melyssa
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31. she/her. queer like free palestine.
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Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
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I didn't get an answer, so let's crowdsource
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
so how do you solve the problem without denying access to people who need it?
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I didn't get an answer, so let's crowdsource
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
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Like, I see people doing great things and saying stuff like "we have a ten year plan to move to a larger space--"
Can you imagine having a magic wand made of money and just NOT?
Can you imagine having a magic wand made of money and just NOT?
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Like, I see people doing great things and saying stuff like "we have a ten year plan to move to a larger space--"
Can you imagine having a magic wand made of money and just NOT?
Can you imagine having a magic wand made of money and just NOT?
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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because let me tell you i have gotten some F’s and i’ve lost some swim meets and you better believe id rather drink nail polish remover than make the details available to the news media and the legal discovery process
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
because let me tell you i have gotten some F’s and i’ve lost some swim meets and you better believe id rather drink nail polish remover than make the details available to the news media and the legal discovery process
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Offer received and accepted, funemployment ends homies.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
July 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Offer received and accepted, funemployment ends homies.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.
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Turns out, austerity means we can’t have nice things
You can like or dislike fireworks, enjoy the post-show exodus from downtown or abhor the crowds, but the Celebration of Light is probably the biggest event that celebrates Vancouver's Vancouverness.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely | CBC News
Organizers of a public fireworks festival, which has brought millions of people to Vancouver's English Bay over the past three decades, says it can’t go ahead without long-term government and private-...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Turns out, austerity means we can’t have nice things
fuck you, ABC. austerity-ass budget that makes services more expensive and writes police a blank cheque. a "gift" to property owners in an amount they won't even notice at the expense of basic maintenance for utilities and spaces that serve the entire city
Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
fuck you, ABC. austerity-ass budget that makes services more expensive and writes police a blank cheque. a "gift" to property owners in an amount they won't even notice at the expense of basic maintenance for utilities and spaces that serve the entire city
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
at least this time it's not my fault i can't sleep
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
at least this time it's not my fault i can't sleep
vancouver rise with gold in the first NSL playoff final 🥹 everyone watches women's sports!!!!!
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
vancouver rise with gold in the first NSL playoff final 🥹 everyone watches women's sports!!!!!
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too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
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Reminder: Ken Sim wants to make your Evo more expensive
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reminder: Ken Sim wants to make your Evo more expensive
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Anyone who cares about Vancouver, whether you share Sean’s politics or not, should read through his multiple threads of citizens’ statements; folks range widely in age and income bracket but not in sentiment. ABC passing this budget will alienate the entire city.
Good morning. It’s budget day. I’m going to try and live skeet the proceedings so speakers know where we are at. First is staff presentation. 91 slides.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Anyone who cares about Vancouver, whether you share Sean’s politics or not, should read through his multiple threads of citizens’ statements; folks range widely in age and income bracket but not in sentiment. ABC passing this budget will alienate the entire city.
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a world in which dipshits think they need to do shit like rainbow capitalism is much better than one in which they don't
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
a world in which dipshits think they need to do shit like rainbow capitalism is much better than one in which they don't
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and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
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Nothing to this one but venting: The transphobes are the most cowardly of bigots, people so terrified of what's in their pants & what's not in their hearts that they make it a calling to terrorize those who've done the work to know who they are. Mice have more courage, slugs have more grace.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nothing to this one but venting: The transphobes are the most cowardly of bigots, people so terrified of what's in their pants & what's not in their hearts that they make it a calling to terrorize those who've done the work to know who they are. Mice have more courage, slugs have more grace.
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Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
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I’ll take this and raise you “personal trainers should be an integrated part of the (free) health care system”
honestly my most leftist gym bro take is that gyms are a public good and should be state owned and free, not private
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’ll take this and raise you “personal trainers should be an integrated part of the (free) health care system”
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There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.
Disability is dynamic
Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day
You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you
It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.