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Bethany

@bethanyhardy.bsky.social
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Midwesterner living inside the Beltway. Big fan of public health, reproductive rights, data, cats, and democracy.

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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cmon, man
My cat hanging his head over my laptop, preventing me from getting any work done
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Someone missed me while I was gone, chapter 62.
My cat sprawled across my work from home desk so I can’t get any work done
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🍤
My cat sleeping on the couch in the shape of a shrimp 🍤
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Sarah Tolcser @tolcser.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In honor of Dolly Parton, here is one of my favorite videos of my cat (his name was Jolee) reacting to the song Jolene 😂 #catsofbluesky #catsky
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Look who joined us for happy hour
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One piece of this new presidential vax schedule that's gotten insufficient coverage is the additional demand it would create for dr. appointments (assuming kids still get shots), since unbundling shots requires more trips to pediatrician. Do you know how hard it is to get a doctor's appt right now?!
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There’s No Vaccine for Stupid
Innumerate Republican senators castigate Fauci for something he didn’t do.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/07/2026
Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.
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Nefarious Means @nefariousmeans.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime. A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it. Modern science is a miracle. www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
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New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease
Daniel Cressy, 23, underwent gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Spot the coworker/catworker.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Happy #Caturday!
My cat hanging out the window Close up of my cat hanging out a window
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 16/05/2026
Mifepristone, an abortion medication, may still be prescribed and mailed anywhere in the US. But providers and advocates are preparing for potential disruptions in the future. My latest: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘A constant battle’: abortion providers and advocates prepare for next legal challenges
Recent decisions have alternatively blocked access to abortion drug and restored it as cases wind through courts
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
🙋🏼‍♀️
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 01/05/2026
NEW: The ultraconservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the 2023 rule change that allowed for telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone—nationwide.
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Published Opinion – #119, Att. #1 in State of Louisiana v. FDA (5th Cir., 26-30203) – CourtListener.com
NON DISPOSITIVE PUBLISHED OPINION FILED. Judge: LHS, Judge: SKD, Judge: KDE; granting Motion to stay the 2023REMS under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending appeal filed by Appellant State of Louisiana [12]; denyin...
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🤷‍♀️
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
it’s important that americans (not referring to OP) understand we are making political choices that are resulting in these deaths. our electeds can make different choices if we sufficiently pressure them to do so. those choices might make us uncomfortable, but they exist. it’s about priorities.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
we have the power to prevent many of these deaths. it is a moral imperative
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/04/2026
By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.
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Virginia Democrats Win Redistricting Referendum, Potentially Flipping Four House Seats
By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Vote yes! open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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New York Times Shocked, Shocked That Democrats Fighting Back After Trump Ordered Gerrymanders
OK sure, Trump started it, but shouldn't Dems do the honorable thing and lose?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
He can't lie his way out of this one.
Screenshot of a tweet by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) showing an exchange where a reporter asks Trump how much longer Americans will face high gas prices, Trump responds they're "not very high," is told prices are still $4 a gallon, and replies that's what ABC says but "the stock market is up" and "everything is doing really well." The embedded video shows Trump speaking on the White House lawn, with a breaking news chyron reading "Trump: Iran Cannot Have Nuclear Weapon."
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“Women who are able to plan their pregnancies wind up in better physical and psychological health, birth healthier infants, make more money, are less likely to get divorced, are less likely to rely on public assistance and invest more in their children...” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/o...
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Opinion | Does the Trump Administration Really Want More Teen Pregnancies?
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Caturday morning sleep-in
My cat cuddled up asleep
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Trump vs the Pope is how ridiculous MAGA is. God: Not my best work
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Pretty big L for the international fascist movement
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2026
historic rejection of JD Vance
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/04/2026
It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Depressing, and true. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/04/2026
Bless this Pope for loudly condemning the fascists.
thegodshow.com
Bless Pope Leo For Ripping Hegseth’s Fascist Christianity
Nailed it.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Seems to me if you think you have divine sanction for your warmongering when it goes badly you have to consider the opposite proposition but they never seem to!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/04/2026
"Humanity's next great voyage begins" #Artemis
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🙄, and I can’t say 🙄 enough:
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Getting COVID Again Is More Dangerous Than Most People Realize—Here’s What To Know
Doctors share why it’s still important to take the virus seriously.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A much needed win for public health 🙏🏻
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Exactly. So gross
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
😻 Why Falling Cats Always Seem to Land on Their Feet www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/s...
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Why Falling Cats Always Seem to Land on Their Feet
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 05/03/2026
Good - and I cannot emphasize this enough - riddance.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Unbelievable (and yet, totally believable)
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🥰
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I don’t know how I feel about this tbh
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I think about this ⬇️ often
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
TGIF! The boys are enjoying morning ☀️
My two cats sunbathing on the bed.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We really are living in the dumbest times.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
“I consider it an unprecedented action that really violates the basic principles of a data-driven regulatory agency and the fundamentals of public health, and it’s that simple…it’s a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development and the preeminence of American research”
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FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
Experts say the FDA "moved the goalposts" on Moderna, creating "a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development" in the U.S.
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Bethany @bethanyhardy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Yeeeeeeeeah @seahawksofficial.com!
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a seahawks logo on a green background
ALT: a seahawks logo on a green background
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/02/2026
Trump's utterly predictable complaint about Bad Bunny singing in Spanish was thoughtless culture-war stuff — but also failed to understand how many Americans speak Spanish. www.pbump.net/o/actually-l...
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Actually, lots of people understood Bad Bunny
43 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish, even if there aren't any at the White House.
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