Bethany
@bmcgx.bsky.social
history PhD candidate at UVa. writing about old things and the people who made them.
stupid opinions sadly mine
stupid opinions sadly mine
gonna be completely honest and say I had absolutely zero plans to ever watch the Ken Burns amrev docuseries until I just now found out Joe Keery is in it… priorities
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
gonna be completely honest and say I had absolutely zero plans to ever watch the Ken Burns amrev docuseries until I just now found out Joe Keery is in it… priorities
2 nights of Wednesday in DC this weekend and doors are at 10pm for both shows. I’m too old it’s gonna take me two weeks to recover from this
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
2 nights of Wednesday in DC this weekend and doors are at 10pm for both shows. I’m too old it’s gonna take me two weeks to recover from this
an awesome thing that’s happening is that the camera on my laptop just decided to stop working today out of nowhere
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
an awesome thing that’s happening is that the camera on my laptop just decided to stop working today out of nowhere
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Sex. They want sex robots.
one of the things I really do not understand is why so much of the development of robots seems to be focused on making them bipedal like humans. Why? It's an insane allocation of resources when it would be much easier to give them three or four "legs" or come up with some new system
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sex. They want sex robots.
Being where I am I have absolutely no faith in higher ed administrators ever doing anything to stop or punish sexual predators on faculty. Would love to be wrong this time and for Harvard to sack his ass
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement.
Crimson News Staff report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Crimson News Staff report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a…
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Being where I am I have absolutely no faith in higher ed administrators ever doing anything to stop or punish sexual predators on faculty. Would love to be wrong this time and for Harvard to sack his ass
becoming a reform swiftie after the abomination that was TLOAS is so clutch because I don’t know or care when merch drops anymore
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
becoming a reform swiftie after the abomination that was TLOAS is so clutch because I don’t know or care when merch drops anymore
It Happened Again 😀
cried (secretly, to myself, so I thought) during yoga class ONCE and now every week my yoga teacher tells everyone that it’s normal to feel an emotional release
embarrassing but also giving me main character syndrome kinda
embarrassing but also giving me main character syndrome kinda
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It Happened Again 😀
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
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as i tell my students, none of whom have received exorbitant advances or fawning media coverage for their book projects, very few interesting stories begin with either waking up or the phone ringing
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
as i tell my students, none of whom have received exorbitant advances or fawning media coverage for their book projects, very few interesting stories begin with either waking up or the phone ringing
MJ Lenderman and Waxahatchee going on tour together this spring
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
MJ Lenderman and Waxahatchee going on tour together this spring
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
not just STEM…
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
not just STEM…
having to explain to all of my non online friends why the whole internet is saying Trump gave Bill Clinton a bj 😓
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
having to explain to all of my non online friends why the whole internet is saying Trump gave Bill Clinton a bj 😓
so lost in life that I just asked my f*ther for advice
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
so lost in life that I just asked my f*ther for advice
there needs to be some kind of legally binding document for men taking yoga classes to sign vowing that they won’t moan and groan and huff and puff the whole time for no reason. there is quite literally zero reason for them to be doing all that
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
there needs to be some kind of legally binding document for men taking yoga classes to sign vowing that they won’t moan and groan and huff and puff the whole time for no reason. there is quite literally zero reason for them to be doing all that
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The DOJ told UVA’s former President, Jim Ryan, that if he didn’t resign, they would “bleed UVA white.”
An apt phrase. It seems the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has prioritized perceived discrimination against white people about all else. We should be clear-eyed about that. That’s their #1 priority.
An apt phrase. It seems the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has prioritized perceived discrimination against white people about all else. We should be clear-eyed about that. That’s their #1 priority.
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The DOJ told UVA’s former President, Jim Ryan, that if he didn’t resign, they would “bleed UVA white.”
An apt phrase. It seems the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has prioritized perceived discrimination against white people about all else. We should be clear-eyed about that. That’s their #1 priority.
An apt phrase. It seems the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has prioritized perceived discrimination against white people about all else. We should be clear-eyed about that. That’s their #1 priority.
at a certain point how much more information could one possibly need
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
at a certain point how much more information could one possibly need
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now look I’m just some big dumb carpenter but I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to do this
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
now look I’m just some big dumb carpenter but I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to do this
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ryan's version of events here will obviously be much closer to actuality but people should still note that this is part of his ongoing & the wider university's ongoing effort to airbrush away their militarized attack on student speech & how that specifically prepared the way for the maga assault
Here is the letter from Jim drive.google.com/file/d/1rgFz...
11.14.25_JER Resignation Facuty.pdf
drive.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
ryan's version of events here will obviously be much closer to actuality but people should still note that this is part of his ongoing & the wider university's ongoing effort to airbrush away their militarized attack on student speech & how that specifically prepared the way for the maga assault
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Former UVA President Jim Ryan has just released a 12-page memo of his own account of his forced resignation last summer. Here’s just a bit in which Paul Manning, a member of the Board, was told by DOJ that unless Ryan departed they would “bleed UVA white.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Former UVA President Jim Ryan has just released a 12-page memo of his own account of his forced resignation last summer. Here’s just a bit in which Paul Manning, a member of the Board, was told by DOJ that unless Ryan departed they would “bleed UVA white.”
next person to mention the male loneliness epidemic needs their shit rocked
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
next person to mention the male loneliness epidemic needs their shit rocked
turns out this is all incredibly triggering in a very visceral personal way and I actually don’t want to see any of it
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
turns out this is all incredibly triggering in a very visceral personal way and I actually don’t want to see any of it
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
far from the point but why did he type like that
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
far from the point but why did he type like that