Meg Pillow
@megpillow.bsky.social
Writer | Dr. | Project Manager for Roxane Gay | Co-editor The Audacity | 🌈😷| Rep’d by Alyssa Jennette | Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Meg Pillow
@megpillow.bsky.social
· Jul 31
On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)
“The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…
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My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it.
lithub.com/on-promising...
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Happy publication day to my friend Becky. And everyone should buy this book!
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO MEEEEEE! Buy my book because I can (unfortunately) guarantee that you will need it someday. And if you have to figure this stuff out, you might as well laugh about it while you learn.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789600...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/789600...
My Parents Are Dead: What Now? by Becky Robison: 9781683694687 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A certified death doula provides an accessible and digestible guide to dealing with the legal, financial logistical hurdles of a parent's death—without losing your sense of humor. Whether you’ve...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Happy publication day to my friend Becky. And everyone should buy this book!
Just FYI I have seen multiple posts where non-USians have said they no longer trust any of us and it’s our job to stop this. And they’re right. And we could do it if we had public officials who would take a stand and help us grind this country to a halt.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Just FYI I have seen multiple posts where non-USians have said they no longer trust any of us and it’s our job to stop this. And they’re right. And we could do it if we had public officials who would take a stand and help us grind this country to a halt.
Something you can do right now is look up what local orgs - your news stations, school districts, etc still have X accounts and get a team of people to contact them and tell them to immediately deactivate their accounts. No one should be using a site that condones and produces CSAM and revenge porn
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Something you can do right now is look up what local orgs - your news stations, school districts, etc still have X accounts and get a team of people to contact them and tell them to immediately deactivate their accounts. No one should be using a site that condones and produces CSAM and revenge porn
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Trump signed a massive $901 BILLION Pentagon budget - 8 BILLION more than his own admin requested.
$901 BILLION for a wasteful agency that has never passed an audit.
$8 BILLION extra that could have been used to fund SNAP.
We need to put people over the Pentagon.
$901 BILLION for a wasteful agency that has never passed an audit.
$8 BILLION extra that could have been used to fund SNAP.
We need to put people over the Pentagon.
January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Trump signed a massive $901 BILLION Pentagon budget - 8 BILLION more than his own admin requested.
$901 BILLION for a wasteful agency that has never passed an audit.
$8 BILLION extra that could have been used to fund SNAP.
We need to put people over the Pentagon.
$901 BILLION for a wasteful agency that has never passed an audit.
$8 BILLION extra that could have been used to fund SNAP.
We need to put people over the Pentagon.
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While conservatives are debating work requirements, waste, abuse, and fraud for social safety net programs
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
While conservatives are debating work requirements, waste, abuse, and fraud for social safety net programs
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
The Pentagon has failed 8 consecutive audits
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
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Dr Janell Green Smith, CNM a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate has died from complications related to childbirth. She leaves a husband and newborn that need the support of her village.
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
Donate to Honoring Dr. Janell Green Smith, CNM, organized by Nichole Wardlaw
Dr Janell Green Smith, CNM a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate has died fr… Nichole Wardlaw needs your support for Honoring Dr. Janell Green Smith, CNM
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January 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Dr Janell Green Smith, CNM a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate has died from complications related to childbirth. She leaves a husband and newborn that need the support of her village.
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
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okay so they literally expect to run another country by truth social post, I can’t see any way this could possibly go wrong
A former staffer said that U.S. officials would not be performing a formal occupation like in Iraq. “We’re going to tell them: ‘Hey, this is what you have to do in order for there not to be another strike. That’s what [Trump] sees as running the country.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio takes on most challenging role yet: Viceroy of Venezuela
The top U.S. diplomat has pushed for regime change for over a decade. Now the hard part begins.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
okay so they literally expect to run another country by truth social post, I can’t see any way this could possibly go wrong
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#AI may indeed exacerbate our bad academic habits:
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
#AI may indeed exacerbate our bad academic habits:
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
#LLM science summaries were nearly five times more likely than human-authored science summaries to contain broad generalizations (95% CI [3.06, 7.70], p < 0.001).
And newer models over-generalized more; not less!
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
#philSci
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The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli "shepherding outposts" in their place.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
This is how Israeli settlers, backed by the military, erased a Palestinian village from existence last week
The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli “shepherding...
mondoweiss.net
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli "shepherding outposts" in their place.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
My family of veterans likes to say that everyone should be required to serve in the military. They also have nothing but horror stories about enlistment.
Suffering and misery doesn’t build character. War doesn’t build community strength or health. Much of what we’ve been told is a lie.
Suffering and misery doesn’t build character. War doesn’t build community strength or health. Much of what we’ve been told is a lie.
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:10 PM
My family of veterans likes to say that everyone should be required to serve in the military. They also have nothing but horror stories about enlistment.
Suffering and misery doesn’t build character. War doesn’t build community strength or health. Much of what we’ve been told is a lie.
Suffering and misery doesn’t build character. War doesn’t build community strength or health. Much of what we’ve been told is a lie.
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This Wikipedia page is so damn long, because irresponsibly initiating "regime changes" with no real contingency plan is as American as apple pie. To anyone espousing the idea that Maduro needed to go (he was, admittedly, a ghoul), countless examples prove this is not the right way to do it.
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United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This Wikipedia page is so damn long, because irresponsibly initiating "regime changes" with no real contingency plan is as American as apple pie. To anyone espousing the idea that Maduro needed to go (he was, admittedly, a ghoul), countless examples prove this is not the right way to do it.
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Back in 2001-3 you had to question your sanity when thinking about opposing the invasion of Iraq. “Everybody” seemed to support it after 9/11. Those of us who opposed the war were right and the mob was wrong.
Don’t think you have to go along with the mob this time.
Don’t think you have to go along with the mob this time.
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Back in 2001-3 you had to question your sanity when thinking about opposing the invasion of Iraq. “Everybody” seemed to support it after 9/11. Those of us who opposed the war were right and the mob was wrong.
Don’t think you have to go along with the mob this time.
Don’t think you have to go along with the mob this time.
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okay i am sorry to be that bitch but the one word you can't use to describe this is "unprecedented."
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
okay i am sorry to be that bitch but the one word you can't use to describe this is "unprecedented."
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At some point (*soon*), we have to release ourselves of our need to refer to these actions as illegal. Legality has never curtailed authoritarianism.
Unethical. Inhumane. Death dealing. We have so many more words to help with this.
Unethical. Inhumane. Death dealing. We have so many more words to help with this.
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM
At some point (*soon*), we have to release ourselves of our need to refer to these actions as illegal. Legality has never curtailed authoritarianism.
Unethical. Inhumane. Death dealing. We have so many more words to help with this.
Unethical. Inhumane. Death dealing. We have so many more words to help with this.
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
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Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
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Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
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I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
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Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
This is Nazi shit. Call it what it is.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This is Nazi shit. Call it what it is.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Reminder of the history of US backed right-wing military coups in Latin America. The one-way relationship of the US with Latin America, rooted in the Monroe Doctrine, is a history soaked in blood.
#imperialism #fascism #USpol #tRump #Venezyela
#imperialism #fascism #USpol #tRump #Venezyela
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Reminder of the history of US backed right-wing military coups in Latin America. The one-way relationship of the US with Latin America, rooted in the Monroe Doctrine, is a history soaked in blood.
#imperialism #fascism #USpol #tRump #Venezyela
#imperialism #fascism #USpol #tRump #Venezyela
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My villain origin story is going to be people saying "but he's objectively evil" JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN IN 2002 and 2003.
WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.
WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
My villain origin story is going to be people saying "but he's objectively evil" JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN IN 2002 and 2003.
WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.
WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.