Beth Howard
@june-6-bug.bsky.social
childless gay cat lady
Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Everyone deserves healthcare, food security and safe, stable housing.
Trans rights are human rights. Black lives matter. Everyone deserves healthcare, food security and safe, stable housing.
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The kids are not transphobic, but they are kinda brutal 😂
My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The kids are not transphobic, but they are kinda brutal 😂
Huh, TIL! Good thread.
okay there's two parallel Thanksgiving stories to be told. One that rooted in White American Protestant Christianity and the other that is rooted in the long Black Freedom Struggle.
We essentially celebrated two completely different holidays over the last 160 years.
Wait...only 160 years?
yea 🧵
We essentially celebrated two completely different holidays over the last 160 years.
Wait...only 160 years?
yea 🧵
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Huh, TIL! Good thread.
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Everything about this is ridiculous, but it’s especially rich for anyone in this administration to say a damn thing about civility and being nice to each other
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants. n.pr/4oWRh0K
The U.S. Transportation Department is urging air passengers to be on good behavior
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Everything about this is ridiculous, but it’s especially rich for anyone in this administration to say a damn thing about civility and being nice to each other
Big kitty cam!
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Big kitty cam!
Evergreen haiku, about so many things
For that, I can only offer a haiku posted to the Haikus at Microsoft internal bulletin board in the late 1990s:
Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Evergreen haiku, about so many things
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Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.
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Yeet is the sound of a defenestration when there isn't a window to break
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Yeet is the sound of a defenestration when there isn't a window to break
I just got my froggy fidget spinner from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com's shop on Etsy, and I can confirm that it is very satisfying to fidget with. It's just the right size!
www.etsy.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I just got my froggy fidget spinner from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com's shop on Etsy, and I can confirm that it is very satisfying to fidget with. It's just the right size!
I grew up in white evangelical fundamentalist churches. I wish I could say I was surprised.
A woman on TikTok did a very simple experiment:
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
Woman’s Church ‘Baby Formula Test’ Goes Viral, Exposing Compassion Gap
A Kentucky woman who was turned down by dozens of churches of various denominations and sizes in the Bible Belt in donating formula to her hungry baby has created a TikTok sensation. Fortunately, a fe...
religionunplugged.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I grew up in white evangelical fundamentalist churches. I wish I could say I was surprised.
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“Benevolence is for our members.”
How are you any different than a fitness center? A dinner club? An insurance company? Anything else in which people pay for benefits?
How are you any different than a fitness center? A dinner club? An insurance company? Anything else in which people pay for benefits?
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“Benevolence is for our members.”
How are you any different than a fitness center? A dinner club? An insurance company? Anything else in which people pay for benefits?
How are you any different than a fitness center? A dinner club? An insurance company? Anything else in which people pay for benefits?
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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I really need everyone in power at the DNC to not get distracted by this and to just embrace Let Them Fight.
You do not have to hand it to the Jewish Space Laser Lady. Ever.
You do not have to hand it to the Jewish Space Laser Lady. Ever.
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I really need everyone in power at the DNC to not get distracted by this and to just embrace Let Them Fight.
You do not have to hand it to the Jewish Space Laser Lady. Ever.
You do not have to hand it to the Jewish Space Laser Lady. Ever.
Ensuring that Americans eat well should be a top priority for the federal government; no one should go hungry here, we're the wealthiest nation on earth. It's especially egregious that the Trump regime cut food aid to Native Americans, yet again failing to fulfill our treaty obligations.
In October, the tribal government authorized killing 30 bison — about 12,000 pounds (5,440 kilograms) of meat. Half had been shot by Tuesday. (AP / ICT)
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown
A deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 bison on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana. The animals are being killed to make up
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Ensuring that Americans eat well should be a top priority for the federal government; no one should go hungry here, we're the wealthiest nation on earth. It's especially egregious that the Trump regime cut food aid to Native Americans, yet again failing to fulfill our treaty obligations.
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Just now seeing the good news - we're on our way to a better Seattle!
Just now seeing the good news - we're on our way to a better Seattle!
It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!
Katie Wilson Is Seattle’s Next Mayor
Somewhere, Bruce Harrell is slamming a table. Katie Wilson is up by 1,976 votes and 0.72 percent of the vote. It’s tight, but we’re outside of recount territory, and it’s mathematica...
www.thestranger.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Just now seeing the good news - we're on our way to a better Seattle!
Just now seeing the good news - we're on our way to a better Seattle!
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November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I'm not a researcher myself, so anybody with expertise should feel free to correct me, but isn't AI famous for quoting from and citing completely fabricated sources? That sounds like the exact wrong kind of revolution you'd want from the literature review process.
"In research, AI has begun to revolutionise the literature review process" let me stop you there chief.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm not a researcher myself, so anybody with expertise should feel free to correct me, but isn't AI famous for quoting from and citing completely fabricated sources? That sounds like the exact wrong kind of revolution you'd want from the literature review process.
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Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
Three former San Antonio police officers were acquitted on Monday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of a woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis when they were dispatched to her apartment in 2023. nyti.ms/4qRnvvT
3 San Antonio Officers Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Woman in 2023
Melissa Perez, 46, swung a hammer in their direction and appeared to be in distress in her home when the officers arrived, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
Another sick burn from The Bad Place. Lol
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Another sick burn from The Bad Place. Lol
Nailed it
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Nailed it
Every time I read a clip or summary of an interview with Trump, I wonder how we ended up in such a stupid timeline. I mean, I know how, but for real!?
Presumably Trump voters watch these interviews, right? They love Fox news? And they conclude that this is the president they want? Hoooow??
Presumably Trump voters watch these interviews, right? They love Fox news? And they conclude that this is the president they want? Hoooow??
a pixel art drawing of a stick figure with the word confusion written on it
Alt: Gif of a pixel art stick figure repeatedly whapping itself on the head, first with one skinny stick arm, then the other. The stick figure is shown on a yellow background with the word "confusion!" written above it.
The stick figure is me, sure I'm missing something here, or else just hoping a concussion will make this timeline make more sense.
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Every time I read a clip or summary of an interview with Trump, I wonder how we ended up in such a stupid timeline. I mean, I know how, but for real!?
Presumably Trump voters watch these interviews, right? They love Fox news? And they conclude that this is the president they want? Hoooow??
Presumably Trump voters watch these interviews, right? They love Fox news? And they conclude that this is the president they want? Hoooow??
Good. More of this everywhere, please!
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Good. More of this everywhere, please!
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Katie Wilson Leads Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 91 Votes
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
Katie Wilson Leads Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 91 Votes - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett In the latest batch of ballots counted by King County’s elections office, labor organizer…
publicola.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Katie Wilson Leads Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell by 91 Votes
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
We're in hand-recount territory.
publicola.com/2025/11/10/k...
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Trans people aren’t the ones trying desperately to take away our healthcare or food benefits or kill public education or all the other things the GOP is destroying.
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trans people aren’t the ones trying desperately to take away our healthcare or food benefits or kill public education or all the other things the GOP is destroying.