Meredith
@meredith24.bsky.social
Formerly @meredithbklyn. No longer a Brooklynite. South Carolinian turned Washingtonian turned Raleighite. Proud union member. ✊🏼 Go Gamecocks. 🤙🏼🐔
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FIONA APPLE
Extraordinary Machine
(2005)
How is this album 20 years old? Regardless, Fiona just doesn’t miss and this one might be my favorite of hers. So much is said about her singing and songs, but I feel like her piano playing doesn’t get enough love. Such a distinctive style.
#NowSpinning
Extraordinary Machine
(2005)
How is this album 20 years old? Regardless, Fiona just doesn’t miss and this one might be my favorite of hers. So much is said about her singing and songs, but I feel like her piano playing doesn’t get enough love. Such a distinctive style.
#NowSpinning
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
FIONA APPLE
Extraordinary Machine
(2005)
How is this album 20 years old? Regardless, Fiona just doesn’t miss and this one might be my favorite of hers. So much is said about her singing and songs, but I feel like her piano playing doesn’t get enough love. Such a distinctive style.
#NowSpinning
Extraordinary Machine
(2005)
How is this album 20 years old? Regardless, Fiona just doesn’t miss and this one might be my favorite of hers. So much is said about her singing and songs, but I feel like her piano playing doesn’t get enough love. Such a distinctive style.
#NowSpinning
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It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
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Still Life Post, Bottle, Cup and Fruit, 1871
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11647
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11647
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Still Life Post, Bottle, Cup and Fruit, 1871
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11647
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11647
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“Little Reichstag Fires Everywhere”
That’s it exactly.
All of Trump’s policies spring from malice, bigotry, and idiotic fixed ideas, like trade is being ripped off. When they wreck everything, he lies. When a random evil event occurs, it’s an excuse for more malicious, bigotry, and self-harm.
That’s it exactly.
All of Trump’s policies spring from malice, bigotry, and idiotic fixed ideas, like trade is being ripped off. When they wreck everything, he lies. When a random evil event occurs, it’s an excuse for more malicious, bigotry, and self-harm.
If you think there's going to be a response to this other than Little Reichstag Fires Everywhere until midterms, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is, people seem to be sick of it.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“Little Reichstag Fires Everywhere”
That’s it exactly.
All of Trump’s policies spring from malice, bigotry, and idiotic fixed ideas, like trade is being ripped off. When they wreck everything, he lies. When a random evil event occurs, it’s an excuse for more malicious, bigotry, and self-harm.
That’s it exactly.
All of Trump’s policies spring from malice, bigotry, and idiotic fixed ideas, like trade is being ripped off. When they wreck everything, he lies. When a random evil event occurs, it’s an excuse for more malicious, bigotry, and self-harm.
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
For a long time, Target—that popular mega store that seemed to hit just the right combination of low prices and of-the-moment swagger—was everyone’s darling, the go-to spot for everything from groceri...
www.aft.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
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With the American military adopting such pointlessly cruel and antagonistic anti-LGBTQ+ policies it’s good to see some other countries are taking the opposite approach.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
With the American military adopting such pointlessly cruel and antagonistic anti-LGBTQ+ policies it’s good to see some other countries are taking the opposite approach.
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National Guard members do not want to be used as political props. They want to be home with their families. The only person who wants them here is Trump.
Police killed three people in DC last week and now this. When will this administration stop escalating and putting people in harm's way?
Police killed three people in DC last week and now this. When will this administration stop escalating and putting people in harm's way?
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
National Guard members do not want to be used as political props. They want to be home with their families. The only person who wants them here is Trump.
Police killed three people in DC last week and now this. When will this administration stop escalating and putting people in harm's way?
Police killed three people in DC last week and now this. When will this administration stop escalating and putting people in harm's way?
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The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
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This is disgusting.
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is disgusting.
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Ronald Reagan refused to acknowledge the AIDS crisis. Even refused to help his "friend from the Hollywood days" Rock Hudson.
George W. Bush waited 7 years to recognize World AIDS Day.
And now we are back to a POS GOP POTUS who will ignore it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In the era of AI it’s more crucial than ever that social media sites add a serif to the lower case L
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Your loyal friend and adventure buddy awaits: WILMA, located in Olivette, MO.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/wilma-77816204/mo/olivette/st-louis-county-animal-control-mo52/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/wilma-77816204/mo/olivette/st-louis-county-animal-control-mo52/
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Your loyal friend and adventure buddy awaits: WILMA, located in Olivette, MO.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/wilma-77816204/mo/olivette/st-louis-county-animal-control-mo52/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/wilma-77816204/mo/olivette/st-louis-county-animal-control-mo52/
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Last week, NC A&T students lost their on-campus #earlyvoting site. Let's be clear about what this means. #NCpol
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Last week, NC A&T students lost their on-campus #earlyvoting site. Let's be clear about what this means. #NCpol
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journalists really should stop baring their entire asses like this
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
journalists really should stop baring their entire asses like this
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
"I have no idea how this technology actually works but my editor is mostly interested in engagement clicks so we proceeded anyway"
“Family knows how to push your buttons because they put them there”
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I wrote about how to avoid regressing into the same old patterns when you go home to visit your parents.
"The goal isn’t to change your mother or father; it’s to stay connected to yourself," said therapist Liz Higgins. www.huffpost.com/entry/associ...
"The goal isn’t to change your mother or father; it’s to stay connected to yourself," said therapist Liz Higgins. www.huffpost.com/entry/associ...
The Psychology Behind Why We Revert To Our Childhood Selves Around Our Parents
Therapists offer tips on how to stay calm, cool and collected the next time you head home.
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“Family knows how to push your buttons because they put them there”
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Look kids! It’s Ask Jeeves! Over here Jeeves!
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Look kids! It’s Ask Jeeves! Over here Jeeves!
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what was “administration pedophile protection project” one too many words
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
what was “administration pedophile protection project” one too many words