Beth
@jadeejf.bsky.social
The same redheaded Midwesterner I've always been. Still in Seattle. Still up to hijinks. Physically incapable of slowing down.
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Beth
@jadeejf.bsky.social
· Jan 11
Starting off the 2025 list of books I've read:
I'm sad I never got to tour the White House before the East wing was demolished.
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I'm sad I never got to tour the White House before the East wing was demolished.
Good thing no one ever developed a show called The East Wing because that would definitely be an anachronistic show at this point, eh?
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Good thing no one ever developed a show called The East Wing because that would definitely be an anachronistic show at this point, eh?
IDK who owns the Freda B. but what a gorgeous boat!
October 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
IDK who owns the Freda B. but what a gorgeous boat!
I rarely post on Blue sky, but read this piece this morning and was so mind blown at how bad it was that I came here to see if anyone else had read it and if I was way off base.
No one I know is unconcerned about the potential health care hikes. And that includes Republican and independent friends
No one I know is unconcerned about the potential health care hikes. And that includes Republican and independent friends
What an embarrassing piece of "analysis" by Nate Cohn.
A poll from 2024, before the GOP passed a bill in 2025 that will explode health care cost for millions, showed few people placed health care as their #1 issue (people's #2, #3, or #4 issues are irrelevant).
A poll from 2024, before the GOP passed a bill in 2025 that will explode health care cost for millions, showed few people placed health care as their #1 issue (people's #2, #3, or #4 issues are irrelevant).
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I rarely post on Blue sky, but read this piece this morning and was so mind blown at how bad it was that I came here to see if anyone else had read it and if I was way off base.
No one I know is unconcerned about the potential health care hikes. And that includes Republican and independent friends
No one I know is unconcerned about the potential health care hikes. And that includes Republican and independent friends
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More cuteness overload for your Wednesday
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
More cuteness overload for your Wednesday
I hope all of you started your day with August by Taylor Swift.
I know I did.
Amusingly, yesterday I listened to a podcast about cults where the hosts questioned whether Swifties were in a cult.
Please enjoy this meme :-D
I know I did.
Amusingly, yesterday I listened to a podcast about cults where the hosts questioned whether Swifties were in a cult.
Please enjoy this meme :-D
August 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I hope all of you started your day with August by Taylor Swift.
I know I did.
Amusingly, yesterday I listened to a podcast about cults where the hosts questioned whether Swifties were in a cult.
Please enjoy this meme :-D
I know I did.
Amusingly, yesterday I listened to a podcast about cults where the hosts questioned whether Swifties were in a cult.
Please enjoy this meme :-D
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THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
June 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
The real questions
How does Austin keep surviving these eliminations? #loveislandusa
June 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The real questions
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we need ranked choice voting on love island
June 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
we need ranked choice voting on love island
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If Peacock isn't gonna fix these captions, these Islanders gotta stop mumbling and whispering. #LoveIslandUSA #Peacock
June 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If Peacock isn't gonna fix these captions, these Islanders gotta stop mumbling and whispering. #LoveIslandUSA #Peacock
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I'm sorry but I'm living!! (ep. 14 update) #LoveIslandUSA
June 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I'm sorry but I'm living!! (ep. 14 update) #LoveIslandUSA
I watch crime procedurals to fall asleep and I've gotten through Criminal Minds (at least twice!), most CSIs, and recently watched through NCIS: New Orleans, but y'all, IDK if it's the time of life or if it's the show, but I literally cannot stay awake for OG NCIS. It is like hardcore tryptophan.
June 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I watch crime procedurals to fall asleep and I've gotten through Criminal Minds (at least twice!), most CSIs, and recently watched through NCIS: New Orleans, but y'all, IDK if it's the time of life or if it's the show, but I literally cannot stay awake for OG NCIS. It is like hardcore tryptophan.
I keep seeing the Olsen twins when I look at Amaya 🤨 #loveislandusa
June 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I keep seeing the Olsen twins when I look at Amaya 🤨 #loveislandusa
Book #7 of the year: Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
Definitely a favorite of Hannah's works, exploring complicated family dynamics in the modern age. Absolutely a tearjerker! But set in the San Juans, which makes everything better.
My mom's best friend gifted it to me after my mom died.
Definitely a favorite of Hannah's works, exploring complicated family dynamics in the modern age. Absolutely a tearjerker! But set in the San Juans, which makes everything better.
My mom's best friend gifted it to me after my mom died.
April 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Book #7 of the year: Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
Definitely a favorite of Hannah's works, exploring complicated family dynamics in the modern age. Absolutely a tearjerker! But set in the San Juans, which makes everything better.
My mom's best friend gifted it to me after my mom died.
Definitely a favorite of Hannah's works, exploring complicated family dynamics in the modern age. Absolutely a tearjerker! But set in the San Juans, which makes everything better.
My mom's best friend gifted it to me after my mom died.
I have had the wildest, worst set of travel situations this week. Well, my family has.
I'll tell you more later. But today, I'll tell you about Jazmon from Memphis, TN. She's a single mom and an Uber driver. And she's an angel.
I'll tell you more later. But today, I'll tell you about Jazmon from Memphis, TN. She's a single mom and an Uber driver. And she's an angel.
April 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I have had the wildest, worst set of travel situations this week. Well, my family has.
I'll tell you more later. But today, I'll tell you about Jazmon from Memphis, TN. She's a single mom and an Uber driver. And she's an angel.
I'll tell you more later. But today, I'll tell you about Jazmon from Memphis, TN. She's a single mom and an Uber driver. And she's an angel.
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm whatcha sayy
April 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm whatcha sayy
Seriously. What a morning. Feel like I'm not going to recover today well :-P But I'm trying.
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Seriously. What a morning. Feel like I'm not going to recover today well :-P But I'm trying.
Its been a full day already this morning. My dad called to tell me that the Amtrak train to NOLA was canceled. They are, in fact - flooding in Tennessee. I was able to purchase Greyhound tix for him, but maybe just barely - and the return trip is a nightmare - NOLA to ATL to Chicago to Champaign.
April 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Its been a full day already this morning. My dad called to tell me that the Amtrak train to NOLA was canceled. They are, in fact - flooding in Tennessee. I was able to purchase Greyhound tix for him, but maybe just barely - and the return trip is a nightmare - NOLA to ATL to Chicago to Champaign.
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Reading about the dire wolf news? Read this ⬇️
I have devoted my life to ice age ecosystems, and I feel an acute responsibility to tell the stories of extinct species and to help people to know them better. To see this work being done with such a casual disregard not only for the truth but for life itself is genuinely abhorrent to me.
April 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Reading about the dire wolf news? Read this ⬇️
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm whatcha sayyyyyy
April 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm whatcha sayyyyyy
Totally, totally not related, literally broke the seal today in frustration over the most stupid online spat (about junk science in a TV show) and I've been in tears all night.
I don't even know why. Protest? BIL helping my dad with another stupid problem? People being nice about my sandwichiness?
I don't even know why. Protest? BIL helping my dad with another stupid problem? People being nice about my sandwichiness?
April 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Totally, totally not related, literally broke the seal today in frustration over the most stupid online spat (about junk science in a TV show) and I've been in tears all night.
I don't even know why. Protest? BIL helping my dad with another stupid problem? People being nice about my sandwichiness?
I don't even know why. Protest? BIL helping my dad with another stupid problem? People being nice about my sandwichiness?
Was literally talking about this today...
This is the cohort holding society together: taking care of both feral teens & aging elders, generally while holding down FT jobs.
We joke about Wine Moms, but in all seriousness: when middle-aged and older women are mobilized against state power, the forces of the modern state tend to be paralyzed. And in the context of the United States, middle aged and older *white* women are especially powerful in that regard.
April 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Was literally talking about this today...
My *GOD* Xfinity sucks.
I am trying to access my mom's Xfinity account because my dad is being charged $500 a month for IDEK what. It would be easiest to do this online because trying to get him to read relevant information to me over the phone is like nails on chalkboard at this point.
I am trying to access my mom's Xfinity account because my dad is being charged $500 a month for IDEK what. It would be easiest to do this online because trying to get him to read relevant information to me over the phone is like nails on chalkboard at this point.
April 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My *GOD* Xfinity sucks.
I am trying to access my mom's Xfinity account because my dad is being charged $500 a month for IDEK what. It would be easiest to do this online because trying to get him to read relevant information to me over the phone is like nails on chalkboard at this point.
I am trying to access my mom's Xfinity account because my dad is being charged $500 a month for IDEK what. It would be easiest to do this online because trying to get him to read relevant information to me over the phone is like nails on chalkboard at this point.
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#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.