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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I think I want this, but with an asterisk at the end…

Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

My firstborn was IN THE AIR, on his first flight without me, on Monday when the Delta plane crashed. After a wonderful week at Disney with the marching band, he’s now safely back home and I can breatheeeeeee.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I do just have to say that all the people who said they can’t see color seem pretty mad about the all-Black halftime show. How could they tell it was all Black??

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Someone arguing to dismantle the Dept of Education:

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Stop calling it “DEI.” It’s now a buzzword devoid of meaning to many. Call it what it is. “So, including older people in the workforce is a bad thing?” Or, “Having people of different races share an office space is a negative?” Don’t let them push hate without making them acknowledge it.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Journalists: When you ask the question this way, you are accepting the premise. The premise is that non-white men and women (including white women) are not qualified to do the job. Please don’t accept the premise. Frame the question in a way that challenges it. Thank you

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hegseth talking about hiring the best and the brightest actually makes me laugh out loud. Dude doesn’t even like like he could order an MTO at Sheetz on the little touchscreen.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The president is speaking right now, and is saying horrific, false, and truly damaging things on live television. And they will beleive every word.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Why does Tulsi look so much like Cruella de Ville?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

A local guy here in Pa said to me that he “doesn’t like Obamacare but really likes the insurance he gets through Pennie” and it was really fun to tell him Pennie is just what we call our Obamacare here in PA. Dude didn’t even KNOW it was Obamacare he liked.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Guys I have had 666 followers here for awhile and it’s creeping me out. Can someone follow or unfollow me? We don’t need any more bad luck right now.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It is a neverending heartache knowing that some who purport to love my kids are celebrating a president who is harming their wellbeing and diminishing their futures. I don’t know how you let it go. I don’t think it’s possible, when loved ones sell your kids out over the illusion of cheaper eggs.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

An airport is a great place to dissociate today ✈️

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

After watching the Hegseth interviews today, I find myself searching for old episodes of Maury Povich and Jerry Springer. Made me feel nostalgic 🥹

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Me, singing “Part of Your World.” 6: “Mom, everyone is over Ariel now.” “Really? Why? I’ve loved her since I was your age.” “Because of WICKED.”

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Colin Williams @colinbwilliams.com · 16/11/2024

Whipped up this starter pack of Pittsburgh journos last night. By all means suggest additions and use as is helpful go.bsky.app/P559uGc

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I really want to make it work over here, but the same post that gets 2,000 likes and lots of engagement on Threads is invisible here. Any tips?

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I prefer even years, but I feel like 2025 gets a pass because 20 is even and 25 feels like a quarter, which fits neatly into a dollar (or a century🤪). It’s not totally rogue — not like a 2007 or 1993 type of situation.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I’m so excited to watch the first Musk/Trump meltdown. This is the best Christmas present.

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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Some love for Bellevue, PA from @megstesprit.bsky.social: “It’s not easy to lean on neighbors (or strangers), but I've learned over our decade in this little town that people are willing to look out for each other, if you open up your heart and let them.” www.businessinsider.com/child-kid-ru...

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We didn't see our 11-year-old son at a holiday event for hours. We were never worried about him.

For many parents, letting a fifth grader run free for two hours might be scary, but we trust our kids and the community we live in.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Hiding in my butler’s pantry with a Christmas mug full of Diet Coke, while Mariah blares her classic holiday banger and my kids fight over building the Lego poinsettia set — a core holiday memory.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

For a decade, we’ve received a Christmas card from Philadelphia for the previous owners. We’ve attempted to use social media to tell them, without success. I’ve become attached to the two boys I’ve watched grow up at the other end of our state. Honestly, when it stops, I’ll be a little bit sad.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

My 13yo changed our family Monopoly rules. If you land in jail, you can just pay to get out at any time. “Just like the real world,” he said. “Rich people just buy their way out.”

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Guess I squeezed that one in under the wire.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Periodic editor's reminder to use "TK" for your placeholder copy, because it's easier to catch at a glance than whatever your gentile social media producer might use instead

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Commenter on the news: “This is the last place you would ever think of a mass shooting happening.” Oh really? Because I think about them happening pretty much anywhere at this point.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Every time there is another school shooting, all I want to do is drive immediately to our schools and bring my babies home. My heart is broken for the families in Madison today. 10 years since Sandy Hook, just this week. What has changed? Very little.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Really wish western PA could stop ending up on the national news so often.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

shhh let him think this so he pushes congress to abolish the EC

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

One of the kids asked what Assad looked like. Siri let us down though.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Before you post the yearly “What should I get the teachers?” The answer is money. It’s not a mug or socks or a candle or wine. It’s money.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My 11yo, smashing Christmas bulbs with a hammer to make some elf mischief for his baby sister to find tomorrow: “Wow, this is really fun—like being bad but we are allowed. This is great!” And THIS is why I actually love the silly elves 🥰 It’s a month of prank wars!

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I remember trying to take three toddlers, then four young kids, to museums and leaving near tears and sweaty with exhaustion. Today was a leisurely, pleasant day. Lots of things are hard about big kids, but lots of things are so.much.easier.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

What it’s like having four kids.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I am happy to have mine raised to cover social services. We live in a society, after all.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Ugh I want to go downstairs and get Thanksgiving leftovers so badly, but the cat just finally snuggled up on me. If I make him move, he will be so affronted he will sleep on my son for three days as punishment. Guess I’ll starve.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Took a stab at recreating the joy of this sleepless photo. I’m 41 and my twin brothers will be 38 in a few weeks. Not sure we’ve gotten any easier for my mom to deal with, though.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Tomorrow is just a day we need to get through to see Wicked on Friday.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Pretty crazy someone can be charged federally with interfering in an election and those charges get dropped because they win an election.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This is a typical street sign in Pittsburgh to indicate that a street is not passable by car. If I go left, it’s a street. If I turn right, there’s a dead end and a set of stairs. Many houses have addresses that are actually for a road that is just steps🙃 They are called orphan houses.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Anyone else’s kids have walking pneumonia right now? Feels like half our town.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/11/2024

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

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Meg St-Esprit @megstesprit.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Our cat: “Oh good, you’ve all gathered to pet me.”

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