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Alexandra Meehan

@LexMeehan

Writer/Poetry Editor/Lexophile/ Sometimes @arielpoets~ #Poetry is the richest espresso that exists~ ∞

 Gainesville, FL
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Joined May 2015
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Bernie Sanders
@BernieSandersOct 18
Incredible event in Gainesville today. More than 2,800 people turned out — 2,000 outside in the overflow. The oligarchs got the money. We’ve got the people. Watch out Washington, D.C. Angie Nixon is coming.
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Indie Book Spotlight@BookSpotlightOct 16
Good morning to everyone, but especially the dictionary.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary explaining the origin of ‘Goodbye’ meaning ‘God be with you’. And someone responding asking for evidence.

ALT The Merriam-Webster dictionary explaining the origin of ‘Goodbye’ meaning ‘God be with you’. And someone responding asking for evidence.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary giving evidence of the etymology of ‘goodbye’.

ALT The Merriam-Webster dictionary giving evidence of the etymology of ‘goodbye’.

he Merriam-Webster dictionary saying they are the dictionary and not making things up.

ALT he Merriam-Webster dictionary saying they are the dictionary and not making things up.

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anomali@Anomali210830Oct 10
As all the heavens were a bell And Being, but an ear
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The New Yorker
@NewYorkerOct 8
A poem by Anne Carson, who was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read it in full: newyorker.com/magazine/2001/…
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrizeOct 8
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
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Tom Snarsky@TomSnarskyOct 8
Anne Carson
Lights on late at night. I cannot live without her. Her, this word that explodes. Lights still on in the morning.

ALT Lights on late at night. I cannot live without her. Her, this word that explodes. Lights still on in the morning.

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Scott Maxwell@Scott_MaxwellSep 22
The Florida Senate threatened journalists at the @orlandosentinel and @SunSentinel with possible arrest if they published a report - that taxpayers funded - that showed insurance companies made misleading claims about losing money. We published anyway.🧵 orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/…
Maxwell: Florida hid insurance industry’s lies — and tried to stop us from revealing them

Maxwell: Florida hid insurance industry’s lies — and tried to stop us from revealing them

When the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel obtained a report that showed Florida insurance companies made misleading claims about losing money, the Florida Senate threatened the...

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The horrors persist but so do books, flowers, animals, the ocean, sunsets, trees, libraries, iced coffee, spooky season, the word ‘fuck’, and the moon.
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Dkay
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★☭MassStrikeNow☭★
@strike_drSep 8
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Taylor McCoy 🦖@TM9380Sep 2
Support your local museum
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Gabino Iglesias@Gabino_IglesiasAug 25
A good day to remind everyone that Dolly loved books. She gave millions upon millions of books to children. Folks who want to ban books and cut funding to libraries and book-related programs? We’re coming for you in the name of Dolly.
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Tatiana Fajardo@Tatiana19796Aug 20
'After Dark' by Erica Peebus
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෴@goodoldb9Aug 15
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the garden gnome@gnome_chipAug 11
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During our Odyssey unit in high school we had to read @MargaretAtwood’s “Siren Song,” which reveals what the sirens sang, and I’ve been haunted by the final lines ever since.
"This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see the beached skulls the song nobody knows because anyone who has heard it is dead, and the others can't remember. Shall I tell you the secret and if I do, will you get me out of this bird suit? I don't enjoy it here squatting on this island looking picturesque and mythical with these two feathery maniacs, I don't enjoy singing this trio, fatal and valuable. I will tell the secret to you, to you, only to you. Come closer. This song is a cry for help: Help me! Only you, only you can, you are unique at last. Alas it is a boring song but it works every time."

ALT "This is the one song everyone would like to learn: the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see the beached skulls the song nobody knows because anyone who has heard it is dead, and the others can't remember. Shall I tell you the secret and if I do, will you get me out of this bird suit? I don't enjoy it here squatting on this island looking picturesque and mythical with these two feathery maniacs, I don't enjoy singing this trio, fatal and valuable. I will tell the secret to you, to you, only to you. Come closer. This song is a cry for help: Help me! Only you, only you can, you are unique at last. Alas it is a boring song but it works every time."

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@omgsidewalksJul 26
I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.
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Ariel Poets
@ArielPoetsJul 15
Plath🖤
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Alexandra Meehan@LexMeehan19 Apr 2019
For some of us, poetry is all we've got.
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