Megan McDermott (she/her)
@megmcdermott92.bsky.social
Poet, priest, reality TV fan, prolific selfie taker. Author of JESUS MERCH (https://t.co/PRT1qJMt9w) & 2 chapbooks. MFA student in Richmond, VA after a decade+ in New England, where I went to div school & served in parish ministry. meganmcdermottpoet.com
In scrolling to this coverage - "Trump said he had been told how much Good’s father was a fan of his. 'He was all for Trump, loved Trump and it’s terrible,' the president said, adding that he hoped the man was still a fan."
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM
In scrolling to this coverage - "Trump said he had been told how much Good’s father was a fan of his. 'He was all for Trump, loved Trump and it’s terrible,' the president said, adding that he hoped the man was still a fan."
We read this piece by @marybid.bsky.social tonight in Creative Nonfiction & I'm so in love with it
"Once my godmother swooned over a bead on the sidewalk. It turned out to be an odd nub of frozen blood, somehow more resplendent than a gem."
pitheadchapel.com/everyone-bow...
"Once my godmother swooned over a bead on the sidewalk. It turned out to be an odd nub of frozen blood, somehow more resplendent than a gem."
pitheadchapel.com/everyone-bow...
Everyone Bowed Their Head and Prayed for God’s Blessing
Mary Biddinger A convent childhood can be peaceful, my godmother waxed, the same way an empty field can be a bed, a bowl of snow a meal. Beauty was an acre of frozen leaves. Desire lived und…
pitheadchapel.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 AM
We read this piece by @marybid.bsky.social tonight in Creative Nonfiction & I'm so in love with it
"Once my godmother swooned over a bead on the sidewalk. It turned out to be an odd nub of frozen blood, somehow more resplendent than a gem."
pitheadchapel.com/everyone-bow...
"Once my godmother swooned over a bead on the sidewalk. It turned out to be an odd nub of frozen blood, somehow more resplendent than a gem."
pitheadchapel.com/everyone-bow...
What if I could get fired up about writing a piece for workshop sometime other than after midnight (I'm writing a creative nonfiction essay ahhhhh!!!!)
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 AM
What if I could get fired up about writing a piece for workshop sometime other than after midnight (I'm writing a creative nonfiction essay ahhhhh!!!!)
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For the 761st and last time, I am not a teacher who is "afraid" of AI and thus in need of reassurance. I have arrived at a reasoned, principled, personal and professional stance that I want nothing to do with it in its current form. Stop talking down to me.
January 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
For the 761st and last time, I am not a teacher who is "afraid" of AI and thus in need of reassurance. I have arrived at a reasoned, principled, personal and professional stance that I want nothing to do with it in its current form. Stop talking down to me.
Just turned in my first poem for this semester's poetry workshop - a 3 pager inspired largely by the artists Georgiana Houghton & Hilma af Klint
a woman wearing sunglasses is sitting in front of a laptop with the hashtag schitts creek on the bottom
ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses is sitting in front of a laptop with the hashtag schitts creek on the bottom
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January 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Just turned in my first poem for this semester's poetry workshop - a 3 pager inspired largely by the artists Georgiana Houghton & Hilma af Klint
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The idea that you deserve something because you want it is…well, a foundational trope of evil characters in stories from around the world. The ones we learn as little children.
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The idea that you deserve something because you want it is…well, a foundational trope of evil characters in stories from around the world. The ones we learn as little children.
He's a hateful man who has never hidden it.
(NYT) - President Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a message he sent to Norway’s prime minister over the weekend.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:49 PM
He's a hateful man who has never hidden it.
My brief but formative foray into evangelicalism has made me very spiritually allergic to declaring how much I would hypothetically sacrifice for God (hi this is my reluctant contribution to martyrdom discourse)
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
My brief but formative foray into evangelicalism has made me very spiritually allergic to declaring how much I would hypothetically sacrifice for God (hi this is my reluctant contribution to martyrdom discourse)
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Whatever state you live in, you should be keeping an eye on extremist legislators and their testing grounds—and wow wow is South Carolina giving Texas a run for their money!
jessica.substack.com/p/republican...
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Republicans Want to Arrest You for Donating to Abortion Funds
1.14.25
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January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Whatever state you live in, you should be keeping an eye on extremist legislators and their testing grounds—and wow wow is South Carolina giving Texas a run for their money!
jessica.substack.com/p/republican...
jessica.substack.com/p/republican...
That this conversation even needs to be had is so absurd and such a shameful stain on the United States. Again and again this current administration seems to be acting on: what if we took anything society seemed to somewhat learn/recognize about human empathy + rights of others and threw it out??
“They like their Scandinavian welfare system, with its free health care, free education and strong safety net.”
Sounds nice, actually.
Sounds nice, actually.
‘We’re Not Stupid’: What Greenlanders Would Say to Trump
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January 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
That this conversation even needs to be had is so absurd and such a shameful stain on the United States. Again and again this current administration seems to be acting on: what if we took anything society seemed to somewhat learn/recognize about human empathy + rights of others and threw it out??
After the second day of classes, I've stayed up to 2 a.m. writing a new poem 🙃
a woman laying on a bed with the words and we 're back on the bottom
ALT: a woman laying on a bed with the words and we 're back on the bottom
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:02 AM
After the second day of classes, I've stayed up to 2 a.m. writing a new poem 🙃
I can't make this tomorrow night because of class (new semester started today!), but this seems like a very worthwhile thing to attend and so I call it to your attention ❤️
January 13, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I can't make this tomorrow night because of class (new semester started today!), but this seems like a very worthwhile thing to attend and so I call it to your attention ❤️
"...the Justice Department is still planning to examine a wide group of activists who took part in the neighborhood watch activities, believing they were 'instigator' of the shooting..."
everyone's an instigator of the shooting somehow....except the person who actually SHOT SOMEONE.....
everyone's an instigator of the shooting somehow....except the person who actually SHOT SOMEONE.....
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 AM
"...the Justice Department is still planning to examine a wide group of activists who took part in the neighborhood watch activities, believing they were 'instigator' of the shooting..."
everyone's an instigator of the shooting somehow....except the person who actually SHOT SOMEONE.....
everyone's an instigator of the shooting somehow....except the person who actually SHOT SOMEONE.....
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“I was talking with one ICE agent about Matthew 25, ‘Whatever you did for the least of these, you did unto me,’ ... He told me he was going to go home and read Matthew 25 tonight. I encouraged him to take a look at Matthew 5 also for the Sermon on the Mount.” sojo.net/articles/new...
Minneapolis Faith Leaders Amplify Demands for ICE to Repent
“It will be part of my mission to make sure people do not forget who Renee Nicole Good was,” Pastor Sergio Amezcua said. “She will continue to be a hero for our community for years to come.”
sojo.net
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
“I was talking with one ICE agent about Matthew 25, ‘Whatever you did for the least of these, you did unto me,’ ... He told me he was going to go home and read Matthew 25 tonight. I encouraged him to take a look at Matthew 5 also for the Sermon on the Mount.” sojo.net/articles/new...
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For decades, cops have been trained not to shoot at moving vehicles. Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September.
All of them have been in cars.
All of them have been in cars.
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
For decades, cops have been trained not to shoot at moving vehicles. Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September.
All of them have been in cars.
All of them have been in cars.
The thing that most delights me in the news (in a lot of non-delightful news) is every story about someone backing out of a performance at the Kennedy Center
Obviously I wish it wasn't necessary but damn I love artists
Obviously I wish it wasn't necessary but damn I love artists
January 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The thing that most delights me in the news (in a lot of non-delightful news) is every story about someone backing out of a performance at the Kennedy Center
Obviously I wish it wasn't necessary but damn I love artists
Obviously I wish it wasn't necessary but damn I love artists
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Democrats should run on the fact that their opposition is literally killing Americans and destroying the country.
It’s not hyperbole. That’s the message they should be blasting out to media every day.
They are killing Americans and destroying the country. They hate our freedom. They hate democracy
It’s not hyperbole. That’s the message they should be blasting out to media every day.
They are killing Americans and destroying the country. They hate our freedom. They hate democracy
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Democrats should run on the fact that their opposition is literally killing Americans and destroying the country.
It’s not hyperbole. That’s the message they should be blasting out to media every day.
They are killing Americans and destroying the country. They hate our freedom. They hate democracy
It’s not hyperbole. That’s the message they should be blasting out to media every day.
They are killing Americans and destroying the country. They hate our freedom. They hate democracy
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Carsten René Nielsen
tr. David Keplinger
tr. David Keplinger
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Carsten René Nielsen
tr. David Keplinger
tr. David Keplinger
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These people will kill you
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
These people will kill you
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Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
They hate us so much
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
They hate us so much
This is so small in light of everything, but if anyone can spare a prayer for my sermon writing process this week, I'd appreciate it ❤️
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is so small in light of everything, but if anyone can spare a prayer for my sermon writing process this week, I'd appreciate it ❤️
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Rev. Susie Hayward, a UCC pastor who was shoved by agents and exposed to pepper spray at the site of the ICE shooting in MN today shortly after it occurred, just sent me this from tonight’s vigil for the woman killed.
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Rev. Susie Hayward, a UCC pastor who was shoved by agents and exposed to pepper spray at the site of the ICE shooting in MN today shortly after it occurred, just sent me this from tonight’s vigil for the woman killed.
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
The Living Church posting a review that was uncomfortable with Wake Up Dead Man's critique of abusive religion is classic Living Church 😭
January 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The Living Church posting a review that was uncomfortable with Wake Up Dead Man's critique of abusive religion is classic Living Church 😭