Claire Merci
@clairemerci.bsky.social
99.9% reposts ::: so many reposts ::: too earnest to be witty ::: neurodivergent ::: science! ::: books! ::: defender of indoor spiders ::: ok, any ºooº ::: ní bóna ná coróin ::: 57% anxiety by volume ::: she/they
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Either my citizenship is the same as yours, or what's the fucking point
Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
December 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Either my citizenship is the same as yours, or what's the fucking point
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my toddler is crying because he has doggy hair in his mouth
and I mean yes okay corgis do shed a lot and it’s an uncomfortable sensation but also, kiddo, you just licked the dog
and I mean yes okay corgis do shed a lot and it’s an uncomfortable sensation but also, kiddo, you just licked the dog
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
my toddler is crying because he has doggy hair in his mouth
and I mean yes okay corgis do shed a lot and it’s an uncomfortable sensation but also, kiddo, you just licked the dog
and I mean yes okay corgis do shed a lot and it’s an uncomfortable sensation but also, kiddo, you just licked the dog
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Regularly recharge the negative energy that builds up inside you by spending time in nature.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
December 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Regularly recharge the negative energy that builds up inside you by spending time in nature.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
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Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
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"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
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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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Sorry about the screaming, it turns out there was a guy under my desk and he reached out to pat my ankle as I went past
I thought he was in the living room
I thought he was in the living room
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sorry about the screaming, it turns out there was a guy under my desk and he reached out to pat my ankle as I went past
I thought he was in the living room
I thought he was in the living room
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Friend in Westchester NY is trying to place a very friendly cat that hangs out in their yard. The cat is good with other cats. Please spread the word. They’ll have to go to aspca if it gets much colder (yes they built a temp shelter plz read the screenshot). #adoptdontshop #Westchester #PeekskillNY
December 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Friend in Westchester NY is trying to place a very friendly cat that hangs out in their yard. The cat is good with other cats. Please spread the word. They’ll have to go to aspca if it gets much colder (yes they built a temp shelter plz read the screenshot). #adoptdontshop #Westchester #PeekskillNY
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You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?
December 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
You want me to look back on 2025? The thing that doomed Orpheus? The thing that turned Lot’s wife to salt?
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KNOWN infections
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
KNOWN infections
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#Crabs galore, for this year's last #InverteFest! 🦀
This is from my 2022 trip to Vancouver Island. There were so many tiny teeny crabs, they were adorable!
#Invertebrates #Intertidal #Crustaceans #SciArt #PhotoHour
This is from my 2022 trip to Vancouver Island. There were so many tiny teeny crabs, they were adorable!
#Invertebrates #Intertidal #Crustaceans #SciArt #PhotoHour
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
#Crabs galore, for this year's last #InverteFest! 🦀
This is from my 2022 trip to Vancouver Island. There were so many tiny teeny crabs, they were adorable!
#Invertebrates #Intertidal #Crustaceans #SciArt #PhotoHour
This is from my 2022 trip to Vancouver Island. There were so many tiny teeny crabs, they were adorable!
#Invertebrates #Intertidal #Crustaceans #SciArt #PhotoHour
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Squeezed in a little more observing for #invertefest before the arctic chill came through. Speaking of arctic, this springtail (genus Sminthurus) on a rock looks to me like a bunny on an arctic tundra with the lichen & all.
#insects (not technically)
#bugsky #macro
#insects (not technically)
#bugsky #macro
December 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Squeezed in a little more observing for #invertefest before the arctic chill came through. Speaking of arctic, this springtail (genus Sminthurus) on a rock looks to me like a bunny on an arctic tundra with the lichen & all.
#insects (not technically)
#bugsky #macro
#insects (not technically)
#bugsky #macro
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Like the idea greeting MTG is a no risk, no cost move simply isn’t true for trans people who are currently being targeted by her and experiencing a push with the Democratic party in the name of pragmatism.
December 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Like the idea greeting MTG is a no risk, no cost move simply isn’t true for trans people who are currently being targeted by her and experiencing a push with the Democratic party in the name of pragmatism.
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This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
December 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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Nvidia would be a nice girl's name if you didn't already know what it was
December 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Nvidia would be a nice girl's name if you didn't already know what it was
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In one fell swoop, Trump has successfully achieved his goal of fucking up voting by mail.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In one fell swoop, Trump has successfully achieved his goal of fucking up voting by mail.
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i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results
that human element elevates the work
that human element elevates the work
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Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.
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An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
share.google
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This is why Molly is not allowed to do tours.
September 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is why Molly is not allowed to do tours.