meri sand
@merisand.bsky.social
Texan. Musician. Artist. Incorrigible weirdo. Geek. Faithful servant of my feline overlords.
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meri sand
@merisand.bsky.social
· Feb 28
For anyone wanting to learn more or keep up to date with neo-Nazi, Christian Nationalist, & RW extremist threats in TX politics, read Robert Downen, Andrea Grimes, Steven Monacelli, Dr David Brockman, other writers & reporters with Texas Observer, Texas Tribune, etc.
This. This. This.
This argument is used as a wedge by people looking to excuse predatory behavior toward teenagers & children who've hit puberty. As somebody who hit puberty at 9 & wanted to scream "I am a child!" at leering, cat calling, stalker-y creeps, it reads as All 🚩s.
This argument is used as a wedge by people looking to excuse predatory behavior toward teenagers & children who've hit puberty. As somebody who hit puberty at 9 & wanted to scream "I am a child!" at leering, cat calling, stalker-y creeps, it reads as All 🚩s.
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This. This. This.
This argument is used as a wedge by people looking to excuse predatory behavior toward teenagers & children who've hit puberty. As somebody who hit puberty at 9 & wanted to scream "I am a child!" at leering, cat calling, stalker-y creeps, it reads as All 🚩s.
This argument is used as a wedge by people looking to excuse predatory behavior toward teenagers & children who've hit puberty. As somebody who hit puberty at 9 & wanted to scream "I am a child!" at leering, cat calling, stalker-y creeps, it reads as All 🚩s.
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Buying more stuff that wears out all the time costs more $ over time than buying 1 quality item that lasts years. It fills the world with our cheap trash. A middle class paycheck used to buy s**t that lasted decades. & I don't mean luxury brands or w/o budgeting, but w/in reach of more people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Buying more stuff that wears out all the time costs more $ over time than buying 1 quality item that lasts years. It fills the world with our cheap trash. A middle class paycheck used to buy s**t that lasted decades. & I don't mean luxury brands or w/o budgeting, but w/in reach of more people.
Stella just started pouncing on me, then started rolling & wiggling on her back, attacking her own tail & my leg. Extremely thankful for the layers of blankets & comforter. It is too early/late for this, little cat.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Stella just started pouncing on me, then started rolling & wiggling on her back, attacking her own tail & my leg. Extremely thankful for the layers of blankets & comforter. It is too early/late for this, little cat.
Slowly catching up on Abbott Elementary. I am still convinced that Mr Johnson is a time lord.
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Slowly catching up on Abbott Elementary. I am still convinced that Mr Johnson is a time lord.
😬 I am so worried about this--got a friend on SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, & SNAP that was already rationing food before this who lives hours away, can't drive, & I'm terrified for them. I feel like Abbott & his pals were already killing this person slowly & now they're hitting the accelerator
I have a sneaking suspicion that Texas won't collect or distribute federal benefits again, even after the government reopens.
Some other states that appear to have gotten benefits out (thanks to those sending me links): North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Dakota, Kansas.
So, not exclusively Dem-helmed/blue states.
So, not exclusively Dem-helmed/blue states.
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
😬 I am so worried about this--got a friend on SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, & SNAP that was already rationing food before this who lives hours away, can't drive, & I'm terrified for them. I feel like Abbott & his pals were already killing this person slowly & now they're hitting the accelerator
I've written a weird, short, jazzy thing on guitar today. We'll see what happens with it. It's currently too hard for me to execute smoothly, but that's always the way with me--my mind's ear is always out ahead of my brain-hand coordination.
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I've written a weird, short, jazzy thing on guitar today. We'll see what happens with it. It's currently too hard for me to execute smoothly, but that's always the way with me--my mind's ear is always out ahead of my brain-hand coordination.
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I will translate from NPRese
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I will translate from NPRese
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
help I think my cat is broken, part 7486
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
help I think my cat is broken, part 7486
Hoping the combination of nerve glides, NSAID, heat, & ice packs do something, because today is painful
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Hoping the combination of nerve glides, NSAID, heat, & ice packs do something, because today is painful
Loreena McKinnett still enchants. She's an autumnal/winter listen for me. The days get short & I want to hear her gorgeous soprano & harp
youtu.be/-N4cbVlEw4Y?...
youtu.be/-N4cbVlEw4Y?...
Harp Magic: Loreena McKennitt Sings Tennyson's Lady of Shalott
YouTube video by CBC Music
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Loreena McKinnett still enchants. She's an autumnal/winter listen for me. The days get short & I want to hear her gorgeous soprano & harp
youtu.be/-N4cbVlEw4Y?...
youtu.be/-N4cbVlEw4Y?...
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Thank you, California, NYC, Virginia!!! & look at Georgia & Mississippi! We all needed this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Thank you, California, NYC, Virginia!!! & look at Georgia & Mississippi! We all needed this.
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Don't want to be overly optimistic, but this is probably the biggest positive sign for the future we've had in some time.
BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Don't want to be overly optimistic, but this is probably the biggest positive sign for the future we've had in some time.
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Pretty clear response to the redistricting that took place earlier this year in Texas -->
RESULT: Californians have approved Prop 50. The ballot measure permits the state to adopt a Democratic gerrymander in response to a wave of redistricting in red states this year.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Pretty clear response to the redistricting that took place earlier this year in Texas -->
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this is delightful, and may it delight you
Sunday = fun day~ wild bears playing at a public playground, captured by someone just passing by~🐻
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
this is delightful, and may it delight you
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Pantsuit girl boss ad exec, Work from home apparatchik,
Skittle haired, Soy faced, Abolitionist
Nasally voiced, Soros funded, Adderall dog mom consultants
Obese, Hipster trust fund socialist
We didn't start the fire
Skittle haired, Soy faced, Abolitionist
Nasally voiced, Soros funded, Adderall dog mom consultants
Obese, Hipster trust fund socialist
We didn't start the fire
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Pantsuit girl boss ad exec, Work from home apparatchik,
Skittle haired, Soy faced, Abolitionist
Nasally voiced, Soros funded, Adderall dog mom consultants
Obese, Hipster trust fund socialist
We didn't start the fire
Skittle haired, Soy faced, Abolitionist
Nasally voiced, Soros funded, Adderall dog mom consultants
Obese, Hipster trust fund socialist
We didn't start the fire
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This is...not good.
Leaked emails show the “progressive” Chamber for Progress is coordinating with Google to quash copyright suits against tech giants. Its CEO, and several board members, used to work for Google. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/sDcjwJr
‘Progressive’ Tech Group Asks Trump to Block AI Copyright Cases - The American Prospect
The Chamber of Progress’s campaign to promote fair use, which they have created a campaign around called “Generate and Create,” comes as at least three of the nonprofit organization’s past or current backers are being sued over copyright claims.
trib.al
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is...not good.
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
This sounds delicious...🧡🍊
I feel happy just thinking of #RecipeOfTheDay. I feel even happier eating it: it’s Marmalade Pudding Cake! www.nigella.com/recipes/marm...
Marmalade Pudding Cake
Now, this is a beauty. I don't mean flash or fancy — rather the opposite; there is something austerely handsome about its appearance, and yet gorgeously warming about its taste. But then, this laid-ba...
www.nigella.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This sounds delicious...🧡🍊
*wondering if we're in for 18 innings or if this is over shortly*
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
*wondering if we're in for 18 innings or if this is over shortly*
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Thanks I hate it.
Also like I enjoy artisinal blocking, and I want to know if people are saying toxic things to me so I can deny them access to my posts in the future???
Also like I enjoy artisinal blocking, and I want to know if people are saying toxic things to me so I can deny them access to my posts in the future???
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thanks I hate it.
Also like I enjoy artisinal blocking, and I want to know if people are saying toxic things to me so I can deny them access to my posts in the future???
Also like I enjoy artisinal blocking, and I want to know if people are saying toxic things to me so I can deny them access to my posts in the future???
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This is not even close to what I signed up for when I came here.
I did not come to @bsky.app so that you could decide FOR ME what I want my social media to be like.
Control over my own experience was the whole entire draw.
I did not come to @bsky.app so that you could decide FOR ME what I want my social media to be like.
Control over my own experience was the whole entire draw.
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is not even close to what I signed up for when I came here.
I did not come to @bsky.app so that you could decide FOR ME what I want my social media to be like.
Control over my own experience was the whole entire draw.
I did not come to @bsky.app so that you could decide FOR ME what I want my social media to be like.
Control over my own experience was the whole entire draw.
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The most completely mundane replies being hid in my mentions without my consent or control is absolutely ridiculous and outrageous.
@pfrazee.com y’all gotta give us back control of our own accounts this is out of hand.
Literally hid a cat picture someone sent me.
@pfrazee.com y’all gotta give us back control of our own accounts this is out of hand.
Literally hid a cat picture someone sent me.
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The most completely mundane replies being hid in my mentions without my consent or control is absolutely ridiculous and outrageous.
@pfrazee.com y’all gotta give us back control of our own accounts this is out of hand.
Literally hid a cat picture someone sent me.
@pfrazee.com y’all gotta give us back control of our own accounts this is out of hand.
Literally hid a cat picture someone sent me.
the criminal tortie snuggles
of course, now I can't move to go go to bed or get a snack or anything
of course, now I can't move to go go to bed or get a snack or anything
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
the criminal tortie snuggles
of course, now I can't move to go go to bed or get a snack or anything
of course, now I can't move to go go to bed or get a snack or anything