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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 18h

I can barely afford two kids in Pennsylvania’s third-largest city

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18h

“The median rent for an apartment with three or more bedrooms in Manhattan is over $7,000. Inventory for large rental apartments is at a six-year low…
The ever-rising cost of having a large family in New York has fueled an exodus of parents with young children that has accelerated”

Who Can Afford Three Kids in New York City?

www.nytimes.com

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 18h

so interesting! Love that you have a spreadsheet, also!

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 19h

I tried Trazadone and it made me feel as though I were plummeting off a cliff into sleep. Was so alarming it woke me up! Maybe a half dose would be better. Or maybe I just need a better melatonin.

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 21h

as a fellow ASD parent (of littles), I've been watching this closely. They're catching (and presumably punishing) at least some of the kids making the threats ... how is this continuing? It's so disruptive.

Reposted by Meghan Kita

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 2d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 21h

this fellow needs to resign. He's a disgrace. I, like many other Pennsylvanians, deeply, deeply regret voting for him.

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 21h

same arm! ballsy!

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 1d

"As Democrat Josh Siegel decried a recent military-style raid by immigration officials on a Chicago apartment building — with agents rappelling onto the building from a Black Hawk helicopter and zip-tying residents — a number of people in the audience laughed."

Neighbors ... do better.

Lehigh County executive candidates spar over crime response, ICE, election security in debate at LCCC

Republican Roger MacLean and Democrat Josh Siegel pitched their leadership credentials and divergent worldviews in a 90-minute debate.

www.mcall.com

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 1d

what worked for you? Because I've asked my doc for those too and the ones I've tried so far just make me very tired but still awake 😭

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 1d

👀 now I must know more

P.S. Have been meaning to send you a note anyway because Hot Dog Tommy's is now exorbitantly expensive and I wanted to know if you had any other shore hot dog recs 😂

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 1d

I am glad I saw this post because I am now realizing how weird and gross this is. (My last years in publishing were the beginning of the "e-commerce/affiliate links will save our jobs" era and that kind of blinded me to this.)

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 2d

also, take your lunch breaks

Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 2d

Practice stillness. At some point in my 30s, the constant onslaught of stimuli and information really caught up to me, physically and emotionally. That's how I ended up in a mindfulness-based stress reduction course, which sometimes feels impossibly challenging *and* I wish I'd taken it sooner.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 7d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 3d

This is embarrassing

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 3d

"The Human Centipede of content" is the best descriptor of AI slop, no notes

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 3d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 3d

The only thing I miss about Twitter is my reach! I wish I could've taken those followers with me over to this much nicer place.

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 3d

I came to the replies to see whether someone had already made a time-turner joke

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 3d

that was my "I must find a way out of this hellscape" moment

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 3d

I suspect this will be about as good for morale as when the running publication I once worked for brought in an EIC who led her first staff meeting with "running sucks. everyone knows it." Crickets.

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 6d

BRILLIANCE. JUST MORE BRILLIANCE.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 6d

"But for all the bleating, the conspiracy theorists have continually failed to find widespread fraud. Despite court cases and mass searches, there have been vanishingly few substantiated instances of voters illegally casting ballots.

Perhaps, for Posobiec, it’s a grand exercise in projection."

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 7d

the juice box is a nice touch

Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 7d

Can confirm that wearing the mascot suit is v claustrophobic and gross but people love those mascot Reels

2020

I wore the Mule suit so you don't have to.

www.muhlenberg.edu

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 7d

(Sometimes I feel ridiculous using BlueSky like Original Twitter because the world was far less on fire when I was using Original Twitter but I miss having a place to put such musings)

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Meghan Kita @meghgrace.bsky.social · 7d

If you want to put a look of terror on a bunch of social media student workers' faces, ask them if they want to wear the mascot suit to make some Reels

(Readers, they do *not* want to wear the mascot suit)

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