Meredith
@meredithsnextday.bsky.social
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Meredith
@meredithsnextday.bsky.social
· Oct 12
Time is Weird Now
A facilitated conversation about how time is experienced during times of grief and adaptation.
events.humanitix.com
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss.
Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“For all things / sing you: at times / we just hear them more clearly.” —Rainer Maria Rilke from Book of Hours.
Image: Illustration from New Theory of Colours, Mary Gartside, 1808
Image: Illustration from New Theory of Colours, Mary Gartside, 1808
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
“For all things / sing you: at times / we just hear them more clearly.” —Rainer Maria Rilke from Book of Hours.
Image: Illustration from New Theory of Colours, Mary Gartside, 1808
Image: Illustration from New Theory of Colours, Mary Gartside, 1808
Some words that bring me solace - two favourite quotes and a short poem.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/kneeling-i...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/kneeling-i...
Kneeling in the grass
Solace
dangerousmeredith.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Some words that bring me solace - two favourite quotes and a short poem.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/kneeling-i...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/kneeling-i...
Osaka Castle, Yoshida Hiroshi, 1935
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Osaka Castle, Yoshida Hiroshi, 1935
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Time is Weird Now
A facilitated conversation about how time is experienced during times of grief and adaptation.
events.humanitix.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
My post on the etymologies of flotsam and jetsam, and the hard choices you have to make when you’re going down.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/flotsam-an...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/flotsam-an...
Flotsam and Jetsam
Etymologies of wrecks and salvage
dangerousmeredith.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My post on the etymologies of flotsam and jetsam, and the hard choices you have to make when you’re going down.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/flotsam-an...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/flotsam-an...
Hear What the Language Spoken by Our Ancestors 6,000 Years Ago Might Have Sounded Like www.openculture.com/2025/10/what...
Hear What the Language Spoken by Our Ancestors 6,000 Years Ago Might Have Sounded Like
As scholars of ancient texts well know, the reconstruction of lost sources can be a matter of some controversy.
www.openculture.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hear What the Language Spoken by Our Ancestors 6,000 Years Ago Might Have Sounded Like www.openculture.com/2025/10/what...
Stairway, Edward Hopper, 1949
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Stairway, Edward Hopper, 1949
Have you ever been in the doldrums, that glum listless feeling of never moving forward? Read my short post on the etymology of this interesting phrase:
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/the-doldrums
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/the-doldrums
The Doldrums
Etymologies of wrecks and salvage
dangerousmeredith.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Have you ever been in the doldrums, that glum listless feeling of never moving forward? Read my short post on the etymology of this interesting phrase:
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/the-doldrums
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/the-doldrums
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Time is Weird Now
A facilitated conversation about how time is experienced during times of grief and adaptation.
events.humanitix.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
The Brig, Gustave Le Gray
October 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The Brig, Gustave Le Gray
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Time is Weird Now
A facilitated conversation about how time is experienced during times of grief and adaptation.
events.humanitix.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Reflecting on the etymologies of the words ‘storm’ and ‘tempest’ as a sense-making strategy during a time of crisis.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/storm-and-...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/storm-and-...
Storm and Tempest
Etymologies of wrecks and salvage
dangerousmeredith.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Reflecting on the etymologies of the words ‘storm’ and ‘tempest’ as a sense-making strategy during a time of crisis.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/storm-and-...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/storm-and-...
October 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss.
Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Time is Weird Now
A facilitated conversation about how time is experienced during times of grief and adaptation.
events.humanitix.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss.
Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
After the storm has passed and you survey the wreckage of your life you find that you are forced to assign value: What is worth retrieving and what needs to be junked?
My latest post on etymology and making sense of crisis.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/salvage
My latest post on etymology and making sense of crisis.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/salvage
Salvage
The last post in my etymologies of shipwrecks series
dangerousmeredith.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
After the storm has passed and you survey the wreckage of your life you find that you are forced to assign value: What is worth retrieving and what needs to be junked?
My latest post on etymology and making sense of crisis.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/salvage
My latest post on etymology and making sense of crisis.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/salvage
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Time is Weird Now
A facilitated conversation about how time is experienced during times of grief and adaptation.
events.humanitix.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval? Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
A short piece about sustaining effort while working on creative projects.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/sustaining...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/sustaining...
Sustaining effort
Embedding resilience in your creative process
dangerousmeredith.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A short piece about sustaining effort while working on creative projects.
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/sustaining...
dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/sustaining...
Stag Beetle, Albrecht Durer, 1505
October 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Stag Beetle, Albrecht Durer, 1505
I think there might be a few vacant spots left so hurry and book in if you want to join in a beautiful and imaginative conversation about climate change and community resilience and you can get yourself to Brunswick Town Hall, 10am-2pm, 8 October.
events.humanitix.com/tag-the-adap...
events.humanitix.com/tag-the-adap...
TAG - The Adaptation Game. Hosted by U3A Merri-bek at Brunswick Town Hall
TAG enables community members to come together and explore their changing environment, building connection and sharing knowledge through storytelling.
events.humanitix.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I think there might be a few vacant spots left so hurry and book in if you want to join in a beautiful and imaginative conversation about climate change and community resilience and you can get yourself to Brunswick Town Hall, 10am-2pm, 8 October.
events.humanitix.com/tag-the-adap...
events.humanitix.com/tag-the-adap...
"The path to a better Amazon doesn’t lie through consumer activism, or appeals to the its conscience. Corporations, being artificial, immortal colony-organisms that use humans as their inconvenient gut flora, do not have consciences to appeal to." - Cory Doctorow
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"The path to a better Amazon doesn’t lie through consumer activism, or appeals to the its conscience. Corporations, being artificial, immortal colony-organisms that use humans as their inconvenient gut flora, do not have consciences to appeal to." - Cory Doctorow
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval?
Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Time is Weird Now
A facilitated conversation about how time is experienced during times of grief and adaptation.
events.humanitix.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The world is a state of flux. How do we experience time during this upheaval?
Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...
Join me for a conversation about experiencing time and urgency while adapting to change and loss. Online, free, 6-7pm, 23 October AEDT.
events.humanitix.com/time-is-weir...