Beth Ⓥ 🌱 😷
@beth72.bsky.social
| she/her | vegan | AuDHD | anti-capitalist | COVID cautious |
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NC prison officials raise the markup on the wholesale cost of canteen goods from 20 to 25 percent in order to “adapt to shifting economic conditions”: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
North Carolina Prison Officials Raise Prices for Those Who Can Least Afford It
An increased markup on canteen goods adds to the financial burden on incarcerated people and their families, highlighting how prison systems squeeze them for revenue.
boltsmag.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NC prison officials raise the markup on the wholesale cost of canteen goods from 20 to 25 percent in order to “adapt to shifting economic conditions”: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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Europe’s Cruise Ships Produce Toxic Sulphur Emissions Equivalent to 1 Billion Cars, Study Finds
Cruise ships are a luxury that cannot be tolerated
www.ecowatch.com/europe-cruis...
Cruise ships are a luxury that cannot be tolerated
www.ecowatch.com/europe-cruis...
Europe’s Cruise Ships Produce Toxic Sulphur Emissions Equivalent to 1 Billion Cars, Study Finds - EcoWatch
The 218 cruise ships operating in European waters in 2023 emitted the sulphur oxide (SOx) equivalent of a billion cars.
www.ecowatch.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Europe’s Cruise Ships Produce Toxic Sulphur Emissions Equivalent to 1 Billion Cars, Study Finds
Cruise ships are a luxury that cannot be tolerated
www.ecowatch.com/europe-cruis...
Cruise ships are a luxury that cannot be tolerated
www.ecowatch.com/europe-cruis...
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Mask up 😷
Against measles, Covid, cold, flu - all other airborne illnesses.
Vaccines are great, but without herd immunity, everyone is vulnerable.
Against measles, Covid, cold, flu - all other airborne illnesses.
Vaccines are great, but without herd immunity, everyone is vulnerable.
A surge in measles cases has cost Canada its official measles free designation — and the United States looks likely to follow suit
go.nature.com/4oRoafo
go.nature.com/4oRoafo
Measles makes a comeback: four charts show where and how
With gaps in vaccine coverage, nowhere is safe from measles outbreaks. But the disease has hit the Americas hard this year.
go.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Mask up 😷
Against measles, Covid, cold, flu - all other airborne illnesses.
Vaccines are great, but without herd immunity, everyone is vulnerable.
Against measles, Covid, cold, flu - all other airborne illnesses.
Vaccines are great, but without herd immunity, everyone is vulnerable.
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Okla has halted its social studies textbook adoption after a court blocked controversial standards that included Bible content and false election claims. | Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, reports: freepressokc.com/controversia...
Controversial standards stall Oklahoma textbook adoption
Oklahoma has halted its social studies textbook adoption after a court blocked controversial standards that included Bible content and false election claims.
freepressokc.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Okla has halted its social studies textbook adoption after a court blocked controversial standards that included Bible content and false election claims. | Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, reports: freepressokc.com/controversia...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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People deserve to have agency over their dietary needs. Food banks and charities undermine that agency in favor of feeding the masses.
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
People deserve to have agency over their dietary needs. Food banks and charities undermine that agency in favor of feeding the masses.
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This is unacceptable. By folding to Trump, @governor.ny.gov has helped to fast-track his agenda.
"In granting the certification for this pipeline, Governor Hochul has not only sided with Trump, she’s fast-tracked his agenda,” Laura Shindell, New York State director with @foodandwater.bsky.social
citylimits.org/sided-with-t...
citylimits.org/sided-with-t...
'Sided With Trump': Climate Groups Slam NY Approval of Gas Pipeline Off Queens' Coast - City Limits
New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation approved permits Friday for a gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to the Rockaways. The Trump administration has been cheerleading the plan—which c...
citylimits.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is unacceptable. By folding to Trump, @governor.ny.gov has helped to fast-track his agenda.
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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Here are 50 reasons someone might be masking in 2025. None of them have to do with anxiety or criminal behavior, and not all of them about COVID. Use them in your accommodations requests or when advocating to protect the right to wear masks/prevent mask bans.
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
a mental health professional’s perspective
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here are 50 reasons someone might be masking in 2025. None of them have to do with anxiety or criminal behavior, and not all of them about COVID. Use them in your accommodations requests or when advocating to protect the right to wear masks/prevent mask bans.
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
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70% of working age SNAP recipients work full time. The companies should pay them a living wage! SNAP is corporate welfare.
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
70% of working age SNAP recipients work full time. The companies should pay them a living wage! SNAP is corporate welfare.
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you don’t have a summer cold you have one of the strains of Covid that have never disappeared and continue to mutate. Covid isn’t showing up on tests in the immediate days of symptoms, people are testing positive several days in. Be safe. A mask is extremely effective in preventing airborne illness.
August 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
you don’t have a summer cold you have one of the strains of Covid that have never disappeared and continue to mutate. Covid isn’t showing up on tests in the immediate days of symptoms, people are testing positive several days in. Be safe. A mask is extremely effective in preventing airborne illness.
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It’s no joke, guys: half of my church’s congregation is sick with COVID, to the point they’ve had to cancel some groups for the elderly there. One elderly lady was hospitalised. This is why I hate it when people refer to the pandemic in the past tense. It’s still ongoing, so continue to mask up.
We are in the middle of a huge coronavirus surge right now!
People are getting sick relentlessly. It's destroying people's bodies. Y'all need to be aware and cautious and keep yourself safe.
People are getting sick relentlessly. It's destroying people's bodies. Y'all need to be aware and cautious and keep yourself safe.
August 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It’s no joke, guys: half of my church’s congregation is sick with COVID, to the point they’ve had to cancel some groups for the elderly there. One elderly lady was hospitalised. This is why I hate it when people refer to the pandemic in the past tense. It’s still ongoing, so continue to mask up.
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𝐒t𝐨p c𝐚l𝐥i𝐧g b𝐢g D D𝐞m𝐨c𝐫a𝐭s "𝐭h𝐞 𝐥e𝐟t", JFC
May 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
𝐒t𝐨p c𝐚l𝐥i𝐧g b𝐢g D D𝐞m𝐨c𝐫a𝐭s "𝐭h𝐞 𝐥e𝐟t", JFC
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A bill to slow Oklahoma evictions and give tenants five more days passed both Houses of the Oklahoma Legislature—then Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed it. | Scott Carter, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/stitt-vetoes...
Stitt vetoes bill that would have slowed eviction process
A bill to slow Oklahoma evictions and give tenants five more days passed both Houses of the Okla Legislature—then Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed it.
freepressokc.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A bill to slow Oklahoma evictions and give tenants five more days passed both Houses of the Oklahoma Legislature—then Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed it. | Scott Carter, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/stitt-vetoes...
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An Oklahoma bill requiring manufactured-protein food products to be labeled differently from meat has been signed into law.
www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...
www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...
Oklahoma passes meat labeling law for different protein products
A bill requiring manufactured-protein food products to be labeled differently from meat has been signed into law.
www.kosu.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An Oklahoma bill requiring manufactured-protein food products to be labeled differently from meat has been signed into law.
www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...
www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...
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Absolutely egregious delay. This should have happened a very long time ago.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Biden commutes sentence for indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents
Biden commutes sentence for indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
www.pbs.org
January 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Absolutely egregious delay. This should have happened a very long time ago.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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I’ll keep reporting good news from Starbucks picket lines today. It’s day 3 and we’re now striking stores across NINE cities!
December 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I’ll keep reporting good news from Starbucks picket lines today. It’s day 3 and we’re now striking stores across NINE cities!
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Want some good news from our Starbucks picket lines? I’ll be posting here all day:
First up, a Teamsters trash truck driver not only honored the picket line at the Seattle Roastery at 3am, he jumped out of his truck and contributed $30 to the strike fund!
First up, a Teamsters trash truck driver not only honored the picket line at the Seattle Roastery at 3am, he jumped out of his truck and contributed $30 to the strike fund!
December 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Want some good news from our Starbucks picket lines? I’ll be posting here all day:
First up, a Teamsters trash truck driver not only honored the picket line at the Seattle Roastery at 3am, he jumped out of his truck and contributed $30 to the strike fund!
First up, a Teamsters trash truck driver not only honored the picket line at the Seattle Roastery at 3am, he jumped out of his truck and contributed $30 to the strike fund!
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Viruses are bad for kids' health and public health is a collective effort, but liberals and leftists no longer believe either of those things. Here’s an excellent breakdown www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health
Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 30, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Viruses are bad for kids' health and public health is a collective effort, but liberals and leftists no longer believe either of those things. Here’s an excellent breakdown www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
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“If Dexter doesn’t find his haul soon, over 3000 Lego bricks could be lost to his autistic rival, Steve from across the road.”
thedailytism.com/audhd-man-fo...
thedailytism.com/audhd-man-fo...
AuDHD man forgets where he buried Lego for winter
An auDHD man who recently buried his Lego for winter now can’t remember where he bloody put it, it has been rumoured. Dexter Livingstone, 31, used spatial memory and landmarks such as trees to rememb...
thedailytism.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
“If Dexter doesn’t find his haul soon, over 3000 Lego bricks could be lost to his autistic rival, Steve from across the road.”
thedailytism.com/audhd-man-fo...
thedailytism.com/audhd-man-fo...
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The driver who tried to flee had an expired paper tag and suspended license. So Mannford Police knew who he was when they decided to chase him.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol intentionally hit the vehicle, which killed the driver and the passenger.
tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
Oklahoma Highway Patrol intentionally hit the vehicle, which killed the driver and the passenger.
tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
Pursuit in Creek County leaves two dead after trooper spins out fleeing vehicle
The chase went through Bristow before the OHP initiated a tactical vehicle intervention on Oklahoma 16. Both occupants of the fleeing vehicle were killed in the resulting crash.
tulsaworld.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:43 PM
The driver who tried to flee had an expired paper tag and suspended license. So Mannford Police knew who he was when they decided to chase him.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol intentionally hit the vehicle, which killed the driver and the passenger.
tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
Oklahoma Highway Patrol intentionally hit the vehicle, which killed the driver and the passenger.
tulsaworld.com/news/state-r...
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"Who is really hurt when we sling comments at the world’s richest man which question his masculinity and rely on feminization being an insult?"
I wrote about people insulting Elon Musk and his relationship with Trump by calling him ‘Elonia’ or ‘First Lady.’
This approach doesn’t work both because it reinforces the language and approach of bigotry, and because it doesn’t hurt our powerful targets one bit.
We have to learn to punch up.
This approach doesn’t work both because it reinforces the language and approach of bigotry, and because it doesn’t hurt our powerful targets one bit.
We have to learn to punch up.
Learning to punch up
The vital nature of power analysis
www.jphilll.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:04 PM
"Who is really hurt when we sling comments at the world’s richest man which question his masculinity and rely on feminization being an insult?"