Mercwrites
@mercwrites.bsky.social
Fearless progressive. Social justice advocate. Pissed off poet.
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Baker & Taylor is one of very few companies that handle book distribution for libraries — getting books from publishers into borrowers hands. But a few months ago, the company abruptly announced it was shutting down. n.pr/4biyDfS
A 200-year-old book distributor is closing. Here's what that means for public libraries
Baker & Taylor is one of very few companies that handle book distribution for libraries — getting books from publishers into borrowers hands. But a few months ago, the company abruptly announced it was shutting down.
n.pr
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Baker & Taylor is one of very few companies that handle book distribution for libraries — getting books from publishers into borrowers hands. But a few months ago, the company abruptly announced it was shutting down. n.pr/4biyDfS
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You’ll be shocked to learn that the chatbot being used to create nonconsensual and abusive sexual material is the one created by Elon Musk.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Elon Musk's Chatbot Is a Machine of Horrors
Didn't like the Nazi stuff? Well now Grok is making sexualized images of children.
paulwaldman.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
You’ll be shocked to learn that the chatbot being used to create nonconsensual and abusive sexual material is the one created by Elon Musk.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Library stop -too much???
January 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Library stop -too much???
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Was looking up an audiobook on Libby and found out it’s narrated by AI. I want everyone involved to understand this has entirely killed my enthusiasm for the book in every format. I will never read it.
January 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Was looking up an audiobook on Libby and found out it’s narrated by AI. I want everyone involved to understand this has entirely killed my enthusiasm for the book in every format. I will never read it.
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This is very, very good, and I'm not just saying that because @billiejsweeney.bsky.social writes and helps out with editing for Assigned.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This is very, very good, and I'm not just saying that because @billiejsweeney.bsky.social writes and helps out with editing for Assigned.
What fxxxing heart???
Well, this is all very reassuring
Trump admits he applies makeup to his hands to hide bruises. He takes more aspirin than his doctors recommend — 325 milligrams a day — which causes him to bruise easily.
"…I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart," Trump says. "I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart."
"…I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart," Trump says. "I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart."
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
What fxxxing heart???
Who possibly respects the NYT anymore???????
If the New York Times can't even understand that the immigration policy Trump is executing isn't the one he promised, and the economic policy he's executing isn't the one he promised, and the foreign policy he's executing isn't the one he promised, why does the NYT even still exist?
December 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Who possibly respects the NYT anymore???????
@useum.bsky.social Why do the images I sent as texts not open, say scroll which does nothing. Given that young people aren’t using email, this presents a problem for your incredible site.
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@useum.bsky.social Why do the images I sent as texts not open, say scroll which does nothing. Given that young people aren’t using email, this presents a problem for your incredible site.
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Absolutely!
Kerry Kennedy — Robert and Ethel Kennedy’s daughter and RFK Jr.’s sister — says she’s going to grab a pickax as soon as Trump’s term is over and take his name off the Kennedy Center.
December 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Absolutely!
With the shit redacted out of them….
Breaking News: The Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of records tied to investigations of Jeffrey Epstein. Follow live.
Epstein Files Live Updates: Justice Department Releases Trove of Documents
The material is expected to include some, but not all, documents related to investigations of Jeffrey Epstein. Congress set a Friday deadline for the Trump administration to release the files.
nyti.ms
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
With the shit redacted out of them….
Good lord everything about him has screamed maniac from the get go.
Questions about Trump's health amid recent unusual behaviors
Watch here: tinyurl.com/465urdej
Watch here: tinyurl.com/465urdej
CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at growing questions about Trump’s health amid recent unusual behaviors | CNN Politics
New concerns about President Trump after his prime-time address.
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Good lord everything about him has screamed maniac from the get go.
Only those with no souls, no morality, no compassion and next to no brains need apply
An ICE agent in Minneapolis pinned a pregnant woman’s face into the snow and knelt on her body.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Only those with no souls, no morality, no compassion and next to no brains need apply
He’s one of my heroes & he waved to me from his office!
Bill Marler has worked on foodborne illnesses cases for decades — and he orders his steak cooked gray, never pink.
“I’ve been in too many ICUs. I’ve been to too many funerals,” Marler said. “I know too much.” https://wapo.st/48Rw01P
“I’ve been in too many ICUs. I’ve been to too many funerals,” Marler said. “I know too much.” https://wapo.st/48Rw01P
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
He’s one of my heroes & he waved to me from his office!
Quel surprise
A new investigation revealed that school districts and local governments are reportedly overpaying for supplies because of Amazon contracts that bind them to dynamic pricing.
Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”
Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Quel surprise
Worst human being - certainly in top ten
For generations to come, Donald Trump will be remembered as being the WORST president in U.S. history. Not even close.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Worst human being - certainly in top ten
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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Honey this DOJ wouldn’t know embarrassment any more than they’d know justice…
Time to admit they don't have a case. This is just embarrassing for the “Justice” Department under Pam Bondi.
December 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Honey this DOJ wouldn’t know embarrassment any more than they’d know justice…
Happened so many times in Seattle it’s sickening.
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Happened so many times in Seattle it’s sickening.
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Yup.
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Yup.
Welcome to Trump World
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Welcome to Trump World
Bravo
Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel taking part in 2026
Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel taking part in 2026
‘Clear conflict’ between Eurovision ideals of ‘inclusion and dignity for all’ and decision to let Israel compete, says 2024 winner
Nemo, the Swiss singer who won the 2024 Eurovision song contest, has said they are handing back their trophy in protest over Israel’s participation in next year’s event.
The 26-year-old, the first non-binary winner of the contest, said on Thursday there was “a clear conflict” between the Eurovision ideals of “unity, inclusion and dignity for all” and the decision to allow Israel to compete. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Bravo
Also how much is 2 + 2?
Pretty sure Antifa headquarters is in Dave & Busters at the Fair Oaks Shopping Center.
How Many Members Does Antifa Have? Where Is Its Headquarters? The FBI Has No Answers.
theintercept.com/2025/12/11/f...
theintercept.com/2025/12/11/f...
December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Also how much is 2 + 2?