Ethan
@drbeef.bsky.social
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Prof by day. Elder emo by night. Critical public health, the science of sex(uality) science, disability justice. Not your average guy (Auti he/they).
As an alternative, let me introduce everyone to Lovers Leap Arch (and the broader Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore).
If you're feeling frisky, you can kayak underneath it. Heck, you might even see some Northern Lights while you're there.
10/10
If you're feeling frisky, you can kayak underneath it. Heck, you might even see some Northern Lights while you're there.
10/10
February 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
As an alternative, let me introduce everyone to Lovers Leap Arch (and the broader Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore).
If you're feeling frisky, you can kayak underneath it. Heck, you might even see some Northern Lights while you're there.
10/10
If you're feeling frisky, you can kayak underneath it. Heck, you might even see some Northern Lights while you're there.
10/10
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“Voting is choosing the conditions you and your comrades organize under, and choosing your least powerful foe” is really the predominate way any leftist should view electoral politics.
February 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“Voting is choosing the conditions you and your comrades organize under, and choosing your least powerful foe” is really the predominate way any leftist should view electoral politics.
Of the hundreds, if not thousands, of nicknames I have for my dog, my favorite has got to be Bilbo Beggins.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in front of a sunset
Alt: A gif of young Bilbo Baggins (from the movie series The Hobbit, portrayed by Martin Freeman), eyes closed, with a golden sunrise behind him, transitioning slowly to the image of a ruddy brown lab retriever, eyes closed, with the golden sun shining upon his face.
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Of the hundreds, if not thousands, of nicknames I have for my dog, my favorite has got to be Bilbo Beggins.
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The series on cancer comes from contributors with deeply personal connections to the disease. Some are living with cancer, others have lost friends, and a few have survived it themselves. During our reporting, we lost two contributors. One to cancer and another to complications after surviving it.
Cancer in Confinement
PJP writers on suffering from the leading killers in behind bars — a problem of neglect, delayed care, and poor coordination
prisonjournalismproject.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The series on cancer comes from contributors with deeply personal connections to the disease. Some are living with cancer, others have lost friends, and a few have survived it themselves. During our reporting, we lost two contributors. One to cancer and another to complications after surviving it.
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holy lord
JUST IN: A Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without having coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration about potential risks to civilian flights prompted an unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, Texas, multiple sources say. https://cnn.it/4a9x8Qg
February 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
holy lord
Ah yes. My delicatessen chicken. $4.99 from Costco. Gives a 2-person household at least 4 meals worth, plus bones for stock/soups for another 3 meals.
Much luxury. Très extravagant.
Much luxury. Très extravagant.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Ah yes. My delicatessen chicken. $4.99 from Costco. Gives a 2-person household at least 4 meals worth, plus bones for stock/soups for another 3 meals.
Much luxury. Très extravagant.
Much luxury. Très extravagant.
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It's Sex Ed Week of Action!
Comprehensive, inclusive, and medically-accurate sex ed builds so much more than knowledge. It builds a safer world with happier and healthier humans!
Plug in by following @siecus.bsky.social for some stellar legislation trackers to take action
#sexedsaveslives
Comprehensive, inclusive, and medically-accurate sex ed builds so much more than knowledge. It builds a safer world with happier and healthier humans!
Plug in by following @siecus.bsky.social for some stellar legislation trackers to take action
#sexedsaveslives
February 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
It's Sex Ed Week of Action!
Comprehensive, inclusive, and medically-accurate sex ed builds so much more than knowledge. It builds a safer world with happier and healthier humans!
Plug in by following @siecus.bsky.social for some stellar legislation trackers to take action
#sexedsaveslives
Comprehensive, inclusive, and medically-accurate sex ed builds so much more than knowledge. It builds a safer world with happier and healthier humans!
Plug in by following @siecus.bsky.social for some stellar legislation trackers to take action
#sexedsaveslives
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Being a professor in 2026 is authentically responding to a student's curiosity and attempts to connect what we're learning in class to the complexities of their own life, while always assuming that anything you say or write is being recorded and could be sent to politicians and/or other groups.
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Being a professor in 2026 is authentically responding to a student's curiosity and attempts to connect what we're learning in class to the complexities of their own life, while always assuming that anything you say or write is being recorded and could be sent to politicians and/or other groups.
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I'm obvs not a New Yorker but I do think accessibility is an important thing the NYC Mayor's Office should be leading on, so I told them so. They probably weigh Ideas and Suggestions from NYC residents more, if you're so inclined. Scroll down here for the form: www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I'm obvs not a New Yorker but I do think accessibility is an important thing the NYC Mayor's Office should be leading on, so I told them so. They probably weigh Ideas and Suggestions from NYC residents more, if you're so inclined. Scroll down here for the form: www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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Evergreen.
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Evergreen.
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"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds
A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.
www.brown.edu
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
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i wrote about the pup-opticon
February 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
i wrote about the pup-opticon
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
I mean, am I a curmudgeon, or is this not clearly about viewership and revenue?
Whether you're hate-watching, but love 🏈, or tuning in to the TBI show for the first time in a long time to see Billie say "fuck 🧊" live, they at least think they're going to have a huge return on ad investment. No?
Whether you're hate-watching, but love 🏈, or tuning in to the TBI show for the first time in a long time to see Billie say "fuck 🧊" live, they at least think they're going to have a huge return on ad investment. No?
People arguing about Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl are behind the curve. Culture already moved.
The NFL didn’t experiment; it aligned with gravity. That’s how power actually changes.
Quietly, then all at once. 💥
#BadBunnyBowl
#SheShed
The NFL didn’t experiment; it aligned with gravity. That’s how power actually changes.
Quietly, then all at once. 💥
#BadBunnyBowl
#SheShed
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I mean, am I a curmudgeon, or is this not clearly about viewership and revenue?
Whether you're hate-watching, but love 🏈, or tuning in to the TBI show for the first time in a long time to see Billie say "fuck 🧊" live, they at least think they're going to have a huge return on ad investment. No?
Whether you're hate-watching, but love 🏈, or tuning in to the TBI show for the first time in a long time to see Billie say "fuck 🧊" live, they at least think they're going to have a huge return on ad investment. No?
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ok time to be done with the Scott Horton account
Check the words. Check the time stamps.
Fucking clown shit.
Fucking clown shit.
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
ok time to be done with the Scott Horton account
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Big news from Virginia last night:
Dems unveiled their 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats.
It would be used in 2026 if a referendum passes on April 21.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
Dems unveiled their 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats.
It would be used in 2026 if a referendum passes on April 21.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
February 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Big news from Virginia last night:
Dems unveiled their 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats.
It would be used in 2026 if a referendum passes on April 21.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
Dems unveiled their 10-1 congressional map in response to GOP gerrymanders in other states. It targets 4 Republicans & has 10 Harris seats.
It would be used in 2026 if a referendum passes on April 21.
Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/join/20e0049...
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
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Bad Bunny and Sir Ian McKellen and Anoushka Shankar all reminding us this week, in very different ways, just how important art is for a progressive future.
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Bad Bunny and Sir Ian McKellen and Anoushka Shankar all reminding us this week, in very different ways, just how important art is for a progressive future.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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Some other wonderful Hadith along the same lines; the pairing of both neighbor and guest has the sense of encompassing everyone you might meet- every other person is either a neighbor or guest, and God brings all of them to you to see if you will treat them as God commands
February 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Some other wonderful Hadith along the same lines; the pairing of both neighbor and guest has the sense of encompassing everyone you might meet- every other person is either a neighbor or guest, and God brings all of them to you to see if you will treat them as God commands
This is so good to see!! Especially since there's a recent history of athletes getting COVID at events such as these and... you know... not doing so great afterward.
February 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is so good to see!! Especially since there's a recent history of athletes getting COVID at events such as these and... you know... not doing so great afterward.