Havi Brooks
@havi.bsky.social
friend of several road runners, hiding out in the desert
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"This wasn't on my bingo card!"
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought in this new hell dimension, Bingo doesn't exist. It never existed. You describe Bingo to somebody here and they look at you like a goddamn fool.
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought in this new hell dimension, Bingo doesn't exist. It never existed. You describe Bingo to somebody here and they look at you like a goddamn fool.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"This wasn't on my bingo card!"
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought in this new hell dimension, Bingo doesn't exist. It never existed. You describe Bingo to somebody here and they look at you like a goddamn fool.
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought in this new hell dimension, Bingo doesn't exist. It never existed. You describe Bingo to somebody here and they look at you like a goddamn fool.
obviously I’m not a parent so I haven’t directly experienced the horrors described here but still reasonably sure I‘d rather have Baby Shark in the background halloween to january whatever than fucking jingle bells, but yes just end the madness
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
obviously I’m not a parent so I haven’t directly experienced the horrors described here but still reasonably sure I‘d rather have Baby Shark in the background halloween to january whatever than fucking jingle bells, but yes just end the madness
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I wish I was teaching a course on popular art in the 21st century, just so I could include this. It belongs in a museum (complimentary).
They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I wish I was teaching a course on popular art in the 21st century, just so I could include this. It belongs in a museum (complimentary).
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PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
wrote about the big seasonal dread, the Winter Is Coming of it all, and what might make winter enticing (????), and other experiments in the category of ENTICE ME, and had more fun with it than I expected…
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fluentself.com/blog/persona...
Entice me
To be clear, a relationship would also have been an easy no for me, but the casual and OPPOSITE OF ENTICING way they dropped this on me was very unappealing. ENTICE ME!!!!
Okay, how can we apply this...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
wrote about the big seasonal dread, the Winter Is Coming of it all, and what might make winter enticing (????), and other experiments in the category of ENTICE ME, and had more fun with it than I expected…
fluentself.com/blog/persona...
fluentself.com/blog/persona...
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I'M pretty cynical but it turns out I'm NOT NEARLY CYNICAL ENOUGH
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'M pretty cynical but it turns out I'm NOT NEARLY CYNICAL ENOUGH
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IF you are going share something about RFK Jr., this is the story to share. I don't really give a shit who the man fucks. He is killing us. His "work" results in death and suffering among children. He is the worst human ghoul.
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
IF you are going share something about RFK Jr., this is the story to share. I don't really give a shit who the man fucks. He is killing us. His "work" results in death and suffering among children. He is the worst human ghoul.
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
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$8.00
ponderosa resin – The Vagabond Tabby
ponderosa resin – The Vagabond Tabby
ponderosa resin – The Vagabond Tabby
wildharvested, wildcrafted • or if you prefer • pickin greens • well, more sort of browns in this case • where the piñon resin burns with a piney scent • the po
www.thevagabondtabby.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
$8.00
ponderosa resin – The Vagabond Tabby
ponderosa resin – The Vagabond Tabby
wrote about INSEARCHING (my friend’s word for internal research) and getting hit by a Despairiversary and the heartache recovery process more generally, so fun
but also about being an enthusiastic dream-stealer! aka having fun with shadow work because why not
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but also about being an enthusiastic dream-stealer! aka having fun with shadow work because why not
fluentself.com/blog/persona...
Insearching & outsearching (a heartache for example)
I love the superpowers of making a little shelf for your heart, so much tenderness, so much care, so much adoration, look at this altar space, look at this niche in the adobe cavern of my being…
Some...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
wrote about INSEARCHING (my friend’s word for internal research) and getting hit by a Despairiversary and the heartache recovery process more generally, so fun
but also about being an enthusiastic dream-stealer! aka having fun with shadow work because why not
fluentself.com/blog/persona...
but also about being an enthusiastic dream-stealer! aka having fun with shadow work because why not
fluentself.com/blog/persona...
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Within a few years, AI Jesusbot will advance to where He is orders of magnitude more divine than our actual God in heaven. This is the Christularity.
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Within a few years, AI Jesusbot will advance to where He is orders of magnitude more divine than our actual God in heaven. This is the Christularity.
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Honoring Alice Wong's life and legacy with gratitude, in solidarity and sorrow, this morning. I was a fan; thinking of all who loved and knew her personally.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Honoring Alice Wong's life and legacy with gratitude, in solidarity and sorrow, this morning. I was a fan; thinking of all who loved and knew her personally.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
Alice's words speak to us still. As a chronically ill person, I will keep listening. What a beautiful, bold, *brilliant* life well lived.
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It's frustrating to see people say Jesus was a Jew without specifying what sort of Jew, so I can know whether to serve rice or not if he shows up for Pesach
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's frustrating to see people say Jesus was a Jew without specifying what sort of Jew, so I can know whether to serve rice or not if he shows up for Pesach
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The good news is, somebody IS watching the watchmen. The bad news is, they are spectacularly incompetent.
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The good news is, somebody IS watching the watchmen. The bad news is, they are spectacularly incompetent.
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Bodily autonomy is the ultimate principle here and if we’re gonna make it stick we need to do away with the deep-seated notion that certain kinds of bodies are bad and undesirable to the point of being other people’s personal business and indeed a social problem
Fatphobia goes hand in hand with transphobia and is rampant even in otherwise progressive spaces because it makes people feel a sense of control to police their own and other people's bodies. It is social poison and we will never eliminate transphobia without eliminating anti-fatness.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Bodily autonomy is the ultimate principle here and if we’re gonna make it stick we need to do away with the deep-seated notion that certain kinds of bodies are bad and undesirable to the point of being other people’s personal business and indeed a social problem
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This should be on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Ate at a Thai/Jewish fusion food truck named L'Thaim and it was fantastic. Curry latkes.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This should be on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
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just had the immense pleasure of learning that the yiddish word for “quotation marks” literally means LITTLE GOOSE FEET (gendznfislekh, גענדנפֿיסלעך)
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
just had the immense pleasure of learning that the yiddish word for “quotation marks” literally means LITTLE GOOSE FEET (gendznfislekh, גענדנפֿיסלעך)
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Whenever language around what people deserve and what they don't deserve in the US comes around I am reminded at how much this is a game to people, how they can't fathom real lives
Not just politicians, but literally our neighbors. The cruelty people will put onto others without a second thought
Not just politicians, but literally our neighbors. The cruelty people will put onto others without a second thought
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Whenever language around what people deserve and what they don't deserve in the US comes around I am reminded at how much this is a game to people, how they can't fathom real lives
Not just politicians, but literally our neighbors. The cruelty people will put onto others without a second thought
Not just politicians, but literally our neighbors. The cruelty people will put onto others without a second thought
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Wealthy white Americans create food deserts in poor communities where no one can access a grocery store. Create a country where only the wealthy can afford fresh vegetables. And then create “health” trends where anyone that doesn’t eat “clean” is judged as a lesser human.
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Wealthy white Americans create food deserts in poor communities where no one can access a grocery store. Create a country where only the wealthy can afford fresh vegetables. And then create “health” trends where anyone that doesn’t eat “clean” is judged as a lesser human.
reminder that Friday is Four Seasons Total Landscaping day, gotta start planning seasonally appropriate snack platters to celebrate the day of no one has ever fucked up this hard nor have they since nor will they maybe so all your fuckups are probably fine actually
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
reminder that Friday is Four Seasons Total Landscaping day, gotta start planning seasonally appropriate snack platters to celebrate the day of no one has ever fucked up this hard nor have they since nor will they maybe so all your fuckups are probably fine actually
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
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It’s also really cruel to say this to someone struggling with depression
please retire the phrase "i wish i had time to be depressed"
1) nobody has time to be depressed
2) depression doesn't care if you're busy
3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe
4) it's a shitty thing to say
1) nobody has time to be depressed
2) depression doesn't care if you're busy
3) willing yourself to force through symptoms bc you have stuff to do is only effective for mild-medium depression, not severe
4) it's a shitty thing to say
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It’s also really cruel to say this to someone struggling with depression
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going to call everything in my life a lil machine now, my phone is a MASHINKE, the tweezers are a MASHINKE, my tea strainer is a MASHINKE
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
going to call everything in my life a lil machine now, my phone is a MASHINKE, the tweezers are a MASHINKE, my tea strainer is a MASHINKE
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I had a friend disinvited from his sibling's wedding because he was gay and it didn't align with their values. Heartbreaking but his response was beautiful. Reproduced below.
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I had a friend disinvited from his sibling's wedding because he was gay and it didn't align with their values. Heartbreaking but his response was beautiful. Reproduced below.
plan today was to write about Hard Reset November and boundaries boundaries boundaries but wrote about rituals, grief, vessels that hold themselves, alchemy, etc, so that’s apparently what is pulling me now
November of Ritual (and following the luminous path)
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November of Ritual (and following the luminous path)
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November of Ritual, and the luminous path
I like vessels.
I like how ritual is a vessel.
And how it is both the container and the contained, in the same way that a river is both the banks of the river and the rushing water, both the bounda...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
plan today was to write about Hard Reset November and boundaries boundaries boundaries but wrote about rituals, grief, vessels that hold themselves, alchemy, etc, so that’s apparently what is pulling me now
November of Ritual (and following the luminous path)
fluentself.com/blog/persona...
November of Ritual (and following the luminous path)
fluentself.com/blog/persona...
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I like that in Yiddish, to conjugate a verb or decline an adjective is literally to BEND (beygn; בײגן) that word, which opens up an a great avenue for avatar fanfiction about a group of airbenders befriending a lost tribe of wordbenders
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I like that in Yiddish, to conjugate a verb or decline an adjective is literally to BEND (beygn; בײגן) that word, which opens up an a great avenue for avatar fanfiction about a group of airbenders befriending a lost tribe of wordbenders