Meredith Claire
@merofthemeadow.bsky.social
The personal musings of a Canadian therapist on mental health, faith, social justice, & avoiding the plague.
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I said "ENOUGH!!!"
As a pastor's kid and the youngest in my family, I learned to keep quiet and do what was expected of me. I internalised that my voice didn't matter.
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As a pastor's kid and the youngest in my family, I learned to keep quiet and do what was expected of me. I internalised that my voice didn't matter.
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You can see over 8000 human made images (97% of them with AltText) posted by over 600 #ArtAdventCalendar participants just by clicking or long pressing on the hashtag and selecting See Posts.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I mean...just look at this. It goes on and on and on.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
You can see over 8000 human made images (97% of them with AltText) posted by over 600 #ArtAdventCalendar participants just by clicking or long pressing on the hashtag and selecting See Posts.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
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Me: I'm too busy to send Christmas cards this year
My great uncle: sending Christmas cards to newspaper columnists while also fighting a world war
My great uncle: sending Christmas cards to newspaper columnists while also fighting a world war
December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Me: I'm too busy to send Christmas cards this year
My great uncle: sending Christmas cards to newspaper columnists while also fighting a world war
My great uncle: sending Christmas cards to newspaper columnists while also fighting a world war
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Never log off, TV writers
December 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Never log off, TV writers
So, uh, random story...
I dropped my phone into my Mum's grave.
After her graveside service, all but a few family members had left, and my sisters and I were kneeling by her grave, crying together.
Amidst my grief, I somehow dropped my phone, and down it slid, into the grave.
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I dropped my phone into my Mum's grave.
After her graveside service, all but a few family members had left, and my sisters and I were kneeling by her grave, crying together.
Amidst my grief, I somehow dropped my phone, and down it slid, into the grave.
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![A BlueSky post with a video entitled, "Going INTO an ice core borehole! (Sped up!)". One commenter says, "Immediately drops my keys down the hole." Another responds, "Or you [sic] phone", followed by three crying emojis.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uu5ewj5n6es4fluoqyh6beol/bafkreidyjj2otqtx4ufh3pfcixy6kktw7u25a4ipfjw6rc7fm7lefez5sy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
So, uh, random story...
I dropped my phone into my Mum's grave.
After her graveside service, all but a few family members had left, and my sisters and I were kneeling by her grave, crying together.
Amidst my grief, I somehow dropped my phone, and down it slid, into the grave.
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I dropped my phone into my Mum's grave.
After her graveside service, all but a few family members had left, and my sisters and I were kneeling by her grave, crying together.
Amidst my grief, I somehow dropped my phone, and down it slid, into the grave.
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If you're new to the Headline of the Year contest, it's surprisingly elaborate -- for the next few days, I'll be keeping track of reposts & likes on here and elsewhere (mostly here it seems at this point) and that will seed the top 16 headlines.
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you're new to the Headline of the Year contest, it's surprisingly elaborate -- for the next few days, I'll be keeping track of reposts & likes on here and elsewhere (mostly here it seems at this point) and that will seed the top 16 headlines.
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
Thanks to fellow Canadian, @jasonparis.bsky.social for recording the CECOT segment.
I forget who posted the link for the archive his recording, but I watched it here:
archive.org/details/3mam...
I forget who posted the link for the archive his recording, but I watched it here:
archive.org/details/3mam...
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Thanks to fellow Canadian, @jasonparis.bsky.social for recording the CECOT segment.
I forget who posted the link for the archive his recording, but I watched it here:
archive.org/details/3mam...
I forget who posted the link for the archive his recording, but I watched it here:
archive.org/details/3mam...
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Today is World Basketball Day.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today is World Basketball Day.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball, based on the rules created by Canadian James Naismith, was played. He based the new sport on games he played as a youth in Canada, including duck on a rock. By 1936, it was an Olympic sport.
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This is so important
December 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This is so important
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The world is stupid, awful, vile, unsafe, and cruel.
Creating beauty anyway is a form of resistance.
Creating beauty anyway is a form of resistance.
December 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The world is stupid, awful, vile, unsafe, and cruel.
Creating beauty anyway is a form of resistance.
Creating beauty anyway is a form of resistance.
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ICYMI
Ducks-capades!
In which a duck faithfully imitates a curling rock.
Ducks-capades!
In which a duck faithfully imitates a curling rock.
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ICYMI
Ducks-capades!
In which a duck faithfully imitates a curling rock.
Ducks-capades!
In which a duck faithfully imitates a curling rock.
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
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You all know the drill for the coming days, we’ve trained. These weird days between work and school being over and the year actually ending are under Airport Law. People can eat breakfast at 9pm, or pie with gin at 9am.
December 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You all know the drill for the coming days, we’ve trained. These weird days between work and school being over and the year actually ending are under Airport Law. People can eat breakfast at 9pm, or pie with gin at 9am.
It's been a TerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBad month and a half, between multiple viruses cycling between my multiple kids and all of the ongoing co-parenting drama, so I am absolutely thrilled to relax at home alone on this Friday night and finally watch the new Knives Out film!
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December 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It's been a TerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBad month and a half, between multiple viruses cycling between my multiple kids and all of the ongoing co-parenting drama, so I am absolutely thrilled to relax at home alone on this Friday night and finally watch the new Knives Out film!
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If Putin is anything like my soon-to-be-ex, 'Respect' doesn't actually mean honouring the other's intrinsic value, but rather is about absolute adoration and eager compliance with every whim, and no expectation of mutual responsibility.
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If Putin is anything like my soon-to-be-ex, 'Respect' doesn't actually mean honouring the other's intrinsic value, but rather is about absolute adoration and eager compliance with every whim, and no expectation of mutual responsibility.
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Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.
abcnews.go.com/Health/high-...
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
High-fat cheese, cream linked to lower risk of dementia: Study
People who regularly ate higher-fat cheese and cream had a lower risk of dementia over 25 years, while low-fat dairy and other dairy foods showed no clear association.
abcnews.go.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.
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One of the most important petitions in Canadian history. Protecting Trans rights not only enables them to belong and get the healthcare they deserve, but also protects all of our rights.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One of the most important petitions in Canadian history. Protecting Trans rights not only enables them to belong and get the healthcare they deserve, but also protects all of our rights.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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“Just say no” to an AI future — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Because the future is not decided and the people saying that it is are worried that it won’t be.
Because the future is not decided and the people saying that it is are worried that it won’t be.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Just say no” to an AI future — @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Because the future is not decided and the people saying that it is are worried that it won’t be.
Because the future is not decided and the people saying that it is are worried that it won’t be.
As seen in the wild, this time featuring @aaronhoyland.bsky.social!
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
As seen in the wild, this time featuring @aaronhoyland.bsky.social!
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This is what the internet was made for.
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is what the internet was made for.
By the time I finally got the kids settled last night, I was dozing off while doing Clues by Sam, and had to finish this morning. Thankfully it stopped the clock while I slept!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 17th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 17th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
By the time I finally got the kids settled last night, I was dozing off while doing Clues by Sam, and had to finish this morning. Thankfully it stopped the clock while I slept!
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 17th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 17th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Reminder for fellow Canadians:
Canadian House Wildlife Guidelines have been updated. New research indicates the North American House Hippo prefers to wash itself once a year.
Canadian House Wildlife Guidelines have been updated. New research indicates the North American House Hippo prefers to wash itself once a year.
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reminder for fellow Canadians:
Canadian House Wildlife Guidelines have been updated. New research indicates the North American House Hippo prefers to wash itself once a year.
Canadian House Wildlife Guidelines have been updated. New research indicates the North American House Hippo prefers to wash itself once a year.