Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 47mEversource corruption on full display. Ask yourself if your town's small businesses — who are getting CRUSHED by Eversource costs — would ever, in a million years, even have the capacity to suggest a scheme like this, let alone the right people's phone number. Backwards priorities. 000
Reposted by Tyler Van Burenrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3254641880
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 07/10/2026The rule is: If you have talent, you have to focus on that talent instead of offering opinions on politics. If you don’t have talent, opine away. 871473144
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026folks, i can't tell you how many times i've rewatched this ad *that republicans are paying people to see* 1383306584
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026it should be illegal to broadcast senate campaign ads nationally. due respect to sherrod brown, but i refuse, sir. 100
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Pretty wild to get your team’s only hit and somehow have that be an all-time fuck up. 001
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026UConn’s red uniforms might be fine(?), but they look like shit on TV with the orange opposite. 100
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think one goal for our next president is electing someone who doesn’t reflexively empathize with rapists 000
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenUrban Dispatch @urbandispatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@ctmirror.org has such an incredible track record of investigative news piece highlights problem -> politicians immediately clamor to change laws to resolve problem ctmirror.org/2026/10/01/l...ctmirror.orgLamont, lawmakers call for changes to CT prison debt lawGov. Ned Lamont and leaders from both political parties said they want to change a law that charges people for time spent in prison. 051
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 01/10/2026Arkansas' procurement system is called HOGBID 2049952
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenRob Wesley @eastwes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I’m just pointing out that the X-Man, Xavier McDaniel, never played for the Hawks and I think, Senator, you might be thinking of Plastic Man, Stacey Augmon.” 2183
Reposted by Tyler Van Burenℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's crazy to have witnessed, in real time, over the span of about 10 years, Knowing Ball fully shifting from right wing-coded to left wing-coded. 71127132
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026graham platner has a better chance of being the nominee 140
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenChris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Elvin Hernandez, a CT DOT worker, was killed by a driver on I-95 today. DOT Commish Eucalitto: "The complete disregard that some motorists continue to show our employees... is disgraceful. The moral outrage the 3,300 men and women of this agency are feeling in this moment is entirely justified."portal.ct.govGovernor Lamont, Lt. Governor Bysiewicz, Commissioner Eucalitto Mourn the Death of Connecticut Department of Transportation Employee Elvin Hernandez 046
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026there is a cruel irony that the age of optimization — wringing every bit of value and advantage from each player — is the same age where most teams don't use any of that to try to win. 000
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I get that clicks keep the lights on, but giving this corrupt piece of shit a stage to beg for a pardon under your own byline is a little...newhavenindependent.orgDiamantis Works "Weaponization" Angle - New Haven IndependentFrom Greece, fugitive former state official discusses quest for Trump pardon on WNHH's "Dateline." 001
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There are a lot of people who spend a lot of their professional time making it seem like CT Republicans are the good ole moderates from 30 years ago, but in every piece of data that emerges, it's clear the party is untethered from the reality the rest of us live in. scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente... 010
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026watching a firefighter douse the flames on someone else's home: "this is about me." 030
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Local and state police need to protect their communities.ctmirror.orgTwo people hurt as activists, ICE clash at Meriden courthouseOne woman was pepper-sprayed and another pushed to the ground as ICE agents worked to detain at least one man at the Meriden courthouse. 011
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenTom Broderick @trumbullbrod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Whatever the long-term outcomes of our current moment, my lasting memory of Trump II will be the utter, pathetic spinelessness of people who have enough money and power to fight but bowed down like losers nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter...nl.nytimes.comHospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump AdministrationAt least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors. 282
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies 22293399
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In Connecticut, most of these people aren't taken seriously, but there is a little movement to put every single taxpayer dollar into the stock market. It's also why they want to appoint their rich friends — who can't be held accountable by voters — to invest our money as they deem worthy. 000
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 66129172820
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026[takes big sip of Storrs Central branded bourbon] now to read some posts 010
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenNo Escalators @noescalators.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@homefield.bsky.social is opening its first physical store in a basketball town 2182
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026drag his bitch ass backctmirror.orgKosta Diamantis flees to Greece, attorney saysKosta Diamantis, a former CT state official facing more than a decade in prison for corruption, has fled to Greece, his attorney said. 000
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A local restaurant in New London — a walk-up seafood shack — is opposing new housing nearby because they're worried about traffic. Everything is so amazingly stupid. archive.ph/f5815archive.phWelcome to nginxIf you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required. 000
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026(Realizing it would sound petty if I just said I don't like your post) Your post jeopardizes an important election 132116250
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It’s kind of crazy that this is going to be revelatory for a lot of people while idiots who post online have known this incredibly important information for years and years at this point 834698806
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026how does Riley Grunch have a better handle on reality than the average US Senator? 100
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenThe Connecticut Mirror @ctmirror.org · 11/09/2026CT’s 15.1% return ranked in the top 23% of returns achieved by major public pension funds over the past fiscal year.ctmirror.orgCT enjoys robust pension investment returnsCT’s 15.1% return ranked in the top 23% of returns achieved by major public pension funds over the past fiscal year. 063
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenUrban Dispatch @urbandispatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trinity College with an incredible new announcement They will be offering free college tuition + room & Board for any student who lives/goes to HS in its host city Hartford CT Is there any other program like this in the country?! Wow! hartfordbusiness.com/article/trin...hartfordbusiness.comTrinity College to cover full tuition, room and board for Hartford studentsTrinity's Hometown Hartford program will cover tuition, housing and meals for admitted Hartford residents, while nearby counties get half-tuition grants. 1184
Reposted by Tyler Van BurenMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026To use a Claude-ism, Anthropic's "economy adapts quickly" assumption is "load-bearing." If the elasticity of capital supply is on the low end, their own model shows AI producing Silicon Valley's feudalist dream: average wages go down, labor's share of income goes down, net return to capital goes up. 59728
Tyler Van Buren @tylervb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It now seems more possible than ever that Ms. Rachel will, at some point, shoot hoops with Senator Bernie Sanders. 010