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Bethany The Bog Witch

@bethanybogvt.bsky.social
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A witch who lives in a bog. Aspiring VTuber, science enthusiast, marine biologist. www.tumblr.com/bethanythebogwitch

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
It is not blood libel to state accurately who is being killed and by whom. If the IDF and its supporters do not want its reputation linked to the slaughter of more than 16,000 babies and children, I would suggest they stop killing babies and children.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 22/05/2025
they are trying to outlaw being transgender in this country and this is just the first step. they were never going to stop at sports. they weren’t going to stop at bathrooms. they want a trans genocide. it is so important to spread awareness of this
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 22/05/2025
Good.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A VERY important point -- this bill is not final, not at all. It will now go to the Senate. If the Senate makes changes to the bill (they likely will), it will go back to the House for another vote. The House passed it last night with ONE VOTE. We can stop this. We have to.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Went and I checked this, and Edwin's correct: On the left is text from the reconciliation bill "PROHIBITING FEDERAL MEDICAID AND CHIP FUNDING FOR GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS" On the right is from the Manager's amendment that strikes the word "FOR MINORS."
A line from the Reconciliation bill saying " SEC. 44125. PROHIBITING FEDERAL MEDICAID AND CHIP FUNDING FOR GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES FOR MINORS."Page 333, line 3, strike ‘‘FOR MINORS’’
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Stewson @stewson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Elon Musk's reaction to being challenged is to say that the person who asked him an impertinent question is LITERALLY NOT A HUMAN BEING because they failed to acknowledge his genius and the perfection in everything he does www.thedailybeast.com/musk-insults...
“You’ve talked about $4 billion a day being saved,” Husain said. “And I think everyone can agree that combating waste and inefficiency in government is a very good thing, but if you add that up, it’s not gonna get to $2 trillion over the lifetime of DOGE.”

Musk looked visibly perturbed by the suggestion that his own forecasts were erroneous. “I’m sorry?” he shot back, with Husain then repeating her comment.

“I mean, I feel you’re somewhat trapped in the NPC [‘non-playable character,’ video game parlance] dialogue tree of a traditional journalist,” Musk replied.

“So it’s difficult when I’m conversing with someone who’s trapped in the dialogue tree of a conventional journalist because it’s like talking to a computer.”
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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
the criticism that Dems put forth old and ailing politicians to their detriment is unquestionably true, but there’s a large contingent of the party dedicated to calling you a heartless scumbag if you point it out
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Vizimos @vizimos.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Fine. I will be the Joe Rogan of the left. Step one: the DNC pays me 400,000 USD annually. Step two: I make Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer eat bugs on a game show and smoke weed.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/05/2025
Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected To Seek 15th Term
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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"Democrats CAN'T eliminate the filibuster to get healthcare, voting rights, queer rights, minimum wage, pandemic relief, expand social safety nets, gun control, or anything else because if we do Republicans will abuse it when they get power!" —My Mentions for the past 20 years
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I say without any irony or sarcasm: yes, thank you, we want parliamentary sabotage. Again, I'm 100% serious. It's one of the few things a minority party can do, and which Republicans themselves did. It's essential.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Words by Carl Sagan
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The current budget bill is an atrocity and out-of-touch leaders like Chuck Schumer laid the groundwork by voting for the CR. Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/05/2025
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
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kaius @haida.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
the media wants you to believe luigi was the murderer here btw
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 19/05/2025
Democrats dont wanna face the fact that until this genocide stops, you’re gonna KEEP losing. The young ones coming up don’t give a FUCK if it all burns down. They’re saddled in debt, unemployed, and hate you old motherfuckers. You have no integrity and you’re killing the planet. They DONT care.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/05/2025
“If I were a science journalist writing an article about a supposedly shocking development like this, I would email some experts and check to see if it’s for real. But plenty of science journalists don’t bother with that anymore: they just believe the press releases.”
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Chris Eliopoulos @chriseliopoulos.com · 18/05/2025
This is the "offending" page. Denying facts don't make them go away. Hiding facts don't make them untrue. This is all about love.
Picture of a cartoon Billie Jean King.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
(Electrek) - The Cybertruck has been a commercial flop. @electrek.com $TSLA electrek.co/2025/05/18/t...
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Aria of effect 🏳️‍⚧️ (ENVtuber) @ariaofeffect.live · 19/05/2025
Yeah no, with the first one you had the (slimmest) excuse of not knowing. if you buy this one,you wilfully fund a trans genocide through rowling… bitch literally funded the removal of our rights in public daylight and bragged about it.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"The bare minimum will reach the population - simply so the world doesn't stop us and accuse us of war crimes." www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...
BBC News:
IDF is destroying everything that remains of Gaza, far-right Israeli minister says
published at 07:19
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends an inauguration event for Israel's new light rail line for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, in Petah Tikva, Israel, August 17, 2023.
Image source,Reuters
We can now bring you some lines from a press conference held this morning by Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

He says the little amount of food entering the Strip will not reach Hamas: "The bare minimum will reach the population - simply so the world doesn't stop us and accuse us of war crimes."

"What will enter in the coming days is very little: a few bakeries distributing pita bread to people, and public kitchens providing one daily serving of cooked food."

Civilians, he says, will receive one pita and a plate of food - "that's it".

He adds that Israel's military is "destroying everything that remains of the Strip", describing the territory as "one big terror city".

He says civilians will be moved out of combat zones as the army leaves "no stone unturned".

"The population will reach the south of the Strip, and from there, with God’s help, to third countries," he says.

As we've been reporting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will take control of all of Gaza.
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JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This is so fucking good
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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 19/05/2025
at first you think "ah the dog is passively having fun" and then you realize the dog knows how to steer the skateboard and THEN you learn the dog knows how to PROPEL the skateboard
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cornish person girl @gemma.transwrites.world · 19/05/2025
bigot: *does and says something awful* the comments: wow jeez her face is shit and she's wide ?????? what in the fuck lmao?????? please i beg you. stop talking about people's appearances as if they are in any fucking way relevant to any fucking thing at all. thank you
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 19/05/2025
2 opportunities: 1. dems, on some issues, still respond to constituent pressure. they're scared they'll get pushed away from the money/power faucet. 2. some of the GOP thinks these bills are overreach & can be used to suppress the kind of free speech they like. that makes them vulnerable too.🧵
xtramagazine.com
The case for calling your reps | Xtra Magazine
OPINION: The time to demand legislators stand up for trans rights is now
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 19/05/2025
all 3 bills work together. none can be allowed to pass. KOSA, IODA, & SCREEN are all gifts to fascists. that much should be obvious, but it's either not or the parties have the same goal. last year, KOSA passed the senate 91-3 & the only D "no" vote was ron wyden. it'll take a lot to stop these.🧵
tweet from the heritage foundation quoting florence ashley:

florence - The Heritage Foundation openly states that they'll use bills purporting to protect kids to instead attack trans content, saying it's posing a risk of social contagion. This is super concerning, especially given that the bills have bipartisan support. We need to speak up!

heritage - Yes we do. Keeping trans content away from children is protecting kids. No child should be conditioned to think that permanently damaging their healthy bodies to try to become something they can never be is even remotely a good idea.tweet from kamala harris:

I applaud the Senate for passing the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act today. This bipartisan legislation will help protect children's mental
health, safety, and privacy online. I have spent my entire career fighting for the wellbeing of children, and l urge Congress to pass this bill as we continue to invest in our children and their health.
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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Saw a thing on tiktok where someone said: "The single-sex bathroom argument is as antifeminist as it gets. It's a total surrender to patriarchy, because it assumes that men not only cannot control themselves around women, they shouldn't even bother to try." And holy shit that's fire.
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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
It went on to say that that's the root of why TERFy stuff is so sad and doomed: it assumes that patriarchy is an inevitable consequence of biological destiny, and as a result, equality is impossible. So, regardless of trans peoples' existence or non-existence, TERFism is fundamentally antifeminist.
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Evan Spooklog @backlogreviewer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Don't buy Oblivion Don't buy Doom: The Dark Ages Cancel your gamepass subscription Do not give Microsoft another red cent that they don't pry from your dead fists
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 19/05/2025
their *lawyer* has also been disappeared now? uh holy shit
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IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
BREAKING: Labour will formally recognise trans women as ‘men’ tomorrow. It means trans women will be banned from all women shortlists and all Labour women’s groups. Revolting. The party’s relationship with LGBT+ is over.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/05/2025
“Their radical anti-American ideology is centered on the empowerment of girls and women,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio theonion.com/state-d...
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State Department Designates WNBA As Terrorist Organization
WASHINGTON—Promising to stamp out the extremist movement as well as its sympathizers, the U.S. State Department announced Thursday that the WNBA had been designated as a terrorist organization. According to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the organization has as many as 156 terrorists spread across 13 known cells in the United States, and several of […]
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AshleyRoboto 🌻 @ashleyroboto.com · 20/05/2025
The rise of AI and dumbass people LEAPING at the chance to use it to avoid having to think ever has made me want to go out of my way to use my brain and learn more than anything else has on this entire planet. Fuck AI and fuck people who use AI. USE YOUR OWN BRAINS.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/05/2025
me: they think it should be illegal to have black people in positions of influence savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical the trump administration:
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whetstone @whetstone.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
nothing like living through this present moment to blow a hole in that "he was a man of his time" apologia for respected enslavers treating human beings this way is abominable & anyone who fails to see it is morally broken. you don't have to see it in person. you don't have to have one friend.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Just a perfect sign of Schumer's incompetence. As the OP notes, there's no need to do this. The law is already on Democrats' side. And when this bill inevitably fails in a GOP-led Congress, it will then seem to many like the Qatari gift is perfectly legal. Congress didn't outlaw it, right?
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I wonder how many lies it will take before the press stops giving official statements by Trump and his cronies the presumption of truth. Days of stories spreading their lies around before the real story emerges. This happens over and over and over again:
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Guillotine Hunger Force @handle.invalid · 19/05/2025
should be basic and yet
lisa simpson presenting slide that says Criticism for one politician isn't an endorsement for another
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The bizarre media focus on Biden’s mental acuity 5 months after he left office seems to me to be a GLOWING red flag that major media outlets have been completely compromised by trump. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever they’re talking about it otherwise.
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 20/05/2025
Like we're out here being all "Biden wasn't aggressive enough about student loans and he directly aided a genocide and refused to acknowledge rising cost of living" and the press is like "Huh what yeah fuck Biden his press people never leaked or gave us exclusives what an asshole"
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 20/05/2025
Jesus Christ, they just *will not* let this go. The fucking press is still so goddam aggrieved that Biden was boring and wouldn't leak to them and wouldn't give them access to the point they're POUTING OVER THE MAN'S CANCER ANNOUNCEMENT RAINING ON ALL THEIR FUN. I can't even with these freaks.
Skeet from the New York Times: Joe Biden's announcement that he has aggressive prostate cancer has derailed Democrats who are wrestling with a complicated mix of sympathy and unsettling new questions about his health.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The hysteria when you say, “nah I’m good” on all the chat bots is how you know they’re in the grips of roulette fever. You know the guy at a casino, shaking at 2 am, telling you how dumb you are not to get in on this?
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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I don’t even know when I would even use ChatGPT. For what? There is nothing so hard to write that I would throw my hands up and let a robot do it. Just write. Be okay with some writing being hard, maybe bland, but even bland is human and honest.
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