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Marcus
@marcusjmerritt.com
(He/him). I draw power lines and TVs and do urban landscape photography. Metro-Detroit.

Abolish police. Free Palestine. Trans rights.

Art store: marcusmerritt.bigcartel.com
Main art website: marcusjmerritt.com
Tips: https://ko-fi.com/marcusjmerritt
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Also, and this is new—commissions are open!

Are there some power lines you want a drawing of? Contact me and we can work out the details (DM here or email), but basically:

$200 and send me some photos of the power lines and I'll draw them and mail you the finished drawing!
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This is in reference to the unjust firing of Melissa McCool, but it’s true of every right-wing harassment campaign

Universities and elite media need to be aware of this
It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Boxing Day sale- These are normally $450(Cdn) each- on sale this weekend for $300(Cdn) each (+shipping). Titles & descriptions in alt-text. DM if interested. #art #sciart #invertebrates
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Baudelaire for the end of the year
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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the most prescient record review I ever read was Spin's Lauren Spencer on Nevermind in 1991: "I swear you'll be humming all the songs for the rest of your life"
December 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Here's a thread of my Power Lines Drawings from this year

#128 Ferndale, MI
#129 Huntington Woods, MI
#130 Madison Heights, MI
#131 Ferndale, MI

marcusjmerritt.com/power-lines-...
December 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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resume growth // handcut paper collage on found vintage photograph, december 2025

#collage #queerart #foundphoto
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Stopping by an East Village fire hydrant on a rainy evening
#photography
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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So I posted this endnote yesterday, about this exact book, which is getting all these wild year-end accolades despite being so disconnected from the facts of the pandemic.

(www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...)
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Here's a thread of my Power Lines Drawings from this year

#128 Ferndale, MI
#129 Huntington Woods, MI
#130 Madison Heights, MI
#131 Ferndale, MI

marcusjmerritt.com/power-lines-...
December 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.

I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.

They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Once again tapping the chart.
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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the vibe this year
Dort Mall, Flint, Michigan
December 2025
December 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Hotel Monterey 1973 Chantal Akerman’s silent ~documentary of a NY hotel
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I googled a friend’s mom to make sure I remembered the spelling of her last name right before mailing her something.

I came across this deeply moving article from the 90s on her advocacy as a leader in the Bosnian community in Chicago.

It’s worth a read.

chicagoreader.com/news/a-light...
A Light in the Darkness - Chicago Reader
The Heroism of a Bosnian Refugee
chicagoreader.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Waxing crescent
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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JC, of "Naz Reid tattoo guy" fame, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor 💔

A friend set up a GoFundMe, if you have anything to spare:

www.gofundme.com/f/support-jc...
Donate to Support JC and Family During Brain Surgery & Recovery, organized by Kellyanne Anderson
Hi everyone, as one of JC and Annie's best friends, I am sadd… Kellyanne Anderson needs your support for Support JC and Family During Brain Surgery & Recovery
www.gofundme.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Red Clay (4)
Digital painting
December 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Red Clay (3)
Digital painting
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.

Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Something about how resilient the common sense is that surely there isn’t actually anything all that incriminating in the Epstein files and that interest in them is just people getting chasing conspiracy thrills or something in spite of what turns out to be in them every time more comes to light
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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One year exposure of the sun passing over the white pines, Greenfield Centre, Upstate NY, made with a tin can camera onto photo paper. White arcs show sunny days, dark arcs show overcast days. Day 23 of #ArtAdventCalendar
#solargraphy #pinhole #photography
December 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM