Merrill (->FC) Before and Sometimes After Dark
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34. She/her. SF Bay Area. North American river otter. Find me in a river. Or in bed. A riverbed. Could be 🔞
pfp & banner: @goatuna.bsky.social
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Im so glad to be a furry freak
January 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Im so glad to be a furry freak
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just found out that like dogs are real. Not just like a species made up for fursonas.
gonna take a while to process this
gonna take a while to process this
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
just found out that like dogs are real. Not just like a species made up for fursonas.
gonna take a while to process this
gonna take a while to process this
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new years thoughts
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
new years thoughts
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Whether it’s Barack Obama being the editor of Harvard Law Review or Donald Trump narrowly passing a cognitive test used to detect dementia, there’s plenty of serious intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Whether it’s Barack Obama being the editor of Harvard Law Review or Donald Trump narrowly passing a cognitive test used to detect dementia, there’s plenty of serious intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle.
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
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And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
This School Board President Took Her Oath on a Stack of Contested Books. Here's Why
The school board for Central Bucks County, Pa., has been at the center of divisive political debates.
www.edweek.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
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In 2026 I would like to see more of us work on normalizing the idea that it’s actually totally okay to be a weird messed up Problematic freak in your Sex Brain provided you behave like a decent non-creepy person
December 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In 2026 I would like to see more of us work on normalizing the idea that it’s actually totally okay to be a weird messed up Problematic freak in your Sex Brain provided you behave like a decent non-creepy person
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January 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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i cud b ur angle
December 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i cud b ur angle
This should have tipped me off about a decade sooner.
there is no cishet explanation for the breakfast crunchwrap
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This should have tipped me off about a decade sooner.
Ohey~
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Ohey~
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transition has been an exercise in learning that the more scared i am of doing something the more important it usually is for me to do it
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
transition has been an exercise in learning that the more scared i am of doing something the more important it usually is for me to do it
My favorite refrain for some time now has been "I hate the future," but recently it was pointed out to me that I don't hate the future; I hate companies.
I love the future! But fuck companies.
I love the future! But fuck companies.
Just fell for my first AI generated video. I’m still not in the mindset of distrusting *everything* I see yet, and really need to fix that. The future sucks.
December 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My favorite refrain for some time now has been "I hate the future," but recently it was pointed out to me that I don't hate the future; I hate companies.
I love the future! But fuck companies.
I love the future! But fuck companies.
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The number one thing I would recommend for folks trying to make art their career: TRACK YOUR HOURS. Not just art hours, but EVERYTHING even remotely business related. Then price your work according to that. It is the only way you will ever break even, full stop.
December 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The number one thing I would recommend for folks trying to make art their career: TRACK YOUR HOURS. Not just art hours, but EVERYTHING even remotely business related. Then price your work according to that. It is the only way you will ever break even, full stop.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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saltine crackers and 35mm slides are friends. like when you see possum and raccoon eating from the same bowl of snacks
July 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
saltine crackers and 35mm slides are friends. like when you see possum and raccoon eating from the same bowl of snacks
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
At a tiki bar in a city I've never been in because they have an open mic night. Honed in on this weeks ago as the anchor point, and will be exploring the city through NYE.
December 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
At a tiki bar in a city I've never been in because they have an open mic night. Honed in on this weeks ago as the anchor point, and will be exploring the city through NYE.