Beth
@blueskybeth.bsky.social
A curious person on an internet voyage.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
All the flights to Syracuse for Christmas are $900, which has me in a quiet rage.
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
All the flights to Syracuse for Christmas are $900, which has me in a quiet rage.
Seattle’s airport welcome sign showcases the “local beauty” of Rowena Crest in Oregon, which is both funny and sad.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Seattle’s airport welcome sign showcases the “local beauty” of Rowena Crest in Oregon, which is both funny and sad.
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Traveling abroad on Thanksgiving means you can make up whatever tradition you want, such as doing Armagnac bone luges in Paris. Happy Thanksgiving from me and @blueskybeth.bsky.social!
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Traveling abroad on Thanksgiving means you can make up whatever tradition you want, such as doing Armagnac bone luges in Paris. Happy Thanksgiving from me and @blueskybeth.bsky.social!
Very entertained by Apple’s wallpaper suggestions, which are never of me or me and other people together but of my dog or my boyfriend. It’s like the algorithm chose for most photogenic and I didn’t make the cut 😂
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Very entertained by Apple’s wallpaper suggestions, which are never of me or me and other people together but of my dog or my boyfriend. It’s like the algorithm chose for most photogenic and I didn’t make the cut 😂
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This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
apnews.com/article/grey...
#Greystar Properties led the way to price fixing to ensure profits well beyond supply and demand. I don’t think $7 million is enough punishment for a powerful real estate company amid inflation and a nationwide housing shortage.
Greystar owns 30+ properties in #Portland.
#Greystar Properties led the way to price fixing to ensure profits well beyond supply and demand. I don’t think $7 million is enough punishment for a powerful real estate company amid inflation and a nationwide housing shortage.
Greystar owns 30+ properties in #Portland.
Largest US landlord to pay $7 million to settle rent‑setting algorithm lawsuit
Real estate giant Greystar has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states over its use of rent-setting algorithms that officials say drive up housing costs.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
apnews.com/article/grey...
#Greystar Properties led the way to price fixing to ensure profits well beyond supply and demand. I don’t think $7 million is enough punishment for a powerful real estate company amid inflation and a nationwide housing shortage.
Greystar owns 30+ properties in #Portland.
#Greystar Properties led the way to price fixing to ensure profits well beyond supply and demand. I don’t think $7 million is enough punishment for a powerful real estate company amid inflation and a nationwide housing shortage.
Greystar owns 30+ properties in #Portland.
I’m in Geneva this week and they graciously offer #lactosefree yogurts at the breakfast buffet for folks with a #dairy #alllergy.
This morning, however, they had lactose-filled yogurts with identical packaging in the section labeled “lactose free.” I took one.
This morning, however, they had lactose-filled yogurts with identical packaging in the section labeled “lactose free.” I took one.
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I’m in Geneva this week and they graciously offer #lactosefree yogurts at the breakfast buffet for folks with a #dairy #alllergy.
This morning, however, they had lactose-filled yogurts with identical packaging in the section labeled “lactose free.” I took one.
This morning, however, they had lactose-filled yogurts with identical packaging in the section labeled “lactose free.” I took one.
If you have #COBRA and pay fees on time, but your company does not forward your fees to the health insurer, e.g. #UHC, the insurer thinks you have no #coverage and *denies every visit within that time period*. It’s on you to resubmit every claim or face thousands of dollars in #medical bills. Fun!
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This morning the wolf barked bossily at me until I followed him outside and onto the dirt, where he happily settled down to chomp his chew with my full attention.
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This morning the wolf barked bossily at me until I followed him outside and onto the dirt, where he happily settled down to chomp his chew with my full attention.
I have had United Healthcare for one year and I can say with confidence it is the worst health plan I have ever experienced.
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I have had United Healthcare for one year and I can say with confidence it is the worst health plan I have ever experienced.
Working for a health insurance company means I am well equipped to call about scary denied claims and reprocess others’ mistakes and understand that insurers are not looking to make care easy for members. They are looking to make care profitable. I do not take it out on customer service.
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Working for a health insurance company means I am well equipped to call about scary denied claims and reprocess others’ mistakes and understand that insurers are not looking to make care easy for members. They are looking to make care profitable. I do not take it out on customer service.
www.thecut.com/article/draf...
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
When Your Husband Spends $300,000 on DraftKings
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
www.thecut.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
www.thecut.com/article/draf...
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
Made a strange sound to get the wolf to consent to the photo.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Made a strange sound to get the wolf to consent to the photo.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Catching a glimpse of the aurora from Portland, Oregon over the Columbia River.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Catching a glimpse of the aurora from Portland, Oregon over the Columbia River.
Another disappointing instance of the U.S. armed forces protecting their own instead of Forty-six plaintiffs in this case alone.
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Army gynecologist accused in lawsuit of secretly taking videos of patients during exams
The lawsuit filed Monday against Army Maj. Blaine McGraw involves a woman at Fort Hood, but it also includes allegations from years earlier in Hawaii.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Another disappointing instance of the U.S. armed forces protecting their own instead of Forty-six plaintiffs in this case alone.
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Found in Portland on one of those mystery electrical boxes by an elementary school.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Found in Portland on one of those mystery electrical boxes by an elementary school.
Valencia’s Fallas Festival, 2024. Their annual party goes about as hard as people imagine Portland to be these days (but isn’t, and wasn’t, because we are a culture of great exaggeration).
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Valencia’s Fallas Festival, 2024. Their annual party goes about as hard as people imagine Portland to be these days (but isn’t, and wasn’t, because we are a culture of great exaggeration).
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The best part of having POTS and needing extra salt to stabilize your blood pressure is when someone starts selling counterfeit electrolytes that have no salt in them at all!
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The best part of having POTS and needing extra salt to stabilize your blood pressure is when someone starts selling counterfeit electrolytes that have no salt in them at all!
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
Nooooo
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nooooo
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A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.
Say what you want about Warren. She’s one of the few who calls out Trump directly for his Louis XIV aspirations.
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Say what you want about Warren. She’s one of the few who calls out Trump directly for his Louis XIV aspirations.
Life could be worse. I could be a farmer.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Life could be worse. I could be a farmer.