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Tom Gerken retweeted
Congratulations to the PWI Women's Pro Wrestling #1 and #2, @MercedesVarnado "Timeless" Toni Storm! Take a look at some more of the cover shoot for this monumental ranking!
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Tom Gerken retweeted
I've been sitting here numb for the past hour staring at this news. The world lost a brilliant man today. May his memory live on forever and may we always cherish his contributions to our beautiful game.
The Naroditsky family shares the sad news of Daniel’s unexpected passing. Daniel was a talented chess player, educator, and beloved member of the chess community. We ask for privacy as the family grieves.
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Tom Gerken retweeted
The outpouring of love for Danny and the countless testimonials to the impact of his friendship, kindness, and love of chess from so many say more about the magnitude of this terrible loss than I ever could. A bright star forever in the sky. RIP.
It is with great sadness that the Kasparov Chess Foundation mourns the passing of GM Daniel Naroditsky, one of the brightest stars to emerge from our programs. Danya’s talent, creativity, and love for chess inspired everyone who knew him, from students to fellow competitors.
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Tom Gerken retweeted
I’ve been quiet because I didn’t know how to put this into words. I heard the news about Danya early yesterday morning, and I still can’t believe he’s gone. I’ve known Danya since we were kids. We became real friends in college, and over the years I had the privilege of working with him countless times. Everyone knew him as brilliant, humble, and exceptionally talented, but what stood out most to me was how deeply kind and selfless he was. One memory that’s stuck with me: we were studying for a history exam together. He didn’t need to be there, he could’ve aced it without trying, but he stayed to help me anyway. At one point, he left his Facebook open and I thought it’d be funny to post a joke status that he was quitting chess (stupid, I know). The joke spread and upset a lot of people. He never told me. I only learned years later from someone else how much chaos it caused. He’d kept it to himself so he wouldn’t make me feel bad. That was Danya. Always putting others first, never needing credit for it. The world, not just the chess world, lost a rare kind of light. Danya probably never fully grasped how much he positively impacted people, but I hope his legacy reminds us of it. My deepest condolences to his loved ones. I cannot imagine the pain you are feeling right now. RIP friend. If heaven exists, I know you’re there 🤍
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21 Oct 2025
I can’t believe it. I’ve been watching danya stream every week ever since the first pogchamps moment with charlie. I’m just completely devastated. My favourite streamer just died. This is so sad
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Tom Gerken retweeted
RIP the shirt-shredding superstar
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Tom Gerken retweeted
Our new album Tunnel Vision is out EVERYWHERE NOW!!!! 💕 alongside a powerful music video by @bertieglbrt and @HushCamara beachbunny.ffm.to/tunnelvisi…
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2 Feb 2025
arigatou gozaimasu @koeitecmoeurope @koeilau
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21 Dec 2024
One of the better caption gags I’ve snuck into one of my articles. Read my exclusive here: Sega considering Netflix-like game subscription service bbc.com/news/articles/ckgnj7…
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14 Nov 2024
New rabbit content about the nine-year-old bunny I adopted on @twgerken.bsky.social
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8 Nov 2024
A big thank you to my alma mater @cardiffuni for the award <3 It’s very nice to be recognised for my podcast about death. Thank you!
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Tom Gerken retweeted
Chris here - just to elaborate. Not been a fan of Mr Beast's content for many years now. I don’t think he’s inherently bad, but like many folks his content isn’t aimed at me and thankfully his videos never appear on my homepage. However, seeing him partner with Logan Paul, a man who's done nothing but awful act after act for almost a decade now just made me snap. It may have been six years but I still have the dystopian fucked up image in my head, of Logan Paul vlogging himself in the Aokigahara forest, mocking somebody who was quite literally hanging from a tree before him. And rather than do what any decent person would do, and show compassion and immediately switch off the camera, he recklessly and selfishly exploited it for views. He carried on filming. He joked about it. And then he actively uploaded it to his channel. Then I had to go on Japanese national tv and explain why a foreign YouTuber would want to exploit a man who’d tragically taken his own life for views. Understandably, everyone in Japan was confused why anyone would do such a thing. And while I believe in forgiveness, Logan Paul hasn't exactly reformed his character. He's not a changed man - barely a week goes by without a new headline of some outrageous, awful shit he's actively partaken in. So to see the world's largest Youtube gleefully partner with a man like that and endorse them to an audience of tens of millions of kids is something that just sickens me, all in the name of some disgustingly tacky food product, again aimed at children. I'm not sure what counter argument he has up his sleeve this time, but you can be damn sure references to philanthropy will be made in abundance. My rant wasn’t about “making money is bad”. It was about the act of making money by partnering with a man with an abhorrent track record to sell crap food aimed at children seems like a pretty spectacular error of judgment.
14 Oct 2024
"Anyone who thinks MrBeast is about anything other than making himself the richest YouTuber in the world has missed something" YouTubers Chris Broad and CDawgVA call out MrBeast and his manager
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11 Oct 2024
Had an absolute blast enthusing about MrBeast for an hour for this doc. People don’t give the man anywhere near enough credit for the incredible amount he’s given away both on and off camera! Guarantee he’ll be POTUS/WWE Champion one day lol Watch: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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21 Sep 2024
Lol Twitter messed up the thread and garbled the middle post… what I tried to say was THANK YOU @emmalutionYT who has the coziest YouTube channel ever and @translationmon who’s doing my dream job talking about tamas and Digimon! Check them out if you like good vibes!!
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And here’s something cool and accessible, we made an audio version of the article! I’ve done a few of these now. Sorry for laughing when I mentioned Punirunes. I actually think they’re a really cool idea! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jrw8…

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21 Sep 2024
That feeling when the top story being recommended to you on Google is one that you yourself wrote
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Wow, I’ve won an award! I’m one of Cardiff University’s 30ish winners! Mainly for my podcast where me and @spaldingrich grieve our dead fathers by laughing. Thanks so much @cardiffuni! We’ll talk about it when @OurDadsDied returns very soon!! cardiff.ac.uk/alumni/news/fe…

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