Merwinian
@merwinsings.bsky.social
PNW, USA. Voice student, baseball & tennis fan, two-time eclipse tourist
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I probably won't follow you back if I don't know you.
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I probably won't follow you back if I don't know you.
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You have discovered a planet. The inborn sunrise watches on its coordinated rivers. If there are choke cherry trees there, they could teach love.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
You have discovered a planet. The inborn sunrise watches on its coordinated rivers. If there are choke cherry trees there, they could teach love.
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parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
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When Whistler showed 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket,' in 1875, he outraged the chief moralist of art John Ruskin: 'I... never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.' And so a lawsuit began.
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When Whistler showed 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket,' in 1875, he outraged the chief moralist of art John Ruskin: 'I... never expected to hear a coxcomb ask 200 guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.' And so a lawsuit began.
Nice work, NYC, VA, NJ and anyone else who came out today to tell Trump to eat shit.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Nice work, NYC, VA, NJ and anyone else who came out today to tell Trump to eat shit.
Sadly there will be no Mariners vs Pilots World Series.
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Sadly there will be no Mariners vs Pilots World Series.
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mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride
October 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Had a dinner. No wine expert, me, so the recommendation of a chianti to go with this (frozen) lasagna was one I had to look up. Not a fan of reds, so buying this was a risk, but it wasn't bad.
September 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Had a dinner. No wine expert, me, so the recommendation of a chianti to go with this (frozen) lasagna was one I had to look up. Not a fan of reds, so buying this was a risk, but it wasn't bad.
My cat refuses to understand what a historic season Cal Raleigh is having.
July 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
My cat refuses to understand what a historic season Cal Raleigh is having.
Highest praise I can give a review is that made me buy a copy of something rather than wait three or four months for the library to get it: @scumbelievable.bsky.social's "best yet," from @eruditorumpress.com:
www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/review-...
www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/review-...
Review: Black Flame, by Gretchen Felker Martin (2025)
It’s striking to think that it was just two years ago that Gretchen Felker-Martin was an enfant terrible debut author. Now here we are with her third book, and a fourth on the way for 2026—a striking ...
www.eruditorumpress.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Highest praise I can give a review is that made me buy a copy of something rather than wait three or four months for the library to get it: @scumbelievable.bsky.social's "best yet," from @eruditorumpress.com:
www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/review-...
www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/review-...
I am wasting my life.
Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.
IG risolve
IG risolve
July 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I am wasting my life.
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John Singer Sargent's 'An Artist in His Studio,' (1906) depicts Ambrogio Raffele; he's shown here in his cramped bedroom at Purtud in the Val d'Aosta, Italy. Sargent’s rendering of light on the rumpled sheets of the unmade bed fills nearly half the canvas.
July 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
John Singer Sargent's 'An Artist in His Studio,' (1906) depicts Ambrogio Raffele; he's shown here in his cramped bedroom at Purtud in the Val d'Aosta, Italy. Sargent’s rendering of light on the rumpled sheets of the unmade bed fills nearly half the canvas.
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trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
July 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
trump should’ve been in handcuffs in jan 2021 and there is no way to quantify just how much human suffering will result from the disastrous decision to slow walk his prosecution or even avoid it altogether
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These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
July 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.
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Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
June 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
While I'm aware that you're not supposed to rinse after brushing... I've always done so. It feels odd not to. But I'm lying here in bed with a mouth full of toothpaste even after spitting out the excess. Am I not supposed to swallow?
June 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
While I'm aware that you're not supposed to rinse after brushing... I've always done so. It feels odd not to. But I'm lying here in bed with a mouth full of toothpaste even after spitting out the excess. Am I not supposed to swallow?
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Yesterday we released our cosmic treasure chest...and now it's yours to explore! With ✨~10 million galaxies✨ in the image, there's plenty to find.
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
June 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Yesterday we released our cosmic treasure chest...and now it's yours to explore! With ✨~10 million galaxies✨ in the image, there's plenty to find.
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪
➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer
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Kitchen by Natalia Zourabova, 2018.
Russian, b. 1973 -
Oil on canvas
Russian, b. 1973 -
Oil on canvas
June 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Kitchen by Natalia Zourabova, 2018.
Russian, b. 1973 -
Oil on canvas
Russian, b. 1973 -
Oil on canvas
Read the whole thread for a comprehensive fisking.
Roberts citing a provably false claim from the respondent's brief here:
June 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Read the whole thread for a comprehensive fisking.
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NEW ESSAY: rather than reading the legalese SCOTUS used to justify Skrmetti, learn about how conspiracy theorists hijacked mainstream discourse on gender-affirming care:
on Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l...
on Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l...
What Covid “Lab Leak” and “Rushing Kids into Transition” Have in Common
and more general thoughts about conspiracy theories and negativity bias
juliaserano.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW ESSAY: rather than reading the legalese SCOTUS used to justify Skrmetti, learn about how conspiracy theorists hijacked mainstream discourse on gender-affirming care:
on Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l...
on Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid...
& Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-l...
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seven years on the dot.
June 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
seven years on the dot.
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Yeah. Wrote about today's horrendous decision at The Evening Constitutional, not just to rant but to make a jurisprudential point: there is simply no way to craft a law of equality that does not take account of social meanings
eveningconstitutional.net/skrmetti-sho...
eveningconstitutional.net/skrmetti-sho...
Skrmetti Shows That Equality Is About Social Meaning
This morning, in United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court held that a Tennessee ban on treatment for gender dysphoria in minors does not offend the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendm...
eveningconstitutional.net
June 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yeah. Wrote about today's horrendous decision at The Evening Constitutional, not just to rant but to make a jurisprudential point: there is simply no way to craft a law of equality that does not take account of social meanings
eveningconstitutional.net/skrmetti-sho...
eveningconstitutional.net/skrmetti-sho...
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
Skrmetti's gentility, like everything else from Roberts' pen, is on a spectrum with naked evils like yesterday's order from the HHS to kill their contract with the Trevor Project LGBT suicide hotline. They're the same thing.
A source tells me this includes terminating a $28 million dollar contract with The Trevor Project which would he a major hit to their budget.
www.samhsa.gov/about/news-a...
www.samhsa.gov/about/news-a...
SAMHSA Statement on 988 Press 3 Option
On July 17, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will no longer silo LGB+ youth services, also known as the “Press 3 option,” to focus on serving all help seekers, including those previously served throu...
www.samhsa.gov
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Skrmetti's gentility, like everything else from Roberts' pen, is on a spectrum with naked evils like yesterday's order from the HHS to kill their contract with the Trevor Project LGBT suicide hotline. They're the same thing.