Meghan Bartels
@meghanbartels.bsky.social
News reporter at @sciam.bsky.social (posts are my fault). Book person, cat person, etc. Georgetown alumna, SHERP34. In NYC. Signal: mbartels.07. she/her http://meghanbartels.github.io/portfolio/
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November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Oof that’s even worse than what I’d come up with!
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Oof that’s even worse than what I’d come up with!
Weird, sounds an awful lot like what the people did when they collectively voted for a group of leaders to collectively establish the ACA with the tax dollars they collectively pooled together!
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Weird, sounds an awful lot like what the people did when they collectively voted for a group of leaders to collectively establish the ACA with the tax dollars they collectively pooled together!
“The Rag reached out multiple times to Wakefern Food, which owns Fairway Market, to see if there was an explanation for the one capitalized “I” in the signage, or if the company was aware of it, but we never heard back.” This is :chefs-kiss: and I love it so much!
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“The Rag reached out multiple times to Wakefern Food, which owns Fairway Market, to see if there was an explanation for the one capitalized “I” in the signage, or if the company was aware of it, but we never heard back.” This is :chefs-kiss: and I love it so much!
Reposted by Meghan Bartels
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.