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Garrett Merz
@garrettmerz.bsky.social
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Physics PhD turned AI4Science postdoc at UWisconsin-Madison Data Science Institute. Gardening, banjo, roller derby, union organizing. Empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.

Opinions, bad jokes, etc. all mine. He/they, I guess?
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I'm at the KITP in Santa Barbara this month and ran into the great workers of @afscme3299.bsky.social fighting for a fair contract - solidarity!!! If you're a UCSB worker, join the picket line if you can!
AFSCME 3299 workers on strike
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Truly, our cities are riddled with criminals
Turkeys in the road More turkeys, glaring at me as I drive by
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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This tweet lives in my head rent-free these days. Selena Gomez is Oreos, Sydney Sweeney is Pants, et cetera
Tweet by @Ekcollapse: there's a phenomenon of end stage capitalism that I just refer to as "Everything is Everything". I don't have a better name for it, but it's how Justin Bieber is Timbits, Ryan Reynolds is Eggs/Gin/Soccer, Walton Goggins is Walmart. It goes beyond just brand endorsements of old
August 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Word on the street is "bird on the street"
Garrett in a big dumb birding hat and binoculars, squinting into the middle distance
June 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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is this anything
The brat summer meme template but it says SPQR
May 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Ghost stump
The top half of a dead tree, interlocked with another tree so it is suspended in midair
May 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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One of my Madison friends had a birthday yesterday, so when he showed us this birthday tiara that his partner had found in a bargain bin at a thrift shop and gotten for him as a bit, the spirit of @senatormeow.bsky.social flowed through me
A birthday tiara that says (65)
April 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Same, airplane
An airplane with a banner The banner reads "we're choosin' Susan Crawford"
April 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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February 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Like, when you've got even the Memorial Union Terrace saying ACAB, maybe that's a sign that you've messed up
Statement from the Wisconsin Union Directorate. The Memorial Union and Union South serve as the living room of our campus-- places where all students, faculty, and staff can connect, relax, and find community. On Wednesday, May 1, Memorial Union was used as the location to process demonstrators who were arrested, some of whom were UW-Madison students, faculty and staff. The selection of Memorial Union by the campus for this purpose was antithetical to the Union's mission. In fact, the Union buildings are perhaps the last two facilities on campus that should have been used for this purpose. We do not support the decision that was made on May 1 and will not support any future decision to use Memorial Union or Union South for this purpose again.
May 7, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Cool book of Renaissance lute tablature at the art museum today, ft. five little foxes
An illuminated book of lute tablature. There is a drawing of five tiny foxes at the bottom of the left page.
March 3, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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TFW you realize it isn't called Columbo Day
Detective Columbo looking exasperated
October 9, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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Gender is a construct, and mine is Elminster
A screenshot of elminster's character data from baldur's gate 3, revealing that the famous wizard is in fact a "level 1 construct"
October 9, 2023 at 6:20 AM
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A screenshot of a man lighting a bonfire from Dark Souls 1, captioned "tentative agreement reached"
September 25, 2023 at 3:52 AM
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Idk seems pretty accurate to me
A picture of my dog, who looks like an opossum with bedhead
July 5, 2023 at 1:52 AM