETβ
25.02.2026 15:56 β
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Dbj your insistence that shaq and the general dont have an obviously deep bond forged over years of slowly chipping away at their insecurities and eventually being vulnerable with each other really says a lot about you tbh
25.02.2026 02:42 β
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Falling asleep in front of the TV and waking up at 2am to an infomercial of you hawking Sid Bream merchandise
24.02.2026 14:13 β
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I remember hearing about this. Legend
24.02.2026 03:23 β
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It is a duty and a pleasure
24.02.2026 03:22 β
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Just remembered I got really stoned and made exactly one TikTok video over a year ago and then never logged in again lol
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Stan Kasten became a sports executive by asking | Secret Base
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you know Stan Kasten? The super-rich, super-successful president of the super-rich, super-successful LA Dodgers?
Wanna know how he got into sports management? It's gonna piss you off a little.
www.patreon.com/posts/stan-k...
23.02.2026 17:11 β
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in this post I explain the thing @ryansimmons.bsky.social and I are making which I am very very excited about
23.02.2026 17:12 β
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olympic hockey overtime rules
- three skaters per side
- first goal wins
- rink shrinks by 20% every two minutes
19.02.2026 20:45 β
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working on a @secretbase.bsky.social piece with @sethrosenthal.bsky.social that heavily features Ted Turner -- here's an archival clip w/ a british reporter who reminds him he doesnt have the money to buy CBS and ted basically responds "well yall got your ass kicked in dunkirk and bounced back" lol
20.02.2026 16:19 β
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they're calling him the most cross checked player in history
20.02.2026 18:09 β
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Getting taken to the blue tent in a Bellagio ballroom. Giving the thumbs up while I get carted past the Wheel of Fortune slots
20.02.2026 18:01 β
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and still alive!
20.02.2026 16:49 β
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aka the "jane fonda come get your man" section
20.02.2026 16:46 β
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working on a @secretbase.bsky.social piece with @sethrosenthal.bsky.social that heavily features Ted Turner -- here's an archival clip w/ a british reporter who reminds him he doesnt have the money to buy CBS and ted basically responds "well yall got your ass kicked in dunkirk and bounced back" lol
20.02.2026 16:19 β
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the youtube equivalent of "UGH -- you gotta smell this"
19.02.2026 17:45 β
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that opening crawl is basically 'ummm forget all that other shit'
18.02.2026 20:50 β
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