Megan Carolan
@megancarolan.bsky.social
I work on early childhood policy, I complain about drivers, I share my kids' wit and whimsy, and in between I run a little. Living in Jersey City. Opinions are my own.
Runner math: I need to walk 1 mile round trip to my polling place in the park.
It is cold and rainy.
If I need to go out anyway, might as well make it 3 miles running!
I rarely run in the rain but I needed a tough, gritty run today!
It is cold and rainy.
If I need to go out anyway, might as well make it 3 miles running!
I rarely run in the rain but I needed a tough, gritty run today!
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Runner math: I need to walk 1 mile round trip to my polling place in the park.
It is cold and rainy.
If I need to go out anyway, might as well make it 3 miles running!
I rarely run in the rain but I needed a tough, gritty run today!
It is cold and rainy.
If I need to go out anyway, might as well make it 3 miles running!
I rarely run in the rain but I needed a tough, gritty run today!
Tomorrow will be my final election in #JerseyCity - it will be my 24th time voting since moving here in 2013. I appreciate folks giving me a run-off for one last vote!
And will be proud as hell to cast it for James Solomon & Joel Brooks.
And will be proud as hell to cast it for James Solomon & Joel Brooks.
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Tomorrow will be my final election in #JerseyCity - it will be my 24th time voting since moving here in 2013. I appreciate folks giving me a run-off for one last vote!
And will be proud as hell to cast it for James Solomon & Joel Brooks.
And will be proud as hell to cast it for James Solomon & Joel Brooks.
The hardest thing for me personally on my #perimenopause journey so far is that hot packs are the most helpful intervention for my back issues but they trigger hot flashes. So I either need to just grin and bear it OR buckle up for a ride on the thermoregulation roller coaster.
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The hardest thing for me personally on my #perimenopause journey so far is that hot packs are the most helpful intervention for my back issues but they trigger hot flashes. So I either need to just grin and bear it OR buckle up for a ride on the thermoregulation roller coaster.
In a different vein- it's wild to me to think that someone could arrive in 2021 and be radicalized enough by 2025 to commit this act. I dont know what I thought then timeline would be slower.
Doesn't seem like it was the vetting...
www.reuters.com/world/us/nat...
www.reuters.com/world/us/nat...
National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, homeland secretary says
U.S. authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was not radicalized until after he came to the United States, Homeland Security Secretary...
www.reuters.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In a different vein- it's wild to me to think that someone could arrive in 2021 and be radicalized enough by 2025 to commit this act. I dont know what I thought then timeline would be slower.
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ATTENTION JERSEY CITY
If you can't make it Tuesday (bad weather predicted), you can vote today and tomorrow at the Hudson County Clerk's Office. Apply and submit vote-by-mail instantly. 257 Cornelison Ave 4th Floor. Thanks Jake Ephros and Joel Brooks for spreading the word.
If you can't make it Tuesday (bad weather predicted), you can vote today and tomorrow at the Hudson County Clerk's Office. Apply and submit vote-by-mail instantly. 257 Cornelison Ave 4th Floor. Thanks Jake Ephros and Joel Brooks for spreading the word.
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
ATTENTION JERSEY CITY
If you can't make it Tuesday (bad weather predicted), you can vote today and tomorrow at the Hudson County Clerk's Office. Apply and submit vote-by-mail instantly. 257 Cornelison Ave 4th Floor. Thanks Jake Ephros and Joel Brooks for spreading the word.
If you can't make it Tuesday (bad weather predicted), you can vote today and tomorrow at the Hudson County Clerk's Office. Apply and submit vote-by-mail instantly. 257 Cornelison Ave 4th Floor. Thanks Jake Ephros and Joel Brooks for spreading the word.
Reposted by Megan Carolan
“They did not care that the 80 other people had a status, they didn’t care that many of them were U.S. citizens,” he said. “All that they cared about was that they were Brown and that they could do whatever they want.”
A Family's Fight to Bring Their Father Home - Documented
Don Lupe had been living in the U.S. for 27 years when he was detained by ICE agents during a worksite raid in New Jersey. Then his family fought to have him freed.
documentedny.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“They did not care that the 80 other people had a status, they didn’t care that many of them were U.S. citizens,” he said. “All that they cared about was that they were Brown and that they could do whatever they want.”
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November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Unfortunately this beautiful jewelry doesn't ship to the US! 😭
I am the Ghost of Artificial Trees Future, warning you that if you have environmental allergies you might want an antihistamine and some gloves while setting up your tree!
Learn from another year of my errors!
Learn from another year of my errors!
November 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I am the Ghost of Artificial Trees Future, warning you that if you have environmental allergies you might want an antihistamine and some gloves while setting up your tree!
Learn from another year of my errors!
Learn from another year of my errors!
Reposted by Megan Carolan
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Is anyone working on this for their states?
I've grabbed the month-to-month enrollments for a few states (whoever was easiest...) and I'm seeing the trend.
June to Oct 2025, SNAP enrollments down; same time frame previous year, either steady or increase.
I've grabbed the month-to-month enrollments for a few states (whoever was easiest...) and I'm seeing the trend.
June to Oct 2025, SNAP enrollments down; same time frame previous year, either steady or increase.
I expected to see declining #SNAP enrollments after reconciliation/OOOB1 in July - bc even though big changes haven't come YET, people are unsure after news coverage.
SC has 10,000 fewer households from Jun to Oct. 4% decrease.
What are others seeing? #hunger #foodinsecurity
SC has 10,000 fewer households from Jun to Oct. 4% decrease.
What are others seeing? #hunger #foodinsecurity
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Is anyone working on this for their states?
I've grabbed the month-to-month enrollments for a few states (whoever was easiest...) and I'm seeing the trend.
June to Oct 2025, SNAP enrollments down; same time frame previous year, either steady or increase.
I've grabbed the month-to-month enrollments for a few states (whoever was easiest...) and I'm seeing the trend.
June to Oct 2025, SNAP enrollments down; same time frame previous year, either steady or increase.
Pro-tip if you'll be around kids this holiday season but don't know how to interact with them.
Learn their favorite franchises. Then make up a silly crossover situation.
We walked to school cracking up over Thanksgiving with Paddington, Curious George, and Garfield.
Learn their favorite franchises. Then make up a silly crossover situation.
We walked to school cracking up over Thanksgiving with Paddington, Curious George, and Garfield.
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Pro-tip if you'll be around kids this holiday season but don't know how to interact with them.
Learn their favorite franchises. Then make up a silly crossover situation.
We walked to school cracking up over Thanksgiving with Paddington, Curious George, and Garfield.
Learn their favorite franchises. Then make up a silly crossover situation.
We walked to school cracking up over Thanksgiving with Paddington, Curious George, and Garfield.
I expected to see declining #SNAP enrollments after reconciliation/OOOB1 in July - bc even though big changes haven't come YET, people are unsure after news coverage.
SC has 10,000 fewer households from Jun to Oct. 4% decrease.
What are others seeing? #hunger #foodinsecurity
SC has 10,000 fewer households from Jun to Oct. 4% decrease.
What are others seeing? #hunger #foodinsecurity
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I expected to see declining #SNAP enrollments after reconciliation/OOOB1 in July - bc even though big changes haven't come YET, people are unsure after news coverage.
SC has 10,000 fewer households from Jun to Oct. 4% decrease.
What are others seeing? #hunger #foodinsecurity
SC has 10,000 fewer households from Jun to Oct. 4% decrease.
What are others seeing? #hunger #foodinsecurity
That tone change when people REALLY mean it and REALLY want to know.
We are living in times where questions like "How are you doing? "How is your family doing?" are real important questions. I said this during the pandemic, and I'm saying it again.
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
That tone change when people REALLY mean it and REALLY want to know.
Reposted by Megan Carolan
📢 Local leaders, listen up!!
Next year, our policy teams will launch a new effort to strengthen connections across schools, libraries, museums, youth programs, and other community learning spaces.
Is your organization doing this work? Interested in sharing and scaling with others?? Let's talk!
Next year, our policy teams will launch a new effort to strengthen connections across schools, libraries, museums, youth programs, and other community learning spaces.
Is your organization doing this work? Interested in sharing and scaling with others?? Let's talk!
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
📢 Local leaders, listen up!!
Next year, our policy teams will launch a new effort to strengthen connections across schools, libraries, museums, youth programs, and other community learning spaces.
Is your organization doing this work? Interested in sharing and scaling with others?? Let's talk!
Next year, our policy teams will launch a new effort to strengthen connections across schools, libraries, museums, youth programs, and other community learning spaces.
Is your organization doing this work? Interested in sharing and scaling with others?? Let's talk!
Let's take a moment though for the fact that Phil Pulley of Philly is a Doctor Suess level bad guy name.
Two days before a West Philly apartment complex went up in flames, its owner, embattled city landlord Phil Pulley, transferred the vacant property to a New York investment firm.
Here's the latest on the suspected arson case:
Here's the latest on the suspected arson case:
Landlord Phil Pulley transferred ownership of West Philly apartments days before suspected arson, records show
Property records show the notorious landlord signed a deed transfer two days before the June 2025 fire. The new owners are now demolishing the building.
www.inquirer.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Let's take a moment though for the fact that Phil Pulley of Philly is a Doctor Suess level bad guy name.
This is me making a public commitment to getting better about masking. I know the data, I feel like I should, I'd like to actually follow through now...
Some vaccines like COVID and flu don’t stop completely stop infection.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
But they do reduce the risk of getting infected and greatly reduce severe illness risk.
They are still worth getting.
Since they are not 100% effective it’s also wise to add another layer of protection by wearing a mask.
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is me making a public commitment to getting better about masking. I know the data, I feel like I should, I'd like to actually follow through now...
Irrelevant to any of the actual events, 20% of the letters in the names of Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi are z's and my brain simply cannot process that.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Irrelevant to any of the actual events, 20% of the letters in the names of Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi are z's and my brain simply cannot process that.
A kid at the library befriended us. This is a very Indian neighborhood, lots of cultural resources there, and she was Indian.
When I asked her name, she responded "I'd rather not say it right now. A lot of people in America can't say it right."
Folks, we have to do better.
When I asked her name, she responded "I'd rather not say it right now. A lot of people in America can't say it right."
Folks, we have to do better.
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A kid at the library befriended us. This is a very Indian neighborhood, lots of cultural resources there, and she was Indian.
When I asked her name, she responded "I'd rather not say it right now. A lot of people in America can't say it right."
Folks, we have to do better.
When I asked her name, she responded "I'd rather not say it right now. A lot of people in America can't say it right."
Folks, we have to do better.
Reposted by Megan Carolan
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November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
we have a wide variety of hand crafted jewellery + crafts available to order. they’re all limited pieces so when they’re gone, they’re most likely gone forever!🪄
please share to support small struggling business this festive season ☃️🎁
madewithsash.etsy.com 🛍️
25% off orders £45+
10% off orders £15+
please share to support small struggling business this festive season ☃️🎁
madewithsash.etsy.com 🛍️
25% off orders £45+
10% off orders £15+
I really love how the artist does thematic pieces! I'm not a horror movie fan but if you're shopping for someone who is, what a cool gift idea!
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I really love how the artist does thematic pieces! I'm not a horror movie fan but if you're shopping for someone who is, what a cool gift idea!
My politics are everything Killer Mike says from 4:14 onward
(Whole song is incredible, especially this live version)
youtu.be/Nit9FfqRbRo?...
(Whole song is incredible, especially this live version)
youtu.be/Nit9FfqRbRo?...
Run The Jewels - A Few Words For The Firing Squad (Radiation) (Live at Holy Calamavote)
YouTube video by RunTheJewels
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My politics are everything Killer Mike says from 4:14 onward
(Whole song is incredible, especially this live version)
youtu.be/Nit9FfqRbRo?...
(Whole song is incredible, especially this live version)
youtu.be/Nit9FfqRbRo?...
I really need a thread of all the unhinged masterpieces.
The difference between me and most people is that I will absolutely follow through with my most unhinged ideas.
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I really need a thread of all the unhinged masterpieces.
Proud Bloustein alum. Thrilled to see this.
Dr. Patricia O'Brien-Richardson recently received the Cultural Impact and Empowerment Award from the Trauma Recovery and Prevention Alliance (T.R.A.P.A.). She was selected for promoting health equity, justice for victims, and mental health support for students. www.dailytargum.com/article/u-pr...
U. professor honored for cultural impact, advocacy efforts in public, mental health
Patricia O'Brien-Richardson, associate professor of public health and chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, recently rece...
www.dailytargum.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Proud Bloustein alum. Thrilled to see this.