Bethany Brookshire
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Bethany Brookshire
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Sci journo, author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. Highly caffeinated. All bad takes mine. She/her
Also never underestimate the value of double stacking.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Believe it or not mine do!

I'm a big horizontal stacker.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Once I donated 20 boxes of books when I was moving...and I went and bought back 5 of them the next day because I missed them so much
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I am unworthy to be in the presence of your greatness.
a cartoon character says we are worms
Alt: Pain and Panic from the animated movie Hercules, grovel saying "we are worms, worthless worms"
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November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Which is to say I just donated 40 books with NO VISIBLE DIFFERENCE.

I'm not saying I have a problem...
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hiss, thou saucy strumpet actually works for an instant pot
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I feel this so strongly.

Also now I'm going to refer to myself as nerfed.

When I get the good meds I've been buffed. Sumatriptan wears off, I've been debuffed.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
AUGH the rage of like, OH that's the thing....the thing I can't actually FIX. GREAT. WONDERFUL.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Nah you're just lucky.

They DO think more babies have flatter backs of the head now because of understandings around SIDS, we make babies sleep on their backs
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
No that can temporarily change the head shape but doesn’t affect speed of fontanelle closure
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
CHORK!
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ooooo that's GOOD
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I hope [your enemy's] loved one would NOT love them if they were a worm.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I hope they forget sunscreen for the rest of their lives.

I hope their bug repellant fails. Every time. All the time. I hope mosquitoes find them delicious and especially the area around their ears.
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
These are ones that won't get people arrested that's what I'm going for.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
1. Housecats make those sounds because they are like baby CATS not baby humans.

2. The persistence of neoteny is part of domestication, but it's not humanish.

3. Cats didn't evolve to be cute because they didn't need to they are perfect pure baby angels. WE only had to recognize their glory.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Utterly disgusting, coated in goo, and yet I am their willing servant forever.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
EXACTLY, the idea of cute evolved toward babies, not babies evolving toward cute.
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM