Melissa Yeager
@melissayeager.bsky.social
Editor for Western USA/Canada at Lonely Planet. Former TV journalist. Travel is political.
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So many weekends get filled up with errands, plans and work. These relaxation techniques can make your days off feel less taxing and more rejuvenating.
Why treating your weekend like a vacation can make you happier on Monday : Life Kit
So many weekends get filled up with errands, plans and work. These relaxation techniques can make your days off feel less taxing and more rejuvenating.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So many weekends get filled up with errands, plans and work. These relaxation techniques can make your days off feel less taxing and more rejuvenating.
This is rather dystopian
Delivery app DoorDash has partnered with payment and commerce service Klarna to offer customers choices when they check out, including paying immediately, in four installments or deferring payments to “a more convenient time, such as a date that aligns with their paycheck schedules.”
DoorDash’s new payment plan lets customers eat now and pay later
The food delivery app has partnered with payment service Klarna. Some experts say “buy now, pay later” leads to purchases shoppers don’t need and can’t afford.
wapo.st
March 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is rather dystopian
Delivery drivers who include pups in confirmation photos deserve raises
This is Frank. He is the perfect example of why golden retrievers don't make good guard dogs. But they make wonderful welcome committees. 13/10 (TT: accordingtobelieve)
March 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Delivery drivers who include pups in confirmation photos deserve raises
When a Marine calls the work environment hostile 😳
NEW: One of the Justice Department's highest-ranking spokespeople submitted a resignation letter today, citing a "hostile and toxic work environment."
nbcnews.to/4i9hhCq
nbcnews.to/4i9hhCq
February 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When a Marine calls the work environment hostile 😳
These replies are going to be delicious - get those FOIAs sent now 🤣
Federal workers began receiving emails Saturday asking them to describe what they did last week — as Elon Musk warned on social media that, if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation.
Feds must answer email on what they did last week — or lose jobs, Musk says
Musk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resign
wapo.st
February 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
These replies are going to be delicious - get those FOIAs sent now 🤣
It really should be @repjasmine.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social give the democratic response daily
Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It really should be @repjasmine.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social give the democratic response daily
Seems like an appropriate time to recommend the book House of Ullstein - written as a memoir by the leader of Germany’s largest publishing house about the fall of the German press. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-house-...
February 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Seems like an appropriate time to recommend the book House of Ullstein - written as a memoir by the leader of Germany’s largest publishing house about the fall of the German press. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-house-...
He’s not the story anyway. The story is the people the policies are impacting
The Trump administration said Friday it would continue to block Associated Press journalists from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the wire service was using the name Gulf of Mexico.
White House Will Continue to Bar Associated Press in Gulf of Mexico Fight
Associated Press journalists have been blocked from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the organization has declined to use the term ‘Gulf of America.’
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
He’s not the story anyway. The story is the people the policies are impacting
I feel absolutely naseous
US Vice President JD Vance today met with the leader of the far-right AfD party and leaders of major German political parties. He also met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Friedrich Merz, according to the VP's office.
February 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I feel absolutely naseous
I really need the term “Destination Dupe“ to retire
February 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I really need the term “Destination Dupe“ to retire
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I will just say that as a journalist, if you let a government (or anyone) dictate what you say or how you say it for something small or seemingly trivial, it makes it much harder when they try to do it with something much larger and more important
February 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I will just say that as a journalist, if you let a government (or anyone) dictate what you say or how you say it for something small or seemingly trivial, it makes it much harder when they try to do it with something much larger and more important
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Fabulous 🇺🇸💥
February 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Fabulous 🇺🇸💥
Can’t anyone file for an injunction?
#ACTUALNEWS Representatives of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where they have gotten access to key payment and contracting systems, WSJ reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
February 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Can’t anyone file for an injunction?
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BREAKING: if you don’t like what DOGE is doing at Treasury— neither do we
So we just sued to stop it! www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
I’ll be on @thereidout tonight at 7:40 PM ET to break down that and much more
So we just sued to stop it! www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
I’ll be on @thereidout tonight at 7:40 PM ET to break down that and much more
February 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
BREAKING: if you don’t like what DOGE is doing at Treasury— neither do we
So we just sued to stop it! www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
I’ll be on @thereidout tonight at 7:40 PM ET to break down that and much more
So we just sued to stop it! www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...
I’ll be on @thereidout tonight at 7:40 PM ET to break down that and much more
Ok this is awesome! Lonely Planet’s Arizona guidebook!!! www.brusselstimes.com/1425109/an-h...
'An honour to be Prime Minister': De Croo passes baton to De Wever
De Croo congratulated his successor and gifted him a Lonely Planet guide and a book with one of the first-ever references to Belgium.
www.brusselstimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ok this is awesome! Lonely Planet’s Arizona guidebook!!! www.brusselstimes.com/1425109/an-h...
Really weird party who was OUTRAGED on Biden‘s “overreach” to forgive student loans without congressional approval somehow quite an unelected billionaire is shutting down an agency charged to disburse funds congress approved for international aid.
February 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Really weird party who was OUTRAGED on Biden‘s “overreach” to forgive student loans without congressional approval somehow quite an unelected billionaire is shutting down an agency charged to disburse funds congress approved for international aid.
Chappell Roan speech 🔥🔥🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
February 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Chappell Roan speech 🔥🔥🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
So beyond happy for Beyoncé 😭
February 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
So beyond happy for Beyoncé 😭
This is concerning. Bringing US passport renewal online was a recent and huge step forward for this government service.
The State Department’s passport application system has been offline this weekend — one of several US government websites that have disappeared or seen significant content deleted.
February 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is concerning. Bringing US passport renewal online was a recent and huge step forward for this government service.
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"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."
February 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."
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Purely from the perspective of whatever your conception of American greatness is, soft power is a lot cheaper than military spending.
“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work.
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
The programs that have frozen or folded over the past six days supported frontline care for infectious disease, providing treatments and preventive measures that help avert millions of deaths”
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Purely from the perspective of whatever your conception of American greatness is, soft power is a lot cheaper than military spending.
Just extremely sad for these families who are still waiting for their loved ones to be recovered and are enduring so much. Moving forward, I’m only going to amplify voices of those directly involved with the investigation to provide real answers.
January 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just extremely sad for these families who are still waiting for their loved ones to be recovered and are enduring so much. Moving forward, I’m only going to amplify voices of those directly involved with the investigation to provide real answers.
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The NTSB press briefing is now live. It is the ONLY government source of information you should be listening to. www.youtube.com/live/d860IiU...
NTSB Media Briefing - PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 and Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter collision
YouTube video by NTSBgov
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The NTSB press briefing is now live. It is the ONLY government source of information you should be listening to. www.youtube.com/live/d860IiU...
This! Stop using the cover word for racism and misogyny.
He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
January 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This! Stop using the cover word for racism and misogyny.
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"It just could have been," says Trump in response to a direct question whether diversity initiatives caused the crash of #AA5342.
Again, speculation and insinuation does nothing to help an open NTSB investigation — note we have not heard a single word from the NTSB yet.
Again, speculation and insinuation does nothing to help an open NTSB investigation — note we have not heard a single word from the NTSB yet.
January 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"It just could have been," says Trump in response to a direct question whether diversity initiatives caused the crash of #AA5342.
Again, speculation and insinuation does nothing to help an open NTSB investigation — note we have not heard a single word from the NTSB yet.
Again, speculation and insinuation does nothing to help an open NTSB investigation — note we have not heard a single word from the NTSB yet.