Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I think a lot about how Stephen Root fills a void in the universe that we’d never even know was there without him. 010
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Is this the website where I share that I finished today’s maddening Sunday NYT crossword and feel invincible. 010
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 29/08/2026NYT crossword spoilers: At least Harold Ramis and screamo were objectively the correct ways to fill voids in my life once again today. 020
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Can’t immediately find the article but there was one I’ll never forget about how Tim Anderson was really good at baseball because he took it up relatively late and didn’t know any better than to play it his way. Nobody told him he was doing it wrong as a kid. Just did what felt right to him.nytimes.comTim Anderson, former White Sox All-Star and AL batting champ, retires from MLB (Gift Article)Anderson played 10 MLB seasons, his best eight coming in Chicago, where he was the centerpiece of a franchise rebuild. 000
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 20/07/202650th anniversary today of Hank Aaron’s last home run. His legacy is about much more than that. See how the Brewers and Greater Milwaukee Foundation are still carrying that on. www.mlb.com/news/brewers...mlb.comAaron's 755th and final home run went quietly, but legacy remains for 50th anniversaryMILWAUKEE – As home runs go, it was nothing particularly special. That’s actually one of the things Bud Selig loves most about No. 755. 010
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Animal from The Muppets appearing in the role of Meg White for the World Cup Final halftime show is delightful and bizarre. 110
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 18/07/2026For all my career stops I think I’ve still had more job security than any fellow former UW-Milwaukee student who went on to the NBA. #PatherProud 120
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Just remembered that today by the Lake I crossed paths with a guy who had his arm out like a falcon would be perched there but instead a cat was laying across his shoulder and outstretched bicep. We made eye contact, solemnly gave the dude-nod. I will never forget them. 010
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 13/06/2026There’s a Brent Hall of Fame and this Suter guy is enshrined. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/brent-suterclimatecoloredgoggles.comMeet the baseball player who's tired of promoting Big OilIn an exclusive interview, Brent Suter becomes the first American pro athlete to speak out against fossil fuel advertising in sports. 010
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The last time the Knicks and Spurs played in the Finals I watched it at The Chancery on Downer with Paul Auster. We bonded over Sprewell. 040
Reposted by BrentUrban Milwaukee @urbanmilwaukee.com · 28/05/2026Hunger Task Force Warns Pantries Are “Not Equipped” For Coming Waveurbanmilwaukee.comHunger Task Force Warns Pantries Are “Not Equipped” For Coming WaveMilwaukee’s largest food bank has already seen traffic climb 35% and expects more after July 1 FoodShare cuts hit immigrants. 023
Reposted by BrentLiz Faber @lizwfab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Just burst into a room like the Kool-Aid man to tell @momebie.bsky.social this glorious news!! 0131
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 19/05/2026There will come a day when I’m sooo sick of Victor Wembanyama winning every game so easily but for now this is the most fun I’ve had watching basketball in years. 110
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Lots of young Ukrainian women are wanting to connect on LinkedIn and ladies looking for a good man (who actually calls) are trying to follow me on Instagram. Guess the midterms are coming up. 000
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I spent a weekend filming here as part of the Missed Connections cast/crew. Bobby’s photos/story capture the insanity of this, the location for my lone IMDB page’s entry — notably the seashell phone booth. Turns out every inch of that place is indelibly branded into my memory. Thanks, Bobby. 231
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Stopping at a corner on a busy Prospect Ave to let some guy cross the street then that guy ends up being Mark Borchardt which is why you should stop to let everyone cross because they’re probably a wonderful human being. 050
Reposted by BrentUrban Milwaukee @urbanmilwaukee.com · 14/04/2026Why Cream City Brick Mattersurbanmilwaukee.comWhy Cream City Brick MattersOn Milwaukee Day, pause to admire the building material that gives the city its nickname. 0153
Reposted by BrentAmanda @hellomanders.bsky.social · 14/04/2026happy milwaukee day! 414 for lyfe!media.tenor.coma very tall building with a clock tower on topAlt: a very tall building with a clock tower reads “welcome to milwaukee”. Laverne & Shirley then start their walk to hasenpfeffer incorporated 23612
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 14/04/2026For those of you who mocked me when I wrote “citywide discounts” for a mayoral proclamation like 15 years ago, I am sort of vindicated. 1152
Reposted by BrentMilwaukee Record @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social · 26/03/2026"Stomp your feet, clap your hands!" (Happy Opening Day, Milwaukee.)milwaukeerecord.comMKE Music Rewind: “Brewer Fever” (1980)“Stomp your feet and clap your haaaaaaaaaands! You’re part of the team sitting in the stands.” 1122
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 24/03/2026At least ‘Abe Vigoda’ and ‘ska’ intersected in yesterday’s crossword. 020
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 20/03/2026When the colleague’s phone blares a country song ringtone and she fumbles apologetically trying to turn it off — her manager starts loudly singing along to put her at ease. That’s good stuff. 121
Reposted by BrentDeaduardo Najura 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 10/02/2026It's gonna be ironic if Isaiah Stewart gets a longer suspension for going after Miles Bridges than Miles Bridges got when he did the thing that made everyone root for Stewart in this confrontation. 813635
Reposted by BrentPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome 3984702436
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Happy 5th MJS anniversary, Drake. Been a pleasure following you on this journey. 🙏 141
Reposted by BrentKatie Heindl @wtevs.bsky.social · 25/01/2026i’ve had a few conversations about the perceived target nba players might worry they’d become if they spoke out which, while not unfounded, i have a hard time squaring when queer women with much less financial insulation are saying it out loud 15511
Reposted by BrentAmanda @hellomanders.bsky.social · 25/01/2026the nra is stressing the legality of open carry in minneapolis with regards to alex pratti. this is the first time in my 48 years that I’ve been in alignment with the nra & I’m absolutely living in the upside down. anyone else got the shakes this morning? 138814
Reposted by BrentJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant. 10869321766
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Not that you have to be a healthcare worker, literal choirboy or high school athlete (or white) for it to be a tragedy — this is simply about righting the narrative amid officially sanctioned lies.apnews.comThe man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family saysFamily members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. 011
Reposted by BrentJordan Raftronaut Davis @raftronaut.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Imagine seeing a murder and being afraid to go home because the government might abduct you in the night. 041
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 23/01/2026“Each one of us is picking the thing we know how to do and trying to use that to stop ICE.”basketballfeelings.com'Picking the thing we know how to do'Minneapolis civil rights lawyer Tim Phillips, who wore an 'ICE OUT' shirt to a Wolves game that security asked him to remove, shares his experience. 000
Reposted by BrentEliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026This is why we keep saying: keep filming ICE. Recording law enforcement in public is completely legal as long as you are not obstructing. As a career public defender, I can tell you: video evidence matters. Footage from today is likely to become central evidence in the prosecution of the agent. 527397
Reposted by BrentJulie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 07/01/2026Your daily reminder that LLMs are software trained on large-scale human-produced data that contains historical and contemporary biases, exclusions, stereotypes, and power asymmetries. At scale, these systems amplify patterns that already exist in that data. It's bigotry presented as knowledge. 085
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Every email/notification received the first day back after a holiday vacation: “Where are we at with this?” 010
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Not excited to find out what else Cixin Liu correctly anticipated in the Three-Body trilogy. 000
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Minor fixation on Charles Babbage of late. Turns out today is his birthday. Here’s Bruce Sterling’s “conspiracy theory” about a trip Babbage took to Italy. bruces.medium.com/the-mysterio...bruces.medium.comThe Mysterious Visit of Mr Babbage, by Bruce Sterling (2017)First published in “Archivio #1,” Turin Italy, 2017. 000
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 24/12/2025If you care to support someone directly this holiday season, my pal Julie could use help with medical/living expenses after health issues have made the past year extremely difficult/stressful. US healthcare is horrible. She’s a gem. 🫶🙏 gofund.me/d4fe631e8gofund.meDonate to help Julie Carpenter medical and living expenses, organized by Amy BensingerHello! Our friend Julie Carpenter, a researcher and author ba… Amy Bensinger needs your support for Donate to help Julie Carpenter medical and living expenses 010
Reposted by BrentI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/12/2025Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit 78107712141
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Had a Proustian moment of remembrance upon mention of the Higgins Boys & Gruber. 141
Brent @brentgohde.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Do you want me to wordsmith this? Noodle on it? Work my magic? Do my thing? I can’t do them all at once so pick one. This is why we have a process in place. 000
Reposted by BrentJulie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 03/12/2025I’m opening a limited set of 1:1 sessions for writers, developers, and design teams who need fast clarity on AI ethics, user research, or human–AI interaction. Quick turnarounds, project guidance, and actionable notes. Message me here or email below if you want a slot! jgcarpenter.comjgcarpenter.comJulie Carpenter, PhD 097
