Mia McCullough
@brazenhussy.bsky.social
Playwright, artist, co-owner of zero-waste store The Eco Flamingo and Market Cafe. Native NYer happily living in Chicago (it smells better here). Wishing we weren't fighting Nazis in 2025.
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Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
I'm better at locating items in the fridge while sitting in another room telling my partner where to find them than he is with his head in the fridge. Even when he put them in there. It is the most frequent (and possibly most useful) way I use my photographic memory.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I'm better at locating items in the fridge while sitting in another room telling my partner where to find them than he is with his head in the fridge. Even when he put them in there. It is the most frequent (and possibly most useful) way I use my photographic memory.
I reread my new play today for the first time since finishing it and I didn't hate it. I also don't think it's going to be The Most Amazing Play Ever, but it's a solid first draft. Always such a gamble rereading a 1st draft. More than 50% chance that self-loathing is the result.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I reread my new play today for the first time since finishing it and I didn't hate it. I also don't think it's going to be The Most Amazing Play Ever, but it's a solid first draft. Always such a gamble rereading a 1st draft. More than 50% chance that self-loathing is the result.
Will I do Christmas cards this year? I kind of want to. What's wrong with me?
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Will I do Christmas cards this year? I kind of want to. What's wrong with me?
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
I've gone full circle from IT people thinking I'm lame for still using WordPerfect to them being impressed that it still exists and will run on Windows 11.
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I've gone full circle from IT people thinking I'm lame for still using WordPerfect to them being impressed that it still exists and will run on Windows 11.
I would like Duolingo to stop asking me to do a friend streak with my dead cousin.
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I would like Duolingo to stop asking me to do a friend streak with my dead cousin.
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I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
The hubs and I romantically spent part of Black Friday getting our flu and Covid shots together.
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The hubs and I romantically spent part of Black Friday getting our flu and Covid shots together.
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One of the great things about early Bsky is that we promoted the idea of engagement. That is, instead of follow for follow, we followed those who conversed with us. Engagement leads to connection. So please, let’s not lose that! Engage, not just like—that’s why I follow folks, myself!
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
One of the great things about early Bsky is that we promoted the idea of engagement. That is, instead of follow for follow, we followed those who conversed with us. Engagement leads to connection. So please, let’s not lose that! Engage, not just like—that’s why I follow folks, myself!
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I just used the singular "y'all" while talking to my dog. As a native NYer who has lived her whole adult life in Chicago, I'm not really sure where that came from. I did proof my play CHAGRIN FALLS this week and I've been watching The Lowdown (v good), so maybe that's why....
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I just used the singular "y'all" while talking to my dog. As a native NYer who has lived her whole adult life in Chicago, I'm not really sure where that came from. I did proof my play CHAGRIN FALLS this week and I've been watching The Lowdown (v good), so maybe that's why....
Long Day's Journey into Pie
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Long Day's Journey into Pie
That apartment complex fire in Hong Kong looks absolutely devastating.
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
That apartment complex fire in Hong Kong looks absolutely devastating.
What's the German word for being both honored to see your friends' surgical scars and completely horrified?
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
What's the German word for being both honored to see your friends' surgical scars and completely horrified?
Afternoon kitty snuggle with the fosters is becoming a favorite (and therapeutic) pastime. I also love how you can see Ophelia's tabby stripes in this photo.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Afternoon kitty snuggle with the fosters is becoming a favorite (and therapeutic) pastime. I also love how you can see Ophelia's tabby stripes in this photo.
The only way to cope with a cold, gray, windy Chicago morning like this. Props to the hubs for having this lit before I even got out of bed. ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The only way to cope with a cold, gray, windy Chicago morning like this. Props to the hubs for having this lit before I even got out of bed. ❤️
Welp, we can go ahead and add him to the long list of people I'd like to see dissolve in a vat of lye.
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Welp, we can go ahead and add him to the long list of people I'd like to see dissolve in a vat of lye.
I totally spaced on a thing at work today. A definite sign that I'm overwhelmed by all that's going on in my life right now. Going to have to practice self-forgiveness. No one got hurt. No money was lost. I just feel super irresponsible.
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I totally spaced on a thing at work today. A definite sign that I'm overwhelmed by all that's going on in my life right now. Going to have to practice self-forgiveness. No one got hurt. No money was lost. I just feel super irresponsible.
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Love you, Chicago!
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Love you, Chicago!
As a small business owner, I fully approve.
What if the true meaning of Christmas is supporting small businesses so the oligarchs have a very shitty season?
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November 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As a small business owner, I fully approve.
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This is the pattern: ICE/CBP initiate violence toward observers and protestors, then they claim they were assaulted in order to use the threat of prison to silence dissent.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is the pattern: ICE/CBP initiate violence toward observers and protestors, then they claim they were assaulted in order to use the threat of prison to silence dissent.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
For Caturday may I present my foster kitties. I suspect they're getting far more attached to me than is a good idea. I hope the shelter takes them back soon.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
For Caturday may I present my foster kitties. I suspect they're getting far more attached to me than is a good idea. I hope the shelter takes them back soon.