Betsy Barton
@betsyb.bsky.social
Mom, data scientist, astrophysicist, CEO, someone looking for kindness on social media
So.... You should be able to force someone to remain married against their will?
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October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So.... You should be able to force someone to remain married against their will?
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If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
This is the most relevant article I've ever read on the topic of where the Democrats have gone wrong. IMHO, anyone interested in political strategy needs to read it and ingest every sentence.
Love it or hate it, ATTENTION is the new currency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Love it or hate it, ATTENTION is the new currency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Opinion | Chris Hayes: The Democrats’ Main Problem Isn’t Their Message
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is the most relevant article I've ever read on the topic of where the Democrats have gone wrong. IMHO, anyone interested in political strategy needs to read it and ingest every sentence.
Love it or hate it, ATTENTION is the new currency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Love it or hate it, ATTENTION is the new currency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
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I don’t do this often, but: imagine if Obama had summoned the generals and announced we should use red areas of the country as a training ground for war
If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I don’t do this often, but: imagine if Obama had summoned the generals and announced we should use red areas of the country as a training ground for war
They are shutting down their own Congress rather than releasing these files? Is the stuff in there about Trump worse than we even thought?!?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Johnson Shutting Down House Until September to Block Epstein Vote
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July 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
They are shutting down their own Congress rather than releasing these files? Is the stuff in there about Trump worse than we even thought?!?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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If you’re feeling exhausted from all the ICE news, you’re not alone. That’s the point of authoritarianism and fascism.
But you better fucking believe I’ll have a video tomorrow on this. Everyone, media and otherwise, needs to be loud as hell about what’s happening right now.
But you better fucking believe I’ll have a video tomorrow on this. Everyone, media and otherwise, needs to be loud as hell about what’s happening right now.
June 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you’re feeling exhausted from all the ICE news, you’re not alone. That’s the point of authoritarianism and fascism.
But you better fucking believe I’ll have a video tomorrow on this. Everyone, media and otherwise, needs to be loud as hell about what’s happening right now.
But you better fucking believe I’ll have a video tomorrow on this. Everyone, media and otherwise, needs to be loud as hell about what’s happening right now.
I've never seen a better argument that we can't trust this to a childish billionaire! NASA needs to have full control of, for example, the means of transporting astronauts.
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Elon Musk threatened to decommission Dragon spacecraft. Here's what that would mean for NASA
Space science experts told ABC News SpaceX has been essential to NASA’s missions and the breakdown of a relationship would leave a hole that would be hard to fill.
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June 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I've never seen a better argument that we can't trust this to a childish billionaire! NASA needs to have full control of, for example, the means of transporting astronauts.
abcnews.go.com/Technology/e...
abcnews.go.com/Technology/e...
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Mild critisism and stating the very obvious about the deficit is not exactly political courage and is no commitment to cost-cutting, especially given the needless havoc he has caused across the world www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Musk says he’s ‘disappointed’ with Trump-backed megabill
The billionaire’s criticism could influence the megabill’s prospects in the Senate.
www.politico.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Mild critisism and stating the very obvious about the deficit is not exactly political courage and is no commitment to cost-cutting, especially given the needless havoc he has caused across the world www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
State Department Halts Interviews for Student and Exchange Visas
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May 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The masks warn by these agents are very telling. These people KNOW that they are on the wrong side of history. They're completely open about that fact, and nowhere near courageous enough to face accountability
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Immigrant arrests at courthouses signal new tactic in Trump’s deportation push
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been instructed to arrest people immediately after a judge has ordered them to be deported or after prosecutors move to drop their case.
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May 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The masks warn by these agents are very telling. These people KNOW that they are on the wrong side of history. They're completely open about that fact, and nowhere near courageous enough to face accountability
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Hubble’s 35th anniversary with stunning images across space:
Upper left: Frosty Mars with thin water-ice clouds.
Upper right: NGC 2899, a moth-shaped planetary nebula. Lower left: Dark gas clouds in the Rosette Nebula.
Lower right: NGC 5335, a flocculent spiral galaxy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Upper left: Frosty Mars with thin water-ice clouds.
Upper right: NGC 2899, a moth-shaped planetary nebula. Lower left: Dark gas clouds in the Rosette Nebula.
Lower right: NGC 5335, a flocculent spiral galaxy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
April 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hubble’s 35th anniversary with stunning images across space:
Upper left: Frosty Mars with thin water-ice clouds.
Upper right: NGC 2899, a moth-shaped planetary nebula. Lower left: Dark gas clouds in the Rosette Nebula.
Lower right: NGC 5335, a flocculent spiral galaxy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Upper left: Frosty Mars with thin water-ice clouds.
Upper right: NGC 2899, a moth-shaped planetary nebula. Lower left: Dark gas clouds in the Rosette Nebula.
Lower right: NGC 5335, a flocculent spiral galaxy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
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Hi Bluesky!
Kyndr is a place for:
✨Kind Humans
✨Tired Souls
✨People seeking community
✨Those looking to move off of a billionaire owned platform
✨People looking to make a difference
(No racists, bigots, or big meanies allowed)
Kyndr is a place for:
✨Kind Humans
✨Tired Souls
✨People seeking community
✨Those looking to move off of a billionaire owned platform
✨People looking to make a difference
(No racists, bigots, or big meanies allowed)
March 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hi Bluesky!
Kyndr is a place for:
✨Kind Humans
✨Tired Souls
✨People seeking community
✨Those looking to move off of a billionaire owned platform
✨People looking to make a difference
(No racists, bigots, or big meanies allowed)
Kyndr is a place for:
✨Kind Humans
✨Tired Souls
✨People seeking community
✨Those looking to move off of a billionaire owned platform
✨People looking to make a difference
(No racists, bigots, or big meanies allowed)
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DOGE claims to have saved $115 billion, but we can confirm this figure is overstated by 77.3%, meaning the actual savings amount to only $26.05 billion. To verify this, we had to rely on internal connections, as Musk has obscured details of these claims on DOGE despite promises of transparency.
March 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
DOGE claims to have saved $115 billion, but we can confirm this figure is overstated by 77.3%, meaning the actual savings amount to only $26.05 billion. To verify this, we had to rely on internal connections, as Musk has obscured details of these claims on DOGE despite promises of transparency.
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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
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I worked with a narcissistic bully once and the thing is… you can try to appease them for a while and be friendly and nice to try to get them to come along… But it will never be enough for them. It’s always better to just do what’s right despite them.
March 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I worked with a narcissistic bully once and the thing is… you can try to appease them for a while and be friendly and nice to try to get them to come along… But it will never be enough for them. It’s always better to just do what’s right despite them.
Thr president has 'obligations' to Russia and is ending our cyber security precautions.
www.newsweek.com/vladimir-put...
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Donald Trump has 'obligations' to those who brought him to power—Putin ally
Vladimir Putin's aide and former Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev has commented on Donald Trump's election victory.
www.newsweek.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thr president has 'obligations' to Russia and is ending our cyber security precautions.
www.newsweek.com/vladimir-put...
www.newsweek.com/vladimir-put...
Musk's businesses have been boosted by $38 Billion in government funding. He happily took advantage of it and is now making sure that others can't.
February 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Musk's businesses have been boosted by $38 Billion in government funding. He happily took advantage of it and is now making sure that others can't.
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
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January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives