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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · 10h

42 Million Americans about to lose SNAP.

That’s 600 sold-out NFL stadiums filled with people wondering how to buy groceries. If I said one name per second, I’d be reading for 486 days just to list the Americans who need help with dinner.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 20d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Trish K @tkaz99.bsky.social · 19d

Maybe, just maybe, he will stroke out today upon learning this news. 🤞🤞

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · 19d

What if creation remembered you? ✨
Read Chapter 1: The Big Breath.

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#RememberedByDust #ByrneAlive #TheBigBreath #HybridNovel #MythicMemoir #CosmicCreation

Remembered By Dust: Chapter 1 — The Big Breath

Chapter 1 of Remembered by Dust begins where all stories begin — with breath. Part memoir, part myth, and part midrash, this hybrid novel in verse reimagines creation as a stirring, a whisper, a beat,...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Sep 29

💔 You didn’t plan for this. No one does.
One minute you’re juggling bills, the next you’re Googling “food bank near me.”

👉 Read here: www.byrnealive.com/post/welcome...

You’re not alone.

The Rabbit Hole | How to be Poor | Byrne Alive

You didn’t plan to fall through the cracks—but here you are. This no-shame survival guide is for anyone sliding out of middle-class stability and into a system that says poverty is your fault. It’s no...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Sep 13

The doctor is: IN

Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Sep 11

The drums are sounding. Too much violence. Too much hate.

It’s time to empathact — to turn empathy into action before the void fills with conflict.

#Empathact #EmpathyVsHate #DrumsAreSounding #CompassionInAction #Wordrise

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Empathy Is the Cure

We don’t have to agree with someone’s ideas to mourn violence. Empathact is about turning empathy into action—because empathy is the cure we need to slow the shadow of violence.

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Sep 8

“World Mostly Okay” will never trend. Scarcity sells.

But here’s the kicker: we already have enough. Always have.

Read why I’m done playing along with the Cult of Not-Enough → www.byrnealive.com/post/it-s-ti...

It's Time to Say: Enough

The world isn’t running out—we have enough. Food, shelter, energy, compassion. It’s time to push back against the Cult of Not-Enough.

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Sep 4

Blackout the System: September 16-20th

Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Sep 4

📅 Sept 16–20, 2025
✊ Labor + economic protest
💥 Power concedes nothing without a demand.

Even small actions add up. Join us: www.byrnealive.com/post/blackou...

#BlackoutTheSystem

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Sep 2

School can feel like a burrito explosion in your microwave.
But here’s the truth: literacy = freedom.

AI is a tool. Use it to learn, not to let yourself off the hook.
Stay sharp. Stay free.

👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/advice-...

Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Aug 29

The MN school shooting wasn’t about gender identity.
It was about despair, access to guns, & extremist ideologies.

Scapegoating trans kids won’t keep anyone safe.
Truth, data & love will.

Blog: www.byrnealive.com/post/truth-d...

#SchoolSafety #LGBTQ #MediaLiteracy

Truth, Data, & Love — Preventing School Violence

A disturbing trend has emerged: commentators seizing on the shooter’s transgender identity to fuel culture-war attacks. This is speculative, inaccurate, and dangerous. The evidence is clear: supportiv...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Aug 28

Second post in my AI – Don’t Panic series just went live! 🚀

This one’s for teachers:
AI won’t know your students. But it can lighten the workload, spark new ideas, and help you steer.

🦔 Hedgehog quizzes, feedback ideas, and a note on fairness—it’s all in here.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/ai-in-t...

Teacher-Led, Chatbot-Supported: AI in the Classroom

AI isn’t here to overthrow teachers Bradbury-style—it’s here to copilot. Used wisely, it can help with lesson prep, differentiation, and even feedback ideas when the grading stack feels endless. But i...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Aug 27

My first post in a new series about AI in Education (and beyond) just dropped: It’s All About the Questions.

🚗💡 Don’t panic. AI is only as good as the questions you ask.

👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/all-abo...

In AI, It's All About the Questions

AI isn’t magic—it’s a car, and the questions you ask are the steering wheel. Whether you’re cooking dinner, teaching Shakespeare, or just curious about the world, the quality of your questions determi...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Aug 11

Back-to-school reminder:
Some of the “perfect” students and “perfect” coworkers you may know are masking . . . until they crash.

New post → [https://www.byrnealive.com/post/too-good-to-be-believed]

#HighMasking #TooGoodToBeBelieved #NeurodivergentVoices

Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Jul 28

We're past the tipping point. The criminalization of poverty in America, enacted by Executive Order last week, is a black hole, and justice is the first to be consumed.
www.byrnealive.com/post/crimina...

Criminalization of Poverty Marks a Point of No Return for America

As America edges toward authoritarianism, policies once unthinkable are becoming law. This post exposes the criminalization of poverty through civil commitment orders, anti-homeless rhetoric, and the ...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Jul 25

Yes! And ty!!

Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Jul 25

Narrative Diffusion 101:
Call the critic irrelevant, uninspired, and desperate—
while feeding slop to the culture you mock.

“No original content… hanging on by a thread…”
— Trump spox, 2017, about South Park

Exactly. Relax, guys!

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Jul 25

Relax, Dudes – South Park Reveals Narrative Diffusion.

Season 27 goes full chaos. I break down how it reflects the tactic I call Narrative Diffusion, and why it’s so damn familiar.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Read it here:
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#SouthPark #NarrativeDiffusion #PoliticalSatire #ByrneAlive

Relax, Dudes: South Park's Season 27 Satiric Opener reveals Narrative Diffusion

Relax, Dudes – South Park Reveals Narrative Diffusion in its wild Season 27 premiere, using satire, shock, and Satan to expose how mass gaslighting works. From Trump in bed with the devil to the tacti...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Jul 21

📍A Monday snapshot of America: Because It Is My Name is a 4-min read with sources included. Check them. Hold me to them.

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#BecauseItIsMyName #MillerMonday #Crucible #HeatDome #Tariffs #FortBragg #Palestine #Ukraine #Epstein #StayAwake

Because It Is My Name

From heat domes to hunger, detentions to distractions, here’s a real-time snapshot of what’s happening in America—and why the fight over names is never just about names. A personal essay on integrity,...

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Meri @byrnealive.bsky.social · Jul 18

Last night, congress defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. So I wrote about how PBS raised me, literally.

If you grew up on Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, or Mister Rogers, you already know.

New blog → www.byrnealive.com/post/raised-...

#PublicMedia #SaveCPB #WGBH #PBS #PBSKids #CPB

Raised by PBS

Before I had the words for grief, neurodivergence, or belonging, PBS gave me a window into what community, curiosity, and kindness could look like. Now that Congress defunded public broadcasting, I wa...

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