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Kierran

@thectyankee.bsky.social
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Year-round angler from coastal Connecticut. History enthusiast. Beachcomber. Concert goer. Diehard supporter of Red Sox, UConn MBB, & USMNT. kierran.blogspot.com

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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
You can spend a lifetime fishing and exploring the Thimble Islands.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hard to believe it’s been nine years since we lost Tom Petty. This article, written the day after he died, captures exactly how I felt and still feel. Tom’s songs were a soundtrack to my life, and while I never met him, it felt like losing a friend. Rest easy, Tom. www.huffpost.com/entry/among-...
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Among the Wildflowers: For us die-hards, we didn't just lose a legend in Tom — we lost a friend
Among the Wildflowers: For us die-hards, we didn't just lose a legend in Tom — we lost a friend
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dave Brubeck’s 1960’s Connecticut home was as cool as his music.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At least we had July…See you next year.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With our backs against the wall…in Uncle Sonny we trust. #SoxInThree
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🫡 🇺🇸
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 28/09/2026
The next chapter starts tomorrow.
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bsox72.bsky.social @bsox72.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Red Sox Starting 5 in 2004 made 157 of 162 Starts, never missing a game because of injury.
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Red Sox Nation Stats @rsnstats.com · 26/09/2026
Have to feel for #RedSox Mickey Gasper, who sounds like he had a season-ending injury in Game 1 today. Gasper likely woke up this morning looking forward to Tuesday as much, if not more, than anything in his life. Rough break, gut punch for him in an otherwise meaningless game.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Calm before the storm
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JB @notjaredb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of those nights...what a burner. Bonus double rainbow behind me. #photography #ctnaturefans #landscape
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 21/09/2026
Not leaving.
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 22/09/2026
Our manager 🫡
TEXT: Boston Red Sox
Our Manager
Chad Tracy

IMAGE: Graphic announcing Chad Tracy as the Manager of the Boston Red Sox. The word “Interim” is scratched out in black pen and white text reading “Our Manager” is layered under a photo of Tracy on field at Fenway Park. Tracy is wearing a red Red Sox short sleeve and a navy Boston hat.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026
IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today is the autumnal equinox and it feels every bit of it. 🍂
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Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New York City Docks - c1900s photo taken by Paul W Faust Most of the world’s great ports would have looked similar at the time, with forests of masts. #Ageofsail #NewYork #ships
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was a wicked good summah for the Sox! After being 14 games under .500 in June, the @RedSox are shipping up to the #Postseason! #CLINCHED (MLB x @BudweiserUSA)
CLINCHED! Boston Red Sox
Postseason 2026 presented by Budweiser
Pictured: Cutouts of Willson Contreras, Payton Tolle, Ceddanne Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu and Sonny Gray. They wear green City Connect Red Sox jerseys.
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 20/09/2026
Trace with words of gratitude:
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Paul Piorek WICC @paulpiorekwicc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Bridgeport climate station has recorded 41.51" of precipitation this year, which is nearly ten inches (+9.86") more than the 31.65" normal through September 19. Last year's precipitation through the same period (20.47") was less than half of this year's total.
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Steve @redsoxhuskies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Warning to the rest of the league: ROMAN ANTHONY IS BACK BABY!!!!
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 13/09/2026
Please enjoy every pitch of Payton Tolle's immaculate inning.
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David Laurila FanGraphs @davidlaurila.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fenway Park a few hours after today’s late afternoon game. Empty ballparks have a certain charm.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a horseshoe crab watches as a variety of prehistoric creatures swim towards an ethereal light. An ammonite calls back to the crab, “come on, horseshoe crab! We’re all evolving!” Panel 2: the horseshoe crab stays in position and replies, “nahh that’s crazy” Panel 3: the horseshoe crab is superimposed in front of a future premonition: a rather miserable-looking human slouched in the glow of a desktop computer. The horshoe crab swims away and says, “good luck tho”
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 07/09/2026
That's 5 straight! 🗒️ bit.ly/3UXlOBu
Final score from September 7, 2026
Angels 2, Red Sox 5

IMAGE: Wilyer Abreu and Adley Rutschman jump and fist bump after a home run at Fenway Park. They are wearing the team’s home white uniforms.
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 06/09/2026
Back-to-back shutouts! 🗒️: bit.ly/3TbEFZ7
Final score from September 5th, 2026
Red Sox 5 Orioles 0

IMAGE: Final score graphic featuring a photo of Trevor Story and Nick Sogard in the dugout wearing their away grey Red Sox uniforms looking at each other and smiling.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mickey Mantle Gasper
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How good that must have felt for Trevor Story? Many a hater happily eating crow tonight. #redsox
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Payton Tolle is an absolute gem 😭
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AJ @ncsox.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mickey Gasper arriving in Worcester before being called back up to Boston.
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Simpsons: Bart Watches Old Homer Enter
ALT: Simpsons: Bart Watches Old Homer Enter
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I love baseball (and I miss Sale in a Red Sox uniform).
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Very cool sighting in the neighborhood this morning…Bobcat and two cubs doing their thing.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
GO-AHEAD GRAND SLAM Jarren Duran puts Boston ahead in the 11th!
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton did all the good she could, for all the people she could, for as long as ever she could. From her legendary songwriting to the Imagination Library—which sent 1 million books a month to children across the country—she was the best of America. Dolly, we'll miss your great heart.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In a world where fashions come back into style eventually, it’s time for stirrups to be the norm in baseball again. Classic.
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Red Sox season in a nutshell #wheeeeee
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Golden Retriever Rollercoaster
ALT: Golden Retriever Rollercoaster
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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Some kid on Harvard's campus just got hit with this rocket off the bat of Willson Contreras
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Red Sox @redsox.com · 22/08/2026
That ball still hasn't landed.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Red Sox need to sign Payton Tolle to a lifetime contract. He is a great pitcher and a better human. #redsox
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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ted Williams: **hits home run, returns to dugout** Teammate: Nice one, here’s a giant foam dinosaur helmet for you to wear now Ted Williams: **murders teammate on dugout steps**
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Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The whaleship Essex leaving Nantucket, August 12th, 1819, by New Zealand artist Anthony D Blake The following year she will be sunk in the Pacific by a sperm whale, providing the inspiration behind Herman Melville’s Moby Dick #Ageofsail #InTheHeartoftheSea #whaling
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ANJEC @anjec.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Scientists have confirmed: Ospreys in the Chesapeake are facing a new challenge, one that could prove as dire as that of DDT. Osprey chicks are starving in their nests and the reason is simple… Their primary food source is menhaden--no longer abundant www.audubon.org/magazine/osp...
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Kierran @thectyankee.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
There’s lots of bad news out there, but knowing osprey babies are starving to death because menhaden are being overfished really sucks.
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