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Mitch Merback

@merback.bsky.social

Art historian (professor at Johns Hopkins), ceramist and photographer, father to several delightful humans, master of the Weber charcoal grill.

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The Voice of the Other: From Socratic Q&A to Inner Dialogue Part 1 of "Presenting the Self: Inner Dialogue and Spiritual Exercise"
07.06.2025 22:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office," Trump posted about Zelensky on Truth Social, pinpointing, as he always does, his own grotesque appetite for indecency and corruption when talking about his enemies. "He can come back when he is ready for Peace."

01.03.2025 20:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

THIS IS TODAY!

things that don't require you to support the oligarchs:
- watch the sunset
- read a book you already own
- GO TO THE LIBRARY
- hugs, snuggles, laughter
- star gaze, go on a walk
- chat with a loved one
- play a game you already own
- research your local farmer's markets

#boycott

28.02.2025 13:17 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/tesla-is-m...

25.02.2025 17:11 — 👍 17568    🔁 3115    💬 353    📌 124

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Priceless commentary on the Republican descent into total madness.

21.02.2025 18:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

15.02.2025 18:39 — 👍 98281    🔁 21436    💬 5410    📌 2384

On the contrary, I love to look at them, just wouldn't want to sleep with them.

06.02.2025 13:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not if I have to be cheek-to-cheek with those creepy fold-faces!

06.02.2025 03:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And they've just redoubled their nefarious efforts to simply kick back and let their imperialist enemies implode.

05.02.2025 18:45 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

05.02.2025 18:31 — 👍 69137    🔁 16016    💬 1076    📌 974
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The Maga backlash against Trump’s crypto grab: ‘This is bad, and looks bad’ Trump’s meme coin has some conservatives complaining over ‘most blatant ponzi scheme in history’

“How could Dear Leader perpetrate such a brazen scam?” conservatives wondered, clutching their pearls. “Cashing in on the presidency . . . who could have imagined it”?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

01.02.2025 01:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Right? Loved this. I think I'll start a collection of pardoned J6'er profiles, the worst of the worst, and post one a day under the banner "Back on the Streets" (or maybe someone's already doing it?)

31.01.2025 23:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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How to Stop Trump in One Stupid Chart Make line go from low to high.

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31.01.2025 17:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Investors Worried AI Could Leave Shred Of Humanity Intact

Investors Worried AI Could Leave Shred Of Humanity Intact

Investors Worried AI Could Leave Shred Of Humanity Intact
theonion.com/investors-wo...

28.01.2025 16:24 — 👍 4114    🔁 405    💬 35    📌 13

It's HARD! Weening ourselves off FB. Plus I'm still getting the hang of Bluesky, esp. since I never did Twitter or X.

29.01.2025 01:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Lynn! Haven’t gotten the hang of Bluesky yet, but I’m trying😺

26.01.2025 01:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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