Mary Beth "Chegual" 🐸 Williams
@mbwilliams.bsky.social
Made from Maine Wabanakiak, Isles of Shoals fishermen, and Welsh coal miners. Oregon transplant. Constitutional law and state/tribal/fed gov't wonk (JD). North Atlantic historian obsessed with wampum, cod fishing, and dual-host pathogens.
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If you believe climate change is an existential threat, then don't support any Democratic member of Congress who advocates for:
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
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love the hands, all six fingers of each one.
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
love the hands, all six fingers of each one.
It's finally MRI Day for the youngest. Please excuse me while I quietly melt into a puddle of anxiety.
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's finally MRI Day for the youngest. Please excuse me while I quietly melt into a puddle of anxiety.
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Last week, I visited the ICE detention center in Tacoma to ensure ICE is treating detainees humanely and honoring due process.
From my visit, it was clear ICE is trying to hide the truth about its facilities.
Read more from the Oregon Capital Chronicle ⬇️
From my visit, it was clear ICE is trying to hide the truth about its facilities.
Read more from the Oregon Capital Chronicle ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Last week, I visited the ICE detention center in Tacoma to ensure ICE is treating detainees humanely and honoring due process.
From my visit, it was clear ICE is trying to hide the truth about its facilities.
Read more from the Oregon Capital Chronicle ⬇️
From my visit, it was clear ICE is trying to hide the truth about its facilities.
Read more from the Oregon Capital Chronicle ⬇️
He was up working really, really hard last night. 400 truth social posts in an hour, one every 10 seconds. That really tuckered him out. Mad King deserves a nap.
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He was up working really, really hard last night. 400 truth social posts in an hour, one every 10 seconds. That really tuckered him out. Mad King deserves a nap.
A record 13 hurricane landfalls on CONUS during Trump's first 4-year term, including three Cat 4s and one Cat 5.
Biden: 9, three Cat 4s
Obama1: 3 (none 2009, 2010)
Obama2: 3 (none 2013, 2015)
GWB1: 9, one Cat 4
GWB2: 10
WJC1: 5 (none 1994)
WJC: 7 (none 2000)
GOP: 32 (13 yrs)
DEM: 27 (20 yrs)
Biden: 9, three Cat 4s
Obama1: 3 (none 2009, 2010)
Obama2: 3 (none 2013, 2015)
GWB1: 9, one Cat 4
GWB2: 10
WJC1: 5 (none 1994)
WJC: 7 (none 2000)
GOP: 32 (13 yrs)
DEM: 27 (20 yrs)
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A record 13 hurricane landfalls on CONUS during Trump's first 4-year term, including three Cat 4s and one Cat 5.
Biden: 9, three Cat 4s
Obama1: 3 (none 2009, 2010)
Obama2: 3 (none 2013, 2015)
GWB1: 9, one Cat 4
GWB2: 10
WJC1: 5 (none 1994)
WJC: 7 (none 2000)
GOP: 32 (13 yrs)
DEM: 27 (20 yrs)
Biden: 9, three Cat 4s
Obama1: 3 (none 2009, 2010)
Obama2: 3 (none 2013, 2015)
GWB1: 9, one Cat 4
GWB2: 10
WJC1: 5 (none 1994)
WJC: 7 (none 2000)
GOP: 32 (13 yrs)
DEM: 27 (20 yrs)
Not sustainable? The percent of the foreign-born population in the US in 2023—which is less than 1 in seven (not six)—is nearly the same as in 1900. How did we as a country ever survive?
BTW, notice in the 1900 map where the lowest % of non-immigrants lived.
BTW, notice in the 1900 map where the lowest % of non-immigrants lived.
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Not sustainable? The percent of the foreign-born population in the US in 2023—which is less than 1 in seven (not six)—is nearly the same as in 1900. How did we as a country ever survive?
BTW, notice in the 1900 map where the lowest % of non-immigrants lived.
BTW, notice in the 1900 map where the lowest % of non-immigrants lived.
This. this. this. The first strike was always gov't-sanctioned murder.
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This. this. this. The first strike was always gov't-sanctioned murder.
@tbrunner.bsky.social, this doesn't look so fun. Plan (soggy) travel w/ J accordingly.
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@tbrunner.bsky.social, this doesn't look so fun. Plan (soggy) travel w/ J accordingly.
This actually happened today. I pay out of pocket for Zb, and this morning's price for my refill from Lilly Direct was $449, down $50. Should be cheaper, but I'll take it.
Eli Lilly cuts Zepbound price to widen access for obesity drug reut.rs/4pcWH8f
Eli Lilly cuts Zepbound price to widen access for obesity drug
Eli Lilly said on Monday it has lowered the price of single-dose vials of its popular obesity drug Zepbound to make the treatment more affordable for U.S. patients, as demand for weight-loss therapies surge.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This actually happened today. I pay out of pocket for Zb, and this morning's price for my refill from Lilly Direct was $449, down $50. Should be cheaper, but I'll take it.
Yesterday I was searching for videos of the Rhondda Valleys in southern Wales, one of the most prolific coal regions in Britain from 1840-1920. Most of my dad's NE PA ancestors emigrated from the region.
Coal is no longer mined in Rhondda. But the mountain tops are lousy with wind turbines.
Coal is no longer mined in Rhondda. But the mountain tops are lousy with wind turbines.
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yesterday I was searching for videos of the Rhondda Valleys in southern Wales, one of the most prolific coal regions in Britain from 1840-1920. Most of my dad's NE PA ancestors emigrated from the region.
Coal is no longer mined in Rhondda. But the mountain tops are lousy with wind turbines.
Coal is no longer mined in Rhondda. But the mountain tops are lousy with wind turbines.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Just a reminder that the first Trump-ordered, extra-judicial murders of Venezuelans—many, if not most, just fishermen—on boats in international waters occurred three months ago, on September 1. How has it taken three months for the media, Congress, and general public to care about this?
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Just a reminder that the first Trump-ordered, extra-judicial murders of Venezuelans—many, if not most, just fishermen—on boats in international waters occurred three months ago, on September 1. How has it taken three months for the media, Congress, and general public to care about this?
It. Has. To. Stop. Now.
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her Oregon tribal ID ‘fake’
Miles, best known for her roles in Northern Exposure," “Smoke Signals,” and “The Last of Us,” was born in Pendleton, Oregon.
www.oregonlive.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It. Has. To. Stop. Now.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
I know Kevin has been out there beating this drum since the Administration enacted the illegal, murderous “policy” , but he’s one of far too few. Everyone should be demanding accountability for these heinous crimes.
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I know Kevin has been out there beating this drum since the Administration enacted the illegal, murderous “policy” , but he’s one of far too few. Everyone should be demanding accountability for these heinous crimes.
While Trump's approval with all partisan groups dropped to 36%, the partisan breakout is particularly brutal among independents.
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
While Trump's approval with all partisan groups dropped to 36%, the partisan breakout is particularly brutal among independents.
So Zepbound did not completely stave off the MS post-exertional malaise that usually follows a day of mad holiday cooking, but I'd say it reduced it by at least 50-70%. Yeah, the WL is nice, but the anti-inflammatory effects are something I never want to give up. Honestly life changing.
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
So Zepbound did not completely stave off the MS post-exertional malaise that usually follows a day of mad holiday cooking, but I'd say it reduced it by at least 50-70%. Yeah, the WL is nice, but the anti-inflammatory effects are something I never want to give up. Honestly life changing.
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It's not war, it's not law enforcement, it's serial killing:
Intelligence on U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Is Limited
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's not war, it's not law enforcement, it's serial killing:
I'm not really a "stuff" person—unless it's cooking related. I inherited my mom's regular-sized Kitchenaid 20+ years ago, but it's just too big for my galley kitchen, even with my renovation. Then Macy's seduced me with this "mini" (and at a ridiculous price,) and now I'm smitten.
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm not really a "stuff" person—unless it's cooking related. I inherited my mom's regular-sized Kitchenaid 20+ years ago, but it's just too big for my galley kitchen, even with my renovation. Then Macy's seduced me with this "mini" (and at a ridiculous price,) and now I'm smitten.
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@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- news from home.
Boston is entering its 250th year with a truth that can no longer be pushed aside. The city is making room for the people whose histories shape this land, even when those histories were ignored or rewritten.
redpopnews.com/ways-of-my-a...
#redpopnews #indigisky
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#redpopnews #indigisky
Ways of My Ancestors Brings Indigenous Presence Back to Boston’s Historic Center
Boston is entering its 250th year with a truth that can no longer be pushed aside. The city is making room for the people whose histories shape this land, even when those histories were ignored or rew...
redpopnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- news from home.
While I turn on every single light and electric appliance in your home—and every home and business in the neighborhood—during said burglary.
Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
While I turn on every single light and electric appliance in your home—and every home and business in the neighborhood—during said burglary.
I love to cook, and I especially love holiday cooking. But this is my first holiday on a GLP1/GIP, and my lack of appetite seems to be tamping down my enthusiasm. Hard to admit it, but I think I need encouragement.
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I love to cook, and I especially love holiday cooking. But this is my first holiday on a GLP1/GIP, and my lack of appetite seems to be tamping down my enthusiasm. Hard to admit it, but I think I need encouragement.
Dear Senators @wyden.senate.gov and @merkley.senate.gov, please coordinate with Oregon members of the House to draft articles of impeachment against Secretary Hegseth for threatening your colleague, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, for his constitutionally-protected speech. Thank you.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dear Senators @wyden.senate.gov and @merkley.senate.gov, please coordinate with Oregon members of the House to draft articles of impeachment against Secretary Hegseth for threatening your colleague, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, for his constitutionally-protected speech. Thank you.
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NEW: Here's the first response at SCOTUS to Texas' request for a stay of the congressional map ruling - this one from the Brooks plaintiffs. I'll include others in this thread as they come in this afternoon. #txlege
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: Here's the first response at SCOTUS to Texas' request for a stay of the congressional map ruling - this one from the Brooks plaintiffs. I'll include others in this thread as they come in this afternoon. #txlege
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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That’s bonkers. I can’t get around how dehumanizing that proposal is for both women and children who are simply treated as means to male ends.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
That’s bonkers. I can’t get around how dehumanizing that proposal is for both women and children who are simply treated as means to male ends.