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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 2h

Flowers for Algernon for Tax Purposes

Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I finally manage to get over my weird hangup about ordering groceries online (no, I don't know, it doesn't make sense to me either), and the Kroger website won't actually add things to my cart. 😭

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The nurse today: ok, so they scheduled a resident to replace your IUD, and I'm not sure he's ever done one. You might want to reschedule. Me: fuck it, we ball The resident did have to be talked through it by his attending, but they used lidocaine, which was a major improvement over the last time.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm sorry, no, we're not far enough removed from the latest global pandemic that I'll accept an outbreak of *pneumonic plague*. Let's take this one back to the writers' room and try again.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Having a stutter is the most annoying thing. You're just having a normal conversation, and then your brain's like "hello! It looks like you're trying to pronounce the letter W. Would you like some help? Tough shit, get fucked, lol."

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have portabello mushrooms, sweet peppers, carrots, and green onion in the dehydrator. My apartment smells *amazing*.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wonder if I can dry avocado in the dehydrator. I think I'll try it this weekend.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

During a meeting where people were talking about what they use AI for, one person said that she asked ChatGPT to change the size of a recipe for her, & she was so mad when it "ruined" her food. Did you...not check? Maybe calculate some fractions, just to make sure?

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Imagine if you were an anchorite whose abbey got raided by Vikings.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When you binge-watch someone's videos until their particular ideolect gets so annoying that you can never watch anything of theirs again, no matter how interesting the subject or how well-researched the presentation 😭

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A fun thing about being both neurodivergent and from the Midwest is that i can look at a conversation that happened on Teams, during which I was crashing out and thought I was being super clear about that, and it looks like I was mildly annoyed. 🙃

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Behold, my vast riches. My mansion is the finest in 15th-century Amsterdam. (Although I'm sure the pepper is adulterated somehow, because I don't trust ground spices)

From left to right: whole cloves, 16 ounces ground pepper, 7 ounces ground cinnamon, 1 quart olive oil. A literal king's ransom.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

He's finally grown into the hat I made when he was born.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fucking up America's relationship with Canada probably won't go down as the most objectively catastrophic mistake of the Trump Presidency, but as far as own goals go, it's very much the most own goal ever to goal. Like, you can't fuck up that hard without really, really trying.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I only got 33 calls today; it was like I was on vacation.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My friend who drives me to church greeted me this morning (when I had only just finished my coffee) with "there's a podium in my trunk," and I think I deserve a fair amount of credit for not responding with "I thought you were just happy to see me." I didn't even tell him I hadn't said it.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This looks like when Obama made fun of him at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Although I think he was still able to sit up almost straight back then.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm glad this construction site has a central defensible position. That's a really important part of a building project.

A section of a new apartment building project, featuring a cinderblock tower with what look like crenellations at the top.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

John Brown, one of the few figures to be both a labor rights *and* a 2nd Amendment activist.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thanks to a mixup with the prescriptions, I haven't had Concerta all week, and I took 46 calls yesterday (I was going to say Monday, but yesterday was Tuesday Monday, and also 5 years ago). I want to order a pizza, but I'm genuinely too tired to make pizza topping decisions. 😭

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A friend brought a cask of his homebrew for one of the social hours at the parish retreat this weekend (it was delicious). He even had a cute little label for it & everything, & I commented on it from a few feet away, before noticing the "made with AI" label in the top corner. Then it got awkward.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Apparently living alone and working remotely has rewired my brain, because as soon as my pap was done this morning, I whipped off the drape, stood up, and put my pants back on while the doctor and med student were just standing right there. Doctor: did you want us to leave the room? Me: 😬🙃

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have to restrain myself from leaving a congratulatory comment every time a youtube video correctly pluralizes Attorney General.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I wish more people had the context to understand exactly what it says about how the day is going when I say "ok, let's find another way to look this up, because I can't handle pulling up another spreadsheet." What it says is that I am experiencing The Horrors.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This time, when Koshka ran growling into my room and jumped up on the bedside table, he spilled an entire glass of red wine. Goddamnit.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Update: he's apparently now settled on dada for both.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Referencing a tumblr post," get off my lawn.

A youtube comment thread interaction, with the usernames blurred out.

Comment: "Those are Boomer references" I just came here to have a good time, and I'm feeling so attacked right now

Reply: Your comment is referencing a tumblr post, which uh, really doesn't help lmfaooo

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry, too? THESE ARE THE WRONG 80-YEAR OLDS.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's hard to overstate how little that's the US' business. "You allow the speaking of other languages in your country, which is very upsetting to us." That sounds like a you problem, White House.

Trending topic timeline:

US-QUEBEC LANGUAGE DISPUTE

US reportedly objects to Quebec's French subsidies and bilingual labeling rules as trade barriers.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ok, so mad props to Moses' mom: not only did she *technically* comply with Pharoah's instruction to throw all the boy babies into the Nile, but she also managed to get paid for childcare!

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Oh, ok, so he really hasn't let go of his "start incredibly stupid fights to ruin our relationship with our closest ally" nonsense. Canada? CANADA? Can we just fucking stop with this shit?

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

When you're trying to organize your books by author/genre/time period, but then the books are different sizes, so you have to choose between a visually appealing organizational schema vs. a logical one. The struggle is real.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just a reminder, apropos of absolutely nothing: people who say they support trans rights for adults, but just have a few concerns about trans children that they need you to address before we can have any sort of conversation, those people are LYING. They are lying to you. You can just ignore them.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"I couldn't figure this out, so I asked ChatGPT" ok, I'm never listening to anything you say ever again, cool cool

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ABBA: synthpop, synthpop, synthpop, 18th-century counterpoint, synthpop me: what ABBA: what

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I wish more callers understood that "there's a lot of background noise there, can you hear me ok" is actually a subtle request for them to *turn down the TV volume*. "I can hear you fine," ok, but my call transcript is picking up the entire show you're watching, & I'm having trouble focusing.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Edit: this was made by my aunt, not my grandpa.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My grandpa made this hippo puzzle for me when I was 2, and now my nephew has it. That's the original velcro! Apparently Nephew is a big fan, and started playing with it immediately. 🥰

A baby playing with a jigsaw puzzle, with velcro-ed wooden pieces forming a red hippopotamus with yellow spots

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I made a peach smoothie for breakfast, and I put a packet of ginger drink in it. OMG SO GOOD.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

When you start your period, and realize that thankfully the last week was PMS, not a mental health crisis. Phew!

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ok, I'm pretty sure the correct response to "would you still love me if I were a worm" is "yes, I would put you in the compost pile & make sure you had a constant supply of coffee grounds & banana peels, & tell everyone you're the reason my tomatoes are so amazing." Right? I've figured it out?

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

And he's back to attacking his own back paws, which is his version of chasing his tail. Just curls up like a little pill bug and chews on his own feet.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I want to know how iQiYi had a whole ep of War of Faith where the word for "silver" (probably) was instead translated as "Mexican." Characters spent the entire time talking about how they finally had the machine their bank needed to make Mexican dollars, which is an interesting choice in 1930s China

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Koshka tried to jump onto my bedside table while the drawer was open, fell half in the drawer, knocked a bunch of shit everywhere, and then ran off growling. Okay!

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I can't believe that 1) there's an omegaverse Thai BL, and 2) I'm watching it.

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Further adventures in Online Location issues: my VPN is set to Malaysia today (idk why), and I got really excited about this "pizza puff" thing Domino's was advertising, before realizing that it isn't a thing I can get. 😭

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I recently checked out with Paypal, but forgot to update my paypal address, so now I have to walk back to my old house to pick up my package. 😭

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Himbeaux Brummel @beamish-girl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Holy shit this was a terrible idea, why would I do this (I have abandoned this idea)

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