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Beth
@bethlynette.bsky.social
Writer (as Bess Linnet) of one book and a lot of poems

I've read Sophie Scholl and The White Rose by Annette Dumbach-- have you?
Pinned
A decade ago the Supreme Court would routinely block states from executing people without solid evidence or in torturous ways. But a more conservative-leaning bench has changed course
More Americans are being put to death
How the Supreme Court ushered in a surge in executions
econ.st
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o... #giftlink
Opinion | Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a... this is a good article about beautiful work, and KP if i had you for secret santa i'd get you the milk carton book mentioned towards the end. congrats on your new show! hope to get in to see it.
Ruth Asawa Turned Wire Into Her Lifeline
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
after many years of working very part-time, at 58 i've taken a job that requires a commute and takes me out of the house for many hours some days. when i come home i try to thank my hubby for the housework he's done. it is beyond stupid that we don't consider homemaking a job worthy of a salary.
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
english spring

#poem #poetry
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
i’ve become a commuter. this is about what i’ve seen and about cycles and how hard they are to break.

rescreen

#poem #poetry
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
i've crossed this bridge
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Reposted by Beth
TGI(stfu)F. Learn the script.
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/n... Mamdani should be prepared for Zelensky treatment. Be safe Zohran! We need you!
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth.

Journalists must speak out.
Journalists’ cameras become targets at Oregon protests
Federal agents in Portland are waging war on the press
freedom.press
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@ithacanexile.bsky.social 2-1! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
too emotional

#poem #poetry
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o... this is very very good #giftlink
Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In Pulpits and Pews, Catholic Churches Urge Compassion for Immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
In Pulpits and Pews, Catholic Churches Urge Compassion for Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete

Under future rules

Renew status? 1995, 98 x6

Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)

Citizenship 2013

news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Sir Mo Farah reveals 'the truth' about how he came to the UK
The Olympic star was warned speaking out could put his British citizenship at "real risk" - but it is understood the Home Office is taking no action against him.
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
this 💯
Refuge isn’t weakness. It’s an investment. And the returns are human, immeasurable, and generational.

Britain once understood that. It can again.

8/8
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🥳
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM