Beth Downey
@librarybunny.bsky.social
Gleek, college football fan, ex-radio, current academic, southern af, she/her.
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It's fine, I needed a happy comfort cry tonight...🥹🐶🐈⬛
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's fine, I needed a happy comfort cry tonight...🥹🐶🐈⬛
Would it be too much for @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social to add this to the soundboard? I've never heard someone gargle a call before.
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Would it be too much for @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social to add this to the soundboard? I've never heard someone gargle a call before.
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Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
Yeah, I'm no longer scoffing at how much an Hermes bag costs. That has to take HOURS of craft and precision.
Here's a video Hermes released a while ago showing the process of saddle stitching.
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Yeah, I'm no longer scoffing at how much an Hermes bag costs. That has to take HOURS of craft and precision.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
My sister and her partner live in Orlando, this makes me very happy.
As a resident of Orlando myself, this is music to my ears!!! 💙🎶
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My sister and her partner live in Orlando, this makes me very happy.
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
He was mayor when I attended USM in the early 2000s; a great mayor and happy for him and for the state!
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
He was mayor when I attended USM in the early 2000s; a great mayor and happy for him and for the state!
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Tips for Cuomo moving forward:
-the I-95 express lane in Miami is fool's gold, stick to the main lanes
-order your Publix sub online and wait an extra 15 mins beyond when they say it'll be ready
-the iguanas don't bite you but the ducks will
-the I-95 express lane in Miami is fool's gold, stick to the main lanes
-order your Publix sub online and wait an extra 15 mins beyond when they say it'll be ready
-the iguanas don't bite you but the ducks will
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tips for Cuomo moving forward:
-the I-95 express lane in Miami is fool's gold, stick to the main lanes
-order your Publix sub online and wait an extra 15 mins beyond when they say it'll be ready
-the iguanas don't bite you but the ducks will
-the I-95 express lane in Miami is fool's gold, stick to the main lanes
-order your Publix sub online and wait an extra 15 mins beyond when they say it'll be ready
-the iguanas don't bite you but the ducks will
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
Everyone asking “what is a public service commissioner?“ in the comments… They regulate most utilities in the state, like electric, phone service, and Internet. Important for things like rising power rates (and the data centers that take up most of that power).
WHOA. Via @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social, it looks like Democrats just flipped BOTH *statewide* Public Service Commissioner seats in Georgia.
That seems...significant.
That seems...significant.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Everyone asking “what is a public service commissioner?“ in the comments… They regulate most utilities in the state, like electric, phone service, and Internet. Important for things like rising power rates (and the data centers that take up most of that power).
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Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Respond with the same actor as a hero and villain.
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
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Dick Cheney died rather than live in a world where he couldn’t watch the SEC on YouTube TV, respect
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Dick Cheney died rather than live in a world where he couldn’t watch the SEC on YouTube TV, respect
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Happy Birthday Pudge!
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Happy Birthday Pudge!
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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holy shit they got Teen Vogue
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
holy shit they got Teen Vogue
Gen X when we were kids: nuclear war is the scariest thing we can imagine.
Gen X today: FUCK IT ALL, DO IT, DO IT NOW
Gen X today: FUCK IT ALL, DO IT, DO IT NOW
a cartoon character is pressing a red button on a white surface
Alt: Stimpy, a fat cat wearing a space uniform, pressing The Big Red Button
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Gen X when we were kids: nuclear war is the scariest thing we can imagine.
Gen X today: FUCK IT ALL, DO IT, DO IT NOW
Gen X today: FUCK IT ALL, DO IT, DO IT NOW
Mine was Orson Welles, the big Hollywood producer in the original Muppet Movie who agreed to sign Kermit the Frog and company to the standard "Rich and Famous" contract.
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Mine was Orson Welles, the big Hollywood producer in the original Muppet Movie who agreed to sign Kermit the Frog and company to the standard "Rich and Famous" contract.
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oh this is good
I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
oh this is good
I hope this firing means the end of the Jack’s “DeBarBQ/Freeze with Cheese!” burger ads.
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I hope this firing means the end of the Jack’s “DeBarBQ/Freeze with Cheese!” burger ads.
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A lot of people think that national CFB media don't like Freeze because he's conservative, or Christian, or both. No, it's because he's a fundamental phony who treats people badly and grants himself absolution without changing his behavior, in exactly the ways Jason predicted years ago
Wrote this three years ago. The football parts held up fine, not that it was hard to predict
Rub some church on it
"If this is found, then I'd rather be lost."
www.jasonkirk.fyi
November 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A lot of people think that national CFB media don't like Freeze because he's conservative, or Christian, or both. No, it's because he's a fundamental phony who treats people badly and grants himself absolution without changing his behavior, in exactly the ways Jason predicted years ago