MerryKaate
@merrykaate.bsky.social
Blue dot in a red state, here for good food, anti-fascism, good books, and solidarity
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Leadership 101
Take care of your people.
Take a lesson, Donnie boy.
Take care of your people.
Take a lesson, Donnie boy.
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Leadership 101
Take care of your people.
Take a lesson, Donnie boy.
Take care of your people.
Take a lesson, Donnie boy.
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The best thing in the 10/6 New Yorker… Ann Patchett on grief. “You get what you get, I told myself. I had got so much. I had not got enough.”
Glowworms
In the punt on the river in the cave, beneath the dim light of glowing worms, it was thoughts of my own death that consumed me.
www.newyorker.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The best thing in the 10/6 New Yorker… Ann Patchett on grief. “You get what you get, I told myself. I had got so much. I had not got enough.”
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NEW ANN PATCHETT NOVEL COMING JUNE 2026 THIS IS NOT A DRILL. It's called Whistler and it sounds AWESOME: www.harpercollins.com/products/whi...
Whistler
The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of...
www.harpercollins.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
NEW ANN PATCHETT NOVEL COMING JUNE 2026 THIS IS NOT A DRILL. It's called Whistler and it sounds AWESOME: www.harpercollins.com/products/whi...
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Morning, y’all 👋🏻☕️🎃
There’s is not enough coffee in the world for me today. 🫠
Y’all have fun with your Halloween festivities today. And yes, I’d love to see your costumes.
I’m hoping for an early night. Houseguests tomorrow plus I’m hosting a séance. Gotta make spoons today. 💤
There’s is not enough coffee in the world for me today. 🫠
Y’all have fun with your Halloween festivities today. And yes, I’d love to see your costumes.
I’m hoping for an early night. Houseguests tomorrow plus I’m hosting a séance. Gotta make spoons today. 💤
a drawing of a cup with a black cat on it
ALT: a drawing of a cup with a black cat on it
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Morning, y’all 👋🏻☕️🎃
There’s is not enough coffee in the world for me today. 🫠
Y’all have fun with your Halloween festivities today. And yes, I’d love to see your costumes.
I’m hoping for an early night. Houseguests tomorrow plus I’m hosting a séance. Gotta make spoons today. 💤
There’s is not enough coffee in the world for me today. 🫠
Y’all have fun with your Halloween festivities today. And yes, I’d love to see your costumes.
I’m hoping for an early night. Houseguests tomorrow plus I’m hosting a séance. Gotta make spoons today. 💤
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During a hearing over a request by 25 Democratic-led states to keep the funding flowing, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani told lawyers that if the government can’t afford to cover the cost, there’s a process to follow rather than simply suspending all benefits. “The steps involve finding an
Judge questions the Trump administration's plan to suspend SNAP benefits for millions
A federal judge in Boston seemed skeptical of the Trump administration's plan to stop funding the SNAP food aid program amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
During a hearing over a request by 25 Democratic-led states to keep the funding flowing, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani told lawyers that if the government can’t afford to cover the cost, there’s a process to follow rather than simply suspending all benefits. “The steps involve finding an
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🚨 AUTHORS AND WRITERS 🚨 📚💙
The #1 rule of #booksky is that your self promotional posts may not outnumber your other posts to the feed and almost all of you are in violation of this rule!
I get so many complaints about this - it's ruining the feeds and driving everyone's sales down too.
The #1 rule of #booksky is that your self promotional posts may not outnumber your other posts to the feed and almost all of you are in violation of this rule!
I get so many complaints about this - it's ruining the feeds and driving everyone's sales down too.
September 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🚨 AUTHORS AND WRITERS 🚨 📚💙
The #1 rule of #booksky is that your self promotional posts may not outnumber your other posts to the feed and almost all of you are in violation of this rule!
I get so many complaints about this - it's ruining the feeds and driving everyone's sales down too.
The #1 rule of #booksky is that your self promotional posts may not outnumber your other posts to the feed and almost all of you are in violation of this rule!
I get so many complaints about this - it's ruining the feeds and driving everyone's sales down too.
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“Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds, and contrary tides... What wouldn't I give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds.”
October 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds, and contrary tides... What wouldn't I give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds.”
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My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)
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Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Another person mocked me for my car today, and I know it shouldn't bother me, but jeez. A Scion iQ is a perfectly good car. Mine is in great shape for 125,000 miles aside from a few scratches here and there, and even has alloys.
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Another person mocked me for my car today, and I know it shouldn't bother me, but jeez. A Scion iQ is a perfectly good car. Mine is in great shape for 125,000 miles aside from a few scratches here and there, and even has alloys.
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Learnt how to do kettle stitch in class the other day #art #illustration #bookbinding #kettlestitch #sketchbooks
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Learnt how to do kettle stitch in class the other day #art #illustration #bookbinding #kettlestitch #sketchbooks
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There were zero Kristi Noem videos at the San Diego airport. 💙❤️
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There were zero Kristi Noem videos at the San Diego airport. 💙❤️
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Instead of giving Stranger Things finale a theatrical release, how about just expanding the release of Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN? 🥺
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Instead of giving Stranger Things finale a theatrical release, how about just expanding the release of Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN? 🥺
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Just tired of everything
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Just tired of everything
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Foster girl Lena sends a BOOP out to all from Martha's Vineyard! #boop #blueskydogs
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Foster girl Lena sends a BOOP out to all from Martha's Vineyard! #boop #blueskydogs
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A middle finger to erasure.
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A middle finger to erasure.
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
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Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.
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Incredible artwork by @4nikkolas.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Incredible artwork by @4nikkolas.bsky.social.
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If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.