Merritt Harper
@pricklybastard.bsky.social
Dog dad. Foul-mouthed bastard. Enjoyer of tasty noms. Nutrition/dietetics major. Sometimes SFF/Horror writer. Constant work-in-progress. (he/him)
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THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
I've been too busy with teaching and school and writing things, but just based on the bits I've caught up on tonight...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I've been too busy with teaching and school and writing things, but just based on the bits I've caught up on tonight...
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Today I submitted a thing, the first writing related thing I've attempted in years. It took a lot work and digging through fuckery to get to this point again. Just being able to write again, to wrap my brain around a story and get into the minds of characters, took an astounding amount of work.
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1/3
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Today I submitted a thing, the first writing related thing I've attempted in years. It took a lot work and digging through fuckery to get to this point again. Just being able to write again, to wrap my brain around a story and get into the minds of characters, took an astounding amount of work.
1/3
1/3
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I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
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The story of this week is that millions of Americans were told in 2024 their lives would be improved if trans people's lives were made worse and I'm glad they're finally waking up to the fact that was never true to begin with--but trans people's lives are still getting worse
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The story of this week is that millions of Americans were told in 2024 their lives would be improved if trans people's lives were made worse and I'm glad they're finally waking up to the fact that was never true to begin with--but trans people's lives are still getting worse
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
Flew in to San Francisco to meet up with a friend tomorrow and then see Sarah Millican tomorrow night. Ended up at a tavern after checking into my hotel. Honestly, not a bad way to spend Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Flew in to San Francisco to meet up with a friend tomorrow and then see Sarah Millican tomorrow night. Ended up at a tavern after checking into my hotel. Honestly, not a bad way to spend Halloween.
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In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
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Should Mamdani win 🤞🤞🤞I'm begging newly engaged voters to understand that governing is much different than campaigning. Don't become disillusioned bx things take more time/hit more roadblocks than you'd like. That happened to Obama voters in 2009, and that apathy led to the rise of the far right.
Hakeem Jeffries will reportedly endorse Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor today
After a lengthy wait, Jeffries to endorse Mamdani
The powerful Brooklyn Democrat plans to endorse the democratic socialist Friday afternoon.
www.politico.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Should Mamdani win 🤞🤞🤞I'm begging newly engaged voters to understand that governing is much different than campaigning. Don't become disillusioned bx things take more time/hit more roadblocks than you'd like. That happened to Obama voters in 2009, and that apathy led to the rise of the far right.
SNAP is about to run out, insurance premiums are skyrocketing, and the cost of everything is still rising. And the main priority for the country's leader is a ballroom.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
SNAP is about to run out, insurance premiums are skyrocketing, and the cost of everything is still rising. And the main priority for the country's leader is a ballroom.
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The same forces attacking abortion access are attacking gender-affirming care — both rooted in control.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The same forces attacking abortion access are attacking gender-affirming care — both rooted in control.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
We can’t stop at abortion access. We have to dig injustice out at the root, not just when it touches our own gardens.
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Abortion is health care — but it’s also about bodily autonomy, self-determination, and the right to shape our own futures.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Abortion is health care — but it’s also about bodily autonomy, self-determination, and the right to shape our own futures.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
Trans people are in a parallel, interconnected fight.
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There now exists another video in the world that Speaker Johnson will never see
October 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
There now exists another video in the world that Speaker Johnson will never see
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Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
So they're admitting they are punishing America because some don't want Americans to lose their healthcare. While sending billions to Argentina. Got it.
Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "
October 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So they're admitting they are punishing America because some don't want Americans to lose their healthcare. While sending billions to Argentina. Got it.
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The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.
Story tk in the morning.
Story tk in the morning.
October 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.
Story tk in the morning.
Story tk in the morning.
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In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
October 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.
We will choose the future.
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
The real War in Christmas, folks.
NEWS: Trump just announced the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese goods starting November 1
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The real War in Christmas, folks.
We're here now. 🙃
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
October 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We're here now. 🙃
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More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys
October 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys
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So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.
prospect.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."