Brennan Bestwick

A distinct memory I have from being a chronically ill child is my mother driving me home from school early on Halloween, sitting in the passenger’s seat dressed as a vampire.

I don’t want ai TikTok videos, I want the basketball highlights set to Midwest emo videos and the Mario kart edits scored by Geese

Saw a cyber truck with a custom camo paint job pull into the big church parking lot this morning. A little heavy handed image, but seems to sum everything up

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.

This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.

A joy of getting older is a deepening appreciation for simple watches and nice umbrellas

Pretty high on my list!

Deal!

It’s not a poetry bit, I’ve been real into plums lately. A truly under-appreciated fruit.

We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract 404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.

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Hell yea, brother

RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women.

The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers.

This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny.

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Critics not liking Ocean Vuong’s latest novel is fine (maybe less weird vitriol?), but his poetry is so dear to me that I will forever ride for Team Vuong and no one can stop me.

a plum from the icebox is pretty good, the poets are right, you really gotta try these!

Holy hell, more like this:

The absence of Tim Gunn is very loud in this contentious season of Runway.

A mat composed of small squares with random cat gashapon, Goku and a hello kitty figure

The D&D group doesn’t have figures specific to the campaign, but we make do.

This new Dijon record is exactly what I needed

This fits pretty squarely in the classic definition of assault in that it a) is unlawfully directed at constitutionally protected activity and (b) causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent physically harmful contact

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Assistant

i think they're handing this medal out to dipshits *because* it's gone to people like rosa parks and MLK

Fuck You, Make Me really needs to move to become the centerpiece of resistance to this stupid timeline.

My artist of 2025 so far has to be Erika de Casier. Cannot get enough.

We need this kind of fire right now! You should run for office!

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

Poetry has always been important to me, but it’s becoming more vital in my life as we see more tech ceo losers diminish how miraculous the human brain is.

I need the art, wonder, mess and makings of humans now more than ever.

why do we collectively refuse to perceive how this is just gAI companies, who have gambled billions in their tech, trying to create generations of customers who cannot think, read or function without their tech.
They want children locked in for the rest of their lives, a monstrous exploitation.

The Orchard "all night up the ladder and down"

Dipping my toes back into blogging

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Gonna try blogging again if that's something you like
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