Dr. Christine Beavers

Cultural Regions of the US

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment Earlier today we wrote about Trump’s extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there’s an even mor…

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This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

It's real bad, and so many people are just sleepwalking towards disaster.

It has been shown time, and time again, that when you are able to provide basic support for folks, such as UBI, not only are they able to thrive, but there are significant increases in measurable indicators of economic health, such as purchasing power.

Thanks, New Yorker

I think it’s very interesting how emphatically these conversations are about inevitability—it’s time, it’s happening, like it or not, and in particular, a sense of: “You have to.”

When it comes to treating an AI product as a person, I assure you that I do not have to. And you do not have to.

If you've ever laughed at a post about writing or fanfiction, this fine human is probably responsible. Please help!

Yes!

Limbless, Slippery RFK Jr.: ‘Becoming An Eel Is A Sign Of Good Health’

Limbless, Slippery RFK Jr.: ‘Becoming An Eel Is A Sign Of Good Health’ https://theonion.com/limbless-slippery-rfk-jr-becoming-an-eel-is-a-sign-of-good-health/

it genuinely sucks so much in this country how often you only learn about a super fucking cool person because something horrifying has happened to them

ICE just snatched up the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools

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There was no "battle" at Wounded Knee.

It was a massacre.

Over 300 Sioux people, many women and children, were butchered.

Hegseth is praising and rewarding the murderers.

How is this Christian, MAGA?

My apologies😂😂

same along racial lines.

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?

How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. Horses and the joys of horse ownership
2. Crystallography
3. Being an American in the UK

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep

1. Watergate

2. Best time loops / time travel in film and TV

3. Weird Catholic saint lore

Alright folks,

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Autism does not need to be cured

Ableism does

The end

That's a service I offer!

Most days...🤷🏼‍♀️

Kamala Harris: He had no plan for actually bringing down costs and prices for the American people. He had very few plans for what he would actually do that was about the American people, and not his vengeance on his enemies.

I find the "war on neurodivergence" kind of scary and exhausting.

Autism being the first one people seem to target with their blatant falsisms.

Neurodivergence is often a spectrum/range of symptoms, and there can be many overlapping types of neurodivergence seen in an single individual.

Beautiful art that reads Trans People Belong Everywhere

In case this wasn't already clear:

I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad

Being anti vaccines for babies is one of the surest signs of a declining civilisation. There could be no clearer evidence on childhood vaccination saving lives and preserving health and yet we’re being distracted by debating this issue.