Monique Weits
@moniqueweits.bsky.social
Still not prone to laborious endeavors.
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I wish I could tell people like me, who first came to Bluesky and felt pummeled by performative scolding, that now it feels a lot less like that and a lot more like that brief window when Twitter was pretty good: useful, occasionally ridiculous, a place to discover new thinkers & writing
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I wish I could tell people like me, who first came to Bluesky and felt pummeled by performative scolding, that now it feels a lot less like that and a lot more like that brief window when Twitter was pretty good: useful, occasionally ridiculous, a place to discover new thinkers & writing
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I wrote an essay about menopause, writers block, and being a late bloomer. You can also find it in the newly released anthology, The Big M, edited by Lidia Yuknavitch: electricliterature.com/menopause-wr...
Menopause, Writer’s Block, and Being a Late Bloomer - Electric Literature
I’m supposed to believe my womanhood is ending but instead, I have been handed a new beginning
electricliterature.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I wrote an essay about menopause, writers block, and being a late bloomer. You can also find it in the newly released anthology, The Big M, edited by Lidia Yuknavitch: electricliterature.com/menopause-wr...
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
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That is the most rainbowest rainbow I’ve ever seen!
Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada 🇨🇦
TT: gritngloryguided.fishing
Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada 🇨🇦
TT: gritngloryguided.fishing
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
That is the most rainbowest rainbow I’ve ever seen!
Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada 🇨🇦
TT: gritngloryguided.fishing
Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada 🇨🇦
TT: gritngloryguided.fishing
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Idgaf if it’s an entire factory floor w/ workers who all look like Sally Fields. Fire all of them if they all waved their KKK cards.
Supporting the working class also means supporting discrimination free workplaces. Maybe support that, Atlantic.
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Supporting the working class also means supporting discrimination free workplaces. Maybe support that, Atlantic.
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“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Idgaf if it’s an entire factory floor w/ workers who all look like Sally Fields. Fire all of them if they all waved their KKK cards.
Supporting the working class also means supporting discrimination free workplaces. Maybe support that, Atlantic.
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Supporting the working class also means supporting discrimination free workplaces. Maybe support that, Atlantic.
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you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
Sam Altman saying he uses Chat GPT as a parenting tool is a dumb as fuck “news” story today, but honestly, you should never take any parenting advice from rich people. Full stop. They don’t look after their kids. They have staff. Precisely zero of their parenting dilemmas resemble normal humans’.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
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One more pelican post for the day. 🪶
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
One more pelican post for the day. 🪶
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Finding new follows with niche knowledge always excites me.
I don’t know a lot.
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Finding new follows with niche knowledge always excites me.
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Meeting with #MiraNair and #MahmoodMamdani in New Delhi when #ZohranMamdani was a teenager provides an insight into the humanism, empathy and politics that mark New York City’s new mayor, a story that has gripped imaginations across Southasia and beyond.
Grassroots to global: The personal story behind a newly-elected, politically transformative mayor - Sapan News
Meeting with Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani in New Delhi when Zohran was a teenager provides an insight into the humanism, empathy and politics that mark New York City’s new mayor, a story that has gri...
sapannews.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Meeting with #MiraNair and #MahmoodMamdani in New Delhi when #ZohranMamdani was a teenager provides an insight into the humanism, empathy and politics that mark New York City’s new mayor, a story that has gripped imaginations across Southasia and beyond.
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Everybody stop trying, this small rescue gremlin named Don Pepe has won the dog Halloween costume contest FOREVER! (Via We Rate Dogs on IG; Don Pepe is donpepechi over there.)
October 31, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Everybody stop trying, this small rescue gremlin named Don Pepe has won the dog Halloween costume contest FOREVER! (Via We Rate Dogs on IG; Don Pepe is donpepechi over there.)
Fair.
I'm a stickler for camera on during zoom meetings because if we don't all have our cameras on how will we see our one coworkers extremely clingy cat?
October 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Fair.
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TMNT was right… 🐢 🐈⬛
July 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
TMNT was right… 🐢 🐈⬛
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I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one.
This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.
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Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
June 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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I just think it’s hilarious that people went to college with the Pope. “What’s Ken up to these days? Partner at a law firm outside Pittsburgh, that’s nice. And Bob? Oh, he’s the Pope.”
May 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I just think it’s hilarious that people went to college with the Pope. “What’s Ken up to these days? Partner at a law firm outside Pittsburgh, that’s nice. And Bob? Oh, he’s the Pope.”
I'm musing because of insomnia. The ‐ and 3 quarters or half bob or whatever term was queer wording. And she stole it so comfortably.
Hey, if you're still supporting the hateful wealthy author who has poured her riches into making the world more dangerous for trans women, do me a favour? Head down to a train station, pick a platform, and fling yourself into a solid wall at high speed. 👍🏻
April 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm musing because of insomnia. The ‐ and 3 quarters or half bob or whatever term was queer wording. And she stole it so comfortably.