babsbeaty
@babsbeaty.bsky.social
St Paul, MN. Coffeeshops, city life, books and progressive politics. Bad church lady. Pretty good enneagram teacher and coach. https://linktr.ee/babeaty
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rare post that gets better with every single word
Currently at the New York Young Republican’s annual gala, where the MC is 18-year-old streamer Matan Even.
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
rare post that gets better with every single word
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We need people capable of recognizing the different between "unity" - wherein bigoted behavior gets tolerated because calling it out can be embarrassing - and solidarity, where people are able to be called in and reminded that bigotry is not part of our shared goals.
December 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
We need people capable of recognizing the different between "unity" - wherein bigoted behavior gets tolerated because calling it out can be embarrassing - and solidarity, where people are able to be called in and reminded that bigotry is not part of our shared goals.
This is the choice that those with power have made—
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
@Mercado Media video credit #minnesota #illinois #louisiana #america
TikTok video by June Osborne
www.tiktok.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
And his wife is going to call some friends to come over to have coffee and make Molotov cocktails
I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
December 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
And his wife is going to call some friends to come over to have coffee and make Molotov cocktails
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manic pixie trad wife
I was talking to a young Orthodox woman recently and she was telling me that there is an enormous gender divide emerging in American Orthodoxy because of this. The young women just want to, you know, go to church, while the young men (mostly converts) are looking for their tradwife.
December 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
manic pixie trad wife
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After years of being curious about my lineage, I finally received my ancestry results. Apparently I'm 12% Scottish Highlands cottage, 16% used bookstore, 9% October, 13% cat rescue, 11% rainswept cobblestone side street, 7% dimly-lit café in Prague, 17% scone, and 15% Oxford comma.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
After years of being curious about my lineage, I finally received my ancestry results. Apparently I'm 12% Scottish Highlands cottage, 16% used bookstore, 9% October, 13% cat rescue, 11% rainswept cobblestone side street, 7% dimly-lit café in Prague, 17% scone, and 15% Oxford comma.
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Old Tim Ferriss point: hard to monetize drinking more water and meditating
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Old Tim Ferriss point: hard to monetize drinking more water and meditating
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Jfc. Senator John Hoffman reports ICE took the owners of crumbs and coffee in BP this morning and left the building unlocked with money on the counter.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Jfc. Senator John Hoffman reports ICE took the owners of crumbs and coffee in BP this morning and left the building unlocked with money on the counter.
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This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
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In Minnesota, we care about our neighbors—no matter our income, skin color, or where we were born. As Trump and the ICE machine attack our immigrant neighbors, we’re coming together to say MN ❤️'s our neighbors. March with us: www.facebook.com/share/1JbXD5...
#DeICEMN
#DeICEMN
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
In Minnesota, we care about our neighbors—no matter our income, skin color, or where we were born. As Trump and the ICE machine attack our immigrant neighbors, we’re coming together to say MN ❤️'s our neighbors. March with us: www.facebook.com/share/1JbXD5...
#DeICEMN
#DeICEMN
Current WFH binge is Silicon Valley.
It seems so… quaint…?
It seems so… quaint…?
December 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Current WFH binge is Silicon Valley.
It seems so… quaint…?
It seems so… quaint…?
Saint Paul folks: my neighborhood FB Group (South Como) is abuzz with questions about helicopters circling the neighborhood this afternoon. Anyone know anything?
Obviously the suspicion is ICE
Obviously the suspicion is ICE
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Saint Paul folks: my neighborhood FB Group (South Como) is abuzz with questions about helicopters circling the neighborhood this afternoon. Anyone know anything?
Obviously the suspicion is ICE
Obviously the suspicion is ICE
I have exactly 5 minutes to finish this Vietnamese iced coffee or it’s no sleep tonight.
I am officially Time The Caffeine Intake Carefully years old
I am officially Time The Caffeine Intake Carefully years old
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I have exactly 5 minutes to finish this Vietnamese iced coffee or it’s no sleep tonight.
I am officially Time The Caffeine Intake Carefully years old
I am officially Time The Caffeine Intake Carefully years old
Eating a late lunch of oatmeal with shredded cheddar cheese mixed in and Vietnamese ice coffee and calling it fusion cuisine.
December 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Eating a late lunch of oatmeal with shredded cheddar cheese mixed in and Vietnamese ice coffee and calling it fusion cuisine.
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Time for "we'll circle back to that in the new year" season 😁
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Time for "we'll circle back to that in the new year" season 😁
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I observe that total moral degeneracy tends to have a corrosive effect on a political movement, if it has no genuine standards or principles then it will tend to get devoured by progressively more insane grifters
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I observe that total moral degeneracy tends to have a corrosive effect on a political movement, if it has no genuine standards or principles then it will tend to get devoured by progressively more insane grifters
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
90% of the time I cannot tell what point this dunderhead is trying to make
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
90% of the time I cannot tell what point this dunderhead is trying to make
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Wow, hard to imagine a world where rich people have access to the most expensive doctors and hospitals while the average person doesn't. Let's hope that Americans never have to worry about that happening.
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wow, hard to imagine a world where rich people have access to the most expensive doctors and hospitals while the average person doesn't. Let's hope that Americans never have to worry about that happening.
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At its core what people seem to struggle with is the fact that military occupation is in fact political and its violence is a daily pressure point that is a constant.
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
At its core what people seem to struggle with is the fact that military occupation is in fact political and its violence is a daily pressure point that is a constant.
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They expect us to believe the idea that Trump is an unstoppable alpha male while also needing bandages because he keeps injuring himself shaking hands. 😭
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
They expect us to believe the idea that Trump is an unstoppable alpha male while also needing bandages because he keeps injuring himself shaking hands. 😭
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I just want Republicans, and the right generally, to be treated as real adults with agency instead of forces of nature that must be appeased or managed. Is that too much to ask?
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I just want Republicans, and the right generally, to be treated as real adults with agency instead of forces of nature that must be appeased or managed. Is that too much to ask?