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Ned takes a selfie in a Patriots T-Shirt and hat while drinking coffee from a Patriots mug.

Y’all know what day it is. #GoPats

I would trade a significant number of those joys to have him back.

I love you so much, Dad. I hope you're resting peacefully.

I guess what I'm saying is, a lot of people told me grief gets easier with time. I haven't found that to be true. I've just found that as time goes on, grief becomes contextualized alongside joy. The joys pile up, but the grief remains, exactly as potent as it was before.

I was 26 when Dad passed. 10 years later walls of grief still hit me out of nowhere and unexpectedly and wrack me with the kind of anguish I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

My father was a wonderful human. He and I spent so many beautiful memories together, making up for a period of time where we had very few. To the end he was one of my best friends, my biggest supporters, and my most ardent champions.

All I knew then, and all I know now, is sometimes in my worst nightmares or lowest points to this day I hear "Oh sweet, I think he's gone." and I'm instantly back to that moment. The entirety of my heart shattering. And having no goddamned idea what to do next.

I couldn't have known that truly there wouldn't be many things looking up for a very long time. I couldn't have known that only a few short days later we'd discover Debba Curtis' own cancer, and start the whole process again for Mom.

...when we decided the humane thing was to take dad off life support and let him pass away comfortably, February 3rd is the day it became real. It's the day I left the hospital, drove to his house where I would sleep alone for the next few months, and begin the process of whatever the hell came next

I turned, and it was true. Less than 3 feet away from me, he had passed away silently. Just me, and him, and the hum of hospital equipment.

While the real moment that changed my life had come a little less than a week earlier...

At about 9:30 that morning, I was quietly working on my very first producing project, sitting in a chair next to my dad's bed. He had been asleep for a couple days at this point, we were all just waiting for the end.

"Oh sweetie, I think he's gone." A nurse said to me as she came in to check on him

YouTube video by Ned Donovan Ned Donovan - New Words (from "In the Beginning")

I've been dreading today.

2016 is a year I would like removed from my person. As I've watched people online look at the then and now of the last 10 years, all I've been able to know was that some point February 3rd, and we would forever be more than 10 years since W Michael Donovan passed away.

Jenni and Ned take a selfie on their couch in Gotham FC gear

TWICE IN ONE WEEK?? It’s Gotham FC time, y’all. Join us in watching the second half on Paramount+! #GothamFC

Austin you gotta join us for a match this year :)

Ned and Jenni take a selfie on a couch in Gotham FC gear

WE’VE GOT GOTHAM FC ON TV! WE’RE BACK, BABY!

#GothamFC

THE PATRIOTS ARE VACK IN THE SUPER BOWL BAYBAY! LET’S GO PATS

I’m wondering what all this software is that people now make that it wasn’t worth for them learning programming for

And what all the articles are it wasn’t worth learning writing for.

And what all the art is that it wasn’t worth learning how to express yourself for.

Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

It took a lot of willpower to not violate the rule, you know?

Too many people here for every interaction in nyc to not have the potential for insanity. Or inanity. Take your pick :P

Just watched a guy hit a smelling salt before doing a crazy bench rep set, and I guess what I’m saying is that midtown Planet Fitness locations are built different?

#nyc #fitness #auditionday #nycactor

WHERE? FROM THIS GUY??

Tell me true, internet. Am I about to become hooked on Lorcana? #Lorcana

Part 1 of a Notes app screenshot that reads: We don’t have a baby. We started the adoption process in December 2024. Our profile went live July 2025 and, to our surprise and excitement, we matched in August - just six weeks after our profile launched. We’ve spent the past five months preparing to welcome a baby girl into our lives. Last month we flew to Seattle and waited. Unfortunately the outcome isn’t what we hoped for and we head home tomorrow without a baby and with a canceled placement. We can never begin to imagine the situation a pregnant person is in when they seek out adoption and while we are so sad we will not be parenting this baby, all we can hope for is that they have a wonderful life filled with love.

Part 2 of a notes app screenshot that reads: Thank you to all the people who have helped us here in Seattle - from getting us a bassinet, baby clothes, feeding us, lending us your car, and so much more. Thanks especially to our amazing host, Joel, love you mean it! If we couldn’t be at home during this time, thank you all for making us feel at home here. We return to New York sad, but excited to see Buggsy. Thank you so much to all the people who watered our plants and rallied around our pup, we never worried about him knowing he was so loved and cared for by all of you! We have such an incredible community of friends and family, and while this moment for us is sad, we are so grateful and thankful to have the love of so many. Our adoption profile has been reactivated at Friend in Adoption and we look forward to expanding our family when the time comes - please share our profile.

It’s been a long few weeks, but we’re excited to come home. Thank you so much to our incredible community on both coasts.

Please read and share our profile. We’re excited to expand our family when the time comes. :)

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The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"

How The Hell Did I Get Here??? | By Kayshon Boutte I’d wake up early in the morning, and the first thing I’d do was bet.

What an essay from Kayshon Boutte

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Why’d I think they were all in starfleet outfits at a quick glance???

Now I want Keith in Star Trek

Came Here For Love by Sigala & Ella Eyre on Apple Music Song · 2017 · Duration 3:22

Today’s workout banger on repeat:

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‘Blind Into Caracas’ Less than 24 hours in, members of the Trump team are celebrating victory. None of them seem to have wondered what happens a day, a month, a decade from now.

The most disturbing presidential press conference I have ever seen.

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(First 3/4ths before paywall.)

A picture of Mayor Zohran Mamdani as the new profile photo form “Mayor Eric Adams”

Social Media Account handoffs are happening and I find this image aggressively funny.

#ZohranMamdani

🚨 Final 2025 Audio Fiction World Cup Ranking 🚨

The tallies are in, we can finally put a bow on the 2025 AFWC! We had an incredible year with a wildly close finish at the top!

Visit our website digitalmediaworldcup... for the complete list! #AudioFiction #FictionPodcast #ActualPlay #AudioDrama