Bettina Lanyi
@bettifly.bsky.social
Writing/Social Impact/Public Health/Resistance from my perch in rocky coastal Maine. #amediting. Just migrated from X
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At the risk of getting yelled at, this is part of why I keep saying blue state NIMBYism is a travesty for democracy. When we make it so that low-income immigrants, LGBTQ people and pregnant people can't afford to live where they want, think about what they end up being subject to.
Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.
This is madness.
This is madness.
June 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
At the risk of getting yelled at, this is part of why I keep saying blue state NIMBYism is a travesty for democracy. When we make it so that low-income immigrants, LGBTQ people and pregnant people can't afford to live where they want, think about what they end up being subject to.
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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PLEASE CALL
More than 5,000 workers die from job injuries and 135,000 workers die from chronic occupational diseases annually.
More than 5,000 workers die from job injuries and 135,000 workers die from chronic occupational diseases annually.
By gutting the NIOSH, America’s workers will lose critical safety protections, and more workers will get hurt.
Call your member of Congress and demand they stand up for this critical health and safety agency and its workers.
@aflcio.org
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Call your member of Congress and demand they stand up for this critical health and safety agency and its workers.
@aflcio.org
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
CALL: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH
Due to Elon Musk and his unaccountable DOGE, we are facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers in history, including highly technical federal workers who keep us safe on the job. More...
act.aflcio.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
PLEASE CALL
More than 5,000 workers die from job injuries and 135,000 workers die from chronic occupational diseases annually.
More than 5,000 workers die from job injuries and 135,000 workers die from chronic occupational diseases annually.
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
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Faculty members from 18 US universities – including public ones which do not receive endowments – are banding together in attempts to resist the Donald Trump administration’s attacks on academic freedoms. ✊
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US universities’ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trump’s attacks
Indiana University leads the push for a pact among 18 institutions as Donald Trump targets diversity
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Faculty members from 18 US universities – including public ones which do not receive endowments – are banding together in attempts to resist the Donald Trump administration’s attacks on academic freedoms. ✊
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Quick point. Congress can use the spending fight in September (remember Chuck Schumer surrendered till then) to prevent a single dollar from being used to house prisoners in El Salvador.
April 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Quick point. Congress can use the spending fight in September (remember Chuck Schumer surrendered till then) to prevent a single dollar from being used to house prisoners in El Salvador.
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
I get that Jared Golden is the best Maine democrats could do in a rural red district, and I appreciate a pro-choice candidate, but after this vote, sorry @jaredgolden.bsky.social I’m out.
You godsdamned idiot. When even the right wing Cato Institute finds that there is ZERO EVIDENCE of non-citizens voting in our elections, you can bank on it. What your dumb ass just voted for was disenfranchising nearly half of the electorate. A reckoning is inevitable.
April 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I get that Jared Golden is the best Maine democrats could do in a rural red district, and I appreciate a pro-choice candidate, but after this vote, sorry @jaredgolden.bsky.social I’m out.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing scrutiny over his handling of details of a military strike, brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed”
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing scrutiny over his handling of details of a military strike, brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed”
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Dem Senator Tammy Duckworth offered an amendment to give fired Veterans their jobs back. EVERY Republican Senator voted against it. 🤬
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Dem Senator Tammy Duckworth offered an amendment to give fired Veterans their jobs back. EVERY Republican Senator voted against it. 🤬
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Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions. The termination notices for the funded networks were signed by Dump’s senior adviser Kari Lake.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
www.opb.org
March 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions. The termination notices for the funded networks were signed by Dump’s senior adviser Kari Lake.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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“Many of us have seen the MAGA fallout from the Tesla Chainsaw Massacre — Dump voters with tearful posts on social media, crying that they’ve lost their federal government jobs, or storming Republican congressional town halls.” 🤷♀️
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
Trump’s MAGA might not admit it, but many will pay dearly for their vote
Federal cuts will hit them harder than most
www.nj.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“Many of us have seen the MAGA fallout from the Tesla Chainsaw Massacre — Dump voters with tearful posts on social media, crying that they’ve lost their federal government jobs, or storming Republican congressional town halls.” 🤷♀️
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
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Dump says he was ‘being a little bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Ukraine war in 24 hours. No. He lied his ass off to morons and got elected.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump says he was ‘being a little bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Ukraine war in 24 hours
President Trump said on Sunday he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he pledged to end the war between Ukraine and Russia in 24 hours. In a Sunday broadcast of “Full Measure,” Trump was presse…
thehill.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Dump says he was ‘being a little bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Ukraine war in 24 hours. No. He lied his ass off to morons and got elected.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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📉📈 Half-Past Four is the New Five O’Clock in More Efficient Workday
https://archive.ph/PNdyP
The average American workday now ends 42 minutes earlier than two years ago. Despite the shorter workday, overall productivity has increased by about 2%.
#laborEconomics #work #EconSky
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https://archive.ph/PNdyP
The average American workday now ends 42 minutes earlier than two years ago. Despite the shorter workday, overall productivity has increased by about 2%.
#laborEconomics #work #EconSky
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March 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
📉📈 Half-Past Four is the New Five O’Clock in More Efficient Workday
https://archive.ph/PNdyP
The average American workday now ends 42 minutes earlier than two years ago. Despite the shorter workday, overall productivity has increased by about 2%.
#laborEconomics #work #EconSky
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https://archive.ph/PNdyP
The average American workday now ends 42 minutes earlier than two years ago. Despite the shorter workday, overall productivity has increased by about 2%.
#laborEconomics #work #EconSky
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He couldn’t even run a charity without breaking the law—Now he believes he’s in charge of the Supreme Court, Congress, our rights, and the U.S. justice system. Who’s going to stop him?!
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
He couldn’t even run a charity without breaking the law—Now he believes he’s in charge of the Supreme Court, Congress, our rights, and the U.S. justice system. Who’s going to stop him?!
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'Danish Viking blood is boiling.' Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too | AP News apnews.com/article/denm...
'Danish Viking blood is boiling.' Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too
Consumers across Europe furious over President Donald Trump’s policies are boycotting U.S. goods. Among the most passionate are Danes, seeking a way to protest Trump's threat to seize the Danish terri...
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
'Danish Viking blood is boiling.' Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too | AP News apnews.com/article/denm...
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