Beth Bissmeyer
@betharoo.bsky.social
Kentuckian. Lover of ice cream. Bookseller.
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The real Turing test is that AI will stop using em dashes if you ask; humans will make you pry their favorite punctuation out of their cold, dead hands.
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The real Turing test is that AI will stop using em dashes if you ask; humans will make you pry their favorite punctuation out of their cold, dead hands.
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My wife Ella Lumpkins is the featured artist this week at the Redbud Community Art Gallery at 623 W. Woodlawn Avenue, #Louisville, KY 40215. Her untitled collage below is displayed along with other collage works used as show fliers. More info at this link:
www.theredbud.org
www.theredbud.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My wife Ella Lumpkins is the featured artist this week at the Redbud Community Art Gallery at 623 W. Woodlawn Avenue, #Louisville, KY 40215. Her untitled collage below is displayed along with other collage works used as show fliers. More info at this link:
www.theredbud.org
www.theredbud.org
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A thing we're launching at @salon.com is a weekly art-over-algorithm newsletter on culture and entertainment that isn't decoding the latest trends but rather looking closely at stuff that's (hopefully) built to last. It's called The Swell, it's free, and it starts next week. www.salon.com/newsletter
Salon.com
www.salon.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A thing we're launching at @salon.com is a weekly art-over-algorithm newsletter on culture and entertainment that isn't decoding the latest trends but rather looking closely at stuff that's (hopefully) built to last. It's called The Swell, it's free, and it starts next week. www.salon.com/newsletter
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I feel like people make worse and worse trolley problems to try to deter us from advocating for more actual trolleys
November 26, 2023 at 4:32 AM
I feel like people make worse and worse trolley problems to try to deter us from advocating for more actual trolleys
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
The drive to work is always so much more pleasant on the days right before and after a holiday. Always throws me off.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The drive to work is always so much more pleasant on the days right before and after a holiday. Always throws me off.
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Once again as a cis woman I’d like to say that while it’s not happening if trans women were actually winning all the sports I wouldn’t give a fuck because that just means we have more winners and I’m for all women winning
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Once again as a cis woman I’d like to say that while it’s not happening if trans women were actually winning all the sports I wouldn’t give a fuck because that just means we have more winners and I’m for all women winning
I am “Shit! I forgot to grab ear plugs for this concert.” years old.
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I am “Shit! I forgot to grab ear plugs for this concert.” years old.
Timeline cleanse. Orange cats using their people’s legs for beds.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Timeline cleanse. Orange cats using their people’s legs for beds.
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
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wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
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my wife worked for a catholic hospital and gave birth to our last child there and _their own obstetrician_ told her to get her tubes tied because it was _medically necessary_ and the hospital wouldn't allow it to be done with her c-section because it was against their beliefs, even though we're jews
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
my wife worked for a catholic hospital and gave birth to our last child there and _their own obstetrician_ told her to get her tubes tied because it was _medically necessary_ and the hospital wouldn't allow it to be done with her c-section because it was against their beliefs, even though we're jews
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
Very over coughing and request it stop, please and thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Very over coughing and request it stop, please and thank you.
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this by the way is championed by Mitch McConnell - despite hemp being a very promising crop in Kentucky - because he is in bourbon’s back pocket. shoutout Rand Paul (you heard me) for being on the correct side of this issue
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
this by the way is championed by Mitch McConnell - despite hemp being a very promising crop in Kentucky - because he is in bourbon’s back pocket. shoutout Rand Paul (you heard me) for being on the correct side of this issue
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Here at a candlelight vigil for victims of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, where Mayor Craig Greenberg announced there are now 13 deaths.
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Here at a candlelight vigil for victims of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, where Mayor Craig Greenberg announced there are now 13 deaths.
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I know, I know, media is DYING right? But LOCAL media is still out here doing the work, showing up, donning masks to breathe in fewer petroleum fumes and delivering the information our communities need. Allow me to demonstrate.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I know, I know, media is DYING right? But LOCAL media is still out here doing the work, showing up, donning masks to breathe in fewer petroleum fumes and delivering the information our communities need. Allow me to demonstrate.
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Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
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Honestly, the trail is just horrifying.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honestly, the trail is just horrifying.
On the road but texting with Tony (we live in the Iroquois neighborhood). He said he is still hearing booms and occasionally sees another plume of smoke in the air after them.
Hope hope hope folks are okay.
Hope hope hope folks are okay.
WHAS reporting a plane crash at Louisville airport
Oh shit. Something very bad in direction of Louisville airport.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
On the road but texting with Tony (we live in the Iroquois neighborhood). He said he is still hearing booms and occasionally sees another plume of smoke in the air after them.
Hope hope hope folks are okay.
Hope hope hope folks are okay.