SkyBlah
@bethlasky.bsky.social
Maker, eco artist, mke leftie, carer of pets, kids & dementia parent.
She/her.
Ally2:Aud/ADHD&LGBTQ+
Follow: smart/funny/arty REAL folks
🚫: maga, bots, new w/no/few replies, donate req's, "no women" accts, & those who 🚫 me.
I mute sport and game accts.
She/her.
Ally2:Aud/ADHD&LGBTQ+
Follow: smart/funny/arty REAL folks
🚫: maga, bots, new w/no/few replies, donate req's, "no women" accts, & those who 🚫 me.
I mute sport and game accts.
Pinned
SkyBlah
@bethlasky.bsky.social
· Oct 31
What too many people don't realize about SNAP and ACA govt money, is that it acts the way farm subsidies do.
It brings money into local infrastructures of food distribution (grocery stores) & medical care (drs, clinics, hosp'ls, etc). These businesses need that income to run and keep prices down.
It brings money into local infrastructures of food distribution (grocery stores) & medical care (drs, clinics, hosp'ls, etc). These businesses need that income to run and keep prices down.
Reposted by SkyBlah
Yesterday JD Vance said that people can finally stop apologizing for being white. I immediately thought, "Never have I felt a stronger need to apologize for being white than this 2nd time of having a FOTUS(Felon of the United States) in the White House."
December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday JD Vance said that people can finally stop apologizing for being white. I immediately thought, "Never have I felt a stronger need to apologize for being white than this 2nd time of having a FOTUS(Felon of the United States) in the White House."
Reposted by SkyBlah
Cheri Jacobus just said something very important-
Once they break law for [him] they continue to break the law or they won't get a pardon.
Once they break law for [him] they continue to break the law or they won't get a pardon.
December 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Cheri Jacobus just said something very important-
Once they break law for [him] they continue to break the law or they won't get a pardon.
Once they break law for [him] they continue to break the law or they won't get a pardon.
If the Kennedy Center is a memorial for JFK, doesn't adding gR💩mp's name above that imply it is also a memorial to him?
And a "memorial" is for someone who's died?
Okay, I'm fine with the turd Reich tempting fate this way.
And a "memorial" is for someone who's died?
Okay, I'm fine with the turd Reich tempting fate this way.
December 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If the Kennedy Center is a memorial for JFK, doesn't adding gR💩mp's name above that imply it is also a memorial to him?
And a "memorial" is for someone who's died?
Okay, I'm fine with the turd Reich tempting fate this way.
And a "memorial" is for someone who's died?
Okay, I'm fine with the turd Reich tempting fate this way.
Reposted by SkyBlah
This was my go-to with a colicky baby 38-odd years ago. Top volume. Smoothed her right out. Diamonds on the soles of her shoes.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This was my go-to with a colicky baby 38-odd years ago. Top volume. Smoothed her right out. Diamonds on the soles of her shoes.
Reposted by SkyBlah
Consider this:
Before the Epstein files, the most extensive case in the history of the FBI was the global manhunt for Osama Bin Laden - and for that, they only tasked 400 agents!
Before the Epstein files, the most extensive case in the history of the FBI was the global manhunt for Osama Bin Laden - and for that, they only tasked 400 agents!
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Consider this:
Before the Epstein files, the most extensive case in the history of the FBI was the global manhunt for Osama Bin Laden - and for that, they only tasked 400 agents!
Before the Epstein files, the most extensive case in the history of the FBI was the global manhunt for Osama Bin Laden - and for that, they only tasked 400 agents!
Reposted by SkyBlah
You may remember that in August, the Middle District Court of Florida ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit over book bans in the state. He said none of the books were obscene: bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You may remember that in August, the Middle District Court of Florida ruled in favor of plaintiffs in a lawsuit over book bans in the state. He said none of the books were obscene: bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
Reposted by SkyBlah
If Leo replaces Dolan in Christmas week, my God…
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If Leo replaces Dolan in Christmas week, my God…
Reposted by SkyBlah
What you’re seeing here is the role of prefabricated narratives, things everyone likes to say regardless of circumstance.
For instance it feels hard-hitting to say “The president is misleading you about the economy” - but when you say it about everyone, it advantages the guy who actually does it
For instance it feels hard-hitting to say “The president is misleading you about the economy” - but when you say it about everyone, it advantages the guy who actually does it
Do you want to feel incandescently angry? Read coverage of Biden’s economic addresses, where he would truthfully relay great progress with accurate numbers, and it would get covered as a pack of lies. Then look at what the current guy does, who is covered the same way edition.cnn.com/2023/01/28/p...
December 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What you’re seeing here is the role of prefabricated narratives, things everyone likes to say regardless of circumstance.
For instance it feels hard-hitting to say “The president is misleading you about the economy” - but when you say it about everyone, it advantages the guy who actually does it
For instance it feels hard-hitting to say “The president is misleading you about the economy” - but when you say it about everyone, it advantages the guy who actually does it
Reposted by SkyBlah
this was a huge project - i interviewed dozens of americans who feared the worst from the start of the trump era, i wanted to understand why it was obvious to some, but not others
i'd like to thank everyone who participated
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
i'd like to thank everyone who participated
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
this was a huge project - i interviewed dozens of americans who feared the worst from the start of the trump era, i wanted to understand why it was obvious to some, but not others
i'd like to thank everyone who participated
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
i'd like to thank everyone who participated
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Reposted by SkyBlah
I’d like to protest the article’s description as a “makeshift” voodoo doll. Looks like a well crafted piece of felt folk art to me.
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I’d like to protest the article’s description as a “makeshift” voodoo doll. Looks like a well crafted piece of felt folk art to me.
Reposted by SkyBlah
Doing a puzzle while listening to an audio book is the best cozy activity
December 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Doing a puzzle while listening to an audio book is the best cozy activity
Reposted by SkyBlah
She has "Resting Kash Patel Face."
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
She has "Resting Kash Patel Face."
Reposted by SkyBlah
Reposted by SkyBlah
Reiner on Kirk shooting:
"Absolute horror, and I unfortunately saw the video of it. It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution to solving problems"
Class vs Ass
"Absolute horror, and I unfortunately saw the video of it. It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution to solving problems"
Class vs Ass
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reiner on Kirk shooting:
"Absolute horror, and I unfortunately saw the video of it. It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution to solving problems"
Class vs Ass
"Absolute horror, and I unfortunately saw the video of it. It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution to solving problems"
Class vs Ass
Reposted by SkyBlah
America: where all the good ideas are eventually killed by the profit motive.
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
America: where all the good ideas are eventually killed by the profit motive.
Hearing that Rob and Michelle Reiner were murdered took the breath out of me.
I realize I've had a hard time, for over a year now, relaxing fully enough to breathe deeply.
My body is waiting, daily, for breaking news of a different death, to be able to fill my lungs again.
🫁 🎉
I realize I've had a hard time, for over a year now, relaxing fully enough to breathe deeply.
My body is waiting, daily, for breaking news of a different death, to be able to fill my lungs again.
🫁 🎉
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hearing that Rob and Michelle Reiner were murdered took the breath out of me.
I realize I've had a hard time, for over a year now, relaxing fully enough to breathe deeply.
My body is waiting, daily, for breaking news of a different death, to be able to fill my lungs again.
🫁 🎉
I realize I've had a hard time, for over a year now, relaxing fully enough to breathe deeply.
My body is waiting, daily, for breaking news of a different death, to be able to fill my lungs again.
🫁 🎉
Profound thought:
One of the things I love best about Reiner is he always presented romantic love as something that required effort. Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride. Love takes time, love takes care, love doesn’t solve all your problems but it can make your problems bearable.
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Profound thought:
Reposted by SkyBlah
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Reposted by SkyBlah
Every individual, media company, corporation should return the favor and sue him for all the lies he spews on a daily basis.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Every individual, media company, corporation should return the favor and sue him for all the lies he spews on a daily basis.
A man I know sneezes by literally verbalizing "ah-choo."
48 pt type: Ahh-
72 pt type: CHOO!
48 pt type: Ahh-
72 pt type: CHOO!
Strongly against the performative male sneeze.
some men sneeze like they've never sneezed before and they're not sure what's happening and they think they might be dying
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A man I know sneezes by literally verbalizing "ah-choo."
48 pt type: Ahh-
72 pt type: CHOO!
48 pt type: Ahh-
72 pt type: CHOO!
Pretty much at this point myself:
I've gone beyond hating MAGAts; I hate non-MAGAs who don't hate MAGAts enough!
December 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Pretty much at this point myself:
An ICE bucket of deplorables.
You might call them a “basket of deplorables”
December 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An ICE bucket of deplorables.
Reposted by SkyBlah
Cutting off her wedding ring is an especially telling detail.
It's such a weird thing to do that there is no purpose to that except to be doing gratuitous Nazi-emulating cruelty.
It's such a weird thing to do that there is no purpose to that except to be doing gratuitous Nazi-emulating cruelty.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Cutting off her wedding ring is an especially telling detail.
It's such a weird thing to do that there is no purpose to that except to be doing gratuitous Nazi-emulating cruelty.
It's such a weird thing to do that there is no purpose to that except to be doing gratuitous Nazi-emulating cruelty.
Reposted by SkyBlah
Glad to know about this. On the other hand, FUCK OFF CBS. Cronkite would slap the shit out of you.
December 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Glad to know about this. On the other hand, FUCK OFF CBS. Cronkite would slap the shit out of you.
Reposted by SkyBlah
We should provide the islanders with a wide variety of billionaires to eat. A "Warren Buffet” if you will.
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
We should provide the islanders with a wide variety of billionaires to eat. A "Warren Buffet” if you will.