Julie
@juliemeredith.bsky.social
Ik wacht tot het plezier begint.
Geocoding places in east Kentucky today (and likely many days in the coming week):
- Swindling Gap Road in Manchester, KY (If it's your thing, I guess you could take your swindle there to fill the gap)
- Flat Mary Road in Campton, KY (Sorry about that, Mary)
- Swindling Gap Road in Manchester, KY (If it's your thing, I guess you could take your swindle there to fill the gap)
- Flat Mary Road in Campton, KY (Sorry about that, Mary)
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Geocoding places in east Kentucky today (and likely many days in the coming week):
- Swindling Gap Road in Manchester, KY (If it's your thing, I guess you could take your swindle there to fill the gap)
- Flat Mary Road in Campton, KY (Sorry about that, Mary)
- Swindling Gap Road in Manchester, KY (If it's your thing, I guess you could take your swindle there to fill the gap)
- Flat Mary Road in Campton, KY (Sorry about that, Mary)
Yes! I sew and I volunteer to help make your crab costume (if that’s what you’re into) or to give money if you have some other weird idea!
Today on the blog: Democrats should run weirder campaigns, and people with clever ideas should go run a long shot state legislative campaign
open.substack.com/pub/cauldron...
open.substack.com/pub/cauldron...
I need Democrats to try getting weird
We should be running creative, chaotic, and experimental state legislative campaigns
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Yes! I sew and I volunteer to help make your crab costume (if that’s what you’re into) or to give money if you have some other weird idea!
Memories of the summer during which the Slovenian ostrich farm gang stole every spoon from a Duke cafeteria during our two week camp. It was a writers’ camp with a lot of teenagers—mass spoon stealing or similar schemes were inevitable.
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Memories of the summer during which the Slovenian ostrich farm gang stole every spoon from a Duke cafeteria during our two week camp. It was a writers’ camp with a lot of teenagers—mass spoon stealing or similar schemes were inevitable.
BODEGA - No Blade of Grass | Audiotree Live
YouTube video by Audiotree
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
KLM to AMS FTW.
odd to watch the United Airlines CEO at the White House speak at the White House and sound like a Republican member of Congress
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
KLM to AMS FTW.
Left of the Dial continues to be the highlight of the year. One more night until we begin waiting impatiently for October 2026… #lotd25
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Left of the Dial continues to be the highlight of the year. One more night until we begin waiting impatiently for October 2026… #lotd25
Opening @lotdrotterdam.bsky.social at the newly excavated Waterfront…
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Opening @lotdrotterdam.bsky.social at the newly excavated Waterfront…
Had Harold not died way too young, Chicago would be a very different, better place today.
Mamdani winning would make us more likely to move back to NYC.
Mamdani winning would make us more likely to move back to NYC.
@thisamericanlife.org had a similar thought & re-ran their excellent episode from 1997 about Chicago’s first Black mayor. extra compelling because many of the people contributing oral history to the episode have now passed
www.thisamericanlife.org/869/harold
www.thisamericanlife.org/869/harold
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Had Harold not died way too young, Chicago would be a very different, better place today.
Mamdani winning would make us more likely to move back to NYC.
Mamdani winning would make us more likely to move back to NYC.
I pitched Confounding Factors to my husband’s band when they were debating a name (they’re math rock-y but kind of hard to put into a genre)! Their chosen name is fine but missed opportunity…
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I pitched Confounding Factors to my husband’s band when they were debating a name (they’re math rock-y but kind of hard to put into a genre)! Their chosen name is fine but missed opportunity…
Or you could get a very large, very warm cat who likes to sleep on your feet.
Warme voeten en betere nachtrust: zo helpen sokken je sneller in slaap te vallen #nieuws
Warme voeten en betere nachtrust: zo helpen sokken je sneller in slaap te vallen
Vergeet magnesiumolie, vergeet valeriaan: beter slapen begint bij het dragen van sokken in bed. Nu de nachten weer koeler worden en de warme zomers voorbij zijn, kan het dragen van wintersokken bijdragen aan een comfortabelere slaap. Je valt zon negen minuten eerder in slaap.
www.rtl.nl
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Or you could get a very large, very warm cat who likes to sleep on your feet.
No hurricanes in the mountains this year, please. For many reasons, including that my mother has taken in another wayward cat. Nine cats in a 2 bedroom condo seems impossible in a way that eight cats somehow didn't.
September 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
No hurricanes in the mountains this year, please. For many reasons, including that my mother has taken in another wayward cat. Nine cats in a 2 bedroom condo seems impossible in a way that eight cats somehow didn't.
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A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.
September 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.
Who is running against Bowser? I didn’t want to vote for her last election and I sure as hell don’t want to in 2026.
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement
WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
September 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Who is running against Bowser? I didn’t want to vote for her last election and I sure as hell don’t want to in 2026.
Scenes from the DC Metro today…
August 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Scenes from the DC Metro today…
The "Why I left The Washington Post" essays are the new "Why I am joining The Athletic" essays.
Really wild look inside WaPo here, from the guy who led its fact-checking column until he took a buyout and left
“The buyouts have removed some of The Post’s biggest traffic generators — and I don’t see a strategy to replace what has been lost.”
glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
“The buyouts have removed some of The Post’s biggest traffic generators — and I don’t see a strategy to replace what has been lost.”
glennkessler.substack.com/p/why-i-left...
Why I left The Washington Post
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” — but what if the lights are going out from within?
glennkessler.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The "Why I left The Washington Post" essays are the new "Why I am joining The Athletic" essays.
Black cats, best cats.
Maiori opened the medicine cabinet so she could use it for leverage to jump on the shower rod, in case you were wondering what it's like having a normal cat.
July 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Black cats, best cats.
Random group of dudes walking down Mass Ave. yelling “Fuck Donald Trump” is louder than the fireworks. Now a random group of women has started to chant with them.
June 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Random group of dudes walking down Mass Ave. yelling “Fuck Donald Trump” is louder than the fireworks. Now a random group of women has started to chant with them.
Expecting bigger crowds at the Dupont Circle farmers market tomorrow.
June 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Expecting bigger crowds at the Dupont Circle farmers market tomorrow.
Less than 10 blocks from the “party” and there’s more traffic and noise at 7:30am on a Sunday morning.
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Less than 10 blocks from the “party” and there’s more traffic and noise at 7:30am on a Sunday morning.
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It also always seems worth mentioning that kids didn't "lose" learning in that they know less than they did before the pandemic. They did not learn as much as kids *before* the pandemic. Fondly, your neighborhood pedant
June 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It also always seems worth mentioning that kids didn't "lose" learning in that they know less than they did before the pandemic. They did not learn as much as kids *before* the pandemic. Fondly, your neighborhood pedant
There are many, many different police forces in DC and somehow the park police manage to stand out for their awfulness.
Fear not, we are safe! Dupont Circle is secure from the queers
The police presence is absurd, of course. Dozen vehicles at least
My gut is one of the GOP/MAGA closet cases decided this
The police presence is absurd, of course. Dozen vehicles at least
My gut is one of the GOP/MAGA closet cases decided this
June 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
There are many, many different police forces in DC and somehow the park police manage to stand out for their awfulness.
“a woman full of binders” is so perfect
May 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“a woman full of binders” is so perfect