Brainmist
@brainmist.bsky.social
FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE
This is a* federal health/ safety/ regulatory agency appreciation account.
*not exclusively
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(Formerly @axlizzie on Twitter)
This is a* federal health/ safety/ regulatory agency appreciation account.
*not exclusively
If you don't use alt text, I won't reskeet. Accessibility isn't hard.
(Formerly @axlizzie on Twitter)
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Brainmist
@brainmist.bsky.social
· Nov 12
You can make sure you don't forget by requiring alt text!
Go to Settings, Accessibility, and just toggle that reminder, and you're set!
Go to Settings, Accessibility, and just toggle that reminder, and you're set!
*queues up Billy Joel*
No more invites, Alf hog
Pictures of your cat or dog
Welcome newskies with hot tips
Block all Musk and Trumpster drips!
Toggle so you write alt text,
Toggle off to see less sex.
Share a pic of your new look,
Brag a bit and skeet your book!
bsky.app/profile/brai...
No more invites, Alf hog
Pictures of your cat or dog
Welcome newskies with hot tips
Block all Musk and Trumpster drips!
Toggle so you write alt text,
Toggle off to see less sex.
Share a pic of your new look,
Brag a bit and skeet your book!
bsky.app/profile/brai...
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If Pam Bondi was a waitress.
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
If Pam Bondi was a waitress.
So yes, I am typing this in my kinda flattering off-the-shoulder shark mouth-onesie, why do you ask?
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
So yes, I am typing this in my kinda flattering off-the-shoulder shark mouth-onesie, why do you ask?
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
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"detention centers" is a euphemism
to make you feel like
concentration camps cropping up all around you
is regular stuff
to make you feel like
concentration camps cropping up all around you
is regular stuff
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"detention centers" is a euphemism
to make you feel like
concentration camps cropping up all around you
is regular stuff
to make you feel like
concentration camps cropping up all around you
is regular stuff
Can you imagine if, during the Benghazi hearings, Clinton had just sneered "You have Hillary Derangement Syndrome" instead of answering questions?
And it was relatively apparent the GOP was just attacking her. But she still showed up and answered because the process matters.
And it was relatively apparent the GOP was just attacking her. But she still showed up and answered because the process matters.
February 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Can you imagine if, during the Benghazi hearings, Clinton had just sneered "You have Hillary Derangement Syndrome" instead of answering questions?
And it was relatively apparent the GOP was just attacking her. But she still showed up and answered because the process matters.
And it was relatively apparent the GOP was just attacking her. But she still showed up and answered because the process matters.
"Look at these decadent millennials and zoomers, splurging on $5 chicken to feed their family! Don't they know the Midwest has piles of soybeans they're desperate to offload now that China's not a market? Surely THIS is why they can't afford homes, not stagnant wages and high housing costs!"
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"Look at these decadent millennials and zoomers, splurging on $5 chicken to feed their family! Don't they know the Midwest has piles of soybeans they're desperate to offload now that China's not a market? Surely THIS is why they can't afford homes, not stagnant wages and high housing costs!"
If you know, you know.
(So probably 2 of you)
That family also includes the stink badger!
(So probably 2 of you)
That family also includes the stink badger!
Glacier the skunk is chowing down on an apple in her home at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
Until 1993, Glacier would have been in Family Mustelidae with weasels & badgers.
But molecular evidence showed that her ancestors diverged 60 MYA, so she gets her own family: Mephitidae which means, roughly, "stinky."
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If you know, you know.
(So probably 2 of you)
That family also includes the stink badger!
(So probably 2 of you)
That family also includes the stink badger!
Me: *puts cold toes on pupper's very warm tummy*
Pupper: *kicks me in groin*
🎶 the Circle of Liiiiife!🎶
Pupper: *kicks me in groin*
🎶 the Circle of Liiiiife!🎶
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Me: *puts cold toes on pupper's very warm tummy*
Pupper: *kicks me in groin*
🎶 the Circle of Liiiiife!🎶
Pupper: *kicks me in groin*
🎶 the Circle of Liiiiife!🎶
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Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
February 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
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Me: I think it's like some dumb escapist action.
*Starts Independence Day*
Nope. Too dumb.
*Starts Independence Day*
Nope. Too dumb.
February 11, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Me: I think it's like some dumb escapist action.
*Starts Independence Day*
Nope. Too dumb.
*Starts Independence Day*
Nope. Too dumb.
😆😆😂
Humans are capable of such beauty when we try...
Humans are capable of such beauty when we try...
Isabella Wranå won gold for curling, but should've for this video
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
😆😆😂
Humans are capable of such beauty when we try...
Humans are capable of such beauty when we try...
There are so many ways in which communities are stepping up to provide protection and replace the social safety nets Republicans sabotage and destroy...
We're not just seeing our taxes used wholly to attack America and fund Trump's corruption.
We're paying double trying to keep America alive.
We're not just seeing our taxes used wholly to attack America and fund Trump's corruption.
We're paying double trying to keep America alive.
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
There are so many ways in which communities are stepping up to provide protection and replace the social safety nets Republicans sabotage and destroy...
We're not just seeing our taxes used wholly to attack America and fund Trump's corruption.
We're paying double trying to keep America alive.
We're not just seeing our taxes used wholly to attack America and fund Trump's corruption.
We're paying double trying to keep America alive.
My dog is indignant that I've been under the weather and not giving her constant snacks to compensate.
So she grabbed a bag of gummy bears from a table and peremptorily flung them at me. 😄
I think about this sort of thing when people try to categorize dog vs cat owners based on expected servitude.
So she grabbed a bag of gummy bears from a table and peremptorily flung them at me. 😄
I think about this sort of thing when people try to categorize dog vs cat owners based on expected servitude.
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
My dog is indignant that I've been under the weather and not giving her constant snacks to compensate.
So she grabbed a bag of gummy bears from a table and peremptorily flung them at me. 😄
I think about this sort of thing when people try to categorize dog vs cat owners based on expected servitude.
So she grabbed a bag of gummy bears from a table and peremptorily flung them at me. 😄
I think about this sort of thing when people try to categorize dog vs cat owners based on expected servitude.
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Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
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Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
Every time I read the descriptions of the rancid shitheads* found in Epstein's emails, I want them to lose everything even more.
And I really didn't think there could be a "more" beyond the rage at involvement in child trafficking.
Rape culture is their whole personality.
And I really didn't think there could be a "more" beyond the rage at involvement in child trafficking.
Rape culture is their whole personality.
I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Every time I read the descriptions of the rancid shitheads* found in Epstein's emails, I want them to lose everything even more.
And I really didn't think there could be a "more" beyond the rage at involvement in child trafficking.
Rape culture is their whole personality.
And I really didn't think there could be a "more" beyond the rage at involvement in child trafficking.
Rape culture is their whole personality.
OMG @optimstie.bsky.social !
I need an MST3K version
Every clip I see from that TPUSA shitshow is hilariously terrible and now I'm obsessed.
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
OMG @optimstie.bsky.social !
Age verification?
I listened to the War of the Worlds musical (yes, MUSICAL) live.
And then replayed it often, because we taped it on the 8 track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlG2...
I listened to the War of the Worlds musical (yes, MUSICAL) live.
And then replayed it often, because we taped it on the 8 track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlG2...
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Age verification?
I listened to the War of the Worlds musical (yes, MUSICAL) live.
And then replayed it often, because we taped it on the 8 track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlG2...
I listened to the War of the Worlds musical (yes, MUSICAL) live.
And then replayed it often, because we taped it on the 8 track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlG2...
Team VEP* all the way!
*Very Excited Pupper
*Very Excited Pupper
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Team VEP* all the way!
*Very Excited Pupper
*Very Excited Pupper
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Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Age verification? We had dial up pre-recorded story time.
Age verification? I used to take quarters to school events so I could call my mom from the payphone and let her know I was ready to be picked up.
Age verification?
I remember having to wait for a while for dial up to connect.
I remember having to wait for a while for dial up to connect.
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Age verification? We had dial up pre-recorded story time.
Genius!
It is very important to me that you know that the Bad Bunny grass was people because the producers were only allowed to wheel a certain amount/weight of stuff on to the field, and THIS WAS THEIR VERY CREATIVE SOLUTION. People are so neat and smart.
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Genius!