BetsyB
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· Jun 25
The American Dream Is Broken. This $50 Million Bet Could Help Rebuild It. - Denver Frederick
There are few issues more urgent—or more misunderstood—than poverty in America. And even fewer solutions as bold as simply giving people cash. Jeff Atwood, the tech entrepreneur behind Stack Overflow,...
denver-frederick.com
Jeff and I sat down with Denver Frederick recently for a delightful conversation about philanthropy. I haven’t heard the final version yet, so have a listen and tell me how awkward I sound.
denver-frederick.com/2025/06/24/t...
denver-frederick.com/2025/06/24/t...
Someone in my neighborhood is blasting a recording of the Star Spangled Banner at 8 AM.
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Someone in my neighborhood is blasting a recording of the Star Spangled Banner at 8 AM.
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Student 1: You got an A on the final paper?! I wanted an A but I got an F! Will you give me your A paper?
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Student 1: You got an A on the final paper?! I wanted an A but I got an F! Will you give me your A paper?
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
Student 2: Uh….sure.
Student 2 hands him the paper with a big red A at the top.
Student 2 still gets an A.
Student 1 still fails, but he’s grinning and holding an A paper.
🤡🏅
I get annoyed when the Wordlebot tells me a guess was just “lucky”. Give me some credit! Sheesh!
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January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I get annoyed when the Wordlebot tells me a guess was just “lucky”. Give me some credit! Sheesh!
Wordle 1,671 3/6
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Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I would perform an internet search for "Who did the president flip off?". What a time to be alive. 😑
January 14, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I would perform an internet search for "Who did the president flip off?". What a time to be alive. 😑
TIL: There is a memorial to the Jonestown Massacre in Oakland.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jones...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jones...
Jonestown Memorial in Oakland
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
www.atlasobscura.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
TIL: There is a memorial to the Jonestown Massacre in Oakland.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jones...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jones...
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“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Some of this is up for interpretation but to me:
Passed=drove through, didn’t stop
Stopped=drove through, stopped briefly or a flight layover
Visited=did an activity, didn’t spend the night
Stayed=spent at least one night
One of my blues will turn orange in a couple of weeks.
Passed=drove through, didn’t stop
Stopped=drove through, stopped briefly or a flight layover
Visited=did an activity, didn’t spend the night
Stayed=spent at least one night
One of my blues will turn orange in a couple of weeks.
January 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Some of this is up for interpretation but to me:
Passed=drove through, didn’t stop
Stopped=drove through, stopped briefly or a flight layover
Visited=did an activity, didn’t spend the night
Stayed=spent at least one night
One of my blues will turn orange in a couple of weeks.
Passed=drove through, didn’t stop
Stopped=drove through, stopped briefly or a flight layover
Visited=did an activity, didn’t spend the night
Stayed=spent at least one night
One of my blues will turn orange in a couple of weeks.
I just encountered a name I've never seen before: Erzsebet. It's the Hungarian version of Elizabeth.
a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
Alt: a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I just encountered a name I've never seen before: Erzsebet. It's the Hungarian version of Elizabeth.
I've been doing some genealogy research and uncovered this amazing photo that includes a child HOLDING A CIGARETTE. I rarely wish my children were younger again but man it would be really fun to recreate this gem.
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I've been doing some genealogy research and uncovered this amazing photo that includes a child HOLDING A CIGARETTE. I rarely wish my children were younger again but man it would be really fun to recreate this gem.
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A Poem for Someone
Who Is Juggling Her Life
Who Is Juggling Her Life
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
A Poem for Someone
Who Is Juggling Her Life
Who Is Juggling Her Life
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
New year, new me! I decided to switch up my opening word to try out the Wordlebot’s preferred word. So far I’m not impressed.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
New year, new me! I decided to switch up my opening word to try out the Wordlebot’s preferred word. So far I’m not impressed.
Wordle 1,662 4/6
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13yos: Our PE teacher told us she was going to “work the Sugar Honey Ice Tea” out of us.
Me: <record scratch> Sugar Honey Iced Tea?? Like S-H-I-T?
Y’all, I blew their damn minds. Two full classes of middle schoolers and not a single one of them figured that out. 😂😂
Me: <record scratch> Sugar Honey Iced Tea?? Like S-H-I-T?
Y’all, I blew their damn minds. Two full classes of middle schoolers and not a single one of them figured that out. 😂😂
January 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
13yos: Our PE teacher told us she was going to “work the Sugar Honey Ice Tea” out of us.
Me: <record scratch> Sugar Honey Iced Tea?? Like S-H-I-T?
Y’all, I blew their damn minds. Two full classes of middle schoolers and not a single one of them figured that out. 😂😂
Me: <record scratch> Sugar Honey Iced Tea?? Like S-H-I-T?
Y’all, I blew their damn minds. Two full classes of middle schoolers and not a single one of them figured that out. 😂😂
I asked for and received this apron for Xmas, not realizing it’s the same print as the wallpaper in our powder room. 😂
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I asked for and received this apron for Xmas, not realizing it’s the same print as the wallpaper in our powder room. 😂
So many to choose from!
December 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So many to choose from!
“What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering.”
Rest in power, Betty.
Rest in power, Betty.
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
www.kqed.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
“What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering.”
Rest in power, Betty.
Rest in power, Betty.
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We employ many adjunct professors from nearby colleges. As they make ends meet by cleaning your ashtrays, they can also teach you fun facts about history or math or whatever field they hold a PhD.
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We employ many adjunct professors from nearby colleges. As they make ends meet by cleaning your ashtrays, they can also teach you fun facts about history or math or whatever field they hold a PhD.
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seeing these redacted Epstein files is like if you had to edit a 2 Live Crew song to be acceptable for radio play.
December 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
seeing these redacted Epstein files is like if you had to edit a 2 Live Crew song to be acceptable for radio play.
I have dropped several balls this week and can’t figure out if it’s just that this week has been A LOT or if my mind is starting to go.
a woman in a pink jacket is laying at a table with the words " my brain 's gone " above her
Alt: Golden Girl Blanche Devareaux in a pink jacket is laying at a table with the words " my brain's gone " above her.
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have dropped several balls this week and can’t figure out if it’s just that this week has been A LOT or if my mind is starting to go.
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Reposted by BetsyB
Yes hello I know it is so difficult but please, do not share, do not screenshot, do not amplify, if your finger is over the mouse button slowly move it off, please just walk away
We have to start walking away and toward ourselves and something better
Please
We have to start walking away and toward ourselves and something better
Please
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yes hello I know it is so difficult but please, do not share, do not screenshot, do not amplify, if your finger is over the mouse button slowly move it off, please just walk away
We have to start walking away and toward ourselves and something better
Please
We have to start walking away and toward ourselves and something better
Please
I sure hope heaven goes to 11. 😢
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I sure hope heaven goes to 11. 😢