Brooke Yam
yamyamyam.bsky.social
Brooke Yam
@yamyamyam.bsky.social
Disabled pan trans special snowflake. Quasi-retired pharmacist & banjolist. Parent. In an involuntary long-term relationship with pain. Cats. Video games. Cross-stitch. Traffic cones. He/him.
I deeply appreciate that within 30 seconds of making a post that was 50% meows, a trans catgirl has favourited it. Is she a bot, is she a terminally online cat, is it a coincidence, I do not care; it was magical.
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
September 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Dear parents - Yes you can give your sick child paracetamol if they’re >3 months old. It’s an excellent painkiller. It brings down a high temperature. It’s one of the safest drugs available. You are right to want to soothe your child’s distress. Evidence supports your good parenting. Be confident.
September 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pharmacist goals tbh
"In 1642 in the town of Lemgo, Germany, local pharmacist David Welman was accused of witchcraft and being a werewolf. Anonymous hate mail was sent to him, one of which included this sketch."
August 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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"digital asbestos" is fantastic framing.
I'm going to be honest here, I think AI is going to do so much damage to the usable internet that even after it's inevitably crashes out, it's going to take years to disentangle from every space it's polluted, like digital asbestos it's gonna be time consuming effort and likely expensive venture.
I think AI is going to eventually tank in the longterm, but...

the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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That awkward moment when the king comes to do your throne speech and you realize that you’ve forgotten to update the, you know, throne.
May 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
May 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY doot doot
will unironically buy the nardwuar nike collab shoes

what a world that this is a real thing

sneakernews.com/2025/05/06/n...
May 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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🌸 Happy birthday, Alex and Imogen Motherlover! 🌸

I'm so excited - not for the end of seven years of work, but the beginning of a new chapter of it being out in the world in physical form. And I'm so grateful, both for the chance to make it and for the support of everyone along the way.
May 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm very relieved Poilievre didn't win, but it is so, so weird seeing US / UK peeps celebrating this on Canada's behalf as a win for the left. We just elected a centrist banker and our actual-left party was crushed and may lose official status. This is a move to the right for us, by the numbers.
April 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Marvellous Minoan jug made by a master potter 3,500 years ago!

The ‘Poros Ewer’ is decorated with ‘Marine Style’ imagery depicting an underwater world. Nautili swim among rocks and seaweed, embellished with relief seashells.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 me

#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
April 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Pierre Poilievre sounds like if roofies had a podcast.
OKAY SERIOUSLY THOUGH Women of Canada: what is it about Pierre Poilievre's voice that makes me wish I didn't understand English?
Thank you for watching and reporting, so I could avoid hearing PP’s voice.
April 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Every Canadian Election I approach all the different party leaders and see if they will do an interview/Hip Flip .Here's a clip of Canadian NDP leader Jagmeet Singh . Check out the *FULL* interview at youtu.be/stlWcmJSNuk Doot doo !
April 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Do you have a TESLA but you don't want people to vandalize it? Atone for your sins by supporting trans rights aka giving this trans woman here like a hundred bucks so she can pay her rent via purchasing a bumper sticker that says "I paid a trans woman $100 for this bumper sticker plz no vandalize".
Trans Rights Tesla Sticker by sevenishmagpies | Redbubble
Do you have a Tesla because you got it before everyone realized that Elon wasn't just a terrible rich person he was the most terrible rich person and you don't want people to vandalize your car? Atone...
www.redbubble.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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RIP McBarge

1986-2025

You were too pure for this world
March 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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ANNOUNCEMENT: It's time to get EXPELLED!

⭐ "Corker" - The Guardian
⭐ "Delightful" - Polygon
⭐ "A cause for celebration!" - Eurogamer

🖥️ store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/...
📱 apps.apple.com/app/expelled
🎮 www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

(+ Overboard/Expelled bundles for each platform!)
March 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Heyo, Buy Canadian peeps: this week I was very pleasantly surprised by OddBunch, who delivered a file box FULL of fruit & veg to my home for twenty bucks. Including two flats of blackberries, which would have been twenty bucks by themselves, lbr.
March 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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in america giant bodies of water can change their names, but trans people can’t
February 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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>do not comply in advance
>no one can tell you who you are
>live your truth

listen cis people, i literally can't use airports in Utah or Florida due to how severe the penalties are for violating the law

these magic phrases are for you to feel better about the situation, not me
"they cant tell u who u are"

yea but they can take away medical care i need to survive. they can use government policy to out me to employers. they can destroy the chance of future legal protections. they can further escalate the torture of trans prisoners
January 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another week until I move in, so I can replace the flooring with mall-grade vinyl planks to stand up to both my wheelchair (turning can apply some serious torque) and the cats. Greg’s sad that I’m removing the plush carpet from his bedroom, but not quite sad enough to volunteer to clean up cat puke.
January 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The new apartment has not one but TWO working elevators, which was the motivation to move, since the one elevator at my old building was getting to the age where it was zero working elevators a little too often. I have a taste for that decadent luxury “ability to leave the house,” you see.
January 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
First order of business: making some spikes for those push handles. I mean, installing Gentle Discouragement for Helpful Members of the Public.
January 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Look at this handsome devil! That is my new wheelchair in my new apartment! THEY ARE BOTH GREAT
January 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"It's one banana, Michael. How long could it last? Eight days?"
there’s always oil in the banana stand
January 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Gamechanger + Katamari Damacy and I would watch the SHIT out of that
scavengers reign and zelda: tears of the kingdom

hell yeah we’re making some abominations with the fuse power alright
December 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM