@baileymershon.bsky.social
Author of Weaver’s Knot: Poems, the novel Eve’s Garden, Sa-co-ni-ge: Poems from the Southern Appalachians, and Bird Talk. Editor of the Jane’s Stories anthologies. Community Historian, Feminist, editor of The Inspiration Shelf.
Pinned
Essays about American life, original stories, writing craft tips.
Follow the bouncing lights: A deer running through the woods behind our house.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Follow the bouncing lights: A deer running through the woods behind our house.
IBM CEO Krishna, OpenAI Prez Brockman, Apple’s Tim Cook, the Dell CEO, Charles Schwab, Blackstone—and more—looked like pigs at the trough at the WH dinner to celebrate Mohammed Bin Salman, a cold blooded killer. Why should we believe or invest in your companies? #TechCoDeinvestment
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
IBM CEO Krishna, OpenAI Prez Brockman, Apple’s Tim Cook, the Dell CEO, Charles Schwab, Blackstone—and more—looked like pigs at the trough at the WH dinner to celebrate Mohammed Bin Salman, a cold blooded killer. Why should we believe or invest in your companies? #TechCoDeinvestment
The tech bros went to a party to fete a man who had a journalist, father of American citizens, hacked to death. #ForShameTimCook #MuskHasNoShame #TrumpTreason
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The tech bros went to a party to fete a man who had a journalist, father of American citizens, hacked to death. #ForShameTimCook #MuskHasNoShame #TrumpTreason
Tierra Walker’s 14-year-old son yelled “I need you!” as he tried CPR to save her after she had suffered blood clots, diabetes, and other pregnancy complications. She had asked about abortion from doctors afraid of prosecution under Texas law. Abortion bans kill women. #AsIfWomenMatter
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Tierra Walker’s 14-year-old son yelled “I need you!” as he tried CPR to save her after she had suffered blood clots, diabetes, and other pregnancy complications. She had asked about abortion from doctors afraid of prosecution under Texas law. Abortion bans kill women. #AsIfWomenMatter
Exactly. I am trying to flush from my life any connection or support to the tech and media moguls in this audience. It’s hard. But what a collection of clowns.
They went to a party for a guy who hacked one of our journalists to death with a bonesaw
Wake up, babe. New list of people to withdraw all financial and moral support from just dropped. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Exactly. I am trying to flush from my life any connection or support to the tech and media moguls in this audience. It’s hard. But what a collection of clowns.
Nothing has infuriated me as much as watching our president and media moguls (as attendees) blessing the murderer
of Khasshogi, all for $1 trillion dollars. Putting our country up for sale. #sanewashing #TrumpTreason
of Khasshogi, all for $1 trillion dollars. Putting our country up for sale. #sanewashing #TrumpTreason
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nothing has infuriated me as much as watching our president and media moguls (as attendees) blessing the murderer
of Khasshogi, all for $1 trillion dollars. Putting our country up for sale. #sanewashing #TrumpTreason
of Khasshogi, all for $1 trillion dollars. Putting our country up for sale. #sanewashing #TrumpTreason
If only
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If only
Hardly any words needed except: What if this were your daughter, sister, friend?
Epstein survivors just demanded the release of the files in this new PSA. Watch it here.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Hardly any words needed except: What if this were your daughter, sister, friend?
If the Supreme Court goes for this, they’re easily as corrupt as Trump—oh, wait!
We All Can See Chump's War On Blue States. Chump Is The Most
Corrupt President EVER......
Corrupt President EVER......
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
If the Supreme Court goes for this, they’re easily as corrupt as Trump—oh, wait!
American citizens and their kids traumatized and robbed for nothing by government employees—their boss, Noem, shouldn’t just resign—she should be in jail for this.
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were ch...
www.rawstory.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
American citizens and their kids traumatized and robbed for nothing by government employees—their boss, Noem, shouldn’t just resign—she should be in jail for this.
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-...
Been saying this for a while now. Any other admin in history would have fired her by now, yet the Big Orange eggs her on.
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Been saying this for a while now. Any other admin in history would have fired her by now, yet the Big Orange eggs her on.
With you, Charlotte.
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
With you, Charlotte.
If only the Repugnants understood how little I care if Democrats are exposed as part of the child sex trafficker’s circle. Let every chip fall
where it may, and, for God’s sake, media editors, please center the victims and not the abusers. #EpsteinFiles #ChildAbusers #GOP #Reporters
where it may, and, for God’s sake, media editors, please center the victims and not the abusers. #EpsteinFiles #ChildAbusers #GOP #Reporters
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If only the Repugnants understood how little I care if Democrats are exposed as part of the child sex trafficker’s circle. Let every chip fall
where it may, and, for God’s sake, media editors, please center the victims and not the abusers. #EpsteinFiles #ChildAbusers #GOP #Reporters
where it may, and, for God’s sake, media editors, please center the victims and not the abusers. #EpsteinFiles #ChildAbusers #GOP #Reporters
Makes sense that those who want us all to have robots at home would start with puppies, right? #nicotherobotpuppy
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Makes sense that those who want us all to have robots at home would start with puppies, right? #nicotherobotpuppy
The Wolf's Cave Nebula (VdB152) is around 1,400 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus.
This is 6.25 hours of data from 2023 re-processed in HaRGB.
Esprit 100ED, ASI2924 MC Pro, L-ultimate and UV/IR cut filters.
#astronomy #astrophotography
This is 6.25 hours of data from 2023 re-processed in HaRGB.
Esprit 100ED, ASI2924 MC Pro, L-ultimate and UV/IR cut filters.
#astronomy #astrophotography
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
While so many are spending time here raving about a certain politician’s corruption and venality, some politicians, like Senator Chris Murphy, are throwing sand in the gears of the Senate by making GOP senators vote on every piece of the BBB, on the record. Let us praise them for doing good.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
While so many are spending time here raving about a certain politician’s corruption and venality, some politicians, like Senator Chris Murphy, are throwing sand in the gears of the Senate by making GOP senators vote on every piece of the BBB, on the record. Let us praise them for doing good.
Gotta say, Cynthia Erivo is one boss woman on and off the stage and set. And she can sing like the sweetest bird.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Gotta say, Cynthia Erivo is one boss woman on and off the stage and set. And she can sing like the sweetest bird.
Reposted
Reposted
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
Reposted
We've extended our call for subs
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: icefloeprojects@gmail.com
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: icefloeprojects@gmail.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We've extended our call for subs
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: icefloeprojects@gmail.com
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: icefloeprojects@gmail.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
This, added to news about China’s lower CO2 emissions, makes a very cold day in SC a little warmer.
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This, added to news about China’s lower CO2 emissions, makes a very cold day in SC a little warmer.
I understand being pissed. But blaming all Dems for the betrayal of seven (plus King[I] is not the answer. All but the following (upper right), including Schumer, voted “no.” Hassan, Sheen, and King brokered the deal.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I understand being pissed. But blaming all Dems for the betrayal of seven (plus King[I] is not the answer. All but the following (upper right), including Schumer, voted “no.” Hassan, Sheen, and King brokered the deal.