mercow, cow of the sea
@meredithcounts.bsky.social
I write, slowly, in SE Michigan. I’ve worked in higher ed, marketing and a titch of journalism but now I seem to be an archives and museums person. I make two tweens try new foods and listen to Bo Diddley.
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good morning to evil women
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
good morning to evil women
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finally some good art
daughter moving into the Thought-Provoking artistic commentary phase
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
finally some good art
This is why I love Criminal Minds.
December 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is why I love Criminal Minds.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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Everyone: Release the Epstein files
Trump: I’m going to release Epstein’s accomplice
Trump: I’m going to release Epstein’s accomplice
July 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Watching TV
#1 if The Wizard of Oz is on I have to watch it.
#2 I am happy if New Order getting Chevrolet ad money but it is disorienting to hear music I like on CBC commercials
#1 if The Wizard of Oz is on I have to watch it.
#2 I am happy if New Order getting Chevrolet ad money but it is disorienting to hear music I like on CBC commercials
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Watching TV
#1 if The Wizard of Oz is on I have to watch it.
#2 I am happy if New Order getting Chevrolet ad money but it is disorienting to hear music I like on CBC commercials
#1 if The Wizard of Oz is on I have to watch it.
#2 I am happy if New Order getting Chevrolet ad money but it is disorienting to hear music I like on CBC commercials
Only as old as I feel! I got my first handicapped parking tag, which will help me make it to kids sports events, and on the same day Spotify decided to tell me I’m my mom’s approximate age.
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Only as old as I feel! I got my first handicapped parking tag, which will help me make it to kids sports events, and on the same day Spotify decided to tell me I’m my mom’s approximate age.
I don’t know, @robynelyse.bsky.social, I think this kind of rules 😂
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I don’t know, @robynelyse.bsky.social, I think this kind of rules 😂
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“Give me front butt and make it pointy”
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“Give me front butt and make it pointy”
Somehow coffee just stopped working, Coca Cola, too. My caffeine receptor broke, now what am I to do?
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Somehow coffee just stopped working, Coca Cola, too. My caffeine receptor broke, now what am I to do?
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hello my name is Franchise and this is my husband Brand and we are the Cellophanes
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
hello my name is Franchise and this is my husband Brand and we are the Cellophanes
I have been reading a lot about Van Gogh for the last couple of years, and I wonder if there are any unthought thoughts about him
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I have been reading a lot about Van Gogh for the last couple of years, and I wonder if there are any unthought thoughts about him
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🎶Papal reign, papal reign…🎶
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🎶Papal reign, papal reign…🎶
Love to be the mom whose kids excitedly hear about Black Friday shopping and be like Well Actually there’s a Boycott my darlings and what’s more fun than that
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Love to be the mom whose kids excitedly hear about Black Friday shopping and be like Well Actually there’s a Boycott my darlings and what’s more fun than that
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What astonishing legal innovations you get when you drive everyone with ethics and skills out of your employ
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What astonishing legal innovations you get when you drive everyone with ethics and skills out of your employ
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As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
Why is the old-fashioned phrase “piss and vinegar” so funny? I just typed it into a text message and thought, god that’s revolting, but it was exactly what I wanted to say. And there’s no good alternate! So i sent the text.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Why is the old-fashioned phrase “piss and vinegar” so funny? I just typed it into a text message and thought, god that’s revolting, but it was exactly what I wanted to say. And there’s no good alternate! So i sent the text.
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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Instead of an austerity budget, we should be creating good jobs in science, research, green energy, and capitalizing on the areas the US is failing to invest in. And we should be putting tax dollars into public housing, education, and healthcare where it is desperately needed.
Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Instead of an austerity budget, we should be creating good jobs in science, research, green energy, and capitalizing on the areas the US is failing to invest in. And we should be putting tax dollars into public housing, education, and healthcare where it is desperately needed.
Most of us don’t get six weeks paid time off!
Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.
End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Most of us don’t get six weeks paid time off!
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“When you look back and see four pairs of footprints, not five, that was when the secret police carried Me away to be interrogated and imprisoned.”
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“When you look back and see four pairs of footprints, not five, that was when the secret police carried Me away to be interrogated and imprisoned.”
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“…when there were 3 sets of jackboot prints?”
“That is when the Police abducted you.”
“That is when the Police abducted you.”
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“…when there were 3 sets of jackboot prints?”
“That is when the Police abducted you.”
“That is when the Police abducted you.”
We’ve had mostly candy and coffee this weekend but I do have one kid who says “duh” when I roast Brussels sprouts and ask if she wants a little balsamic on them.
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’ve had mostly candy and coffee this weekend but I do have one kid who says “duh” when I roast Brussels sprouts and ask if she wants a little balsamic on them.
Forgive my mixing of titles, but this costume is an earthly delight
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Forgive my mixing of titles, but this costume is an earthly delight