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Helen Broom

@helenbroom.bsky.social

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Podcaster at Common Language Network, book curator at Kellie's Estate Sales & Auctions, writer.

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · Nov 26

Hello to new followers! I post on here about the two podcasts I do with @gavinbroom.bsky.social (List of Lists and @corriepodcast.com), I also post about our cats and dog, random stuff like politics, but mostly about my job in an auction house as the books, music and art cataloguer.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4h

When the Yankees get eliminated

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 4h

Do people not know that Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen are still alive?? Swift is good but I wouldn't even put her in the top five living, top fifty living or dead.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 3d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 4h

Misquamicut & Versailles for where I'm from. Mackinac and Charlotte from where I am now.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 4h

I'll be interested to see Celebrity Traitors UK edition, since the US Traitors is already just "celebrities" (aka reality tv stars mostly).

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 4h

I'm like if Lt Cmdr Data and Tina Belcher had a baby.

Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 5h

I’m like if Benny Hill and Kenneth Williams had a baby

supernatural siren @porcelainsiren.bsky.social · 6h

i'm like if lana del rey and ani difranco had a baby

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 4h

Seeing a lot of people use the new album to bash TS for being a billionaire and having a lot of money and not sharing it etc etc etc. Turns out, as far as billionaires go, she's one of the more generous ones.

www.billboard.com/lists/taylor...

A Timeline of Taylor Swift’s Generosity

Here's a timeline of Taylor Swift's generosity and donations through the years.

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 14h

Yes!!! Talk of the Street wouldn't be what it is without our social media, for one thing.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 15h

It would! Taking advantage of this downtime to actually get it out to agents, and Gav suggested I rethink one section towards the end.

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 16h

Today's list. I got very little done yesterday besides reading, although I did finally get that Inn picture hung after buying a new hammer at Dollar General while picking up fruit snacks for the band.

(I know, my life is SO INTERESTING lol.)

Laundry
Blog
Book edit
Snow village
List 5 things
Finish Crook book
Watch 1 movie
Watch Weds. Corrie
Clean 1 thing each room
Finish Orchestra Reg.

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 1d

I just feel like it's going to be hard for me to appreciate it due to Jared Leto ick, and there will be plenty of other movies to watch every weekend starring people who aren't assholes. 🤷‍♀️ Like the soundtrack though.

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 1d

Very niche jokes are my favorite jokes.

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 1d

A thread after my own heart

Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · Nov 29

Home on the Range (2004)

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 1d

Today's list. Have to take the big kid to the dentist this morning, so hopefully will get everything done today, if I can find our hammer.

To do list for today including:
Laundry
Blog
Inn Picture
Book Edit
List 5 things for sale
Clean 1 thing in each room
Watch 1 movie
Read Crook book
Email for trombone lessons
Finish putting away Snow Village

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 2d

This week's LFL #shelfie, tried to add some spooky stories for October!

Little Free Librsry shelf including The Crooked Angel, Wicked as you Wish, and The Girls He Adored.

Little Free Library shelf featuring Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark 3, Desmond Pucket, and Cursed.

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 2d

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Michael Douglas in the movie Wonder Boys.

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 2d

Today's list. I've been fighting off a sore throat and breathlessness so more mental than physical tasks today, although mental tasks can be just as exhausting.

Daily list includes:
Laundry
Watch Monday Corrie
Watch 1 movie
clean 1 thing in each room
List 5 things for sale
Ship sold items
Blog
Hang inn picture
Book edits

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

There's one F slur but overall it has aged pretty well!

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

My biggest gaps are with horror movies of my childhood. Like, I know all of the lyrics to Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, but I've never seen the original Nightmare on Elm Street. 🤷‍♀️

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 3d

I went to the Broadview ICE detention center this afternoon/evening. The first 2 hours were pretty quiet. Several dozen protesters & occasionally some Fascism Enjoyers who shouted things but mostly lowkey. But then a violent Christofascist biker rolled up & that was not good. Everyone is OK. Thread:

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

Come join Friends of the Podcast! Listen to us talk about classic Corrie and get our opinions on spoilers for next week's shows! Help us keep the lights on while I'm unemployed!

The Talk of the Street @corriepodcast.com · 8d

Our CLASSICS episode for October is available NOW, exclusive to our Friends of the Podcast. Sign up on our ko-fi, patreon, or YouTube page for $2. Links at linktr.ee/corriepodcast #ClassicCorrie #corrie

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

Come listen to us explain why the Eagles are good actually.

The List of Lists Podcast @thelistoflists.bsky.social · 3d

This week we had Marvel Zombies, Spinal Tap 2 The End Continues, and One Battle After Another on our lists before counting the five nominees for Grammy Record of the Year for 1978.

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#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky

Movie posters for Spinal Tap 2, One Battle After Another, and Marvel Zombies.

Record covers for You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone, Blue Bayou by Linda Rondstadt, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle, Hotel California by the Eagles, and a evergreen by Barbra Streisand.

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

a little girl is sitting on a bed and saying `` thank you you da best '' .

Alt: a little girl is sitting on a bed and saying `` thank you you da best '' .

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

I do love a good drag queen cameo on Corrie. And Glenda getting to be her most Glenda!! #corrie

The Talk of the Street @corriepodcast.com · 3d

A breath of fresh air to get away from the cobbles, enjoy a reprieve from the hospital and the police set, and have a bit of fun at a Wednesday afternoon voddy promo on Canal Street. It's our #MomentOfTheWeek! #corrie

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 3d

My Uber is here (seasonally adjusted)

Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 4d

This is just as painful as finding out JD Vance's favorite song is Fade Into You by Mazzy Star. 😢

AC @ahmadchildress.bsky.social · 4d

As a reminder, this is who we're talking about. This guy.