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Beth

@thisbethlife.bsky.social

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Mom, wife, substitute teacher, Cubs fan, leftist, Gen X, litany of mental health acronyms, 60s/70s music, mid gardener, friend of Bill W., you’re free to be yourself with me 🌈 Tucson via San Francisco via the Midwest.

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Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 20m

I used to be able to find them at Bay Area farmers markets but not so much in the desert. There are a lot of times I can’t find them at all!

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Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 1h

The guy who invented frog costumes must be loving life rn

Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 1h

Oh I love leeks but they’re like $1 each. I’ll spring for them as it gets to be stew season.

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Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 1h

Gorgonzola? I think you forgot your listicle was supposed to be “budget friendly”

Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 1h

When you search for “extremely cheap meals for family” and get some shit calls for leeks

a close up of a person 's face with the words girl what written above it

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Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 4h

I suppose if I knew we were going to reenact WWII I would have paid more attention in history class. But at least I remember who were the good guys, sheesh.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 7h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 23h

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Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 6h

There was a sign like this in my hometown that said FLOORING and my dad did the same thing lol. Every time.

Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 6h

I’m at the ccccombo deli and spa

Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 6h

“And here are the reasons all of these things are completely false.” You forgot to say.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 6h

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thursday reasserted the unproven link between the pain reliever Tylenol and autism, and suggested people who opposed the theory were motivated by hatred for President Trump. https://to.pbs.org/4nH8Z7P

Reupping unproven claims about Tylenol, Kennedy claims a link between circumcision and autism

During a meeting with President Donald Trump and the Cabinet, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated the connection, even while noting there was no medical proof to substantiate the claim.

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 6h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes….I just have to remind people…Trump is old…and in poor health. And don’t give me a hard time about calling “79,” old. When you’ve never exercised and eaten fast food your entire miserable life…79 is the new 97.

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Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social · 7h

This is the way

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 10h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Diane Galloway @adgwatches.bsky.social · 8h

The revolution will probably be televised as it turns out

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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debbspook @debbshock.blue · 7h

if you're not contributing market value to shareholders it's treason

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Terzilla Ford @bassdiesel.bsky.social · 7h

Florida’s first "school chaplain" under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new law isn’t a counselor at all.
He’s a Jan. 6 supporter with extremist views, and he urges parents to avoid public education.
This program is already a disaster.

Florida's first public school chaplain is a Jan. 6 supporter—and a warning to everyone

The appointment of Rev. Jack Martin shows how Florida's chaplain law has become a Trojan horse for Christian Nationalism in public schools

www.friendlyatheist.com

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 15h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social · 12h

a blonde woman is sitting in a kitchen with the words `` sure , jan . '' written on her face .

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 16h

the fact that those silly inflatable animal outfits are providing effective defense from ICE pepper bullets is just so good.

hardcore militia larpers in their khaki bondage gear squaring off against adorable round frogs is golden

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14h

Guess we know who’s gonna win the Nobel Whine Like a Bitch Prize.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 13h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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pink jimi photon @pinkjimiphoton.bsky.social · 13h

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Nobel Prize Total Landscaping awards President Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.

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