Merritt Harper
@pricklybastard.bsky.social
Dog dad. Foul-mouthed bastard. Likes books. SFF/Horror writer. Constant work-in-progress. (he/him)
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Holocaust & Genocide
American Sign Language
Principles of Nutrition
War, Culture and Society in American History
Genders, Cultures and Identities
Holocaust & Genocide
American Sign Language
Principles of Nutrition
War, Culture and Society in American History
Genders, Cultures and Identities
Ooh this is a bandwagon I can get on:
Nevermind the jobs you had, what were 5 classes you took in college (or other learning opportunity)?
Physics
Calculus
German Lit
Sex & Gender in Ancient Rome
Medieval Latin
Nevermind the jobs you had, what were 5 classes you took in college (or other learning opportunity)?
Physics
Calculus
German Lit
Sex & Gender in Ancient Rome
Medieval Latin
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Linguistics of Poetry
History of the Industrial Revolution: England, Japan, Nigeria
Noh theater
Literacy (the most contentious class ever; it was eye-opening)
Classical Japanese
(there are so many. I was in college a long time!)
Linguistics of Poetry
History of the Industrial Revolution: England, Japan, Nigeria
Noh theater
Literacy (the most contentious class ever; it was eye-opening)
Classical Japanese
(there are so many. I was in college a long time!)
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Holocaust & Genocide
American Sign Language
Principles of Nutrition
War, Culture and Society in American History
Genders, Cultures and Identities
Holocaust & Genocide
American Sign Language
Principles of Nutrition
War, Culture and Society in American History
Genders, Cultures and Identities
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
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If you don’t know what to say while living through the horrors, it’s okay. Boost the voices of your colleagues and peers that do.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM
If you don’t know what to say while living through the horrors, it’s okay. Boost the voices of your colleagues and peers that do.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
I really love Scrivener for novel writing, but my one complaint is regarding its habit of flagging perfectly common words as misspelled. Today it gaslit me into searching the internet to double check that I was, indeed, spelling "raptor" and "gauge" correctly.
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I really love Scrivener for novel writing, but my one complaint is regarding its habit of flagging perfectly common words as misspelled. Today it gaslit me into searching the internet to double check that I was, indeed, spelling "raptor" and "gauge" correctly.
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A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
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To @housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
To @housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Publicly and repeatedly demand impeachment or resign.
If you do neither, go ahead and pack your office because you’re losing your next election.
IMPEACH NOW.
Got up to refill my drink and came back to find a wee little seat thief.
January 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Got up to refill my drink and came back to find a wee little seat thief.
Happy New Year, folks! Good riddance to 2025!
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Happy New Year, folks! Good riddance to 2025!
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The sheer disregard shown by this regime for the humanity of trans kids and their families is breathtakingly cruel. The Dr. Oz-run Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed two rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans.
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The sheer disregard shown by this regime for the humanity of trans kids and their families is breathtakingly cruel. The Dr. Oz-run Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed two rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans.
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I wrote about the ways propaganda takes root, how attacks against trans people in the US and UK reflect different mythologies of protection, and why combating disinformation at the local level might be a more effective way to dismantle these frameworks than abstract online arguments with strangers.
You're soaking in it
Propaganda, transphobia, and an end to manufacturing hate.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I wrote about the ways propaganda takes root, how attacks against trans people in the US and UK reflect different mythologies of protection, and why combating disinformation at the local level might be a more effective way to dismantle these frameworks than abstract online arguments with strangers.
Thank you, Canada! Did us a real solid here. 🫡
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Thank you, Canada! Did us a real solid here. 🫡
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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I'm still looking for (the right) lawyer to help me challenge gender affirming care bans in court under religious liberty claims. Is that you, or do you know the right person? DMs are open #ProtectTransKids
December 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm still looking for (the right) lawyer to help me challenge gender affirming care bans in court under religious liberty claims. Is that you, or do you know the right person? DMs are open #ProtectTransKids
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Join a webinar hosted by the LGBTQI+ Health Policy Roundtable tomorrow, December 19 at 4 pm ET to learn more about the proposed changes and their potential impacts on gender affirming care for trans youth - link in the newsletter.
I had questions about the latest attack(s) on gender affirming care. So grateful for some answers in the latest Beyond Do No Harm newsletter.
mailchi.mp/interrupting...
mailchi.mp/interrupting...
Proposed Regulations on Gender Affirming Care, Reflecting on 2025, Resistance Lab Jan 12th & more!
mailchi.mp
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Join a webinar hosted by the LGBTQI+ Health Policy Roundtable tomorrow, December 19 at 4 pm ET to learn more about the proposed changes and their potential impacts on gender affirming care for trans youth - link in the newsletter.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
Right, then. Finally finished finals for this semester, so my treat was watching the first episode of Heated Rivalry. 🍿🏳️🌈🏒👬
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Right, then. Finally finished finals for this semester, so my treat was watching the first episode of Heated Rivalry. 🍿🏳️🌈🏒👬
This is some real fucked up shit right here.
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This is some real fucked up shit right here.
This is a horrible move. Absolutely terrible.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is a horrible move. Absolutely terrible.
Ok, grandson just dropped a cover of Bob Dylan's MASTERS OF WAR and it is instantly going on the writing playlist! So. Damn. Good.
youtu.be/56BfQm0G1qs
youtu.be/56BfQm0G1qs
MASTERS OF WAR
YouTube video by grandson - Topic
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Ok, grandson just dropped a cover of Bob Dylan's MASTERS OF WAR and it is instantly going on the writing playlist! So. Damn. Good.
youtu.be/56BfQm0G1qs
youtu.be/56BfQm0G1qs
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THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
I've been too busy with teaching and school and writing things, but just based on the bits I've caught up on tonight...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I've been too busy with teaching and school and writing things, but just based on the bits I've caught up on tonight...
🍿🍿🍿
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Today I submitted a thing, the first writing related thing I've attempted in years. It took a lot work and digging through fuckery to get to this point again. Just being able to write again, to wrap my brain around a story and get into the minds of characters, took an astounding amount of work.
1/3
1/3
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Today I submitted a thing, the first writing related thing I've attempted in years. It took a lot work and digging through fuckery to get to this point again. Just being able to write again, to wrap my brain around a story and get into the minds of characters, took an astounding amount of work.
1/3
1/3