Former teacher, attorney, and Twitter user. Current wife, mother, and grad student. M. Ed. in Trauma in Educational Settings.
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Last Notes npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1vqm…ccpx Right? Silver is really upset about the timing of the debates, and I am guessing it is because poll numbers should start to move in Biden's favor. The second person seemed to be looking to stir up despair. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Talking about body parts and the need for privacy with my youngest. "Wait. Does Daddy know you don't have a penis?" npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1aq2…4nfw Just heard from my local bookstore that my copy arrived today! (Although I won't have possession of it until June 4. Oh, well. 🤷♀️) npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth OK - If you were one of the 96 prospective jurors, would you be able to be fair and impartial? I think that I could be, but I would disclose that I am on social media bashing Trump nearly every single day. I would not want that to come out later and risk being fodder for an appeal. EDIT: Under the judge's definition of a fair juror, I'd have to be dismissed. A fair juror is one with no bias or prejudice. Oh, well count me as #FuckTrump out of here. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1mmf…eknq A long one, but I have two boys that think it is the most beautiful name ever. This is the oldest's first pet, and he is in love. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1mmf…eknq He came to us with the name Del. My boys added middle names, so now he is Del Augustus Moon. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1aq2…4nfw Even the accounts that I trusted during the 2020 elections seem to have embraced sensationalism in order fuel the anger that keeps people tied to the platform. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth My first #Caturday photo. He's been with us just over two months now. https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/112/266/385/277/691/829/original/d1d694aa171d0ee5.jpg npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth CBS story: The U.S. is on standby for further action by Iran, and from within the region via its proxies, a U.S. official told CBS News. The U.S. is positioned to be able to shoot down incoming drones from Iran via assets in Iraq and Syria, three U.S. officials told CBS News. The U.S. also has fighter jets that are now on standby. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-launches-drone-attack-toward-israel-idf-says/ npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. was more critical of Trump than his colleagues but also suggested the former president’s comments shouldn’t be taken literally." Amazing that Trump's rhetoric is excused with claims that his comments should not be taken literally, but Biden's speech means the 25th Amendment should be invoked. Republicans need to call out their Old Man before I call out my Old Man. https://www.semafor.com/article/02/11/2024/republicans-shrug-off-trumps-nato-comments npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1lsl…9c2x Bluesky has a very active Mean Boys Club. There's an account I followed on Twitter. On Threads, he presents himself as he did on Twitter. On BS, he engages in QT pile ons. That's kind of my take on BS. Threads got the news, and BS got the mean. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1ddp…2tax They keep saying 50K, but the goal is 400K. They own 80 square miles. Much larger than SF. @npub1sfj…u45j had a fascinating article about the project. https://newrepublic.com/article/177733/billionaire-solano-california-tech-secession npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "The company also plans to offer what it says is a legally binding agreement that the project will create at least 15,000 jobs that pay at least 125 percent of the county average weekly wage by the time the new city reaches its first 50,000 residents." Sounds like socialism. 😂 When you are so desperate to build a city that you guarantee 15K jobs at 125%, you must know that the voters you need to approve this aren't there. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/17/billionaire-california-forever-00136012 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth I'm not looking for names. In fact, probably best that we don't list names. If any of you are on alternatives, like BS or Threads, have you found that a favorite from Twitter is now...not? I followed a big account with over 600K on Twitter, and now they seem different. Not that informative. Not that entertaining. He even engaged in some clickbait outrage type posts today. "Can you believe this is happening?" And the "this" was at least three months old. It really does seem quite Wizard of Oz. Twitter is collapsing, and we see the wizards making "resistance" magic have just been pushing buttons and levers. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1xpc…3t05 Oh, I love The Atlantic explanations. So much so that I've used all of my free reads. 😂 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1xpc…3t05 Welcome! npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Someone explain the OpenAI thing to me like I am a Gen X woman who does not know any of these techie celebrity types. OK, mansplainers. This is your moment. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Just sitting here, flicking matches towards the bridge. If it were to burn down, I would not care. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Poor Jim Jordan. All that bullying, and he could only muster no additional votes. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth ‘I don’t think the Lord Jesus Himself could get 217,’ one Republican said. That's because the Lord Jesus Himself would be a woke liberal. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1gg8…439g Yes, to both. Actually, all three. I'd love to see him here. I'm glad they are exiting the Nazi bar. And, it is better that there is no one site replacing Twitter. I'm a fediverse person, and not going anywhere, BTW. This is exactly what I liked about Twitter. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth To be read in conjunction with my X-Twitter Resisters post. On Threads, Oliver Darcy posted requesting journalists tag themselves in the comments to build their accounts. It has been well-received. Kevin Kruse announced earlier today that he is leaving X-Twitter, and I think he is serious. This time. I've watched two other accounts falter in their commitment to move off X-Twitter. But each time, more people leave X-Twitter permanently. I still don't think people understand that no platform is going to be the new Twitter. Threads, Bluesky, and the fediverse are alternatives, with each one becoming the landing place for people looking for something that is not available on the other platforms. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1gg8…439g Ah! So happy for you! There. I just blurted it out. 😉 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth We'll know if Russia is behind Palestine's attack soon enough. Tucker and Gaetz will make it clear. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "Even as Israel’s political chiefs began to convene in emergency consultations, with the full extent of the infiltration and its consequences still unfolding, Hebrew media began quoting unnamed officials castigating the political and military echelons for the fact that Israel, preoccupied with internal argument, had again been taken by surprise." https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-colossal-failure-as-gazas-hamas-terrorists-infiltrate-catch-israel-unprepared/ npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Having had a run-in myself with an elk, don't mess with moose. Human vs. Moose will end in a moose victory. https://coloradosun.com/2023/10/06/human-moose-conflicts-in-colorado/ npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth And to think that of all of them, it is Josh Hawley that I hate most. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "In the wake of the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as House speaker, there is growing intrigue around whether former President Donald Trump supported the move. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., led the push, which succeeded when eight Republicans joined with all 208 Democrats to boot McCarthy. After the vote, Gaetz spoke with reporters and suggested that he had the backing of Trump. “My conversations with the former president leave me with great confidence that I did the right thing,” Gaetz said." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-advisers-skepticism-matt-gaetz-push-kevin-mccarthy-speaker-rcna118699 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth My prediction for 2028 is Newsom and Hawley. I may be bashing Newsom right now, but if he goes up against my most favorite, it will be all Hawley bashing all the time. Although DeSantis is showing signs of life. I really thought he'd get the loser label and be out of contention in 2028. Sort of go the way of everyone's Most Not Favorite, Ted Cruz. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Everyone is bashing Kevin McCarthy saying that this is the worst speakership ever. I don't understand. McCarthy has exceeded my wildest expectations. I thought there was no way he'd make it through May. Stellar job, Kev! Don't let haters get you down! npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Republicans are attacking Newsom's appointment of Butler by going after her residency, which is Maryland. It is hard to say that they are using this to actually target her because of race, gender, and sexual orientation, which they are, because she clearly is registered to vote in Maryland. And there are California Democrats and Republicans that have concerns that Newsom has stripped CA of the ability to choose its junior Senator. This is because Newsom's office has said there are no restrictions on his appointment running for the office in 2024. A lot of talk on X-Twitter when 2024 is brought up. People are relying on Newsom's past comments about appointing a caretaker. That is not the case. He stepped back from that restriction. Newsom and Butler should - in my unprofessional opinion - be transparent about 2024. Will she run or not? Shut down speculation about 2024 and the Maryland issue is diminished considerably. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth OK, now... Who does Newsom appoint? Schiff, Porter, or Lee? Or does he go with someone who promises not to run against those three in 2024 and let voters decide? Barbara Boxer should be appointed. That is my unprofessional opinion. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth I was told that Chris Christie was fantastic in debates. People lied to me. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @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? npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub13nk…asjz Her opponent almost brought Boebert to her knees in 2022. He should be able to do it in 2024. And without taking her to the theater. 😉 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1lyr…k7hs @npub1lrv…tth9 @npub1ma0…2wrm There are real Twitter alternatives, but no clear Twitter replacement. That is why so many are stuck. They just want to go somewhere and have it the same. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1gg8…439g I figured that this was an alcohol-helped declaration of love. 😂 But my response was cold-stone sober. 💙 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth I can't remember when I said it, but it was after a Musk tantrum that had people abandoning the site. Musk's best hope at saving Twitter is enticing Trump to return. Here are the numbers, which are only increasing. Trump's post had 1,337,405 likes, 203.9 comments, and 394.6 RTs. Two hours after Trump posted, Musk QTed it, stating it was, "Next Level." Musk's post had 495,978 likes, 22.9K comments, and 66.7K RT's. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "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/ npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "DeSantis and the rest are being beaten like rugs by the one candidate who didn’t bother to show up, former president and current criminal defendant Donald Trump, who was presumably busy picking out the suit he’ll wear for his arrest in Atlanta on Thursday." 😂😂😂 https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/08/24/debate-hurt-desantis-republican-primary-trump-ramaswamy/70650588007/ npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth I see that the articles about the winners and losers of tonight's debate are starting to be posted. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66601291 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub189n…satx @npub13fd…pkcz Right there with you. No defense due what I'm about to do. But at least we aren't seditioning. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth We had car seats back in the day. #BackInMyDay #HashTagGames https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/110/930/688/503/389/928/original/ea77bea1283b6531.png npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1hjw…mghf PACs are becoming the new Nigerian princes and extended auto warranties. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Who has a difficult in-law? I'm not going to pretend this is anything else than me wondering if my husband and I are out of line in our expectations. Four years ago, we welcomed our youngest into our home. He had been taken out of a drug house, and had witnessed significant domestic violence. At about the same time, my father-in-law moved in his long time girlfriend who had not worked in about five years and got kicked out of the room she rented because her drug-addicted son was sleeping on the porch of the house. Over the years, the woman and son got into physical altercations, and he stole her car, purse, and wallet at various times. As a foster family, we had to give the agency and county info about our relatives, so we shared that this woman had moved in with my FIL. The social workers directed us to keep our son away from the woman and not to visit my FIL as the son may show up and an altercation may occur. 1/2 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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/ npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub13c6…lkgd @npub1xg6…e6jt She produced another lie by claiming she has ethics, but beyond that...nope. Nothing. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1yk6…4zz4 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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1yk6…4zz4 I was listening to the episode on the SS United States last night, and laughing about the definition of abandoned. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "The American people can decide whether they want him to be president or not. This should be decided at the ballot box, not a bunch of liberal jurisdictions trying to put the man in jail. They’re weaponizing the law in this country, they’re trying to take Donald Trump down and this is setting a bad precedent." Lindsay Graham No, Senator. Not a bad precedent. It's a bad President. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth ABC News - This is a law used against mobsters and criminals, not against the President of the United States. Umm...😂 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 😂 😂 😂 Absolutely brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_GZB4WO7Ko npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "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/ npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Polyester pants #SaturdayNightOnlyJobs #HashTagGames https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/110/840/122/248/780/500/original/895e3f5454c18177.png npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1ddp…2tax Good point. I'm not certain. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @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. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth "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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth 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 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Godfather 3 is the best of the trilogy. Yeah, no one believes that. #UnpopularMovieOpinions #HashTagGames npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1hjw…mghf Judge may be like me. He just played a president on TV. Lowercase president. Not capital. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth One of the things I have loved about Mastodon and the fediverse is that it changed how I use social media. On Twitter, my feed looked like everyone else's: RTs of all the same big accounts. The big accounts aren't here. They aren't dominating conversations or our feeds. We are finding new accounts, new voices, new perspectives, and new jokes. I realize that this wisdom and wit did exist on Twitter, but it was not easily discovered. I just popped into Bluesky. Looked at the feed of a well-known Twitter account, and all it consisted of was interactions with that exact same select few accounts. Twitter, Bluesky, and Post are spectator social media. There are people who prefer to be spectators, and some of the big accounts do provide important information and insight. But it's not conversational in a way that includes followers. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub13r2…77qe @npub1ls2…g28m @npub1ru0…47qd He's dangerous and doing more to push the far right's agenda than most people realize. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Alliance Defending Freedom is the group behind today's SCOTUS decision regarding the website for same-sex couples. They also are behind the wedding cake case and the mifepristone case. Josh Hawley's wife is Senior Counsel. https://adflegal.org/profile/erin-morrow-hawley npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub13nk…asjz Beautiful! 💙 npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Yabba Dabba Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? #FlintStonesBedrockASong #HashtagGames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1dnn…yyg8 Thank you for your answer. I'm going to ask for a little more information regarding the third paragraph. "Share to Threads"? So, if I use IG, I can cross-post onto my wall on Metafediland? Sort of like FB and IG can cross-post now? npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth OK, now is the time to mansplain because I need to make sure I understand this Meta thing. Meta is going to launch a Twitter-esque experience from Instagram and push into the fediverse. They must be looking to add new users as just pushing IG and FB users into the fediverse is kind of dumb. "Meta users who are already using Meta platforms, we created a new Meta platform for you to continue to be Meta users." That does not make sense. I'm guessing the new users they are hoping to scoop up are Twitter users. We know there are a whole bunch over on Twitter that expressed interest in leaving that platform, but found Mastodon and the fediverse "too hard." Also guessing Meta isn't really thinking that a lot of current Mastodon and fediverse users will jump ship to Metafediland because a majority of us are either early adopters who are quite committed to not doing Twitter-esque Meta type things, or the pre-Musk or the Twitter transplants, who arrived after the Muskification and may be carrying grudges. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth My kids are singing Christmas songs. No. Just no. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth Mercenaries are paid allies. Pay them enough, and they will support you. Putin is just like Musk, Trump, and the rest. Using money to make alliances means you have fragile alliances. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth My youngest: You are a fuck. Happy Not Mother's Day to me! 😂 Parenting a child impacted by trauma is a rather interesting thing. I knew we were on the path to healing when he told me that I was still a fucker, but he loved me. Happy Father's Day to everyone who has stepped in to be there for a child. And Happy Not Mother's Day to all of you fuckers out there. npub1xkmrl7y4wqvk5gmm4ex8vgwjfjfly4mm89tu2teq43ec7t7algdqrl6cqc Beth @npub1lsl…9c2x I think your dad's calmness may be very genuine, and possibly the end point of a journey that may have been difficult, one that the first wife and sister-in-law witnessed.