Betty 💜
@bettyreads222.bsky.social
Passionate reader. Latinx. 🇩🇴 Biro Ace. 💜 Chronically ill. She/Her. Editorial Director at Womanly Mag. I love K-Pop & BLs so that's what I'll talk about most ☺
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Friendly reminder that anyone within the jurisdiction of the United States is entitled to due process.
It is NOT dependent on one's citizenship, immigration, or criminal status.
It is NOT dependent on one's citizenship, immigration, or criminal status.
April 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Friendly reminder that anyone within the jurisdiction of the United States is entitled to due process.
It is NOT dependent on one's citizenship, immigration, or criminal status.
It is NOT dependent on one's citizenship, immigration, or criminal status.
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The road to fascism is paved with bitches telling you “it’s not that serious”
April 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The road to fascism is paved with bitches telling you “it’s not that serious”
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If you're protesting tomorrow, wear a mask!
A) protects you from survellaince
B) there will be a lot of people and covid is still around as well as measles and the flu
A) protects you from survellaince
B) there will be a lot of people and covid is still around as well as measles and the flu
April 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If you're protesting tomorrow, wear a mask!
A) protects you from survellaince
B) there will be a lot of people and covid is still around as well as measles and the flu
A) protects you from survellaince
B) there will be a lot of people and covid is still around as well as measles and the flu
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Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it.
Read books.
Form your own opinions.
LEARN THINGS.
READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND
Read books.
Form your own opinions.
LEARN THINGS.
READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND
April 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it.
Read books.
Form your own opinions.
LEARN THINGS.
READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND
Read books.
Form your own opinions.
LEARN THINGS.
READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND
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EIGHT. FIGURE. DEAL.
Imagine how many authors, especially BIPOC and Latinx authors who are severely underrepresented in publishing, could have gotten a start instead of two people who probably won’t even write this book themselves.
Imagine how many authors, especially BIPOC and Latinx authors who are severely underrepresented in publishing, could have gotten a start instead of two people who probably won’t even write this book themselves.
March 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
EIGHT. FIGURE. DEAL.
Imagine how many authors, especially BIPOC and Latinx authors who are severely underrepresented in publishing, could have gotten a start instead of two people who probably won’t even write this book themselves.
Imagine how many authors, especially BIPOC and Latinx authors who are severely underrepresented in publishing, could have gotten a start instead of two people who probably won’t even write this book themselves.
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They. Are. STILL. BOMBING. HOSPITALS!!!!!
March 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
They. Are. STILL. BOMBING. HOSPITALS!!!!!
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The hardest lesson to learn when you are recovering from depression is that your isolation is just making you worse. Go be with friends that uplift you and love you. It works wonders.
March 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The hardest lesson to learn when you are recovering from depression is that your isolation is just making you worse. Go be with friends that uplift you and love you. It works wonders.
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Just met with some lovely folks who until recently worked at USAID and their implementing partners. Moving, heartbreaking, and enraging to hear the long-term impacts and wasted potential of our sudden, chaotic abandonment of global health aid.
March 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just met with some lovely folks who until recently worked at USAID and their implementing partners. Moving, heartbreaking, and enraging to hear the long-term impacts and wasted potential of our sudden, chaotic abandonment of global health aid.
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it’s amazing how the last 12 years or so have completely destroyed the sense of elite mystique that used to surround these people
and I do think that social media had a big role in that
and I do think that social media had a big role in that
"These top elite lawmakers, lawyers, editors, CEOs, etc with their fancy Ivy degrees must all be very smart people," I used to think.
March 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
it’s amazing how the last 12 years or so have completely destroyed the sense of elite mystique that used to surround these people
and I do think that social media had a big role in that
and I do think that social media had a big role in that
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Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
March 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
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This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
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A quick post-cruise refresher from me before I do any serious delving into any particular current events:
Fuck fascists
Fuck -phobes
Fuck wealthy sociopaths
Fuck immigrant-haters
Fuck sexists
Fuck anyone who wants to invade Canada and/or Mexico
Fuck vaccine deniers
Fuck this administration
Etc, etc
Fuck fascists
Fuck -phobes
Fuck wealthy sociopaths
Fuck immigrant-haters
Fuck sexists
Fuck anyone who wants to invade Canada and/or Mexico
Fuck vaccine deniers
Fuck this administration
Etc, etc
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A quick post-cruise refresher from me before I do any serious delving into any particular current events:
Fuck fascists
Fuck -phobes
Fuck wealthy sociopaths
Fuck immigrant-haters
Fuck sexists
Fuck anyone who wants to invade Canada and/or Mexico
Fuck vaccine deniers
Fuck this administration
Etc, etc
Fuck fascists
Fuck -phobes
Fuck wealthy sociopaths
Fuck immigrant-haters
Fuck sexists
Fuck anyone who wants to invade Canada and/or Mexico
Fuck vaccine deniers
Fuck this administration
Etc, etc
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I love it how daylight savings just moves things over slightly but instead of adapting my brain is like "what if now we didn't sleep ever 🙂↔️"
March 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I love it how daylight savings just moves things over slightly but instead of adapting my brain is like "what if now we didn't sleep ever 🙂↔️"
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It’s a weird moment in American life, we’re being held hostage by an autocrat who is nakedly corrupt but also just not very smart
the authoritarianism is bad, but the loser energy is absolutely intolerable
March 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It’s a weird moment in American life, we’re being held hostage by an autocrat who is nakedly corrupt but also just not very smart
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•••••BREAKING•••••
The measles outbreak in western Texas is rapidly growing, with 25 new cases confirmed in just the last five days. In West Texas alone, there are now a total of 223 confirmed cases, according to new data released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Watch..
The measles outbreak in western Texas is rapidly growing, with 25 new cases confirmed in just the last five days. In West Texas alone, there are now a total of 223 confirmed cases, according to new data released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Watch..
March 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
•••••BREAKING•••••
The measles outbreak in western Texas is rapidly growing, with 25 new cases confirmed in just the last five days. In West Texas alone, there are now a total of 223 confirmed cases, according to new data released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Watch..
The measles outbreak in western Texas is rapidly growing, with 25 new cases confirmed in just the last five days. In West Texas alone, there are now a total of 223 confirmed cases, according to new data released by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
Watch..
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- make boycott your default practice
- tell your friends and family (esp those not on social media or connected to movement) why you’re boycotting - ask them to join you!
- tell your friends and family (esp those not on social media or connected to movement) why you’re boycotting - ask them to join you!
February 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
- make boycott your default practice
- tell your friends and family (esp those not on social media or connected to movement) why you’re boycotting - ask them to join you!
- tell your friends and family (esp those not on social media or connected to movement) why you’re boycotting - ask them to join you!
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Tomorrow, people across the country are participating in an Economic Blackout—a coordinated effort to withhold spending for 24 hours to send a powerful message about economic justice, corporate greed, and political accountability.
February 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Tomorrow, people across the country are participating in an Economic Blackout—a coordinated effort to withhold spending for 24 hours to send a powerful message about economic justice, corporate greed, and political accountability.
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I don't know how else to say this except for bluntly:
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I don't know how else to say this except for bluntly:
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
It is not normal to have outbreaks of preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
It is not normal to have children dying from preventable diseases in wealthy countries.
This is the first US measles death in 10 years. There should be none.
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36% of all banned books contain a character or a real person of color. But sure, this is about protecting the children. people.com/sex-claims-e...
'Explicit' Sex Claims ‘Exaggerated,’ Black and LGBTQ+ Characters Overwhelmingly Targeted, New Book Ban Analysis Finds
A new PEN America analysis of books banned during the 2023-2024 school year shows which stories were disproportionately removed from shelves — and debunks “exaggerated” claims about books that feature...
people.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
36% of all banned books contain a character or a real person of color. But sure, this is about protecting the children. people.com/sex-claims-e...
Having different responses to how are you 2 months into the worst chronic pain is a fun game.
Asked a friend how it's going and they responded "bad but I'm used to it" devastating
February 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Having different responses to how are you 2 months into the worst chronic pain is a fun game.
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Maybe instead of purging the Social Security workers who make sure seniors get their checks on time, we should be expanding benefits to make life a little easier for your parents and grandparents.
February 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Maybe instead of purging the Social Security workers who make sure seniors get their checks on time, we should be expanding benefits to make life a little easier for your parents and grandparents.