Mary Beth "Chegual" 🐸 Williams
@mbwilliams.bsky.social
Made from Maine Wabanakiak, Isles of Shoals fishermen, and Welsh coal miners. Oregon transplant. Constitutional law and state/tribal/fed gov't wonk (JD). North Atlantic historian obsessed with wampum, cod fishing, and dual-host pathogens.
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If you believe climate change is an existential threat, then don't support any Democratic member of Congress who advocates for:
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
1. Generative AI
2. Cryptocurrency mining
3. Indoor cannabis cultivation
unless they can immediately point to a detailed plan to make said activity carbon neutral.
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@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- news from home.
Boston is entering its 250th year with a truth that can no longer be pushed aside. The city is making room for the people whose histories shape this land, even when those histories were ignored or rewritten.
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#redpopnews #indigisky
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#redpopnews #indigisky
Ways of My Ancestors Brings Indigenous Presence Back to Boston’s Historic Center
Boston is entering its 250th year with a truth that can no longer be pushed aside. The city is making room for the people whose histories shape this land, even when those histories were ignored or rew...
redpopnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@mbwilliams.bsky.social -- news from home.
While I turn on every single light and electric appliance in your home—and every home and business in the neighborhood—during said burglary.
Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
While I turn on every single light and electric appliance in your home—and every home and business in the neighborhood—during said burglary.
I love to cook, and I especially love holiday cooking. But this is my first holiday on a GLP1/GIP, and my lack of appetite seems to be tamping down my enthusiasm. Hard to admit it, but I think I need encouragement.
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I love to cook, and I especially love holiday cooking. But this is my first holiday on a GLP1/GIP, and my lack of appetite seems to be tamping down my enthusiasm. Hard to admit it, but I think I need encouragement.
Dear Senators @wyden.senate.gov and @merkley.senate.gov, please coordinate with Oregon members of the House to draft articles of impeachment against Secretary Hegseth for threatening your colleague, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, for his constitutionally-protected speech. Thank you.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dear Senators @wyden.senate.gov and @merkley.senate.gov, please coordinate with Oregon members of the House to draft articles of impeachment against Secretary Hegseth for threatening your colleague, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social, for his constitutionally-protected speech. Thank you.
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NEW: Here's the first response at SCOTUS to Texas' request for a stay of the congressional map ruling - this one from the Brooks plaintiffs. I'll include others in this thread as they come in this afternoon. #txlege
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: Here's the first response at SCOTUS to Texas' request for a stay of the congressional map ruling - this one from the Brooks plaintiffs. I'll include others in this thread as they come in this afternoon. #txlege
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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That’s bonkers. I can’t get around how dehumanizing that proposal is for both women and children who are simply treated as means to male ends.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
That’s bonkers. I can’t get around how dehumanizing that proposal is for both women and children who are simply treated as means to male ends.
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I whipped up a new post/newsletter extra for the Hayli Gubbi eruption. First time I've had to post an extra edition! #volcano #eruption eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...
Eruptions Newsletter Extra for November 23, 2025
Unexpected eruption from Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia.
eruptions.beehiiv.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I whipped up a new post/newsletter extra for the Hayli Gubbi eruption. First time I've had to post an extra edition! #volcano #eruption eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...
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The irony of course is that Black Americans are probably far more likely to be descended from people who lived in North America before 1776 than white Americans are.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The irony of course is that Black Americans are probably far more likely to be descended from people who lived in North America before 1776 than white Americans are.
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Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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Un-fucking-believable.
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Un-fucking-believable.
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I see a lot of comments lately pushing age limits for political office. Look, if you don't want a 75-year old representative in Congress, vote for someone younger. 73% of the US population is under the age of 70; convince enough of them, and you win.
But it's inherently undemocratic to prevent...
But it's inherently undemocratic to prevent...
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I see a lot of comments lately pushing age limits for political office. Look, if you don't want a 75-year old representative in Congress, vote for someone younger. 73% of the US population is under the age of 70; convince enough of them, and you win.
But it's inherently undemocratic to prevent...
But it's inherently undemocratic to prevent...
Of course Gluskabe is just a myth. But just in case, don’t piss him off by taking all the things he gave us for granted—or he’ll make maple sugaring even more onerous!
Remember that time when Ireland rerouted an entire highway to avoid pissing off the fairies that truly nobody believes in but we’ll just in case
Oh definitely. Kinda like going to Iceland and having it explained that no, people don’t REALLY believe in elves. Also, don’t fuck with the elves.
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Of course Gluskabe is just a myth. But just in case, don’t piss him off by taking all the things he gave us for granted—or he’ll make maple sugaring even more onerous!
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Remember that time when Ireland rerouted an entire highway to avoid pissing off the fairies that truly nobody believes in but we’ll just in case
Oh definitely. Kinda like going to Iceland and having it explained that no, people don’t REALLY believe in elves. Also, don’t fuck with the elves.
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Remember that time when Ireland rerouted an entire highway to avoid pissing off the fairies that truly nobody believes in but we’ll just in case
I so much want to do something like this, but with my chaotic life*, it feels so impossible. But isn’t that part of the Authoritarian Handbood, to make us so overwhelmed that simply organizing within our communities feels too hard?
*Some challenges aren’t the regime’s fault, but they make it worse.
*Some challenges aren’t the regime’s fault, but they make it worse.
I would like to share something.
A year ago, Trump won and I was furious and scared so I sent a text to a few of local women I knew and asked them to join me at a meeting and invite like-minded women they knew. A few showed up, then a few more. We became a group called The Salon and we meet monthly
A year ago, Trump won and I was furious and scared so I sent a text to a few of local women I knew and asked them to join me at a meeting and invite like-minded women they knew. A few showed up, then a few more. We became a group called The Salon and we meet monthly
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I so much want to do something like this, but with my chaotic life*, it feels so impossible. But isn’t that part of the Authoritarian Handbood, to make us so overwhelmed that simply organizing within our communities feels too hard?
*Some challenges aren’t the regime’s fault, but they make it worse.
*Some challenges aren’t the regime’s fault, but they make it worse.
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So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
I've assisted (in a legal capacity) on a number of excessive force cases, and, if these events happened as reported, I'm very impressed how EPD handled this crisis—especially as it moved into a residential area.
Eugene police shoot and injure man they say was armed with shotgun
Eugene police shot and injured the man after he reportedly refused to put down his gun as he approached a popular brewpub and the densely populated Market District.
www.opb.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I've assisted (in a legal capacity) on a number of excessive force cases, and, if these events happened as reported, I'm very impressed how EPD handled this crisis—especially as it moved into a residential area.
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holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
Just awful. Strangely enough, we ate at Skippers two years ago when we stayed just down the street at one of the Red Jacket resorts. Our last week in New England, and where we picket up Covid (and had to drive back to Oregon with it.)
Terrible news. It happened near Skippers Chowder House and the Seaside Cottages in South Yarmouth. 💔
www.boston25news.com/news/local/1...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/1...
1 worker killed, 2 others injured in trench collapse outside Cape Cod restaurant
Sewer construction was being conducted at the time of the collapse.
www.boston25news.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Just awful. Strangely enough, we ate at Skippers two years ago when we stayed just down the street at one of the Red Jacket resorts. Our last week in New England, and where we picket up Covid (and had to drive back to Oregon with it.)
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The bill only forces the release of unclassified information.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The bill only forces the release of unclassified information.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
Just used the comments in a 🦋 post about GLP-1 class drugs to block a bunch of people who I suspect would never shame people for taking insulin or BP meds, but whose response to treating metabolic disorders is "put down the fork and get off the couch, fatty." Fatphobes are not allies.
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Just used the comments in a 🦋 post about GLP-1 class drugs to block a bunch of people who I suspect would never shame people for taking insulin or BP meds, but whose response to treating metabolic disorders is "put down the fork and get off the couch, fatty." Fatphobes are not allies.
I've been tracking avian flu for almost a decade, and the likelihood that the virus(es) causing recent US outbreaks were airborne isn't at all unexpected, but, damn, the Biden Administration really blew it. The current regime will only make it worse, and this season's human flu already looks nasty.
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I've been tracking avian flu for almost a decade, and the likelihood that the virus(es) causing recent US outbreaks were airborne isn't at all unexpected, but, damn, the Biden Administration really blew it. The current regime will only make it worse, and this season's human flu already looks nasty.
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Interesting paper here suggesting the "stable" northwest Atlantic margin might be much more prone to large, tsunami-generating landslides than previously believed.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Interesting paper here suggesting the "stable" northwest Atlantic margin might be much more prone to large, tsunami-generating landslides than previously believed.
I've only done a quick-read of the 160-page decision granting a preliminary injunction in the Texas redistricting case, but I highly recommend the section on applying Purcell v. Gonzalez to redistricting during "election season". 1/2
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November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I've only done a quick-read of the 160-page decision granting a preliminary injunction in the Texas redistricting case, but I highly recommend the section on applying Purcell v. Gonzalez to redistricting during "election season". 1/2
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Should have known to check Chris first for procedure when I saw the decision. This should be...interesting.
To answer the the most common questions:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
The TX ruling would *not* invalidate CA's new districts. The amendment passed by Prop 50 mentions Texas, but there's no trigger provision. It's just an explanatory reference. ballotpedia.org/California_P...
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Should have known to check Chris first for procedure when I saw the decision. This should be...interesting.