Megs
@megstheepotato.bsky.social
Chronically ill graphic designer (POTS, LC/ME/CFS, MCAS) ✌🏻💖🌻 also cozy games, tv shows, Dropout, books, general tumblr vibes
Designer problems: sometimes I’ll be working on an iteration of a document that I made years prior and past Megan made some weird choices that I cannot remember the reasoning for and it’s just like. Girl. What were we doing here. This is needlessly complicated. 😩
August 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Designer problems: sometimes I’ll be working on an iteration of a document that I made years prior and past Megan made some weird choices that I cannot remember the reasoning for and it’s just like. Girl. What were we doing here. This is needlessly complicated. 😩
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The destruction of public infrastructure like transit and radio feels like it’s targeting something beyond immediate suffering of users and workers, a message that none of us should expect to live in a place that functions or sustains us, none of us should even imagine it
July 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The destruction of public infrastructure like transit and radio feels like it’s targeting something beyond immediate suffering of users and workers, a message that none of us should expect to live in a place that functions or sustains us, none of us should even imagine it
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Gotta love how transparent this is. We're dedicated to free speech and also we're banning any reference to misinformation, DEI, or climate change.
July 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Gotta love how transparent this is. We're dedicated to free speech and also we're banning any reference to misinformation, DEI, or climate change.
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ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
I’ve been searching for work since December 2023 and haven’t gotten a single interview. 😩 it is ROUGH out here!
People are not exaggerating about the job market. I think they're honestly downplaying it and should be talking about how bad it is more.
June 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’ve been searching for work since December 2023 and haven’t gotten a single interview. 😩 it is ROUGH out here!
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I think I became aware of Van Hollen when he actually went to CECOT to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
June 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I think I became aware of Van Hollen when he actually went to CECOT to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
Now I see him calling out the Islamophobia directed at Zohran Mamdani
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Seems like Dems could get a lot of mileage with "The only Republicans who are honest about the B³ are those who are gtfo of politics" messaging.
June 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Seems like Dems could get a lot of mileage with "The only Republicans who are honest about the B³ are those who are gtfo of politics" messaging.
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Beating this drum yet again. I will add to this that Collins is going to have a hard time of selling herself as a "moderate" after voting to overrule Roe v. Wade and, apparently, to take healthcare away from 12 million people. It's disgraceful that nobody major is stepping up here
The incumbency advantage is very small in recent years, but still slightly good news for Democrats. What Democrats really need is a quality candidate to run against Susan Collins in Maine. Maine politicians are overrating the power of moderation relative to national conditions and are afraid to run.
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said he won't seek reelection hours after Trump threatened a primary challenge for his vote against the "big, beautiful bill"
June 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Beating this drum yet again. I will add to this that Collins is going to have a hard time of selling herself as a "moderate" after voting to overrule Roe v. Wade and, apparently, to take healthcare away from 12 million people. It's disgraceful that nobody major is stepping up here
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I have said it before and I will say it again, they *would not fight.* Matilda would’ve realized that Eleven was somebody who had suffered, and would have empathy for her. And Eleven would quickly realize Matilda was not a threat.
Then, they would enjoy some pancakes and waffles together.
Then, they would enjoy some pancakes and waffles together.
June 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I have said it before and I will say it again, they *would not fight.* Matilda would’ve realized that Eleven was somebody who had suffered, and would have empathy for her. And Eleven would quickly realize Matilda was not a threat.
Then, they would enjoy some pancakes and waffles together.
Then, they would enjoy some pancakes and waffles together.
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the "no means no" jokes write themselves
Cuomo will stay in NYC mayor’s race after conceding Democratic primary to Mamdani, sources tell CNN
www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/p...
Cuomo will stay in NYC mayor’s race after conceding Democratic primary to Mamdani, CNN has learned | CNN Politics
Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot, CNN has learned. That leaves in place contingency plans he h...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
the "no means no" jokes write themselves
I’ve been catching up on all the seasons of The Traitors, watched all the US version and on season 3 of the British one and man, there’s like one billion percent more crying on the British one. Especially this third season. Someone’s always crying. Way more dramatic than any of the reality stars.
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’ve been catching up on all the seasons of The Traitors, watched all the US version and on season 3 of the British one and man, there’s like one billion percent more crying on the British one. Especially this third season. Someone’s always crying. Way more dramatic than any of the reality stars.
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Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
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This is grotesque
June 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is grotesque
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We need more poets in politics
Former Andrew Cuomo aide Howard Glaser: “A grim and joyless campaign, as befits a battle for a prize never wanted... Victory, if it comes at all, will be bandaged with tinny fanfare and strident gloat, to muffle the voice at the center that won't stop whispering i’m hollow.”
June 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We need more poets in politics
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I love that the only time the US supports feminism and think women should be treated as people is when they want to bomb a country.
June 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I love that the only time the US supports feminism and think women should be treated as people is when they want to bomb a country.
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After 104 days of being unjustly detained for his advocacy for Palestinian rights, Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his wife and newborn son.
June 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
After 104 days of being unjustly detained for his advocacy for Palestinian rights, Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his wife and newborn son.
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We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.
June 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We still have no idea who the ICE agents are. They could be insurrectionists, extremist militiamen or criminals themselves, chasing law-abiding citizens down the street for recording their kidnappings. The odds they aren't are low. Congress must raise hell about this. A masked gang runs our country.
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"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine
June 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine
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It is fundamentally impossible to explain Evangelical Christianity and their true intentions without sounding like InfoWars to folks outside of that loop
"a significant and politically powerful portion of the population sincerely believes that if we concentrate all Jewish persons in Israel and incinerate it, Jesus will come back to earth via magic"
June 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It is fundamentally impossible to explain Evangelical Christianity and their true intentions without sounding like InfoWars to folks outside of that loop
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"you say you want to cover middle earth in a second darkness but you don't know when saruman the white abandoned reason for madness?"
June 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"you say you want to cover middle earth in a second darkness but you don't know when saruman the white abandoned reason for madness?"
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This is heartbreaking. They are strip mining what’s left of nature.
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history to help cut taxes for the richest people in the country....all without hearings, debate or public input." wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is heartbreaking. They are strip mining what’s left of nature.
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The “anti-fraud” tools that DOGE installed for the Social Security Administration’s phone service slowed claim processing by 25% and ended up reporting a true fraud rate of less than 0.000018%
Elon Musk and the President claimed it was 40% www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
Elon Musk and the President claimed it was 40% www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
June 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The “anti-fraud” tools that DOGE installed for the Social Security Administration’s phone service slowed claim processing by 25% and ended up reporting a true fraud rate of less than 0.000018%
Elon Musk and the President claimed it was 40% www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
Elon Musk and the President claimed it was 40% www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...