Beth Shelburne
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Beth Shelburne
@bshelburne.bsky.social
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Journalist, writer, teacher, podcaster. Mama, wife, pal to assorted humans. Mostly brave except with roaches.
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Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Celebratimg freedom to love with Magic City Disco at central Alabama Pride Parade.
Yes on all this & I deeply appreciate you naming all of it. But I hope to assist other journalists in doing similar projects in their states. Grateful to FIJ for supporting & AL Reflector for supporting & publishing!
Thanks so much! 🙏🏻
Thanks so much! 🙏🏻
Time to declutter the garage after sustaining gash on leg by walking into a sled that doubles as storage for unused chandeliers.
Just watched 2 men argue in grocery line about who was there first. Turned & locked eyes with woman behind me. Ridiculous, she whispered. I nodded & rolled my eyes. The men kept arguing. “Women should be running the world,” she said out loud. The men got quiet. We bumped fists. If you know you know.
Was there anyone as boring as Elon Musk? Name someone more boring. Will wait.
I’m here & trying to migrate the 30k Twitter followers I worked hard to build, but a part of me is strongly considering blowing up all my socials & going analog. Isn’t all of this fucking silly as hell? We all need to go outside. Twitter, threads, substack, bluesky. It’s exhausting.
So..... I live here. So do lots of other people who care deeply, push back against oppression and speak truth to power. Jefferson County, where I live, is completely blue. So is the black belt part of the state. Leadership here sucks, but many people are the best resistors America has ever had.
Some thoughts on Alabama naming its new mega-prison after Gov. Kay Ivey. I write a substack called Moth to Flame at the intersection of justice, injustice and life in Alabama.
bethshelburne.substack.com/p/the-absurd...
The absurdity of Gov. Kay Ivey
Alabama's monument to mass incarceration will bear her name.
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Wow, in tech gadget life, that's an eternity!
My 2-year old Versa 2 fitbit is officially dead. All troubleshooting failed. Seems like a short life for such a pricey gadget. Should I switch to Apple Watch? What say y'all?
Godspeed to all the local news anchors who have to read the current events with a straight face. I felt like my face would peel off in 2016. Cannot imagine what it's like now. 100% sure I'd flip TF out.
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“It has not been possible, until recently, to fully appreciate the full extent to which the foundation of this conviction has disintegrated," wrote Jefferson County DA Danny Carr, about Toforest Johnson's conviction. His attorneys are seeking a new hearing.
alabamareflector.com/2024/11/18/a...
Alabama death row inmate Toforest Johnson seeks new hearing on conviction • Alabama Reflector
Attorneys for Johnson cite a district attorney's report that found grave issues with his conviction, in particular witness testimony.
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Mom’s boyfriend introduced her to what is quite possibly the worst food product ever made. His version was called “date loaf.” 😱😱😱😱😱
Working on the most complicated reporting assignment of my life and it feels like I'm having to crowbar every sentence out of my skull. Can anyone relate?
a man wearing glasses and a green jacket says " this is making my brain hurt "
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I am very blessed. 🙏🏻