Beth Thommesen
@bethietee.bsky.social
Madison, WI. Marketing by day, arts and crafts by night. My wish for the afterlife is that I can come back as a ghost to finish my ever-growing TBR pile.
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[defense wheels out a tv with their own ai of the victim] hey man, thanks for killing me
no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks
May 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
[defense wheels out a tv with their own ai of the victim] hey man, thanks for killing me
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When you're picking a Pope
And you're sending up smoke
That's a conclave
When the smoke isn't white
You knock off for the night
That's a conclave
And you're sending up smoke
That's a conclave
When the smoke isn't white
You knock off for the night
That's a conclave
May 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When you're picking a Pope
And you're sending up smoke
That's a conclave
When the smoke isn't white
You knock off for the night
That's a conclave
And you're sending up smoke
That's a conclave
When the smoke isn't white
You knock off for the night
That's a conclave
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
May 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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DOGE initially promised to save taxpayers $2 trillion.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
May 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
DOGE initially promised to save taxpayers $2 trillion.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts.
And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B.
We're losing vital government services for basically nothing in return.
Took an hour of the day to just turn everything else off and make some art.
FOY Ovenbird today and an extra crispy Diet Coke from McDs too so it’s not all bad.
Still finding joy in small things.
FOY Ovenbird today and an extra crispy Diet Coke from McDs too so it’s not all bad.
Still finding joy in small things.
May 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Took an hour of the day to just turn everything else off and make some art.
FOY Ovenbird today and an extra crispy Diet Coke from McDs too so it’s not all bad.
Still finding joy in small things.
FOY Ovenbird today and an extra crispy Diet Coke from McDs too so it’s not all bad.
Still finding joy in small things.
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At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
April 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
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Please join the Texanist in wishing a great big Texas-sized happy 92nd birthday to this old #GOAT! We love you, #WillieNelson.
April 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Please join the Texanist in wishing a great big Texas-sized happy 92nd birthday to this old #GOAT! We love you, #WillieNelson.
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Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.”
“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.”
Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal
“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”
“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”
Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures
"If the abnormal goes on long enough it becomes the normal. It was just that, when you came to explain it to a third party, it sounded odd."
"If the abnormal goes on long enough it becomes the normal. It was just that, when you came to explain it to a third party, it sounded odd."
April 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.”
“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.”
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Some pics from the weekend for #MallardMonday. Went to one of my favorite places (UW Memorial Union Terrace) and caught this brave lass walking amongst the crowd. Bonus shot of the Union!
April 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Some pics from the weekend for #MallardMonday. Went to one of my favorite places (UW Memorial Union Terrace) and caught this brave lass walking amongst the crowd. Bonus shot of the Union!
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there will be plenty of things out there that are not to your taste, but this culture of saying yuck to sincerity to get little more than an empty laugh - it will destroy your heart.
April 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
there will be plenty of things out there that are not to your taste, but this culture of saying yuck to sincerity to get little more than an empty laugh - it will destroy your heart.
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Old North Church in Boston in the "spot light" again
April 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Old North Church in Boston in the "spot light" again
A few days ago Glen heard some crows making a ruckus in the backyard and we went on the porch to investigate. Turns out they were harassing a Great Horned Owl that had been trying to nap in one of trees!
(Pictures taken through a screened window so they aren’t the best, bonus blue jay pic)
#birds
(Pictures taken through a screened window so they aren’t the best, bonus blue jay pic)
#birds
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A few days ago Glen heard some crows making a ruckus in the backyard and we went on the porch to investigate. Turns out they were harassing a Great Horned Owl that had been trying to nap in one of trees!
(Pictures taken through a screened window so they aren’t the best, bonus blue jay pic)
#birds
(Pictures taken through a screened window so they aren’t the best, bonus blue jay pic)
#birds
Life could be so cool and instead we have whatever the fuck this is.
April 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Life could be so cool and instead we have whatever the fuck this is.
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America: where having an autism awareness tattoo means you're an MS-13 gang member, but having a swastika tattoo just means you're a German history buff
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
America: where having an autism awareness tattoo means you're an MS-13 gang member, but having a swastika tattoo just means you're a German history buff
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i've taken shits for longer than Katy Perry was "in space"
April 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
i've taken shits for longer than Katy Perry was "in space"
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new marie antoinette just dropped
Gayle King Defends 11-Minute Space Flight After ‘Disrespectful’ Backlash:
"My question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing.'"
"My question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing.'"
Gayle King Defends 'Expensive' 11-Minute Space Flight After 'Disrespectful' Backlash
Gayle King defends Blue Origin space flight after herself, Katy Perry, and the other participants received backlash for going to space for 11 minutes.
rollingstone.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
new marie antoinette just dropped
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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It’s hard to stay positive when shit is so fucked up.
April 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s hard to stay positive when shit is so fucked up.
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You love to see it
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
You love to see it
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I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
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Seriously this is not gender equality … this is wealthy women doing what all wealthy people do, spending obscene amounts of money on nothing that advances women, humanity or helps anyone at all.
A crew of six women, including pop star Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos's fiancé Lauren Sanchez, is set to blast off today on an 11-minute Blue Origin flight.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Seriously this is not gender equality … this is wealthy women doing what all wealthy people do, spending obscene amounts of money on nothing that advances women, humanity or helps anyone at all.