Brook Gideon
@brookgideon.bsky.social
Wrangler of words, watercolors, pets, and plants. Lover of sharks, science, and second breakfast. Salty.
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Hold the line!!!!
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Hold the line!!!!
Nice try Target. Nope.
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce has released this letter on behalf of more than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies.
January 25, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Nice try Target. Nope.
This MF talking about choices. Well, when you choose to murder someone, there are consequences. And the man they are looking for dom. assault is still at large is his complaint. What about the assault of the woman that was shoved prior to the murder? That is also a choice. F Bovino all the way.
January 25, 2026 at 7:48 PM
This MF talking about choices. Well, when you choose to murder someone, there are consequences. And the man they are looking for dom. assault is still at large is his complaint. What about the assault of the woman that was shoved prior to the murder? That is also a choice. F Bovino all the way.
I cannot say it any better than Edna St. Vincent Millay.
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I cannot say it any better than Edna St. Vincent Millay.
OMG Kristi Noem's telling of this is straight up lies! WTF?!
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
OMG Kristi Noem's telling of this is straight up lies! WTF?!
It's straight up murder. All the gaslighting in the world can't cover any of this up. I don't want to hear one more fucking excuse.
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It's straight up murder. All the gaslighting in the world can't cover any of this up. I don't want to hear one more fucking excuse.
It seems I missed the party. But here to say Casablanca is tops. The lighting, the cast, the script...none finer. I put this on when I am falling asleep at night so often, I can close my eyes and picture it all. Drifting off listening to Bogart & Dooley = sweet dreams for sure. #TCMParty #Casablanca
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 PM
It seems I missed the party. But here to say Casablanca is tops. The lighting, the cast, the script...none finer. I put this on when I am falling asleep at night so often, I can close my eyes and picture it all. Drifting off listening to Bogart & Dooley = sweet dreams for sure. #TCMParty #Casablanca
Just in case you needed a laugh today. Man I love The Far Side and nerds, to be fair.
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Just in case you needed a laugh today. Man I love The Far Side and nerds, to be fair.
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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Ahhhh body-shaking anxiety, my old friend, there you are. Way to welcome 2026, it's been a few years. I wonder why you are back? Hmmm
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Ahhhh body-shaking anxiety, my old friend, there you are. Way to welcome 2026, it's been a few years. I wonder why you are back? Hmmm
Senator Kelly with the eternal burn.
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Senator Kelly with the eternal burn.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
Happy New Year everyone! Let's create more art, share more kindness, and not take any shit from evil people this year. Let's take their oxygen away and not let them breathe one more evil thought nor syllable. I'm done with that. Also, eat the pizza.
January 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Let's create more art, share more kindness, and not take any shit from evil people this year. Let's take their oxygen away and not let them breathe one more evil thought nor syllable. I'm done with that. Also, eat the pizza.
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Adiós, 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Adiós, 2025.
Just learned of Dan's passing. Met him online years ago in the kidlit community, and he was just as lovely in person, so kind and funny. Please donate if you can or share to help support his wife and very young son.
Donate to Support Ben and Cathy After Dan’s Passing, organized by Jason Hughes
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gofund.me
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Just learned of Dan's passing. Met him online years ago in the kidlit community, and he was just as lovely in person, so kind and funny. Please donate if you can or share to help support his wife and very young son.
I love this account so much.
The ocean-themed mascot Hoya Boya, from Kesenuma City, wears a scallop belt, a sharkskin cloak, and a sea squirt helmet, and he uses a Pacific saury as a sword.
December 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I love this account so much.
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Recommend this important film 🤎 But explaining why Indigenous women are disproportionately represented in the statistics of missing and murdered people in America is a terrible and galling conversation to have with an Indigenous girl child learning about the world.
Fancy Dance — Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Recommend this important film 🤎 But explaining why Indigenous women are disproportionately represented in the statistics of missing and murdered people in America is a terrible and galling conversation to have with an Indigenous girl child learning about the world.
Ding ding.
December 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ding ding.
I am heartbroken. 2025 has been brutal.
James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46
LA medical examiner reports Ransone, who played Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka in the HBO crime drama, died by suicide
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I am heartbroken. 2025 has been brutal.
Always well done and heartbreaking, TCM Remembers is, oddly, something I look forward to at the end of the year. Man, 2025 … sigh.
As the year comes to a close, TCM remembers the actors, filmmakers and creatives we lost this year.
Gone, but never forgotten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
Song title and artist: "In the Western Wind and the Sunrise" by Dave Simonett and the Sunrise.
Gone, but never forgotten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
Song title and artist: "In the Western Wind and the Sunrise" by Dave Simonett and the Sunrise.
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Always well done and heartbreaking, TCM Remembers is, oddly, something I look forward to at the end of the year. Man, 2025 … sigh.