Susan Mernit

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Witches who lift!! Especially strong mothers

Loving this great #weightlifting read www.evilwitches.com/witches-who-...

CYB #81: Amazing Art, Practical AI Governance …And What I’m Reading & Watching

New Cover Your Bases Newsletter is up: susanmernit.substack.com/p/cyb-81-ama...?

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

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The State of the Union Revealed a Sad Reality Donald Trump misused the annual presidential tradition in ways so radical as to call the ritual itself into question.

"It is as if the nation were being soaked by a torrential downpour, water rolling over umbrellas and into boats, soaking everyone’s clothes—and the leader whose job it is to lead them through the deluge insists that it is... in fact, ...the sunniest day ever." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

Which of these is not like the other? "Just as President Trump has said, he's been totally exonerated on anything relating to Epstein," --White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson--and this-- www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Words Without Consequence What does it mean to have speech without a speaker?

Reading www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

An AI Checklist Isn’t the Solution: Shared Agreements Are - Susan Mernit AI adoption is high, but impact stays limited when teams avoid shared decisions. Clarify boundaries, verification, and accountability in one workflow.

New blog post on obstacles for nonprofits using AI to turn their usage into a shared practice. susanmernit.com/2026/02/an-a... #ai #nonprofitai

Something Messy Is Happening: On AI, Panic, and Asking Better Questions Maybe you, like me, read Matt Shumer's viral piece about AI eliminating 50% of white-collar jobs in the next 1-5 years and maybe you, like me, thought… Oh. Isht.

And a refreshing push back: www.linkedin.com/pulse/someth...

Something Big Is Happening Think back to February 2020. If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas.

This post about AI and the future of work by #MattSchumer has gone so viral that two non-techy friends called today to discuss what it could mean for their young daughter's future. I find the tone a little too dramatic; yet the assertions are spot on. : www.linkedin.com/pulse/someth...

CYB #79: Style Granny 3: Dressing for a special birthday winter weekend in LA Getting into a weekend's worth of thrifted, vintage clothes

Check out my new post! It’s a deep dive into a weekend of thrifted, vintage clothes for a special LA weekend with family and friends. susanmernit.substack.com/p/cyb-79-sty...

Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show YouTube video by NFL

SO much great energy here. BadBunny is the best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Fu...

Borrowed time at Hokkaido's Station Inn Hirafu A stay at Station Inn Hirafu, a place sustained by a fragile equilibrium between human, nature and railroad - and repeated shinkansen delays.

Absolutely loving this piece about wolf extinction disrupting Japan’s ecosystem, written from the context of Frank Shyong's visit to Hokkaido's Station Inn Hirafu. Dreaming and reading! frankbear.substack.com/p/borrowed-t...

Style Granny! More in this series on getting into vintage fashion as an older lady and becoming more intentional about clothes. And yeah, this one has AI tools, too.
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CYB #76: Trying to Make Sense of It This January Cruelty, visibility, queer representation—and a healthy dose of WTF. (...plus an AI tip.)

The world has made me step back a bit from the socials, but now Cover Your Bases #76 is out. Reflections on right now, some great reads and things to watch, and yes, some tips on working with AI--I've gotten into doing research with #perplexity, so more on that. open.substack.com/pub/susanmer...?

As G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers wrote: Republicans could stop this at any time they wanted to.All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Democrats to detund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump-3 in House & 20 in Senate). That's it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Republicans could stop this insanity right now if they wanted too. Do not let them off the hook. They have the power to end this immediately.

CYB #76: Introducing Style Granny, An Occasional Series This is the first in a series about fashion, vintage shopping, and figuring out what I actually like as an mature person (one with lots of energy, but up there in years now.)

While recovering from my hip injury (and unable to lift), I got back into vintage fashion. In this newsletter, some reflections. susanmernit.substack.com/p/cyb-76-int...

newsletter cover: trees in deep woods.

New newsletter’s up: CYB #75 –2026 intentions, books I loved, vintage obsessions, and why lifting weights is helping me stay sane. Also: Frankie Faison in Ripple, Oslo in winter, and vintage clothes for the win. susanmernit.substack.com/p/cyb-75-wea...

Deadlift set up, 105 lbs on the bar.

Starting back today with weightlifting; doing more with warmups and associated movements to keep everything strong. This is 105 lbs, went well.

Moody winter beach, Northern California.

Just posted CYB#74: Pivots All the Way Down.
This issue of the newsletter about shifting gears—injuries, vintage fashion obsessions, and AI tangents—with lots of recs for what to read + watch right now.
susanmernit.substack.com/p/cyb74-pivo...

Smiling older woman in front of weight rack.

Back at the gym. Thrilled to work out without pain.

Mamdani to be sworn in as New York mayor in abandoned subway station Mamdani to take oath of office on New Year’s Eve in Gilded Age subway station beneath city hall

Energizing! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Okay, English language teacher in Tokoyo, jp. That would be #bryanwashington 's Palavar.

Image of stepbench placed below pulldown machine

So happy to be getting back to training, after 3 months with a hip injury! This is my hack on pulldowns...as a short person, that stepbench helps me grab the bar. #weightlifting

Beautiful

Great lobster roll

Seaport, boston

Fishing boat, Boston

Gingerbread houses at the hotel

Quick trip to Boston for dear friends wedding led to a lobster roll for dinner.

Rdl at gym with older white lady lifter

Had a weightlifting injury this fall, and am just getting back to it now. So happy to get started, again.

Understanding, managing, leveraging, and distributing power. I've been in an autoimmune flare for the last six weeks handling a set of hives that my fiancé lovingly calls "chives." Whenever we talk about my condition in our home, it makes me laugh about somethi...

Wise words from @karlaliliana.bsky.social www.bravaleaders.com/juicy-joyful...

This is a wise and true reflection thank you.