Lucas Betz
@lcbetz.bsky.social
Birder, leftist, midwesterner, nature enjoyer.
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Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
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December 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
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Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
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As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
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Capitalism is now illegal
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Capitalism is now illegal
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
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this is just my personal pet peeve but it sucks to feel bad all the time and i am not into it
September 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
this is just my personal pet peeve but it sucks to feel bad all the time and i am not into it
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it's so cool that the only idea sports television executives have had for the last 25 years is "what if we talked to someone while they're doing their job" and the only thing any of them have to say is "hey, I'm trying to do my job here" and yet we only get more of it
July 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
it's so cool that the only idea sports television executives have had for the last 25 years is "what if we talked to someone while they're doing their job" and the only thing any of them have to say is "hey, I'm trying to do my job here" and yet we only get more of it
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump administration any pretext for what they’re already doing and will keep doing no matter what. “Angelenos—don’t engage in violence and give the administration an excuse to inflict all the […]
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June 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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i don't want to get into it with either of these bozos but this seems based on extremely weird ideas of what, like, "the streets" are, and what it means to take disagreements into them, and what "democracy" is, and how it "functions"
June 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
i don't want to get into it with either of these bozos but this seems based on extremely weird ideas of what, like, "the streets" are, and what it means to take disagreements into them, and what "democracy" is, and how it "functions"
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I took my 2-year-old to the local protest over the weekend and now he just carries this around
April 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I took my 2-year-old to the local protest over the weekend and now he just carries this around
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back to soyposting, please restrict free trade so I can bench more than 135 lbs
Trump got rid of the tariffs that were solving the Masculinity Crisis!
April 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
back to soyposting, please restrict free trade so I can bench more than 135 lbs
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realizing who tells the biggest lies about tesla
March 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
realizing who tells the biggest lies about tesla
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this is march. let’s revisit the greatest college basketball headline of all time
March 12, 2024 at 8:46 PM
this is march. let’s revisit the greatest college basketball headline of all time
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Authorities first need to rule out light rain
(AFP) - A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor's office said Monday.
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Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership: authorities
A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor's office said Monday.
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March 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Authorities first need to rule out light rain
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As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
March 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
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I’m not gonna bury my head in the sand by the way. I’m still gonna interact with political news/commentary, but on my own terms and at my own pace. Consuming it on social media, even from people I like, just isn’t working.
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m not gonna bury my head in the sand by the way. I’m still gonna interact with political news/commentary, but on my own terms and at my own pace. Consuming it on social media, even from people I like, just isn’t working.
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it actually rocks to have a workplace with lots of different kinds of people! it expands your understanding of the world and makes you more empathe— oh. I see. yeah it makes sense why the worst people are against it.
January 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
it actually rocks to have a workplace with lots of different kinds of people! it expands your understanding of the world and makes you more empathe— oh. I see. yeah it makes sense why the worst people are against it.
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We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
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Bullshit. The public backlash is just too much to handle.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
January 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Bullshit. The public backlash is just too much to handle.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
Some might be asking if they are either liars or incompetent. They are both.
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instead of giving your money to the government, which will use it on bloated and wasteful programs like "schools," we simply need to allow the private market to allocate the money efficiently, by giving it all to Nvidia to produce three guys worth $200 billion each and one AI picture of a school
January 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
instead of giving your money to the government, which will use it on bloated and wasteful programs like "schools," we simply need to allow the private market to allocate the money efficiently, by giving it all to Nvidia to produce three guys worth $200 billion each and one AI picture of a school
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"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
ALT: a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
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January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...