Bethany
@bethanyua.bsky.social
Spent three years teaching high school English. String bassist. Married to a techie.
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An experimental finding sure to shock: white evangelicals are especially attuned to slights against Christians, but significantly less likely to view same actions as discriminatory when against a religious out-group. And this double-standard is unique to white evangelicals. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
An experimental finding sure to shock: white evangelicals are especially attuned to slights against Christians, but significantly less likely to view same actions as discriminatory when against a religious out-group. And this double-standard is unique to white evangelicals. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
I rarely listen to country music, but this video made me chuckle, in a kinda heartbroken way
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Chris Housman - Up and Down (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chris Housman
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January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I rarely listen to country music, but this video made me chuckle, in a kinda heartbroken way
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Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."
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Keith Ellison: "It is in the DNA of American history that the federal government cannot trample over the prerogatives of the state. That's exactly what's happening here and that's exactly why we're going to court."
January 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Keith Ellison: "It is in the DNA of American history that the federal government cannot trample over the prerogatives of the state. That's exactly what's happening here and that's exactly why we're going to court."
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Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
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Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Walz: "I don't care if you are conservative are flying a Donald Trump flag, a libertarian 'Don't Treat on Me,' a Democratic Socialist -- this an inflection point. If we cannot all agree that the smearing of a citizen and besmirching everything they stood for -- someone has to be accountable."
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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Mamdani: "To first take a moment about Mpls. It is horrific what we have seen there. And I think that there are too many Americans who are being asked to not believe their own eyes, not believe their own ears, not believe their own realities." (This interview was conducted before Pretti killing)
January 25, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Mamdani: "To first take a moment about Mpls. It is horrific what we have seen there. And I think that there are too many Americans who are being asked to not believe their own eyes, not believe their own ears, not believe their own realities." (This interview was conducted before Pretti killing)
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it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
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Running off to work on a story.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
Arrests calmly ongoing.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Running off to work on a story.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
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The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM
The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
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Not quite what you asked for but you can unroll threads here (by going to your address bar and adding a 't' to the start of 'bsky'), and that shows you a page which is just the original thread in an easier to digest (or copy/paste) form.
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But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the w...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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This is a kitchen table issue.
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
ICE has arrested four children in same Minnesota school district
School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers wi...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This is a kitchen table issue.
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
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Excellent @radleybalko.bsky.social piece on why what we are seeing in Minneapolis is, in fact, something qualitatively different than the police violence that happens all too often.
This struck me as a key line: the OPEN contempt for accountability. Such explicitness matters.
This struck me as a key line: the OPEN contempt for accountability. Such explicitness matters.
January 21, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Excellent @radleybalko.bsky.social piece on why what we are seeing in Minneapolis is, in fact, something qualitatively different than the police violence that happens all too often.
This struck me as a key line: the OPEN contempt for accountability. Such explicitness matters.
This struck me as a key line: the OPEN contempt for accountability. Such explicitness matters.
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“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
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January 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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This a million times. I wish I could convey the staggering complexity & scale of the work we are doing together here. ICE has effectively limitless resources, and we’re just ordinary people with phones and spreadsheets. And for every neighbor they kidnap, we keep them from kidnapping two more!
The amount of organizing happening in a VERY short period of time is truly mind boggling.
I've seen things come together in hours that, in the nonprofit & education spaces, would take weeks or MONTHS of planning and coordination.
So, so proud of the Twin Cities right now.
I've seen things come together in hours that, in the nonprofit & education spaces, would take weeks or MONTHS of planning and coordination.
So, so proud of the Twin Cities right now.
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This a million times. I wish I could convey the staggering complexity & scale of the work we are doing together here. ICE has effectively limitless resources, and we’re just ordinary people with phones and spreadsheets. And for every neighbor they kidnap, we keep them from kidnapping two more!
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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The best long-running series (see quoteskeets)
excuse me
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 AM
The best long-running series (see quoteskeets)
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How many rural hospitals could we keep open with this money?
How many meals could we get to the hungry?
How many educators could we hire?
How many houses could we build?
These aren't abstract questions, these are real tradeoffs our policymakers are *choosing* to make every time they fund this.
How many meals could we get to the hungry?
How many educators could we hire?
How many houses could we build?
These aren't abstract questions, these are real tradeoffs our policymakers are *choosing* to make every time they fund this.
Here is what I would like to see reported - how much is the ICE action in Minnesota costing per day? And I mean total cost - transportation, vehicle rental, hotel, per diem, hazard pay, overtime pay, kristi noem's glam squad giving her hourly lip injections, etc. What is it costing us?
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
How many rural hospitals could we keep open with this money?
How many meals could we get to the hungry?
How many educators could we hire?
How many houses could we build?
These aren't abstract questions, these are real tradeoffs our policymakers are *choosing* to make every time they fund this.
How many meals could we get to the hungry?
How many educators could we hire?
How many houses could we build?
These aren't abstract questions, these are real tradeoffs our policymakers are *choosing* to make every time they fund this.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
“forcing banks to close accounts based on political or religious beliefs” <— is this happening?? Who is proposing this?
Commentary: Ohio is a state built on strong communities and practical problem-solving. From church-run food programs to organizations helping families stay afloat, our communities rely on organizations that step up when government agencies fall short. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/09/o...
Ohioans reject Washington's overreach into community organizations • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio is a state built on strong communities and practical problem-solving. From church-run food programs to community organizations helping families stay afloat, our communities rely on organizations…
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January 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
“forcing banks to close accounts based on political or religious beliefs” <— is this happening?? Who is proposing this?