Meg Charles
@mcharles88.bsky.social
she/her. film enthusiast. writer in progress.
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A real list written by real journalists! Also: 👋 @melissafebos.bsky.social THE DRY SEASON 06.03.25 www.vulture.com/article/new-...
28 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer
Whether you want to make sense of reality or escape it — through climate fiction, searing memoirs, and tight thrillers.
www.vulture.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A real list written by real journalists! Also: 👋 @melissafebos.bsky.social THE DRY SEASON 06.03.25 www.vulture.com/article/new-...
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Weber: I'm glad you're addressing us instead of speaking to the camera.
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AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..
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AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..
May 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Weber: I'm glad you're addressing us instead of speaking to the camera.
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AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..
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AOC: There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen. Hello. I’m talking to you because I work for you. They deserve to see what is happening here..
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when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
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@marcelias.bsky.social just nailed it
April 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social just nailed it
Thank you, Cory Booker.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thank you, Cory Booker.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
A tremendous loss. Rest in peace, Gene.
February 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A tremendous loss. Rest in peace, Gene.
Where's the Kennedy curse when you really need it?
NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
bit.ly
February 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Where's the Kennedy curse when you really need it?
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My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
February 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
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Sign of the day…
February 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sign of the day…
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
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An LA organizer I trust shared this General Resource Spreadsheet with me. It includes nonofficial shelters and other resources for people affected by the LA fires.
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
An LA organizer I trust shared this General Resource Spreadsheet with me. It includes nonofficial shelters and other resources for people affected by the LA fires.
Nicole Kidman is all of us
January 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nicole Kidman is all of us
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Wonderful side effect of watching A Complete Unknown: listening to a ton of Joan Baez songs
January 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Wonderful side effect of watching A Complete Unknown: listening to a ton of Joan Baez songs
Poseidon Adventure ('72) is the perfect NYE movie for "things might get a whole lot worse" times.
January 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Poseidon Adventure ('72) is the perfect NYE movie for "things might get a whole lot worse" times.
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we must imagine Sisyphus posting through it
December 10, 2024 at 11:14 PM
we must imagine Sisyphus posting through it
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Happy to contribute a few poetry recommendations to this year's @npr.org Books We Love:
Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Happy to contribute a few poetry recommendations to this year's @npr.org Books We Love:
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To quote Barbara Kingsolver at National Book Awards tonight “we are at our best when we are disruptors.”
Going to put that quote in my pocket and carry it with me into next year.
Going to put that quote in my pocket and carry it with me into next year.
November 21, 2024 at 2:07 AM
To quote Barbara Kingsolver at National Book Awards tonight “we are at our best when we are disruptors.”
Going to put that quote in my pocket and carry it with me into next year.
Going to put that quote in my pocket and carry it with me into next year.
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The secret is that other writers aren't competition; they're peers, colleagues and friends. Someone who reads me is going to read other writers as well; the entire publishing economy is "yes, and." Therefore it does me no harm, and much good, to support other writers and to wish them well.
And Heinlein would have approved! Terry Pratchett said, "Most SF writers were once fans. There's a habit they have, not of paying back, but of paying forward; I know of no other branch of literature where the established "names" so keenly encourage wannabe writers to become their future competitors
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The secret is that other writers aren't competition; they're peers, colleagues and friends. Someone who reads me is going to read other writers as well; the entire publishing economy is "yes, and." Therefore it does me no harm, and much good, to support other writers and to wish them well.
Columbus
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Chungking Express
Persona
Dazed and Confused
Melancholia
Drinking Buddies
20th Century Women
Black Narcissus
The Worst Person in the World
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Chungking Express
Persona
Dazed and Confused
Melancholia
Drinking Buddies
20th Century Women
Black Narcissus
The Worst Person in the World
10 Movies to Get to Know Me:
1. Eve’s Bayou
2. The Prince of Egypt
3. The Great Debaters
4. A Series of Unfortunate Events
5. Legally Blonde
6. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
7. Beyond The Lights
8. SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
9. RENT
10.Django Unchained
1. Eve’s Bayou
2. The Prince of Egypt
3. The Great Debaters
4. A Series of Unfortunate Events
5. Legally Blonde
6. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
7. Beyond The Lights
8. SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
9. RENT
10.Django Unchained
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Columbus
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Chungking Express
Persona
Dazed and Confused
Melancholia
Drinking Buddies
20th Century Women
Black Narcissus
The Worst Person in the World
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Chungking Express
Persona
Dazed and Confused
Melancholia
Drinking Buddies
20th Century Women
Black Narcissus
The Worst Person in the World
Sunday win brought to you in part by a Chiefs’ loss
November 18, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Sunday win brought to you in part by a Chiefs’ loss
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Naomi Beinart, 16: "We girls woke up to a country that would rather elect a man found liable for sexual abuse than a woman...Where the body I haven’t fully grown into may no longer be under my control. The boys, it seemed to me, just woke up on a Wednesday."
Opinion | I’m 16. On Nov. 5 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.
On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Naomi Beinart, 16: "We girls woke up to a country that would rather elect a man found liable for sexual abuse than a woman...Where the body I haven’t fully grown into may no longer be under my control. The boys, it seemed to me, just woke up on a Wednesday."