Betty
@bettybumpkins.bsky.social
Romance reading academic librarian
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Listening to Zoo by Shakira while plucking my chin hairs.
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Listening to Zoo by Shakira while plucking my chin hairs.
Oh, the windows inside are frosty.
So cold I've got ice forming inside my house.
So cold I've got ice forming inside my house.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Oh, the windows inside are frosty.
So cold I've got ice forming inside my house.
So cold I've got ice forming inside my house.
My MIL has an online shop selling holiday items: www.instagram.com/reel/DR2mkiR...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My MIL has an online shop selling holiday items: www.instagram.com/reel/DR2mkiR...
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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Trying this classic romance after a rough night/morning.
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Trying this classic romance after a rough night/morning.
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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In Opinion | The first step toward building a good jobs agenda requires officials thinking about economic development “to get over their manufacturing fetishism,” Dani Rodrik writes.
Opinion | What Even Is a ‘Good’ Job?
It starts with abandoning the fetish over manufacturing.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In Opinion | The first step toward building a good jobs agenda requires officials thinking about economic development “to get over their manufacturing fetishism,” Dani Rodrik writes.
I want to read my library books. I should be reading my book club books.
Instead, I found a new to me show to binge watch that has become my latest obsession. Sigh.
Sorry books.
Instead, I found a new to me show to binge watch that has become my latest obsession. Sigh.
Sorry books.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I want to read my library books. I should be reading my book club books.
Instead, I found a new to me show to binge watch that has become my latest obsession. Sigh.
Sorry books.
Instead, I found a new to me show to binge watch that has become my latest obsession. Sigh.
Sorry books.
I need to get more fun socks.
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I need to get more fun socks.
This fall has been so stressful and busy. Glad to read when I can.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This fall has been so stressful and busy. Glad to read when I can.
Just finished reading Murder on the Orient Express. Now, to rewatch the movie.
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just finished reading Murder on the Orient Express. Now, to rewatch the movie.
A crazy tale of school funding in NH.
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A crazy tale of school funding in NH.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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"New Hampshire, which provides the lowest proportion of state funding to its public schools in the country, relies on communities to support their own schools through property taxes. ...Each year, voters meet to approve that spending." From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Republicans advance bill for universal school district spending caps • New Hampshire Bulletin
Republican lawmakers are reviving an effort to impose mandatory budget caps on school districts, arguing the state should intervene to rein in rising local property taxes.
newhampshirebulletin.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"New Hampshire, which provides the lowest proportion of state funding to its public schools in the country, relies on communities to support their own schools through property taxes. ...Each year, voters meet to approve that spending." From @ethandewitt.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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The students--the children of active duty service members at bases in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan--claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when nearly 600 books were removed from the Department of Defense Education Activity schools they attend. www.nhpr.org/2025-10-21/b...
Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases
The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when…
www.nhpr.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The students--the children of active duty service members at bases in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan--claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when nearly 600 books were removed from the Department of Defense Education Activity schools they attend. www.nhpr.org/2025-10-21/b...
A great listen as we head into Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day. open.spotify.com/episode/2Px4...
21: Little Islands. The Dark History of America’s National Parks
open.spotify.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A great listen as we head into Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day. open.spotify.com/episode/2Px4...
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
Getting cozy with it.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Getting cozy with it.
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Don't you just hate when s tea smells delicious but then tastes...bitter?
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don't you just hate when s tea smells delicious but then tastes...bitter?
I hate when pain keeps me from enjoying clothing hauls.
October 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I hate when pain keeps me from enjoying clothing hauls.