Bethany
@cursoryb.bsky.social
Music, comedy, activism, wellbeing
Horne Section and adjacent fandoms
Horne Section and adjacent fandoms
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
(No worries if not!!)
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
(No worries if not!!)
January 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
(No worries if not!!)
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
(No worries if not!!)
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Dolly is a saint, but she'd probably deny it if I said it to her face.
After >1000 homes were destroyed by fire, half a year of basic income provided by Dolly Parton resulted in a faster recovery. Recipients even ended up better prepared for future disasters than the average American. Cash was seen as >2x more helpful than donated items.
news.utk.edu/2017/11/16/u...
news.utk.edu/2017/11/16/u...
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Dolly is a saint, but she'd probably deny it if I said it to her face.
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i think the process for getting into certain fields (like medicine) punishes people who actually have the skills needed to be successful in that field
January 1, 2026 at 8:40 PM
i think the process for getting into certain fields (like medicine) punishes people who actually have the skills needed to be successful in that field
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I was once taking a group of visiting Spanish students on a trip to London. We were on the Underground and as we came to our stop, I barked, "Right, when the train stops, EVERYONE OFF AND LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL"
As I was counting heads, I found two stunned tourists had also done as they were told.
As I was counting heads, I found two stunned tourists had also done as they were told.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I was once taking a group of visiting Spanish students on a trip to London. We were on the Underground and as we came to our stop, I barked, "Right, when the train stops, EVERYONE OFF AND LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL"
As I was counting heads, I found two stunned tourists had also done as they were told.
As I was counting heads, I found two stunned tourists had also done as they were told.
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as I often say: imagine how much the 20th-best drummer in your city makes, and then compare that to what the 200th-best marketing manager makes
The average professional artist (and I’m talking getting paid literally anything for their art) has a skill set that is rarer, harder to do, and that takes longer to master than any middle management type you’ve ever met, but those do-nothing dipshits can make six figures with no one getting upset.
"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
as I often say: imagine how much the 20th-best drummer in your city makes, and then compare that to what the 200th-best marketing manager makes
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My podcast is back again, because it comes out on Sundays, and - this will be hard for some people to believe - it is now Sunday.
Episode five is out and you have been downloading in your droves*. Hope you enjoyed the sound on this one. 👀
*Marginally more people than this time last week
*Marginally more people than this time last week
December 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
My podcast is back again, because it comes out on Sundays, and - this will be hard for some people to believe - it is now Sunday.
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my TOP RESOLUTION for 2026 is to STOP SAYING NO. instead, I'm going to answer EVERY question with YES, SAND. I THROW SAND at the person asking me to do something until they GO AWAY
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
my TOP RESOLUTION for 2026 is to STOP SAYING NO. instead, I'm going to answer EVERY question with YES, SAND. I THROW SAND at the person asking me to do something until they GO AWAY
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I don't like dogs and I don't like children. I am aware that this makes me a bit weird. I don't expect to live in a child free or a dog free world but sometimes I am surprised by how willing parents and dog owners are to take their children/pets everywhere with them. Even places they shouldn't be.
December 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I don't like dogs and I don't like children. I am aware that this makes me a bit weird. I don't expect to live in a child free or a dog free world but sometimes I am surprised by how willing parents and dog owners are to take their children/pets everywhere with them. Even places they shouldn't be.
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forget the gap between christmas and new years, nobody is talking about the liminal time between COC and NYT
December 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
forget the gap between christmas and new years, nobody is talking about the liminal time between COC and NYT
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Oooo pre-orders are now up for this impressive tome/pamphlet. All profits go towards making more podcasts! gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cg...
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Oooo pre-orders are now up for this impressive tome/pamphlet. All profits go towards making more podcasts! gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cg...
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Hope everyone had a nice, suspicious-death-free Christmas Day. Thanks to the supreme efforts of our tiny team, episode five - Rollercoaster - will be out at the usual time. We're off to the funeral hoping to talk to several persons of interest.
December 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hope everyone had a nice, suspicious-death-free Christmas Day. Thanks to the supreme efforts of our tiny team, episode five - Rollercoaster - will be out at the usual time. We're off to the funeral hoping to talk to several persons of interest.
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fun fact: if you were born before June 1995 you are older than most people on the planet
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
fun fact: if you were born before June 1995 you are older than most people on the planet
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It pissed me off the argument against UBI is "sO yOur FiNE tO SwEAt FOr pEOpLe WHo dOnT WORk" you mean like shareholders, people like with generational wealth?? People who asking their dad for 40 billion to buy Warner Bros. Elon's stupid satellites etc...
December 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It pissed me off the argument against UBI is "sO yOur FiNE tO SwEAt FOr pEOpLe WHo dOnT WORk" you mean like shareholders, people like with generational wealth?? People who asking their dad for 40 billion to buy Warner Bros. Elon's stupid satellites etc...
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almost every person i know with a connective tissue disorder is also the kind of person that was carrying around 40 pounds of shit with them everywhere in a gigantic bag at one point in their lives
like i mean this in the nicest way possible but your joints never had a snowball's chance in hell
like i mean this in the nicest way possible but your joints never had a snowball's chance in hell
December 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
almost every person i know with a connective tissue disorder is also the kind of person that was carrying around 40 pounds of shit with them everywhere in a gigantic bag at one point in their lives
like i mean this in the nicest way possible but your joints never had a snowball's chance in hell
like i mean this in the nicest way possible but your joints never had a snowball's chance in hell
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Christmassy transport is always about a century behind the norm. one horse open sleighs in the mid-19th century, steam trains in the mid-to-late 20th century. as such we can confidently predict that by the year 2100 Santa Claus will be delivering presents in a Ford Focus
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Christmassy transport is always about a century behind the norm. one horse open sleighs in the mid-19th century, steam trains in the mid-to-late 20th century. as such we can confidently predict that by the year 2100 Santa Claus will be delivering presents in a Ford Focus
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evenin all, this family season got its claws in me fr 😮💨👋 hope you’re all holding up okay. hang in there babies 🙏
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
evenin all, this family season got its claws in me fr 😮💨👋 hope you’re all holding up okay. hang in there babies 🙏
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Everyone should get a UBI then if they want extra they can work as much as they feel like. Our society is so obsessed with work we keep inventing bullshit jobs, that no one wants or is needed.
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Everyone should get a UBI then if they want extra they can work as much as they feel like. Our society is so obsessed with work we keep inventing bullshit jobs, that no one wants or is needed.
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[snowman magically comes to life in garden]
BOY: wow! a snowman! what incredible adventures we shall have-
SNOWMAN: oi. your dad still got his original teeth?
BOY: uh...no?
SNOWMAN: great. I'm gonna go wear your dad's teeth and put on your mum's make up while they're sleeping, that's cool right
BOY: wow! a snowman! what incredible adventures we shall have-
SNOWMAN: oi. your dad still got his original teeth?
BOY: uh...no?
SNOWMAN: great. I'm gonna go wear your dad's teeth and put on your mum's make up while they're sleeping, that's cool right
December 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
[snowman magically comes to life in garden]
BOY: wow! a snowman! what incredible adventures we shall have-
SNOWMAN: oi. your dad still got his original teeth?
BOY: uh...no?
SNOWMAN: great. I'm gonna go wear your dad's teeth and put on your mum's make up while they're sleeping, that's cool right
BOY: wow! a snowman! what incredible adventures we shall have-
SNOWMAN: oi. your dad still got his original teeth?
BOY: uh...no?
SNOWMAN: great. I'm gonna go wear your dad's teeth and put on your mum's make up while they're sleeping, that's cool right
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no wonder people believe in god bc if you actually took stock of the situation here and believed that this is all we have you would be driven insane
December 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
no wonder people believe in god bc if you actually took stock of the situation here and believed that this is all we have you would be driven insane
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GenAI gives us the perfect justification why we need UBI and UHC. Consider focusing some of your rage that direction. UBI/UHC would fix a lot of the inequities plaguing genre.
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
GenAI gives us the perfect justification why we need UBI and UHC. Consider focusing some of your rage that direction. UBI/UHC would fix a lot of the inequities plaguing genre.
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I don't leave my writer shell often because -gestures broadly-
Give us universal healthcare, then release the Epstein files unredacted. We need something to read while we catch up on doctor appts.
Start universal basic income period.
Then mind your own fucking business about rainbow identities.
Give us universal healthcare, then release the Epstein files unredacted. We need something to read while we catch up on doctor appts.
Start universal basic income period.
Then mind your own fucking business about rainbow identities.
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I don't leave my writer shell often because -gestures broadly-
Give us universal healthcare, then release the Epstein files unredacted. We need something to read while we catch up on doctor appts.
Start universal basic income period.
Then mind your own fucking business about rainbow identities.
Give us universal healthcare, then release the Epstein files unredacted. We need something to read while we catch up on doctor appts.
Start universal basic income period.
Then mind your own fucking business about rainbow identities.
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The reasons for universal basic income go back well before technological concerns and are more numerous than just that one reason.
The fact that people hadn't heard of it before is frankly part of it. Some people have always wanted the idea to stop being talked about.
The fact that people hadn't heard of it before is frankly part of it. Some people have always wanted the idea to stop being talked about.
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The reasons for universal basic income go back well before technological concerns and are more numerous than just that one reason.
The fact that people hadn't heard of it before is frankly part of it. Some people have always wanted the idea to stop being talked about.
The fact that people hadn't heard of it before is frankly part of it. Some people have always wanted the idea to stop being talked about.
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I think, as I approach my 40th next year, what i need fo do is just yell "fuck OFF" so loudly that all the detritus from my life - job, landlord, bastards - just fully vanish forever
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I think, as I approach my 40th next year, what i need fo do is just yell "fuck OFF" so loudly that all the detritus from my life - job, landlord, bastards - just fully vanish forever
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A new and deeper analysis of Finland's basic income experiment has found that poor mental health was 33% lower (8 points) in the basic income group, whose only difference from the control group was UNCONDITIONALITY. Both groups got the same amount of monthly cash.
www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/worki...
www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/worki...
December 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A new and deeper analysis of Finland's basic income experiment has found that poor mental health was 33% lower (8 points) in the basic income group, whose only difference from the control group was UNCONDITIONALITY. Both groups got the same amount of monthly cash.
www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/worki...
www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/worki...