brooke larimer • she/her

lantern flies

I have sadly encountered this from multiple people in multiple contexts.

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

I have a bunch of new followers - seriously, thank you, truly - so here's a few posts about me if you're new here.

I run a name-your-own-price, pay-whatever-you-can law practice in Illinois, USA, doing eviction defense, criminal defense, foreclosure defense, and family cases.

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She Was No Beauty, but This Gilded Age Hostess Knew How to Party

embarrassing headline @nytimes.com

“She’s undeniably chubby, but she just found the cure for cancer.”

- because of all these things and more, Ra’il hasn’t been able to get a solid foothold in the very spaces built on their fucking back. this is untenable. if you have access to share with them, DO THAT SHIT.
- if someone asks you about Ra’il, point them here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%27il...

lol I’m a xennial and I have never made or executed a meal plan in my life. My method involves always having a few staples in my house so that when it’s meal time I can find something to eat that won’t cause misery. And I’ll make an occasional bulk recipe. (as an ADHDer that’s the best I can do.)

If your examples of uncharitable behavior come exclusively from people who have built their identity or brand by being provocative online, your sampling method sucks.

I read recently that only about 20% of people who use social media regularly post. And we all know that the algo amplifies only the most shrill or controversial of posts. As such, the world looks a lot more cruel and inhumane on social media than it is in reality.

😂😂😂

I’m sitting here awaiting the 3rd MRI on my knee in 7 months. I have *very* low tolerance/patience for my own frailty, so this presents an opportunity for growth. Another opportunity for growth: I seek novice-level #bodybuilding & #mobility training programs to forestall further decline. Any recs?

@npr.org @pbs.org

why am I tearing up over an ad about bus lanes?

I was afraid of being sucked down the toilet. Being potty trained was a journey.

The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com

"At a time where the government's uncaring boot is pressing down on all of our necks, the best way to fight back is to care. Care loudly. Tell others. Get going.”

This piece by @dansinker.com on our present "Who Cares" era is astonishing.

dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...

truly one the greatest, full stop

offering up the gift of Kingfish. #mtljazzfest #montreal #jazzsky

sounds delicious!

The hubris of it all. Shame on the people who are allowing this to happen.

The article explicitly states that $400k covered the costs of the concert. Which begs the question: how did this benefit the organization?

Honestly, what Cuomo had going for him was billionaire funding, name recognition, and cynicism. I don’t think people voted for him because they were super excited about him or his platform. Centrists had other options in that slate.

Cuomo will take whatever political position that he thinks will allow him to get and hold on to power, so he aligns with the money. Difficult to sort folks like that into an ideological bucket because his ideology is narcissism.

screenshot of a Facebook post by Corey Robin, which says: "By the way, did you all notice how Zohran made affordability a central issue of his campaign without selling out trans kids or shitting on immigrants? Might be some lessons there. Just a thought."

he's right and he's right to say it

comments like this require explanation.

The GOP has not put forth a serious mayoral candidate for quite a while. Mamdani will be up against Eric Adams running as an independent, Republican Curtis Sliwa who is a cartoon character, and maybe also Cuomo who has threatened to run as an independent. NYC politics are not as tidy as you say.

Rank choice voting is supposed to liberate us from that.

I'm not nearly as excited by any other mayoral candidate as I am disgusted by Cuomo. He is vile. Whatever else happens today, I will not be ranking Cuomo. In case anyone was asking. 🤡

Clearly you have never played sports and have absolutely no idea how much time and energy goes into refining the skills required to perform at this level.

That you revere the exploitive and extractive brain work of the owners over the joy-giving body work of the players says a lot about you.