Katy Drake Bettner

When do we think Texas Dems will accept that I am no longer one of them? I can’t freaking vote there anymore!

That ANYONE didn’t expect this is shocking to me. The Disappearing Women of the Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

Ok normie filmmakers, for the love of all things, if you have an active alcoholic in your film, ESPECIALLY if you have them as somewhat functional, consult one of us so I can suspend my disbelief.

How does one make friends in rural CT at almost 50 with perimenopause induced flakiness?

I want to see Zoe Kazan & Sarah Polly adaptations of everything. Everything.

Are you a data center looking to take over rural TX? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail free? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you! (You can actually call 1-844-946-7536)

Being a mother of 3 teens is, at times, strangely similar to being a mother of 3 under 5. You have to celebrate the very very rare moments when all 3 of them are satisfied, well fed, and sleeping. Very rare. ** not currently the case ***wish me luck

You KNOW shit is off the rails when I find myself nodding at a Tucker Carlson tweet.

"Hand over your GPU, citizen - this is a nationalised industry now and everyone must do their part!"

Hi. I would just like to request that we not run Kamala in 2028. Please and thank you.

I don’t need to read horror novels. I can just listen to Annie Jacobson’s “Biological War: A Scenario” whilst picturing the current administration’s key decision makers. (shudders)

Hey. Don’t get a puppy. Trust me. Looks cute, is exhausting.

Alllllll the wrong 80 year olds.

My kids start school in a blue state on Tuesday for the first time ever. Yall. Did you know that they don’t give you a big school supply list? Did you know that they have free breakfast for ALL the kids?

Hi. I would just like to state for the record that when your kids are all at that age where they do not want to be affectionate with you, it is devastating.

people’s main problem with Dario is that he’s a weirdo, and yeah, i get that. That’s what i like about him

We moved to the northeast and @paulbettner.bsky.social is afraid of ticks.

Listen, if I go to a big ass speaker meeting on a Saturday I am here for comedic talent as much as I am for the recovery. I want that Marc M., Alec B., Jordan J. shit.

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

The most absurd thing about Ep 10 of Your Friends & Neighbors is the idea that ANY of those men would know how to clean up a mess.

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

“We are dismantling democracy, deregulating the last remaining agencies that are set up to protect people, war criming all over the place, making childbearing even more dangerous via abortion bans, bringing back deadly childhood diseases… so can’t believe people aren’t having babies!”

men can’t understand what it’s like for women to see story after story after story of women being victims of sexual violence in a culture where it’s routine; what it’s like to live in a world that is fundamentally hostile to our existence. it’s a wonder we leave the fucking house, let alone thrive.

Chris Murphy: "He's not telling the truth. But if you accept even part of the Iranian statement, Donald Trump has agreed to give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz. That is extraordinary and cataclysmic for the world."

Trump the Dealmaker

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I HATE the cinemark loyalty ads. I would pay an extra dollar to have them not do that shit

U.S. investors are pulling money out of their own stock market at the fastest pace in at least 16 years as Big Tech returns fade and better-performing overseas markets look more attractive. www.reuters.com/business/buy...

Well this felt personal. 🫣😬

“In 2024, some 83,000 women and girls were killed intentionally, 60 percent of them by their intimate partner or a family member—137 a day.” Excerpt From “An Extraordinary Account of a Dangerous Marriage” Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic

UK: Prince Andrew arrested. South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life. Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence. USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

CAT Checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill. open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...

Saw the post about a newsroom shaming a new grad for pulling their application based on the AI policies of the paper. It made me think of the small town papers that have all but disappeared. Pour one out for McKinney Courier Gazette, amiright @nahaltoosi.bsky.social ?

Art is an act of resistance, so is the study of social sciences.

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

At DICE, in the Lift bar whilst I await my room being ready and booooy howdy are some conversations just mutual polishing the brass on the titanic.