Hey Beth

@nprofile…65q8
😂😂😂
It was after 2:00 AM my time zone when I decided I had to stop doomscrolling when I saw the breaking news banner. I called my mother.
Not a big story at all. 😂

2026-02-19 10:55:16 UTC

From NBC news: It is extremely rare for a senior member of the royal family to be arrested. The last instance came in 2002 when Princess Anne, the sister of the king and Mountbatten-Windsor, was convicted under the Dangerous Dogs Act after her English bull terrier, Dotty, bit two children while walking in Windsor Park.

2026-01-25 22:18:43 UTC

Scott Bessent on a Sunday talk show makes it clear that the fact that Alex Pretti brought a gun to a protest is the issue.
Bold move.

2025-07-16 01:31:46 UTC

I Worked Hard for the Money
#EndOfTheDayASongOrPoem
#HashtagGames

2025-06-26 20:17:56 UTC

I left the Democratic Party last July after Biden dropped out. I saw too many Democratic leaders, consultants, and pundits push for a contested convention without providing key details about how it might work. It seemed they knew who they wanted as the nominee, and it was not VP Harris.
I realized that while they talk about policies that are aligned with Democratic values and priorities, there was a disconnect. I believe that by reregistering as an independent, the Democratic Party would be forced to actually sell itself.
This article is focused on the Democrats fretting after Mamdani's win. But I suggest that it should be centered around Democrats not being able to understand that Cuomo might lose. A young Muslim with very progressive ideas beat an old disgraced politician who resigned as governor after sexual harassment claims were made public.
Democratic leadership needs to take note: If you don't want the young non-Christian socialists to win, put up a good candidate.
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mayor-zohran-mamdani-trump-biden-1561ca0aa1821f88b97603f00221b64f

2025-06-12 20:16:13 UTC

Spaceballs 2 coming in 2027.
Now back to watching democracy die.

2025-06-12 01:36:06 UTC

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@nprofile…t5r6
I get this.

2025-05-08 17:31:21 UTC

Perhaps the decision to go with an American, one close to Pope Francis, is a message to the world that the current leadership of the US is adrift.
Maybe the intention is to show Americans a different path right now.
Pope Leo XIV is talking about building bridges, having dialogues, and living in peace.

2025-04-21 22:53:46 UTC

OMG.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/378/406/247/809/316/original/1c88fe1e4ad01380.png

2025-04-20 23:14:38 UTC

Stock market must be bad if Hegseth and his incompetence is making the rounds on Easter Sunday.

2025-04-04 15:43:22 UTC

Musk is being sued for failing to pay canvassers.
And none of us should be surprised.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/02/elon-musk-federal-lawsuit-canvassers/82782537007/

2025-04-04 00:22:50 UTC

We need more pet photos posted today. Just saying.

2025-04-03 15:02:36 UTC

And people voted for this.
Still so unfuckingbelievable.

2025-04-03 06:08:32 UTC

But the price of eggs are going down, right?

2025-03-30 18:44:43 UTC

My father-in-law told me that he is thinking about legally changing his name. He grew up thinking his middle name was his mother's maiden name. When he was 20, he needed a copy of his birth certificate and learned that his middle name was actually the last name of his father's best friend.
He says that he has been asked to explain the discrepancy several times during background checks for jobs.
He said he is thinking about changing his name because despite being born in the US, he is of Mexican descent, and if he is ever detained, he is worried the name discrepancies may be an issue that could lead to him being deported.
My father-in-law is a three-time Trump voter.

2025-02-26 17:38:24 UTC

Texas reports first measles death. School-aged child.
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/texas-announces-first-death-measles-outbreak

2025-02-13 17:26:02 UTC

And here we are. Warnings weren't enough.
I don't understand. But I do know this: too many people voted for Trump knowing he could do this but expecting that something would act as a guardrail preventing the most extreme actions.
The 10th Amendment doesn't help you if you are in a red state and relying on a federal programs. Looking at the idiot voters that passed referendums protecting abortion rights while sending Trump back to the WH.

2025-02-09 00:15:00 UTC

😂😂😂
Maybe two or three.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/113/971/033/102/883/390/original/57a5628758ec8311.png

2023-10-05 08:51:09 UTC

Nancy Mace's I Am a Victim Because of My Vote Against McCarthy interview with Kaitlan Collins is something.
Summarizing it: She's a victim. And she is lonely. And she won't have any money coming in.
She's a lonely, broke victim.
Being quite serious, something is really off with Nancy Mace.
I don't know that much about her, so I did some searching. Did some searching and found she was victimized as a teen.
Then I found an article about the McCarthy vote.
“But it’s always been a mixed bag for Representative Mace. I think that’s reflective of her trying to balance herself with her district,” Cowart said.
Mixed bag is right. She ended up on Steve Bannon's show last night with Gaetz.
"Gaetz called Mace a “maverick.” Mace asked Bannon’s viewers for help.
“Because they’re coming after me,” she said before directing them to her campaign website."
Nancy Mace is in trouble. I don't mean political trouble. Something's not right.
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/a-day-after-congress-chaos-defiant-nancy-mace-defends-her-role-in-mccarthy-exit-as/article_adc27834-62c2-11ee-a77c-57d46ba971f8.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next

2023-10-05 07:45:51 UTC

You need us, you f-king idiot!
Not sure which Democrat this was, but they are my favorite.
"The party is still smarting that McCarthy refused their pleas to give Democrats a mere 90 minutes to read the CR text on Saturday. And they were downright disgusted to see McCarthy blame their party for the shutdown brinkmanship on “Face the Nation” yesterday, just hours after they put up votes to help him pass the CR.
“It was an astonishing show of bad faith,” one senior Democratic aide told us. “The dumbest political move I’ve seen in a long time,” one Democratic lawmaker agreed. “You need us, you f—king idiot!”"
https://news.yahoo.com/know-battle-speakers-gavel-110927499.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

2023-10-05 06:21:28 UTC

And to think that of all of them, it is Josh Hawley that I hate most.

2023-09-19 00:42:15 UTC

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@npub1xg6…e6jt
To Do:
1. Get phone number of next government officials to receive perfect phone call
2. Send birthday card to Vlad
3. Threaten to fire someone
4. See if you can find out that one son's name. Aaron? Evan?

2023-09-08 16:45:12 UTC

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@npub1hpc…hjn3
That is what I think. If Meta and/or Bluesky federate, people will become intrigued by the idea of running their own instances.

2023-09-08 16:40:50 UTC

Threads added search. The two things that journalists and professional accounts stated as the reason they continued to be tied to X-Twitter were search and desktop access. Both of these things are now available.
What is going to happen over the next month should decide whether X-Twitter will remain the platform in which they continue to give their rationalized loyalty.

2023-09-04 18:51:12 UTC

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@npub1aq2…4nfw
But wait! There's more.
X's ability to turn a profit is still hindered as US advertising is down 60%, but Elon is making inroads with non-US advertisers.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/111/008/362/840/309/402/original/252fe250b01c783c.png

2023-09-04 01:12:26 UTC

Oh, Mickey, you're so OK.
You're so OK.
I'm not really blown away.
#MakeASongBored
#HashTagGames

2023-09-03 23:18:41 UTC

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@npub1xg6…e6jt @npub1gg8…439g
They gave us the first two seasons of Mandalorian so we would have hope.
Then, knowing we were hooked again, gave us Kenobi and Mandalorian Season 3.
Kenobi is nearly unwatchable. Well, it is unwatchable if you are watching it with me. And that would be because I'M YELLING THROUGH THE WHOLE DAMN THING!

2023-09-01 04:41:18 UTC

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@npub1vqm…ccpx
I think you are right that the growth here will be slower than what we've seen. X-Twitter will continue its slow decline with bursts that match his tantrums, but the other options, like Threads and Bluesky, will pick up most.
But I think that we are also not going to see the big declines that have occurred when people quickly go back. People who join will be looking for a social media alternative to X-Twitter, not a social media replacement for X-Twitter.

2023-09-01 04:06:05 UTC

Going to do the follower/following purge. Wonder what this month's numbers will be.
Following: Only eight accounts were last active in June. Then I went ahead and deleted those last active in July, which totaled 96. That was the Tweet Limit brouhaha. They came. They posted. He caved. They left.
Followers: No info for 13. Weird. 91 last active in June, and 173 for July. Some people switched instances, but that is only about 20. Again, that high number is the Came, Posted, and Left crowd.
And now mathish type things...
Following: 8%
Followers: 15.4%
Not as bad as Arraignment April.

2023-08-24 15:07:22 UTC

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@npub1hzf…8nrj @npub1kpl…2az3 @npub1gg8…439g
That dress! I love it!

2023-08-24 10:41:25 UTC

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday promised to send the U.S. military into Mexico to fight the cartels on 'Day one' if he becomes the next president of the United States."
Into Mexico? Actually into the country? Darn right!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/defense/4168265-desantis-pledges-to-send-us-military-to-fight-cartels-on-day-one/amp/

2023-08-24 01:05:22 UTC

It sounds like the Miss America pageant. Mr. Florida! Mr. New Jersey! Mr. South Carolina!

2023-08-22 01:37:12 UTC

We had car seats back in the day.
#BackInMyDay
#HashTagGames
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2023-08-20 18:59:44 UTC

Dear Reply Guy,
I'm not exactly sure why you used my comment to post your Reply. I was being kind and only said that the situation being described seemed hard. Somehow that generic empathy led you to lecture the person about whether their situation was in fact hard and state that they themselves may have caused the problem by failing to understand the situation as well as you do.
Umm...don't do that anymore. Your vetting skills for choosing targets is incredibly poor.

2023-08-20 16:46:44 UTC

Disney and DeSantis.
Last year, we watched a Disney movie, and there was something that I felt uncomfortable with.
Afterward, I asked my kids a few questions, realized they were oblivious, and dropped the subject. However, I did talk with my husband, and we agreed that the kids shouldn't watch the movie again.
What we did not do is rail against Disney, launch a protest, boycott the company and its products, and insist that somehow Disney was usurping our role and rights as parents. That last one being stupid as I have just outlined how I, as a parent, decided with my husband, the other parent, to not expose our kids to the movie again.
Bob Iger has been delightful. He has done nothing to challenge my role and rights as a parent. In fact, he really seems to get this idea of parent choice. His company has a product that I choose not to use, and he appear to be OK with it.
Ron DeSantis, on the other hand, seems really angry that a lot of us parents don't like what he is selling.
He's such an ass.

2023-08-19 01:56:11 UTC

Musk broke up with DeSantis today. His new intended appears to be quite smitten with Musk, too.
"Ramaswamy appeared on Friday’s edition of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, where he was asked about a comment in which Musk called him “a very promising candidate.”
“Well, you just got a lot of kudos online recently from Elon Musk, who seems to be – perhaps moving away maybe – from DeSantis and toward you,” Laura Ingraham told him.
“Look, I think Elon is an excellent example of what he did at Twitter, is a good example of what I want to do to the administrative state,” Ramaswamy replied."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mediaite.com/politics/ramaswamy-says-hed-run-the-government-like-elon-musk-runs-twitter-a-good-example-of-what-i-want-to-do/amp/

2023-08-15 05:55:37 UTC

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You're welcome! I'm loving the podcast. I'm in the process of repainting our bathrooms and the episodes have made that task much more enjoyable.

2023-08-15 05:51:06 UTC

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@npub1yk6…4zz4
I was listening to the episode on the SS United States last night, and laughing about the definition of abandoned.

2023-08-15 01:49:31 UTC

ABC News - This is a law used against mobsters and criminals, not against the President of the United States.
Umm...😂

2023-08-15 01:07:35 UTC

And, once again, I've managed to go all day without getting indicted. 😂

2023-08-14 23:45:42 UTC

😂 😂 😂
Absolutely brilliant!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_GZB4WO7Ko

2023-08-14 21:31:31 UTC

Dear RFK Jr.:
There is no such thing as a legacy Democrat.
P.S.: You are a MAGA twat.
"In the interview, Kennedy defended running as a Democrat, despite espousing multiple typically conservative talking points during the 15-minute appearance."
Which may or may not include a federal ban on abortion at 15 or 21 weeks.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-says-sign-federal-ban-abortions-three-months-pregnancy-rcna99689

2023-08-14 17:33:48 UTC

"The Fulton County clerk's office could not immediately be reached for comment on the docket report. Representatives for the county and Trump also could not be immediately reached for comment.
The two-page document cites the "Violation Of The Georgia Rico (Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations) Act," "Solicitation Of Violation Of Oath By Public Officer," "Conspiracy To Commit False Statements and Writings" and "Conspiracy To Commit Forgery in the First Degree," among other charges listed."
https://news.yahoo.com/u-state-georgia-appears-set-165758928.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

2023-08-14 17:33:02 UTC

"The document was dated Aug. 14 and named Trump, citing the case as "open," but is no longer available on the court's website. Reuters was not immediately able to determine why the item was removed."The Reuters report that those charges were filed is inaccurate. Beyond that we cannot comment," a spokesperson for the District Attorney's office said."
https://news.yahoo.com/u-state-georgia-appears-set-165758928.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

2023-08-12 11:23:15 UTC

"Unfortunately, no shift in style can obscure the fact that a truly Trumpian agenda serves none of these lofty principles. It subordinates them to one single goal: owning the libs and other disfavored groups. And we’re already seeing proof of concept, since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has lately been implementing such an agenda in his state — with an efficiency that shows how much more Trumpism undercuts conservative values when it doesn’t have incompetence to hold it back."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/11/desantis-florida-trump-competence-immigration-conservative/

2023-08-10 19:09:28 UTC

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Fix the Court also has a list of ethical lapses that go beyond missed recusals. The list includes all of the current justices, as well as four former justices.
Thomas' section is nearly two pages of the six-page total.
https://fixthecourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Recent-Ethical-Lapses-by-the-Justices-FTC-Aug.-2023.pdf

2023-08-10 19:02:49 UTC

As of March 2022, Clarence Thomas had recused himself 54 times.
Fix the Court has a list of missed recusals for all justices since 2014.
https://fixthecourt.com/2023/08/recent-times-justice-failed-recuse-despite-clear-conflict-interest/#:~:text=OT21%3A%20Justice%20Thomas%20failed%20to%20recuse%20from%20the,Justice%20Thomas%20would%20have%20been%20asked%20to%20rule.

2023-08-10 14:46:38 UTC

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@npub1xg6…e6jt
Muckraking is something that we desperately need.

2023-08-08 08:42:31 UTC

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@npub1hpc…hjn3
You're welcome!
Substitute teaching can be tricky because of behaviors. I found that with older students, once I returned to a classroom, things always improved.

2023-08-08 08:12:27 UTC

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@npub1hpc…hjn3
Sometimes small changes, like giving kids a little more time before calling on kids, helps. I also would call on those who were volunteering, and then after a few answers, ask a quieter student what they thought. If they hesitated on answering, I might repeat what the other said, and just ask if they agreed.
But there were some very shy ones who never did answer. I did a lot of small groups, so they did participate at those times. I think the smaller groups helped them feel kee comfortable.

2023-08-07 03:20:19 UTC

Hans Gruber makes a phone call to a local dry cleaner asking about their policy regarding lost claim tickets as he may have misplaced his when he dropped off some suits.
#UnwantedDeletedScenes
#HashtagGames
#DieHard
@npub1k0w…yvyr

2023-08-06 01:41:45 UTC

Polyester pants
#SaturdayNightOnlyJobs
#HashTagGames
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2023-08-05 20:13:39 UTC

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@npub1ddp…2tax
Good point. I'm not certain.

2023-08-05 20:11:19 UTC

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@npub1cmg…rzd2
The longer I am on Mastodon and in the fediverse, the more I realize the early explanations about picking a server were wrong.
The server you choose really is important. I'm thinking that servers should be set up like speed dating. There should also be a component similar to receiverships.

2023-08-05 18:52:11 UTC

"Kennedy crowed to me about his horseshoe coalition gathered round a campaign he views as fundamentally populist. And it’s quite a band he has put together: crunchy Whole Foods–shopping anti-vaxxers, paunchy architects of hard-right authoritarianism looking to boost a chaos agent, Nader-Stein third-party perma-gremlins, some Kennedy-family superfans, and rich tech bros seeking a lone wolf to legitimize them."
This is a great article on RFK Jr, who, as the author notes, has been protected and fawned over him because of his last name.
He is only blue collar if you can ignore the silver spoon.
"This entire campaign is a pose, as is his outsider stance. He is a Kennedy. He is the fifth member of his family to run for president. His sister Kerry was married to the man who would become the governor of New York, whose brother was a television journalist; his cousin Maria was married to the governor of California, who also happened to be a movie star."
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/robert-f-kennedy-jr-2024-presidential-campaign-democratic-primary.html

2023-08-05 18:26:40 UTC

Florida caved on AP Psychology.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with DeSantis' biggest donor expressing concern that DeSantis' views are too extreme to get support from moderates or the recent comment about splitting throats of federal employees.
#FuckDeSantis

2023-08-05 01:08:38 UTC

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@npub1w0k…z3sz
I don't think it can be done.

2023-08-05 01:00:32 UTC

Godfather 3 is the best of the trilogy.
Yeah, no one believes that.
#UnpopularMovieOpinions
#HashTagGames

2023-08-04 16:43:45 UTC

Let's think outside of the box here. Perhaps the drop in small donor donations is not reflecting a lack of enthusiasm about Biden or an apathy about Trump. Maybe it is tied to the downfall of Twitter.
"The new data also suggests that the threat of Donald Trump, once a huge driver of Democratic fundraising, is not motivating donors like it used to."
How many politicians have switched to alternative platforms? How many journalists? How many pundits? How many campaigns?
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/04/biden-dems-grassroots-donations-00109766

2023-08-04 15:31:17 UTC

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@npub1hjw…mghf
Judge may be like me. He just played a president on TV.
Lowercase president. Not capital.

2023-07-21 11:28:38 UTC

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@npub1cmg…rzd2
I'm so sorry.
I've had two very difficult days. I think the heat is making my anxiety worse.

2023-06-27 03:07:17 UTC

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@npub12yy…9e3j @npub1xg6…e6jt
Yep.
Remember the health care plan book? Blank pages, as I recall.
I would not put it past Trump to falsify papers to show this writer.

2023-04-01 01:01:03 UTC

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#[0]
My second favorite hashtag. 💙
The favorite is #[1]. And it seems both are going to be having a hard time. 😂