Merinnan @merinnan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Anyone know where to find the blocklist for all those fucking US Govt accounts? 100
Reposted by MerinnanMaladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 19/06/2025This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways. 8533138913805
Reposted by Merinnanemmetic @emetica.bsky.social · 09/06/2025🇬🇧 Per GGEC: "Any attack or interference with the 'Madleen' [would constitute] a violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), an affront to UK sovereignty, and a breach of international humanitarian law." UK Foreign Office P: 02070085000 E: fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk 113
Reposted by MerinnanMicah @rincewind.run · 08/06/2025“No civil police force could hold out against an irate and resolute population. The trick is not to let them realize that.” - Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals 3453011412
Reposted by Merinnanrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Just reupping the helpful little song 2507174
Reposted by MerinnanShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 29/05/2025they did not just send that frenchman out with a baguette 😭 4038835
Reposted by MerinnanPaul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen. 587197073696
Reposted by MerinnanThe Advocate @advocate.com · 28/05/2025J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.” 🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk 17627491522
Reposted by Merinnancamerontalley.bsky.social @camerontalley.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I think about this comic all the time. 2475322807
Reposted by MerinnanKeith Decent @keithdecent.bsky.social · 18/05/2025They plop their massive, polluting data centers into black neighborhoods They have to underpay, overwork, and exploit workers in Africa just to get it to function The “training data” is stolen work of creatives and academics That data is then used to steal opportunities from those same people 3942216
Reposted by MerinnanThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 20/05/2025The two parties who couldn't form government together now reckon they can do it without each other. Read more: chaser.com.au/national/bre... 723947
Reposted by MerinnanChristopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 19/05/2025at first you think "ah the dog is passively having fun" and then you realize the dog knows how to steer the skateboard and THEN you learn the dog knows how to PROPEL the skateboard 9094803472
Reposted by MerinnanBugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 19/05/2025i want to be a killjoy: we need to make it socially unacceptable to ask chatgpt anything 5061472379
Reposted by MerinnanMicah @rincewind.run · 17/05/2025your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow 146115865529
Reposted by MerinnanAlly @hamiltown.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Whether Israel come 1st or last doesn’t matter. The issue is that they’re given a platform and allowed to participate. Them not winning is not a victory. This is no reason to celebrate. They bombed Gaza and killed more innocent civilians today. EVU refuse to be accountable. #Eurovision 528142
Reposted by Merinnanspooki•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025there is a food vending machine for cats in Turkey, the seagulls meow pretending to be cats 3927751053
Reposted by MerinnanDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 09/05/2025Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306... 8721779417
Reposted by MerinnanAlistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025My son sent me this and now I can't breathe. 5524179
Reposted by MerinnanSally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I think a lot of Liberals will be working from home 891208288
Merinnan @merinnan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025If you haven't already ditched Duolingo, now is the time to do so. 100
Merinnan @merinnan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025The Mystic Nine in a nutshell: #dmbj #laojiumen #mysticnine 030
Reposted by Merinnanmar 🛸 @remnantglow.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I'd like to share with y'all a project I've poured my heart and soul into over the last couple of years: a database cataloguing every single older (pre-21st century) LGBT science fiction book I've managed to track down - currently just over 200 titles 🚀 LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF 54987674
Reposted by Merinnanwhetstone @whetstone.bsky.social · 25/04/2025With alt text. The kicker comes at the end and it takes a bit to get there, but I tried to describe the rather dry layout leading up to it very clearly because the contrast of dryness to horror is very important to how the image lands for me. 5174102
Merinnan @merinnan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs. ("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)media.tenor.coma robot is standing in the rain with a red light on its headALT: a robot is standing in the rain with a red light on its head 000
Reposted by MerinnanNPR @npr.org · 22/04/2025Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in the new government and they're extending their reach to all of Syria.npr.orgWith Assad gone and Syria's war over, the White Helmets have a new missionVilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in the new government and they're extending their reach to all of Syria. 603541706
Reposted by Merinnanit looks like you're writing a novel @gr8writingtips.bsky.social · 17/04/2025you're not allowed to use any REAL science when writing sci-fi, it's called science fiction not science fact 0248
Reposted by MerinnanStephen Michael DiPesa @nocturnalchemy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The funny thing is? If a company came out aggressively against enshittifying their products with AI and firmly committed to a “no AI, ever” policy, people would surely flock to them in droves and would enthusiastically recommend that company to everyone they know. 021
Reposted by MerinnanTravis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Every morning my phone shows me some new absurdity. "Oh, Harvard's joined the resistance? Didn't see that one coming. Anyway, coffee time. Did I buy milk?" 172
Reposted by MerinnanMFWitches @mfwitches.bsky.social · 15/04/2025How the fuck do we live in a world where the Constitution of the United States has just been torn up in real time by their President and every single citizen isn’t rioting in the fucking streets? #NewsCorpse 613122
Reposted by MerinnanMaz Weaver @beanieflower.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Petition to ask Australia to grant asylum to LGBTQIA+ refugees from the US: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...aph.gov.aue-petitionse-petitions 035
Reposted by MerinnanTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/04/20251/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs. 6863103211487
Reposted by MerinnanEmma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Columbia was craven. They don't LOOK craven, they ARE craven. 0497
Reposted by Merinnanmagickmikeyboy @magickmikeyboy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025They know what will happen if anyone else gets hold of the levers of power, and they don't care. They're certain they won't face consequences. Which means they aren't letting go of them. Ever. 111
Reposted by Merinnancassieoh @cassieoh.bsky.social · 13/04/2025a reminder: generative AI has NO place in any fandom space. I don't care what the excuse is, this is a space for human creativity and expression. beyond being horrible for the environment and unavoidably based on stolen work(1), it fully misses the point of creative community. 1839484
Reposted by Merinnanjack-o'-lantern 🎃 @psychicwaffles.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I'd like to add that it's not just that she's a bad person with horrible views, it's that she uses any interest in her work as confirmation that you support her views, and is using her money and influence to make things materially worse for trans people in the uk and beyond 17244
Reposted by MerinnanJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 13/04/20251. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware. 11978743580
Merinnan @merinnan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Post a movie from the year you turned 18.media.tenor.coma woman says no i mean we shouldn 't have to do this ! it makes no logical sense !ALT: a woman says no i mean we shouldn 't have to do this ! it makes no logical sense ! 000
Reposted by MerinnanDr. Canton Winer @cantonwiner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I’m working with data comparing relationship desires of aromantic and non-aromantic (aka alloromantic) people. Both groups want long term relationships that provide emotional intimacy, longevity, and stability. Aromantic people don’t assume those things have to come from romantic relationships. 2349
Merinnan @merinnan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I am resisting my manager's continued suggestions that we use ChatGPT for *curriculum development* and *creating assessments* so damn hard 020
Reposted by Merinnanit looks like you're writing a novel @gr8writingtips.bsky.social · 04/04/2025stop worrying about your novel being “too unrealistic” have you seen the shit that happens in real life 25437
Merinnan @merinnan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025So did I, and was very confused for a moment about why the pic was of a cute birb until I reread the caption 120
