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Brooke Foster

@lonesometoast.bsky.social

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st. louis dweller, enthusiastic traveler, oh-so-lucky mom (x2), cat butler, bi gal, iowa writers workshop alum. "the distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss." she/her

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 2h

also this is Schrödinger's Tree bc when it got storm damage, she was all "MY TREEEE!" but then when she learned she'd be responsible for getting the perilous branches taken care of she said "IT'S NOT EVEN MY TREE"

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 2h

there are rad people of all ages in my neighborhood HOWEVER the mean boomer lady across the street is not one of them (she just got done providing a full critique of the forestry guy, who is simply here to remove dead/damaged branches from a tree near her home)

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 19h

taking my daughter so i will be sober af and yet… i may still hug a stranger

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 20h

bro i am going to be a MESS

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 20h

the inner conflict between wanting to do dramatic eye makeup and knowing that she may perform "shapeshifter" and/or "broken glass" and/or "liability" (or its reprise) . . . very real

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 20h

currently evaluating just *how* waterproof my mascara needs to be for the lorde show this week

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 22h

he says thank u

a dark gray cat laying on a copy of The New Yorker. is he reading an article about Harry Styles? could be

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 1d

this group has seen Stan several times in our working relationship and are very enthusiastic about him!

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 1d

he's tryna break in at the moment

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 1d

he ESPECIALLY loves to mug

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 1d

oh good, about to host a zoom so of course my cat has chosen this as the exact best time to sing the song of his people

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5d

the thing w/ bari weiss' extremely unearned promotion isn't that it's a reason for the rest of us not to have imposter syndrome, we'd also need to not have morals or ethics or any sense of pride in what we do lol

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 2d

Heartland Signal does incredible work. congratulations (from here in the eponymous h’land!) 💜

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 2d

goddamn

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3d

This really sucks

Kimberly Hébert Gregory, 'Vice Principals' Actress, Dead at 52

Kimberly Hébert Gregory, the actress who starred on the HBO series 'Vice Principals,' has died at the age of 52.

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

oh that is SO cute

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

bahahaha i love dachshunds so much

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

some @tricialockwood.bsky.social for your sunday morning; i think about this passage *a lot*

All my life I have overheard, all my life I have listened to what people will let slip when they think you are part of their we. A we is so power- ful. It is the most corrupt and formidable institution on earth. Its hands are full of the crispest and most persuasive currency. Its mouth is full of received, repeating language. The we closes its ranks to protect the space inside it, where the air is different. It does not protect people. It protects its own shape.

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

I WISH TO SEE IT

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

oh NO 😅

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

absolutely lol

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Bad Bunny responds to his Super Bowl critics in Spanish, and then English: “And, if you didn’t understand know what I just said, you have four months to learn!”

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

i loved companion but i also love this comment

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

this is well worth your time — a quick read despite the heavy subject matter. misogyny is killing us (all too often quite literally) and the ideas are being planted so early among boys. incredible work @milleridriss.bsky.social, thank you

man up: the new misogyny and the rise of violent extremism

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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 3d

i was so tempted

Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 4d

neighbors outdid themselves by adding a skeleturtle 🫡

Lawn skeletons! Two parents, a kid, a dog, and a TURTLE

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