Byrdie
@amybyrdbelcher.bsky.social
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Byrdie
@amybyrdbelcher.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.
{takes notes}
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We couldn’t publish an edition of Books We Love without remembering our friend and colleague, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, 1974-2021. Today would have been her birthday, and we hope you’ll find a new read in her honor ❤️
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We couldn’t publish an edition of Books We Love without remembering our friend and colleague, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, 1974-2021. Today would have been her birthday, and we hope you’ll find a new read in her honor ❤️
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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We already know conclusively that abusing adult women doesn’t violate our norms. We are well on our way to demonstrating just as conclusively that sexually abusing girls doesn’t violate our norms, either.
Social norms are unwritten rules backed by social sanctions. If child sexual abuse isn’t met with strong, collective consequences, we don’t have a social norm against it.
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We already know conclusively that abusing adult women doesn’t violate our norms. We are well on our way to demonstrating just as conclusively that sexually abusing girls doesn’t violate our norms, either.
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We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
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Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Kind people want a just world. Nice people want a calm world. These are fundamentally incompatible positions in an unjust system, and results in the latter trying to stomp down any fuss over getting to the former.
September 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Kind people want a just world. Nice people want a calm world. These are fundamentally incompatible positions in an unjust system, and results in the latter trying to stomp down any fuss over getting to the former.
Inside of you are two wolves
September 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Inside of you are two wolves
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Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.
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"Violence has no place in politics" You think cutting off funding for food, education, housing and medical care isn't violent? You think arresting, jailing, deporting and killing people for the color of their skin isn't violent? Worms are in a lot of brains if you think violence isn't already here.
September 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Violence has no place in politics" You think cutting off funding for food, education, housing and medical care isn't violent? You think arresting, jailing, deporting and killing people for the color of their skin isn't violent? Worms are in a lot of brains if you think violence isn't already here.
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Contrary to what they want you to think, billionaires don’t create wealth. Workers do.
August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Contrary to what they want you to think, billionaires don’t create wealth. Workers do.
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This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio
adoptastation.org
adoptastation.org
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
adoptastation.org
August 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio
adoptastation.org
adoptastation.org
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you dont have to solve the worlds problems. just find someone to stand next to
July 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
you dont have to solve the worlds problems. just find someone to stand next to
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someone needs to do something
and you are someone
what are you gonna do
and you are someone
what are you gonna do
THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST
keep all your shenanigans in one place
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
someone needs to do something
and you are someone
what are you gonna do
and you are someone
what are you gonna do
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They.
Cannot.
Be.
Shamed.
That requires empathy. You’re never going to guilt them into doing the right thing.
Cannot.
Be.
Shamed.
That requires empathy. You’re never going to guilt them into doing the right thing.
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
They.
Cannot.
Be.
Shamed.
That requires empathy. You’re never going to guilt them into doing the right thing.
Cannot.
Be.
Shamed.
That requires empathy. You’re never going to guilt them into doing the right thing.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.
June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.
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If you are someone who would like to help those arrested in Los Angeles, due to the ICE protests, check out Jail Support LA:
Linktree: linktr.ee/jslosangeles...
Venmo: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jailsupportl...
Linktree: linktr.ee/jslosangeles...
Venmo: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jailsupportl...
June 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If you are someone who would like to help those arrested in Los Angeles, due to the ICE protests, check out Jail Support LA:
Linktree: linktr.ee/jslosangeles...
Venmo: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jailsupportl...
Linktree: linktr.ee/jslosangeles...
Venmo: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jailsupportl...
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This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
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rome beauty apples, painted by royal charles steadman
May 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
rome beauty apples, painted by royal charles steadman
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We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
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DID YOU KNOW for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized
Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral.
www.matthewshepard.org/matthew-shep...
She was and is a real hero.
Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral.
www.matthewshepard.org/matthew-shep...
She was and is a real hero.
January 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
DID YOU KNOW for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized
Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral.
www.matthewshepard.org/matthew-shep...
She was and is a real hero.
Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral.
www.matthewshepard.org/matthew-shep...
She was and is a real hero.
Incredibly mindful post to carry with us
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Incredibly mindful post to carry with us