Meg Bear

Join the millions of participants* of #KindJuly taking time to make the world of better place in honor of my annual 29th birthday.

*this number might be wildly exaggerated 😇

xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’ | TechCrunch In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was “horrific behavior.” The posts appear to be an official statement from xAI, the Elon Musk-led company behind Grok,…

xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’ techcrunch.com/2025/07/12/x...

1. 'we don't need guardrails'
2. 'oh crap we need some kind of guardrails'

So. Many. Podcasts. 🤣🤓

YouTube video by The Meg and Amy Show Meg and Amy Show | Podcast Trailer

Excited to launch our podcast The Meg and Amy Show next week. youtu.be/rAlbjyIfHII?...

How to survive being online Wee little union sign I painted in 2022, maybe? This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do we survive being online? Erika and I bought a radio. For...

"follow people who are posting pictures of their new puppy because puppies are awesome" 🐶https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-survive-being-online/

black and white photo of Wong Kim Ark, American of Chinese descent. He is looking straight at the camera.

A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant.

I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester.

Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/

Spending the day honoring Dr. King and his profound wisdom. #MLKDay

Today I honor Martin Luther King’s eloquence, wisdom and bravery. I see you Dr. King — your fire will never diminish. Your light will never ever be put out.

Your annual reminder that Dr. King believed in guaranteed universal basic income that gave all people a dignified life, guaranteed housing for all, guaranteed access to a high quality education, and said that “no one should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury.”

Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

Cecile Richards was a tireless advocate for reproductive justice, fighting not just for women’s access to healthcare, but for their dignity, autonomy, and equality.

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After years in the other place, this time I made sure half of the people I follow are artists and nature photographers. Fill your day with beauty like this...

I am not saying things are going to be fine.

I am saying, find a thing to do that will put a little more hope in the world, however small.

After The Fires | No Mercy / No Malice My hometown of Los Angeles is experiencing wildfires that have torched a surface area greater than Boston or San Francisco. Students at UCLA, my alma mater, were warned to prepare for an evacuation or...

"Love is giving witness to someone’s life. To notice them and their lived experience." www.profgalloway.com/after-the-fi...

a bald man in a red shirt wipes his face with his hands ALT: a bald man in a red shirt wipes his face with his hands

That awkward moment when you realize that you have been watering a plastic poinsettia for two months.

Word for 2025: Abundance I started picking a word in 2017 (Generous, Impactful, Powerful, Joyful, Enduring, Expansive)

Kicking off 2025 with a focus on Abundance www.megbear.com/post/word-fo...

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Yes, this is a thing Elon Musk really claimed. Elon Musk Today: The future ain't what it used to be! | artwork by trish@omerta22PL 2019

For anyone shocked that Musk again overpromised and underdelivered on cutting $2B with DOGE, there's a whole website dedicated to tracking his BS elonmusk.today

Nockwood reading for 2025 A 6 card Aeonology reading for 2025.

Assume the unexpected and anticipate the unimaginable. #2025 is ours to create but it will require working together in new ways and holding tight to our core values (which will prove harder than we would like). A great moment to #InventTheFuture
williamtheliar.substack.com/p/nockwood-r...

Quote: “Women’s history is the primary tool for women’s emancipation.” - Gerda Lerner

Surprising and yet not - how little we know of the brave, strong and smart women who came before. Let's hope we break the reinvent the wheel cycle and move to a more inclusive (anti-racist) approach to equality. This is a solid read. celestemdavis.substack.com/p/women-tell...

Med Students Are Doing Vaginal Exams on Unconscious, Non-Consenting Patients The practice is still legal in 42 states despite decades-long ethical concerns. In the #MeToo era, things are starting to change.

The most impactful piece I’ve done (so far as I know) is this one for VICE, on how medical schools make students “practice” pelvic exams on unconscious patients without their knowledge or consent. www.vice.com/en/article/m...

You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

yes this is my next step. That said relief from vertigo is quite lovely.

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The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

Song of the day...time to start slowing down...
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens MADISON, WI—In the hours following a violent rampage in Wisconsin in which a lone attacker killed at least two individuals and injured six others, citizens living in the only country where this kind o...

The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.

Screenshot from Perplexity on the topic of vitamin B and perimenopause

I've struggled with vertigo for over a decade. I think I stumbled into the root cause this week... B12 (!). Why in the name of all that is holy has this NEVER come up. Fingers crossed. 💃

Word for 2025: Abundance I started picking a word in 2017 (Generous, Impactful, Powerful, Joyful, Enduring, Expansive) and while I have skipped a few years, this is a habit I value. It’s lovely to look back and see h…

Kicking off 2025 with a focus on Abundance megbear.com/2024/12/14/w...

Hotel room table with laptop and a ring light clipped to a water bottle.

Remote video setup. Thanks #Brighthire for the portable ring light. Finding a way to get it off my glasses was all me 🤓

a woman in a grey sweater says dropping tonight with her finger Alt: a woman in a grey sweater says dropping tonight with her finger

I keep getting really confused hearing new AI models are "dropping" - like they are a hit single. I feel short changed that all this time all I ever had was a "product release".