babsbeaty
@babsbeaty.bsky.social
St Paul, MN. Coffeeshops, city life, books and progressive politics. Bad church lady. Pretty good enneagram teacher and coach. https://linktr.ee/babeaty
So many. Most recently The Revisionaries (blew my mind in ways I can’t explain) Why Fish Don’t Exist (science book became history book became biography became romance and had me in tears) and My Best Friend’s Exorcism (best depiction of teenage girlhood, laughed, ugly sobbed and was so proud of us).
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
So many. Most recently The Revisionaries (blew my mind in ways I can’t explain) Why Fish Don’t Exist (science book became history book became biography became romance and had me in tears) and My Best Friend’s Exorcism (best depiction of teenage girlhood, laughed, ugly sobbed and was so proud of us).
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Sometimes people that think they are genius of strategy just come right out and say they don’t care what happens because they are well off and it doesn’t effect them
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Sometimes people that think they are genius of strategy just come right out and say they don’t care what happens because they are well off and it doesn’t effect them
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Even as far as Real Politik Parenting goes this is already outdated thinking! STEM is not the silver bullet elites imagined. Nice to be good at math, but this is Joe Jackson screaming at his kids to ballroom dance.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Even as far as Real Politik Parenting goes this is already outdated thinking! STEM is not the silver bullet elites imagined. Nice to be good at math, but this is Joe Jackson screaming at his kids to ballroom dance.
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#MorningVibe
Simple truth. I’ll add that people also need affordable housing & affordable healthcare.
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Simple truth. I’ll add that people also need affordable housing & affordable healthcare.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#MorningVibe
Simple truth. I’ll add that people also need affordable housing & affordable healthcare.
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Simple truth. I’ll add that people also need affordable housing & affordable healthcare.
🎥 myvotemyvoice (IG)
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In 1972, Shirley Chisholm declared her candidacy for POTUS, shattering barriers as the first woman & African American to seek the nomination of a major political party.
Her #CupOfJoe was 'Unbought and Unbossed’, something we could use more of.
Her #CupOfJoe was 'Unbought and Unbossed’, something we could use more of.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm declared her candidacy for POTUS, shattering barriers as the first woman & African American to seek the nomination of a major political party.
Her #CupOfJoe was 'Unbought and Unbossed’, something we could use more of.
Her #CupOfJoe was 'Unbought and Unbossed’, something we could use more of.
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Senator @shevrinjones.bsky.social
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Senator @shevrinjones.bsky.social
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
(FL-D) Truth be told:
“Reopening government is not the same as fixing what got us here.”
And MAGA Republicans hellbent on destroying Obamacare IS what got us here.
Keep voting them out because our lives are not bargaining chips.
That is our assignment in 2026!
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Apparently ICE agents are now removing the license plates from their cars.
Which is what the boogaloo boys and the proud boys did during the uprisings in 2020 here in Minneapolis
Which is what the boogaloo boys and the proud boys did during the uprisings in 2020 here in Minneapolis
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Apparently ICE agents are now removing the license plates from their cars.
Which is what the boogaloo boys and the proud boys did during the uprisings in 2020 here in Minneapolis
Which is what the boogaloo boys and the proud boys did during the uprisings in 2020 here in Minneapolis
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Glad this is getting said.
Trump doesn't understand health insurance and he doesn't really understand real estate financing.
Trump's 50-Year Mortgage Idea Could Backfire, Housing Expert Says - Business Insider share.google/OUCyLR22lCbl...
Trump's 50-Year Mortgage Idea Could Backfire, Housing Expert Says - Business Insider share.google/OUCyLR22lCbl...
Why Trump's 50-year mortgage idea could backfire
Trump's idea for a 50-year US mortgage doesn't address the main problem at the heart of the housing affordability crisis.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Glad this is getting said.
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"If streateries are a pandemic relic, then they’re a monument to a moment when we correctly ordered our local politics around building community and creating a built environment that fosters maximum public benefit.
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
Opinion: D.C.'s new streatery rules are a costly miscalculation
The city's streatery guidelines are punishing small businesses and vibrant neighborhoods. We need a permanent solution to keep these staples of the city’s dining scene.
51st.news
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"If streateries are a pandemic relic, then they’re a monument to a moment when we correctly ordered our local politics around building community and creating a built environment that fosters maximum public benefit.
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
This cannot be said enough.
Food shelves are savvy nonprofits. They can make money go a long way
Food shelves are savvy nonprofits. They can make money go a long way
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This cannot be said enough.
Food shelves are savvy nonprofits. They can make money go a long way
Food shelves are savvy nonprofits. They can make money go a long way
Let me add this to the church discourse of the day.
Declaring churches are hypocritical for not giving money to someone who calls asking for $20 for baby formula is like saying grandmas hate their grandchildren because women over 60 don’t give Best Buy gift cards to bail out their “grandsons.”
Declaring churches are hypocritical for not giving money to someone who calls asking for $20 for baby formula is like saying grandmas hate their grandchildren because women over 60 don’t give Best Buy gift cards to bail out their “grandsons.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Let me add this to the church discourse of the day.
Declaring churches are hypocritical for not giving money to someone who calls asking for $20 for baby formula is like saying grandmas hate their grandchildren because women over 60 don’t give Best Buy gift cards to bail out their “grandsons.”
Declaring churches are hypocritical for not giving money to someone who calls asking for $20 for baby formula is like saying grandmas hate their grandchildren because women over 60 don’t give Best Buy gift cards to bail out their “grandsons.”
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Writing like it’s trying to hit the word count on an essay in middle school
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Writing like it’s trying to hit the word count on an essay in middle school
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
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PSA. I hope this helps someone.
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
PSA. I hope this helps someone.
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Sometimes we gotta put politics aside and help our neighbors. To everyone who came out in the wind and cold, thank you! To the person who anonymously donated $400, thank you!! Wagon filled! If you weren’t able to make it, go to the Open Door page and give there: theopendoorpantry.org/donate-food/
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Sometimes we gotta put politics aside and help our neighbors. To everyone who came out in the wind and cold, thank you! To the person who anonymously donated $400, thank you!! Wagon filled! If you weren’t able to make it, go to the Open Door page and give there: theopendoorpantry.org/donate-food/
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this would be a great bill for Dems to introduce, even if it failed
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
this would be a great bill for Dems to introduce, even if it failed
My mom talked about how her grandma died at home of what we now know was cancer. Her “treatment” consisted of poultices of warm milk and stale bread. And butterscotch hard candies to take her mind off the pain.
This is especially true for medical care. Virtually any - any - type of cancer was a death sentence. The 5y survival rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1960 was roughly 14%. Today it is roughly 95%.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My mom talked about how her grandma died at home of what we now know was cancer. Her “treatment” consisted of poultices of warm milk and stale bread. And butterscotch hard candies to take her mind off the pain.
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This is especially true for medical care. Virtually any - any - type of cancer was a death sentence. The 5y survival rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1960 was roughly 14%. Today it is roughly 95%.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is especially true for medical care. Virtually any - any - type of cancer was a death sentence. The 5y survival rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1960 was roughly 14%. Today it is roughly 95%.
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MAXIMUM ALPHA |||
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
Definitely the two fattest, baldest, most physically laughable fucking nerds on the planet know alpha
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
MAXIMUM ALPHA |||
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
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Elon Musk coping well with having his shit rocked by Joyce Carol Oates who was probably posting at home from an easy chair
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Elon Musk coping well with having his shit rocked by Joyce Carol Oates who was probably posting at home from an easy chair
THIS
Besides being extraordinarily disappointed in the members of congress OBVIOUSLY, I'm slso pretty disappointed in several journalists or writers who position themselves as educators/experts who are just NOT explaining shit about what now/next and just being like, its over.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
THIS
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SJP, Indivisible, Gay Nerd Association, your local YIMBY sex club, environmentalist cult, the NIMBY sex club, your labor union's reform caucus, your un-unionized workplace's group chat; EWOC, Ewok gang, whatever. Fuck you. Get up.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
SJP, Indivisible, Gay Nerd Association, your local YIMBY sex club, environmentalist cult, the NIMBY sex club, your labor union's reform caucus, your un-unionized workplace's group chat; EWOC, Ewok gang, whatever. Fuck you. Get up.
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Idrc just be active bc I'm tired of this shit
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Idrc just be active bc I'm tired of this shit