Codex O'Healey Melcher
@codexohm.com
Writer, Folklorist, Insufferable Historical Gossip.
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Codex O'Healey Melcher
@codexohm.com
· Feb 18
"We're just asking questions."
— The Spanish Inquisition
— The Spanish Inquisition
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“It’s so uplifting to see people whose paths might not otherwise have crossed, united in shared purpose, in a belief in our common humanity,” said Noelle Damico, Workers Circle Director of Social Justice, in a new piece from The Guardian. Read it here: shorturl.at/xy315
The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’
Every Sunday, protesters from Florida and beyond go to the notorious immigration jail and advocate for its closure
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December 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“It’s so uplifting to see people whose paths might not otherwise have crossed, united in shared purpose, in a belief in our common humanity,” said Noelle Damico, Workers Circle Director of Social Justice, in a new piece from The Guardian. Read it here: shorturl.at/xy315
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What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
December 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome
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“I’ve spent a lot of my life trying to move trauma out of my body."
For @indiewire.com, I had the privilege to speak with choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall about her wondrous work on Mona Fastvold’s historical musical THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE.
For @indiewire.com, I had the privilege to speak with choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall about her wondrous work on Mona Fastvold’s historical musical THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE.
How ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Used Dance to Turn the Shakers Into ‘Antennas to God’
Choreographer Celia Rowlson Hal tells IndieWire about the movements and intentions to move through trauma in 'The Testament of Ann Lee.'
www.indiewire.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“I’ve spent a lot of my life trying to move trauma out of my body."
For @indiewire.com, I had the privilege to speak with choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall about her wondrous work on Mona Fastvold’s historical musical THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE.
For @indiewire.com, I had the privilege to speak with choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall about her wondrous work on Mona Fastvold’s historical musical THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE.
One of my favorite things is when an anti-tax conservative points to an elaborate post office and says “Why don’t we make things like this any more?!”
It happens way more often than it has any right to.
It happens way more often than it has any right to.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
One of my favorite things is when an anti-tax conservative points to an elaborate post office and says “Why don’t we make things like this any more?!”
It happens way more often than it has any right to.
It happens way more often than it has any right to.
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Defund billionaires.
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Defund billionaires.
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DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
Every damn day. It’s exhausting.
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i had to drop what i was doing to make this
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i had to drop what i was doing to make this
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That privilege--the privilege to speak of your religious beliefs as certainties that are incontestable--is given to Christians alone in America. And anyone else knows this and tiptoes around it, reflexively.
But what if we stopped doing that, like this guy did in North Dakota?
But what if we stopped doing that, like this guy did in North Dakota?
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
That privilege--the privilege to speak of your religious beliefs as certainties that are incontestable--is given to Christians alone in America. And anyone else knows this and tiptoes around it, reflexively.
But what if we stopped doing that, like this guy did in North Dakota?
But what if we stopped doing that, like this guy did in North Dakota?
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Christians are allowed to say in any environment what they believe with certainty, whereas anyone else can state their beliefs, but in a qualified "this is what I believe" or "As a [blank], I believe."
December 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Christians are allowed to say in any environment what they believe with certainty, whereas anyone else can state their beliefs, but in a qualified "this is what I believe" or "As a [blank], I believe."
For the last few years, instead of dragging out a TV that can play my VHS copy, I’ve been watching a YouTube rip of Rockin’ Reindeer (which I’ve been watching every year for my entire life).
Best of all, its unhinged subtitles have made my least favorite song one of my favorite parts now.
Best of all, its unhinged subtitles have made my least favorite song one of my favorite parts now.
December 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For the last few years, instead of dragging out a TV that can play my VHS copy, I’ve been watching a YouTube rip of Rockin’ Reindeer (which I’ve been watching every year for my entire life).
Best of all, its unhinged subtitles have made my least favorite song one of my favorite parts now.
Best of all, its unhinged subtitles have made my least favorite song one of my favorite parts now.
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Me at 5: I can't wait for Santa to get me a new lego set!
Me at 15: Santa isn't real
Me at 25: Santa isn't real, but we can collectively make him real through our actions
Me at 35: The ways in which Santa is real are myriad and disturbing. The Wild Hunt rides again, wearing the mask of a Saint
Me at 15: Santa isn't real
Me at 25: Santa isn't real, but we can collectively make him real through our actions
Me at 35: The ways in which Santa is real are myriad and disturbing. The Wild Hunt rides again, wearing the mask of a Saint
December 24, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Me at 5: I can't wait for Santa to get me a new lego set!
Me at 15: Santa isn't real
Me at 25: Santa isn't real, but we can collectively make him real through our actions
Me at 35: The ways in which Santa is real are myriad and disturbing. The Wild Hunt rides again, wearing the mask of a Saint
Me at 15: Santa isn't real
Me at 25: Santa isn't real, but we can collectively make him real through our actions
Me at 35: The ways in which Santa is real are myriad and disturbing. The Wild Hunt rides again, wearing the mask of a Saint
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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I’m a MAN
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I’m a MAN
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
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Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators
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A million pages is conservatively 400 bankers boxes.
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A million pages is conservatively 400 bankers boxes.
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Reassurance seeking / researching / ruminating are all incredibly destructive compulsions for people with OCD and they're being provided limitlessly by AI where a therapist or loved one would cease to engage. I cannot over emphasise how harmful this is
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reassurance seeking / researching / ruminating are all incredibly destructive compulsions for people with OCD and they're being provided limitlessly by AI where a therapist or loved one would cease to engage. I cannot over emphasise how harmful this is
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The online Existential OCD support group I'm part of is now just screenshots of very ill people endlessly and compulsively discussing their intrusive thoughts with Chat GPT and believing it's helpful
December 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The online Existential OCD support group I'm part of is now just screenshots of very ill people endlessly and compulsively discussing their intrusive thoughts with Chat GPT and believing it's helpful
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Anyone who hasn't seen Emmet Otter's jug band christmas, its on youtube free!
youtu.be/wmDH9x_YT-s?...
youtu.be/wmDH9x_YT-s?...
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | FULL MOVIE | Jim Henson, Frank Oz | Family Puppets Cult Comedy
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
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December 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Anyone who hasn't seen Emmet Otter's jug band christmas, its on youtube free!
youtu.be/wmDH9x_YT-s?...
youtu.be/wmDH9x_YT-s?...
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when you're mean to Bothriolepis, this is who you're being mean to
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
when you're mean to Bothriolepis, this is who you're being mean to