Beth Mayer (she, her)
@bethmayer.bsky.social
Author of We Will Tell You Otherwise, a short story collection from Black Lawrence Press. Winner of the Hudson Prize. At work on a spooky novel & some strange, insistent essays. More at bethmayer dot com.
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I designed this poster in January and now it’s true!
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I designed this poster in January and now it’s true!
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Be courageous. @markruffalo.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Be courageous. @markruffalo.bsky.social
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HUGE congratulations to Naomi Cohn, whose memoir-in-flash THE BRAILLE ENCYCLOPEDIA (published by RMP in 2024) has won the GRAND PRIZE in the 2025 Eric Hoffer Awards! Woot!! If you haven't read it yet, be sure to check it out! www.hofferaward.com/Eric-Hoffer-...
May 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
HUGE congratulations to Naomi Cohn, whose memoir-in-flash THE BRAILLE ENCYCLOPEDIA (published by RMP in 2024) has won the GRAND PRIZE in the 2025 Eric Hoffer Awards! Woot!! If you haven't read it yet, be sure to check it out! www.hofferaward.com/Eric-Hoffer-...
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The question isn’t whether people like my daughter have something to offer. It’s whether society is finally ready to stop measuring value with the wrong scale.
Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter is a Tragedy
Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That...
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The question isn’t whether people like my daughter have something to offer. It’s whether society is finally ready to stop measuring value with the wrong scale.
Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.
In honor of Short Story Month, my lovely press is offering a sale on their collections, including my book We Will Tell You Otherwise. Support small presses & enjoy!
Sale - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press
Independent publisher of contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
blacklawrencepress.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In honor of Short Story Month, my lovely press is offering a sale on their collections, including my book We Will Tell You Otherwise. Support small presses & enjoy!
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She is clearly correct
AOC is accusing Trump of manipulating the market to insiders' benefit.
Elizabeth Warren has called for an investigation into Trump’s volatile change of course and Adam Schiff warned against the "dangerous opportunities for insider trading.”
Elizabeth Warren has called for an investigation into Trump’s volatile change of course and Adam Schiff warned against the "dangerous opportunities for insider trading.”
AOC Calls Out Suspicious Stock Trades in Congress Amid Tariff Fiasco
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is using Trump’s tariffs whiplash to call for an end to insider trading in Congress.
newrepublic.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
She is clearly correct
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Criminal behavior
BREAKING: US Politicians were buying tariff exempt companies before the news like $AAPL Apple.
Take Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. She bought $AAPL, $AMZN, $DELL, $NKE, and others before the surprise announcement today, buyjng the companies as they fell.
Unusual.
Take Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. She bought $AAPL, $AMZN, $DELL, $NKE, and others before the surprise announcement today, buyjng the companies as they fell.
Unusual.
April 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Criminal behavior
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Update: Many students nationwide say the Trump administration's efforts to address what it calls antisemitism on college campuses have had a chilling effect on speech and political activity.
April 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Update: Many students nationwide say the Trump administration's efforts to address what it calls antisemitism on college campuses have had a chilling effect on speech and political activity.
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Trump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important:
He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.
He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.
Donald Trump authorizes U.S. military to take control of land on southern border
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Friday giving the U.S. military jurisdiction over federal lands at the southern border.
www.usatoday.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important:
He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.
He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.
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The DNC was like the beginning of a disaster movie: SO many brilliant women warned everybody what's to come.
Now we're in the middle of the f-ing movie... somewhere between Jurassic Park, The Day After Tomorrow, & Schindler's List.
& ALL Americans had to do to prevent this... was trust women. 👇🏼
Now we're in the middle of the f-ing movie... somewhere between Jurassic Park, The Day After Tomorrow, & Schindler's List.
& ALL Americans had to do to prevent this... was trust women. 👇🏼
April 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The DNC was like the beginning of a disaster movie: SO many brilliant women warned everybody what's to come.
Now we're in the middle of the f-ing movie... somewhere between Jurassic Park, The Day After Tomorrow, & Schindler's List.
& ALL Americans had to do to prevent this... was trust women. 👇🏼
Now we're in the middle of the f-ing movie... somewhere between Jurassic Park, The Day After Tomorrow, & Schindler's List.
& ALL Americans had to do to prevent this... was trust women. 👇🏼
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Trump thrives on creating havoc & chaos so that the American is forced to have a goldfish memory.
So let Rachel Maddow remind you that Republicans had the ABSOLUTE ability to stop Trump's tariffs from going into effect.
They 👏🏼 chose 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 change 👏🏼 time 👏🏼 instead. 👏🏼
This 💩 is their 💩. Own it!
So let Rachel Maddow remind you that Republicans had the ABSOLUTE ability to stop Trump's tariffs from going into effect.
They 👏🏼 chose 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 change 👏🏼 time 👏🏼 instead. 👏🏼
This 💩 is their 💩. Own it!
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trump thrives on creating havoc & chaos so that the American is forced to have a goldfish memory.
So let Rachel Maddow remind you that Republicans had the ABSOLUTE ability to stop Trump's tariffs from going into effect.
They 👏🏼 chose 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 change 👏🏼 time 👏🏼 instead. 👏🏼
This 💩 is their 💩. Own it!
So let Rachel Maddow remind you that Republicans had the ABSOLUTE ability to stop Trump's tariffs from going into effect.
They 👏🏼 chose 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 change 👏🏼 time 👏🏼 instead. 👏🏼
This 💩 is their 💩. Own it!
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When hundreds of thousands of people coordinate across an entire nation to protest governmental policies, that’s not a page 18 story. That’s not a “see more in section B” situation. That’s front-page news. Period.
Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”
Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power.
newrepublic.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
When hundreds of thousands of people coordinate across an entire nation to protest governmental policies, that’s not a page 18 story. That’s not a “see more in section B” situation. That’s front-page news. Period.
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They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.
#handsoff #50501protests
#handsoff #50501protests
April 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.
#handsoff #50501protests
#handsoff #50501protests
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The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.
www.motherjones.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
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Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3
April 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3
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NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1.
More here:
More here:
EveryLibrary Condemns the Trump Administration's Termination of IMLS Grants as an Attack on Libraries, Museums, and Archives Everywhere.
State Library Agencies and other grant recipients across the country began receiving official notices from the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services terminating their grants,...
www.everylibrary.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1.
More here:
More here:
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A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.”
She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.
She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.”
She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.
She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.
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Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?
Masked officers in Tufts student arrest raise fears among immigrants and bystanders
Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?
www.npr.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Federal agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?
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Thanks Publishers Weekly for spreading the news about our Immigrant Author Fellowship!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
March 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thanks Publishers Weekly for spreading the news about our Immigrant Author Fellowship!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
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It would behoove everybody to think of this week as a declaration of war.
One thing to keep in mind: wars are not won by brute force alone, they're won by psy-ops & demoralizing our morale.
Please reasses information you read from the point of view: why does it benefit the enemy if I believe this?
One thing to keep in mind: wars are not won by brute force alone, they're won by psy-ops & demoralizing our morale.
Please reasses information you read from the point of view: why does it benefit the enemy if I believe this?
February 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It would behoove everybody to think of this week as a declaration of war.
One thing to keep in mind: wars are not won by brute force alone, they're won by psy-ops & demoralizing our morale.
Please reasses information you read from the point of view: why does it benefit the enemy if I believe this?
One thing to keep in mind: wars are not won by brute force alone, they're won by psy-ops & demoralizing our morale.
Please reasses information you read from the point of view: why does it benefit the enemy if I believe this?
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Currently, she is barred from promoting the book, but her publisher can still sell ut. Wouldn't it be fun if we all bought a copy?
bookshop.org/p/books/care...
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
bookshop.org
March 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Currently, she is barred from promoting the book, but her publisher can still sell ut. Wouldn't it be fun if we all bought a copy?
bookshop.org/p/books/care...
bookshop.org/p/books/care...
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The tech world is pushing AI into everything and telling us it's both the way of the future and inevitable. Meanwhile, in the tech world:
Parents in Tech Want Their Kids to Go Into the Arts Instead
Hands-on jobs that demand creativity are seen as less vulnerable to artificial intelligence.
bostonglobe.us11.list-manage.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The tech world is pushing AI into everything and telling us it's both the way of the future and inevitable. Meanwhile, in the tech world:
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“Like Dostoevsky, but with less humor.”
Kirkus Reviews of Trump’s Second Term
“I didn’t think it could get worse after the 2016 release, but it got worse—much, much worse.” “Horrible character development. It’s nearly impossi...
buff.ly
March 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Like Dostoevsky, but with less humor.”
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It appears that poor little Zuckerberg is working his wee fingers to the bone to silence the author of a memoir. Apparently, it hurts his feelings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir (Gift Article)
An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It appears that poor little Zuckerberg is working his wee fingers to the bone to silence the author of a memoir. Apparently, it hurts his feelings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...