Mel Lake
@melofsometrades.bsky.social
Writer, editor, comics fan. Querying author of spooky/funny/romantic urban fantasy fusion novels.
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setting up a new Windows 11 PC is activating my elder millennial rage in ways I never thought possible
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
setting up a new Windows 11 PC is activating my elder millennial rage in ways I never thought possible
Despite the wind yesterday, my yard was filled with finches and chickadees. I was deterred from sitting outside but they don't seem to mind the wimdy.
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Despite the wind yesterday, my yard was filled with finches and chickadees. I was deterred from sitting outside but they don't seem to mind the wimdy.
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"If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell it to you again when you’re 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book."
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell it to you again when you’re 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book."
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
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No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics
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Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia breaks down the slump in book sales, what this means for marginalized writers, & what we as readers can do: www.patreon.com/posts/boycot...
Boycott? Not likely | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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October 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia breaks down the slump in book sales, what this means for marginalized writers, & what we as readers can do: www.patreon.com/posts/boycot...
On the ACA marketplace, I pay $300/month for the privilege of a $6,000 deductible. Republicans are ok shutting the govt down so I can pay more next year.
#makeitmakesense
#makeitmakesense
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On the ACA marketplace, I pay $300/month for the privilege of a $6,000 deductible. Republicans are ok shutting the govt down so I can pay more next year.
#makeitmakesense
#makeitmakesense
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Here is my main opinion on AI, in every capacity: What is the point of technology? Is it to make our lives better and easier, or is it to make a very small percentage of people richer? The latter is what AI is doing. The people actually doing the coding are making themselves redundant.
August 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here is my main opinion on AI, in every capacity: What is the point of technology? Is it to make our lives better and easier, or is it to make a very small percentage of people richer? The latter is what AI is doing. The people actually doing the coding are making themselves redundant.
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett! Or, of course, The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells! Just did a reread and enjoyed it even more the second time.
In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.
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Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study
Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.
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August 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett! Or, of course, The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells! Just did a reread and enjoyed it even more the second time.
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Whenever someone—and it’s usually an agèd, agèd man—asks where all the great writers are today, I usually think two things. First, it’s a sign they don’t read much contemporary work: they don’t know who the important writers are now, and they mistake their knowledge gap for a gap in the real world.
July 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Whenever someone—and it’s usually an agèd, agèd man—asks where all the great writers are today, I usually think two things. First, it’s a sign they don’t read much contemporary work: they don’t know who the important writers are now, and they mistake their knowledge gap for a gap in the real world.
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In the state that has led the country in climate change-related deaths, solitude is a climate risk. Black Phoenix residents are using new community spaces to combat both isolation and climate change.
Beneath the blazing sun, Black Phoenix sows community - High Country News
Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it.
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July 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In the state that has led the country in climate change-related deaths, solitude is a climate risk. Black Phoenix residents are using new community spaces to combat both isolation and climate change.
Today's bird: one of the cute little chickadees that frequents my front yard
July 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Today's bird: one of the cute little chickadees that frequents my front yard
Lots of birds at the feeder this morning but could only capture this goldfinch at the bath
July 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Lots of birds at the feeder this morning but could only capture this goldfinch at the bath
It is so ugly and expensive and unnecessary. Agree with Kyle: let the public have a say!
Thanks to City Cast Denver for an in-depth discussion of Gov Polis’ $28.5M pedestrian bridge project and asking the crucial question: Can it be stopped? megaphone.link/CC7188505995
Is Governor Polis’ New Bridge Project Really That Ugly? by City Cast Denver
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June 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is so ugly and expensive and unnecessary. Agree with Kyle: let the public have a say!
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When pet owners make the heartbreaking choice to surrender an animal for economic reasons, MaxFund Animal Shelter in Denver gives them a second chance through low-cost vet care. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations to support their work: checkout.square.site/merchant/CEF...
MaxFund Animal Adoption Center: Word of Thanks Giving Campaign - MaxFund, Inc.
MaxFund is honored to have been selected as a feature nonprofit for Next with Kyle Clark’s Word of Thanks microgiving campaign. We are grateful for the impassioned dedication of our animal welfare com...
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June 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When pet owners make the heartbreaking choice to surrender an animal for economic reasons, MaxFund Animal Shelter in Denver gives them a second chance through low-cost vet care. I’ll match the next fifty $5 donations to support their work: checkout.square.site/merchant/CEF...
I'm joining Swim Across America to raise funds for cancer research. Find out more and donate to my swim here:
www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR/Open...
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June 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm joining Swim Across America to raise funds for cancer research. Find out more and donate to my swim here:
www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR/Open...
www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR/Open...
June 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
June 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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If you live near Denver, consider coming to the Colorado Gold Writers Conference in September. Join the Colorado #writingcommunity, pitch to agents, and meet the award-winning keynotes: the prolific @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social and awesome @ceejthemoment.bsky.social.
#writersky #writingconference
#writersky #writingconference
2025 Colorado Gold Writers Conference – Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
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May 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you live near Denver, consider coming to the Colorado Gold Writers Conference in September. Join the Colorado #writingcommunity, pitch to agents, and meet the award-winning keynotes: the prolific @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social and awesome @ceejthemoment.bsky.social.
#writersky #writingconference
#writersky #writingconference
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Today's visitor, directly following a bath
April 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Today's visitor, directly following a bath
planning mildly diabolical Easter games for friends: is this what Sam Reich feels like ALL the time?! 🤯🤓
April 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
planning mildly diabolical Easter games for friends: is this what Sam Reich feels like ALL the time?! 🤯🤓
Like I said, in my bird era. Watching this guy bathe wasn't exactly on par with the Severance s2 finale but it was enjoyable and does have some drama there at the end.
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Like I said, in my bird era. Watching this guy bathe wasn't exactly on par with the Severance s2 finale but it was enjoyable and does have some drama there at the end.
When we bought our house in 2018, the elderly former owner left a lot of junk. I never met him and he's since passed but peeling his wallpaper and throwing out his plastic nativity set made me feel we had a connection, even tho it was pretty annoying at the time. He left a bird bath.
April 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When we bought our house in 2018, the elderly former owner left a lot of junk. I never met him and he's since passed but peeling his wallpaper and throwing out his plastic nativity set made me feel we had a connection, even tho it was pretty annoying at the time. He left a bird bath.
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A non-profit that organizes veterans and young adults to do wildfire mitigation and trail upkeep in Colorado is facing a potential $46,000 shortfall due to federal funding uncertainty. We're going to cover that gap. I'll match the next 50 donations of $5: donorbox.org/word-of-than...
Word of Thanks with Kyle Clark: Support Southwest Conservation Corps | Conservation Legacy (Powered by Donorbox)
Word of Thanks with Kyle Clark: Support Southwest Conservation Corps
Fund the Future of Colorado Conservation For over 25 years, Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) has empowered youth, young adults,...
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March 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A non-profit that organizes veterans and young adults to do wildfire mitigation and trail upkeep in Colorado is facing a potential $46,000 shortfall due to federal funding uncertainty. We're going to cover that gap. I'll match the next 50 donations of $5: donorbox.org/word-of-than...
Heck of a crowd in downtown Denver to hear Bernie Sanders and AOC. Couldn't get in to the main area but heard both loud and clear 🔥
March 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Heck of a crowd in downtown Denver to hear Bernie Sanders and AOC. Couldn't get in to the main area but heard both loud and clear 🔥