Mary Beth Williams
@mbwilliams.bsky.social
Made from Maine Wabanakiak, Isles of Shoals fishermen, and Welsh coal miners. Oregon transplant. Constitutional law and state/tribal/fed gov't wonk (JD). North Atlantic historian obsessed with wampum, cod fishing, and dual-host pathogens.
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If you believe climate change is an existential threat, then don't support any Democratic member of Congress who advocates for:
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
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The DNI has been finally been spotted today.
WAIT, no, this is 2019.
WAIT, no, this is 2019.
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The DNI has been finally been spotted today.
WAIT, no, this is 2019.
WAIT, no, this is 2019.
A central tenet of MAGA stolen 2020 election canon is that Venezuela helped hack US servers. I expect that any deal Maduro takes from Trump will include a public confession that this proven falsehood is in fact true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
A central tenet of MAGA stolen 2020 election canon is that Venezuela helped hack US servers. I expect that any deal Maduro takes from Trump will include a public confession that this proven falsehood is in fact true.
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Why are people assuming US troops and not Eric Prince employees will enforce US order in Venezuela?
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Why are people assuming US troops and not Eric Prince employees will enforce US order in Venezuela?
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Some deep and very important thoughts🔥 and work⭐️ by one of Canada’s greatest living artists🇨🇦
@christibelcourt.com🙌🧡
“Roots are medicine. I always include them to indicate that spiritually there is more to life than what we see on the surface. That our ancestry holds great influence over our lives..”
@christibelcourt.com🙌🧡
“Roots are medicine. I always include them to indicate that spiritually there is more to life than what we see on the surface. That our ancestry holds great influence over our lives..”
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some deep and very important thoughts🔥 and work⭐️ by one of Canada’s greatest living artists🇨🇦
@christibelcourt.com🙌🧡
“Roots are medicine. I always include them to indicate that spiritually there is more to life than what we see on the surface. That our ancestry holds great influence over our lives..”
@christibelcourt.com🙌🧡
“Roots are medicine. I always include them to indicate that spiritually there is more to life than what we see on the surface. That our ancestry holds great influence over our lives..”
So when invading Venezuela fails to tank clamor over the Epstein Files, does Trump seize Greenland next?
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
So when invading Venezuela fails to tank clamor over the Epstein Files, does Trump seize Greenland next?
Has anyone seen the director of national intelligence lately? Should a missing person report be issued?
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Has anyone seen the director of national intelligence lately? Should a missing person report be issued?
Where's Oscar Wilde when you need him?
![From Wikipedia: "Wag the Dog is a 1997 American black comedy political satire film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro.[1] Produced and directed by Barry Levinson, the film centers on a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who fabricate a war in Albania to distract voters from a presidential sex scandal. The screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet is loosely adapted from Larry Beinhart's 1993 novel American Hero."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l6opwwzqu4evfmu2uutcihfr/bafkreieeas52byfvjwwe2gq44qsjoszcufcpyzirertndvvj5xme3tepiy@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Where's Oscar Wilde when you need him?
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
Our streets should be filled with folks carrying pitchforks and torches! Effigy burning sounds right as well! I’ll be there myself (okay, once I’m over this awful cold.)
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Our streets should be filled with folks carrying pitchforks and torches! Effigy burning sounds right as well! I’ll be there myself (okay, once I’m over this awful cold.)
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just thinking about every american media outlet that said something along the lines of "legal experts say there is likely no legal basis for bombing venezuelan boats" and not HEY THIS IS FUCKING ILLEGAL AND AGGRESSIVE
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
just thinking about every american media outlet that said something along the lines of "legal experts say there is likely no legal basis for bombing venezuelan boats" and not HEY THIS IS FUCKING ILLEGAL AND AGGRESSIVE
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
Completely anecdotal evidence that the teaching style of instructors might matter:
Youngest, a polyglot, started her 8th language, Spanish, last term. While she found the instructor affable, was turned off by her ridged, top-down style which discouraged moving past the class text. Grade: B. (1/2)
Youngest, a polyglot, started her 8th language, Spanish, last term. While she found the instructor affable, was turned off by her ridged, top-down style which discouraged moving past the class text. Grade: B. (1/2)
January 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Completely anecdotal evidence that the teaching style of instructors might matter:
Youngest, a polyglot, started her 8th language, Spanish, last term. While she found the instructor affable, was turned off by her ridged, top-down style which discouraged moving past the class text. Grade: B. (1/2)
Youngest, a polyglot, started her 8th language, Spanish, last term. While she found the instructor affable, was turned off by her ridged, top-down style which discouraged moving past the class text. Grade: B. (1/2)
Well, I guess no one is picking up the cost of my Zepbound this year. Guess it's a good thing I've pretty much hit my goal.
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Well, I guess no one is picking up the cost of my Zepbound this year. Guess it's a good thing I've pretty much hit my goal.
I pretty much stopped watching football after my dad passed nearly 3 decades ago (sportsball was our bonding thing.) But here I am, watching the Ducks with my younger son—who, of all my children looks most like my dad.
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I pretty much stopped watching football after my dad passed nearly 3 decades ago (sportsball was our bonding thing.) But here I am, watching the Ducks with my younger son—who, of all my children looks most like my dad.
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Live your life in such a way that more than half of humanity isn't hoping and praying for your death in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Live your life in such a way that more than half of humanity isn't hoping and praying for your death in 2026.
Finally getting my Novavax and flu shots. 💉
December 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Finally getting my Novavax and flu shots. 💉
We learned on Christmas Eve day that the spouse's 2015 Outback (200+K miles) had fatal transmission issues. So yesterday I ventured to the dealership to check out the redesigned 2026 Outback. Hated them. Came home with a 2025 TXT—identical to my 2023. I'm telling the neighbors mine cloned itself.
December 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We learned on Christmas Eve day that the spouse's 2015 Outback (200+K miles) had fatal transmission issues. So yesterday I ventured to the dealership to check out the redesigned 2026 Outback. Hated them. Came home with a 2025 TXT—identical to my 2023. I'm telling the neighbors mine cloned itself.
Trump's mother was an immigrant (who falsely claimed she was only "visiting" her sister,) and his father was born 3 months after his parents re-immigrated (post-deportation from Germany.) Neither of Trump's parents spoke English until they went to school. So to Miller, Trump is a problem?
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump's mother was an immigrant (who falsely claimed she was only "visiting" her sister,) and his father was born 3 months after his parents re-immigrated (post-deportation from Germany.) Neither of Trump's parents spoke English until they went to school. So to Miller, Trump is a problem?
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Century-old corals reveal the Pacific Northwest is acidifying faster than expected
Century-old corals reveal the Pacific Northwest is acidifying faster than expected
In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California’s Pacific coast. The team collected untold plant and animal specimens,…
news.mongabay.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Century-old corals reveal the Pacific Northwest is acidifying faster than expected
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An Ojibwe band is suing to overturn a federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline, arguing the reroute would pollute their wetlands and threaten treaty‑protected waters, wild rice, and other vital resources.
This Ojibwe Band Is Suing to Stop a Pipeline From Polluting Their Wetland Home
The suit targets a federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5, which the tribe says puts treaty-protected resources at risk.
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An Ojibwe band is suing to overturn a federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline, arguing the reroute would pollute their wetlands and threaten treaty‑protected waters, wild rice, and other vital resources.
TBF, in his profound cognitive decline, he probably doesn’t remember anything before this morning’s sausage McMuffin.
Trump on Jan. 9, 2024: “I was never on Epstein’s plane.”
Newly released documents: Trump was on Epstein’s plane multiple times.
Newly released documents: Trump was on Epstein’s plane multiple times.
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
TBF, in his profound cognitive decline, he probably doesn’t remember anything before this morning’s sausage McMuffin.
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BREAKING: Judge Cannon rules that her restriction on Jack Smith's classified documents report will end on Feb. 24. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
BREAKING: Judge Cannon rules that her restriction on Jack Smith's classified documents report will end on Feb. 24. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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There are enough signers on the discharger petition to force a vote to extend premiums, and if Speaker Johnson does not act NOW, 16,000 Oregonians in #OR06 are at risk of seeing their premiums SOAR.
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There are enough signers on the discharger petition to force a vote to extend premiums, and if Speaker Johnson does not act NOW, 16,000 Oregonians in #OR06 are at risk of seeing their premiums SOAR.
Lovely and powerful.
What a powerful video!
Words matter.
The R word blinds people from seeing capabilities.
Its use degrades and dehumanizes people with disabilities. When it's hurtful and wounds millions of people, their families and friends.
Via Grace Strobel on IG
#Pinks
Words matter.
The R word blinds people from seeing capabilities.
Its use degrades and dehumanizes people with disabilities. When it's hurtful and wounds millions of people, their families and friends.
Via Grace Strobel on IG
#Pinks
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Lovely and powerful.
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Central California is currently experiencing one of the most remarkable temperature inversions I've ever seen in this part of the world. The Central Valley remains miserably damp & chilly under dense fog layer, but it's balmily warm & sunny just 2,000ft up nearby mountain slopes!
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Central California is currently experiencing one of the most remarkable temperature inversions I've ever seen in this part of the world. The Central Valley remains miserably damp & chilly under dense fog layer, but it's balmily warm & sunny just 2,000ft up nearby mountain slopes!