🕸️Meg Conley
@pocketobservatory.org
✍️I write Pocket Observatory, an attention reclamation project.
🗞️My work also appears in places like Harper’s Bazaar, The Guardian, Slate, BBC and NPR.
https://linktr.ee/megconley
🗞️My work also appears in places like Harper’s Bazaar, The Guardian, Slate, BBC and NPR.
https://linktr.ee/megconley
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🕸️Meg Conley
@pocketobservatory.org
· Dec 3
My kids asked if I have a celebrity crush. I said "Yeah, Kurt Gödel." They're now reading from Wikipedia while howling at how lame I am. "Mom! A dead recluse mathematician is your celebrity crush?!" "Do you have Dad read the incompleteness theorems to you?" Kids are amazing for real tho. So funny.
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Cultures of protest
Minnesotans leveraging water balloons and ice against ICE like they’re Nordic skiers taking out Nazi munitions plants
January 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Cultures of protest
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I see a lot of well meaning people (not OP) who like to talk about countries (usually the ones they're from or have an affinity with) as being steadfast bastions in the new cold war and I cannot stress enough that you have failed the assignment if you think this
i think, however, this is a crystal clear example that the next cold war is actually democracy vs autocracy and the battle lines run right through every single advanced democracy. there aren't really any safe harbors.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I see a lot of well meaning people (not OP) who like to talk about countries (usually the ones they're from or have an affinity with) as being steadfast bastions in the new cold war and I cannot stress enough that you have failed the assignment if you think this
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If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
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Chuckling at the Nazis being hit with water balloons and then crying 'please stop'
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Chuckling at the Nazis being hit with water balloons and then crying 'please stop'
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I can confirm that @zeets.bsky.social and his book are the best. Tell him happy birthday by treating yourself to his book!
happy birthday to @zeets.bsky.social and you should buy his excellent book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Minotaur at Calle Lanza
Check out The Minotaur at Calle Lanza - <p><strong>National Books Critics Circle - 2024 Finalist: Autobiography</strong></p><p><strong>One of Washington Post's 50 most notable non-fiction books of 202...
bookshop.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I can confirm that @zeets.bsky.social and his book are the best. Tell him happy birthday by treating yourself to his book!
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They put 6 kids in the ER by tossing a flashbang into their dad's car while they were in it.
Periodic reminder that ICE agents' lives must be *ruined* after we get back into power. Fired for cause, names and faces publicized, banned from federal service for life, and any state services we fund.
Periodic reminder that ICE agents' lives must be *ruined* after we get back into power. Fired for cause, names and faces publicized, banned from federal service for life, and any state services we fund.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 AM
They put 6 kids in the ER by tossing a flashbang into their dad's car while they were in it.
Periodic reminder that ICE agents' lives must be *ruined* after we get back into power. Fired for cause, names and faces publicized, banned from federal service for life, and any state services we fund.
Periodic reminder that ICE agents' lives must be *ruined* after we get back into power. Fired for cause, names and faces publicized, banned from federal service for life, and any state services we fund.
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What if he invades Minnesota
Rep Don Bacon (R-NE) says he anticipates that Trump will be impeached if he invades Greenland. omaha.com/news/local/g...
Rep. Don Bacon says House could impeach Trump if U.S. invades Greenland
Rep. Don Bacon tells The World-Herald that there would be GOP support for an impeachment of Donald Trump if the U.S. invaded Greenland.
omaha.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
What if he invades Minnesota
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nuremberg 2.0 is the moderate position
Fox is reporting that ICE sent six kids to the hospital, including a baby, just throwing a flashbang at a random car
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 AM
nuremberg 2.0 is the moderate position
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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So the Progressive Caucus is defunding ICE. Interesting... Turns out this is easily communicated and will likely be popular.
January 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
So the Progressive Caucus is defunding ICE. Interesting... Turns out this is easily communicated and will likely be popular.
I've owed my agent a memoir proposal for LITERAL YEARS. So my kids keep joking that I got cancer so I could finally write that forking book. When they gave me this hat, I laughed so hard I started hiccuping. Dark humor is our love language. DO IT FOR THE PLOT!
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January 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I've owed my agent a memoir proposal for LITERAL YEARS. So my kids keep joking that I got cancer so I could finally write that forking book. When they gave me this hat, I laughed so hard I started hiccuping. Dark humor is our love language. DO IT FOR THE PLOT!
www.instagram.com/reel/DTdZm2Z...
www.instagram.com/reel/DTdZm2Z...
A brief transmission about Renee Good, cancer-induced isolation, and hope.
www.pocketobservatory.org/the-watcher/
www.pocketobservatory.org/the-watcher/
The Watcher
A brief transmission about Renee Good, isolation and hope
www.pocketobservatory.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A brief transmission about Renee Good, cancer-induced isolation, and hope.
www.pocketobservatory.org/the-watcher/
www.pocketobservatory.org/the-watcher/
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One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
I thanked her sincerely and left a very good tip. Because I’m a lady.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I thanked her sincerely and left a very good tip. Because I’m a lady.
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Meg!
✨Your pussy might poison people✨was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.🤔I wrote about cancer, context collapse and sex. Just a 4 min read!
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
You Can Call Me Poison Pussy. (But please don't.)
'Your pussy might poison people' was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.
www.pocketobservatory.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Meg!
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"effectively unprecedented"
December 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"effectively unprecedented"
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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Meg’s on it, as always. I wish a variant of the phrase she used had occurred to me last year. Yes, if you’re on chemo, no one else is supposed to come in contact with your bodily emissions. Which meant condoms for both of us. On the plus side, I finally found condoms that fit.
✨Your pussy might poison people✨was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.🤔I wrote about cancer, context collapse and sex. Just a 4 min read!
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
You Can Call Me Poison Pussy. (But please don't.)
'Your pussy might poison people' was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.
www.pocketobservatory.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Meg’s on it, as always. I wish a variant of the phrase she used had occurred to me last year. Yes, if you’re on chemo, no one else is supposed to come in contact with your bodily emissions. Which meant condoms for both of us. On the plus side, I finally found condoms that fit.
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I saw my teen get the ping that this newsletter hit her inbox and I watched her face go through some really complicated emotions when she read the title. And then she was like, "I read everything you write but I might give this a miss." lolol
December 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I saw my teen get the ping that this newsletter hit her inbox and I watched her face go through some really complicated emotions when she read the title. And then she was like, "I read everything you write but I might give this a miss." lolol
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✨Your pussy might poison people✨was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.🤔I wrote about cancer, context collapse and sex. Just a 4 min read!
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
You Can Call Me Poison Pussy. (But please don't.)
'Your pussy might poison people' was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.
www.pocketobservatory.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
✨Your pussy might poison people✨was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.🤔I wrote about cancer, context collapse and sex. Just a 4 min read!
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
✨Your pussy might poison people✨was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.🤔I wrote about cancer, context collapse and sex. Just a 4 min read!
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
You Can Call Me Poison Pussy. (But please don't.)
'Your pussy might poison people' was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.
www.pocketobservatory.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
✨Your pussy might poison people✨was never a plot point in those Cancer Girl movies.🤔I wrote about cancer, context collapse and sex. Just a 4 min read!
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...
www.pocketobservatory.org/you-can-call...