Meredith McGill
@mlmcgill.bsky.social
C19 American Lit and Culture; poetry & poetics; trying to understand these dark times. Also, idly scrolling, interested in what you are reading….
Ha! As did I. Worse case scenario: “too many dahlias,” which is a condition to which I aspire!
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Ha! As did I. Worse case scenario: “too many dahlias,” which is a condition to which I aspire!
I divided some and put them in ziplock bags and popped impossible, larger clumps in plastic boxes, both with vermiculite. I haven’t had great success in the past, albeit with different methods. Still seems like a crap shoot!
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I divided some and put them in ziplock bags and popped impossible, larger clumps in plastic boxes, both with vermiculite. I haven’t had great success in the past, albeit with different methods. Still seems like a crap shoot!
Acadecawriteathon? Easier to say! I’m in for the 15th to 15th…
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Acadecawriteathon? Easier to say! I’m in for the 15th to 15th…
Some nice, inadvertent, morbid humor to take the sting off? So sorry for your loss, Matt — he sounds like a wonderful person. He must have really enjoyed your podcast radio voice!
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Some nice, inadvertent, morbid humor to take the sting off? So sorry for your loss, Matt — he sounds like a wonderful person. He must have really enjoyed your podcast radio voice!
Ha! I’ve only been rejected. Congrats!
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ha! I’ve only been rejected. Congrats!
I’m so sorry, Matt. Be good to yourself, ok?
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m so sorry, Matt. Be good to yourself, ok?
Would that we weren’t left to our own devices in regulating it! I’d be much more enthusiastic if it wasn’t being pushed into places where it is destructive.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Would that we weren’t left to our own devices in regulating it! I’d be much more enthusiastic if it wasn’t being pushed into places where it is destructive.
I think literature teachers are trying to regulate it in the only spaces they control— the classroom. I don’t think it will go away— it’s embedded in so many interfaces, enshittifying many of them. But it’s very useful in others…
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think literature teachers are trying to regulate it in the only spaces they control— the classroom. I don’t think it will go away— it’s embedded in so many interfaces, enshittifying many of them. But it’s very useful in others…
I was chair amidst the forced return to campus and so many staff mentioned how much more affordable their lives were during Covid. A small percentage uptick in savings was a huge quality of life boost.
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I was chair amidst the forced return to campus and so many staff mentioned how much more affordable their lives were during Covid. A small percentage uptick in savings was a huge quality of life boost.
This was a great if depressing read — explains the post Covid vibe very well. Many of us saw that another way was actually possible….
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This was a great if depressing read — explains the post Covid vibe very well. Many of us saw that another way was actually possible….
Reposted by Meredith McGill
2/2 They found nothing, obviously, but they did destroy entire agencies and their dedicated staff, turned over reams of government data to Elon to train his AIs, dismantled our nation's soft power, and then slunk away with zero guilt, shame, or regret.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
2/2 They found nothing, obviously, but they did destroy entire agencies and their dedicated staff, turned over reams of government data to Elon to train his AIs, dismantled our nation's soft power, and then slunk away with zero guilt, shame, or regret.
Sickening. And repeated every day all over the country. What will it take to stop these goons?
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Sickening. And repeated every day all over the country. What will it take to stop these goons?
Cringe upon cringe!
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cringe upon cringe!
Braided traditions, it seems. . .
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Braided traditions, it seems. . .
[co-LED by Preetha and Jeff. Co-ed, too, but I hope we could assume that . . . ]
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
[co-LED by Preetha and Jeff. Co-ed, too, but I hope we could assume that . . . ]