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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

They’ve figured out how to share the bed without touching

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Maggie is the most agreeable dog I’ve ever met. You wouldn’t know it from her resting face though

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wow, they really have me figured out 🙄

My "About Me" amazon page -- they know I read detective and thriller novels and I buy dried fruit

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A+ messaging on the team Talarico Facebook:

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Good luck 😆 This recipe doesn’t have the filling, I just brush with butter and sprinkle a good amount of brown sugar and cinnamon

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I prepped breakfast for tomorrow: apple cinnamon rolls. B+ for appearance, A for flavor, A+ for planning ahead

Unbaked cinnamon rolls in a glass pan on a blue kitchen towel

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

actually my husband reminds me that's this guy. so, maybe.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When a midwestern lady makes this expression, you've really said something heinous

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey, it's a post from the "muscular Christianity" guy

Muscular Christianity flyer with pictures of a bunch of goobers

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New recipe for our fam: Eggplant lasagna

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Mom, can I please bite the new dog? Just a little bit"

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When a book has a map inside the cover you know it’s going to be good

Map of the kingdoms of Britain c. 480 ad

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Said the candidate questionnaire was “too deep”

When the Banner asked him to fill out the same 30-issue policy questionnaire sent to all gubernatorial candidates, Hatley said it was "too deep."

"I saw it, but that thing is crazy. It was way too in-depth, and those questions were hard. It's too deep for us," Hatley said, noting that his campaign staff is limited.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tremendous. Great work all around.

Rep. Sam Graves (R-Missouri), chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, brought in a printed post on X from 2022 in which [Andy] Harris criticized then-President Joe Biden’s efforts to suspend the gas tax.

“Suspending the federal gas tax is just another Biden Administration stunt to distract from their self-inflicted crisis,” Harris said in the post.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes ma’am Miss Carol, I’ll be there!

Postcard saying “democracy depends on you, Vote for Kristi Burke on 11-3”

Kristi! For Congress
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Walk the walk

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don’t know if my dad is making a joke or if he forgot how old I am

Text saying “Bethany a card is going out in the mail for you today . . . Can’t believe you’re turning 30 already!”

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Buy the book from @uscpress.bsky.social! uscpress.com/The-Patient-...

Cover image of The Patient Empowerment Paradox by Sarah Ann Singer

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My first two birthday cards arrived so birthday week can officially start

Blue construction paper birthday card saying “for mama”

“I took a break from playing Wordle to buy you this birthday card”

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ah yes, I see Cersei Lannister back there

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Maggie says that as a birthday present you can give her belly scratches!

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me: “don’t you need, like, equipment to build a workshop?” Husband: “I have a ladder”

A 41-year-old man making some very very questionable decisions (building a workshop all himself)

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

dude is trying to start an altercation in his pajama pants

Diguglielmo wearing loose plaid (pajama?) pants and maybe slippers smh

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"You can't be mad at me for pooping all over the living room, I'm too beautiful." Great point, Maggie.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We had no idea, we just had to see how things played out. And . . . evidence confirms that Maggie snatched an ear of corn off the table, scarfed it down in <60 seconds, and left nary a trace. The little chaos gremlin says she has no regrets. (3/3)

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We checked the math: I had definitely cooked 6, and we had definitely eaten 4. Two should have been left over to pack up, but no. Surely a dog wouldn't eat an ENTIRE ear of corn, we told ourselves. Could she even chew through the tough part in the middle?

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I‘ve seen three all-brown woolly bears this year🤞

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So Christian TikTok is using the term "spiritual warfare" *very* loosely

this one comes from a particular cultural context, the online public emically referred to as “Christian TikTok.” As is clear from the way she begins this video, this user understands the act of posting as part of what many American Christians, especially coming from the evangelical tradition, often conceptualize as “spiritual warfare,” that is, the battle between good (the Holy Spirit) and evil (the Devil or “the enemy”) fought in and through every aspect of life (see McCloud, 2015).

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Best of all, they sent me this box of snacks

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy international dog day! Zady got to go on a long trail walk and Maggie got to be her derpy self

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Maggie is waiting by the mud room for the kids to get home. Family chaos time is her favorite part of the day

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm reading *Damned if She Does* right now and it's a really good take on how the evangelical church has mistreated women. Some history I didn't know, like Danuta Soderman being made a celebrity on The 700 Club and then discarded to protect male "authority."

It would take years for her to process her strange apotheosis and eventual dismissal. The pattern would hold for so many other women, too, who served and sacrificed (but were also manipulated or lied to), and eventually left, feeling used up or dumped by their faith. Danuta was “Christian famous” for a time, but she was used. Like many less renowned women in the church would discover, she learned that as much as they were relied upon to maintain all aspects of faith life, they could also be recast as dangerous—and, thus, disposable.

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Maggie has no regard for personal space

Thick blue heeler girl piling onto an already-occupied dog bed

Asserting her right to pets and snuggles

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Bethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It's from this collection, which I admire so much for saying "look: religious rhetoric can be profoundly harmful." our field (including my work) hasn't really been willing to go there

purity culture, bodies, and beliefs: stories of religious trauma
edited by Victoria Houser and Mari Ramler

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