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Meredith W

@meredithw.bsky.social

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I care about doing research right, disability rights, 2E kids, SFF, music & much more. Biostatistician doing pediatric HIV clinical trials, previously psychiatry research. Life's too short to specialize.

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Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · 2d

Boston Globe article says the 13 y.o. was sent to Virginia before this made it to court.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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balsama.bsky.social @balsama.bsky.social · 8d

Moonrise over Logan tonight. Full moon is technically tonight, but it happens just 12 minutes before midnight. So tomorrow night's 99% illumination will be practically identical, just on the other side of sunset.

This was at 6:07pm - about 5 minutes before sunset and 12 minutes after the moon rose.

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Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Sep 12

This was our experience last weekend trying to re-animate a printer that had been disconnected by the house painters.

Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · Sep 12

History students are often disappointed when they learn why the AI take-over failed. They were defeated by human resistance, which was kept alive by libraries and old paper books, and a surprising machine ally.

Books had not been replaced, because even the mightiest AI could not make printers work.

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Sep 9

@read-and-be-merry

List of Books to Read Before You Die
1. Any book you want
2. Don’t read books you don’t want to read
3. That's it
4. Congratulations you did it

@iammewhooaryou
| really like this list. All my favorite books are on it.

@ read-and-be-merry
Thanks | worked really hard on it

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Sep 2

Belated Labor Day post

@biogestgaudiest-patronuses
Other people can see magic in you that you will sometimes overlook.
Don't you dare try to convince them they're wrong just because you
can't see it yet.

@biggest-gaudiest-patronuses.
side note: this doesn't mean you have to automatically accept
inconvenient quests from oracles insisting you're the chosen one

@biggest-gaudiest-patronuses
they are literally just wizards looking for free labor

@allithnight
| don't care. I'm going on an adventure!

@biggest-gaudiest-patronuses
not without unionizing and demanding a living wage you're not

@cortwheotandrocepiant
Wizard: you're the chosen one

Me: not without healthcare | ain't.

@revotensni
Wizard: There's a dragon

Me: Pretty sure thats an OSHA violation

@fieldbears
Any winged reptile past 25 kilos requires hazard pay.

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Aug 31

Image of a bunch of Vikings. One wearing glasses with hand raised saying "Oh! Oh! Dibs on pillaging their library!" labeled "the little-known cousin of Erik the Red... Bjorn the Well-Read."

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Aug 26

Want to know more about the women writers who were erased from the history of fairy tale creation? This sounds like a wonderful book and the illustrations look awesome. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/21/t...
#books #FairyTales #WomenAuthors

The Big Idea: Jane Harrington

Author Jane Harrington has more in store today than a book. In her Big Idea she brings us a history lesson, one that will change how you see the entire genre of fairy tales. Follow along to see how…

whatever.scalzi.com

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Aug 25

My guess is that it's the extra publicity from the announcement of the Hugo winners since that also listed all the shortlisted works and non-voters may not have seen those lists.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · Aug 25

A reminder alert popped up.

"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"

Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."

"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."

"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"

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America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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mattfrank.bsky.social @mattfrank.bsky.social · Aug 9

Its time for a rising full moon on Revere Beach @universalhub.com

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Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 28

I was fortunate enough to have teachers who were able to handle the new math.

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Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 27

My parents got this album when I was in elementary school, in the midst of new math. For those of us mathematically inclined, new math was actually really fun!

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Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 18

#sleep #Tolkien

Sleeping man: "I WAS BORN IN 1892 IN BLOEMFONTEN. I WROTE THE HOBBIT
AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS."

Woman with hand over ear: "OH NO HE'S TOLKIEN IN HIS SLEEP AGAIN!"

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 12

That's awesome!

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 10

Where oh where can my warehouse be?

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 8

#robots #captcha

[⚠️ Suspicious Content] I'm not a robot [reCAPTCHA symbol]

* I'm not a robot MYSELF, but I'm not judging those who are...
* Define robot
* I'm not a robot, but | know you are, so this feels a bit hypocritical
* I reject the binary assumptions underlying this statement
* I'm not a robot but hear there are a lot of jobs available. Can you tell me more?

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congratulations on the review!

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 6

The start of this article by astronaut Cady Coleman got me nostalgic - I'd forgotten she was only 4 classes behind me. It wasn't until my now-ex-husband was in Ride's NASA selection group that I understood "real people" could be astronauts. www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/24/1...

From MIT to low Earth orbit

My career as an astronaut—from the wild ride of training to the challenges and drama of missions—began in the Infinite Corridor.

www.technologyreview.com

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 6

Picture of thunderstorm. Text says: Someone asked "Why do you like thunderstorms?" Because it shows that even nature needs to scream sometimes to calm its soul.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Jul 5

Important content.

Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · Jul 5

You helped will this into existence, you know...

A quick and dirty photoshop job of a toy "Barbie Dream House" with pink plastic chicken feet added to the bottom. Next to it are the words, "Barbie Yaga Dream Hut."

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Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 5

Just what you need, being a medical mystery. 😥

Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 5

Such a great story!

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✨🌙Anne✨ @greenleanings.bsky.social · Jul 4

Hotline to call to help move immigration hearings online, thanks to USC Agents of Change.

USC Agents of Change establishes hotline to help move immigration hearings online

Since Monday, a group of 15 USC student, alumni and faculty volunteers have already received thousands of calls for help on open immigration cases.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Meredith W @meredithw.bsky.social · Jul 4

That perfectly describes me a couple of decades ago. Just recently had someone tell me how much my writing had helped them, completely out of the blue. It's an odd feeling.