Meghan 🍁🍂
@meghankobrien.bsky.social
Drinker of iced coffee no matter the weather. Not great at profile summaries, views my own, she/her
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Meghan 🍁🍂
@meghankobrien.bsky.social
· Sep 28
In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky
We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.
bsky.social
Yeah…I will not be uploading my fucking drivers license to access this site. I have a VPN, but if that doesn’t work it’s been real. ✌️
Trying to figure out if I’m going to regret doing fasting bloodwork this morning then going in for a pneumonia vaccine almost immediately after 🫣
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Trying to figure out if I’m going to regret doing fasting bloodwork this morning then going in for a pneumonia vaccine almost immediately after 🫣
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This week’s newsletter: What is integrity, anyway?!
From Harry Potter to Fox News, celebrities are all too happy to cash a check
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
From Harry Potter to Fox News, celebrities are all too happy to cash a check
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
What is integrity, anyway?!
From Harry Potter to Fox News, celebrities are all too happy to cash a check
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This week’s newsletter: What is integrity, anyway?!
From Harry Potter to Fox News, celebrities are all too happy to cash a check
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
From Harry Potter to Fox News, celebrities are all too happy to cash a check
Read! Subscribe! It’s free!
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Fascists want you to starve, by the way. Images like the one I’ve shared on my page help them. This is part of the propaganda.
And that set is no exception.
And that set is no exception.
How far right uses thinness to radicalise women and girls
The far right has normalised much of its ideology within mainstream politics – and ‘body fascism’ is part of that
www.opendemocracy.net
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Fascists want you to starve, by the way. Images like the one I’ve shared on my page help them. This is part of the propaganda.
And that set is no exception.
And that set is no exception.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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If the Stargate producers have to coordinate with and get the approval of Hegseth's Department of "War," then I promise you that's a show that's going to be unfortunate and off-putting from day one.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
If the Stargate producers have to coordinate with and get the approval of Hegseth's Department of "War," then I promise you that's a show that's going to be unfortunate and off-putting from day one.
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Reposting from earlier!
Repost with alt-text!
Your skyline is different from mine, please repost and flood the zone!!
Thanks @mbbrownsf.bsky.social for the tip!
Your skyline is different from mine, please repost and flood the zone!!
Thanks @mbbrownsf.bsky.social for the tip!
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reposting from earlier!
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RIP Sister JoAnn Persch, immigrant advocate who, alongside Sister Pat Murphy, prayed the Rosary in English & Spanish every Friday outside Broadview ICE, no matter what **since 2007** She was still attempting to minister to people inside Broadview Nov. 1. Legend 💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...
Sister JoAnn Persch, Trailblazing Immigrant Rights Activist, Dies At 91
Sister JoAnn Persch spent decades with the Sisters of Mercy, fighting for immigrant and refugee rights in Chicago and across the country. She prayed the rosary outside the Broadview ICE facility every...
blockclubchicago.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
RIP Sister JoAnn Persch, immigrant advocate who, alongside Sister Pat Murphy, prayed the Rosary in English & Spanish every Friday outside Broadview ICE, no matter what **since 2007** She was still attempting to minister to people inside Broadview Nov. 1. Legend 💚 blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/s...
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“I can hear the pushback already. ‘Oh, we’ll just get barred from Air Force One or future press conferences! What will we do?!?’
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I can hear the pushback already. ‘Oh, we’ll just get barred from Air Force One or future press conferences! What will we do?!?’
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
My glib answer is that you put on your big boy pants and continue to cover the president.”
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Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
Walter was staring me down on his new favorite perch, behind my head on the back of the couch. 😂 #caturday #catsofbluesky
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Walter was staring me down on his new favorite perch, behind my head on the back of the couch. 😂 #caturday #catsofbluesky
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I mean, why have a functioning society when you can have a dysfunctional one, right?!
Congress’s shutdown deal eliminated key food safety rules, blocking agencies from enforcing measures to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. This rollback has coincided with a surge in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The gutting of these rules coincides with a huge increase in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
truthout.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I mean, why have a functioning society when you can have a dysfunctional one, right?!
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This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen
Terrific book that unfortunately remains evergreen.
ANYWAY! My 2023 book -- about systemic, institutionalized, longstanding patterns of misconduct, abuse, predation, and the enabling and even the celebration of same by the powerful -- was titled Burn It Down 🔥🔥🔥🔥 just sayin' bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen
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I am famously not known for hopium but I gotta tell y'all.... this interview I did with Skye Perryman from Democracy Forward has me feeling real good about fighting autocracy and building communities. Need some inspiration today? Might I suggest giving a listen
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/13/w...
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/13/w...
What It’s Like Suing Trump in Court Over SNAP Funding
Legal advocate Skye Perryman talks about fighting for communities and against the Trump administration in court.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am famously not known for hopium but I gotta tell y'all.... this interview I did with Skye Perryman from Democracy Forward has me feeling real good about fighting autocracy and building communities. Need some inspiration today? Might I suggest giving a listen
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/13/w...
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/13/w...
It’s not as brilliant as it was last night, but I got to see the Northern Lights here in NW Ohio tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It’s not as brilliant as it was last night, but I got to see the Northern Lights here in NW Ohio tonight.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Our legal team just filed the 1st known lawsuit dealing with unconstitutional federal govt involvement in an employment termination in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Our legal team just filed the 1st known lawsuit dealing with unconstitutional federal govt involvement in an employment termination in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder.
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Related: I think about how we really have no sense of how warm things looked (and jewels sparkled) in candlelight/gaslight
would love to see someone futz with the color timing to show what Taxi Driver would have looked like if 1970s New York had LED streetlights
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Related: I think about how we really have no sense of how warm things looked (and jewels sparkled) in candlelight/gaslight
I think the iced coffee no matter the weather is biting me in the butt today, I’m in office wearing my winter coat since I’m so cold due to the heat being on low🥶
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I think the iced coffee no matter the weather is biting me in the butt today, I’m in office wearing my winter coat since I’m so cold due to the heat being on low🥶
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UPDATE: Tonight, the Supreme Court extended the administrative stay keeping a lower court ruling requiring full SNAP payments on hold until 11:59 p.m. EST on Nov. 13.
NEW: Trump administration again asks Supreme Court to block order requiring it to make full SNAP payments
Trump administration again asks Supreme Court to block order requiring it to make full SNAP payments
The Trump administration on Monday afternoon once again asked the Supreme Court to block an order by a federal judge in Rhode Island that would require the government to fully fund the […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
UPDATE: Tonight, the Supreme Court extended the administrative stay keeping a lower court ruling requiring full SNAP payments on hold until 11:59 p.m. EST on Nov. 13.
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my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
I’m off work the rest of the day (woot!!) so Winston is now snuggling with me on the couch. He’s keeping my feet warm on this 28°F (-2°C) day. 🥹
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m off work the rest of the day (woot!!) so Winston is now snuggling with me on the couch. He’s keeping my feet warm on this 28°F (-2°C) day. 🥹
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This is real leadership.
Thank you, President @BarackObama.bsky.social.
No president has ever greeted a veteran flight like this. #VeteransDay 🇺🇸
Thank you, President @BarackObama.bsky.social.
No president has ever greeted a veteran flight like this. #VeteransDay 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is real leadership.
Thank you, President @BarackObama.bsky.social.
No president has ever greeted a veteran flight like this. #VeteransDay 🇺🇸
Thank you, President @BarackObama.bsky.social.
No president has ever greeted a veteran flight like this. #VeteransDay 🇺🇸