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Anna Merlan

@annamerlan.bsky.social

80K followers 1.5K following 6.6K posts

Journalist at Mother Jones and elsewhere, author, writer of social media posts on micro-blogging sites. Tips to [email protected] or on Signal, username annamerlan.30

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 56m

Perfect honestly

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1h

I'm leaning towards rude but I do try not to do that anymore

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1h

Much less to email me several times! My goodness

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1h

It's extremely funny to email me from Vice Studios asking for help making a documentary out of my reporting from before Vice laid everyone off. Personally I would be embarrassed to do that but your mileage may vary lol

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 6h

That sounds fun!!!

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 16h

I’m home in my newly clean sleepin clothes and I’m about to watch a Treehouse of Horror, your prayers worked perfectly

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 16h

lol

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 17h

Oh no

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 17h

You never see David Brooks posting like this. The media elite don’t spend enough time in laundromats where like the vibes are off and that’s their problem

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve walked into extremely tense vibes. I just need clean socks man

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 17h

Inscrutable drama! At the laundromat

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve lost glasses in my hand so I’m not one to judge

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

The keys have been found …. At home. thanks everyone for your collective goodwill which enabled this positive outcome lol

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s all mutter “oh noooo” in unison together shall we

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a niche ask for a family member but if you found a car key fob and some other keys on the LES last night send me a message. Likely near Essex and Stanton 🫠

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Ha no we didn’t do that, but she was reportedly super nice

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

These two people specifically are speed-running through it 😬

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 2d

It’s so interesting watching @annamerlan.bsky.social’s Conspiracy Singularity in real time.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

wow, es tut mir leid, dass du Zeit mit so einer deprimierenden Person verbringen musst 🥲

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

One time I looked out the window of the thrift store I worked at and saw a beautiful woman hopping down the street on one leg. A second later she burst in the front door and it was Diane Keaton with a broken high heel in her hand. You’ve never seen someone get served by half the staff faster

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 5d

And alarming actions like this are why political contagion scholars are so concerned about the situation in the United States. Historically, if we decide it’s okay, a lot of other places feel they’re given license to do similar things: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4d

Florida: this club has EVERYTHING

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4d

You simply have to read this @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social joint and not just because there's way more levitation in it than you would think possible. The Archangel Michael is also somehow involved www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 5d

Scholars who study America are saying they won’t visit because it’s too risky.

"Too risky": Scholars who study America say they won't visit

At a recent panel in Vienna, academics who study America said the country has become similar to Russia and China.

www.salon.com

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