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smernit.bsky.social
Tech OG, #AI coach, non-profit development consultant. Proud board member Hack the Hood and A New Social. Avid reader, hiker, power-lifter, cook. Queer as F. #Resist. Newsletter: susanmernit.substack.com Blog: susanmernit.com/blog
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After a week with the toddler, finally back at the gym. #reunitedanditfeelssogood

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This is a brilliant essay, wow. Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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🤖 Been deep in AI reports lately: MIT on oversight gaps, Stanford on impact trends, OpenAI on LLMs. 📬 Wrote about it in the latest CYB (plus: weightlifting & Gummy Bears) 📣 Nonprofit friends—how are you making sense of AI in your work? susanmernit.substack.com/p/cyb-72-rec...

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Persian cucumbers from my garden, first of the season. So excited for these. #organicgardener

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Love this.

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Amazing weekend solo with kiddo. We played and played! There is very little as intense as 24/7 with a toddler, but it was great.

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More reasons to lift (and exercise, in general): www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Toddler immersion is in full swing. Total surrender is the only way to go. Note the endless array of building toys and things with wheels. 200% here for all of it.

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Reading now.

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While Stephen Miller publishes the faces of the judges that struck down Trump’s unlawful tariffs, his own goons in ICE refuse to show theirs out of fear of being publicly identified. If our judges are brave enough to face MAGA threats with their faces showing, ICE should not hide behind masks.

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Omfg. Yes. Yes!!

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Having another kiddo weekend. Being with a toddler is the greatest--so long as they sleep through the night!

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Feelings of accomplishment #22-26, ridiculously boring division: packed up and mailed clothing returns within the return window; resolved address issues with a vendor; cleaned out leftovers from fridge; reviewed upcoming insurance payments against money in hand. What's your equivalent this week?

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Of course, I loved this article about #weightlifting scholar and pioneer Jan Todd beyond all measure, and I wish I'd started lifting so many years earlier than I did. Good read! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/w...

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Working my way back into a 70 lb overhead press, it's been a while! #weightlifting

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Another enthusiastic review of @caseyjohnston.bsky.social 's new book. So excited to start reading it this week, love her writing. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

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I just got my body scan done. The data says that since I started training for my meet back in January, I have added 6 lbs of muscle and reduced my body fat by 4%. Since September 2023, I've added 11.5 pounds of muscle. #Weightlifting works!

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EVERYONE please understand what passing Trump’s BBB means for “We” ALL, the people. The Trump Admin will be able to do whatever it wants to us and there will be no one and nothing to stop him or his goons. Call DC Pols/202 224-2131/Raise Hell

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I am so thrilled to see a writer sharing my #elinhilderbrand obsession. I also caught this kerfuffle with/ #jordonhudson on Nantucket Island. www.jezebel.com/what-in-the-...

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Amazing discovery!

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It's a boycott, come on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Day 2 in the gym, post-meet recovery week. Excited to deadlift! 1x5x125, 1x5x145, 1x2x175,1x195...gonna stop there or it's not recovery, lol. #weightlifting

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Has anyone visited this area? I'd like to see it! "Clichy-Batignolles, in the city’s north-west, is emblematic of the ‘15-minute’ city approach to urban planning" www.theguardian.com/world/galler.... #paris

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Here's one more first-meet #weightlifting post. Yesterday's lifts set 8 California state records in my age/gender/weight class! I'm feeling happy, but I'm also kind of shocked. I did work hard, but WTF?

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Great read. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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My first #weightlifting meet is over! Lifted 490 lbs across three lifts (squat 170 lbs, bench 105 lbs, DL, 220.2 lbs). So happy it's done. Impressed with the kindness and support of the crew, and loved meeting the other lifters-many first-times, like me.

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First @wgoldenstate.bsky.social #valkyries was so fun. @wnba.com

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Appreciating all of #davidkessler s recent writings on GLP-1 drugs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Meta has gone to great lengths to hide its content moderation operation, where workers are tasked with reviewing disturbing content Workers say they were instructed to tell no one, not even their families, about the nature of their work (1/4) www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

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Four days until my first #weightlifting meet. I'm past being scared and feel excited about this new thing. Really glad I've put the work in to prepare.

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@timothysnyder.bsky.social is leaving the US for Canada. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

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