StephanieKMerrill
@stephaniekmerrill.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Pianist. Words in UCity Review, Feral, Moist Poetry Journal, One Art, Rise Up Review, Amethyst Review, ZiN Daily, Eunoia Review, Trampoline Poetry, &tc. Retired English faculty. Pushcart & BOTN nominee. Ⓥ she/her
Austin
Austin
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
(Jimi Hendrix. Today is his day.)
(Jimi Hendrix. Today is his day.)
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
(Jimi Hendrix. Today is his day.)
(Jimi Hendrix. Today is his day.)
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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when you and your co-authors try to find that one (1) footnote you definitely saw the other day
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
when you and your co-authors try to find that one (1) footnote you definitely saw the other day
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
Chris Hedges: America is a Banana Republic voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/24/c...
Chris Hedges: America is a Banana Republic
Trump and his family have amassed more than $1.8 billion in cash and gifts from leveraging the presidency — while erecting tawdry monuments to themselves.
voxpopulisphere.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Chris Hedges: America is a Banana Republic voxpopulisphere.com/2025/11/24/c...
"And when one day I can no longer see her, I will watch the hares in the field knowing that her being is woven into theirs, and that I have only to look up at night to see her symbol etched in the stars."
from RAISING HARE by Chloe Dalton
#SundaySentence
from RAISING HARE by Chloe Dalton
#SundaySentence
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"And when one day I can no longer see her, I will watch the hares in the field knowing that her being is woven into theirs, and that I have only to look up at night to see her symbol etched in the stars."
from RAISING HARE by Chloe Dalton
#SundaySentence
from RAISING HARE by Chloe Dalton
#SundaySentence
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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The hypocrisy is the point but you almost have to be in awe of the amoral shamelessness of arguing that 15 year olds reading Toni Morrison is child abuse but raping then is all a part of the game.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The hypocrisy is the point but you almost have to be in awe of the amoral shamelessness of arguing that 15 year olds reading Toni Morrison is child abuse but raping then is all a part of the game.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
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November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"They should have sent a poet."
(Ellie Arroway, observing the magnificence of the universe in CONTACT, written by Carl Sagan. Today is his day.)
(Ellie Arroway, observing the magnificence of the universe in CONTACT, written by Carl Sagan. Today is his day.)
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"They should have sent a poet."
(Ellie Arroway, observing the magnificence of the universe in CONTACT, written by Carl Sagan. Today is his day.)
(Ellie Arroway, observing the magnificence of the universe in CONTACT, written by Carl Sagan. Today is his day.)
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No one has yet given a satisfactory answer to how ICE continues to operate in a 'shut down', given that, far from being essential workers, they are unneeded by anyone at any time
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
No one has yet given a satisfactory answer to how ICE continues to operate in a 'shut down', given that, far from being essential workers, they are unneeded by anyone at any time
Great Birnam Wood is approaching The White House.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Great Birnam Wood is approaching The White House.
All the folks who've never been to NYC, who never intend to visit NYC, whose voice in NYC will never count being worried about NYC is a testament to the rot and propaganda the bot farms bought by the oligarchs have rendered.
Perfection, @jojofromjerz.bsky.social.
2026 is coming, Greg Abbott.
We WILL California our Texas.
(I know how much he loves this saying. 😏)
2026 is coming, Greg Abbott.
We WILL California our Texas.
(I know how much he loves this saying. 😏)
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
All the folks who've never been to NYC, who never intend to visit NYC, whose voice in NYC will never count being worried about NYC is a testament to the rot and propaganda the bot farms bought by the oligarchs have rendered.
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To balance the glut of articles interviewing New Yorkers who claim they’re going to leave the city if Mamdani wins, someone should interview my wife and I who want to move back if he wins.
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
To balance the glut of articles interviewing New Yorkers who claim they’re going to leave the city if Mamdani wins, someone should interview my wife and I who want to move back if he wins.
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The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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One of my favourite shots I have taken. A beautiful Great Grey Owl flying straight towards me.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #photography
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #photography
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One of my favourite shots I have taken. A beautiful Great Grey Owl flying straight towards me.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #photography
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #birds #birdphotography #photography
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Wow, we really are in The Divine Comedy.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wow, we really are in The Divine Comedy.
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"He had no doubt the mountain range
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...
Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation
by Jack B. Bedell
psalteryandlyre.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"He had no doubt the mountain range
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...