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· Oct 23
hi i'm merc! i've been most active on priv twt for years and am kind of guarded but also am excited to meet new people n__n
things i like discussing include:
- podcasts
- music
- animals, especially cats and rodents
- psychology, psychiatry, and critique thereof
more info in replies!
things i like discussing include:
- podcasts
- music
- animals, especially cats and rodents
- psychology, psychiatry, and critique thereof
more info in replies!
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias
Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations
She fought for the people of Gaza
She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
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Acknowledging the dead would mean acknowledging the catastrophic public health/economic/policy failure that made the body count so high in the first place
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Acknowledging the dead would mean acknowledging the catastrophic public health/economic/policy failure that made the body count so high in the first place
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
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rape cw
i seriously think that many people are disgusted by rapists not because of compassion for victims and a desire for justice but because rapists create rape victims and rape victims are incredibly stigmatized
i seriously think that many people are disgusted by rapists not because of compassion for victims and a desire for justice but because rapists create rape victims and rape victims are incredibly stigmatized
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
rape cw
i seriously think that many people are disgusted by rapists not because of compassion for victims and a desire for justice but because rapists create rape victims and rape victims are incredibly stigmatized
i seriously think that many people are disgusted by rapists not because of compassion for victims and a desire for justice but because rapists create rape victims and rape victims are incredibly stigmatized
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The thing that unites conservatives, liberals, fascists, and leftists around Epstein's violence is that the vast majority never cared about the girls.
It has only ever been about whose reputation can be damaged.
It has only ever been about whose reputation can be damaged.
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The thing that unites conservatives, liberals, fascists, and leftists around Epstein's violence is that the vast majority never cared about the girls.
It has only ever been about whose reputation can be damaged.
It has only ever been about whose reputation can be damaged.
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maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
www.gofundme.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
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on my catgirl shit once again
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
on my catgirl shit once again
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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jfc
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
jfc
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It was always inevitable that the loudest and best-funded (by people in Epstein's emails) anti-trans freaks who spent years trying to brand trans people as sexual predators, would instantly start defending Epstein.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
It was always inevitable that the loudest and best-funded (by people in Epstein's emails) anti-trans freaks who spent years trying to brand trans people as sexual predators, would instantly start defending Epstein.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
It's not hypocrisy, it's them reinforcing their hierarchy.
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TNN is something badly needed in trans media. We're not centered around a single influencer. We're not here to curry favor with the elite.
We're focused on trans communities on the front lines, not the gentry.
We're worker-run. Our reporting is in-depth and unrepentantly radical.
Support us here:
We're focused on trans communities on the front lines, not the gentry.
We're worker-run. Our reporting is in-depth and unrepentantly radical.
Support us here:
transnews.network
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
TNN is something badly needed in trans media. We're not centered around a single influencer. We're not here to curry favor with the elite.
We're focused on trans communities on the front lines, not the gentry.
We're worker-run. Our reporting is in-depth and unrepentantly radical.
Support us here:
We're focused on trans communities on the front lines, not the gentry.
We're worker-run. Our reporting is in-depth and unrepentantly radical.
Support us here:
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we need a joe rogan of the bereft
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
we need a joe rogan of the bereft
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lol when i worked at target you needed a doctor's note to bring a water bottle with you on the sales floor, not surprised in the least by this shit from them
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lol when i worked at target you needed a doctor's note to bring a water bottle with you on the sales floor, not surprised in the least by this shit from them
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"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
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This is actually the original definition of emotional labor, as defined by Arlie Hochschild, the sociologist who coined the term. It refers to the labor of performing emotions in order to do your job. It is not enough to just do your job, you have to put on a performance
There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is actually the original definition of emotional labor, as defined by Arlie Hochschild, the sociologist who coined the term. It refers to the labor of performing emotions in order to do your job. It is not enough to just do your job, you have to put on a performance
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Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
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Please wear a mask when you can. Even if you don't always, even if it's not the best mask, even if you didn't this morning and you'd feel silly if you did now... any amount of masking is better than none. Nobody is perfect, we're all doing our best, please mask and protect yourself and everyone ❤️
January 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Please wear a mask when you can. Even if you don't always, even if it's not the best mask, even if you didn't this morning and you'd feel silly if you did now... any amount of masking is better than none. Nobody is perfect, we're all doing our best, please mask and protect yourself and everyone ❤️
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One of my favorite pieces thats still lowkey underrated
Also relevant now. This was when I was living in Albay. The mountain was visually based on Mt. Malinao. But also thematically focused on the quarrying around Mayon Volcano. And unchecked development as a whole.
Also relevant now. This was when I was living in Albay. The mountain was visually based on Mt. Malinao. But also thematically focused on the quarrying around Mayon Volcano. And unchecked development as a whole.
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
One of my favorite pieces thats still lowkey underrated
Also relevant now. This was when I was living in Albay. The mountain was visually based on Mt. Malinao. But also thematically focused on the quarrying around Mayon Volcano. And unchecked development as a whole.
Also relevant now. This was when I was living in Albay. The mountain was visually based on Mt. Malinao. But also thematically focused on the quarrying around Mayon Volcano. And unchecked development as a whole.
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November 13, 2024 at 4:52 AM