Amelia the Melia
@ameliathemelia.bsky.social
Educator. Advocate. Tired of your bullshit.
Black Lives Matter. Protect Trans Kids.
Trek, yarn, food, linguistics, science, perimenopause, scifi, comedy, memes.
Black Lives Matter. Protect Trans Kids.
Trek, yarn, food, linguistics, science, perimenopause, scifi, comedy, memes.
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Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
RFK Jr. knows amazingly little about autism
For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
www.motherjones.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
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A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies.
@altusaid.altgov.info
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@altusaid.altgov.info
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April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies.
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Grocery store egg prices keep rising while wholesale costs drop. That’s not a supply chain issue – it's a deliberate choice by giant corporations to squeeze working people.
Egg Prices Continued to Rise in March
Egg prices have reached record highs as bird flu outbreaks have hit poultry farms and forced producers to cull tens of millions of hens.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Grocery store egg prices keep rising while wholesale costs drop. That’s not a supply chain issue – it's a deliberate choice by giant corporations to squeeze working people.
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They are obviously slow learners
April 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
They are obviously slow learners
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Many deportations appear unconnected from any political act, but still not public safety threats. This guy has been in the US since high school. He is being deported, for what appears to be an expunged DUI case in 2023, 3 weeks before he was set to finish his degree.
www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
Carnegie Mellon student with one semester left learns his visa was revoked with no explanation
Local universities and colleges across the country continue to report international student visas being revoked.
www.cbsnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Many deportations appear unconnected from any political act, but still not public safety threats. This guy has been in the US since high school. He is being deported, for what appears to be an expunged DUI case in 2023, 3 weeks before he was set to finish his degree.
www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
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I’m voting HELL NO on the Republican CR. It hands Musk and Trump a blank check, turning your tax dollars into a wanna-be dictator’s slush fund. No accountability. Just corruption on autopilot.
March 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I’m voting HELL NO on the Republican CR. It hands Musk and Trump a blank check, turning your tax dollars into a wanna-be dictator’s slush fund. No accountability. Just corruption on autopilot.
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I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy
March 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy
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Merkley: "The best time to take on a tyrant is as early as possible. And this is the moment."
March 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Merkley: "The best time to take on a tyrant is as early as possible. And this is the moment."
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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
March 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?
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Out of his fucking mind.
March 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Out of his fucking mind.
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Folks: Take a few seconds to submit comments to these proposed regulation changes
March 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Folks: Take a few seconds to submit comments to these proposed regulation changes
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AP jaw-dropper: “In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan” apnews.com/article/dei-...
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AP jaw-dropper: “In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan” apnews.com/article/dei-...
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Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
March 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
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There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
March 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
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1. Reports this week revealed that DHS has rescinded guidance banning surveillance based on someone's gender identity or sexual orientation.
We have confirmed those reports.
The latest from S. Baum, who goes over steps you can take to protect yourself.
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We have confirmed those reports.
The latest from S. Baum, who goes over steps you can take to protect yourself.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
DHS Now Allows for Surveillance based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
If you or your loved ones are part of the LGBTQ community, there are steps you should take to protect yourself.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1. Reports this week revealed that DHS has rescinded guidance banning surveillance based on someone's gender identity or sexual orientation.
We have confirmed those reports.
The latest from S. Baum, who goes over steps you can take to protect yourself.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
We have confirmed those reports.
The latest from S. Baum, who goes over steps you can take to protect yourself.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Every accusation is an intention.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every accusation is an intention.
Anyone know if there is any reporting on how the economic blackout went?
March 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Anyone know if there is any reporting on how the economic blackout went?
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The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
March 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
If only…
March 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If only…
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that