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Meredith Cummings

@merecummings.bsky.social
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Muppety | Journalist | Teaching Asst. Prof. at Lehigh U | Transplant from the Deep South

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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Devastated. 💔
A tabby cat sits outside under fall trees. Text above reads Ted May 23, 2007 to September 9, 2026. 
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Please help us raise the funds to keep these publications going in Alabama. 🙏
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I just overheard the most Pennsylvania comment I’ve heard since moving here three years ago: “People are saying get milk and bread! Get milk and bread! I tell them, Stop it. Just stop it. The Wawa. Is always. Open.” The Wawa is always open, y’all. 🤷‍♀️
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The University of Alabama is attempting to silence Black and women voices on its campus when it shut down Nineteen Fifty-Six, a magazine celebrating Black student culture, and Alice, a magazine centered on women’s fashion and lifestyle. We are not going to let that happen: givebutter.com/F0LNOA
givebutter.com
Keep the Free Press Alive at the University of Alabama
By Media Alumni Seeking to Highlight Equity and Diversity
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
"Teen Vogue now has no writers or editors explicitly covering politics, according to its representative union, Condé United, and The NewsGuild of New York. Former Teen Vogue style editor Aiyana Ishmael said no Black women remain on Teen Vogue’s staff." objectivejournalism.org/2025/11/vogu...
objectivejournalism.org
Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team
Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating its politics section. Just one woman of color remains on Teen Vogue’s editorial staff.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I’ve been offering “Constitution or treat” on my desk, and you would be surprised how many people take the constitution.
A desk has a bucket of Halloween candy, a stack of United States constitutions, and a sign that says constitution or treat.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Saw the movie last night. Taylor Swift: Wood is about superstition. Audience: Loud lauging, like we’re all at a lumber party.  (Siri autocorrected it from slumber, but I’m leaving it because I think it FITS. 🤣)
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Sometimes the moon just frames itself. 📸
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Life is really giving The Onion a run for its money today.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
It’s 61, lets have some fun! Join me in wishing these two nutty lovebirds a happy 61st wedding anniversary. 🎉🎉🎉
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Christmas City + MusikFest =
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The real legacy Gen X will leave the world is that we pioneered the exact amount of time the popcorn needs in the microwave. 🍿
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Altar’d State giving mixed vibes:
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Just had to explain how "yonder" and "a piece" are not the same unit of Southern measurement, solidifying my standing as resident Southerner in my neighborhood.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Here’s your 10 seconds of calm for the day. ⛱️☀️
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Today marks one year that I have been learning Welsh on Duolingo and not once have I needed to order parsnips. 
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund announced a new fund to support reporters and photographers facing legal threats and other hardships for their coverage of protests in California and other regions throughout the nation. theintercept.com/2025/06/10/j...
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The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund Launches Rapid Response Fund for Journalists Covering California Protests
The fund will provide financial assistance for emergency medical support, legal support, equipment replacement, and other resources for affected reporters.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Through archiving, even if we lose our fights, the next generations have a shot at learning what we attempted and how. objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/no-a...
objectivejournalism.org
'No act of journalism ... is too small': Creating necessary archives
Archives are the "slam dunk" purpose of movement journalism. What we create just has to archive the truth for the next generation.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Headed into summer, everyone needs to read this quote from the thoughtful book “The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road,” by E.A. Hanks: “I have the same rule for theme parks that I do for strip clubs. The moment it starts to feel bad you need to leave, because it will only get worse.”
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Before my student evaluations come out this semester, a moment of reflection and a shoutout to the student that gave me my favorite evaluation ever: “She drinks too much Diet Coke.” They were not wrong.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
😮😮😮
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Chat GPT, what would Ted look like as a person?
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Where are the roaring ‘20s we were promised during the pandemic?
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Student Press Law Center @splc.org · 03/05/2025
This #WorldPressFreedomDay and always, we stand with Rumeysa Ozturk and all student journalists and contributors who face intimidation for their work.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
If that’s not a sign of the times, (and literally from The Times) I don’t know what is:
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Journalists, let’s have fun. Critique this Hallmark movie newspaper. I’ll go first: The size of that mugshot. 😂
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alabamamasthead.bsky.social @alabamamasthead.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We continue to advocate for diversity in student media by funding mentorship programs for student journalists of color, sending students to conferences, funding events that foster honest dialogue, hosting panels connecting students w/ media professionals and aiding students in financial emergencies
Text on a solid background that reads "Stand with UA Students. Support Aspiring Journalists." with the MASTHEAD logo in the bottom corner.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I always root for Journalism, but this time is special. laist.com/news/journal...
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How a former Beverly Hills student journalist named Journalism, the Kentucky Derby racehorse
The horse with the newsy name recently won the Santa Anita Derby and is seen as a favorite to win the Kentucky Derby next month.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Whenever someone does an animal voice for their dog, I like to look them dead in the eyes and, with all seriousness, say, “That’s not what he sounds like.” It really freaks people out.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Roll Tide.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Alabama, I may have moved away, but some things will stay with me forever. 🖤 Today I’m thinking of those who lost loved ones, and survivors like me. That loss still cuts through the years, like furious winds of change that keep us up at night. 4/27/11
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Me spotting my ex in the grocery store aisle.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Random thought of the day. A famous, well-known journalist once told me (in an extremely condescending, angry way) that he would kiss my ass if I ever made money blogging. That was 15 years ago. Boy, does he owe me a lot of smoochy smoochy. 😘 😂
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“Progress is learning from our mistakes. Hate, racism, and misogyny have no place on our beautiful campus. This is setting the University back 60 years.”
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Happy Easter to those who celebrate!
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
It finally happened. I stumped Gemini.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
❤️ My library ❤️
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
My city is weird and wonderful. merecummings.medium.com/peep-this-ch...
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Peep this! Christmas City cooks up Easter’s favorite chick confection
One of the most iconic Easter candies comes from Christmas City.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Ted reminds me to stop and smell the flowers. 💕
A one-eyed tabby cat smells a daffodil
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I asked DALL-E what Philadelphia would look like if it were a Muppet and this is what we came up with. (And you just know he will yell at you for parking wrong, but also bring you a soft pretzel after.)
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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 10/04/2025
Cannot stress enough how life-changing it has been for some of my international students to experience education where free inquiry includes the right to criticize the institution or host country. It changes those from different contexts, and they take new ideas about free expression back with them.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
As always, my brother nailed the response. 🤣
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Chat GPT made me a Muppet and this is the best photo of me ever. RTR
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Followup: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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White House says it ignores journalists who use pronouns in email bios
The Trump administration’s top spokesperson said such reporters don’t care about the truth and “cannot be trusted to write an honest story.”
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation will launch a project April 18, Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day, to put previously unpublished works of Pyle on Substack. I am intrigued to read the daily, free Substack posts. Follow along by subscribing ahead of the launch! substack.com/@completewor...
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Complete Works Of Ernie Pyle | Substack
Sponsored by the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation, this space will eventually hold Ernie's complete works. He wrote 1,600 words daily, 6 days a week from 1935–1945 for his Daily News column, our journey b...
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/WZf1L...
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John Cusack: Time to drop paywalls for FOIA reporting
YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
What fresh hell is this? “White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to comment, writing in an email, ‘As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/c...
nytimes.com
Famous Climate Observatory’s Lease May End Because of DOGE (Gift Article)
NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
My dad has gone ‘round the bend.
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Our local hospital puts photos and names of just-born babies and today there was a baby Cypress and baby Magnolia so I guess trees are in. (We need a Dragon's Blood, Monkey Puzzle or Loblolly now. Any takers?)
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Meredith Cummings @merecummings.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
April Fools’ Day 🤦‍♀️
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