beth c-c
@bethcarboncopy.bsky.social
pretty good humor writer, terrible powerlifter, nerd of all trades. funemployed in northwest DC, training my intersex son (pictured) in the Way of the Blade.
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· Jul 22
IMO they should make a “Pauly Pocket” (a little Italian mobster where you pop open a little box and there’s a business/front inside with all his friends)
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so a movie called 'SINNERS' gets 16 oscar nominations while a movie called 'FRIENDSHIP' gets none. trump's america
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
so a movie called 'SINNERS' gets 16 oscar nominations while a movie called 'FRIENDSHIP' gets none. trump's america
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kidnapping a 5 year old to bait his father and then shipping them thousands of miles away should put you in prison, yes, but it should also cause every friend and family member you have ever had to permanently reject you in disgrace, and if they don’t, they share your shame
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
kidnapping a 5 year old to bait his father and then shipping them thousands of miles away should put you in prison, yes, but it should also cause every friend and family member you have ever had to permanently reject you in disgrace, and if they don’t, they share your shame
Doomscrolling cannot survive easily in these conditions
January 21, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Doomscrolling cannot survive easily in these conditions
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HELLO.
Black Canadian here and I can tell you it's the thing so many white Canadians rely on to make arguments or assessments about anything.
Canada's national identity is enmeshed with the idea of not being like other places in that context... while denying that it's an ongoing colonial project.
Black Canadian here and I can tell you it's the thing so many white Canadians rely on to make arguments or assessments about anything.
Canada's national identity is enmeshed with the idea of not being like other places in that context... while denying that it's an ongoing colonial project.
Europeans and Canadians often like to do this thing where they cast all the world's sins on Americans and Russians.
Similar to when white Americans outside the U.S. South try to portray it as some singularly racist place.
One call to your area's version of Black folk will dispel that notion.
Similar to when white Americans outside the U.S. South try to portray it as some singularly racist place.
One call to your area's version of Black folk will dispel that notion.
a cartoon of superman and darkseid standing next to each other in a grassy field
Alt: a cartoon of superman trying to walk away and darkseid pulling him back.
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 PM
HELLO.
Black Canadian here and I can tell you it's the thing so many white Canadians rely on to make arguments or assessments about anything.
Canada's national identity is enmeshed with the idea of not being like other places in that context... while denying that it's an ongoing colonial project.
Black Canadian here and I can tell you it's the thing so many white Canadians rely on to make arguments or assessments about anything.
Canada's national identity is enmeshed with the idea of not being like other places in that context... while denying that it's an ongoing colonial project.
Scrooged (1988) is an uneven movie, but it does have my all time favorite Jacob Marley of any A Christmas Carol adaptation. IYKYK.
magazine screenshots (1987) archive.org/details/logi...
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Scrooged (1988) is an uneven movie, but it does have my all time favorite Jacob Marley of any A Christmas Carol adaptation. IYKYK.
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every single day I stop myself from posting pictures of the shinzo abe gun
January 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
every single day I stop myself from posting pictures of the shinzo abe gun
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Also crucially we get paid when libraries buy our books! There is nothing to be sorry about ever in borrowing a fave author’s books from a library! It is one of the few “everybody wins” situations in life!
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
January 20, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Also crucially we get paid when libraries buy our books! There is nothing to be sorry about ever in borrowing a fave author’s books from a library! It is one of the few “everybody wins” situations in life!
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A small, ancillary detail in this horror that made me cry
January 20, 2026 at 7:08 AM
A small, ancillary detail in this horror that made me cry
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HUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
HUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
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taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
January 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
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we are going to win
A man who was charged with a felony for allegedly shining a laser pointer at Trump's helicopter was acquitted in 35 minutes
Man Charged With Shining Laser Pointer At Trump’s Helicopter Acquitted In 35 Minutes
It's another embarrassing outcome for Jeanine Pirro, who tried to "make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain."
www.huffpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
we are going to win
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“A pastor here is also director of the field office for ICE… so someone teaching people about God is out there overseeing ICE agents. How dare you.”
Twin cities protestors disrupt a church service at an ICE field office director’s church.
(H/T @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social )
Twin cities protestors disrupt a church service at an ICE field office director’s church.
(H/T @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social )
January 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“A pastor here is also director of the field office for ICE… so someone teaching people about God is out there overseeing ICE agents. How dare you.”
Twin cities protestors disrupt a church service at an ICE field office director’s church.
(H/T @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social )
Twin cities protestors disrupt a church service at an ICE field office director’s church.
(H/T @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social )
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it's crazy that there's isopod species spanning from the deep ocean to arid deserts while still looking basically the same. this is a message against fast fashion trend chasing. find a look that is truly timeless and for all locations, like the isopod body plan
January 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
it's crazy that there's isopod species spanning from the deep ocean to arid deserts while still looking basically the same. this is a message against fast fashion trend chasing. find a look that is truly timeless and for all locations, like the isopod body plan
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i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
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ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
Just keep coming back to the fact that keeping people in a constant state of terror is a form of mass disablement and essential to the eugenic project that is the United States.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
ICE raids are not the first time this was made explicit. I think people downplay how much Jim Crow was not just about controlling Black people but it was also about controlling white people. If you thought racism was dumb and acted that way you could end up with a bomb in your home
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big things happening
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
big things happening
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Are you currently 480th in line for an e-book and wondering why @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social doesn't just ... buy more copies?
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Are you currently 480th in line for an e-book and wondering why @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social doesn't just ... buy more copies?
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
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Reframing the crisis in the language of self-interest has some surprising results. A lot of people have very limited moral reasoning and even worse critical thinking skills. Is it depressing as hell? Yes. But unless the plan is to shoot them all, they have to be brought on-side. I don't mind trying.
January 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reframing the crisis in the language of self-interest has some surprising results. A lot of people have very limited moral reasoning and even worse critical thinking skills. Is it depressing as hell? Yes. But unless the plan is to shoot them all, they have to be brought on-side. I don't mind trying.
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Here's the thing though: the people who need convincing are only motivated by self-interest. You could set up a gas chamber for immigrants down the street from their house and they would walk their dogs past it with a shrug. It's only when they feel their own rights are at stake that they act.
I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Here's the thing though: the people who need convincing are only motivated by self-interest. You could set up a gas chamber for immigrants down the street from their house and they would walk their dogs past it with a shrug. It's only when they feel their own rights are at stake that they act.
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this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
January 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
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@newvgadvisor.bsky.social Mobile Golf (GBC, 2001)
January 12, 2026 at 1:39 AM
@newvgadvisor.bsky.social Mobile Golf (GBC, 2001)
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More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
i feel like if the president actually went through with invading greenland, it would implode America
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
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For years, many of us have tried to get people to care about criminalization with only limited success. We made the point that criminalization is fascism's fuel. And I really really hope that more people now understand this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
For years, many of us have tried to get people to care about criminalization with only limited success. We made the point that criminalization is fascism's fuel. And I really really hope that more people now understand this.
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FEELIN' PRETTY NOW OR NEVER TO ME
January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
FEELIN' PRETTY NOW OR NEVER TO ME
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evergreen
January 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
evergreen