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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have we not told enough of these stories to affect change. Every woman I know has them. Here’s one of mine. betsywithycombe.substack.com/p/i-am-twenty #writer #writinglife #mfa

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Welcoming guests tonight for the first dinner party of autumn. Time is flying!

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Packet 2/MFA Semester 3 submitted. Drafts of thesis and novel coming along. Must summon more energy for next deadline. #writer #writing #mfa

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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For @time.com, I wrote a short piece on doing ballet barre in my kitchen. It's about returning to childhood hobbies, and how bringing something positive forward from our pasts can connect to stories of who we are. It was great speaking with folks about childhood hobbies they've come back to, too!

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Revisiting Childhood Hobbies Is a Way to Learn Who You Are as an Adult

Returning to a childhood hobby can engage the past as we remember it, the present, and the future we imagine, writes Rainesford Stauffer.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cost of extending ACA subsidies: $30 billion/year Cost of Trump's Iran War: $43 billion in roughly seven months (and that's a low estimate) It's not a question of what we can afford. It's a question of priorities.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The chyron says it all

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"The USA experienced declines in Free Political Parties, Effective Parliament, Access to Justice, and Judicial Independence, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press, and Economic Equality. US scores on most of these measures are at their lowest levels since 1975" www.idea.int/publications...

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Peaceful and well-attended protest at the Kennedy Center tonight. Kent reassured a violin and a viola player, “They won’t tear it down, there are many lawyers hard at work.” I said, “They might, but they can’t stop us from having music, and we will find a place for you to play.” Protect the arts.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Having just turned in a grad school packet, I had a minute for my thoughts about technology and self-esteem. betsywithycombe.substack.com/p/thinking-o...

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/09/2026

40% more kids are eating breakfast and 15% more are eating lunch since we launched free school meals in Minnesota. Now we’re making sure 100% of kids eat their broccoli.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Hi there! I'm the Secretary of Agriculture in a nation where just about every single kind of food has been recalled because it will give you explosive shits and then kill you dead. Well, I'm here to tell you about how government regulation and oversight is baaaaaaaad."

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Please share wisely to publicize the attempts by musk to suppress votes and spread disinformation popular.info/p/the-hidden...

The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you, VCFA, for supporting my MFA journey!

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

All the little things…Time in the kitchen, trip into Georgetown to see “The Odyssey,” still reading and writing.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I discovered my physical therapist likes to read thrillers, so I gave her a copy of my talented advisor’s new book. The front cover blurb was written by my equally talented second semester advisor. Feeling fortunate to be shepherded through so many seasons of my life by great women.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I spent some time tonight, eating charcuterie and drinking a mocktail with Angie Kim, while recording an interview with her for my craft thesis on voice. Full of gratitude and excited to keep writing. #writing #writinglife #writer

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

All the little things…Seeing flowers as I walk, Caprese Salad with my garden’s basil, dirty sodas with a S and M, banana bread, on the road again (grateful for adult children who hold down the fort). #writer #writing #writinglife

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Arlingtonians, protect your health. Stay inside today.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

All the little things…Patio geraniums, sunset from the hotel the night before the funeral, reading for MFA at the pool, lest anyone think I exaggerate our raccoon issues (our driveway at 8:26am), and candied ginger and chocolate chip scones for the freezer. #writing #writinglife

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Todd Blanche: We are keeping America safe. Murders are down. Renee Good. Alex Pretti. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Put dessert together this morning, before retiring to the laundry room to write. Icebox Lemon Cheesecake. #writing #writer #writinglife

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 12/07/2026

Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian men's team are paid the same as the women's team. In 2017, they took a voluntary pay cut to allow the women's pay to be increased. The move came from the players' union, not management.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It’s difficult to write for Substack and get my MFA work finished, but I managed a little something the other day. betsywithycombe.substack.com/p/third-seme...

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Trying to write (earplugs in, because the washing machine’s running), and this is going on outside my third story window. I’ve never considered eating upside down and her abs are stronger than mine will ever be. #writer #writing #writinglife

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Two are better than one… You waited for me under the tree, overlooking the river and the city. The bells of the Netherlands Carillon rang as the minister suggested you kiss me. I loved you all those years ago and I love you now. Happy Anniversary, Kent. XO

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

More good news from NYC! Arts funding always suffers during hard times, so this is truly welcome. hyperallergic.com/nyc-mayor-ma...

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NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture

The overall city budget also establishes a "Cultural Stability Fund" for struggling arts organizations.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

All the little things from residency…Cohort…This Sunnyvale raccoon must be related to the storm drain raccoon in Santa Clarita who tried to get in my car…Roses…Semester 3 begins. #writing #writinglife

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

All the little things at residency: View from the hotel parking lot…View from outside the cafeteria…Writers…CA bottle brush flowers. #writers #writinglife

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/06/2026

OMB nominee Hal Duncan: “This administration is committed to gold standard science and wants to advance the best cancer research that we possibly can.” Sen. Slotkin: “Slashing cancer research…is not a way to uphold a gold standard for cancer research.”

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/06/2026

If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Trump turned 80 with cage fights on the White House lawn. Pure distraction. Underneath it: Epstein files, Iran, and 35 federal judges trying to stop what I’d call the most brazen kleptocracy attempt this country has seen. This week matters. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The misogynistic smearing of a former First Lady at a White House event sanctioned by a President … is a stain that will not be removable

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This is despicable. What in the world is wrong with people? I agree with Conway and Miller.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

All the little things…Thinking and then writing…berry season meets the kitchen…time to make pesto…hydrangeas blooming in the yard…poetry.

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Our daughter is 23 today! Smart, funny, kind…All the good things. We love you, M ❤️

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Betsy Withycombe @betsywithycombe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Blooming in the backyard. Also, I was near a chain bookstore yesterday, so I wandered in to see what publishers are paying to have placed on that front table. Of the 20 (or so) paperbacks, 9 had back cover blurbs beginning with someone going missing. #writing #literaryfiction #writers

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