Bethany
@hermione61.bsky.social
Yes to: Music, theatre, teaching, books, treating people decently and voting accordingly.
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
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If the shoe fits -
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If the shoe fits -
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Anti-fact Affirmative Action
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Anti-fact Affirmative Action
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This feels like it went under the radar a bit re public alarm - why are *ICE* stockpiling guided missiles? An agency that only operates domestically?
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This feels like it went under the radar a bit re public alarm - why are *ICE* stockpiling guided missiles? An agency that only operates domestically?
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Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
TRUTH. Every little bit of positive action, every contribution no matter how small, & every bit of support for independent & truth-based news sources all help in the fight, including the fight for personal sanity.
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
TRUTH. Every little bit of positive action, every contribution no matter how small, & every bit of support for independent & truth-based news sources all help in the fight, including the fight for personal sanity.
An extra-large shoutout to every single person who attended a NO KINGS rally in a small town or rural area. Huzzah for the big cities - but there's a strong blue contingent in most urban areas, and strength of numbers. It takes extra guts and conviction to show up in a red town. BRAVO AND THANK YOU.
October 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
An extra-large shoutout to every single person who attended a NO KINGS rally in a small town or rural area. Huzzah for the big cities - but there's a strong blue contingent in most urban areas, and strength of numbers. It takes extra guts and conviction to show up in a red town. BRAVO AND THANK YOU.
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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October 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Shame.
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Shame.
Yesterday's Manhattan "No Kings" event was fun, peaceful, and HUGE. There were companion events in other areas of the city, though this Times Square to 14th Street march was the largest. These are all screenshots of photos - no metadata. / Portland, you're inspiring us all - frogs unite!
October 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yesterday's Manhattan "No Kings" event was fun, peaceful, and HUGE. There were companion events in other areas of the city, though this Times Square to 14th Street march was the largest. These are all screenshots of photos - no metadata. / Portland, you're inspiring us all - frogs unite!
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Fuck the Groyper Wars and their misuse of Bella Ciao.
We're reclaiming it. ✊🏼
Absolutely haunting version. 👇🏼 Posted in the summer of 2024 by Mitski.
We're reclaiming it. ✊🏼
Absolutely haunting version. 👇🏼 Posted in the summer of 2024 by Mitski.
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Fuck the Groyper Wars and their misuse of Bella Ciao.
We're reclaiming it. ✊🏼
Absolutely haunting version. 👇🏼 Posted in the summer of 2024 by Mitski.
We're reclaiming it. ✊🏼
Absolutely haunting version. 👇🏼 Posted in the summer of 2024 by Mitski.
Makes this a better option than Amendment 25, then? Of course the next up is Johnson, right? What a mess.
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Makes this a better option than Amendment 25, then? Of course the next up is Johnson, right? What a mess.
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Say it!
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Say it!
Looks like a great meal for pro-Constitution, pro-First Amendment lawyers. For what defensible reason, exactly, was this guy grabbed by our fascist goons? @aclu.org - you seeing this?
PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵
October 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looks like a great meal for pro-Constitution, pro-First Amendment lawyers. For what defensible reason, exactly, was this guy grabbed by our fascist goons? @aclu.org - you seeing this?
A smile to start the day. This is how to do it, people. Let's keep the faith this Saturday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtB...
The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade
YouTube video by Hot Garbage Productions
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A smile to start the day. This is how to do it, people. Let's keep the faith this Saturday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtB...
Hear, hear.
ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points.
But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.
But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hear, hear.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Um....that ear does NOT look like it ever met a bullet.
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Um....that ear does NOT look like it ever met a bullet.
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Russell Vought says we need to illegally shut down the CFPB because it’s terrorizing small mom-and-pop lenders. The CFPB only regulates lenders with assets worth more than $10 billion. The amount of blatant spinning and lying in this administration is disgusting
October 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Russell Vought says we need to illegally shut down the CFPB because it’s terrorizing small mom-and-pop lenders. The CFPB only regulates lenders with assets worth more than $10 billion. The amount of blatant spinning and lying in this administration is disgusting
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President Trump is propping up a foreign government with a $20 billion taxpayer bailout while he cuts funding for American communities and shuts down our own government.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
FAQ: Why America just bailed out Argentina with a $20 billion lifeline | CNN Business
The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or American interests.
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
President Trump is propping up a foreign government with a $20 billion taxpayer bailout while he cuts funding for American communities and shuts down our own government.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
This is both a) nonsense, and b) DANGEROUS. The Trumpies are setting up a phantom menace - "antifa" as if it were a real organization rather than a point of view - precisely so they can attack people for "belonging" to it.
As I wrote in April, the Trump administration is repurposing the “war on terror” framing against a new set of supposed enemies—both foreign and domestic.
DHS Secretary lumping together Antifa, MS-13, & TdA with ISIS.
www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
DHS Secretary lumping together Antifa, MS-13, & TdA with ISIS.
www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is both a) nonsense, and b) DANGEROUS. The Trumpies are setting up a phantom menace - "antifa" as if it were a real organization rather than a point of view - precisely so they can attack people for "belonging" to it.
Bravo Portland!
I'm putting an anti-ICE furry protest on my 2025 BINGO card... just in case.
We KNOW you already have the costumes. 😍
We KNOW you already have the costumes. 😍
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Bravo Portland!
OF COURSE they need to be unmasked. It's appalling that it's allowed at all.
This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.
📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.
📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
OF COURSE they need to be unmasked. It's appalling that it's allowed at all.