Greg Merklin
@gmerklin.bsky.social
Scientist, artist, musician, athlete, all-around malcontent.
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Greg Merklin
@gmerklin.bsky.social
· Mar 21
“Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side;
Some great cause, God's new Messiah,
Offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever
Twixt that darkness and that light.”
—James Russell Lowell (1845)
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side;
Some great cause, God's new Messiah,
Offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever
Twixt that darkness and that light.”
—James Russell Lowell (1845)
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The enemy is always aristocracy. It changes shape to fit whatever society we’re in, but the desire for it is endemic for certain types of people. You must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The enemy is always aristocracy. It changes shape to fit whatever society we’re in, but the desire for it is endemic for certain types of people. You must learn to hate it as much as it hates you.
I, for one, etc.,…
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I, for one, etc.,…
Two elements, both alike in dignity, on our fair table, where we lay our scene.
The table salt system is made up of two separate yet equal parts. The tables you put the salt on and the salt you put on the table. These are their stories.
I can't even...
I was just fed another health-scamming YouTube ad in which. an exasperated narrator complained that "they strip table salt down to two minerals..."
I mean, well...
yeah...
Or rather, no. Not stripped down. Just is--rock salt, halite is the crystalline form of NaCl.
Sweet jeebus
I was just fed another health-scamming YouTube ad in which. an exasperated narrator complained that "they strip table salt down to two minerals..."
I mean, well...
yeah...
Or rather, no. Not stripped down. Just is--rock salt, halite is the crystalline form of NaCl.
Sweet jeebus
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Two elements, both alike in dignity, on our fair table, where we lay our scene.
Don’t make me tap the sign!
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Don’t make me tap the sign!
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
I named my fists Lenin and Stalin because they’re going to leave some Marx
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I named my fists Lenin and Stalin because they’re going to leave some Marx
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The alt text is the icing on the cake 🧁
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The alt text is the icing on the cake 🧁
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you had to be bulletproof to survive the 70s
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
you had to be bulletproof to survive the 70s
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1 like equals one clove of garlic going into my dish
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
1 like equals one clove of garlic going into my dish
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Seriously: You don't need to prerinse your dishes. Wirecutter ran 17 different dishwashers loaded with crusty, stubborn food stains. Even with zero prerinsing, each machine almost always did a fantastic job. nyti.ms/47Y1CDI
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Seriously: You don't need to prerinse your dishes. Wirecutter ran 17 different dishwashers loaded with crusty, stubborn food stains. Even with zero prerinsing, each machine almost always did a fantastic job. nyti.ms/47Y1CDI
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
We could use this in Boston!
Krankenwagen werden mit Pflug ausgestattet, um Rettungsgasse freiräumen zu können www.der-postillon.com/2015/11/kran...
Krankenwagen werden mit Pflug ausgestattet, um Rettungsgasse freiräumen zu können
Wer künftig auf der Autobahn einen Rettungswagen im Rückspiegel sieht, sollte besser schnell reagieren und Platz machen – andernfalls ist mit erheblichem Blechschaden zu rechnen. Denn ab sofort…
www.der-postillon.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We could use this in Boston!
*Always* read the fine print.
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
*Always* read the fine print.
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Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore, Charlie Brown!
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore, Charlie Brown!
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One sick puppy.
December 8, 2024 at 11:29 AM
One sick puppy.
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Post your favorite Star Trek character.
Wrong answers only.
Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character.
Wrong answers only.
Wrong answers only.
W. T. A. F.
Don’t break up on social media, kids. It’s just plain rude.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
W. T. A. F.
A fish rots from the head.
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A fish rots from the head.
I’m done with the Take-out Trotskyites!
I’m sick of the Deliveroo Donatists
I’ve had enough of you Lyft calvinists. That’s a real thing. I’ve just invented it
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m done with the Take-out Trotskyites!
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