justmelaniebigalke (she/they)
@mmbigalke.bsky.social
likes: human rights. bodily autonomy. collective liberation. profanity. laughter. story. art. freedom. systems thinking.
dislikes: capitalism. cruelty. white supremacy. transphobia. neoliberalism. genocide. pearl clutching prescriptive grammarians.
dislikes: capitalism. cruelty. white supremacy. transphobia. neoliberalism. genocide. pearl clutching prescriptive grammarians.
Poverty is a systemic failure not a personal failure. Don't buy into calvanist prosperity doctrine garbage.
Poverty is a SYSTEMIC FAILURE.
Poverty is a SYSTEMIC FAILURE.
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Poverty is a systemic failure not a personal failure. Don't buy into calvanist prosperity doctrine garbage.
Poverty is a SYSTEMIC FAILURE.
Poverty is a SYSTEMIC FAILURE.
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When people die (especially public figures), it reminds people of how they lived. That means who they were, what they said, and what they did. Dying doesn’t erase those things; it amplifies them. And when you say/do bad things in life, death acts as a reminder and people react in a variety of ways.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When people die (especially public figures), it reminds people of how they lived. That means who they were, what they said, and what they did. Dying doesn’t erase those things; it amplifies them. And when you say/do bad things in life, death acts as a reminder and people react in a variety of ways.
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The fascists can now tell you what apps you can have on your phone. They don’t even need to pass a law any more.
This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The fascists can now tell you what apps you can have on your phone. They don’t even need to pass a law any more.
Cool cool. Cannot forsee any issues with that at all.
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Cool cool. Cannot forsee any issues with that at all.
Huh
You can see the data for employment and enrollment across the Penn State system here. I would love for someone to tell me my math is too high by magnitudes, but I don't think I'll be that lucky. And Copilot is unavoidable (and can't be opted out) through the Microsoft suite everyone uses...
Data Digest | Dashboards that provide key measures and trends
datadigest.psu.edu
October 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Huh
Fix it now. @apnews.com such irresponsible "reporting"
Fix this @apnews.com.
BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Fix it now. @apnews.com such irresponsible "reporting"
For Ai of course
I can’t think of any reason to completely wreck the ag markets in entire United States other than purposeful sabotage.
A fire sale on farmland.
A fire sale on farmland.
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
For Ai of course
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I also have no nostalgia for the road to fascism, which is a trap I think a lot of liberal and progressive folks are falling into—romanticizing the conditions that preceded this moment of acceleration. The path that led to this mess is not the way out.
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I also have no nostalgia for the road to fascism, which is a trap I think a lot of liberal and progressive folks are falling into—romanticizing the conditions that preceded this moment of acceleration. The path that led to this mess is not the way out.
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92% of Black Women had it on their bingo card but folks weren’t trying to hear us🤷🏾♀️
This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?
My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
92% of Black Women had it on their bingo card but folks weren’t trying to hear us🤷🏾♀️
Queer joy is a radical act. Some reading this weekend.
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Queer joy is a radical act. Some reading this weekend.
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Endgame? Comply with US doublethink or rot in foreign prisons.
Swazi activists rage at US embassy: Trump paid King Mswati $500M to dump foreign convicts in their impoverished nation. Trump is outsourcing incarceration with corrupt politicians.
Swazi activists rage at US embassy: Trump paid King Mswati $500M to dump foreign convicts in their impoverished nation. Trump is outsourcing incarceration with corrupt politicians.
Exiled Swazi activists protest Trump deportation deal outside US embassy in South Africa : Peoples Dispatch
King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, is accused of accepting USD 500 million from the Trump administration to accept deported criminals in Swaziland.
peoplesdispatch.org
September 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Endgame? Comply with US doublethink or rot in foreign prisons.
Swazi activists rage at US embassy: Trump paid King Mswati $500M to dump foreign convicts in their impoverished nation. Trump is outsourcing incarceration with corrupt politicians.
Swazi activists rage at US embassy: Trump paid King Mswati $500M to dump foreign convicts in their impoverished nation. Trump is outsourcing incarceration with corrupt politicians.
Fuck neoliberalism and fuck Ezra Klein. This is just hate mongering on the DL
What the Ezra Klein brigade always misses is that if the only way “we can all live together” is to sacrifice the rights and dignity of huge swaths of Americans to appease far right reactionaries (who won’t be appeased anyway)… we actually can’t all live together!
September 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Fuck neoliberalism and fuck Ezra Klein. This is just hate mongering on the DL
So other than jail time and penalties, why should one keep paying federal taxes?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
September 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So other than jail time and penalties, why should one keep paying federal taxes?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
I have no words.
A trans woman was left hospitalized after being viciously assaulted by multiple teenagers in a hate crime. Hate isn't born, it's taught and these kids are learning this from adults. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Four people arrested in Washington after alleged hate crime attack on trans woman
Three teenagers and one adult arrested in Renton after an alleged attack left a 39-year-old woman hospitalized
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I have no words.
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Trans people: can we have rights?
Conservatives: no because we're killing you.
Centrists: No because you're the reason we can't have unity in this country.
Liberals: No and this is why we have Trump, because you're so selfish.
Leftists: No because we have to focus on real problems first.
Conservatives: no because we're killing you.
Centrists: No because you're the reason we can't have unity in this country.
Liberals: No and this is why we have Trump, because you're so selfish.
Leftists: No because we have to focus on real problems first.
September 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Trans people: can we have rights?
Conservatives: no because we're killing you.
Centrists: No because you're the reason we can't have unity in this country.
Liberals: No and this is why we have Trump, because you're so selfish.
Leftists: No because we have to focus on real problems first.
Conservatives: no because we're killing you.
Centrists: No because you're the reason we can't have unity in this country.
Liberals: No and this is why we have Trump, because you're so selfish.
Leftists: No because we have to focus on real problems first.
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I think the problem with rallying around the most privileged when they've been targeted is that it never trickles down.
they're touted as examples for "all of us" but it's not actually true.
they're touted as examples for "all of us" but it's not actually true.
September 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I think the problem with rallying around the most privileged when they've been targeted is that it never trickles down.
they're touted as examples for "all of us" but it's not actually true.
they're touted as examples for "all of us" but it's not actually true.
...or the Black female federal employees persecuted and fired. the missing prisoners after the closure of the camps in Florida. genocide with our tax dollars.
It took a rich white guy being censored for white America to sort of start freaking out en masse about their rights.
That's harsh.
It took a rich white guy being censored for white America to sort of start freaking out en masse about their rights.
That's harsh.
I think the Kimmel stuff is quite serious and bad, but taking a rich guy off the air for speech is not as harsh as agents of the state grabbing someone over speech and deporting them without due process, and the latter person is clearly more vulnerable, come on.
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
...or the Black female federal employees persecuted and fired. the missing prisoners after the closure of the camps in Florida. genocide with our tax dollars.
It took a rich white guy being censored for white America to sort of start freaking out en masse about their rights.
That's harsh.
It took a rich white guy being censored for white America to sort of start freaking out en masse about their rights.
That's harsh.
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I keep getting asked if I’m worried about my job because I often speak up about issues. The answer is no.
I’ve learned over the years that if employers want to hire you or if they want to fire you, they can always find a reason.
It’s not worth compromising your morals or values for anyone.
I’ve learned over the years that if employers want to hire you or if they want to fire you, they can always find a reason.
It’s not worth compromising your morals or values for anyone.
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I keep getting asked if I’m worried about my job because I often speak up about issues. The answer is no.
I’ve learned over the years that if employers want to hire you or if they want to fire you, they can always find a reason.
It’s not worth compromising your morals or values for anyone.
I’ve learned over the years that if employers want to hire you or if they want to fire you, they can always find a reason.
It’s not worth compromising your morals or values for anyone.
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Now that you're (justly) angry about Jimmy Kimmel, did you know that Palestinian Americans were evicted in 2023 and 2024 for flying Palestinian flags in their windows?
It's true. I have a case before the Seventh Circuit about it.
It's true. I have a case before the Seventh Circuit about it.
September 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Now that you're (justly) angry about Jimmy Kimmel, did you know that Palestinian Americans were evicted in 2023 and 2024 for flying Palestinian flags in their windows?
It's true. I have a case before the Seventh Circuit about it.
It's true. I have a case before the Seventh Circuit about it.
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Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
FUCK
FYI for those who wonder what's going on with Johnathan Perk. He asked me to post this for y'all to know what's going on.
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
FUCK
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so ICE murdered a father in cold blood from a routine traffic stop, we're murdering random Venezuelans in foreign waters, we're shackling S. Koreans for building the factories we need to keep the southern economy alive, and we have a majority party trying to tie passport status to political views
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
so ICE murdered a father in cold blood from a routine traffic stop, we're murdering random Venezuelans in foreign waters, we're shackling S. Koreans for building the factories we need to keep the southern economy alive, and we have a majority party trying to tie passport status to political views
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Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
September 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
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idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
September 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...