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Bethoutloud

@bethoutloud.bsky.social

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GenX Lefty, sweary, cat servant, protector of garden bunnies, veggie grower, friend of pollinators, slow knitter, slightly faster sewist. Eat the rich. Fund the schools. Listen to NPR. Protect the planet. Make art. Make music. Mask up. ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌎☮️

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 17h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 20h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 16h

Under the desk news on IG has a reel about it. And I saw somewhere else that part of this was started under Biden or something.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 18h

Apparently they’re just training pilots in the f15s we sold them. It’s not a new base. And not the big deal that it sounds like because Kegbreath doesn’t know what he’s talking about and news outlets aren’t actually fact checking.

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graylola.bsky.social @graylola.bsky.social · 1d

Well now I'm definitely going to a protest that day.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 1d

Everything sucks and is super scary right now so please enjoy this little deer to start your weekend:

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 1d

And the ephedra mentioned down thread. Holy shitski.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 1d

The number of friends (and their moms really) that were taking those at some point…

Explains a LOT.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 1d

Ohmygawd.

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 1d

A black cat stares intently into the camera.

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 2d

Banana and a cold brew isn’t the same *at all*. 😩

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 2d

Woke up bummed that my breakfast options were limited -I’ve got a grocery order coming later, and then opened my phone to text from my daughter with a sunny pic of a hunk of chèvre, half eaten baguette and the Seine in the background. “lunch” she writes.

Now I’m hungry and jealous.

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 2d

Because surely the answer is just sitting next to someone’s unwashed coffee cup.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 2d

Can someone, ANYONE, in the WH press pool ask that dementia riddled pile of fetid flesh, what the actual fuck he’s watching? Like get him to show it to us. Or ask exactly what stores are
boarded up? And then keep at it till they have to cut the press conference. And then again and again and again.

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 3d

One of the gardeners I like to follow is always posting affiliate links which is fine but they’re alllllllllllll Amazon. And now of course it’s dozens. I’m about to unfollow because I’m just so tired of it.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 3d

JFC

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 3d

Girlspawn, who is a grown ass adult, is embarking on a solo trip to France for almost 2 weeks and I’m both jealous and also going to breathing into a paper bag till she gets home.

Your kids never stop being your kids, YKWIM?

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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 4d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

local12.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5d

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 6d

Me 3.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 7d

He’s not the most talkative but nonchalantly drops “ we saw a blue whale too, and it made our whale specialist cry because she’s never seen one before” into the convo about the orca pods and then says he didn’t get pics. 🙃

Dude….

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 7d

Finally made contact with my sea-faring spawn, while the crew is currently disassembling parts of the tall ship they just sailed from Hawaii to Seattle over the last 6 weeks, getting it ready to be overhauled. I’m still jealous of his adventurous life right now. It’s hard work but still … wow.

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Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 7d

Gonna fuck around and find out if I can give myself some temporary pink streaks in my hair without looking ridiculous.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 7d

lol. Ours won’t run. Haha. We have resorted to smacking the tank after flushing because the float won’t drop. Just started last week.

Pretty sure it’s just mineral buildup on the little post thingie but we’re gonna have to suck it up and go get a new one because it’s getting a little silly.

Bethoutloud @bethoutloud.bsky.social · 7d

I popped on here for a scroll to see if anything good was happening and then I saw the challenge coin shit and I think walking into the cold October sea sounds good right now, so I’m gonna finish work and knit or something all night because whut THE FUCK.

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