Brennan Bestwick
@yrfrenbren.bsky.social
Poet. Birder. Prom king. He/Him.
https://awetheater.substack.com/
https://awetheater.substack.com/
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Spending more time here, so a brief reintroduction. I’m a poet, reader, hobby photographer, proud Kansan. Albums I love from this year are mui zyu’s “nothing or something to die for” And Brittany Howard’s “What Now”
Here’s some of my #poetry from an issue of Prairie Schooner a few years back.
Here’s some of my #poetry from an issue of Prairie Schooner a few years back.
December is here. It’s his time again.
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
December is here. It’s his time again.
I feel so paternal towards Regular-Sized Rudy
Bobs Burgers Attitude GIF
ALT: Bobs Burgers Attitude GIF
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I feel so paternal towards Regular-Sized Rudy
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From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
Beautiful poetry at work in whoever pairs performers with parade floats. I saw Shaggy perform “It wasn’t me” on a turkey this morning.
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Beautiful poetry at work in whoever pairs performers with parade floats. I saw Shaggy perform “It wasn’t me” on a turkey this morning.
Youth Lagoon
My Chemical Romance
James Taylor
Goo Goo Dolls
Joyce Manor
My Chemical Romance
James Taylor
Goo Goo Dolls
Joyce Manor
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Youth Lagoon
My Chemical Romance
James Taylor
Goo Goo Dolls
Joyce Manor
My Chemical Romance
James Taylor
Goo Goo Dolls
Joyce Manor
📺: “UP NEXT THE CHEF BOYARDEE NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS BEEFARONI FLOAT FEATURING MITTENED TWEENS ATTEMPTING KENDAMA TRICKS AND A PERFORMANCE THAT WON’T HAVE YOU FEELING BLUE FROM ITALIAN HIT MAKER EIFFEL 65”
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📺: “UP NEXT THE CHEF BOYARDEE NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS BEEFARONI FLOAT FEATURING MITTENED TWEENS ATTEMPTING KENDAMA TRICKS AND A PERFORMANCE THAT WON’T HAVE YOU FEELING BLUE FROM ITALIAN HIT MAKER EIFFEL 65”
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Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
First time seeing the northern lights, kinda nervous
#photography
#photography
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
First time seeing the northern lights, kinda nervous
#photography
#photography
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“We’re going to end carceral systems through constant state monitoring.” - tech CEOs for like the last month now.
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“We’re going to end carceral systems through constant state monitoring.” - tech CEOs for like the last month now.
I think the US needs another run at Taskmaster. We just need a host and assistant with perfect comedic chemistry.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I think the US needs another run at Taskmaster. We just need a host and assistant with perfect comedic chemistry.
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Ghislane Maxwell is a person that should never be free again...
this account of Epstein and Maxwell victims is truly awful
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
this account of Epstein and Maxwell victims is truly awful
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ghislane Maxwell is a person that should never be free again...
this account of Epstein and Maxwell victims is truly awful
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
this account of Epstein and Maxwell victims is truly awful
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
I’ve had a lot of terrible and embarrassing representation as a lifelong Kansan and he’s truly one of the worst. As smug as he is cruel.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’ve had a lot of terrible and embarrassing representation as a lifelong Kansan and he’s truly one of the worst. As smug as he is cruel.
I’m working from the dealership while my car gets an oil change this Monday morning and “Blue” by Eiffel 65 is playing loudly over the speakers. God tests me.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’m working from the dealership while my car gets an oil change this Monday morning and “Blue” by Eiffel 65 is playing loudly over the speakers. God tests me.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Geese covering New Radicals on BBC radio feels like it was for me specifically
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Geese covering New Radicals on BBC radio feels like it was for me specifically
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I honestly don't think the NY Times has been this bad in my lifetime, it's deeply shameful.
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I honestly don't think the NY Times has been this bad in my lifetime, it's deeply shameful.
Poem title “Some Day Soon They’ll Name The First Chill of Autumn That Tickles Your Neck After a Sports Betting Website”
October 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Poem title “Some Day Soon They’ll Name The First Chill of Autumn That Tickles Your Neck After a Sports Betting Website”
I say I’m not that into sports and then I watch the same Wemby highlight reel on repeat just to feel something
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I say I’m not that into sports and then I watch the same Wemby highlight reel on repeat just to feel something
“Watching the morning sun reflect off a lone miraculous dewdrop” brought to you by FanDuel.
“Cradling the last firefly of Summer in the palm of your hands as you peak inside at the corridors of your curled fingers glowing with light” now sponsored by DraftKings.
“Cradling the last firefly of Summer in the palm of your hands as you peak inside at the corridors of your curled fingers glowing with light” now sponsored by DraftKings.
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“Watching the morning sun reflect off a lone miraculous dewdrop” brought to you by FanDuel.
“Cradling the last firefly of Summer in the palm of your hands as you peak inside at the corridors of your curled fingers glowing with light” now sponsored by DraftKings.
“Cradling the last firefly of Summer in the palm of your hands as you peak inside at the corridors of your curled fingers glowing with light” now sponsored by DraftKings.
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very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler
I’ve tired of social media, I yearn for the the inflatable star lab of old, that mysteriously appeared for one fleeting morning in the grade school gymnasium.
October 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I’ve tired of social media, I yearn for the the inflatable star lab of old, that mysteriously appeared for one fleeting morning in the grade school gymnasium.
A distinct memory I have from being a chronically ill child is my mother driving me home from school early on Halloween, sitting in the passenger’s seat dressed as a vampire.
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A distinct memory I have from being a chronically ill child is my mother driving me home from school early on Halloween, sitting in the passenger’s seat dressed as a vampire.