Betsy Liley
betsyliley.bsky.social
Betsy Liley
@betsyliley.bsky.social
Connector. Raised billions for good causes. Recovering journalist. British-American. Find me with cats, at concerts, gardening, talking politics or traveling.
Fact 4:
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Fact 3: lThe Brookings Institution’s analyzed election results from 3,060 counties for which county-level GDP numbers are available, and a stark picture emerges of what red America actually represents economically relative to blue America.
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today is Moon Day - the anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s famous first walk on the moon in 1969.

The last man to walk on the moon was another fellow Boilermaker Gene Cernan on Dec. 14, 1972. No one has walked on the moon for 53 years.
July 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
More than 6% of Vermonters attended a NO KINGS event yesterday, according to early reporting. St Albans had 700+ people attend, one of a dozen events in a county without a single elected Democrat. US Rep. Becca Balint spoke from a pickup’s flatbed. Vermont’s motto is FREEDOM AND UNITY. We are.
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Hoping you have as beautiful a start to your Friday as we do.
March 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian who opposed National Socialism. He was killed by the Nazis for his resistance.
February 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
January 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
January 15 is a day when powerful spirits are born. Remembering two:
-My bonus grandmother Martha Gross, who would be 110 today, shown with my mom and me 3 weeks before she died at age 99 in 2013.
-Dear Lou Zeldis. His jewelry was sold and exhibited in museums around the world. He died in May 2012.
January 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More … resources for horses
January 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Via Feminist News.
January 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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January 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I’m sad to soon say goodbye to my beloved Athenian felines and my Greek sisters. Time in Athens is a treasure and a personal “Best of 2024.”
December 4, 2024 at 2:13 PM