Brendan McHugh

love a crisp fall day with a high of 82°

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I gotta try those baked goods sometime

Others have remarked on this but the resurgence of the R word across the political spectrum is really wild? Like did I miss a memo about this? I expect it from some people but from others, you really can't come up with a better and more interesting way to describe people you don't like?

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Can’t say as I am not lil’ 😞

What a beefcake 🥵

A poem got picked up but this selfie feels important, too. Happy NYE

I should post more about my writing but I get distracted by my good beard days 😔

What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.

Am I the only one who cannot hear about this book without immediately chanting LET THE BODIES KEEP THE SCORE, LET THE BODIES KEEP THE SCORE in my head
www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...

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He must be held accountable

Han Kang delivered her Nobel Prize lecture in literature on December 7th at the Swedish Academy. There was so much beauty and wisdom in that lecture, but I want to focus on her questions. Specifically, the questions that drive her literary force.

It’s Time to Leave the House There’s still time to save ourselves from the loneliness remote life ushered in five years ago.

The rise of virtual life is stuck in a feedback loop with the declining appeal of our cities. We can break the cycle.

Let me fight it for you

where is Neil deGrasse Tyson to explain that it’s technically impossible to hold space

🚨 Pink has been removed from Gays of Bluesky “Actually I’m not” - Pink

Thank you fellow Brendan ;)

I am the $60,000 Ring Lisa Barlow lost in a Palm Springs Airport By Brendan McHugh

I had a really great time having my fun little (and first published) poemt made public by Poetry Trapper Keeper over on Substack. It’s quick it’s about the housewives, enjoy. And follow PTK!!! open.substack.com/pub/poetrytr...

Thank you, Joshy!

Taking a moment from errands/writing to announce I am experiencing beard euphoria today.

Loved writing with Contingent a few years ago-give em a follow!

Take Your Tom to Work Day

Loved finding @renfro.bsky.social new book on my work’s bookshelves! Going to dive into this asap (and everyone should buy it from your local indie)

person ahead of me on the train skipped past a TikTok from a Zizek lecture to watch a full scene from Breaking Bad

at least once a month i get an email from an app i use every day that’s like ‘good news! patreon’s got a fresh new look 😎 also we moved every button to a place where you’ll never ever find it!!’

Birthday weekend meals with Leslie Jamison’s Splinters ARC 🤌🏻

Any time Lauren Boebert is trending I know it’s going to end in crying before bedtime.