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Bethany Mannon

@drbethany

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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AI will never have a microbiome

06.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man standing in front of a door with ted lasso written on the bottom right ALT: a man standing in front of a door with ted lasso written on the bottom right
06.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

English rural life finds a way

06.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

What are the chances of a Democrat winning a Senate seat in Oklahoma though?

06.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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YOU ASKED FOR THIS!

Downfall. Kristi Noem Edition:

06.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 1529 πŸ” 514 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 107

I think he and trump were pals.

I'm really rooting for "bigger scandal" lol

06.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

maybe but I can't picture him being embarrassed by that

06.03.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

<cries in millennial>

06.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

trump voters, is this the strong leadership you wanted?

06.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NPCs, I think they said

06.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they are literally setting money on fire

06.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I have questions about how that works

06.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Strong agree

06.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's taking the lord's name in vain, right?

06.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

100% agree

05.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol great point

05.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Having a degree doesnt make you smart, and you can be smart without having a degree. Mullin is just dumb.

05.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Or when I'm reading for the lit review and come across something that's not relevant but makes me realize "actually, that's the question I should be asking!"

05.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Keeper book by Tana French Buy a cheap copy of The Keeper book by Tana French. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Oprah Daily, Today, BookPage, and Goodreads From the iconic ...

If, like me, you're having a week of personal and professional bummers, it may lift your spirits to learn that Tana French's new book comes out this month
www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-keeper...

05.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sharper Than Any Sword β€œFor the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and in...

β€œThis is where we are at now, that to simply tell a fairly large portion of American Evangelicalism that they need to love their neighbor as a human being worthy of dignity and respect is β€œwoke”.”

open.substack.com/pub/jaymallo...

05.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Evangelical roundup for March 5, 2026 What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics? Media Matters has a roundup of conservative evangelical leaders who believe the bombing of Iran is in some way a fulfillm…

In today's roundup (March 5, 2026), we have evangelical responses to James Talirico's primary victory in Texas and a whole lot more: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/03/05/e...

05.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He sounds like a great boss

05.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're curious, the ❄️ is if you're planting according to frost dates. The πŸŒ™ is if you're a hippie planting according to phases of the moon

05.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

old farmers are a different breed these days

05.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
At my location, cannabis can be started inside between March 23 - april 6, and then transplanted between May 11-25. Or, if you're going by the moon phases, March 23-Apr 1 and May 16-25

At my location, cannabis can be started inside between March 23 - april 6, and then transplanted between May 11-25. Or, if you're going by the moon phases, March 23-Apr 1 and May 16-25

The Old Farmer's Almanac telling me when I can start my cannabis seeds this season, what a time to be alive

05.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

that's an interesting question though

05.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

on one side, Korean war vet who started a landscaping business; on the other side, something business

05.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they're sisters, I recognize that expression

05.03.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just talked to God and she said actually she hasn't

05.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At this point, the only thing we can imagine is that Republicans absolutely fucking hate our country and want to destroy us all by refusing to remove a pedophile demonic epic failure currently staring WWIII.

28.02.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0