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@rebeccabromels.bsky.social

R. Bromels, Associate Professor of Arts Administration. Theatre kid. Order Muppet. Romance and Horror Reader. #SPNfamily Mennonite. Democrat. Wife. Mom. Bi/Queer.

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a woman is looking at a picture of a man . Alt: a woman is looking at a picture of a man . Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in Aliens asks if IQs dropped sharply while she was away
30.06.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If Books Could Kill Society & Culture Podcast ยท Updated Biweekly ยท The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds

Everyone in the virology, Infectious diseases, epidemiology, and public health fields has looked at the case for the lab origin vs. natural spillover as the origin of COVID.

The evidence is far more compelling for spillover. Good debunking by

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

06.06.2025 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 319    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Wow I mean nobody* saw this coming.

*Everybody. Literally everybody. Recluses in remote hermitages. Antarctic penguins. Newborn seal pups. Babes in the womb. Anyone with two eyes and a working amygdala. Plant life.

05.06.2025 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 492    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I want to remind everyone that without Elon Musk, we wouldn't be in this situation where our academic institutions, science enterprise, and democracy are being dismantled, and millions of additional people around the world are going to die. We want both of them to lose horribly in this fight.

05.06.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2722    ๐Ÿ” 551    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

Listening to you read Scalzi has been such a fun bonding experience for me and my teen son. Thank you! You are a terrific performer.

04.06.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A woman with curled blond bangs and cats eyeglasses grins at the camera.

A woman with curled blond bangs and cats eyeglasses grins at the camera.

48 years old and feeling pretty good about it.

30.05.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just blazed through that book last week. Funny and poignant and terrifically scary. The scene on the plane!!

07.04.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I spent two years reading so many nonfiction books on art crime that eventually every book was referencing something else I had already read and I had to stop.

31.03.2025 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me in the national security group chat

25.03.2025 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many different ways can I submit โ€œI saw Goody Proctor with the Devil!โ€

27.02.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Drop a pic of yourself in B&W.

21.02.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Up in the middle of the night and canโ€™t get back to sleep. Angry about everything.

19.02.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Random PSA / Reminder: Bisexuals / Pansexuals /Omnisexuals in a committed, monogamous relationship haven't chosen a side, they've chosen a partner.

19.02.2025 03:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A lot candle sits nexts to a small postcard of a beautiful drawing of Castiel from Supernatural by The Friendly Pigeon.

A lot candle sits nexts to a small postcard of a beautiful drawing of Castiel from Supernatural by The Friendly Pigeon.

Finally found a frame for my Angel. Heโ€™s watching over me. Thanks, @thefriendlypigeon.bsky.social
#Destiel

15.02.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my very favorites

08.02.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is just straight up chilling. It asks arts orgs to conform to the distorted, dangerous, immoral values of the Trump admin in order to receive federal arts grants. Many arts orgs will refuse to compromise their missions in this way. This will be a test for Board leadership.

08.02.2025 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just so.

05.02.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Part of what kills me about all this is that we donโ€™t have anyone willing to communicate, in plain English, that in ten days trump and musk have compromised American lives for a lifetime, and probably more

02.02.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 159    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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a woman with red hair is wearing sunglasses and red nails Alt: Rowena, a witch from Supernatural, a woman with red hair is wearing sunglasses and red nails

โ€œHer husbandโ€™s to Aleppo gone,
Master oโ€™ thโ€™ Tyger,
But in a sieve Iโ€™ll thither sail,
And, like a rat without a tail,
Iโ€™ll do, Iโ€™ll do, and Iโ€™ll do.โ€ #ShakespeareSunday

02.02.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For me, queer history is an activist tool. It's a way to shout loud and clear WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. Across the world, throughout time LGBTQIA+ people have existed and always will.
Sharing our histories is a powerful way to connect and strengthen our community. #LGBTQIA+HistoryMonth

01.02.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Weโ€™ve all done it. Iโ€™ve had some DOOZY episodes, one just last month. In five years, this might be a very funny anecdote you tell at parties or something you barely remember. Hang in there.

30.01.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We used to be a real country

30.01.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1302    ๐Ÿ” 295    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

My students really dug my lecture this morning on inclusive hiring practices.

29.01.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Make them tell you, specifically, what you're not allowed to do. Don't make changes you guess that they want. Don't offer them a menu of things that you infer they might be telling you not to do. Do the work you proposed, and received funding to do, unless instructed otherwise in specific detail.

29.01.2025 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 587    ๐Ÿ” 222    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Welp, I teach non-profit arts management in a state-funded R1 university soโ€ฆ not well. Not well at all.

29.01.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"But what could Democrats actually do? They're in the minority!!" So glad you asked...

In Senate, minority can delay and sometimes derail. Debate rules require 60 votesโ€”and often unanimityโ€”to call for a vote on measure.

24.01.2025 23:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 885    ๐Ÿ” 283    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44

Oof. Sending you good health vibes.

24.01.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m trying not to give in to despair. I keep telling my students not to despair. But here I am.

23.01.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow

16.01.2025 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So glad he is okay! Hope you are getting some rest after this stress.

12.01.2025 01:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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