Bethany Erickson
@shoomer5.bsky.social
Happily married mom of 5. Catholic convert, still love the Anglicans. Neurodivergent. Probably reading Goodnight Moon.
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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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without saying gender is reducible to these, I often think we need to be simultaneously addressing questions like
“am I alone, or do I belong to a group?”
“is the kind of person that I am a kind that’s okay to be?”
“how do I know how I’m to relate to others? what is to be expected of me?”
“am I alone, or do I belong to a group?”
“is the kind of person that I am a kind that’s okay to be?”
“how do I know how I’m to relate to others? what is to be expected of me?”
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
without saying gender is reducible to these, I often think we need to be simultaneously addressing questions like
“am I alone, or do I belong to a group?”
“is the kind of person that I am a kind that’s okay to be?”
“how do I know how I’m to relate to others? what is to be expected of me?”
“am I alone, or do I belong to a group?”
“is the kind of person that I am a kind that’s okay to be?”
“how do I know how I’m to relate to others? what is to be expected of me?”
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since we’re talking about gender again
I’ve been thinking lately about some of the fundamental human desires that often get filtered through claims or practices re: gender
I’ve been thinking lately about some of the fundamental human desires that often get filtered through claims or practices re: gender
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
since we’re talking about gender again
I’ve been thinking lately about some of the fundamental human desires that often get filtered through claims or practices re: gender
I’ve been thinking lately about some of the fundamental human desires that often get filtered through claims or practices re: gender
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NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
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from now on, responding to all AI-generated pitches with “this won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
from now on, responding to all AI-generated pitches with “this won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.”
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when God sings with his creations, will AI not be part of the choir?
Pope: lol no
Pope: lol no
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
when God sings with his creations, will AI not be part of the choir?
Pope: lol no
Pope: lol no
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My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My goodness, Baldwin could had written this last week.
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Every paragraph is a banger. I’m so happy right now. Sometimes you find a piece of writing just when you need it.
October 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Every paragraph is a banger. I’m so happy right now. Sometimes you find a piece of writing just when you need it.
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
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A 🧵for the feast of Christ the King. This is one of the most challenging feasts in the year. In times that are, often justifiably, suspicious of authority figures we have to really think about what Christ the King can mean to us today.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A 🧵for the feast of Christ the King. This is one of the most challenging feasts in the year. In times that are, often justifiably, suspicious of authority figures we have to really think about what Christ the King can mean to us today.
Maybe not "always," but more often than we believe.
This Day in Labor History: November 23, 1891. A miner in Alaska named Patrick Whalen was injured in a mining accident. After a lower court awarded him financial compensation, the Supreme Court stepped in to make sure that injured workers would get nothing!!!!!!
SCOTUS ALWAYS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE!
SCOTUS ALWAYS HAS BEEN TERRIBLE!
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Maybe not "always," but more often than we believe.
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every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
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The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
ICE does not intend to follow the law.
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
ICE does not intend to follow the law.
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
"An autopsy report showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position...noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar" YOU CAN'T HOG TIE YOURSELF
NEWSWEEK: “Chinese immigrant found hanging in ICE detention with his hands and feet tied behind him… Chaofeng Ge died 4 days after entering ICE custody in Pennsylvania… deaths in ICE custody have gone up under Trump…”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"An autopsy report showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position...noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar" YOU CAN'T HOG TIE YOURSELF
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State-sanctioned lynching
NEWSWEEK: “Chinese immigrant found hanging in ICE detention with his hands and feet tied behind him… Chaofeng Ge died 4 days after entering ICE custody in Pennsylvania… deaths in ICE custody have gone up under Trump…”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
State-sanctioned lynching
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs bill to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure after months of resistance.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs bill to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure after months of resistance.