Brenna Lemieux
@brennalemieux.bsky.social
Writer, reader, runner, Chicagoan. Still masking. #amquerying a romcom-adjacent upmarket book. #amwriting a domestic thriller. She/her. Work at brennalemieux.com. 👋🏻
Air quality was bad and the race was crowded so I wore a mask for the 10K I ran this weekend. #stillmasking #weprotectus
June 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Air quality was bad and the race was crowded so I wore a mask for the 10K I ran this weekend. #stillmasking #weprotectus
Very excited for Chicago-based Beacon, which makes a far-UVC device to kill viruses and bacteria – $1.6m seed round just announced!
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June 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Very excited for Chicago-based Beacon, which makes a far-UVC device to kill viruses and bacteria – $1.6m seed round just announced!
www.bizjournals.com/chicago/inno...
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Hello, fellow #CovidConscious folks. I remember at some point reading that the efficacy of mRNA vaccines starts fading at 4 months, but a pharmacist denied a booster for my child today (4 months after their last one). Am I remembering that right? Does anyone have a good source?
May 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hello, fellow #CovidConscious folks. I remember at some point reading that the efficacy of mRNA vaccines starts fading at 4 months, but a pharmacist denied a booster for my child today (4 months after their last one). Am I remembering that right? Does anyone have a good source?
Everything's too much all the time, but I've got a new story out and I'm proud of it. Thanks to the crew at @redividermag.bsky.social for giving it a home: redivider.emerson.edu/revision/
Revision – Redivider
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April 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Everything's too much all the time, but I've got a new story out and I'm proud of it. Thanks to the crew at @redividermag.bsky.social for giving it a home: redivider.emerson.edu/revision/
UnitedHealthcare just quietly changed my insurance benefits so that my therapy costs went from $25 / week to $80 / week and my husband's went from $25 / week to $160 / week.
A 4.8x cost increase.
And we have "great insurance."
A 4.8x cost increase.
And we have "great insurance."
March 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
UnitedHealthcare just quietly changed my insurance benefits so that my therapy costs went from $25 / week to $80 / week and my husband's went from $25 / week to $160 / week.
A 4.8x cost increase.
And we have "great insurance."
A 4.8x cost increase.
And we have "great insurance."
If the bedroom closet doors are open before bed, my husband and I say that we’re going to close them “for feng shui reasons” and NOT because we’re afraid monsters or goblins will get out
Tell me about a recurring bit you do among your nearest & dearest (or one of theirs)
My grad school brother-from -another-mother and I are partial to compliments-as-threats.
My grad school brother-from -another-mother and I are partial to compliments-as-threats.
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If the bedroom closet doors are open before bed, my husband and I say that we’re going to close them “for feng shui reasons” and NOT because we’re afraid monsters or goblins will get out
If I were trying to convince the world I were a brilliant coding genius, I would simply not mess up a mail merge.
www.wired.com/story/dozens...
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Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
www.wired.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If I were trying to convince the world I were a brilliant coding genius, I would simply not mess up a mail merge.
www.wired.com/story/dozens...
www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Everything is terrible but I have a new story out from CALYX and I'm proud of it and maybe it will give you a break from doomscrolling: www.calyxpress.org/excerpts/lan...
Landlord by Brenna Lemieux - CALYX
Every woman is familiar with the haunting center of this short story: Did you not stand up for yourself enough or are you overreacting?
www.calyxpress.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Everything is terrible but I have a new story out from CALYX and I'm proud of it and maybe it will give you a break from doomscrolling: www.calyxpress.org/excerpts/lan...
I hate that they took the ruffles off the edges of lasagne noodles and put them on the edges of toilet paper
January 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I hate that they took the ruffles off the edges of lasagne noodles and put them on the edges of toilet paper
As someone who learned to drive in Maryland, this seems fair
January 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As someone who learned to drive in Maryland, this seems fair
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make *them* make *you* comply; they usually can't (👇) and introducing widespread friction to these programs makes them slower and more expensive: both buying time for targeted parties, and turning these raids into terrible investments of effort, money, and energy...which even GOP voters don't want
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to conduct an enforcement action at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, Ald. Jeanette Taylor and Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
ICE Agents Turned Away From Back of the Yards Elementary School: Officials
The agents were turned away and no one appears to have been detained, Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th Ward) told WTTW News.
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January 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
make *them* make *you* comply; they usually can't (👇) and introducing widespread friction to these programs makes them slower and more expensive: both buying time for targeted parties, and turning these raids into terrible investments of effort, money, and energy...which even GOP voters don't want
In today’s small wins: Today, I got three (3) white Boomer women in my family fired up and contacting their reps to express their displeasure with current administration policies. Brand-new for them. Here’s hoping it sticks and spreads.
January 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In today’s small wins: Today, I got three (3) white Boomer women in my family fired up and contacting their reps to express their displeasure with current administration policies. Brand-new for them. Here’s hoping it sticks and spreads.
I remember, when I was married to my first husband, thinking: this is reality. This is life. You may not sleep in the same bed as your spouse. He may not want to see you very often. And that is your life. Because you are married to him.
And how permanent that felt.
And how permanent that felt.
January 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I remember, when I was married to my first husband, thinking: this is reality. This is life. You may not sleep in the same bed as your spouse. He may not want to see you very often. And that is your life. Because you are married to him.
And how permanent that felt.
And how permanent that felt.
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For any abled folks reading this who are wondering what you can do to help out
I have a maybe unpopular opinion:
There's a surge in flu, RSV, norovirus, and SARS-COV-2 rn
Wear a mask in crowded areas, wash your hands, get vaccinated, use an air purifier...
Help protect vulnerable people
I have a maybe unpopular opinion:
There's a surge in flu, RSV, norovirus, and SARS-COV-2 rn
Wear a mask in crowded areas, wash your hands, get vaccinated, use an air purifier...
Help protect vulnerable people
January 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For any abled folks reading this who are wondering what you can do to help out
I have a maybe unpopular opinion:
There's a surge in flu, RSV, norovirus, and SARS-COV-2 rn
Wear a mask in crowded areas, wash your hands, get vaccinated, use an air purifier...
Help protect vulnerable people
I have a maybe unpopular opinion:
There's a surge in flu, RSV, norovirus, and SARS-COV-2 rn
Wear a mask in crowded areas, wash your hands, get vaccinated, use an air purifier...
Help protect vulnerable people
I had to update my Word and now I can't disable Copilot. There's literally not an option to turn the tools off. What a bunch of hooey. Anyone else?
#amwriting
#amwriting
January 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I had to update my Word and now I can't disable Copilot. There's literally not an option to turn the tools off. What a bunch of hooey. Anyone else?
#amwriting
#amwriting
Help I liked one post about non-alcoholic cocktails on Instagram and now ads for aDapToGEns is my entire feed
December 23, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Help I liked one post about non-alcoholic cocktails on Instagram and now ads for aDapToGEns is my entire feed
General shout-out to the city of Chicago, where I go around in my giant Flo Mask and people smile at me and the only ones who ever ask about it are children (with curiosity). A great place to live.
December 4, 2024 at 6:12 PM
General shout-out to the city of Chicago, where I go around in my giant Flo Mask and people smile at me and the only ones who ever ask about it are children (with curiosity). A great place to live.
Someone should invent bobby pins you can find
November 27, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Someone should invent bobby pins you can find
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The idea that kids are low risk for post-COVID disability is based on error-riddled, retracted research.
Long COVID occurs in kids after 10-20% of infections. 6M in the US so far.
COVID denialism is an issue of child welfare. Their future and society’s is on the line.
And you can take action! 🧵
Long COVID occurs in kids after 10-20% of infections. 6M in the US so far.
COVID denialism is an issue of child welfare. Their future and society’s is on the line.
And you can take action! 🧵
Long COVID Is Harming Too Many Kids. They Need Help.
Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:57 PM
The idea that kids are low risk for post-COVID disability is based on error-riddled, retracted research.
Long COVID occurs in kids after 10-20% of infections. 6M in the US so far.
COVID denialism is an issue of child welfare. Their future and society’s is on the line.
And you can take action! 🧵
Long COVID occurs in kids after 10-20% of infections. 6M in the US so far.
COVID denialism is an issue of child welfare. Their future and society’s is on the line.
And you can take action! 🧵
Not making friends when you move to Chicago does not mean you need to build an "IRL social app," it means you need to sign up for improv classes like the rest of us.
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IRL social app Pie is coming to SF to make you less lonely | TechCrunch
After a robust career building Bonobos and advocating for founder mental health, Andy Dunn moved to Chicago with his family. A few years later, he came to
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November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Not making friends when you move to Chicago does not mean you need to build an "IRL social app," it means you need to sign up for improv classes like the rest of us.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/i...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/i...
Enemies with malefits?
November 18, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Enemies with malefits?
On a crowded elevator today, everyone exhaled after one guy got off.
“I feel like I just smoked a pack of cigarettes,” said the lady with spiky hair.
Me? I didn’t notice. My mask blocked the smell 💅🏻
“I feel like I just smoked a pack of cigarettes,” said the lady with spiky hair.
Me? I didn’t notice. My mask blocked the smell 💅🏻
November 13, 2024 at 7:32 PM
On a crowded elevator today, everyone exhaled after one guy got off.
“I feel like I just smoked a pack of cigarettes,” said the lady with spiky hair.
Me? I didn’t notice. My mask blocked the smell 💅🏻
“I feel like I just smoked a pack of cigarettes,” said the lady with spiky hair.
Me? I didn’t notice. My mask blocked the smell 💅🏻