@madsenmel.bsky.social
A woman's place is in the resistance. I like birds, books, and cats.
It was very birdy at Marshy Point this morning! And more hermit thrushes than I've ever seen - seven! Fox sparrow was a highlight, and a male pileated woodpecker that flew in so close to our little group 😊 🪶 #birds
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It was very birdy at Marshy Point this morning! And more hermit thrushes than I've ever seen - seven! Fox sparrow was a highlight, and a male pileated woodpecker that flew in so close to our little group 😊 🪶 #birds
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Me, wisely: "But *his* emails"
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Me, wisely: "But *his* emails"
More birds from yesterday 😊🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
More birds from yesterday 😊🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
Yesterday was such a beautiful day for birds! The highlight was seeing *two* fox sparrows and a should-be-gone-by-now gray catbird 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Yesterday was such a beautiful day for birds! The highlight was seeing *two* fox sparrows and a should-be-gone-by-now gray catbird 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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What Would Jesus [Not] Do?
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What Would Jesus [Not] Do?
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“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One"
There's an irruption of red-breasted nuthatches this year, but I'm not complaining! #birds #CromwellValleyPark
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
There's an irruption of red-breasted nuthatches this year, but I'm not complaining! #birds #CromwellValleyPark
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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Hungry? These ought to hit the spot 😂😆
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hungry? These ought to hit the spot 😂😆
Ten years ago today I resigned from the Mormon church I'd been a faithful member of all my life. I've never been happier with myself and who I am 😊
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ten years ago today I resigned from the Mormon church I'd been a faithful member of all my life. I've never been happier with myself and who I am 😊
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Zohran Mamdani: "I am Muslim. I am a democratic-socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this."
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Zohran Mamdani: "I am Muslim. I am a democratic-socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this."
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153 years ago, on the 5th of November 1872, Susan B. Anthony and fourteen other women voted in the American presidential election. Anthony was later fined 100 dollars and responded :"I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." She never did. #otd #history🗃️
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
153 years ago, on the 5th of November 1872, Susan B. Anthony and fourteen other women voted in the American presidential election. Anthony was later fined 100 dollars and responded :"I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." She never did. #otd #history🗃️
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My takeaway from the elections yesterday is that it’s one thing to be unpopular and have a large portion of the media apparatus desperate to pretend that’s not the case but it’s another thing to be unpopular and have that be an undeniable fact
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
My takeaway from the elections yesterday is that it’s one thing to be unpopular and have a large portion of the media apparatus desperate to pretend that’s not the case but it’s another thing to be unpopular and have that be an undeniable fact
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There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy
Lovely birds yesterday! The yellow-bellied sapsuckers slept in so the downy woodpeckers could shine, and the field sparrows were plentiful! 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Lovely birds yesterday! The yellow-bellied sapsuckers slept in so the downy woodpeckers could shine, and the field sparrows were plentiful! 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
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Beautiful birds today, even though most preferred to stay low in the brush to avoid the wind. It's late for orange-crowned warblers, but I saw my first one ever! And my second red-breasted nuthatch 😊 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Beautiful birds today, even though most preferred to stay low in the brush to avoid the wind. It's late for orange-crowned warblers, but I saw my first one ever! And my second red-breasted nuthatch 😊 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
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When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
The juncos have arrived in Baltimore! And I saw my first *female* Eastern towhee 😊 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The juncos have arrived in Baltimore! And I saw my first *female* Eastern towhee 😊 🪶 #birds #CromwellValleyPark
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.