Madeline A.D. Brewer
@madelineab.bsky.social
Women's college grad, teacher, frequent re-tweeter (or whatever it is here), biking advocate, etc.
If you’re a Protestant* liturgical nerd and watched Wake Up Dead Man and were wondering why they were wearing red instead of purple (which is the color for Lent), I looked it up and apparently red is an approved color for Holy Week.
*some denominations also do red. Mine rocked purple all the way.
*some denominations also do red. Mine rocked purple all the way.
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If you’re a Protestant* liturgical nerd and watched Wake Up Dead Man and were wondering why they were wearing red instead of purple (which is the color for Lent), I looked it up and apparently red is an approved color for Holy Week.
*some denominations also do red. Mine rocked purple all the way.
*some denominations also do red. Mine rocked purple all the way.
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me: starts watching the new season of @ricksteves.bsky.social
daughter in her room on the other side of the house, hearing the banger of intro music: “wtf you’re watching the new Rick Steves without me?!?!”
daughter in her room on the other side of the house, hearing the banger of intro music: “wtf you’re watching the new Rick Steves without me?!?!”
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
me: starts watching the new season of @ricksteves.bsky.social
daughter in her room on the other side of the house, hearing the banger of intro music: “wtf you’re watching the new Rick Steves without me?!?!”
daughter in her room on the other side of the house, hearing the banger of intro music: “wtf you’re watching the new Rick Steves without me?!?!”
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GOD: if my commandments get 50,000 likes, i will tell Abraham to kill his son
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
GOD: if my commandments get 50,000 likes, i will tell Abraham to kill his son
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Old hangovers: due to drinking like 8 pints and lots of whiskey until 4am.
Current hangover: due to waiting up til 1:15am for teen to come home.
Current hangover: due to waiting up til 1:15am for teen to come home.
December 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Old hangovers: due to drinking like 8 pints and lots of whiskey until 4am.
Current hangover: due to waiting up til 1:15am for teen to come home.
Current hangover: due to waiting up til 1:15am for teen to come home.
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i think a lot of car discourse boils down to whether you think a car is a horse or a gun.
December 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
i think a lot of car discourse boils down to whether you think a car is a horse or a gun.
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Frog was in his garden. Toad came walking by. “What a fine garden you have, Frog,” he said.
December 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Frog was in his garden. Toad came walking by. “What a fine garden you have, Frog,” he said.
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I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
ReCalibri
They always make us do everything ourselves, anyway
Dr.eamer.dev
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people.
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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My child’s school does a lot of things right, but this thing is pervasive and not great. I’m sharing in hopes that these words may reach a parent, teacher, principal, district administrator, or someone who can help shift the culture toward something more equitable.
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My child’s school does a lot of things right, but this thing is pervasive and not great. I’m sharing in hopes that these words may reach a parent, teacher, principal, district administrator, or someone who can help shift the culture toward something more equitable.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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The Best And Worst ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Episodes Of All Time
The Best And Worst ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Episodes Of All Time
Grey’s Anatomy first premiered on March 27, 2005. In honor of 20 years on the air and the series’ upcoming 22nd season, The Onion looks back on some of the medical drama’s best and worst episodes of a...
theonion.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Best And Worst ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Episodes Of All Time
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everything about this image is a marvel.
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
everything about this image is a marvel.
I think they meant to write “hero” instead of “man.” Simple mistake.
Man charged with destroying more than a dozen Flock cameras in Suffolk trib.al/XV4kHCg
Man charged with destroying more than a dozen Flock cameras in Suffolk
A Suffolk man has been charged with destroying more than a dozen Flock cameras over the course of six months dating back to April.
trib.al
December 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I think they meant to write “hero” instead of “man.” Simple mistake.
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This is your annual holiday reminder that Scut Farkus went on to become Moody Spurgeon. #AChristmasStory #AnneofGreenGables
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is your annual holiday reminder that Scut Farkus went on to become Moody Spurgeon. #AChristmasStory #AnneofGreenGables
FYSA, they have a donations page and you can help cover the cost of the paint and supplies if you feel so led. masjidashshura.org/donations
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
FYSA, they have a donations page and you can help cover the cost of the paint and supplies if you feel so led. masjidashshura.org/donations
Growing up we had the GMC and then when that died we had the Ford. Coincidentally, my parents bought the GMC from my grandparents and then they bought the Ford from my grandparents' neighbor. Akron, OH really loved that style of van.
Need them all. Especially, the vanagon.
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Growing up we had the GMC and then when that died we had the Ford. Coincidentally, my parents bought the GMC from my grandparents and then they bought the Ford from my grandparents' neighbor. Akron, OH really loved that style of van.
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Are you a woman in your 20s/30s, living near your mom and grandmother - or will be with them for the holidays? I'd love to talk with all of you together, for a story for NPR's series exploring how people are making decisions about family.
Reach me here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reach me here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Women's Lives Through the Generations
For NPR's series on birthrate decline, I'd like to talk to women about how their lives and choices about family compare to other women across the generations.
Please answer the questions below. This...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Are you a woman in your 20s/30s, living near your mom and grandmother - or will be with them for the holidays? I'd love to talk with all of you together, for a story for NPR's series exploring how people are making decisions about family.
Reach me here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reach me here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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tired: Amelia Bedilia was silly and foolish and excessively literal
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
Amelia Bedilia was RIGHT rich folks DO want things done strangely
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
tired: Amelia Bedilia was silly and foolish and excessively literal
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
wired: Amelia Bedilia was engaging in malicious compliance and class solidarity against the oligarchs
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local punk band dropped a crowd-surfing utility worker into its amazing cover. clean water is officially punk rock.
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
local punk band dropped a crowd-surfing utility worker into its amazing cover. clean water is officially punk rock.
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
art by @shinercomics.bsky.social
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We can protect people on bikes, we just have to want to.
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We can protect people on bikes, we just have to want to.
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‘She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
And I knew without asking, she was into the blues’
And I knew without asking, she was into the blues’
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
And I knew without asking, she was into the blues’
And I knew without asking, she was into the blues’
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Tired: flat streets
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tired: flat streets
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
Wired: Speed humps, tables, etc
Inspired: Speed *dips*, because modern clearance and suspension makes taking speed bumps at speed no big deal, but dips still make drivers worry they'll damage their car, and that has the highest level of encouraging compliance
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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Have you tried saying ‘What is the deal with Hegseth’ in Seinfeld voice might work who can say
There’s no ambiguity anymore. Independent investigators revealed Hegseth endangered servicemembers’ lives.
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
How is this man still in a job he’s dangerously bad at?
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Have you tried saying ‘What is the deal with Hegseth’ in Seinfeld voice might work who can say
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10