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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

STOP PUNCHING MY HEART WWPJ.

It's not just seeing one parent every other weekend, it's the friends you don't see while he phones in a court order 4 days a month after beating your infant ass into different colors.

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We Were Promised Jetpacks - It's Thunder and It's Lightening

YouTube video by Fatcat Records

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

This University rejected Trump's "compact" so I fight along with some of them, but for real, they aren't much better than you think and when they eventually rip my healthcare away I will be the bullhorn until it kills me. I will shout until I literally die from it.

Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

Nobody is getting any raises, you can get promoted, but you don't get paid for it. Mini fascism.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

I built the museum with exactly one other person who is still there. One person. This is a world-class museum 3 years in.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

They don't care. Not the museum, the artists, nobody fucking cares. If they kill you it means they don't have to deal with the disabled one anymore. Trump is letting them happen.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

My PCP did all the things, but CVS and insurance blocked my life saving medicine.

I'm in the middle of a installation at a museum and if you don't know it's literal hell. 18+ hour days and without insulin it's a disaster waiting to happen.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

So you have to get needles, which need a prescription. Like, you literally have to stab yourself with a needle and if you get the dosage wrong YOU FUCKING DIE.

It burns in a weird way, like someone poked you with a soldering iron.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

You wanna know what 24 hours without insulin is like?

1. I called my PCP to initiate an emergency prescription
2. Blue Cross Blue Shield says "fuck off until next month"
3. I try everything, from finding a Walmart with fake-ass OTC insulin that, spoiler alert, doesn't work in insulin pumps.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3h

(next to an image of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez) “You cannot love this country if you only fight for the wealthy and big business.

To love this country is to fight for its people, all people. Working people ….. who punch a clock and are on their feet all day in some of the toughest jobs out there."

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 1h

I'm on a WWPJ kick because they have a song for everything right now:

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We Were Promised Jetpacks - I Keep It Composed [Unravelling]

YouTube video by FatCat Records Catalogue

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2h

If you say “relax” three times into a mirror at midnight, someone will appear behind you and whisper “don’t do it.”

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

The best band you've probably never heard is We Were Promised Jetpacks. Nothing like it, nobody does loner joy better.

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We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices

YouTube video by WWPJetpacks

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

"I... I'm over my fear of the darkness until someone's finger is over the light switch."

Fucking hell. Fucking America.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFVd...

We Were Promised Jetpacks - I Keep It Composed [Unravelling]

YouTube video by FatCat Records Catalogue

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

Not so fun backstory: My mind was like "remember when your mom crashed a car into a motel escaping your abusive father when you were 3?" and I woke up. I watched it over and over again. I seriously cannot even talk about this song without it gutting me to the core.

Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

It was Jimmy Kimmel Live thing, just down the street from us.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

Fun backstory - this song literally woke me up. I was dating a bartender in LA and we had different schedules. I would wake up for a few seconds and greet her when she got home. I fell asleep and this song literally woke me up, she was asleep. I rewound our tivo or whatever and just watched in awe.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

15. Describe the rest of your life in 5 words?

The. Rest. Of. MY. LIFE.

Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

14. What number am I thinking of?

47. Not because of the president, it's just the most prevalent random number in American culture. There is even a whole society built around the number an the phenomena that is 47. I think it's just phonetically pleasing to say.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

13. You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it?

Boy in the Backseat by We Were Promised Jetpacks. Every child of divorce will be gutted and energized by this song.

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Boy In The Backseat

YouTube video by We Were Promised Jetpacks - Topic

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

12. Most used app on your phone?

the lock screen

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

11. Flat or sparkling?

Sparkling is what drink manufacturers used to mimic the sensation of alcohol on the tongue. A "soft drink" is a carbonated beverage to make it tingle like alcohol.

I prefer the flat, hard stuff.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

10. Exercise: worth it?

Yes. But lift heavy things. The muscle will eat up future cheat days.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

9. Least favorite smell?

You just have to hike with a dog that finds a dead animal to know the absolute worst smell imaginable... death condensed in a car on the way home.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

8. Favorite smell?

Epiphyllum oxypetalum "queen of the night" will rock your world if you are lucky enough to catch its nocturnal fragrance. These plants are carried down through generations and trigger full-blown celebrations before they even bloom due to the smell. A close second is sandalwood.

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Betes @betes.bsky.social · 2h

7. Favorite action movie?

Commando. There are 2 main factors to consider in an action movie: the first is the count of shot pipes, like, how many bullets ricochet of of railings. The other is the bullet shimmy shake, which is when actors shimmy shake to show they are being riddled with bullets.

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