Beth F.
@gaiaturtle.bsky.social
Writer, knitter, adventurer, gamer, plant mom. Student of kung fu and tai chi. Lifelong English major. Trans ally. Bi/pan. She/her.
Good lord, I’ve discovered the podcast Midnight Burger and I am obsessed. It’s a sci-fi mystery podcast about a diner that travels through time and the multiverse. It’s extremely smart, the characters are so compelling, the plot is unhinged, and I’m loving it so much. @midnightburger.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Good lord, I’ve discovered the podcast Midnight Burger and I am obsessed. It’s a sci-fi mystery podcast about a diner that travels through time and the multiverse. It’s extremely smart, the characters are so compelling, the plot is unhinged, and I’m loving it so much. @midnightburger.bsky.social
My reading list for this cultural moment.
[image desc: 3 books: “1984” by George Orwell, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and “Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto” by Tricia Hersey, Founder of The Nap Ministry.”]
[image desc: 3 books: “1984” by George Orwell, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and “Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto” by Tricia Hersey, Founder of The Nap Ministry.”]
July 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My reading list for this cultural moment.
[image desc: 3 books: “1984” by George Orwell, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and “Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto” by Tricia Hersey, Founder of The Nap Ministry.”]
[image desc: 3 books: “1984” by George Orwell, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and “Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto” by Tricia Hersey, Founder of The Nap Ministry.”]
I’m losing my voice. An impending cold? Mystery laryngitis? Who knows?
Maybe it’s from all that screaming into the void I’ve been doing.
Maybe it’s from all that screaming into the void I’ve been doing.
July 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I’m losing my voice. An impending cold? Mystery laryngitis? Who knows?
Maybe it’s from all that screaming into the void I’ve been doing.
Maybe it’s from all that screaming into the void I’ve been doing.
What would be the modern day equivalent of dumping tea into Boston harbor as a form of protesting tyranny in this societal moment?
April 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What would be the modern day equivalent of dumping tea into Boston harbor as a form of protesting tyranny in this societal moment?
This dog rescued a lost toddler who somehow ended up *seven miles* away from home. What a very, very good boy.
Arizona dog found a missing 2-year-old on his nightly patrol that a local rescue team spent 16 hours searching for. 15/10
April 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This dog rescued a lost toddler who somehow ended up *seven miles* away from home. What a very, very good boy.
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Getting a taste of their own medicine.
Dem Rep Epically Mocks Trump Official Over His Bizarre Emojis In Leaked Group Chat
A taste of their own medicine.
www.comicsands.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Getting a taste of their own medicine.
Come to my choir’s spring concert!
March 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Come to my choir’s spring concert!
Sometimes, I would just like to feel whelmed.
March 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sometimes, I would just like to feel whelmed.
We’ve been watching Babylon 5 and it is so eerie how relevant so much of is it to the current situation we’re in 30 years later.
March 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We’ve been watching Babylon 5 and it is so eerie how relevant so much of is it to the current situation we’re in 30 years later.
Right on, museum-goers.
March 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Right on, museum-goers.
We’ve been re-watching Babylon 5 and got to the episode that starts with the crooked President of Earth putting out an executive order disbanding the Senate and declaring martial law.
I got a little stab of panic in my chest. That hits a little too close to home.
I got a little stab of panic in my chest. That hits a little too close to home.
March 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We’ve been re-watching Babylon 5 and got to the episode that starts with the crooked President of Earth putting out an executive order disbanding the Senate and declaring martial law.
I got a little stab of panic in my chest. That hits a little too close to home.
I got a little stab of panic in my chest. That hits a little too close to home.
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House Republicans just voted to rob 72 million Americans of their Medicaid coverage to give tax cuts to the rich. 😤
Give your House Reps a CALL BACK to let them know how you feel about their vote. 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
Give your House Reps a CALL BACK to let them know how you feel about their vote. 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
February 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
House Republicans just voted to rob 72 million Americans of their Medicaid coverage to give tax cuts to the rich. 😤
Give your House Reps a CALL BACK to let them know how you feel about their vote. 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
Give your House Reps a CALL BACK to let them know how you feel about their vote. 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
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We get questioned a lot—we understand. Every day seems crazier than the last, and our legitimacy is often challenged. But everything we’ve shared is backed by evidence.
February 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We get questioned a lot—we understand. Every day seems crazier than the last, and our legitimacy is often challenged. But everything we’ve shared is backed by evidence.
How is taking food from the mouths of poor and hungry children making America great? (Rhetorical question screamed into the void)
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
How is taking food from the mouths of poor and hungry children making America great? (Rhetorical question screamed into the void)
An excellent summary of what’s going on right now from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. There is hope.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-the-stup...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-the-stup...
How the Stupid Coup Is Going: Week Five
The Executive Branch
There are steely evil masterminds who marshal strategy and discipline to stage successful coups, but in the USA, insofar as we have any luck at all we have the luck that this cou...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
An excellent summary of what’s going on right now from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. There is hope.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-the-stup...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/how-the-stup...
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I 💗 NPR so no shade, but I am glad that the media has *finally* 👏👏👏👏 picked up what we’ve been laying down for at least a week (?? Hell if I know - all I know is that it feels like day #9999 of this regime but it’s only actually like day 29 or something)
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I 💗 NPR so no shade, but I am glad that the media has *finally* 👏👏👏👏 picked up what we’ve been laying down for at least a week (?? Hell if I know - all I know is that it feels like day #9999 of this regime but it’s only actually like day 29 or something)
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
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So, because it is 2025 and for some godforsaken reason we have to talk about this...
If you received two measles vaccinations as a child, you are safe (or as safe as modern medicine can make you, which is not 100% because that's not how any of this works).
If you received two measles vaccinations as a child, you are safe (or as safe as modern medicine can make you, which is not 100% because that's not how any of this works).
February 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So, because it is 2025 and for some godforsaken reason we have to talk about this...
If you received two measles vaccinations as a child, you are safe (or as safe as modern medicine can make you, which is not 100% because that's not how any of this works).
If you received two measles vaccinations as a child, you are safe (or as safe as modern medicine can make you, which is not 100% because that's not how any of this works).
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This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
February 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
