Betsy Hodges
@betsyhodges.bsky.social
Former mayor of Minneapolis, MN Current writer|advisor|consultant|speaker www.betsyhodges.com representation: info@serendipitylit.com Always up for Springsteen, Star Wars, Swift, Die Hard, dogs, cats, and good news.
"The patient, a thirty-year-old female, describes “not feeling like myself” following an incident at the temple of Athena. Intake nurse documented patient as hostile when she refused to remove veil."
Clinical Notes from Medusa’s Primary Care Provider Who Suspects Menopause
“Diagnosis is uncomplicated menopausal transition. Differential diagnoses include perimenopause, estrogen deficiency-induced menopause, silent menopause, occ...
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I have, naturally, pre-ordered this book. Nakatomi and Argyle are pleased.
Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 4d agoThrilled to share the cover and pub date for my next book! YIPPEE KI-YAY: "DIE HARD," BRUCE WILLIS, AND THE REINVENTION OF THE ACTION MOVIE — an in-depth look at the origin, production, and legacy of the original 1988 classic, as well as its various sequels and rip-offs — is out 5/11/27!
@jasondashbailey.com my cats—Argyle and Nakatomi—are excited, cat-style, for the release of your book and are delighted that I have pre-ordered it.
For local folks, he’s the guy who ran against Amy Klobuchar in the last Senate election and again this upcoming election. IIRC, he once posted a map of “violent crime” in Minneapolis that later turned out to be a municipal map of all the public drinking fountains. He’s also scared of flying.
anniempeterson.bsky.social@anniempeterson.bsky.social · last wk.A note on Royce White, the former NBA player who says he's entering the WNBA draft, a judge ruled he abused his wife and teenage son in an April court order and determined he could not have contact with either of them for 50 years. Great way to "protect women's sports" transphobes.
People are criticizing me unfairly, such as for my actions and their inevitable consequences
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Cassidy: "I will vote for Mr Blanche. I will be criticized for this vote. What's new?"
As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem.
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.
Did you hear that Nick Offerman was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of ME?? Get ready to stuff those ballot boxes, friends!
What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."
Such a great conversation with @momenterik.bsky.social about policing, race, white people, and why our interest in racial equity ebbs and flows. Please take a listen!
A Moment with Erik Fleming podcast @momenterik.bsky.social · 3mo agowww.podbean.com/eas/pb-esim7... @betsyhodges.bsky.social #blacksky #politics #podcast
Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.
Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social · 3mo agoA US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong
Vibrant and rare White Auroras appearing over Norway 🇳🇴
Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."
How minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide prevention
Studies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care.
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The goal? Race no longer predicts life outcomes. #whitepeople #race #racialequity #whiteness
And I’ll share the Cooking for Kicks cookbook. Pick a page 12-142 and I’ll give you a recipe
Minnesota Kicks@ace11ntsoelengoe.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn honor of the Kicks home opening match 50 years ago tomorrow, May 9, I'm going to post images from the 1976 Kicks media guide.
Told my kid I was having the kind of week where I just need to scream into the void for a while. He made me a void. You can use it too, if you'd like.
Don’t say I never did anything for you, Minneapolis. 🫶
Mpls Music History@mplsmusichistory.bsky.social · 3mo agoOn this day: May 5, 2017. Then-mayor Hodges proclaimed Suicide Commandos Day in the City of Minneapolis to coincide with the release of their “Time Bomb” LP on Twin/Tone. St. Paul did the same. Here is the Mpls proclamation.
If hurt people hurt people, and crying is the healing of a hurt and not a hurt itself, where does that leave men?
A Los Angeles jury acquitted the officers who beat Rodney King—on video!—34 years ago today.
Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.
thinking of becoming a garfield assassination truther. giteau was telling the truth when he yelled "i am a stalwart of the stalwarts." he was in the pocket of roscoe conkling, who was in turn an unwitting pawn of chester a arthur
James Downie@jamescdownie.bsky.social · 4mo agoJust a reminder that past motives for assassination attempts have included: "because the ghost of William McKinley told me to," "to save the trees" and "to impress Jodie Foster."
Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.
