Betsy
@betsy0316.bsky.social
The Queen of California
Vintage from the 20th Century
Used to be studio_gal at the old place
Joni Mitchell, Cats, Gardening, Running, Traveling, Theater, Opera, Photography (amateur), Humanity. Sometimes in that order.
Vintage from the 20th Century
Used to be studio_gal at the old place
Joni Mitchell, Cats, Gardening, Running, Traveling, Theater, Opera, Photography (amateur), Humanity. Sometimes in that order.
"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Robert F Kennedy Jr admits he used to 'snort cocaine off toilet seats'
The US health secretary made the confession to podcaster Theo Von during an episode of his show, This Past Weekend, as he opened up about his past drug use.
news.sky.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Robert F Kennedy Jr admits he used to 'snort cocaine off toilet seats'
The US health secretary made the confession to podcaster Theo Von during an episode of his show, This Past Weekend, as he opened up about his past drug use.
news.sky.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Came out of #running #retirement to do a 5k event with my daughter & SIL in Santa Monica #California.
Am I glad I did! Had a couple of 10+ minute miles & ended up with a wonderful overall time.
Not a dedicated course so total distance run was actually 3.7 miles!
#runner #runners
Am I glad I did! Had a couple of 10+ minute miles & ended up with a wonderful overall time.
Not a dedicated course so total distance run was actually 3.7 miles!
#runner #runners
February 15, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Came out of #running #retirement to do a 5k event with my daughter & SIL in Santa Monica #California.
Am I glad I did! Had a couple of 10+ minute miles & ended up with a wonderful overall time.
Not a dedicated course so total distance run was actually 3.7 miles!
#runner #runners
Am I glad I did! Had a couple of 10+ minute miles & ended up with a wonderful overall time.
Not a dedicated course so total distance run was actually 3.7 miles!
#runner #runners
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Some people are calling it the flag of Woke 2
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Some people are calling it the flag of Woke 2
I know it's the dystopian present and all that -- the future having wafted away in puffs of acrid smoke (that was once Hope) -- but I find this so jarring. It shouldn't surprise me, we've been watching this 'reveal' for 10 years or so now; but I am undone.
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I know it's the dystopian present and all that -- the future having wafted away in puffs of acrid smoke (that was once Hope) -- but I find this so jarring. It shouldn't surprise me, we've been watching this 'reveal' for 10 years or so now; but I am undone.
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Boom. Rep. Balint didn't even skip a beat.
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Boom. Rep. Balint didn't even skip a beat.
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And...scene!
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
And...scene!
three years ago today I was in Chile in the Atacama Desert
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
three years ago today I was in Chile in the Atacama Desert
just booked tickets to see Chris Pine in "Ivanov" at the Bridge Theatre in #London. we have to go to opening night because I fly home the next day! Very excited!
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#ChrisPine
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#ChrisPine
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
just booked tickets to see Chris Pine in "Ivanov" at the Bridge Theatre in #London. we have to go to opening night because I fly home the next day! Very excited!
🎭 ❤️
#ChrisPine
🎭 ❤️
#ChrisPine
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Yeah, I burst into tears at The Metroploitan in New York, in front of a Rothko I had only ever seen as a postage stamp sized footnote, in art books. I had travelled so far to see it, and it almost did me in, had to sit on the floor for a moment too.
I don't trust people who can't be moved by art.
I don't trust people who can't be moved by art.
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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If you're going to moan about it, at least have the courtesy to do it on LinkedIn or into your neighbor's Ring camera
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
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We must send Pam Bondi to prison for violating the Epstein Act. Can God get a fucking amen?
Pam Bondi Crashes Out At Heated Epstein File Hearing
A delicious episode of The God Show.
www.thegodshow.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
We must send Pam Bondi to prison for violating the Epstein Act. Can God get a fucking amen?
The DOJ was spying on lawmakers searches on the redacted Epstein files. This is in violation of the separation of powers and as @raskin.house.gov says, it’s Orwellian. The DOJ everyday violates laws and Pam Bondi must be impeached, disbarred, and sent to prison.
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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2026 Book Thread! 📚
This reading thread includes novels that are >200 pages.
PSA: audiobooks count as reading ♥️
This reading thread includes novels that are >200 pages.
PSA: audiobooks count as reading ♥️
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
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When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
that's exactly how I remember my first impression of Van Dyck's "Charles I" - in 1978 as a college student - it remained in my memory as though it loomed 10 feet high! "I pert near passed out" is a great way to describe an encounter with a magnificent work of art. Brava!! 🎨❤️
Long ago I walked into the room with DaVinci's Virgin of the Rocks and I pert near passed out. The Turners were magnificent too.
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 AM
that's exactly how I remember my first impression of Van Dyck's "Charles I" - in 1978 as a college student - it remained in my memory as though it loomed 10 feet high! "I pert near passed out" is a great way to describe an encounter with a magnificent work of art. Brava!! 🎨❤️
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"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files. (US Attorney General) Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files. (US Attorney General) Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).
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February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
last time I was at London's National Gallery, there was a strike & most of the rooms were closed off. I glimpsed my old friend Chas I astride his glorious horse by peeking thru an open doorway.
I've made a list of all I want to see this summer & it's marvelously overwhelming!
I've made a list of all I want to see this summer & it's marvelously overwhelming!
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM
last time I was at London's National Gallery, there was a strike & most of the rooms were closed off. I glimpsed my old friend Chas I astride his glorious horse by peeking thru an open doorway.
I've made a list of all I want to see this summer & it's marvelously overwhelming!
I've made a list of all I want to see this summer & it's marvelously overwhelming!
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February 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM