Betsy
@betsma.bsky.social
Musician, Choir Director, Trauma Informed Music Specialist, gardener, lover of books and dogs, feminist, leftie, EV owner and enthusiast, ME/CFS
Mr Abetz (about reducing the size of the public service by about 2,800 people)
“Sometimes when you 'right-size' there will be discomfort occasioned to people, which will not necessarily provide accolades for the government. But nevertheless, it's what we'll be doing”
He is such a pig.
“Sometimes when you 'right-size' there will be discomfort occasioned to people, which will not necessarily provide accolades for the government. But nevertheless, it's what we'll be doing”
He is such a pig.
Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium
Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Mr Abetz (about reducing the size of the public service by about 2,800 people)
“Sometimes when you 'right-size' there will be discomfort occasioned to people, which will not necessarily provide accolades for the government. But nevertheless, it's what we'll be doing”
He is such a pig.
“Sometimes when you 'right-size' there will be discomfort occasioned to people, which will not necessarily provide accolades for the government. But nevertheless, it's what we'll be doing”
He is such a pig.
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
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Inspirational woman 💪🏻
'Dirty, disgusting money': The heiress giving away her entire fortune
When Marlene Engelhorn inherited tens of millions of dollars from her grandma, she felt she had two choices: do something about it, or confirm she was "full of sh*t".
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Inspirational woman 💪🏻
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
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"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)
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#IBelieveTheSurvivors
The world doesn’t listen to women…if we did, Clarence Thomas & Brett Kavanaugh would not be Supreme Court justices.
I believed professor Anita Hill.
I believed Professor Christine Blasey Ford.
The world doesn’t listen to women…if we did, Clarence Thomas & Brett Kavanaugh would not be Supreme Court justices.
I believed professor Anita Hill.
I believed Professor Christine Blasey Ford.
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#IBelieveTheSurvivors
The world doesn’t listen to women…if we did, Clarence Thomas & Brett Kavanaugh would not be Supreme Court justices.
I believed professor Anita Hill.
I believed Professor Christine Blasey Ford.
The world doesn’t listen to women…if we did, Clarence Thomas & Brett Kavanaugh would not be Supreme Court justices.
I believed professor Anita Hill.
I believed Professor Christine Blasey Ford.
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💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
The world needs more David and Kirshas. Very grateful that these two do all that they do with such passion, generosity and deep intelligence.
Mona has lost $408m but David Walsh is 'completely happy'
Hobart's landmark Museum of Old and New Art has racked up a staggering amount in losses since it opened in 2011, but founder David Walsh is still building.
www.abc.net.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The world needs more David and Kirshas. Very grateful that these two do all that they do with such passion, generosity and deep intelligence.
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There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There was a time when 90% of Americans would have understood how deranged in every conceivable way a post like this is
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
I mean if you showed this to any American in 2001 they wouldn't even understand what they were looking at or what sort of deranged creature could possibly speak like this in public
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Have you got a video where Emma Thompson looks really hot and records words from an article you wrote? No? I do 🥰
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Have you got a video where Emma Thompson looks really hot and records words from an article you wrote? No? I do 🥰
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.
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🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
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Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.
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So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
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Good News!
Getting a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to enhance the effectiveness of a type of cancer immunotherapy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Getting a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to enhance the effectiveness of a type of cancer immunotherapy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment
Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer
www.science.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Good News!
Getting a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to enhance the effectiveness of a type of cancer immunotherapy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Getting a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to enhance the effectiveness of a type of cancer immunotherapy.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.
October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.
Here’s my fabulous daughter graduating from Pathways to Politics for Women - it’s been brilliant. @mollyida.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Here’s my fabulous daughter graduating from Pathways to Politics for Women - it’s been brilliant. @mollyida.bsky.social
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Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.