Alyssa Marie Bethancourt

autistic. dog fan. tree enthusiast. not straight. author of MORNNOVIN and TRAJELON. #writingcommunity
she/her/hers/Mx.

Black lives matter.

[Alyssa Marie Bethancourt @vulcanelf]

There's nothing you can say about "the other side" that justifies Nazism.

Ever.

[Alyssa Marie Bethancourt @vulcanelf]

Welp. Looks like every account I come here for is gone or likely about to be gone. Writing's on the wall.

I'm at https://t.co/G6K1oF4lCl, or alyssabethancourt on Insta, and I guess I'm also at Project Mushroom as VulcanElf but I haven't actually gone there yet.

Peace out. 😔💜

[Jack Murley @jack_murley]

I didn’t think this needed saying.

But judging from some of emails I’ve been getting recently, apparently it does.

So, once more with feeling.

Being gay is not ‘an ideology’.

Children knowing that gay people exist is ‘not exposing them to harm’.

I am not ‘abnormal’.

[Jack Murley @jack_murley]

@jakewilliamson4 It’s only in the context of gay panic that kids are ever ‘exposed’ to something.

We’d never say they were ‘exposed’ to rugby in PE, or ‘subjected to’ gravity in physics.

We’d just say ‘learning’ - which is exactly what they’re doing when they’re told about LGBTQ+ people.

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

A lot of y’all’s greatest indication of “health” is whether or not someone is fat, but you same people are breathing on children MASKLESS during the collapse of the pediatric care system and either permanently disabling or outright killing kids.

But…as long as they’re thin…

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

4/4 Now we are much closer to producing clean fusion energy, helping us reach @POTUS's goal of a net-zero carbon economy.

Congratulations to the entire team at @Livermore_Lab, @NNSAHruby & @ENERGY for making one of the biggest scientific advancements of our generation!

[Republican_hypocrisy @Repubhypocrite]

@cmclymer @JudyHensler24 "HOW DARE YOU CALL US FASCISTS!!", say the people using drivers license records to create a list of private citizens, who have a lifestyle they disagree with.

[Mx. Amadi Lovelace Has Left This Place @amaditalks]

So explain to me like I’m new to numbers and don’t have access to the accountants or lawyers available to the formerly richest ass on earth:

How is refusing to pay rent & bills, going into default and having to fight lawsuits over debts 100% owed a cost saving measure?

[Ari Drennen @AriDrennen]

@MondaireJones Jones: "In October of this year, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana introduced his own "Don't Say Gay Bill"...his bill would send a message to LGBTQ children in the most vulnerable stage of their lives that they are an 'other,' whose very existence society refuses to recognize."

[Alyssa Marie Bethancourt @vulcanelf]

RT @JoJoFromJerz: If sewing doubt in medical science while we are STILL contending with Covid is your strategy for “winning”, then you shou…

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

It is hard to overstate how damaging trickle-down economics has been for the American economy. It has eviscerated our tax code and empowered a class of oligarchs that dominate our political system.

[Natania Barron @NataniaBarron]

There are many things I absolutely adore about writing.

One of my favorites, though, is when you're about to finish a book, this sense of all the threads pulling tight at last, and the full tapestry coming into view.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Bottom line: antiscience aggression and disinformation was a leading cause of death in the United States 🇺🇸 in 2021 and 2022. Antiscience aggression kills more Americans than just about any other societal force.

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

“Anyone who doesn’t take seriously the risk of COVID infection is in denial about the risk of long COVID and its potentially disabling effects.” Renowned doctor and scientist ⁦@EricTopol⁩ pulls no punches in this must-read column. #CovidIsNotOver https://t.co/A4n9Co6KrU