Author | Lightnews

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 19h

Why are American women leaving the labour force?

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. 🤷‍♀️
economist.com/finance-and-...

Why are American women leaving the labour force?

Maybe they are becoming tradwives. Or maybe there is a more straightforward explanation

economist.com

1 3

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 1d

“Centrist” and “moderate” are different words for a reason, @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social

Link to article: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Image is a screenshot from an email header on this mail from Seattle Times says, “Could a centrist coalition shake up WA’s 2026 legislative session?” Then the intro to the email and article link says, “new moderate coalition forming…”

1

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 2d

More @404media.co gold:
“If you are actually interested in the generative AI boom and you are not identifying porn as a core use for the technology, you are either not paying attention or intentionally pretending it’s not happening.”
The whole article is great. #AI
www.404media.co/openai-sam-a...

OpenAI Catches Up to AI Market Reality: People Are Horny

Just two months ago, Sam Altman acknowledged that putting a “sex bot avatar” in ChatGPT would be a move to “juice growth.” Something the company had been tempted to do, he said, but had resisted.

www.404media.co

3

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 5d

'No Kings Day' protests in Seattle, WA and across U.S.: What to know

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Live: ‘No Kings Day’ protests in Seattle, WA and across U.S.: What to know

The second round of "No Kings Day" protests come amid a partial federal government shutdown and as Trump deploys, or threatens to deploy, National Guard troops to Democrat-led cities.

www.seattletimes.com

1 5

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 10d

A lot of people who aren’t from the desert think of it as an empty space. It’s far from empty: it’s home to some of the most magical landscape and wildlife anywhere.
This ridiculous wall is causing harm to an area already stressed region.
#arizona @azluminaria.org
azluminaria.org/2025/10/07/a...

A jaguar, a wall, a sacred valley: What's at stake in San Rafael - AZ Luminaria

In late summer, a jaguar padded somewhere near the San Rafael Valley, a pristine grassland nestled between the Patagonia and Huachuca Mountains southeast of Tucson. Trail cameras monitored by Sky Isla...

azluminaria.org

2

Reposted by Bethan

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

45 3.6K 9.1K

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 10d

From @404media.co, a great write-up of a really unfortunate attempted use of AI - beer judging.
The development of a beer and how qualified beer nerds analyze & express the qualities that make it good or not are human activities.
AI doesn’t belong anywhere in there.
www.404media.co/what-happene...

What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

www.404media.co

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 20d

ICEBlock is a well-designed, useful tool for ppl who care about their community. It doesn’t provide real-time stalking, it’s crowdsourced observation.
This is a disappointing action from #Apple & seems like an obvious, huge free speech issue.
Via @404media.co
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

1 4

Reposted by Bethan

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 28d

If they had the capacity to do this, it would be really bad. And they probably will try to do a couple of high profile examples to make you think they *do* have the capacity. But like a lot of stuff, this is a memo designed to get you to voluntarily stop doing stuff they don’t like.

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 28d

Uhhh, folks? This is real bad.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

www.whitehouse.gov

10 860 2K

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 29d

This editorial is a great example of why I subscribe to @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
What are we, each of us, going to do?
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

There's a word for all this: Authoritarianism | Editorial

The United States has slipped into authoritarianism, leading to the essential question for those who feel uneasy or opposed: What are you going to do about it?

www.seattletimes.com

3

Reposted by Bethan

Bolts @boltsmag.org · Sep 23

📣 Don't miss the results of local elections today in Arizona, Alabama, and Georgia. Our guide explains everything you need to know about these races and we will be updating it as the results come in.

The Ten Elections to Watch This September - Bolts

Ten elections across ten states: Bolts guides you through the races you should be tracking this month, from two congressional seats to acrimonious local recalls.

boltsmag.org

1 16 35

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · Sep 21

Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State

www.nytimes.com

1

Reposted by Bethan

Micah Lee @micahflee.com · Aug 19

My DEFCON talk "We are currently clean on OPSEC" now has over 30k views on YouTube, so now more people watched my talk than attended DEFCON itself. If you haven't seen it, please do! The Trump admin's incompetence is mindbogglingly BONKERS www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYy...

"We are currently clean on OPSEC": The Signalgate Saga (DEFCON 33)

YouTube video by Micah Lee

www.youtube.com

4 42 110

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · Sep 18

The @wikipedia.org page on antifa in the US says that antifa is a movement, some of they know each other & organize together, most of their actions are non-violent, and also it’s origins in the US are based on anti-racism action.
Here are some relevant bits -

Image says, “During the first Trump administration, the term antifa became "a conservative catch-all" term as Donald Trump, administration officials, Trump base supporters, and right-wing commentators applied the label to all sorts of left-leaning or liberal protest actions. Conservative writers such as L. Brent Bozell Ill associated the tactics of Black Lives Matter with those of antifa. “

2

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · Sep 18

Antifa is not a group or a club or - and this is a biggie - a terrorist organization.
Antifa are people who exercise their protected rights to protest when they need to, and also maybe organize bake sales to support bail funds, and generally just feel obligated to … you know, help prevent fascism.

1 1 1

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · Sep 18

Let’s not move too quickly past “antifa cell.”
Hi 👋🏻 my name is Bethan, and I’m a parent, a vet, & an antifascist.
Every living room in the country should be an active “antifa cell,” for the same set of reasons we’d be proud if our great grandma helped organize protests for women’s right to vote.

ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Sep 18

Their rich fantasy life would be impressive if it weren’t so paranoid and dangerous

“This person then speculated about an antifa cell in, of all places, central Utah. Other sources suggested that a band of transgender militants plotted the attack. “

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 18

www.wired.com/story/inside...

1 1

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · Sep 18

Who Is Brendan Carr of the F.C.C.?

This is a gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...

Who Is Brendan Carr of the F.C.C.?

www.nytimes.com

3 3

Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · Sep 17

There’s ABC not getting any of my money or time again, ever. I already cancelled my CBS / Paramount subscription. What should we expect from HBO?

www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death

ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.

www.seattletimes.com

3

Reposted by Bethan

nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · Sep 17

Land of the free, my friends.

1 4

Reposted by Bethan

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 16

I take no pleasure in this. Most Black people in the U.S. live in red states. But it’s important to be truthful about the caliber of governance. And so much of this is the bad decisionmaking that results from racism. Like refusing Medicaid expansion. Underfunding public education.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 16

Just take a moment. The whole thing is a scam. They are terrible at governing. Terrible. And all the noise is to distract from their fundamental incompetence in governance.

18 330 1.2K

Reposted by Bethan

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Sep 16

This is the same guy.

180 1.4K 4.6K

Reposted by Bethan

Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · Sep 14

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

210 3K 8.8K

Reposted by Bethan

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 15

“Unlike previous surveillance methods, new digital tools allow law enforcement agencies to conduct surveillance persistently, universally, at an unimaginable scale. They can do so with no special permission, no oversight and no advance planning.”