Meri
@byrnealive.bsky.social
I’m a persistent little creature of questionable sanity and remarkable stamina.
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’m a persistent little creature of questionable sanity and remarkable stamina.
42 Million Americans about to lose SNAP.
That’s 600 sold-out NFL stadiums filled with people wondering how to buy groceries. If I said one name per second, I’d be reading for 486 days just to list the Americans who need help with dinner.
That’s 600 sold-out NFL stadiums filled with people wondering how to buy groceries. If I said one name per second, I’d be reading for 486 days just to list the Americans who need help with dinner.
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
42 Million Americans about to lose SNAP.
That’s 600 sold-out NFL stadiums filled with people wondering how to buy groceries. If I said one name per second, I’d be reading for 486 days just to list the Americans who need help with dinner.
That’s 600 sold-out NFL stadiums filled with people wondering how to buy groceries. If I said one name per second, I’d be reading for 486 days just to list the Americans who need help with dinner.
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“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
Reposted by Meri
Maybe, just maybe, he will stroke out today upon learning this news. 🤞🤞
María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Maybe, just maybe, he will stroke out today upon learning this news. 🤞🤞
What if creation remembered you? ✨
Read Chapter 1: The Big Breath.
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#RememberedByDust #ByrneAlive #TheBigBreath #HybridNovel #MythicMemoir #CosmicCreation
Read Chapter 1: The Big Breath.
www.byrnealive.com/post/remembe...
#RememberedByDust #ByrneAlive #TheBigBreath #HybridNovel #MythicMemoir #CosmicCreation
Remembered By Dust: Chapter 1 — The Big Breath
Chapter 1 of Remembered by Dust begins where all stories begin — with breath. Part memoir, part myth, and part midrash, this hybrid novel in verse reimagines creation as a stirring, a whisper, a beat,...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What if creation remembered you? ✨
Read Chapter 1: The Big Breath.
www.byrnealive.com/post/remembe...
#RememberedByDust #ByrneAlive #TheBigBreath #HybridNovel #MythicMemoir #CosmicCreation
Read Chapter 1: The Big Breath.
www.byrnealive.com/post/remembe...
#RememberedByDust #ByrneAlive #TheBigBreath #HybridNovel #MythicMemoir #CosmicCreation
💔 You didn’t plan for this. No one does.
One minute you’re juggling bills, the next you’re Googling “food bank near me.”
👉 Read here: www.byrnealive.com/post/welcome...
You’re not alone.
One minute you’re juggling bills, the next you’re Googling “food bank near me.”
👉 Read here: www.byrnealive.com/post/welcome...
You’re not alone.
The Rabbit Hole | How to be Poor | Byrne Alive
You didn’t plan to fall through the cracks—but here you are. This no-shame survival guide is for anyone sliding out of middle-class stability and into a system that says poverty is your fault. It’s no...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
💔 You didn’t plan for this. No one does.
One minute you’re juggling bills, the next you’re Googling “food bank near me.”
👉 Read here: www.byrnealive.com/post/welcome...
You’re not alone.
One minute you’re juggling bills, the next you’re Googling “food bank near me.”
👉 Read here: www.byrnealive.com/post/welcome...
You’re not alone.
The drums are sounding. Too much violence. Too much hate.
It’s time to empathact — to turn empathy into action before the void fills with conflict.
#Empathact #EmpathyVsHate #DrumsAreSounding #CompassionInAction #Wordrise
www.byrnealive.com/post/empathy...
It’s time to empathact — to turn empathy into action before the void fills with conflict.
#Empathact #EmpathyVsHate #DrumsAreSounding #CompassionInAction #Wordrise
www.byrnealive.com/post/empathy...
Empathy Is the Cure
We don’t have to agree with someone’s ideas to mourn violence. Empathact is about turning empathy into action—because empathy is the cure we need to slow the shadow of violence.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The drums are sounding. Too much violence. Too much hate.
It’s time to empathact — to turn empathy into action before the void fills with conflict.
#Empathact #EmpathyVsHate #DrumsAreSounding #CompassionInAction #Wordrise
www.byrnealive.com/post/empathy...
It’s time to empathact — to turn empathy into action before the void fills with conflict.
#Empathact #EmpathyVsHate #DrumsAreSounding #CompassionInAction #Wordrise
www.byrnealive.com/post/empathy...
“World Mostly Okay” will never trend. Scarcity sells.
But here’s the kicker: we already have enough. Always have.
Read why I’m done playing along with the Cult of Not-Enough → www.byrnealive.com/post/it-s-ti...
But here’s the kicker: we already have enough. Always have.
Read why I’m done playing along with the Cult of Not-Enough → www.byrnealive.com/post/it-s-ti...
It's Time to Say: Enough
The world isn’t running out—we have enough. Food, shelter, energy, compassion. It’s time to push back against the Cult of Not-Enough.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“World Mostly Okay” will never trend. Scarcity sells.
But here’s the kicker: we already have enough. Always have.
Read why I’m done playing along with the Cult of Not-Enough → www.byrnealive.com/post/it-s-ti...
But here’s the kicker: we already have enough. Always have.
Read why I’m done playing along with the Cult of Not-Enough → www.byrnealive.com/post/it-s-ti...
Blackout the System: September 16-20th
September 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Blackout the System: September 16-20th
📅 Sept 16–20, 2025
✊ Labor + economic protest
💥 Power concedes nothing without a demand.
Even small actions add up. Join us: www.byrnealive.com/post/blackou...
#BlackoutTheSystem
✊ Labor + economic protest
💥 Power concedes nothing without a demand.
Even small actions add up. Join us: www.byrnealive.com/post/blackou...
#BlackoutTheSystem
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September 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📅 Sept 16–20, 2025
✊ Labor + economic protest
💥 Power concedes nothing without a demand.
Even small actions add up. Join us: www.byrnealive.com/post/blackou...
#BlackoutTheSystem
✊ Labor + economic protest
💥 Power concedes nothing without a demand.
Even small actions add up. Join us: www.byrnealive.com/post/blackou...
#BlackoutTheSystem
School can feel like a burrito explosion in your microwave.
But here’s the truth: literacy = freedom.
AI is a tool. Use it to learn, not to let yourself off the hook.
Stay sharp. Stay free.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/advice-...
But here’s the truth: literacy = freedom.
AI is a tool. Use it to learn, not to let yourself off the hook.
Stay sharp. Stay free.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/advice-...
September 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
School can feel like a burrito explosion in your microwave.
But here’s the truth: literacy = freedom.
AI is a tool. Use it to learn, not to let yourself off the hook.
Stay sharp. Stay free.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/advice-...
But here’s the truth: literacy = freedom.
AI is a tool. Use it to learn, not to let yourself off the hook.
Stay sharp. Stay free.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/advice-...
The MN school shooting wasn’t about gender identity.
It was about despair, access to guns, & extremist ideologies.
Scapegoating trans kids won’t keep anyone safe.
Truth, data & love will.
Blog: www.byrnealive.com/post/truth-d...
#SchoolSafety #LGBTQ #MediaLiteracy
It was about despair, access to guns, & extremist ideologies.
Scapegoating trans kids won’t keep anyone safe.
Truth, data & love will.
Blog: www.byrnealive.com/post/truth-d...
#SchoolSafety #LGBTQ #MediaLiteracy
Truth, Data, & Love — Preventing School Violence
A disturbing trend has emerged: commentators seizing on the shooter’s transgender identity to fuel culture-war attacks. This is speculative, inaccurate, and dangerous. The evidence is clear: supportiv...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The MN school shooting wasn’t about gender identity.
It was about despair, access to guns, & extremist ideologies.
Scapegoating trans kids won’t keep anyone safe.
Truth, data & love will.
Blog: www.byrnealive.com/post/truth-d...
#SchoolSafety #LGBTQ #MediaLiteracy
It was about despair, access to guns, & extremist ideologies.
Scapegoating trans kids won’t keep anyone safe.
Truth, data & love will.
Blog: www.byrnealive.com/post/truth-d...
#SchoolSafety #LGBTQ #MediaLiteracy
Second post in my AI – Don’t Panic series just went live! 🚀
This one’s for teachers:
AI won’t know your students. But it can lighten the workload, spark new ideas, and help you steer.
🦔 Hedgehog quizzes, feedback ideas, and a note on fairness—it’s all in here.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/ai-in-t...
This one’s for teachers:
AI won’t know your students. But it can lighten the workload, spark new ideas, and help you steer.
🦔 Hedgehog quizzes, feedback ideas, and a note on fairness—it’s all in here.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/ai-in-t...
Teacher-Led, Chatbot-Supported: AI in the Classroom
AI isn’t here to overthrow teachers Bradbury-style—it’s here to copilot. Used wisely, it can help with lesson prep, differentiation, and even feedback ideas when the grading stack feels endless. But i...
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August 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Second post in my AI – Don’t Panic series just went live! 🚀
This one’s for teachers:
AI won’t know your students. But it can lighten the workload, spark new ideas, and help you steer.
🦔 Hedgehog quizzes, feedback ideas, and a note on fairness—it’s all in here.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/ai-in-t...
This one’s for teachers:
AI won’t know your students. But it can lighten the workload, spark new ideas, and help you steer.
🦔 Hedgehog quizzes, feedback ideas, and a note on fairness—it’s all in here.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/ai-in-t...
My first post in a new series about AI in Education (and beyond) just dropped: It’s All About the Questions.
🚗💡 Don’t panic. AI is only as good as the questions you ask.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/all-abo...
🚗💡 Don’t panic. AI is only as good as the questions you ask.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/all-abo...
In AI, It's All About the Questions
AI isn’t magic—it’s a car, and the questions you ask are the steering wheel. Whether you’re cooking dinner, teaching Shakespeare, or just curious about the world, the quality of your questions determi...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My first post in a new series about AI in Education (and beyond) just dropped: It’s All About the Questions.
🚗💡 Don’t panic. AI is only as good as the questions you ask.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/all-abo...
🚗💡 Don’t panic. AI is only as good as the questions you ask.
👉 www.byrnealive.com/post/all-abo...
Back-to-school reminder:
Some of the “perfect” students and “perfect” coworkers you may know are masking . . . until they crash.
New post → [https://www.byrnealive.com/post/too-good-to-be-believed]
#HighMasking #TooGoodToBeBelieved #NeurodivergentVoices
Some of the “perfect” students and “perfect” coworkers you may know are masking . . . until they crash.
New post → [https://www.byrnealive.com/post/too-good-to-be-believed]
#HighMasking #TooGoodToBeBelieved #NeurodivergentVoices
August 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Back-to-school reminder:
Some of the “perfect” students and “perfect” coworkers you may know are masking . . . until they crash.
New post → [https://www.byrnealive.com/post/too-good-to-be-believed]
#HighMasking #TooGoodToBeBelieved #NeurodivergentVoices
Some of the “perfect” students and “perfect” coworkers you may know are masking . . . until they crash.
New post → [https://www.byrnealive.com/post/too-good-to-be-believed]
#HighMasking #TooGoodToBeBelieved #NeurodivergentVoices
We're past the tipping point. The criminalization of poverty in America, enacted by Executive Order last week, is a black hole, and justice is the first to be consumed.
www.byrnealive.com/post/crimina...
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Criminalization of Poverty Marks a Point of No Return for America
As America edges toward authoritarianism, policies once unthinkable are becoming law. This post exposes the criminalization of poverty through civil commitment orders, anti-homeless rhetoric, and the ...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We're past the tipping point. The criminalization of poverty in America, enacted by Executive Order last week, is a black hole, and justice is the first to be consumed.
www.byrnealive.com/post/crimina...
www.byrnealive.com/post/crimina...
Narrative Diffusion 101:
Call the critic irrelevant, uninspired, and desperate—
while feeding slop to the culture you mock.
“No original content… hanging on by a thread…”
— Trump spox, 2017, about South Park
Exactly. Relax, guys!
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
Call the critic irrelevant, uninspired, and desperate—
while feeding slop to the culture you mock.
“No original content… hanging on by a thread…”
— Trump spox, 2017, about South Park
Exactly. Relax, guys!
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Narrative Diffusion 101:
Call the critic irrelevant, uninspired, and desperate—
while feeding slop to the culture you mock.
“No original content… hanging on by a thread…”
— Trump spox, 2017, about South Park
Exactly. Relax, guys!
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
Call the critic irrelevant, uninspired, and desperate—
while feeding slop to the culture you mock.
“No original content… hanging on by a thread…”
— Trump spox, 2017, about South Park
Exactly. Relax, guys!
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
Relax, Dudes – South Park Reveals Narrative Diffusion.
Season 27 goes full chaos. I break down how it reflects the tactic I call Narrative Diffusion, and why it’s so damn familiar.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Read it here:
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
#SouthPark #NarrativeDiffusion #PoliticalSatire #ByrneAlive
Season 27 goes full chaos. I break down how it reflects the tactic I call Narrative Diffusion, and why it’s so damn familiar.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Read it here:
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
#SouthPark #NarrativeDiffusion #PoliticalSatire #ByrneAlive
Relax, Dudes: South Park's Season 27 Satiric Opener reveals Narrative Diffusion
Relax, Dudes – South Park Reveals Narrative Diffusion in its wild Season 27 premiere, using satire, shock, and Satan to expose how mass gaslighting works. From Trump in bed with the devil to the tacti...
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July 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Relax, Dudes – South Park Reveals Narrative Diffusion.
Season 27 goes full chaos. I break down how it reflects the tactic I call Narrative Diffusion, and why it’s so damn familiar.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Read it here:
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
#SouthPark #NarrativeDiffusion #PoliticalSatire #ByrneAlive
Season 27 goes full chaos. I break down how it reflects the tactic I call Narrative Diffusion, and why it’s so damn familiar.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Read it here:
www.byrnealive.com/post/relax-d...
#SouthPark #NarrativeDiffusion #PoliticalSatire #ByrneAlive
📍A Monday snapshot of America: Because It Is My Name is a 4-min read with sources included. Check them. Hold me to them.
🔗 www.byrnealive.com/post/because...
#BecauseItIsMyName #MillerMonday #Crucible #HeatDome #Tariffs #FortBragg #Palestine #Ukraine #Epstein #StayAwake
🔗 www.byrnealive.com/post/because...
#BecauseItIsMyName #MillerMonday #Crucible #HeatDome #Tariffs #FortBragg #Palestine #Ukraine #Epstein #StayAwake
Because It Is My Name
From heat domes to hunger, detentions to distractions, here’s a real-time snapshot of what’s happening in America—and why the fight over names is never just about names. A personal essay on integrity,...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
📍A Monday snapshot of America: Because It Is My Name is a 4-min read with sources included. Check them. Hold me to them.
🔗 www.byrnealive.com/post/because...
#BecauseItIsMyName #MillerMonday #Crucible #HeatDome #Tariffs #FortBragg #Palestine #Ukraine #Epstein #StayAwake
🔗 www.byrnealive.com/post/because...
#BecauseItIsMyName #MillerMonday #Crucible #HeatDome #Tariffs #FortBragg #Palestine #Ukraine #Epstein #StayAwake