Meredith F
@merplane.bsky.social
Lover of yummy things. Engineer on/of airplanes. Pibble mom. Frazier's wife. MT girl in NC. She/her
All opinions mine
All opinions mine
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At this point if you’re coming out against UBI either admit you’re an idiot or that you just want to watch people suffer. It’s one or the other.
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
At this point if you’re coming out against UBI either admit you’re an idiot or that you just want to watch people suffer. It’s one or the other.
Stuffing goes great with pork chops
I’m mostly uninterested in the Thanksgiving food discourse except to say that stuffing is the best food and we should be eating it year round
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Stuffing goes great with pork chops
Started college as an architecture major... didn't like the subjectivity of feedback on the artistic aspects of assignments.
Switched to engineering and picked which one by reading the course requirements and going "those look the most doable...
Mechanical it is then"
Switched to engineering and picked which one by reading the course requirements and going "those look the most doable...
Mechanical it is then"
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Started college as an architecture major... didn't like the subjectivity of feedback on the artistic aspects of assignments.
Switched to engineering and picked which one by reading the course requirements and going "those look the most doable...
Mechanical it is then"
Switched to engineering and picked which one by reading the course requirements and going "those look the most doable...
Mechanical it is then"
Well this explains a lot
TIL the humidity bit on the weather app indicates the amount of water the air IS holding relative to the amount of water it CAN hold at the current temperature, which is how it can say 88% humidity while my skin is melding to my bones and my eyeballs are sucking into my skull in search of moisture.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Well this explains a lot
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There were no female airline pilots during Duffy's "golden age" because the men in aviation medicine (and it was all men) were so stupid they thought that having a period made you crash.
But hey, female passengers wore skirts so I guess that means it was all good.
But hey, female passengers wore skirts so I guess that means it was all good.
As travelers head to the airports this holiday season, the U.S. government wants them to rethink their travel checklists, their behavior — and also, their outfits. It's a part of a new campaign by Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, that he called “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You.”
Sean Duffy Asks Travelers to ‘Bring Civility Back’ to Airports in New PSA
The secretary of transportation kicked off a new civility campaign on Wednesday called “The Golden Age of Travel Starts With You.”
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There were no female airline pilots during Duffy's "golden age" because the men in aviation medicine (and it was all men) were so stupid they thought that having a period made you crash.
But hey, female passengers wore skirts so I guess that means it was all good.
But hey, female passengers wore skirts so I guess that means it was all good.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
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happy 50th to a queen
The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
Strega Nona turns 50 — and her art lives in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tomie dePaola’s beloved picture book “Strega Nona,” showcasing the original illustrations and highlighting Minnesota’s unique role in preserving the warmth, artistry and enduring cultural impact of this classic story.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
happy 50th to a queen
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Even though I have not read all of my books, I bought more books: The never-ending story.
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Even though I have not read all of my books, I bought more books: The never-ending story.
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I agree with the thread & with Courtney & also want to add one thing:
When we talk about progressive & conservative areas, we're usually looking at election results, BUT: We don't actually know that we're a a half/half nation - we know only that we're a gerrymandered & voter suppressed nation.
When we talk about progressive & conservative areas, we're usually looking at election results, BUT: We don't actually know that we're a a half/half nation - we know only that we're a gerrymandered & voter suppressed nation.
I agree with this thread, but I also need to add one thing:
The idea that progressives can't win in conservative areas? We need to challenge that, and after this election, we can.
The idea that progressives can't win in conservative areas? We need to challenge that, and after this election, we can.
The thing is that I agree with the notion that we need a broad coalition! Candidates exactly like Mamdani aren’t necessarily going to clean up everywhere! The thing is that I suspect a lot of the centrists saying that not every candidate can be Mamdani actually want NO candidates to be Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I agree with the thread & with Courtney & also want to add one thing:
When we talk about progressive & conservative areas, we're usually looking at election results, BUT: We don't actually know that we're a a half/half nation - we know only that we're a gerrymandered & voter suppressed nation.
When we talk about progressive & conservative areas, we're usually looking at election results, BUT: We don't actually know that we're a a half/half nation - we know only that we're a gerrymandered & voter suppressed nation.
I am fully in support of "Do you have a job where taxes are taken out?" = allowed to vote.
So if the minimum age to work is 14, then you are also allowed to vote.
Otherwise, it is literally taxation without representation.
So if the minimum age to work is 14, then you are also allowed to vote.
Otherwise, it is literally taxation without representation.
I sincerely feel the voting age should be “when they are old enough to enter a voting booth on their own and vote.”
No mail ballots for children, bc there are too many potential consequences to them if they refuse to let their parents vote for them, but a private voting booth? Let them vote.
No mail ballots for children, bc there are too many potential consequences to them if they refuse to let their parents vote for them, but a private voting booth? Let them vote.
Talking to the 5-year-old about the election tomorrow has backfired spectacularly because she asked if she gets to vote, and I explained to her that she needed to be 18, and she is now crying and vigorously arguing that you should be allowed to vote “whatever age you are”
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am fully in support of "Do you have a job where taxes are taken out?" = allowed to vote.
So if the minimum age to work is 14, then you are also allowed to vote.
Otherwise, it is literally taxation without representation.
So if the minimum age to work is 14, then you are also allowed to vote.
Otherwise, it is literally taxation without representation.
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
mRNA vaccines are amazing. Just flipping amazing
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
mRNA vaccines are amazing. Just flipping amazing
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I love the maps that show the sunrise/sunset if we kept DST year round or got rid of it entirely
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I love the maps that show the sunrise/sunset if we kept DST year round or got rid of it entirely
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Everyone needs to stop worrying about “disruptions” in air service and start caring about flight safety and how wrong it is to demand that people work unpaid & exhausted at one of the most stressful jobs in the world.
Politics continues to endanger ATC and it needs to stop. Now.
Politics continues to endanger ATC and it needs to stop. Now.
Nearly a month into the shutdown, pressure is mounting on air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay.
In the 2019 shutdown, a staffing shortage of controllers led to major disruptions at airports on the East Coast — and may have hastened a funding deal to reopen the government.
In the 2019 shutdown, a staffing shortage of controllers led to major disruptions at airports on the East Coast — and may have hastened a funding deal to reopen the government.
Air traffic controllers helped end the last government shutdown, and may again
A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.
n.pr
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Everyone needs to stop worrying about “disruptions” in air service and start caring about flight safety and how wrong it is to demand that people work unpaid & exhausted at one of the most stressful jobs in the world.
Politics continues to endanger ATC and it needs to stop. Now.
Politics continues to endanger ATC and it needs to stop. Now.
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POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
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October 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
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There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window.
Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat.
"Oi!" I called.
"The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it."
Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.
Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat.
"Oi!" I called.
"The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it."
Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window.
Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat.
"Oi!" I called.
"The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it."
Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.
Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat.
"Oi!" I called.
"The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it."
Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.
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Fr. Technical writing is HARD and it takes so much time to do right but it's essential to conveying information to people with different priors, assumptions, and educational starting points.
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fr. Technical writing is HARD and it takes so much time to do right but it's essential to conveying information to people with different priors, assumptions, and educational starting points.
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Give me articles or give me death
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Give me articles or give me death