Amer
@bramblerambles.bsky.social
Mother, cat-lover, scientist
Crafting www.instagram.com/benzene_hexes/
Crafting www.instagram.com/benzene_hexes/
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Earlier this sunmer, I stopped being insane! open.substack.com/pub/thepom/p...
Anti-Anxiety Meds Make Me a Better Parent
My brain never seemed to slow down.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Earlier this sunmer, I stopped being insane! open.substack.com/pub/thepom/p...
Good mom: I made this frosting design for my kid's birthday cake
Bad mom: I emphatically did not let any children help me
Bad mom: I emphatically did not let any children help me
August 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Good mom: I made this frosting design for my kid's birthday cake
Bad mom: I emphatically did not let any children help me
Bad mom: I emphatically did not let any children help me
Is the solution to Irish curls an undercut? Stay tuned.
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Is the solution to Irish curls an undercut? Stay tuned.
Just told the pest guy who was going door to door that "actually, I love rodents"
June 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Just told the pest guy who was going door to door that "actually, I love rodents"
My mother, watching Conclave:
It's nice these old actors get a chance for the role of a lifetime
It's nice these old actors get a chance for the role of a lifetime
May 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My mother, watching Conclave:
It's nice these old actors get a chance for the role of a lifetime
It's nice these old actors get a chance for the role of a lifetime
Telling my kids we are gonna have a yard sale:
7yo: I'm gonna sell all my books!
Me:...
7yo: so I can buy more books!
7yo: I'm gonna sell all my books!
Me:...
7yo: so I can buy more books!
May 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Telling my kids we are gonna have a yard sale:
7yo: I'm gonna sell all my books!
Me:...
7yo: so I can buy more books!
7yo: I'm gonna sell all my books!
Me:...
7yo: so I can buy more books!
On the virtue of socks: am ongoing negotiation with my daughter
May 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On the virtue of socks: am ongoing negotiation with my daughter
Coming home late from airport and Sumner tunnel is just closed? And there is no online evidence except a bazillion messages about it being closed *last night*?
April 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Coming home late from airport and Sumner tunnel is just closed? And there is no online evidence except a bazillion messages about it being closed *last night*?
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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PEAK BLOOM is here at the Tidal Basin in DC 🌸🌸🌸. And, at sunrise today, just hours before it was declared by the National Park Service - the blossoms were backlit by a gorgeous peach-colored sky.
Check out these amazing photos from Kevin Ambrose, María Yliquín and Kari Jaksa.
Check out these amazing photos from Kevin Ambrose, María Yliquín and Kari Jaksa.
March 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
PEAK BLOOM is here at the Tidal Basin in DC 🌸🌸🌸. And, at sunrise today, just hours before it was declared by the National Park Service - the blossoms were backlit by a gorgeous peach-colored sky.
Check out these amazing photos from Kevin Ambrose, María Yliquín and Kari Jaksa.
Check out these amazing photos from Kevin Ambrose, María Yliquín and Kari Jaksa.
My 4yo's number one focus is creating the most chaotic and disorienting environment possible and then guilting me in to joining her in it.
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
My 4yo's number one focus is creating the most chaotic and disorienting environment possible and then guilting me in to joining her in it.
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"Remove all the doors from their hinges and start a fire with the wood. Since you’re now using your savings to heat the house, you can stop paying your electricity bill. Take a photo of this to show your followers what incredible work you’re doing."
DOGE-Inspired Spring Cleaning
Start with your closet. Identify all the T-shirts you haven’t worn in three years. Then throw away all your clothes, including the ones you’re wear...
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March 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Remove all the doors from their hinges and start a fire with the wood. Since you’re now using your savings to heat the house, you can stop paying your electricity bill. Take a photo of this to show your followers what incredible work you’re doing."
Very happy to report that dumb baby chipmunk is back this year. Bigger but still dumb!
March 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Very happy to report that dumb baby chipmunk is back this year. Bigger but still dumb!
Here is a photo of my cat, asleep in a position that mimics a trussed Thanksgiving turkey. I can't stop looking at it.
March 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Here is a photo of my cat, asleep in a position that mimics a trussed Thanksgiving turkey. I can't stop looking at it.
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whenever my cat complains about me not feeding him more than three times a day I have developed a habit of showing him great works of art that depict suffering (The Pieta, The Rape of Lucretia, The Fall of Nineveh) and explain in detail how his own pain greatly exceeds that depicted
February 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
whenever my cat complains about me not feeding him more than three times a day I have developed a habit of showing him great works of art that depict suffering (The Pieta, The Rape of Lucretia, The Fall of Nineveh) and explain in detail how his own pain greatly exceeds that depicted
Shout out to the dude who parks at the not-quite dead end next to my house to smoke weed and who I continue to alarm by crouching and examining tiny aspects of nature while on walks.
March 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Shout out to the dude who parks at the not-quite dead end next to my house to smoke weed and who I continue to alarm by crouching and examining tiny aspects of nature while on walks.
Update to this- I went with her to the hospital milk bank to make a withdrawal (for home storage and donation) and I couldn't stop thinking of parallels to robbing a (regular) bank
Love this! I just became the broker for my SIL's extra milk. I have the freezer space and volunteered to be pickup point as well (direct person to person donation)!
February 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Update to this- I went with her to the hospital milk bank to make a withdrawal (for home storage and donation) and I couldn't stop thinking of parallels to robbing a (regular) bank
Looking forward to watching RFK jr throw out the first pitch at "HHS night at the ballpark" this summer 🙄
February 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Looking forward to watching RFK jr throw out the first pitch at "HHS night at the ballpark" this summer 🙄
February 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New dream unlocked 🤐
The State Department's "procurement forecast for 2025, which details purchases the agency expects to make, includes $400 million for armored Tesla vehicles."
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New dream unlocked 🤐
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My daughter is about to turn 2 and I forgot about the thing where you go for a walk and then you end up on an epic hours long journey that does not exist in space or time, wandering, trying to get home but unable to get anywhere. I really think The Odyssey was written about taking a walk with a 2yo.
February 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My daughter is about to turn 2 and I forgot about the thing where you go for a walk and then you end up on an epic hours long journey that does not exist in space or time, wandering, trying to get home but unable to get anywhere. I really think The Odyssey was written about taking a walk with a 2yo.
Pretty proud of my quick fix dollhouse idea that lends itself to being covered in stickers! Also this little bookcase where I added a washer/magnet combo to keep it from falling over.
January 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Pretty proud of my quick fix dollhouse idea that lends itself to being covered in stickers! Also this little bookcase where I added a washer/magnet combo to keep it from falling over.
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This isn't just an attack on scientific research. It's an attack on *scientists.*
Central to Trump's "Revolution of Common Sense" is the idea that scientists impede progress in pursuit of political goals.
This move -- Telegraphed in Project 2025 -- upends life for those who depend on NIH funding.
Central to Trump's "Revolution of Common Sense" is the idea that scientists impede progress in pursuit of political goals.
This move -- Telegraphed in Project 2025 -- upends life for those who depend on NIH funding.
January 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This isn't just an attack on scientific research. It's an attack on *scientists.*
Central to Trump's "Revolution of Common Sense" is the idea that scientists impede progress in pursuit of political goals.
This move -- Telegraphed in Project 2025 -- upends life for those who depend on NIH funding.
Central to Trump's "Revolution of Common Sense" is the idea that scientists impede progress in pursuit of political goals.
This move -- Telegraphed in Project 2025 -- upends life for those who depend on NIH funding.