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Brian

@breimels.bsky.social
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Lawyer. Bad ass MC. NYC/NJ. Gay.

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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 7h
Currently viewing a man in a Mercedes G wagon blasting Gaga’s Million Reasons while smoking the fattest stogie.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love re-learning how to breathe everyone a medical professional places a stethoscope on my body.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At a bar where there’s a company happy hour happening behind me and there’s already a girl trying out her British accent on everyone
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Croutons are a low cal snack.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Candle makers are adding sandalwood to pretty much anything these days and we need to have a conversation about it.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mitch McConnell:
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Democrats should be expected to condemn this bigoted shit, not Piker
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You spend 1/3 of your life sleeping, 1/3 at work, and the other third changing the volume on your tv every time a new commercial comes on.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I don’t thank god enough for creating Ptown.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
When they say zed instead of z.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Unfortunately I started working out again and I enjoyed it 😔😔
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I need a poolside mudslide in PTown so badly it’s hurting me.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
there is not a hell hot enough for the goons working for this administration
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Sweet potato fries kinda died off, huh?
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Never more anxious in my life than for the 60 second phone call I had making a reservation at Sal’s in Ptown.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Starting to really get annoyed with this season of big brother.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
went from hot to cold way too quickly
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I didn’t know who Alex Bereson was before a few days ago. I assumed he was an entitled 20-something. This man is 53 whole years old and he’s whining about his rich mom paying a tiny tax lmaooooo
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Wasting calories on a not very good buffalo chicken dip
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
How many more spam calls can one little guy take?
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Super bad air quality today? Have you tried not breathing?
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The O’Hare United lounge is full of sexy men and two trolls with their shoes on the seats.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
gay lawyers love the word intersect.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The “It’s Not Right But It’s Ok” Whitney Houston Thunderpuss remix
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Not one but two mimes on the dance floor tonight. Chicago, what’s up
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Me with anxiety lighting a candle:
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
You’re actually not allowed to own and operate a bagel shop if you don’t sell glass bottles Yoo-hoo.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Well well well, if it isn’t the man I threw myself at last night showing up at the only gay bar in town
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I’m so pissed that the near perfect America 250 logo is wasted on this stupid timeline.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I have to stop watching dog adoption videos during the work day 😵‍💫😭😩
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just paid a $10 cover so I could pee at Hardware 🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
ran 10 miles and took a pic afterwards.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
serving ice cream cake celebrating a rent freeze. 10/10.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
300% jump in stock price if they did this:
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yes, Mamdani backed candidates. But maybe a bigger YES to that loser Kennedy finishing in third place? lmao
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Cleopatra (I think):
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
hire her to host an awards show stat
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Where are you buying rugs from these days?
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Take it from me: do NOT watch the Hacks series finale during breakfast before a long workday.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
yet again went on vacation and didn’t take nearly enough photos but I enjoyed these few…
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The menu listed prosciutto as a side dish so I ordered prosciutto as a side dish.
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I say this with only the upmost respect and admiration: every lesbian couple in Asbury this weekend is them
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Starting vacation on a bad note* *rest stop only had fountain Diet Pepsi
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
this hit me like a sack of bricks because this is me every moment of my life
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
honestly she’s the underrated queen of the season
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
June 1????
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Why am I on a chair at a midtown Greek restaurant spinning a white napkin around my head at 11pm??
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Chuck Schumer:
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Brian @breimels.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I’m sorry, I’ve worked too hard and too long to buy peanut butter that I have to stir.
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