Betkasaurus Rex
@betka.bsky.social
Knitter. Runner. Occasional soccer player. PhD in Slavic Stuff. Board Game Nerd. Reads way past her bedtime. Raised by Wolves. She/her.
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While Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and others are the subject of jokes with their hideous AI-generated ads, a French ad produced by Montpellier-based studio Illogic has won over audiences beyond France's borders with this animated short film that reminds me of...
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
While Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and others are the subject of jokes with their hideous AI-generated ads, a French ad produced by Montpellier-based studio Illogic has won over audiences beyond France's borders with this animated short film that reminds me of...
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At Oak Lawn United Methodist Church’s nativity, Mary and Joseph are silhouettes, surrounded by a chain link fence topped with razor wire. Their halos are old bicycle wheels. A shopping cart and two metal bins, frequently used by the unhoused as firepits, flank the scene.
Dallas church’s nativity evokes immigration detention centers, homelessness
“If telling the Christmas story honestly feels political, that says more about our moment than it does about the gospel,” Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison, senior pastor at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, said.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
At Oak Lawn United Methodist Church’s nativity, Mary and Joseph are silhouettes, surrounded by a chain link fence topped with razor wire. Their halos are old bicycle wheels. A shopping cart and two metal bins, frequently used by the unhoused as firepits, flank the scene.
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
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ICE snatched a human rights hero.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
hrichina.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ICE snatched a human rights hero.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
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Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Free groceries for furloughed workers
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Free groceries for furloughed workers
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
www.dispatch.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
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I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
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The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The Portland protest frog has done more to protect American democracy and fight fascism than all but the tiniest handful of elected officials
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Are you trans in the Magic the Gathering space? Are you creating, supporting, even just playing and having fun!?
Sound off. Celebrate yourself here. Find each other. We're stronger together.
Are you an ally? Boost us. Show support. Help us feel safer out here.
Sound off. Celebrate yourself here. Find each other. We're stronger together.
Are you an ally? Boost us. Show support. Help us feel safer out here.
a cartoon drawing of a fox carrying a flag
Alt: Magic the Gathering character Miles Tails Prowler says trans right
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Are you trans in the Magic the Gathering space? Are you creating, supporting, even just playing and having fun!?
Sound off. Celebrate yourself here. Find each other. We're stronger together.
Are you an ally? Boost us. Show support. Help us feel safer out here.
Sound off. Celebrate yourself here. Find each other. We're stronger together.
Are you an ally? Boost us. Show support. Help us feel safer out here.
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon
Portland never stops being Portland.
wizard frog is insane
October 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon
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you’re never more than 10 feet away from someone texting “lol” with a completely expressionless face
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
you’re never more than 10 feet away from someone texting “lol” with a completely expressionless face
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Look what we have here then.
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Look what we have here then.
“I just sliced off the very tip of my finger making breakfast” is both the stupidest sentence in the world and also my current situation. Hope everyone else’s Friday is off to a better start…
September 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“I just sliced off the very tip of my finger making breakfast” is both the stupidest sentence in the world and also my current situation. Hope everyone else’s Friday is off to a better start…
This is what “pro-life” should look like.
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is what “pro-life” should look like.
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I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.
Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...
There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp
Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.
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Why the fuck would "men getting laid" be a political problem I need to concern myself with right now?
If we had sex ed, health care, child care, living wages, affordable housing as a right, third spaces still existed, & protection from sexual assault, maybe I'd care about why no one wants them.
If we had sex ed, health care, child care, living wages, affordable housing as a right, third spaces still existed, & protection from sexual assault, maybe I'd care about why no one wants them.
August 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Why the fuck would "men getting laid" be a political problem I need to concern myself with right now?
If we had sex ed, health care, child care, living wages, affordable housing as a right, third spaces still existed, & protection from sexual assault, maybe I'd care about why no one wants them.
If we had sex ed, health care, child care, living wages, affordable housing as a right, third spaces still existed, & protection from sexual assault, maybe I'd care about why no one wants them.
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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LAPD when they think no one’s looking
June 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
LAPD when they think no one’s looking
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Can we get some attention for the 10 year old 4th grader detained by ICE?! He’s being held by himself in Houston, TX and his name is Martir Garcia Lara!!
June 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can we get some attention for the 10 year old 4th grader detained by ICE?! He’s being held by himself in Houston, TX and his name is Martir Garcia Lara!!
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Welfare looks over the shoulder of the recipient, controlling everything, treating them as a child.
Basic income creates an income floor, trusting the recipient that they know how to use it.
Basic income creates an income floor, trusting the recipient that they know how to use it.
May 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Welfare looks over the shoulder of the recipient, controlling everything, treating them as a child.
Basic income creates an income floor, trusting the recipient that they know how to use it.
Basic income creates an income floor, trusting the recipient that they know how to use it.