Barry Petchesky

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Deputy editor, Defector.com

Police said the thief stole a 2021 Pokémon JPN Gengar VMAX card valued at $2,500, a 2005 Pokémon Gold Star Metagross Delta Species card valued at $2,850, and a sealed Pokémon Base Set XY Booster Box valued at $4,200.
Mercy as a kitten.
During a March 26 meeting of the Souderton Area School District’s board of directors, board member Kim Wheeler alleged that an Inquirer journalist “right now is under investigation with the Philadelphia police for misleading information, and reporting on inaccurate information.” But Sgt. Eric Gripp, a Philadelphia police spokesperson, said that the department does not conduct criminal investigations into journalists for their reporting, which “falls squarely under protected speech and free press rights under the First Amendment.”
A small dog with large ears, on the subway, staring plaintively at the camera.
Team USA. (Photo:Alexander NEMENOV / AFP via Getty Images)
Toothless Jack Hughes celebrates gold. Photo: Elsa/Getty Images
Quinn Hughes looking like a small, bullied monkey.
Cat!
Fearsome critters wikipedia entry
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Huckle found all of this mystifying. During his playing days, and for decades after, he'd never heard about "Wilbur Huckle for President." On the phone, I told him all about the banner contest, and that a kid named Ronald Einziger had put his name on a sign. When I asked what he thought about people making those banners and buttons, he told me, "Well, I appreciate them, and I just hope that they're still thinking about baseball—it's just such a great game."
The founder tells a short story about surviving a plane crash that killed his father and 135 other people.
Some very basic addition
In Flames album cover 'Colony'
A bunch of Yankees utility guys who couldn't hit for shit
Ankylosaurs getting blown the fuck away by an asteroid strike
My cat, looking stupid
A very large baby that went viral a few years ago