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Bethany Mannon

@drbethany.bsky.social

Rhetoric & Writing professor in Appalachia, studying feminism & religion | AI eye-roller | Currently writing a book about Rachel Held Evans UConn | Penn State | Newtown, CT | now in East TN

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It’s also extremely fun to watch

15.02.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Rest is History did a really great episode on this!

14.02.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Money doesn't matter as much as it used to

13.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

she's pretty special, and I can only partly take credit

13.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what a surprise

13.02.2026 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday when I picked up my daughter I asked "how was your day?" Like usual.

She told me a few things. Then she paused and asked totally casual, like she's some kind of grownup, "Mama, how good was your day?"

13.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought Mejia

13.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Professors in the Epstein Files Begin to Face Consequences Several faculty members who spoke regularly with Epstein have been stripped of their titles or teaching duties.

MOAR PLS
(evo psych)
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

13.02.2026 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At 3 am I was lying awake thinking, so I got up and did the stuff I was thinking about (emails 😠) and I hate it

13.02.2026 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students

β€œYoung people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”

12.02.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 329    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 17
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Guys, I'm beginning to think there's a problem with evil. I'm tentatively calling it "the problem of evil."

Has anyone thought about this??

13.02.2026 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
original (unused) plan for the Minnesota memorial at Gettysburg

original (unused) plan for the Minnesota memorial at Gettysburg

13.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Or someone with an ORCID id?

13.02.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She would win in a landslide

12.02.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone Mamdani-esque

12.02.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The faculty welfare and morale committee put these all over the building πŸ₯°

12.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We, Minnesota, woke up and woke others up to exactly what Trump's DHS is and who is responsible for it. The war won't end today, but we have to celebrate this. We will not let them turn the US into the Fourth Reich and now they, and we, know it.

12.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Men are too emotional for leadership

12.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
an office door with a valentine that has a picture of Emily Dickinson and says β€œI think you’re quite dashing”

an office door with a valentine that has a picture of Emily Dickinson and says β€œI think you’re quite dashing”

My colleagues are such nerds and I love them

12.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"He's doing it again, isn't he?"

12.02.2026 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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a cartoon character from bob 's burgers is making a surprised face and saying yay ! ALT: a cartoon character from bob 's burgers is making a surprised face and saying yay !
11.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image of a book contract

Image of a book contract

I have officially signed a contract for my second book with Baylor University Press! The Rhetorical Grace of Rachel Held Evans, coming in fall 2027 🀞

11.02.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

In PA and VA the ID doesn't have to be photo. And in PA you don't need any ID if you've voted at that polling place in the past.

There are probably others but those are the two states I've lived in and know about

11.02.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How many people don't file taxes?

11.02.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Every time

Also my dog is so happy about it. "Oh, I was looking for that one!"

11.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fine, he can do, just don't use our money on these stupid projects

11.02.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

remains unassailed

11.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To have one ICE employee arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness.

10.02.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1229    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 10

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