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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 20h

Marseille last night

City lights illuminate the solid row of buildings and the reflected lights shine in the black water against the rocky city shore.

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 20h

Marseille last night

Lights illuminate the arches of a beautiful old stone bridge in a small port crammed with boats

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

Come on then, and remove him.

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 1d

This is the Paul Ryan school of leading.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 1d

Bless you

Michael Sentance @mjsentance.bsky.social · 1d

Some of us have been doing this for awhile. (1969) #nokings

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imhereforthesnax.bsky.social @imhereforthesnax.bsky.social · 2d

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

I’m at the fun part of traveling, the part where you’re already at your gate and you’ve got gobs of time before the flight

✈️

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

Fantastic layout 10/10

A picture from outside the door of a wealthy residence of residents inside with suits and the words most rich New Yorkers who talk to the Wall Street journals and privately that they won't move if Mamdani is elected, at least not yet.

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all MUST read this. The whole thing is like "Alexis from the upper east side left her pilates class via helicopter and facetimed her husband who was spending the weekend at one of their three summer homes (this one in Rome) to express her concern about zohran: 'What ever shall we do if he wins?'".

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

Feeling dehydrated? This quenched my thirst. www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...

New York's Richest Ask 'how Dare He?' as Mamdani Closes In on City Hall
The city's 1% realize their influence is waning: It's hard to be chill and relaxed'

It was just after finishing a set of pelvic floor exercises that a Pilates instructor on the Upper East Side recently brought up one of the least popular men in the neighborhood: New York City
mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani,.

All of a sudden the class, which costs $50 a pop, became something of a political confab. In between sets, some women strategized about helping former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo,
who they see as more palatable, pull off an upset. Others gushed about a recent New York Post cover depicting Gov. Kathy Hochul, who had recently endorsed Mamdani, as a devotee of Mao Zedong.

New York's richest residents can't stop talking about Mamdani, the Democratic nominee. To many of the city's uber-wealthy, his sustained
popularity has been a shock. The 33-year-old, self. described Democratic Socialist is the overwhelming favorite to win City Hall next month, on a platform that includes free buses and free child care--programs that, the moneyed
are well aware, somebody needs to shell out for.

"I hope Mamdani is going to give out free Xanax," said Caroline Leventhal, a lifelong Upper East sider who co-founded 'Mic'd and Medicated," a podcast that dissects the lifestyle of cosmetic surgeries and private ski instructors. "It's hard to
be chill and relaxed."

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

One signature element of the #SlowHorses episodes is that I am always shocked when an episode ends because I can’t believe it’s already been an entire episode. The pacing, the story, the acting, the direction — all top-notch, first rate, and so much fun!

Gatimo @gatimo.bsky.social · 2d

Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv #SlowHorses

Gary Oldman and Mick Herron (author of the Slough House books)

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

weed, what a pointless, and weirdly aggressive, response.

betterhumannewname.bsky.social @betterhumannewname.bsky.social · 2d

The Make A Wish foundation likely has hundreds of staff who would shit down his throat for such ignorance...

weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 3d

Nobody ever says "I wish I'd played more video games" when they die. Video games haven't been around long enough. I may be the first to say it.

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

This is an example of the Best Beloveds of half of my country.

This man is not Best Beloved of me.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

“There’s a strong sense of guilt that accompanies a finding of suicide: ‘I missed all the signs,’ ‘I’m a horrible person.’"

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Did a Brother’s Quest for Justice Go Too Far?

Scott Johnson’s murder case became synonymous with a movement to redress anti-gay violence in Australia. But the evidence that led to a man’s conviction has never been made public.

www.newyorker.com

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

what a way to go

History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 2d

211 years ago, on the 17th of October 1814, eight people died in the London Beer Flood. One vat of porter had burst at Horse Shoe Brewery, causing a chain reaction of destruction which eventually resulted in a ‘wave of beer’ destroying a wall and flooding St Giles Rookery. #otd #history 🗃️

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

my God... Cuomo is a doddering dolt! He looks like an old dude muttering in a corner somewhere in a T.S. Eliot poem.

onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

when you see someone staring at a screen maybe they are reading a book? or a long New Yorker article, like I am right now?

An old dude once interrupted me in a waiting room b/c he said he hates to see people on their phone all the time. If I were reading a paper book he wouldn't have presumed.

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

"It may be the Devil, or it may be the Lord - but you're gonna have to serve somebody!" - Dylan

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 2d

"My Nose Runs When I Eat"

and other observations from a 68-y.o.

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Chris Fredda 🩷💜💙 @seeyouinnj.bsky.social · 3d

There already was an “I Hate America” rally. It was on January 6th, 2021. The President spoke at it.

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 3d

P.S.: THIS IS A HEALTHCARE FIGHT !!!

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

This is such an odd statement that could only be made by a shallow and deeply damaged person. Mike Johnson is scoffing at making sure people don't die because giving tax cuts to billionaires is all he cares about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "Let me predict what Sen. Kelly is gonna say on the show. He's gonna give you a long, impassioned speech about healthcare and how the subsidies are so important to make sure people don't die and all of this. Let me tell you something. This is not a healthcare fight."

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 3d

This morning’s #Survivor #Survivor49 was served up with scones, coffee and a Favourite Cat

A tabby cat sits atop the poster’s lap, as a Survivor episode plays out on a laptop of another sort. Reading glasses and a small plate of homemade oatmeal raisin scones are on the table.

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 3d

🏆👇‼️🌟

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

Things are grim & terrible for so many rn so I hesitated to post this, but I got some good news this fall—I was granted a mid-career endowed professorship in recognition of my work. Because I often went years at my last job w/o even basic recognition, it means a lot to me to feel valued in this way🥲

Dear Professor Hicks:
It is a pleasure to inform you that at a meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia held on September 12, 2025, the following resolution was adopted, electing you to an endowed professorship

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Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.social · 3d

#SwearHerIn!

#Grijalva
#Adelita

#SwearHerIn!

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 4d

@repstansbury.bsky.social posted this video with Adelita Grijalva on other platforms. The situation is abnormal swear her in!

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Michael Sentance @mjsentance.bsky.social · 3d

I’m taking credit for this. Two days ago I posted that they need to do this. And then they did yesterday.

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 4d

@repstansbury.bsky.social posted this video with Adelita Grijalva on other platforms. The situation is abnormal swear her in!

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