Beth
@bb8-s.bsky.social
Unless otherwise attributed, all compositions are my own.
Write. It organizes the dissonance in your head into music.
Write. It organizes the dissonance in your head into music.
Miami Herald doing the necessary work here. The human beings being disappeared and shuffled around without the ability to access their support networks can't rescue themselves. Thanks to the Herald, someone knows where their friend, family, or community member is. It's a start.
The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz? We obtained a list
The Trump and DeSantis administrations have refused to release a roster of detainees, none of whom seem to appear in ICE’s online database.
www.miamiherald.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Miami Herald doing the necessary work here. The human beings being disappeared and shuffled around without the ability to access their support networks can't rescue themselves. Thanks to the Herald, someone knows where their friend, family, or community member is. It's a start.
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The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz? We obtained a list
The Trump and DeSantis administrations have refused to release a roster of detainees, none of whom seem to appear in ICE’s online database.
www.miamiherald.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
I despise the American cultural norm of debating who "deserves" something, be it rights, social services, or economic opportunities. Illiterate fucking hypocrites.
Bring back everyone.
Bring back everyone.
Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.
April 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I despise the American cultural norm of debating who "deserves" something, be it rights, social services, or economic opportunities. Illiterate fucking hypocrites.
Bring back everyone.
Bring back everyone.
This is one of those threads that I save after reading, so I can pull it up whenever I get the lazy "but common sense" rebuttal. Information-dense, easy to access, and thorough.
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
April 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is one of those threads that I save after reading, so I can pull it up whenever I get the lazy "but common sense" rebuttal. Information-dense, easy to access, and thorough.
So in the bsky neighborhood: what do when a bot-looking account follows you? Block? Report and block? Just got hit by a wave of 30+ stepford-looking followers.
April 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
So in the bsky neighborhood: what do when a bot-looking account follows you? Block? Report and block? Just got hit by a wave of 30+ stepford-looking followers.
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there are those in this world with only evil in their soul
March 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
there are those in this world with only evil in their soul
Another rough week and bracing for the next one to hit. Looking again at the reminders that humans are also pretty damn extraordinary. It helps. youtu.be/lxbGk8B7uAM?...
March 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Another rough week and bracing for the next one to hit. Looking again at the reminders that humans are also pretty damn extraordinary. It helps. youtu.be/lxbGk8B7uAM?...
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Amazing things happening to language and meaning over at @theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Amazing things happening to language and meaning over at @theguardian.com
Randy's back! youtu.be/KpPIxcntxkE?...
March 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Randy's back! youtu.be/KpPIxcntxkE?...
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We've been, correctly, beating them up for not doing anything. Today they did something and they deserve credit. Nice job, Dems. More, please.
1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.
Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
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Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.
S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies
The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
We've been, correctly, beating them up for not doing anything. Today they did something and they deserve credit. Nice job, Dems. More, please.
Some of the laid off feds are taking it upon themselves to educate the public. Take a moment to learn about the work that is currently not being done, and keep putting on the pressure so we can get people like this back to work. 18f.org
March 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Some of the laid off feds are taking it upon themselves to educate the public. Take a moment to learn about the work that is currently not being done, and keep putting on the pressure so we can get people like this back to work. 18f.org
So many reposts.
I log in, intent on writing. That was the plan: an account where I carve out words and place them on a shelf to just exist. Where I can take a breath and appreciate that existence.
But everything is so loud. How do I shape my words without adding to the cacophony?
I log in, intent on writing. That was the plan: an account where I carve out words and place them on a shelf to just exist. Where I can take a breath and appreciate that existence.
But everything is so loud. How do I shape my words without adding to the cacophony?
February 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So many reposts.
I log in, intent on writing. That was the plan: an account where I carve out words and place them on a shelf to just exist. Where I can take a breath and appreciate that existence.
But everything is so loud. How do I shape my words without adding to the cacophony?
I log in, intent on writing. That was the plan: an account where I carve out words and place them on a shelf to just exist. Where I can take a breath and appreciate that existence.
But everything is so loud. How do I shape my words without adding to the cacophony?
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.
January 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.
Sometimes I forget how incredible humans can be. I think that's how I want to start the new week.
youtu.be/TvWCRiwlZJg?...
youtu.be/TvWCRiwlZJg?...
Jesus Molina Learns Impossible Song On The Spot (Rush B)
YouTube video by Pianote
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January 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Sometimes I forget how incredible humans can be. I think that's how I want to start the new week.
youtu.be/TvWCRiwlZJg?...
youtu.be/TvWCRiwlZJg?...
"Appears to give"
"Some speculate"
"Roman-style salute"
That last one really kills me. All those Americans watching like ah yes, a fellow student of the classics.
Can a journalist explain please why they can't call an apple an apple or state that brownshirts are brown?
"Some speculate"
"Roman-style salute"
That last one really kills me. All those Americans watching like ah yes, a fellow student of the classics.
Can a journalist explain please why they can't call an apple an apple or state that brownshirts are brown?
January 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"Appears to give"
"Some speculate"
"Roman-style salute"
That last one really kills me. All those Americans watching like ah yes, a fellow student of the classics.
Can a journalist explain please why they can't call an apple an apple or state that brownshirts are brown?
"Some speculate"
"Roman-style salute"
That last one really kills me. All those Americans watching like ah yes, a fellow student of the classics.
Can a journalist explain please why they can't call an apple an apple or state that brownshirts are brown?
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Here a side-to-side comparison between Hitler and Musk and their salute...
you decide if this isn't a nazi salute
you decide if this isn't a nazi salute
January 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here a side-to-side comparison between Hitler and Musk and their salute...
you decide if this isn't a nazi salute
you decide if this isn't a nazi salute
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Permanent mood.
January 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Permanent mood.
My friend are great. I love them. I'm reading a novel that is completely blowing me away and none of them are the people I want to have that conversation with, and I think I haven't made all of the friends yet that I need in my life.
January 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
My friend are great. I love them. I'm reading a novel that is completely blowing me away and none of them are the people I want to have that conversation with, and I think I haven't made all of the friends yet that I need in my life.
I appreciate articles that challenge common narratives while providing the means to pursue the topic further on my own. Just gonna yeet this out there in the hopes it gets more eyes on it: celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I appreciate articles that challenge common narratives while providing the means to pursue the topic further on my own. Just gonna yeet this out there in the hopes it gets more eyes on it: celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
Waking up with horrible sinus pressure is like going to bed sober and waking up drunk. Can't start a thought, or can't finish it, or get lost somewhere between A and B. Why brain, why?
December 12, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Waking up with horrible sinus pressure is like going to bed sober and waking up drunk. Can't start a thought, or can't finish it, or get lost somewhere between A and B. Why brain, why?
Symbols are easier to love than people. A person is banal, inevitably so. No symbol endures examination without transforming into their unappealing human shape. Avoid examination, lest that which is loved becomes lost. Discard the person, adopt new idols, and live in fear that someone might see you.
December 10, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Symbols are easier to love than people. A person is banal, inevitably so. No symbol endures examination without transforming into their unappealing human shape. Avoid examination, lest that which is loved becomes lost. Discard the person, adopt new idols, and live in fear that someone might see you.
You'll have to excuse my face. And my tone. You see, I experienced stereo-mansplaining today. True story: one on my right, one on my left, both so eager to correct me that they had already inhaled before I had given them anything to address. Did I actually err or was it an anticipatory flinch?
December 7, 2024 at 5:05 AM
You'll have to excuse my face. And my tone. You see, I experienced stereo-mansplaining today. True story: one on my right, one on my left, both so eager to correct me that they had already inhaled before I had given them anything to address. Did I actually err or was it an anticipatory flinch?