betsy

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mom, infosec nerd, disabled, rheumatoid arthritis, lipedema, two cats in the bathtub but that’s likely to change.

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Anyone have a 101 video on “Housing First Actually Saves Money”, preferably less than five minutes? I know I’m asking for the world here. #HousingFirst #EducatingKids #WhyDidHavingKidsSeemLikeAGoodPlan

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Freeze some water to help your neighbors out. Minneapolis- donate to Anonymous Yurt Union who are $250 away from funding a truck for water & supply distro linktr.ee/ayumpls

heads up twin cities people, i looked at the forecast & they're saying it's gonna be in the 90's by saturday

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Either the NY Times has staff reporters that can't recognize white supremacist shit unless it literally comes with swastikas, or they see a purpose in puff pieces about white supremacists. Neither reflects well on them.

I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper

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I canceled my subscription to WaPo a few years back because they did a very similar puff piece– it was about a ranch in TX that is a "home" for single pregnant women (and I am using "women" specifically here for a reason). What it actually is is a Christian work camp.

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If for any reason Joe Biden can't complete a 2nd term, we know who will take over. Her name is Kamala Harris and America already voted for her once. If Donald Trump can't complete a 2nd term, we have no idea who will take over because he TRIED TO HAVE HIS LAST VP MURDERED.

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Remember 2020, when all of us huddled in our homes, trying not to get covid, watched trump, sneering, tell us to take dewormer and inject bleach? We all said: "I don't care who his opponent is. I'd vote for a houseplant to keep him out of office." I'm literally begging y'all to keep that promise.

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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

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Daily reminder that masking is an act of resistance

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Nicholas is Al Pacino-ing his way through the election

Gee, I wonder how things would be different if in those five minutes, low-information voters saw Democrats highlighting the many, many, many examples of Trump's severe mental incompetence instead of demanding that Biden withdraw.

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literally almost everyone i know in NYC who went out last weekend tested positive. even those who were masking. pls mandate masking if you are organizing a protest. you do not care about your community if you don't care about protecting each other from covid.

NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duckgothamist.com The increases is driven by the new FLiRT variant.

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How about another Buy it Now drop? Kate Elliott has two sets of the UK and two of the US for the first two books in her "gender-bent Alexander the Great IN SPAAACE" trilogy! (First come/first served on picking which you get!) www.32auctions.com/o...

Hey- I need to be following more American legal (SCOTUS) twitter. Any recs, other than @courtneymilan.com who is awesome but also busy with @romancingthevote.bsky.social right now?

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI.

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Chad Farrenburg

False. Educated white men are the demographic most likely to believe some of the most horrifically racist conspiracy theories. www.salon.com/2024/05/05/b...

Who believes the most "taboo" conspiracy theories? It might not be who you thinkwww.salon.com White men with graduate degrees, a new study finds, are highly likely to hold especially noxious beliefs

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I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

The Radical Roberts Courtopen.substack.com The current Supreme Court of the United States has just cemented its place in history as the most radical Supreme Court ever. For a century and a half, that dishonor has gone to the antebellum court l...

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We have to help Bex everybody. Bex is in deep medical debt that's preventing them from continuing cancer treatment. Their lights are about to get disconnected. The only thing I can do is push Bex's calls for help, because I give to Bex's fund when it's possible. If you have something, give.

i need a flood of $10s/$20s/$30s to come my way right now. my lights are being disconnected tomorrow. my rent is officially 2 months overdue tomorrow - they're sending a 2nd notice tmrw. please help me to stop both. i am drowning. i am reaching out for help. please 🙏🏽 paypal.me/thelongestroad

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thank you- i received enough to get the medication & food 🙏🏽 still urgent: • utilities: $379 (received a disconnection notice that said i'd be disconnected on 6/24, but i called & got them to give me till monday) •rent!!! my landlord said they will serve me a notice on monday if i don't pay

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I get it. you're looking for a reason to give up fuck that leave your teethmarks on their bones

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Mere survival is enough for now.

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Not despair: Spite and Malicious Compliance.

The correct response to Chevron being overturned is for every single environmental group to start filing millions of lawsuits, right now, today, arguing that various regulatory decisions didn't go far enough. Absolutely flood the zone.

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"no, I'm not related to Trent, but I am a big industrial fan"

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I've been trying to get our rent funded for over 2 weeks, but we've gotten nothing. Will someone please help us? Rent is due tomorrow. $0/$1085 💕💸 #helpsky #rent #HelpFolksLive2024

I've been out of work since mid-February due to a hypertensive crisis that put me in the ER, followed by unexplained rapid heart rate and extreme fatigue that hasn't improved. Please help me keep my kids housed and fed until I can get back to work. 💕💸 Paypal.me/anyaphenix Cash.app/$anyaphenix

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I'mma say this for all the people in the back. Don't vote for a person. Vote for your rights, for the rights of others. On page 5 of Project 2025's 180-day plan they openly call for outlawing porn, recommending imprisoning anyone who creates it. Are you an NSFW artist, or like the art? THIS IS YOU.

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From The Philadelphia Inquirer: "To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race" Read the full editorial: buff.ly/4cH4iVJ

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardbuff.ly Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

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Idk if I'm stating the obvious, but justices never write/speak like this. She's telling the world this is a five-alarm fire and the coup is on.

As Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent last Friday, “The majority disdains restraint, and grasps for power” — and the justices are “making a laughing-stock” of long-standing judicial principles. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Supreme Court Is a Joke. It’s Not Funnywww.rollingstone.com The justices accidentally, repeatedly referenced laughing gas in a disastrous ruling before declaring that judges know better than agency regulators.

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This is judge speak for "The coup is in progress. This is not a drill."

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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

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God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.