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Meryl Friedman

@merylfriedman.bsky.social

Professional graphic designer + unprofessional containerized trash fangirl.

127 Followers  |  62 Following  |  23 Posts  |  Joined: 15.08.2023  |  1.99

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A whole month late, but I hope someone else made the connection for you that Tarsem Singh who directed THE FALL also directed the 911 music video for Lady Gaga. Serendipitous endorsement from Rebecca!

02.05.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the most alarming thing in America is how few people care. You can say they're ill informed, or not picking up the news, etc... but that's a choice. The angry right is really a minority, the rest of the citizens are vaguely angry but not pointed at anything. It is a sense of hopelessness.

27.02.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
A screenshot of the Wikipedia page for domesticated goat, which mentions it was domesticated 10,000 years ago.

A screenshot of the Wikipedia page for domesticated goat, which mentions it was domesticated 10,000 years ago.

Me, trying to β€˜understand’ the time scale of 10,000 years in Dune and other SciFi:

β€œWhat was happening on Earth 10k years ago in human history?”

🐐

12.02.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only redeeming quality of the game of golf is that it is Scottish. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

08.02.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sigh, why did I have to get πŸ†pics randomly recommended to me in my Bluesky feed. I am not a prude, I just personally do not need photos.

22.01.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG, that Masonic chair is stunning tho 😍

22.01.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.

15.01.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14249    πŸ” 6469    πŸ’¬ 364    πŸ“Œ 1126

@thehighsign.bsky.social I realized I never thanked you for endorsing the β€œNobody” playlists on the Gabfest. I found them on Spotify, and it’s been such a great resource for finding different classical music, esp since I only got into classical during pandemic.

09.01.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait… I played in handbell choir. 😳

05.01.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/isam...

05.01.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/corn...

05.01.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait is this a whole meme today? I am not online enough to know.

05.01.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe in being a strategic hater, so here's my perspective (informed by being in the tech industry during this goofy time) on _why_ Meta did this, which I hope will inform and inspire better ideas on how we fight this. Apologetically, 🧡

03.01.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

I feel kind of defiant lighting Hanukkah candles the last couple of years because of how many people have insist that to be Jewish means closing your heart to the suffering being inflicted on Palestinian people, and I could not disagree more.

28.12.2024 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 827    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

To all the people upset about Luigi Mangione being made into a folk hero. Now you know how we felt when you made Kyle Rittenhouse into a hero.

11.12.2024 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 40709    πŸ” 5613    πŸ’¬ 1176    πŸ“Œ 374
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Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?

This is absolutely BRILLIANT.

The Finnish gov knows that educating its kids to critically think so they can understand the concept of actual fake news will protect its democracy.

The Aust gov needs to consider adding this type of leaning to the Aus curriculum.

edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

30.11.2024 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 856    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 39
Screenshot of Apple Fitness data showing 5.5 miles walked today.

Screenshot of Apple Fitness data showing 5.5 miles walked today.

Whoops, I possibly went TOO hard today for someone 40 weeks pregnant, but I also procured many greenmarket apples and Concord grapes. I regret nothing.

01.12.2024 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this legal?

01.12.2024 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also: bsky.app/profile/bird...

27.11.2024 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@juliaturner.bsky.social just finished Slate Plus and wanted to encourage you to find some LA Birders on here! I know I loved birding twitter back in the day. (And CC @thehighsign.bsky.social since I think we both want to encourage you here πŸ˜‚)

bsky.app/profile/jeff...

27.11.2024 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Social media has weirdly conditioned a huge number of people to feel like they're Doing Something by posting, and Doing Nothing if they don't post about a particular thing, and in general neither of those things are true.

12.02.2024 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2956    πŸ” 737    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 44

He has exceptional taste

23.11.2024 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But I get to see it here too. πŸ₯ΊπŸ‘‰πŸ‘ˆ

20.11.2024 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am beginning to believe that many people of goodwill do not actually understand that people being this online is an aberration and not the state of 99% of humanity.

14.11.2024 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1038    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5

"If what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues, tough on the border, distances itself from Palestinians, talks a lot about law and order, and reaches out to moderate Republicans, that candidate existed and she just lost."

β€” John Oliver on Dems moving right/left

12.11.2024 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2617    πŸ” 867    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 13
Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free

Another world is possible if we fight for it

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

09.11.2024 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4753    πŸ” 3448    πŸ’¬ 109    πŸ“Œ 320

Going peon-mode in 2024

"Something need doing?"
"Work work."
"Zug zug."
"STOP POKING ME!!"

30.12.2023 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

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