Beth M
@bethlovesgoats.bsky.social
Gardener, reader, traveler, veterinarian, deeply disappointed and frightened political participant who still wants to end poverty, take down oppression, and dismantle patriarchy. Human freedom matters.
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island
Since returning to the presidency last month, Donald Trump has called for Canada to become the 51st US state, suggested he might take over the…
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February 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
USAID, founded in 1961 as the primary U.S. foreign aid agency, is now under threat of being dismantled by President Trump. Signs outside the USAID building have been removed, the agency’s website went offline, and its X account disappeared.
February 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
USAID, founded in 1961 as the primary U.S. foreign aid agency, is now under threat of being dismantled by President Trump. Signs outside the USAID building have been removed, the agency’s website went offline, and its X account disappeared.
As California Burns, ‘Octavia Tried to Tell Us’ Has New Meaning www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
As California Burns, ‘Octavia Tried to Tell Us’ Has New Meaning
The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a fiction writer.
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January 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A coalition of state attorneys general plans to file suit to block an order from the White House budget office that would freeze all federal grant programs by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Among the states joining the suit are New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Delaware.
January 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A coalition of state attorneys general plans to file suit to block an order from the White House budget office that would freeze all federal grant programs by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Among the states joining the suit are New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Delaware.
President Trump signed an executive order last week renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Across the other countries with maritime boundaries in the gulf, Trump’s move was met with annoyance, defiance, confusion and, at times, laughter. Read more. nyti.ms/40ziuvB
Gulf of Mexico? Gulf of America? What’s in a Name, Anyway?
Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.
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January 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
President Trump signed an executive order last week renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Across the other countries with maritime boundaries in the gulf, Trump’s move was met with annoyance, defiance, confusion and, at times, laughter. Read more. nyti.ms/40ziuvB
So I just showed up, but where's the party?
January 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So I just showed up, but where's the party?