Brooks
@bahroox.bsky.social
she/her • English Ph.D. student • M.A. in Literature
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it’s unsettling how many USians seem to think CECOT is unlike that prison your uncle works at in Colorado or Virginia or California or Alabama…
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
it’s unsettling how many USians seem to think CECOT is unlike that prison your uncle works at in Colorado or Virginia or California or Alabama…
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
humiliation, deprivation, isolation, sexual violence…constant torture inflicted on people who both have & have not committed harm—that’s…prison.
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‘But it’s my idea!!!’ the point is to ask the experts what would make the game terrific and then go towards that not to ask the law of averages what is the average of all games
December 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
‘But it’s my idea!!!’ the point is to ask the experts what would make the game terrific and then go towards that not to ask the law of averages what is the average of all games
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The core of any piece of art is about what a human wants to say to another human about the experience of being alive; if you are asking a predictive text machine about that there is literally no point in anyone making what was spat out because ML doesn’t want to say anything specifically
December 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The core of any piece of art is about what a human wants to say to another human about the experience of being alive; if you are asking a predictive text machine about that there is literally no point in anyone making what was spat out because ML doesn’t want to say anything specifically
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When presented with the stupid unoriginal lore ideas equivalent to JKR raiding Worst Witch and Dahl fairytales but machine made the team will still have to actually fix it, make it fun, and grapple with the fact at the core of it the idea was stale, stolen & synthetic
December 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
When presented with the stupid unoriginal lore ideas equivalent to JKR raiding Worst Witch and Dahl fairytales but machine made the team will still have to actually fix it, make it fun, and grapple with the fact at the core of it the idea was stale, stolen & synthetic
haven't played E33 yet, but losing its Indie GOTY for AI usage during dev is 100% deserved in the same way the shitfest Larian is going through is deserved. it's not about how or how much they used it, there's a slippery slope here that warrants drawing a hard line.
www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
Clair Obscur Is Having Its Indie Game Game Of The Year Award Stripped Away Due To AI Use
The Indie Game Awards presented the award last night, only to strip it hours later.
www.thegamer.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
haven't played E33 yet, but losing its Indie GOTY for AI usage during dev is 100% deserved in the same way the shitfest Larian is going through is deserved. it's not about how or how much they used it, there's a slippery slope here that warrants drawing a hard line.
www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
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grown adults in charge of people's lives frequently sounding like when ur in 2nd grade and a classmate w diabetes has to go to the nurse to get a snack and another one of ur classmates is like "um. how come *I* don't get to go to the nurse to get a snack 🤨" except it's like. 50 yr old men.
December 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
grown adults in charge of people's lives frequently sounding like when ur in 2nd grade and a classmate w diabetes has to go to the nurse to get a snack and another one of ur classmates is like "um. how come *I* don't get to go to the nurse to get a snack 🤨" except it's like. 50 yr old men.
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“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
I also say this with only affection in my heart: I've only been teaching college for about 6 years, but I'm starting to believe that even if I do this for the rest of my life, the sheer mind-blowing Audacity of some students will be a constant factor yet will always find new ways to be surprising
My students have known since the first day of class, in September, that the final was due today at 5 pm EST. I have shared this info regularly. It’s on Canvas. It’s not a surprise. I just got an email that put me through the roof. I love these kids but sometimes I am tested.
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I also say this with only affection in my heart: I've only been teaching college for about 6 years, but I'm starting to believe that even if I do this for the rest of my life, the sheer mind-blowing Audacity of some students will be a constant factor yet will always find new ways to be surprising
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If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
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useless useless useless useless wastes of time money and skin
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
useless useless useless useless wastes of time money and skin
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Weapons, mistyped as Wounds below, would be in my top three. Weapons has perfect execution in using an unusual structure. But what sealed it for me is how it remained serious despite also deploying dark humor, and how that humor allowed the most shocking scene to be both horrifying and absurdist.
Still thinking about it, but my best films of the year would include The Assessment, Wounds, Bring Her Back, Eddington, Eephus, The Brutalist, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Baltimorons, Sovereign, and Sinners. Not yet seen The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams, or No Other Choice. 1/?
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Weapons, mistyped as Wounds below, would be in my top three. Weapons has perfect execution in using an unusual structure. But what sealed it for me is how it remained serious despite also deploying dark humor, and how that humor allowed the most shocking scene to be both horrifying and absurdist.
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
Larian defending itself saying nothing genAI is in their games, it's used for "exploration" & concept art... how do they not understand that is still a reliquishing of creativity, an abandonment of originality, a disdain for intention. the feeling of betrayal is justified and the outrage is deserved
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Larian defending itself saying nothing genAI is in their games, it's used for "exploration" & concept art... how do they not understand that is still a reliquishing of creativity, an abandonment of originality, a disdain for intention. the feeling of betrayal is justified and the outrage is deserved
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Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
“6-7” belongs in the dictionary, actually
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
In defense of @dictionarycom.bsky.social's Word of the Year
Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/posts/67/
Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/p/67
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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however many trillions spent on developing Algorithms and hoovering up as much data as possible and amazon's recommendation algorithm still goes "oh you bought one window air conditioner? okay, do you want 15 more?"
December 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
however many trillions spent on developing Algorithms and hoovering up as much data as possible and amazon's recommendation algorithm still goes "oh you bought one window air conditioner? okay, do you want 15 more?"
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it is genuinely tragic to me seeing people not able to be outside and enjoy crisp cold months with snow everywhere. i get the opposite of seasonal depression this time of year
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
it is genuinely tragic to me seeing people not able to be outside and enjoy crisp cold months with snow everywhere. i get the opposite of seasonal depression this time of year
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
having spent the past year and a half fighting back against this boring ass non-color that covered every inch of the house we bought, I feel deeply, personally attacked by this meaningless decision
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
having spent the past year and a half fighting back against this boring ass non-color that covered every inch of the house we bought, I feel deeply, personally attacked by this meaningless decision
tbh if improved access for disabled people means it's also easier for abled people to take advantage, then so be it. as long as they aren't also making things *harder* for the people who do need it, then letting some rule-breakers off the hook for the sake of better accessibilty is 100% worth it
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
tbh if improved access for disabled people means it's also easier for abled people to take advantage, then so be it. as long as they aren't also making things *harder* for the people who do need it, then letting some rule-breakers off the hook for the sake of better accessibilty is 100% worth it
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Amazon, please stop asking me if books I bought month ago met my expectations. I still have unread books I bought in 2012. Be real.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Amazon, please stop asking me if books I bought month ago met my expectations. I still have unread books I bought in 2012. Be real.
some very slow, obstinate turkeys trying to cross the road caused a small traffic jam this morning and almost made me late to an appointment, and I wanted to warn them that this is not a good week for turkeys to be testing people's patience
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
some very slow, obstinate turkeys trying to cross the road caused a small traffic jam this morning and almost made me late to an appointment, and I wanted to warn them that this is not a good week for turkeys to be testing people's patience
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"How do men make friends in their 30's?"
a man in a white shirt is flying through the air with a flag
ALT: a man in a white shirt is flying through the air with a flag
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"How do men make friends in their 30's?"
ok this one got me 🥺
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ok this one got me 🥺