Bethany
@bethanybumblebee3.bsky.social
she/her
Book & outdoor enthusiast, ologite, baker, gardner, indie bookseller, former ecology instructor, mother, dreamer, Idahoan
Book & outdoor enthusiast, ologite, baker, gardner, indie bookseller, former ecology instructor, mother, dreamer, Idahoan
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Read this week
"Nettle & Bone" and "A Sorceress Coms To Call"
by T. Kingfisher.
The storytelling is amazing. Both tales grip you tight & don't let go. The friendships the main character in each develops are what I want to read in every book.
T. Kingfisher is my favorite.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
"Nettle & Bone" and "A Sorceress Coms To Call"
by T. Kingfisher.
The storytelling is amazing. Both tales grip you tight & don't let go. The friendships the main character in each develops are what I want to read in every book.
T. Kingfisher is my favorite.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Read this week
"Nettle & Bone" and "A Sorceress Coms To Call"
by T. Kingfisher.
The storytelling is amazing. Both tales grip you tight & don't let go. The friendships the main character in each develops are what I want to read in every book.
T. Kingfisher is my favorite.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
"Nettle & Bone" and "A Sorceress Coms To Call"
by T. Kingfisher.
The storytelling is amazing. Both tales grip you tight & don't let go. The friendships the main character in each develops are what I want to read in every book.
T. Kingfisher is my favorite.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
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BREAKING: Love is (still) love.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
BREAKING: Love is (still) love.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Favorite book of the year. Highly recommend!
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Favorite book of the year. Highly recommend!
Currently reading
"The Butcher's Masquerade"
number 5 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Reading the series as a book club of 2 with my teen. 🥰 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
#BookClub
#DungeonCrawlerCarl
#PrincessDonut
"The Butcher's Masquerade"
number 5 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Reading the series as a book club of 2 with my teen. 🥰 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
#BookClub
#DungeonCrawlerCarl
#PrincessDonut
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Currently reading
"The Butcher's Masquerade"
number 5 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Reading the series as a book club of 2 with my teen. 🥰 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
#BookClub
#DungeonCrawlerCarl
#PrincessDonut
"The Butcher's Masquerade"
number 5 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Reading the series as a book club of 2 with my teen. 🥰 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
#BookClub
#DungeonCrawlerCarl
#PrincessDonut
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Quite a headline.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Quite a headline.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Savor this moment, friends.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Savor this moment, friends.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
Currently reading
"The Art of Libromancy" by Josh Cook
Definitely recommend for anyone in the book industry!
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
"The Art of Libromancy" by Josh Cook
Definitely recommend for anyone in the book industry!
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Currently reading
"The Art of Libromancy" by Josh Cook
Definitely recommend for anyone in the book industry!
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
"The Art of Libromancy" by Josh Cook
Definitely recommend for anyone in the book industry!
#BookSky
#IdahoReads
Currently listening to
"Hemlock & Silver"
By T. Kingfisher
I love it. Will report back.
#IdahoReads
#BookSky
#AudiobooksAreReading
"Hemlock & Silver"
By T. Kingfisher
I love it. Will report back.
#IdahoReads
#BookSky
#AudiobooksAreReading
August 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Currently listening to
"Hemlock & Silver"
By T. Kingfisher
I love it. Will report back.
#IdahoReads
#BookSky
#AudiobooksAreReading
"Hemlock & Silver"
By T. Kingfisher
I love it. Will report back.
#IdahoReads
#BookSky
#AudiobooksAreReading
Recently read:
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
By Sangu Mandanna
Excellent. Great character development and representation of an autistic kiddo. The hard stuff isn't glossed over, and the found family around her are supportive and accommodating.
Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
By Sangu Mandanna
Excellent. Great character development and representation of an autistic kiddo. The hard stuff isn't glossed over, and the found family around her are supportive and accommodating.
Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
August 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Recently read:
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
By Sangu Mandanna
Excellent. Great character development and representation of an autistic kiddo. The hard stuff isn't glossed over, and the found family around her are supportive and accommodating.
Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
By Sangu Mandanna
Excellent. Great character development and representation of an autistic kiddo. The hard stuff isn't glossed over, and the found family around her are supportive and accommodating.
Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
Recently read:
Weyward by
@emiliahart.bsky.social
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
#Idaho
#FreedomToRead
Weyward by
@emiliahart.bsky.social
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
#Idaho
#FreedomToRead
August 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Recently read:
Weyward by
@emiliahart.bsky.social
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
#Idaho
#FreedomToRead
Weyward by
@emiliahart.bsky.social
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#IdahoReads
#Idaho
#FreedomToRead
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This Prime Day (& every day):
➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference
➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms
➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy
➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases
➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference
➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms
➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy
➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases
July 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This Prime Day (& every day):
➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference
➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms
➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy
➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases
➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference
➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms
➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy
➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases
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Wahoo! So excited to talk about rattlesnakes with the one and only Alie Ward, and thankful for the amplification that her podcast @ologies.bsky.social gives to snake public relations.
www.alieward.com/ologies/crot...
www.alieward.com/ologies/crot...
June 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wahoo! So excited to talk about rattlesnakes with the one and only Alie Ward, and thankful for the amplification that her podcast @ologies.bsky.social gives to snake public relations.
www.alieward.com/ologies/crot...
www.alieward.com/ologies/crot...
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The American Bar Association dropped a bomb lawsuit.
To prevent passing the bucket, they sued everyone. The defendant list stretched 40 pages.
Yup. This isn’t normal, and I’m here for it. 🍿🍫🥤
To prevent passing the bucket, they sued everyone. The defendant list stretched 40 pages.
Yup. This isn’t normal, and I’m here for it. 🍿🍫🥤
storage.courtlistener.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The American Bar Association dropped a bomb lawsuit.
To prevent passing the bucket, they sued everyone. The defendant list stretched 40 pages.
Yup. This isn’t normal, and I’m here for it. 🍿🍫🥤
To prevent passing the bucket, they sued everyone. The defendant list stretched 40 pages.
Yup. This isn’t normal, and I’m here for it. 🍿🍫🥤
tHiS iS FiNe
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ICYMI, last week WIRED broke the news that DOGE has put a college student in charge of using AI to rewrite regulations at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Because who needs experts when you’ve got ChatGPT?
Because who needs experts when you’ve got ChatGPT?
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
wrd.cm
May 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
tHiS iS FiNe
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The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
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April 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
April 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
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“Make democracy your side hustle.”
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Nampa, Idaho April 14, 2025
@aoc.bsky.social
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Nampa, Idaho April 14, 2025
@aoc.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“Make democracy your side hustle.”
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Nampa, Idaho April 14, 2025
@aoc.bsky.social
-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Nampa, Idaho April 14, 2025
@aoc.bsky.social
Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit for private schools, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other expenses.
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
By @audreydutton.bsky.social
Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.
A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most…
www.propublica.org
April 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They're going to leave it to Idaho to conduct food inspections.
Idaho recently deregulated raw milk, allowed ivermectin to be sold over the counter, and granted the "freedom" for people to carry preventable contagious disease in public.
#idpol
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
Idaho recently deregulated raw milk, allowed ivermectin to be sold over the counter, and granted the "freedom" for people to carry preventable contagious disease in public.
#idpol
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM