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REGISTER: Tuesday’s 'Three Beautiful Things' Happy Hour - May 5, Noon Pacific

Bette members: please register for Tuesday’s 'Three Beautiful Things' Happy Hour with surprise guests!

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda
May 01, 2026
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I recently wrote about how we counter Trump’s recipe of doing three awful things a day by platforming the good things happening around the world:

Three Beautiful Things

Three Beautiful Things

Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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Apr 27
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Rather than spend each day mired in the suck, I try to always do at least one beautiful thing a day and often more.

One of the things that helps me a great deal during this time is the community we’ve carved out here at Bette Dangerous.

This Tuesday, May 5, Noon Pacific, I invite guests to bring their stories and reports of something beautiful happening in their communities or globally — small offerings and large.

Our Happy Hour will be populated by surprise guests and a birthday party for our good friend Dietmar Pichler, a Vienna-based disinformation analyst who brings us the news on the regular.

I hope you can make it.

To new members, the Happy Hour began two years ago, when I noticed many Bette members in despair. I thought a weekly wellness checkin for newsies was in order, and it evolved into a session where global guests offer news from around the world. The title was always meant to be ironic, but I know I feel better when our community comes together.

Lastly, a heartfelt thank you to those of you who are renewing your memberships and are new to the Bette community. Super grateful!

Keep scrolling to register.

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More info about Bette Dangerous - This magazine is written by Heidi Siegmund Cuda, an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter/producer, author, and veteran music and nightlife columnist. She is the cohost of RADICALIZED Truth Survives, an investigative show about disinformation and is part of the Byline Media team. Thank you for your support of independent investigative journalism.

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Begin each day with a grateful heart.

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