Addie Broyles
broylesa.bsky.social
Addie Broyles
@broylesa.bsky.social
Writer, editor, zine-maker, tarot card reader, Swedish death cleaner.

I write a weekly newsletter about the things that connect us that we cannot see. ✨🌈

Find my Substack at theinvisiblethread.substack.com.
Loved this NYT story from @kimseverson.bsky.social about how we're already seeing MAHA in grocery stores: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/d...
There’s Money to Be Made From ‘MAHA.’ Food Companies Want In.
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Absolutely eating up this story from @nytimes.com about what's happening with mid-career creatives whose industries collapsed under them.
The Gen X Career Meltdown
Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our latest mushroom block haul was a doozy.

We get these through a donation-based mushroom block distribution network that everyone in Austin should know about: www.centraltexasmycology.org/mushroom-blo...
March 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reposted by Addie Broyles
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
At a SXSW event today, I overheard a couple ask, "Is this a historic building?"

Having read the sign just a few minutes earlier (of course), I said, "It was built in 1898, and they renovated it starting in the early 1980s."

Person I met right next to me: "Do you work here?"
March 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Let me bring Dubai's Museum of the Future at SXSW to you. What's your answer to this question: "How might I take action to create a future I want to participate in?"
March 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
OK, first post on bsky has to be the fail whale, which is a nice reminder of the beautiful community we'd built on The Other Site back in the day.
March 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM