Monte Merrick
@montemerrick.bsky.social
You know me. Just a regular old poet and wildlife care provider
https://birdallyx.net/
https://lepointdappui.wordpress.com/
https://montemerrick.substack.com/
@bird-ally-x-hwcc.bsky.social
https://birdallyx.net/
https://lepointdappui.wordpress.com/
https://montemerrick.substack.com/
@bird-ally-x-hwcc.bsky.social
i don't love social media. but it's the only publishing outlet i have, thanks to my laziness and also a sort inborn incapacity for rejection - the void of social media is more dopamine-rich than the void of the slush pile? in any case, here's a poem:
montemerrick.substack.com/p/the-necess...
montemerrick.substack.com/p/the-necess...
the necessaries
dots and dashes,
montemerrick.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i don't love social media. but it's the only publishing outlet i have, thanks to my laziness and also a sort inborn incapacity for rejection - the void of social media is more dopamine-rich than the void of the slush pile? in any case, here's a poem:
montemerrick.substack.com/p/the-necess...
montemerrick.substack.com/p/the-necess...
@fetterman.senate.gov you and your pals, real motherfucking heroes. voting with the fascists. Smooth move ex-lax
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
@fetterman.senate.gov you and your pals, real motherfucking heroes. voting with the fascists. Smooth move ex-lax
The Rolling Stones - Hot Stuff (Live from Les Abattoirs)
YouTube video by TheRollingStonesVEVO
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
fuck ice fuck
miller fuck trump
fuck fascism fuck
theocrats
fuck church fuck
state fuck waiting
for god to
sort the dead.
miller fuck trump
fuck fascism fuck
theocrats
fuck church fuck
state fuck waiting
for god to
sort the dead.
October 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
fuck ice fuck
miller fuck trump
fuck fascism fuck
theocrats
fuck church fuck
state fuck waiting
for god to
sort the dead.
miller fuck trump
fuck fascism fuck
theocrats
fuck church fuck
state fuck waiting
for god to
sort the dead.
Reposted by Monte Merrick
ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
Oh yes, we're on the move!
October 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Oh yes, we're on the move!
say what you want about Woody Allen, but Diane Keaton's Brando cracked me up when i was ten and it cracks me up to day too... she's luminous
youtu.be/4IF8-QQSDbk?...
youtu.be/4IF8-QQSDbk?...
Sleeper, 1973 :: A Streetcar Named Desire scene :: Woody Allen & Diane Keaton
YouTube video by Rhodes Berry
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
say what you want about Woody Allen, but Diane Keaton's Brando cracked me up when i was ten and it cracks me up to day too... she's luminous
youtu.be/4IF8-QQSDbk?...
youtu.be/4IF8-QQSDbk?...
a sort of haiku.
everyone's talking
reichstag but could be talking
harper's ferry.
everyone's talking
reichstag but could be talking
harper's ferry.
September 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
a sort of haiku.
everyone's talking
reichstag but could be talking
harper's ferry.
everyone's talking
reichstag but could be talking
harper's ferry.
i've basically had it with people giving sarah mcbride shit. you live her life, motherfucker, and see how you do. think you'd be in motherfucking congress right now?
September 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i've basically had it with people giving sarah mcbride shit. you live her life, motherfucker, and see how you do. think you'd be in motherfucking congress right now?
lamp wore it best. hands down. well hand down.
Shosh🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 WokeAF💥GreenAF💚 Powered by Fury,Disbelief&Determination
@shoshanade.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Who wore it best?🤣😂🤣
September 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
lamp wore it best. hands down. well hand down.
the job has its perks
September 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
the job has its perks
when i look at the map of states who have formed their own health alliances in the wake of the destruction of the CDC, I see a map of the future post-United States world.
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
when i look at the map of states who have formed their own health alliances in the wake of the destruction of the CDC, I see a map of the future post-United States world.
i was 12 in most of 1975 and i was born and raised in new jersey (i'm a piney) and so i am morally and maybe legally obligated to share this bit of awesomeness.
youtu.be/vOgxo1O1Mwg?...
youtu.be/vOgxo1O1Mwg?...
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 | Full Concert
YouTube video by Front Row Music
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
i was 12 in most of 1975 and i was born and raised in new jersey (i'm a piney) and so i am morally and maybe legally obligated to share this bit of awesomeness.
youtu.be/vOgxo1O1Mwg?...
youtu.be/vOgxo1O1Mwg?...
I hope she’s right, but I don’t want a world Karl Rove approves of- I would just rather slow the destruction so we can maybe stop it before it’s all gone. That’s why I was a democrat* in 24 instead of my usual eco-anarchist-
*to be honest, i also really like Kamala Harris, though she was a cop.
*to be honest, i also really like Kamala Harris, though she was a cop.
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I hope she’s right, but I don’t want a world Karl Rove approves of- I would just rather slow the destruction so we can maybe stop it before it’s all gone. That’s why I was a democrat* in 24 instead of my usual eco-anarchist-
*to be honest, i also really like Kamala Harris, though she was a cop.
*to be honest, i also really like Kamala Harris, though she was a cop.
I love Mayor Bowser.
Mace: Mayor Bowser, what is a woman?
Bowser: I’m a woman. Are you a woman?
Bowser: I’m a woman. Are you a woman?
September 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I love Mayor Bowser.
Now elected democrats- learn something from this man.
I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:
September 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Now elected democrats- learn something from this man.
Native Americans, LGBTQ+, immigrants of varying ethnicities over the centuries, wolves, buffalo, every river, every forest, every plain, Passenger pigeons, Sperm whales, the air we breathe- basically everybody but pale men and their assorted attendants
"This isn't the America I know"
Black People:
Black People:
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Native Americans, LGBTQ+, immigrants of varying ethnicities over the centuries, wolves, buffalo, every river, every forest, every plain, Passenger pigeons, Sperm whales, the air we breathe- basically everybody but pale men and their assorted attendants
The brutal truth.
there's no contradiction between "hating trans people" and "wanting to fuck trans people". have you guys heard what men think of women
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The brutal truth.
La fin d’une époque
Robert Redford, acteur et réalisateur américain, est mort
Robert Redford, acteur et réalisateur américain, est mort
Il a incarné, de « L’Arnaque » à « Out of Africa » en passant par « Des gens comme les autres », un certain cinéma américain, généreux, engagé et progressiste. Attaché au développement de la production indépendante, il avait créé l’Institut Sundance en 1981. Il est mort le mardi 16 septembre à l’âge de 89 ans.
www.lemonde.fr
September 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
La fin d’une époque
Reposted by Monte Merrick
I seldom mark the death of movie stars. Redford, however, was a giant, both in cinema and in environmental advocacy.
Robert Redford, acteur et réalisateur américain, est mort
Robert Redford, acteur et réalisateur américain, est mort
Il a incarné, de « L’Arnaque » à « Out of Africa » en passant par « Des gens comme les autres », un certain cinéma américain, généreux, engagé et progressiste. Attaché au développement de la production indépendante, il avait créé l’Institut Sundance en 1981. Il est mort le mardi 16 septembre à l’âge de 89 ans.
www.lemonde.fr
September 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I seldom mark the death of movie stars. Redford, however, was a giant, both in cinema and in environmental advocacy.
Chicagoland
Video of incident we mentioned earlier—masked ICE agents rushing to move a car out of the road after they broke windows and detained someone on the southwest side.
This car was eventually returned to family.
We're told agents abandoned several other vehicles today around Chicago.
This car was eventually returned to family.
We're told agents abandoned several other vehicles today around Chicago.
September 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Chicagoland
Reposted by Monte Merrick
What an honor to host Fito Páez, one of the pioneers of Argentine rock, at the Tiny Desk for the start of Latin Music Month.
Fito Páez: Tiny Desk Concert
What an honor to host Fito Páez, one of the pioneers of Argentine rock, at the Tiny Desk for the start of Latin Music Month.
n.pr
September 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What an honor to host Fito Páez, one of the pioneers of Argentine rock, at the Tiny Desk for the start of Latin Music Month.
Personally I went to catholic church because I had a crush on St Mary Magdalene. I was never disappointed
Online trads going to church for the first time and finding out it's not an IRL version of their personal Based internet club always cracks me up
September 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Personally I went to catholic church because I had a crush on St Mary Magdalene. I was never disappointed
Right after the first gulf war and the sudden rise of CNN to the top of the charts i wrote a piece I called “what’s so immediate about the media” - now I gotta go see if I can find it…
Educating kids should have been the easy part. A huge gap in visual literacy exists among those who were full-blown adults during the digital revolution, and who are now among the least prepared to analyze AI images.
What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI
In 2004, a doctored political image caused outrage and confusion. Twenty years later, why hasn’t visual literacy improved?
www.thenation.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Right after the first gulf war and the sudden rise of CNN to the top of the charts i wrote a piece I called “what’s so immediate about the media” - now I gotta go see if I can find it…
I do basically love my work... it's very difficult and very fulfilling
September 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I do basically love my work... it's very difficult and very fulfilling