Megan
@megbrod.bsky.social
Fan, reader, dancer, feminist. As always, here for the jokes.
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Megan
@megbrod.bsky.social
· Mar 1
First finished book of the year! (I will not be taking questions about that) And since I gave up on Goodreads, the most I’ll do is a reading thread now 😂
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The brilliant innovation of podcasts was that they FREED us from the tedium of talking head television shows. We could DO OTHER THINGS while listening to the people talking. Exercise. chores. Art. Commuting.
Returning to video is like reintroducing measles to the public health podcast landscape.
Returning to video is like reintroducing measles to the public health podcast landscape.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The brilliant innovation of podcasts was that they FREED us from the tedium of talking head television shows. We could DO OTHER THINGS while listening to the people talking. Exercise. chores. Art. Commuting.
Returning to video is like reintroducing measles to the public health podcast landscape.
Returning to video is like reintroducing measles to the public health podcast landscape.
Damn, I really wish that my purl soho order was here already, I’m so bored and a new knitting project would be perfect!
December 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Damn, I really wish that my purl soho order was here already, I’m so bored and a new knitting project would be perfect!
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Happy Pop-Tarts Bowl Day to all who celebrate
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy Pop-Tarts Bowl Day to all who celebrate
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New Year means new bills and I'd like to start 2026 off with some momentum. So I'm offering a 26% OFF discount on commissions until Feb. 1, 2026. Just mention FIREHORSE in your initial contact email.
Info and rates can be found here:
aishacommissions.carrd.co
Info and rates can be found here:
aishacommissions.carrd.co
December 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
New Year means new bills and I'd like to start 2026 off with some momentum. So I'm offering a 26% OFF discount on commissions until Feb. 1, 2026. Just mention FIREHORSE in your initial contact email.
Info and rates can be found here:
aishacommissions.carrd.co
Info and rates can be found here:
aishacommissions.carrd.co
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Please don’t think this was about sports. This was not about sports.
This was a woman telling a man, “No.” and being killed for it.
He then shot a 13 y/o girl in the face despite her pleading for her life.
This was not about sports.
This was about hating women.
This was a woman telling a man, “No.” and being killed for it.
He then shot a 13 y/o girl in the face despite her pleading for her life.
This was not about sports.
This was about hating women.
Police say Jason Kenney was drinking and watching football when he got mad at his wife, killed her and shot her 13-year-old daughter.
Florida man kills wife, shoots stepdaughter after fight over NFL game: 'Don't shoot me'
Police say Jason Kenney was drinking and watching football when he got mad at his wife, killed her and shot her 13-year-old daughter.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Please don’t think this was about sports. This was not about sports.
This was a woman telling a man, “No.” and being killed for it.
He then shot a 13 y/o girl in the face despite her pleading for her life.
This was not about sports.
This was about hating women.
This was a woman telling a man, “No.” and being killed for it.
He then shot a 13 y/o girl in the face despite her pleading for her life.
This was not about sports.
This was about hating women.
So it’s no fun right now because I am tethered to this ice machine and stuck on my couch with post-op knee, but it is very nice living in an apartment listening to people shovel outside.
December 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
So it’s no fun right now because I am tethered to this ice machine and stuck on my couch with post-op knee, but it is very nice living in an apartment listening to people shovel outside.
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Romance Authors.
The Well Red Damsel Bookstore and team in Milwaukee is hosting a romance book fest and book crawl event in September 2026. They are seeking romance authors to participate. Information in the link:
www.thewellreddamsel.com/from-milwauk...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
The Well Red Damsel Bookstore and team in Milwaukee is hosting a romance book fest and book crawl event in September 2026. They are seeking romance authors to participate. Information in the link:
www.thewellreddamsel.com/from-milwauk...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
www.thewellreddamsel.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Romance Authors.
The Well Red Damsel Bookstore and team in Milwaukee is hosting a romance book fest and book crawl event in September 2026. They are seeking romance authors to participate. Information in the link:
www.thewellreddamsel.com/from-milwauk...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
The Well Red Damsel Bookstore and team in Milwaukee is hosting a romance book fest and book crawl event in September 2026. They are seeking romance authors to participate. Information in the link:
www.thewellreddamsel.com/from-milwauk...
#Romancelandia #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
I knew Ilya and Shane’s parents were gonna be GOLD but I had no idea it would be this good.
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I knew Ilya and Shane’s parents were gonna be GOLD but I had no idea it would be this good.
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God, immediately post injury PT is sooooo boring 😭😭
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
God, immediately post injury PT is sooooo boring 😭😭
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Others have noted this before, but it's ENRAGING to see corporations and bosses give this bullshit "A.i." trash FAR more leeway for error and general crappiness than they'd ever give any human creator.
I've started to see arguments that we have to get used to AI Slop coding even if it isn't great, because it's fast. Humans could go faster, too, if they're allowed to turn in stuff that only sometimes works. Such a fascinating double standard that will in no way come back to haunt, naw.
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Others have noted this before, but it's ENRAGING to see corporations and bosses give this bullshit "A.i." trash FAR more leeway for error and general crappiness than they'd ever give any human creator.
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There’s been a turn in a lot of left/liberal moral thought over the past decade away from individual culpability and toward analyses of structural forces that generate bad behavior. But I’m increasingly convinced that those structural forces can’t be confronted while individuals enjoy impunity.
December 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There’s been a turn in a lot of left/liberal moral thought over the past decade away from individual culpability and toward analyses of structural forces that generate bad behavior. But I’m increasingly convinced that those structural forces can’t be confronted while individuals enjoy impunity.
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Haven't done one of these in a while! I've got a post-holiday haterade rant about the NHL's support for Heated Rivalry, which I hate. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/sorry-but-...
sorry but I don't give a fuck that the NHL has embraced 'heated rivalry'
a post-holiday haterade rant
www.thefrankiedlc.news
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Haven't done one of these in a while! I've got a post-holiday haterade rant about the NHL's support for Heated Rivalry, which I hate. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/sorry-but-...
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The problem is that years of algorithm-driven social media has made people passive about their own online experience, to the point that having to do any work to curate what they see feels like too much. Unlearning the algorithm-relying behavior takes conscious effort when it's all you've ever known.
people will be like “ah yeah I didn’t like that bsky is a user-driven platform without a built in algorithm so instead of following people and sharing art I decided to stick with the site that allows people to instantly use my art to prompt genAI” and then wonder where their fan community had gone
December 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The problem is that years of algorithm-driven social media has made people passive about their own online experience, to the point that having to do any work to curate what they see feels like too much. Unlearning the algorithm-relying behavior takes conscious effort when it's all you've ever known.
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The real reason to tax billionaires isn’t to let the government spend their money, it’s to prevent them from buying government and directing how they spend our money
Again we have to ask the question, does this act justify him having a substantial amount of control over society?
Should public health experts be having to humour his "just askin questions" and suck up to him for the slight chance of American healthcare improving because of this?
Should public health experts be having to humour his "just askin questions" and suck up to him for the slight chance of American healthcare improving because of this?
I will never get over that Mark Cuban became a billionaire because he sold his company in Yahoo’s most expensive acquisition at the height of the dot com bubble
December 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The real reason to tax billionaires isn’t to let the government spend their money, it’s to prevent them from buying government and directing how they spend our money
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Not sure this captures the nature of the posts.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not sure this captures the nature of the posts.
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Throwback to these little Moo Deng drawings from last year. 💜
December 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Throwback to these little Moo Deng drawings from last year. 💜
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A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
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Re-upping this in case someone needs to hear it going into the weekend and New Years. You aren’t alone— this is the hardest time of the year for so many people, and there’s *nothing* wrong with you if you’re one of them.
The next few days are going to be hard. The fear is palpable. So please, if you’re at all wondering: I wish you could see how much the world needs you. Right now, all that matters is getting to morning.
* thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
* pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/
* translifeline.org/
* thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
* pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/
* translifeline.org/
December 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Re-upping this in case someone needs to hear it going into the weekend and New Years. You aren’t alone— this is the hardest time of the year for so many people, and there’s *nothing* wrong with you if you’re one of them.
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I genuinely do not understand why so many people are so interested in other people's personal relationships, ok so this person doesnt talk to their dad, cool, am I their dad and if not why do I even care
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I genuinely do not understand why so many people are so interested in other people's personal relationships, ok so this person doesnt talk to their dad, cool, am I their dad and if not why do I even care
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I’m a trained social worker. I worked with cases of CSA and other horrifying traumas. I didn’t learn til 6 months before I burnt out how dangerous and cumulative vicarious and secondary trauma are.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
I promise you- people think they want to know the lurid details- they don't. I spent 30 years reading accounts of CA/SA and that shit never leaves your head.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
December 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I’m a trained social worker. I worked with cases of CSA and other horrifying traumas. I didn’t learn til 6 months before I burnt out how dangerous and cumulative vicarious and secondary trauma are.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
You don’t want this in your head and you don’t want it to live in your body. It doesn’t leave.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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MELIA is spending her second Christmas at the shelter. Lets end 2025 with a bang! By finding her a forever adult only home with no dogs. Cats are ok. Shes an amazing, smart, beautiful dog. Please adopt her
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
MELIA is spending her second Christmas at the shelter. Lets end 2025 with a bang! By finding her a forever adult only home with no dogs. Cats are ok. Shes an amazing, smart, beautiful dog. Please adopt her
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Ok, Idol I is at least off to a promising start! I’m sure the backstories are about to be so so sad though, except for maybe the prosecutor who I suspect is just a douchebag.
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Ok, Idol I is at least off to a promising start! I’m sure the backstories are about to be so so sad though, except for maybe the prosecutor who I suspect is just a douchebag.