Beth HB

Screenshot of SNL's George Washington sketch from 10/28/23 with Nate Bargatze

"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"

I simply can’t believe that there are people who eat their food randomly, without planning in advance what/where the last bite will be.

Yes, this. No local news, only a few friends and barely any of my “for fun” accounts made it to Bluesky. I tried (sort of) but right now it’s not for me.

🎉👏🏼🎉

‘I’m going to wave my flag’: Parade honors students from many nations - School News Network | A Window into Your Public Schools An annual event in Kentwood Public Schools, students celebrate where they come from in the Parade of Nations.

The story that sparked such violence, for those of you for whom diversity is still something to celebrate: www.schoolnewsnetwork.org/2025/04/16/i...

Last week, my publication ran a story about an elementary school’s “parade of nations,” celebrating its students’ many cultures. On our Facebook page, the story received the following comments (which we hid, but not soon enough). Telling kids to get the fuck out of America. This is where we are now.

Simpler times

Kids these days are missing so much

It’s way too bright in there for a roller rink.

Genuinely one of the greatest petty little joys of being a journalist is accidentally getting auto-completed into group comms you’re not supposed to be a part of but usually the funniest version of that that can happen is being CC’d on an email chain where PR people complain about you to each other

“We’re super low pressure!” says the contractor who has called me four times since Saturday, trying to schedule “just a quote!” for a renovation project estimate. 🙄

“His political lens” = bigotry

Have mercy.

How ‘bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out?

Said 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 his 👏🏼 face 👏🏼

2,102,400 minutes
how do you measure
measure 4 years

Community-school worker: Immigrant students, families apprehensive about Trump deportation plans Brianna Vasquez de Pereira, a Kent School Services Network coordinator in Kentwood, discusses the questions and fears of immigrant families about President-elect Trump’s deportation plans.

Your vote impacts your community. And in Kent County, students and their immigrant families are worried about what the future president’s deportation promises could mean. Hear it from them:

www.schoolnewsnetwork.org/2025/01/13/c...

Counter argument, Toaster Strudels

It was beautiful!

In a movie theater, watching for the blip in the corner of the screen that occurred where the projectionist connected one reel of the movie to the next.

Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are nouns when you stress the first syllable but verbs when you stress the second.

"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”

tweet from @nick_field90: “One last gift from Jimmy Carter, all flags will be at half-staff on Inauguration Day” plus a screenshot from wikipedia reading “The flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and its territories and possessions after the death of the president or a former president.”

well played, sir. well played.

Yay Mr. Cooper!

Marriage is your partner saying, “Did you hear the news?” and you immediately knowing, out of the 57 headlines you scrolled through that day, exactly which story they’re referring to.

Whee!

Trying to find a happy medium between not knowing anything that's happening in the world and being pissed off all the time

I guess everyone’s here now? I was rather enjoying Threads though.