Melrillion
@melrillion.bsky.social
I love books, music, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and animals.
I have an MLIS and an Archival Administration certificate but currently work in a non-librarian/non-archivist position at a university library.
I have an MLIS and an Archival Administration certificate but currently work in a non-librarian/non-archivist position at a university library.
We need more leaders to do this.
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We need more leaders to do this.
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What strikes me as terrifying is how many of the current CEO's are taking the worse corporate idea's from Movies in the 80's and 90's and making them a reality. What was supported to be warnings turned into aspirations for them.
I can't think of a better way to prove they are truly Evil.
I can't think of a better way to prove they are truly Evil.
September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What strikes me as terrifying is how many of the current CEO's are taking the worse corporate idea's from Movies in the 80's and 90's and making them a reality. What was supported to be warnings turned into aspirations for them.
I can't think of a better way to prove they are truly Evil.
I can't think of a better way to prove they are truly Evil.
I fucking agree.
Fuck yes to this
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I fucking agree.
Meaty writing from Father Nathan Monk. The persecution that evangelicals have feared happening to them is becoming a reality for US immigrants open.substack.com/pub/fatherna...
The persecution that evangelicals have feared happening to them is becoming a reality for US immigrants
I was fourteen years old the first time I was warned from the pulpit that persecution was coming and that someday I might soon have to die for my faith.
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Meaty writing from Father Nathan Monk. The persecution that evangelicals have feared happening to them is becoming a reality for US immigrants open.substack.com/pub/fatherna...
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Good for her, and for Boston.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Good for her, and for Boston.
Hmm. This is my idea of minimalism too.
July 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hmm. This is my idea of minimalism too.
So much to unpack. youtu.be/X5kXCdzt_us?...
Peter Beinart - "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning" | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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July 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
So much to unpack. youtu.be/X5kXCdzt_us?...
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Learn the history of making good trouble and become inspired to make some of your own by reading the graphic novel series March. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/1MA/m...
March
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www.penguinrandomhouse.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Learn the history of making good trouble and become inspired to make some of your own by reading the graphic novel series March. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/1MA/m...
July 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is wonderful! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/con...
Congrats, Dipshit, You’re a Dad Now
Listen up, soup for brains. Yesterday, you were just a man. But today, a doctor snipped the umbilical cord off an angry, gray alien with your name ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is wonderful! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/con...
It's a bit late, but I had this idea at work today and had to wait until I got home to put it together:
June 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It's a bit late, but I had this idea at work today and had to wait until I got home to put it together:
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In the yard today. #flowers #bloomscrolling
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In the yard today. #flowers #bloomscrolling
The Trump administration needs to fix this and needs to be prevented from doing it ever again.
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Trump administration needs to fix this and needs to be prevented from doing it ever again.
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In November, we spoke to @marthawells.com who created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity.
Here's how Murderbot saved her life.
Here's how Murderbot saved her life.
How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life
Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.
www.wired.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In November, we spoke to @marthawells.com who created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity.
Here's how Murderbot saved her life.
Here's how Murderbot saved her life.
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These are the same people who are banning books to "protect children". It's a lie. They want to control, not to protect. Let everybody know.
Ron DeSantis is pushing to let employers schedule children as young as 14 for an unlimited number of hours, including overnight shifts.
At the same time, Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would let employers pay kids below minimum wage.
www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...
At the same time, Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would let employers pay kids below minimum wage.
www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed for child labor rollbacks behind the scenes, records show
Email communications first obtained by Orlando Weekly through a public records request show that staffers from DeSantis's office emailed draft legislation for Republican lawmakers to file.
www.orlandoweekly.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
These are the same people who are banning books to "protect children". It's a lie. They want to control, not to protect. Let everybody know.
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On this day in 1911,146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze.
Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.
The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze.
Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.
March 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
On this day in 1911,146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze.
Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.
The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze.
Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.
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I wrote about the practical strategic necessity of doing "impossible" things, the moral and strategic emptiness of making the middle your destination, and the way persuasion requires vision, and vision requires standing for something.
www.the-reframe.com/the-unmovabl...
www.the-reframe.com/the-unmovabl...
The Unmovable Sink
How do you make impossible things possible? Same way anyone ever did: By trying.
www.the-reframe.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I wrote about the practical strategic necessity of doing "impossible" things, the moral and strategic emptiness of making the middle your destination, and the way persuasion requires vision, and vision requires standing for something.
www.the-reframe.com/the-unmovabl...
www.the-reframe.com/the-unmovabl...
Yup.
March 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Yup.
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I just emailed my representatives about the decimation of IMLS. The wording is right here in the ALA statement "I request that you visit the libraries that serve your constituents and urge the White House to spare the modest federal funding for America’s libraries." #booksky #libraries #literacy
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I just emailed my representatives about the decimation of IMLS. The wording is right here in the ALA statement "I request that you visit the libraries that serve your constituents and urge the White House to spare the modest federal funding for America’s libraries." #booksky #libraries #literacy
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.