Gretchen Beavers
@wordsandnerds.bsky.social
Professional Explainer. Super nerd. Writer. Scientist. Waitress. Potato of defiance. Big Discworld Energy.
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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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 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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
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UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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I have no idea if this is a joke or for real and miss living in a world where fascism waffles didn't feel like a thing that could conceivably be possible.
Fuck Waffle House they’re fascists too
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I have no idea if this is a joke or for real and miss living in a world where fascism waffles didn't feel like a thing that could conceivably be possible.
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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The 30 Rock episode with “how do you do, fellow kids?” is closer to the release of Windows 98 than it is to today.
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 30 Rock episode with “how do you do, fellow kids?” is closer to the release of Windows 98 than it is to today.
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SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
SNAP benefits are currently being held hostage by the Trump administration and their fate now lies with the Supreme Court.
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
Beneath the legal arguments are real people who simply need food—a former federal worker, a single mother of 4, a disabled man. I spoke to them. Here are their stories:
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
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The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
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i don’t like him, but, man, turning down $10M in favor of haterdom is an all-time, world-class, heavyweight champion hater move
according to @jessyedwards.bsky.social of @hellgatenyc.com Curtis Sliwa just said on stage that he was offered $10 million to drop out of the race
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
i don’t like him, but, man, turning down $10M in favor of haterdom is an all-time, world-class, heavyweight champion hater move
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PSA: It is very difficult to do chest auscultation when the stethoscope earpieces are not in your ears.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
PSA: It is very difficult to do chest auscultation when the stethoscope earpieces are not in your ears.
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why would he come for online trads like this
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
why would he come for online trads like this
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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I’m copying this next year!
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I’m copying this next year!
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One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
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My quote of the day
The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
A. E. Housman
The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
A. E. Housman
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My quote of the day
The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
A. E. Housman
The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
A. E. Housman
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the hill I will die on is that you will edit better with a pen than on a screen (choose your colour; i prefer green to blue, and prefer blue to red, but anything's better than a keyboard)
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
the hill I will die on is that you will edit better with a pen than on a screen (choose your colour; i prefer green to blue, and prefer blue to red, but anything's better than a keyboard)
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I didn't think I needed an "always repost the Nazi bar story" but it feels like it bears repeating far too often.
for those unfamiliar with the nazi bar:
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I didn't think I needed an "always repost the Nazi bar story" but it feels like it bears repeating far too often.
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The racisms per second is like a Gatling gun.
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The racisms per second is like a Gatling gun.
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NYC Mayoral Debate
MAMDANI: I want to make NYC a better place to live
CUOMO: I want Mandala over here to admit he can't do anything, because I can't do anything
SLIWA: I would drink a $27 Moscow mule from Andrew Cuomo's skull
MAMDANI: I want to make NYC a better place to live
CUOMO: I want Mandala over here to admit he can't do anything, because I can't do anything
SLIWA: I would drink a $27 Moscow mule from Andrew Cuomo's skull
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
NYC Mayoral Debate
MAMDANI: I want to make NYC a better place to live
CUOMO: I want Mandala over here to admit he can't do anything, because I can't do anything
SLIWA: I would drink a $27 Moscow mule from Andrew Cuomo's skull
MAMDANI: I want to make NYC a better place to live
CUOMO: I want Mandala over here to admit he can't do anything, because I can't do anything
SLIWA: I would drink a $27 Moscow mule from Andrew Cuomo's skull