Susan Mernit
@smernit.bsky.social
Tech OG, #AI coach, non-profit development consultant. Proud board member Hack the Hood and A New Social. Avid reader, hiker, power-lifter, cook. Queer as F. #Resist.
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Newsletter: susanmernit.substack.com
Blog: susanmernit.com/blog
Weekend with kiddo. Pizza, fries and movie date on the couch was the best ! These toddler days are going fast. #grandmalife
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Weekend with kiddo. Pizza, fries and movie date on the couch was the best ! These toddler days are going fast. #grandmalife
Spread the word: Hiring at the Early Wealth Partnership!
Looking for an Operations & Comms Coordinator (PT, remote) to help power our work connecting CA families to early wealth-building accounts like #CalKIDS.
$40–$50/hr | 10–15 hrs/week | Remote/Oakland
Apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Looking for an Operations & Comms Coordinator (PT, remote) to help power our work connecting CA families to early wealth-building accounts like #CalKIDS.
$40–$50/hr | 10–15 hrs/week | Remote/Oakland
Apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Spread the word: Hiring at the Early Wealth Partnership!
Looking for an Operations & Comms Coordinator (PT, remote) to help power our work connecting CA families to early wealth-building accounts like #CalKIDS.
$40–$50/hr | 10–15 hrs/week | Remote/Oakland
Apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Looking for an Operations & Comms Coordinator (PT, remote) to help power our work connecting CA families to early wealth-building accounts like #CalKIDS.
$40–$50/hr | 10–15 hrs/week | Remote/Oakland
Apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Back at the gym after 8 weeks of trying to work out but needing to rest some pulled muscles. Hopefully, this progress continues.
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Back at the gym after 8 weeks of trying to work out but needing to rest some pulled muscles. Hopefully, this progress continues.
Timeline refresh: making a fun spread for a dear friend's birthday. French 75s will be in the house.
October 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Timeline refresh: making a fun spread for a dear friend's birthday. French 75s will be in the house.
Hanging with the kiddo. It's still dirt, wheels, and digging.
September 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hanging with the kiddo. It's still dirt, wheels, and digging.
So happy to work out with no pain today! If my leg doesn't start to ache tonight, I will be so thrilled. #oldladieslift
September 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So happy to work out with no pain today! If my leg doesn't start to ache tonight, I will be so thrilled. #oldladieslift
Weekend with the kiddo. Wheels, art, books, soccer minions. #grandparenting
September 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Weekend with the kiddo. Wheels, art, books, soccer minions. #grandparenting
Tweaked a muscle in my hip, so going easy on deadlifts, but trying to put the work in, regardless. #weightlifting
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Tweaked a muscle in my hip, so going easy on deadlifts, but trying to put the work in, regardless. #weightlifting
Back at it in the gym. Planning a month of more intense lifting and practice. #fall #weightlifting
August 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Back at it in the gym. Planning a month of more intense lifting and practice. #fall #weightlifting
Friday. Late summer roses and a yummy watermelon Agua fresca..with tequila.
August 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Friday. Late summer roses and a yummy watermelon Agua fresca..with tequila.
Almost 4 weeks back reconditioning at the gym. Tomorrow, doing the 4x10x95 squat sets that killed my thigh muscles on August 1st. #hopeful.
August 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Almost 4 weeks back reconditioning at the gym. Tomorrow, doing the 4x10x95 squat sets that killed my thigh muscles on August 1st. #hopeful.
Oh, happy day. Week 3, day 4 at the gym, 200 lb deadlift went up nice and easy. One more week of conditioning. Feeling happy.
August 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Oh, happy day. Week 3, day 4 at the gym, 200 lb deadlift went up nice and easy. One more week of conditioning. Feeling happy.
Today's achievement: grow food! #gardenhaul
August 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Today's achievement: grow food! #gardenhaul
Birthday weekend in the books for kiddo. So fun to jump play and see kiddo with their friends. #grandparenting
August 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Birthday weekend in the books for kiddo. So fun to jump play and see kiddo with their friends. #grandparenting
Back in Oakland after travel, lifting heavy again, reading, watching, and listening to things that sparked joy and thought this month.
August CYB:
📚 Vera, Kaiju, Shmutz
📺 The Pitt, Pernille
🎧 Wet Leg & bbno$
open.substack.com/pub/susanmer...?
August CYB:
📚 Vera, Kaiju, Shmutz
📺 The Pitt, Pernille
🎧 Wet Leg & bbno$
open.substack.com/pub/susanmer...?
August 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Back in Oakland after travel, lifting heavy again, reading, watching, and listening to things that sparked joy and thought this month.
August CYB:
📚 Vera, Kaiju, Shmutz
📺 The Pitt, Pernille
🎧 Wet Leg & bbno$
open.substack.com/pub/susanmer...?
August CYB:
📚 Vera, Kaiju, Shmutz
📺 The Pitt, Pernille
🎧 Wet Leg & bbno$
open.substack.com/pub/susanmer...?
Saturday am in the garden. Tomatoes want to conquer all. Had to prune and tie back. Cucumbers are really giving, too.
August 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Saturday am in the garden. Tomatoes want to conquer all. Had to prune and tie back. Cucumbers are really giving, too.
Week 1, day 4. Getting back to heavy squats is gonna be a grind but I am up for it. Ughhhh. ##weightlifting
August 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Week 1, day 4. Getting back to heavy squats is gonna be a grind but I am up for it. Ughhhh. ##weightlifting
August 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My quads are so sore, but it's the only way. Grinding the reps. #weightlifting
August 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My quads are so sore, but it's the only way. Grinding the reps. #weightlifting
Ultimate #sundaynight flex? Oysters for dinner at home, shucked by moi.
August 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Ultimate #sundaynight flex? Oysters for dinner at home, shucked by moi.
Saw my trainer, and am back at my home gym, after almost a month away. So happy to get back into lifting in a more focused way again. Next task: 3x10 sets of squats, shoulder presses, rdls, etc, to build endurance back up, plus accessories. #weightlifting
August 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Saw my trainer, and am back at my home gym, after almost a month away. So happy to get back into lifting in a more focused way again. Next task: 3x10 sets of squats, shoulder presses, rdls, etc, to build endurance back up, plus accessories. #weightlifting
Need a book? Recommend this one, it is a great read--funny, incisive, and spot on about so many things. bookshop.org/p/books/vera...
July 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Need a book? Recommend this one, it is a great read--funny, incisive, and spot on about so many things. bookshop.org/p/books/vera...
Now we know what these are. By the wind sailor, a sea creature and cousin to jellyfish. observation.org/species/27080/
July 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Now we know what these are. By the wind sailor, a sea creature and cousin to jellyfish. observation.org/species/27080/
Weekend beach walk, 4 miles.
July 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Weekend beach walk, 4 miles.
Morning jaunt to #wildflourbakery. Their garden is one of my happy places. #Occidental
July 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Morning jaunt to #wildflourbakery. Their garden is one of my happy places. #Occidental