Bethy Peffy
@bethypeffy.bsky.social
30-something | they/she | tech enthusiast | casual gamer | Sims and Stardew | books and fiber arts | MSW | DFTBA
This count up timer has really changed the game for me on #focusfriend! I struggle to figure out how long tasks will take, so I kept undercutting myself on socks bc I didn't think a task would take as long as it did. Most of this comes from this week!!
@hankgreen.bsky.social
@hankgreen.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This count up timer has really changed the game for me on #focusfriend! I struggle to figure out how long tasks will take, so I kept undercutting myself on socks bc I didn't think a task would take as long as it did. Most of this comes from this week!!
@hankgreen.bsky.social
@hankgreen.bsky.social
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2 weeks left!
Nerdfighter Art submissions are open until October 29th!
Every year for the Project for Awesome, we collect physical artwork that is sold to raise money for charity.🎨❤️ Your art could get sent to nerdfighters all over the world!
Click here to learn more: projectforawesome.com/physicalart
Every year for the Project for Awesome, we collect physical artwork that is sold to raise money for charity.🎨❤️ Your art could get sent to nerdfighters all over the world!
Click here to learn more: projectforawesome.com/physicalart
October 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
2 weeks left!
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Study Hall courses offer the best low-investment, risk free way to start, re-start, or continue your college journey! Where else can you take a college course that starts on YouTube, and only pay for the credit after you've passed the course?
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Study Hall courses offer the best low-investment, risk free way to start, re-start, or continue your college journey! Where else can you take a college course that starts on YouTube, and only pay for the credit after you've passed the course?
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Complexly is looking to hire a Director of Development!
If you're interested, please review our job posting at Complexly.com/job and apply before Friday, October 17!
If you're interested, please review our job posting at Complexly.com/job and apply before Friday, October 17!
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Complexly is looking to hire a Director of Development!
If you're interested, please review our job posting at Complexly.com/job and apply before Friday, October 17!
If you're interested, please review our job posting at Complexly.com/job and apply before Friday, October 17!
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While Elon Musk prepares to sue Apple because he says it’s impossible to get Grok to #1 on the App Store, here’s a picture of me with @bobabria.bsky.social, the sole developer of the app that hit #1 on the App Store yesterday.
August 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
While Elon Musk prepares to sue Apple because he says it’s impossible to get Grok to #1 on the App Store, here’s a picture of me with @bobabria.bsky.social, the sole developer of the app that hit #1 on the App Store yesterday.
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Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers
Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions.
prospect.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
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The reason EV range (and gas mileage) go down so much when you drive faster is because, when you drive twice as fast, you hit twice as many molecules AND you hit each of those molecules with twice as much force, which means drag increases exponentially.
August 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The reason EV range (and gas mileage) go down so much when you drive faster is because, when you drive twice as fast, you hit twice as many molecules AND you hit each of those molecules with twice as much force, which means drag increases exponentially.
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I asked Orin what kind of guy he was and he said he was an octoguy because he’s eight years old.
August 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I asked Orin what kind of guy he was and he said he was an octoguy because he’s eight years old.
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mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.
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A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
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I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
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Instead I’ve been using “anti-vax influencers” which distinguishes them from normal folk and focuses not on what they do to vaccines, but what they do to people.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Instead I’ve been using “anti-vax influencers” which distinguishes them from normal folk and focuses not on what they do to vaccines, but what they do to people.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
I’ve more recently started using “vaccine alarmists” and “vaccine alarmism.”
Do with this what you will.
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My old typewriter fell apart on me while I was typing a letter to a friend.
(relatable)
This led to an oddly artistic mess. Ran out of ink afterwards, alas, after maybe 25 years of owning it.
(relatable)
This led to an oddly artistic mess. Ran out of ink afterwards, alas, after maybe 25 years of owning it.
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My old typewriter fell apart on me while I was typing a letter to a friend.
(relatable)
This led to an oddly artistic mess. Ran out of ink afterwards, alas, after maybe 25 years of owning it.
(relatable)
This led to an oddly artistic mess. Ran out of ink afterwards, alas, after maybe 25 years of owning it.
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Walking is really, really, really good for you.
Conclusion of a new meta-analysis that reviewed 57 studies on walking & health:
"Compared with 2,000 steps per day, 7,000 steps per day was associated with a 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Conclusion of a new meta-analysis that reviewed 57 studies on walking & health:
"Compared with 2,000 steps per day, 7,000 steps per day was associated with a 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Walking is really, really, really good for you.
Conclusion of a new meta-analysis that reviewed 57 studies on walking & health:
"Compared with 2,000 steps per day, 7,000 steps per day was associated with a 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Conclusion of a new meta-analysis that reviewed 57 studies on walking & health:
"Compared with 2,000 steps per day, 7,000 steps per day was associated with a 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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July 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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i have no idea what this pun means but nonetheless: the teaser for tag all stars is here.
we have literally never been more back
we have literally never been more back
July 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
i have no idea what this pun means but nonetheless: the teaser for tag all stars is here.
we have literally never been more back
we have literally never been more back
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This is a big and significant win, and speaks to the real power of public advocacy campaigns. Still a VERY long way to go in the fight against the cuts, though. Join us at @tbfighters.org in pushing against attempts to cut U.S. investments in domestic and global health.
Some really great news: funding for PEPFAR--about $400M for the global fight against HIV and AIDS--has been restored. Millions of lives will be saved.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Global AIDS funding to be pulled from Trump clawbacks request
The White House is backing off $400 million in proposed PEPFAR cuts due to GOP objections.
www.politico.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is a big and significant win, and speaks to the real power of public advocacy campaigns. Still a VERY long way to go in the fight against the cuts, though. Join us at @tbfighters.org in pushing against attempts to cut U.S. investments in domestic and global health.
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Are they going to start paying taxes??
The IRS said clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements, a potential move away from a 71-year-old policy that banned the mixing of religion and politics.
IRS: Churches should be allowed to make political endorsements
Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns. The agency now says political endorsements by churches should be allowed.
wapo.st
July 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Are they going to start paying taxes??
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Experts estimate USAID cuts are leading to 88 deaths PER HOUR. A UN office called these “the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector.” If funding isn't resumed, they estimate an additional 10 million cases & 2 million preventable deaths by 2030: tb.impactcounter.com
Tuberculosis Impact Counter | Tracking TB Funding Impact
Tracking the impact of TB funding via USAID
tb.impactcounter.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Experts estimate USAID cuts are leading to 88 deaths PER HOUR. A UN office called these “the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector.” If funding isn't resumed, they estimate an additional 10 million cases & 2 million preventable deaths by 2030: tb.impactcounter.com
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I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
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One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
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The heartbreak abounds in every direction, but it's so devastating to lose young people to HIV when we know how to prevent those deaths. We are now witnessing the horrific impacts of the U.S. Government's cuts to global health. magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/wor...
In a World with HIV Treatment, Why Are Teenagers Still Dying of AIDS?
magazine.hms.harvard.edu
June 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The heartbreak abounds in every direction, but it's so devastating to lose young people to HIV when we know how to prevent those deaths. We are now witnessing the horrific impacts of the U.S. Government's cuts to global health. magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/wor...
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The problem with this stretch of heat is that we're hot during the day, but the low temperatures at night are warm too. We're not recovering well overnight, and the heat wears on you more because of this. #stlwx
June 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The problem with this stretch of heat is that we're hot during the day, but the low temperatures at night are warm too. We're not recovering well overnight, and the heat wears on you more because of this. #stlwx
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Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.