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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13m

Let’s all mutter “oh noooo” in unison together shall we

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13m

This is such a niche ask for a family member but if you found a car key fob and some other keys on the LES last night send me a message. Likely near Essex and Stanton 🫠

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 23m

Ha no we didn’t do that, but she was reportedly super nice

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 23m

These two people specifically are speed-running through it 😬

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 25m

It’s so interesting watching @annamerlan.bsky.social’s Conspiracy Singularity in real time.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2h

wow, es tut mir leid, dass du Zeit mit so einer deprimierenden Person verbringen musst 🥲

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13h

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 16h

One time I looked out the window of the thrift store I worked at and saw a beautiful woman hopping down the street on one leg. A second later she burst in the front door and it was Diane Keaton with a broken high heel in her hand. You’ve never seen someone get served by half the staff faster

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

And alarming actions like this are why political contagion scholars are so concerned about the situation in the United States. Historically, if we decide it’s okay, a lot of other places feel they’re given license to do similar things: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Florida: this club has EVERYTHING

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

You simply have to read this @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social joint and not just because there's way more levitation in it than you would think possible. The Archangel Michael is also somehow involved www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

www.motherjones.com

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 3d

Scholars who study America are saying they won’t visit because it’s too risky.

"Too risky": Scholars who study America say they won't visit

At a recent panel in Vienna, academics who study America said the country has become similar to Russia and China.

www.salon.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Yes and they’re wonderful actually! Bunch of restaurants

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Lol sorry it was both while running AND yelling but yes

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Now he should subscribe to Mother Jones 😇

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

He definitely thought I was about to yell something way weirder, which, fair

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Pausing in a tunnel underneath Rockefeller Center to yell “THANKS SO MUCH FOR SUBSCRIBING TO FLAMING HYDRA” in the direction of Chris Hayes, like some sort of indie media bog witch

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

And alarming actions like this are why political contagion scholars are so concerned about the situation in the United States. Historically, if we decide it’s okay, a lot of other places feel they’re given license to do similar things: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious?

Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

www.motherjones.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

Gonna go out on a limb and agree

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

"A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons in countries with notorious human rights records."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3d

Every year I donate money to Nola to Angola, which raises money for a bus service that takes people to the Louisiana State Penitentiary to see their loved ones. What a phenomenal year for other people to do the same! www.mightycause.com/organization...

Support Nola to Angola on Mightycause

Nola to Angola is an annual three-day, 170-mile bicycle ride fundraiser. We ride from Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans to Angola, the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Each rider raises money by solic...

www.mightycause.com

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 4d

“The effects can be unintentionally hilarious: CPAC Hungary, for instance, proclaimed itself to be ‘the epicenter of the global fight against globalism.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...