Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaAndrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I thought Kix are for Trids? 191
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Do you remember 🌍 🌬️ 🔥 2171
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One thing I miss about having babies and young children in the house is that their toys are very fun to play with. The big kids don’t want to play with baby toys with me any more! 100
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seajessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126047998
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaSara Habein @sarahabein.bsky.social · 28/05/2026ME: I wonder if it's going to rain today? [sees someone on Marketplace list their couch for free on the curb] ME: Ah yes, the @meredithcounts.bsky.social Rule of Weather: If upholstered furniture is free on the curb, it'll rain within 24 hours. 241
Reposted by mercow, cow of the sea4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Trump says his life was better before he became president. Dude, everybody's life was better before you became president. 1405206896
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaRebecca Rauber @defeatthefascists.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The passive voice always shouts when law enforcement is involved 191
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaMartyn Wendell Jones @martynwendell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This plus the generic "faith" of the subtitle reminded me of Susan Sontag's essay "Piety Without Content," which is critical of "a religiosity without either faith or observance" that features "nostalgia over the loss of the sense of sacredness and relief that an intolerable burden has been lifted." 239240
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaPEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 01/04/2026📚🏆🍿 Watch the #PENLitAwards live! 031
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Yesterday YMCA popped into my head and it’s not a song I ever think of. I thought perhaps a famous YMCA liker had kicked the bucket and set the song free. Alas… 000
Reposted by mercow, cow of the sea⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 19/03/2026can we have a matriarchy as a little treat 1445
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 10/03/2026“Do you know what the teacher uses to detect AI,” my kid asks. “More AI!” I guess if it’s just built into work submission software I can see it, but it makes me feel like a relic that I used just read student work and be able to tell whether it was their voice or not. 000
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The raccoons yearn for the information sciences! (And the comments on the OP are wonderful.) 📖 🦝 010
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaJoe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Technically we elected him, then elected someone else, he staged a coup, the coup failed, he faced no consequences, then we elected him again after he vowed revenge on us. 1339841
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaJohn P. Hussman, Ph.D. @hussmanjp.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, and discrimination are viruses, magnified by suffering, carried in buckets, spilled onto the world. We cannot eliminate them by actions that magnify hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, discrimination and suffering - only by actions that relieve them. 236111262801
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Sick of this dystopian tech overlord men with no panache and bad haircuts enabling a pants shitting president and bald hitler wannabe trying to undo things that can’t be undone ass reality we are living. They are so tedious and venal. It’s galling. 301991329
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I need to read more rock and roll, music histories written by women or non-binary people because sometimes the men folk are so dismissive of stuff it would not occur to me to snub. What’s not even making it on the page? 010
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 02/02/2026 221556
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Tom Homan has deleted Greg Bovino’s Disney+ profile on the DHS shared account 151042104
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Maybe a subscription is more valuable than a one-time purchase, I’m not sure, but it seems like a good time to buy and show off merch from all the newsrooms doing hard, crucial work right now stribstore.com 🧢 📰 💥stribstore.comStrib Store | The Minnesota Star TribuneWelcome to The Strib Store! We offer a wide selection of items for The Minnesota Star Tribune fans as well as those looking for unique Minnesota gift ideas. 000
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Surely even the people who like the president of the US realize he’s unfit? Or they just think he’s trolling us and don’t mind the casualties, or they ignore the news entirely? 000
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Something about being at home is that you can’t usually eat garlic dip in bed at the office 000
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Are we in for a news bomb w Epstein files today, or more delays? (Screenshot from a Dec 31 pbs story I’ll put in a reply). 100
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 20/01/2026A tween who spends all but one hour of the day in their room has saved up so much sass for that one hour, omg 000
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 19/01/2026If you profit off war, you shouldn’t be within a mile of decisions about it. 000
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The Ramones providing the soundtrack for the ad about older folks getting the pneumonia vaccine… 000
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaJohn Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye. 12973969514526
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Went on a quick Ontario trip across the border with my BFF and I probably should have bought myself one of these little stuffed Timbit souvenirs. 000
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I am reading Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man for the first time and it is making me a nervous wreck. This poor guy. Not great at choosing reading that lessens my stress but it does better inform my stress, and sure keeps me turning pages. 000
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaSkye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 15/01/2026JB Pritzker: “They're going after people for being brown & black. They're going after people who are U.S. citizens — they're going after people who've done nothing wrong. They do it under the guise of saying that this is about the worst of the worst — but it isn’t” 17750971353
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaMichael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 13/01/2026In Minneapolis 41132612923
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Made it out to our local protest today. In the works: fundraising for Dem billboard messages. 010
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaChristian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Scum. 33614
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaMadeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 08/01/2026Minneapolis. 22223955348
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaNikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 06/01/2026purchase a copy here: www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/hold-y...coppercanyonpress.orgHold Your Own by Nikki Wallschlaeger - Copper Canyon Press 063
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaViktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Judges hate this one simple trick (horse lawyer) 1337172
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 06/01/2026My little kids were at home on Jan 6, 2021 and I called them into the living room to watch the news unfolding, then wondered if we were going to see violence we wouldn’t be able to unsee. Never in a million years did i think we would re-elect the stupid, callous culprit. 000
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaMichael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 05/01/2026We are looking at uncharted territory here where the acting Archivist of the United States is poised to become the acting head of a foreign government. 25512
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I feel gatekeep-y about Truman Capote, as a former fifth grader who read In Cold Blood and who bothered my grandparents to describe what Capote was like on the Dick Cavett show because I could tell there was something they weren’t telling me 000
Reposted by mercow, cow of the seaDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously. 12974831206
mercow, cow of the sea @meredithcounts.bsky.social · 02/01/2026These kids sleeping til noon are going to have a literal rude awakening when school starts Monday. On NYE they had a friend over and they were up til SIX. That’s when they get UP. 010