Brandon Taitt

@btaitt.bsky.social

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Movies, sci-fi, politics and soccer, including Star Trek, #mnufc, and more. I used to make “sportball” jokes and I’m very sorry for my transgressions.

Batman and Joker from “Batman” (1989) when Joker says “you wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses on would you?” and Batman punches him off the roof
A person wearing Minnesota Aurora FC’s first ever pride kit, a dark blue starry night with a rainbow aurora near the bottom
A picture on top of Wil Trapp with Paul Rothrock draped on his lap and Wil's hand is on Rothrock's tum tum. On the bottom, a renaissance sculpture depicting Mary holding the body of Jesus Christ.
A Minnesota state flag with signatures in the supporters section of Allianz Field
Four panels of Jamie Lee Curtis arguing with someone, shushing them with a finger, then taking an angry drink
“Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps, San Jose Earthquakes, Real Salt Lake, Colorado Rapids LA Galaxy, LAFC, San Diego FC, Austin FC, Houston Dynamo, FC Dallas Chicago Fire, Minnesota United, St. Louis City SC, Sporting Kansas City, FC Cincinnati, Columbus Crew CF Montreal, Toronto FC, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, NYCFC, Philadelphia Union D.C. United, Nashville SC, Atlanta United, Charlotte FC, Inter Miami, Orlando City ” Excerpt From “Sources: MLS divisional revamp may split old rivalries, blend conferences” Paul Tenorio and Tom Bogert The Athletic https://apple.news/ArqNwaMTYS0inrrCB_cIMjQ This material may be protected by copyright.
A screenshot of my top five podcasts including The Filmcast, ATP, The Loony Bin Podcast, Blank Check, and The Guardian Football Weekly
A man standing in the middle of a crowd, Norman Rockwell’s painting “Freedom of Speech”
A quote post blaming IPAs for breweries declining
The sickos meme with a MNUFC jersey on
A picture of an MNUFC team photographer pointing to the team warming up with a kid assisting him
A man wearing a hat sitting in a like of people in front of the University of Minnesota Rarig Experimental theatre
An iPhone lock screen photo showing Allianz Field at sunset
TCO Stadium in Minnesota before the Minnesota Aurora semi-final playoff game
A table and flowers with a sign reading “of the best leaders when their task is finished, their work done, the people will say ‘we did it ourselves’’! - Lao Tzu
Film ballot for best films of the 21st century, includes A Serious Man, Social Network, Arrival, Grand Budapest Hotel, Before Sunset, Spirited Away, Inside Out, Return of the King, Children of Men, Parasite
Walter Matthau looking down the camera from “The Taking of Pelham 123”
People chanting “no kings”
A photo of a crowd of people including Rep. Melissa Hortman hugging Aisha Gomez, celebrating
A Pride soccer kit with “Love Unites” written across the front in rainbow colors with rainbow sleeves
The lineup for a soccer game showing a 3-5-2 formation.
A cartoon Professor Xavier in pain with a Nottingham Forest badge
A camera looking out onto the field
A black 3D printed sculpture of Captain Picard fave palming on top of a cubicle wall
Romulan from Star Trek.
Captain Picard from Star Trek TNG episode “Chain of Command” yelling
The rear end of a sideline referee in pink dominating the screen instead of the players on the field
The new purple goalkeeper kit for MNUFC on a standee at the team store
Saliba coming from behind to laugh in Haaland’s big pouty humble face after a goal was scored against Manchester City
A photo from Letterboxd showing top directors watched in 2024, including Elaine May, Yorgos Lanthimos, Celine Sciamma, Satoshi Kon, Alfonso Cuaron and Jason Reitman
"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...
Patrick Stewart wearing glassing and crossing his arms looking grumpy
Photo of soccer player Teemu Pukki and a message reading “Kiitos Teemu. The club has transferred Finland international forward Teemu Pukki to HJK Helsinki for an undisclosed fee.”
A man, woman and child wearing Minnesota Aurora FC gear at a game
Butthead of “Beavis and Butthead” saying “woah”
A screenshot showing the first movie as A New Leaf and the last film as For All Mankind
• Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jackson • Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (with audiobook read by Chiwetel Ejiofor) • Life As No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence by Sara Imari Walker • The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow • The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates • Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel • Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Levin • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translation by David McDuff, audiobook by Luke Thompson • The Power Broker by Robert Caro, audiobook by Robertson Dean
Michael Keaton has Bruce Wayne in Batman wearing glasses and a black turtle net inside the Batcave
Lionel Messi holding a Lays potato chip from the “O-Lays” commercial
Headline: 'Bluey' Hitting The Big Screen: Feature Film in the Works From Disney, BBC Studios The CG-animated film based on the smash hit family series will hit theaters in 2027.
Poster for the movie TRAP
Photos of MNUFC goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair with the caption “chapter 6 complete”
A screenshot of my Letterboxd 2024 stats so far, with 192 films logged
Kylian Mbappe wearing a black face mask
A review of Wicked, before when going up the escalator to the theater, and after in tears in the theater
Mo Salah of Liverpool juggling a ball as Man City complains to a ref
A group watching a game of soccer at Black Hart STP in St. Paul Minnesota
George Costanza from Seinfeld posing on a couch
Mohamed Salah of Liverpool FC throwing off his shirt in the rain after he scored a penalty shot
A shot from the first episode of the TV series “The Orville” with five people in a shuttle
Brett Favre
A screenshot of Kirk and Spock face to face as Spock dies in the film “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”
A picture of me wearing a Doctor Who shirt that say “you never forget your first Doctor” with Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar
The pitch of Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United FC
A screenshot from the South Korean game shows “The Influencer”