Melanie
@immelanie.bsky.social
Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, LD), Dungeon Crawler Carl, D&D 5e, Jellyfin media server, Linux, etc
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I knew Amber was displeased about something but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what it could be — turns out forgetting all about her BlueSky account for literally months will do that. Whoopsie.
#persiancat #tortitude
#persiancat #tortitude
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I knew Amber was displeased about something but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what it could be — turns out forgetting all about her BlueSky account for literally months will do that. Whoopsie.
#persiancat #tortitude
#persiancat #tortitude
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Congratulations to @mattdinniman.bsky.social and Soundbooth Theater
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congratulations to @mattdinniman.bsky.social and Soundbooth Theater
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(Also the trial measures blockers’ impact on “gender dysphoria,” which some of us have been saying for years is an inherently pathologising diagnosis easily manipulated to curtail bodily autonomy, but ☕️🐸)
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Have we got it wrong on dysphoria? Abigail Thorn discusses trans healthcare - Trans Writes
I would prefer to centre desire and will when talking about transition. To me, transition is more than meeting a medical need, just like crossing the Rubicon was more than Caesar getting his feet wet....
transwrites.world
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
(Also the trial measures blockers’ impact on “gender dysphoria,” which some of us have been saying for years is an inherently pathologising diagnosis easily manipulated to curtail bodily autonomy, but ☕️🐸)
transwrites.world/have-we-got-...
transwrites.world/static/uploa...
transwrites.world/have-we-got-...
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Richard Dawkins challenges the idea that religion provides absolute morality.
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Richard Dawkins challenges the idea that religion provides absolute morality.
Just found Scoundrel by @stfj.net, having fun so far! stfj.net/art/2011/Scoundrel.pdf
October 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Just found Scoundrel by @stfj.net, having fun so far! stfj.net/art/2011/Scoundrel.pdf
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"Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage - at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom."
-Carl Sagan
-Carl Sagan
September 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage - at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom."
-Carl Sagan
-Carl Sagan
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are.
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are.
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"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us."
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
September 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us."
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe.
September 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe.
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"Science and technology are the key to our civilization."
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
September 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"Science and technology are the key to our civilization."
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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A lot of people are revisiting this episode of Philosophy Tube from 3 years ago on violence & protest. I’m quite proud of this one, I think it holds up youtu.be/dh4G1Gjv7bA?...
Violence & Protest | Philosophy Tube
YouTube video by Philosophy Tube
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September 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A lot of people are revisiting this episode of Philosophy Tube from 3 years ago on violence & protest. I’m quite proud of this one, I think it holds up youtu.be/dh4G1Gjv7bA?...
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Grown-up's have beaten the excitement of science out of kids says Carl Sagan.
September 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Grown-up's have beaten the excitement of science out of kids says Carl Sagan.
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Carl Sagan talks about weapons, climate, and the risks of technology.
September 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan talks about weapons, climate, and the risks of technology.
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Carl Sagan on science, astrology, and mainstream media in 1987. "Short-term advantages for the network, long-term disaster for the country."
September 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Carl Sagan on science, astrology, and mainstream media in 1987. "Short-term advantages for the network, long-term disaster for the country."
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Is there any greater disappointment in life than not meeting your cat’s expectation for lunch?
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#catsofbluesky #catlover tiny cat problems, tortoiseshell Persian cat, fussy cat, cat nausea, cat appetite
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#catsofbluesky #catlover tiny cat problems, tortoiseshell Persian cat, fussy cat, cat nausea, cat appetite
April 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Is there any greater disappointment in life than not meeting your cat’s expectation for lunch?
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#catsofbluesky #catlover tiny cat problems, tortoiseshell Persian cat, fussy cat, cat nausea, cat appetite
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#catsofbluesky #catlover tiny cat problems, tortoiseshell Persian cat, fussy cat, cat nausea, cat appetite
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“Trans people being denied the very same medication that cis people are given without question. Many of the refusals are for people that are already on HRT"
✅ Restricting legal recognition
✅ Restricting freedoms
✅ Restricting health care
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
✅ Restricting legal recognition
✅ Restricting freedoms
✅ Restricting health care
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Campaigners warn of ‘staggering increase’ in GPs denying trans care
Mr Lyon had been receiving testosterone treatment for a decade until he moved to a new practice, as more GPs are halting trans care
www.independent.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Trans people being denied the very same medication that cis people are given without question. Many of the refusals are for people that are already on HRT"
✅ Restricting legal recognition
✅ Restricting freedoms
✅ Restricting health care
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
✅ Restricting legal recognition
✅ Restricting freedoms
✅ Restricting health care
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
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When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
August 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Tyranny is not born overnight. It’s built one compromise at a time.
August 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tyranny is not born overnight. It’s built one compromise at a time.
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Most people inherit their beliefs. They rarely examine them.
August 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Most people inherit their beliefs. They rarely examine them.
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Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
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We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
August 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
July 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov