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.
I wanna be napmaxxing. I'm so sleeppilled. Let the cringemaxxing commence
if you hate or love "maxxing" please be advised that guys my age think it's funny as hell and will shortly be using it approx. 500 times a day. you will be cringemaxxing and despairmaxxing but no amount of cringe & no depth of despair will stop the guys my age from usemaxxing "maxxing." just fyi
February 18, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I wanna be napmaxxing. I'm so sleeppilled. Let the cringemaxxing commence
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
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don't forget open access community owned gigabit fiber networks
February 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM
don't forget open access community owned gigabit fiber networks
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
Abusers will often steal & destroy evidence, like their kid's diary, drawings, letters to friends. Abusers feel enraged that any documentation of the trauma they inflict exists. The trauma of having your stuff searched, your drawings & writing destroyed as a child sticks with you. It's further abuse
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Abusers will often steal & destroy evidence, like their kid's diary, drawings, letters to friends. Abusers feel enraged that any documentation of the trauma they inflict exists. The trauma of having your stuff searched, your drawings & writing destroyed as a child sticks with you. It's further abuse
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My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
Violent criminals like the 2 month old with bronchitis who was hospitalized that y'all just dumped across the border to deteriorate & possibly die? Like all the refugees you keep grabbing as they show up for their court appointments, who did nothing to anyone except wish for a better, safer life?
JD Vance: "What we have consistently said is that we want to deport violent criminals, people who came in under the Biden administration, and get them out of the country so Americans' wages can go up."
February 18, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Violent criminals like the 2 month old with bronchitis who was hospitalized that y'all just dumped across the border to deteriorate & possibly die? Like all the refugees you keep grabbing as they show up for their court appointments, who did nothing to anyone except wish for a better, safer life?
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According to their attorney, ICE deported the family with only the money that they had in their commissary—a total of $190.
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
According to their attorney, ICE deported the family with only the money that they had in their commissary—a total of $190.
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After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
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UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says
“His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.
thebarbedwire.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/2...
Catching the women's short program while having some afternoon iced coffee--makes me wanna sketch some skaters! But then I'd have to look away & I don't wanna miss anything 💖
February 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Catching the women's short program while having some afternoon iced coffee--makes me wanna sketch some skaters! But then I'd have to look away & I don't wanna miss anything 💖
My sibling from another uterus sent this with the caption "Literal definition of Chaotic Good."
Incredibly thankful I wasn't drinking anything when I watched it. My spouse actually emerged from his office to see if I was okay, as it was.
www.reddit.com/r/Progressiv...
Incredibly thankful I wasn't drinking anything when I watched it. My spouse actually emerged from his office to see if I was okay, as it was.
www.reddit.com/r/Progressiv...
From the ProgressiveHQ community on Reddit: Couple protesting inside Trump Hotel restaurant
Explore this post and more from the ProgressiveHQ community
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February 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
My sibling from another uterus sent this with the caption "Literal definition of Chaotic Good."
Incredibly thankful I wasn't drinking anything when I watched it. My spouse actually emerged from his office to see if I was okay, as it was.
www.reddit.com/r/Progressiv...
Incredibly thankful I wasn't drinking anything when I watched it. My spouse actually emerged from his office to see if I was okay, as it was.
www.reddit.com/r/Progressiv...
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There are free DAWs, free VSTs, pretty much everything you need to make music on a computer, which they assume you already own, are available for free or very little. The only thing Suno is doing is stealing the rewarding parts of music-making from you. It's a vending machine, not a kitchen.
February 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
There are free DAWs, free VSTs, pretty much everything you need to make music on a computer, which they assume you already own, are available for free or very little. The only thing Suno is doing is stealing the rewarding parts of music-making from you. It's a vending machine, not a kitchen.
Excited to watch the Men's Free Skate ⛸️ stream!
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Excited to watch the Men's Free Skate ⛸️ stream!
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“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.” — Ray Bradbury
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.” — Ray Bradbury
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And this which was a recent paper at a conference in London.
This is the paper I gave to historians about “AI” last week.
I was at Queen Mary University in London last week at a charming conference that turned out to be mainly about modern British history. I…
hitchcockian.medium.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
And this which was a recent paper at a conference in London.
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I've written on this a bit, the point is that ai can make a simulacrum of historical knowledge at the behest of some very malicious actors, and then it can propagate that vision ad infinitum and tirelessly.
February 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I've written on this a bit, the point is that ai can make a simulacrum of historical knowledge at the behest of some very malicious actors, and then it can propagate that vision ad infinitum and tirelessly.
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Reporting requires relationships and therefore it fundamentally can't be performed by LLMs. The reason why tech vultures and media CEOs talk about AI revolutionizing journalism is because they see journalism as a set of slop mills rather than newsrooms that produce new information
if we do, in some grim future, give up and decide to cede the entire practice of reporting to LLMs generating stories from their inherently out-of-date training models, we will miss huge amounts of often exceedingly important information. to an extent that I believe would rapidly turn deadly.
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Reporting requires relationships and therefore it fundamentally can't be performed by LLMs. The reason why tech vultures and media CEOs talk about AI revolutionizing journalism is because they see journalism as a set of slop mills rather than newsrooms that produce new information
Since there's apparently disinfo still circulating...
At the urging of my office, the FAA is rightfully lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace.
I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas.
I will again reiterate there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas.
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Since there's apparently disinfo still circulating...
So comforting to live under the care of this absolute clown show.
MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other.'"
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
So comforting to live under the care of this absolute clown show.
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“the action to close airspace over a major U.S. for security reasons over extended period hasn’t happened since immediately after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001”
El Paso, New Mexico airspace closed by FAA without explanation; flights restricted under national defense noticeWithout explanation, FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days, cites natio...
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a national defense designation, offering no explanation for the rare move.An une...
elpasomatters.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“the action to close airspace over a major U.S. for security reasons over extended period hasn’t happened since immediately after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001”
*thinks about all the bronchitis, pneumonia, & preventable deaths while the finale from Exit Music loops in my head*
*shudders at some of my own memories of my own past flu complications*
Scary times engineered by people who lack empathy & think they're too special to experience serious illness.
*shudders at some of my own memories of my own past flu complications*
Scary times engineered by people who lack empathy & think they're too special to experience serious illness.
It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.
apnews.com/article/mode...
apnews.com/article/mode...
Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 AM
*thinks about all the bronchitis, pneumonia, & preventable deaths while the finale from Exit Music loops in my head*
*shudders at some of my own memories of my own past flu complications*
Scary times engineered by people who lack empathy & think they're too special to experience serious illness.
*shudders at some of my own memories of my own past flu complications*
Scary times engineered by people who lack empathy & think they're too special to experience serious illness.
Heartbreaking, as well as infuriating. The regime is giving countless children PTSD due to their abject cruelty, violence, & concentration camps.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Heartbreaking, as well as infuriating. The regime is giving countless children PTSD due to their abject cruelty, violence, & concentration camps.
A lot of planner/journal stuff is too cutesy or grindset-motivational-style for me.
In the year 2026 I need planner/journaling stickers or stamps with relevant sayings like "Aaaaaaaaaahhh" or "too tired to live" or "Doomscrolling through The Horrors again, are we?"
In the year 2026 I need planner/journaling stickers or stamps with relevant sayings like "Aaaaaaaaaahhh" or "too tired to live" or "Doomscrolling through The Horrors again, are we?"
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
A lot of planner/journal stuff is too cutesy or grindset-motivational-style for me.
In the year 2026 I need planner/journaling stickers or stamps with relevant sayings like "Aaaaaaaaaahhh" or "too tired to live" or "Doomscrolling through The Horrors again, are we?"
In the year 2026 I need planner/journaling stickers or stamps with relevant sayings like "Aaaaaaaaaahhh" or "too tired to live" or "Doomscrolling through The Horrors again, are we?"
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Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
grateful to work at a place that always lets me write about how much i love gay women
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Amber Glenn, a queer icon from Texas, is about to make Olympic history
The American figure skater's unapologetic queerness feels more important than ever.
www.chron.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist